Artisto 1.41

Tom Taylor

3707 Poinciana Dr. #137

Santa Clara, CA  95051

(408) 247-9055



Differences between version 1.41 and earlier versions:



€ Artisto now works correctly with FullPaint.

€ Small selections cut from Artisto and pasted into FullPaint or MacPaint now
act as if they had been selected with a lasso instead of the rectangle.

€ Fixes a bug of clearing the whole page when opening a small MacPaint
document.

€ Artisto now works on a Mac XL.

€ Double-clicking the selection rectangle tool will select the smallest
rectangle that encloses the whole image.

€ Moving the document around with the hand tool no longer turns off the
current selection.



 Artisto is a desk accessory of the "Paint Cutter" variety.  Artisto allows
you to open up a MacPaint document from inside any program that supports desk
accessories and select any portion of the image and copy it to the clipboard. 
From the clipboard, the graphic can be pasted into an application.



 Notice:  You must have a 512k (or larger) Mac in order to use this desk
accessory.  Don't try using it on a 128k Mac or under a 128k Switcher
partition.



 Artisto supports two tools: a hand for moving the image around and a
selection tool for selecting a portion of the MacPaint image.  The hand works
exactly like the hand in MacPaint.  It allows you to move around in the whole
MacPaint image very quickly.  Double-click on the hand icon to enter "show
page" mode (just like MacPaint).  The selection tool works just like it does
in MacPaint except that if you drag outside the borders of the Artisto window,
the image will automatically scroll.  Double-click on the selection tool to
select the whole image on the document.  Use the "Copy" command under the
application program's Edit menu or command-C to copy the selected image to the
clipboard.  Generally, I close Artisto before pasting the image into the
desired document.  You can toggle between the two tools without selecting the
other tool by holding down the shift or option key.



 Artisto puts up its own menu in the menu bar.  Presently, the menu only has
two options: Open and Show Page.  Selecting Open brings up the mini-finder and
allows you look at (and copy selections from, if desired) any MacPaint
document on any disk.  The Show Page command displays the whole document on
the screen (alα MacPaint) and allows you to select which portion is visible on
the screen.



 I originally wrote this program because I was having a tough time trying to
place a complete screen dump into Microsoft Word.  I had to cut the screen
dump into sections and put the pieces together.  It turned out to be a major
pain because the pieces wouldn't print together on the Laserwriter without
overlapping them on the screen.  Anyway, I wrote this desk accessory to
overcome those problems.  Artisto is written in Consulair C version 4.5



 If you use Artisto and find it helpful, please send a donation ($5 or $10??). 
If you find any bugs or would like to suggest changes, be sure to let me know!



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