Moves Menu
COMMAND: COPY/O PURPOSE:
Copy an image to another area of the screen, leaving the original image in position.
To use COpy in its default mode (with the copied image appearing exactly like the original):
1 . Press COpy in the left hand side of the command box.
2. Press two points to define the image to be copied.
A box will surround the image, and an outline of the box will follow the cursor as you move the pen.
3. Position the outline box where the image should be copied and press down.
OR
To make a copy that varies from the original:
1. Press 0.
The menu is replaced by a menu of options for the copied image.
BRUSH gives an image that does not carry background.
BLOCK gives an image that carries background.
FLIP turns the copied image upside down.
XOR, NXOR, OR, NOR, AND and NAND give a variety of color changes and texture.
RESET returns the command to its default mode. (The copied image appears like the original.)
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2. Press one of the options.
The MOVES MENU returns to the screen.
3. Press COpy in the left hand side of the box.
4. Press two points to define the image to be copied.
A box will surround the image, and an outline of the box will follow the cursor as you move the pen.
5. Position the outline box where the image should be copied and press down.
EFFECTS:
COPY, in its default mode, carries all colors except background, so an image drawn on background color can be copied "on top of" other colors.
XOR, NXOR, OR, NOR, AND and NAND in the menu of options give a variety of color changes when the copied image crosses other colors.
How the color changes are determined is explained in Appendix C, but the effects of these commands are best discovered through experi mentation.
Any option selected is active until you make another choice or until you leave this menu.
RELATED COMMANDS:
CSTM/O (BRUSH MENU)
CSTM (custom brush) is similar to COPY, but it makes a copy of the selected image each time you depress the pen, without your having to reinitiate the command. COpy allows for more precise placement, while CSTM can be used in a brush mode.
MOVE (MOVES MENU)
MOVE moves an image to another area of the screen, leaving only background color at the Qriginallocation.
COMMAND: DUP (duplicate) PURPOSE:
Duplicate an image repeatedly to fill a defined area of the screen.
PROMPTS:
The prompt asks for three points.
2. Press two diagonal points to define the image to be duplicated.
A box surrounds the image.
3. For the third point, press the upper right corner of the screen area to be filled with the duplicated image.
To relocate the first corner of the box before the second corner has been selected, move the cursor into the menu. Then move back into the image and set the first point again. (Lifting the pen off the tablet also interrupts the command by breaking contact. The command is still active, but the first point must be reset.)
To reposition the delineating box before duplicating the image, cancel the command by gliding the pen to the right side of the tablet. Then initiate the command again.
EFFECTS:
Duplication begins at the current position of the defined image and works toward the right and toward the top of the screen, repeating the image as often as necessary to fill the screen area you designated.
OUP makes only complete images. An image begun inside the desig-nated area will not be cut off, even if it must go beyond the boundary set by the third point.
DUP carries all colors except background, so an image drawn on background appears to be "on top of" other colors it crosses when duplicating.
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RELATED COMMANDS:
MOVE (MOVES MENU)
To duplicate an image in an area of the screen below or to the left of where it already exists, first MOVE the image to the lower left corner of the area where duplication should begin. Then use DUP.
COMMAND: ROT (rotate) PURPOSE:
Rotate a selected image 90 degrees clockwise.
PROMPTS:
2P (2 points) EXIT:
none needed PROCEDURE:
1 . Press ROT.
The prompt asks for two points.
2. Press two corners to define the image to be rotated.
As you glide the pen to set the second point, the box attaching the cursor to the first corner will remain square, so the image will have the same number of pixels horizontally as vertically. Move the pen diagonally to enlarge or reduce the size of the box.
EFFECTS:
The defined image rotates 90 degrees clockwise.
To rotate an image 180 degrees, press ROT and select the two diagonal points. When the first rotation is complete, press LB (last box), then press ROT again. For a 270-degree rotation, press LB and ROT once more.
RELATED COMMANDS:
ROT/NW, TURN (ROTAT MENU)
Use ROT/NW and TURN in the ROTAT MENU for rotating an image a specified number of degrees in either direction.
COMMAND: REFL-X (reflect on X axis) PURPOSE:
Invert an image on its X axis.
PROMPTS:
2P (2 points) EXIT:
none needed PROCEDURE:
1. Press REFL-X.
The prompt asks for two points.
2. Press two diagonal corners, to define the image to be reflected.
EFFECTS:
The defined image is turned upside down in the same location.
RELATED COMMANDS:
REFL-Y (MOVES MENU)
To mirror an image left to right, use REFL-y' LB (MOVES MENU)
To mirror an image upside down and left to right, use REFL-X, then press LB (in the XB/LB command box) and press REFL-y'
COMMAND: XB/LB PURPOSE:
Remove from the screen or restore to the screen the last box used for delineating a screen area.
OR
Reactivate for the next command the last box used.
PROMPT:
LB (last box) EXIT:
none needed
NOTE: To cancel LB-so the last box is not reactivated for the next command-press LB in the Prompt Box or glide the pen to the right side of the tablet.
XB removes the previous delineating box from the screen. Press again, and the box reappears. A box restored through XB acts only as a visual reminder.
LB reactivates for the next command the screen area last used. This allows you to enact further commands in the exact same screen area previously used.
The LB command is active as long as LB appears in the Prompt Box.
That is, if you press LB and then press XB, the box will disappear from the screen but the prompt will remain, indicating that the next command will be carried out in that area of the screen.
To remove a delineating box from the screen, you must use XB before creating another box. If another box is created, the box already
onscreen becomes part of the image. That is, XB and LB affect only the box most recently created.
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RELATED COMMANDS:
ERASE (PENS MENU) REMOVE (FILLS MENU)
A box that has inadvertently become part of the image can be removed with ERASE or REMOVE. (Note, however, that if the box was drawn over other colors, a negative of the box will remain, since ERASE and REMOVE work by applying background color over the color being removed.)
COMMAND: MOVE