TealPaint User's Manual
By Vince Lee,
Tex Tennison,
and Amanda Epume
Version 2.20
Last Updated: Mar 1, 1998
Description
Thank you for trying TealPaint. This is full-featured paint
and sketch program with an easy-to-use interface.
TealPaint offers a host of easily-accesible features, including:
- Multiple annotated records
- Dithered thumbnail images
- Multiple image databases
- Scrolling oversized images
- Magnified draw mode (fat bits)
- Freehand draw tool
- Smoothed draw tool (New for 2.2)
- Line draw tool
- Constrained line tool
- Box, filled box draw
- Rounded box, filled rounded box
- Circle, filled circle
- Oval draw tool (New for 2.2)
- Snap to grid (New for 2.2)
- Erase tool
- Paint bucket
- Text tool with selectable fonts, color
- Selector tool (rect lasso)
- 16 Draw patterns
- 12 Brushes
- Cut/Copy/Paste images
- Undo
- Horizonal and Vertical Flipping
- Screen-grabbing import function
- TealPaint Image Manager, a Windows 95 import, export, and print utility
Installing
This archive contains the files:
- TEALPNT.DOC
- This Doc in text format
- TEALPNT.HTM
- This Doc in HTML format
- TEALPNT.PRC
- The TealPaint program file
- PAINTMGR.EXE
- Image Database import/export/print utility (Win95)
- REGISTER.HTM
- TealPoint Registration form in HTML format
- REGISTER.DOC
- TealPoint Registration form in text format
Use the Pilot application installer to install the program file
TEALPNT.PRC.
Using the Program
TealPaint's intuitive interface is largely self-explanatory. It
consists of two main interface screens, the drawing page and the index
page.
From the index page you can create, delete, or goto various image
databases. The current database is shown in the upper right-half
corner of the screen. Click on it to bring up a list of all active
databases. Menu selections are available to create or delete databases.
On the index page, the images stored in a database are shown as
small dithered thumbnail representations, and are accompanied by
optional descriptive text. Up to four images in the list can be
shown at any one time, with the rest accessible by the up and down
scroll buttons. To create an image, click on the New button.
To view or modify an image, click on its thumbnail representation to go
to the drawing page. To delete, sort, or replicate an image, select it
by clicking in its descriptive text and choosing an appropriate item
from the Edit menu.
The drawing page provides an interface for creating or modifying
images. At the top of the display is is the viewing window which shows
the current image. If the image is larger than the display area,
the pilot up/down scroll buttons may be used to access the rest of the
image.
At the bottom of the display are the drawing tools and options. On
the left hand side are three selection buttons, all of which show the
current item and bring up a popup window of choices when pressed.
The first of these is the tool button, which allows selection of the
current drawing tool. These include various line, freeform, and shape
tools, along with a text tool, selector tool, magnify tool, and paint can
tool. The second button is the pattern selector which selects the current
pattern or color (black or white) used by the current tool. The last
button is the brush selector, which determines the pen tip shape used
by the current drawing tool.
Two final buttons appear on the drawing screen: Undo and Done. The
Undo button reverts the image back to before its last change. Pressing
it twice undoes the last Undo, reinstating the image to the way it was
before. The Done button saves all changes and returns to the index page.
Special Functions
Magnifying Glass
The magnifying glass operates in two modes, viewing and editing. The
viewing mode allows you to preview the magnified area in normal size and
drag the around the box defining the magnified area. In edit mode,
the magnified area can be drawn on using the pen tool, but appears at
4x size. All patterns and brushes operate in magnified mode too. When
the magnifying tool is active, it can be switched from one mode to the
other using the EYE button which appears in the lower right hand corner
of the drawing area. To erase in magnify mode, simply draw with the
white drawing pattern
Screen Grab
The Grab Screen menu item is available on the index page. The
Screen Grabber can capture the screen image from most any program
and import it into TealPaint as an editable image record. This is
particularly useful for, say, importing images drawn in other
drawing programs.
To use it, select Grab Screen from the Edit
menu and choose an elapsed time. Then, switch applications to the
one you wish to grab and wait. When the elapsed time passes, an
alert will appear informing you that the image has been capture.
When you return to TealPaint, the image will appear as a new record
in your image list.
Text Tool
The Text tool allow entry of text onto an image. To use it, select
the text item ('T') using the popup tool button, click on the
display area at the location to type text, and enter text and numbers
using Graffiti. To change fonts, use the Set Text Font item from
the Options menu. Here you can also select white text on black
instead of the default black on white.
Grid Snap
The Grid snap selector, present in the lower left corner of the drawing
screen, constrains the tools to starting and ending onto an 8x8-pixel
grid, when selected. It allows easy lining-up of shapes drawn on
the drawing surface. It has not effect on freehand, curve, or fill
tools, or when drawing in magnified mode.
Selector Tool
To use the selector tool, activate it and drag the pen diagonally
across the drawing surface to highlight a rectangular region.
Then, click and drag within the highlighted region to copy the
selected pixels to another location on the screen. To move the
region and delete the area below, use the Cut command below
in conjunction with the selector Tool.
Cut/Copy/Paste
When the selector tool is active, the Copy and Paste menu
items are available. The Copy item saves the current selected
area to a temporary buffer. The Paste menu, in turn, draws the
current contents of the temporary buffer into the selected area.
If no area is selected, the Paste menu will draw into the upper
left corner of the display. The Copy and Paste menus can be
used to duplicate regions of an image or copy pixels from one image
to another. Normally, the selector tool copies the area below to
wherever you drag it. The Cut menu item erases the area below
a selected region so when you drag it away, the area below is blank.
Nudge Menu Items
The Nudge menu items allow you to finely move a selected region
up, down, left or right, a single pixel at a time. It is ideal for
fine-tuning the placement of items on screen.
Clear/Fill/Flip Menu Items
Use the Clear, Fill, and Flip menu items in conjunction with the
selector tool to erase a selected area, fill it with the current
drawing pattern, or vertically or horizontally mirror the pixels in
the selected region.
Abandon Changes
The Abandon Changes menu item returns one to the List Page without
saving any changes made to the image since entering the Drawing
Page or the last page scroll.
Notes
When using OS 1.0, the Graffiti state (Caps) indicator overwrites the
left-hand side of the Undo button on the menu screen due to the
older, large Caps symbol. This does not affect the functionality
of the program.
Using TealPaint Image Manager
When you hotsync your pilot, the most current TealPaint image
databases are stored on the PC in a directory called BACKUP\, which
resides in a directory named after your User ID. These files are named
the same as the databases and have a '.PDB' extension, like
PICTURES.PDB.
Use PAINTMGR.EXE under Windows 95 to manage your database files.
You can view images in each database, print them, or export them as
Windows Bitmap (.BMP) files. You can also create new database files, or
add to existing ones by importing .BMP files into them.
To run TealPaint Image Manager, double-click on its icon. Open
a database by choosing the Open Database menu selection and finding
a path to the .PDB file containing the images you wish to view. Use the
vertical scroll bar to go up and down the list of images. Click on an
image's name to view that image. Choose the Print menu item to
print the current selection, or Export to .BMP to convert the
currently-selected image to a Windows .BMP file.
To add an image to the current database, choose the Import .BMP
menu item. The .BMP files must be 1-bit (indexed, 2-color),
160-pixel-wide, Version 3 .BMP files. **To see the changes on your
PalmPilot, you must use the PalmPilot Install tool to reinstall the
database file back onto the PalmPilot
To create a new database, select the New Database menu selection.
You will be prompted for the name of a new .PDB file to create. Note that
the name of the file you select will also be the name of the database as
it appears on the PalmPilot. Do not choose a name that already exists on
your PalmPilot, as it will overwrite any database of the same name.
Use the PalmPilot Install tool that came with your PalmPilot to upload
any databases you create to your PalmPilot.
Revision History
Updates to Version 2.20:
- Added Oval drawing tool
- Added Smoothed drawing tool
- Added Grid-Snap functionality
- Added option for white-on-black text
- Added instant trial registration key
- Added support for databases in Flash Memory (view only)
- Updated keyboard shortcuts
- Fixed "lost cursor" text bug
- Fixed "lost selection" bug
- Fixed graphic bug dragging selection area into tools
- Fixed bug using magnified draw in scrolled screen
- Fixed bug dragging selected area in scrolled screen
Updates to Version 2.01:
- Fixed crash when deleting databases under PalmOS 2.x
- Fixed screen corruption when using shortcuts for nudge options with menus up
- Removed registration icon from obscuring database name
Updates to Version 2.00:
- PaintMgr, Windows 95 import/export/print utility
- Added Support for Multiple image databases
- Added Magnifying draw mode (fat bits)
- Added Constrained line tool
- Added Fill Selection menu item
- Added Erase Selection menu item
- Added Up, Down, Left, and Right Nudge Selection menu items
- Added Horizonal and Vertical Flip Selection menu items
- Added Cut Menu item to clip Selected Areaa to Floating selection
- Added Multiple memory card support
- Made draggable selection (lasso) floating
- Changed lasso position to be restored with UNDO
- Changed lasso mode to be automatically selected on PASTE
- Fixed misc crash bug
Contact Info
TealPaint is by TealPoint Software
(c) 1997 All Rights Reserved.
TealPoint Software
454 Las Gallinas Ave, Suite #318
San Rafael, CA 94903-3618
We look forward to hearing from you.
Please visit us at www.tealpoint.com, or
email us at contact@tealpoint.com.
Thank you.
Registering
Currently, you may register by snail mail, electronically through our
website using a First Virtual Bank account, with a credit card
through PilotGear HQ. (www.pilotgear.com) 1-800-741-9070. For the first
option, the enclosed registration form is provided for your convenience.
You may use this form or simply send the following to the address above.
- Product Name
- E-Mail Address
- HotSync User ID ( Pilot Name Required for Passkey generation,
it can be found on the main screen of the HotSync application
on the Pilot as "Welcome ________." )
- Check or Money Order for ($17.95 US) to TealPoint Software
When you register, you will be sent an email containing a registration
code you can enter into TealPaint to turn off the "Please Register"
messages.
Disclaimer
We at TealPoint Software are committed to providing quality,
easy-to-use software. However, this product is provided without
warranty and the user accepts full resposibility for any damages,
consequential or otherwise, resulting from its use.
This archive is freely redistributable, provided it is made available
only in its complete, unmodified form with no additional files and for
noncommercial purposes only. Any other use must have prior written
authorization from TealPoint Software.
Unauthorized commercial use includes, but is not limited to:
- A product for sale.
- Accompanying a product for sale.
- Accompanying a magazine, book or other publication for sale.
- Distribution with 'Media', 'Copying' or other incidental costs.
- Available for download with access or download fees.
This program may be used on a trial basis for 30 days. The program will
continue to function afterwards. However, if after this time you wish to
continue using it, please register with us for the nominal fee listed in
the program.
Thank you.