★ APPLICATIONS ★ CREATION GRAPHIQUE ★ Smart II ★ |
| Smart II (Amstrad Action) | Applications Creation Graphique |
This an package appeared in Type-Ins in AA29, and all this time later we're still getting letters asking for more of the same. So Smart has now been upgraded. And we think you'll agree that for a program written mostly in Basic, it's pretty impressive For one thing, virtually all controls are earned out with a joystick (it's a joystick only program). For another, it works with all CPC's, on disk and tape. It uses pull down menus to select features, and these cover the art area, which is put back as it was before the menus appear Joystick movement is 'intelligent: the pointer starts moving slowly, but accelerates the longer you keep going in a given direction. So control is last and accurate. Smart II is fairly conventional. First come the line drawing commands, which produce outlines on the screen. These are draw (allows freehand drawing and single pixel selection), line, box, circle (can handle ellipses), shape (draw any polygon) and spray can. Selecting which of the 16 inks to use is very simple. Using the palette option, the inks can all be selected at the touch of a button. Changing the actual pen colour is accomplished in a similar manner. And there's two line thicknesses. Mistakes can be reset to the paper colour - in effect, erased. This is a bit too hefty for fine alterations, so a zoom function is available under edit. Block operations are here - reflection in the x and y axes, and copy. The size of the area to be copied is under your control: but remember, the larger the area the longer it takes. Loading and saving are available, and the computer can wipe the screen clear if you've really messed up.
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