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THE CYBERNETICS presents: SYNTHETIC ARTS V2.025
   
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This software was initially intended for commercialization, but given the increasing quality of public domain products like NEOCHROME MASTER, we decided to release it freely once it was usable. This explains its imperfections, which should be corrected in future improvements. In case you encounter problems, bugs, or other issues, you can submit your feedback or suggestions to:
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THE CYBERNETICS present: SYNTHETIC ARTS V2.025
  
   
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THE CYBERNETICS
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This software was initially intended to be commercialized but given
 
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BP 247
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the increasing quality of public domain products like NEOCHROME MASTER,
 
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25016 BESANCON CEDEX
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we decided to release it for free once it became usable. This explains
 
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FRANCE
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its imperfections which should be corrected in future improvements. If
 
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you encounter any problems, bugs or other issues, you can submit your
 
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remarks or suggestions to:
  
   
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USER MANUAL:
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THE CYBERNETICS
  
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BP 247
  
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25016 BESANCON CEDEX
 
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FRANCE
  
   
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USER GUIDE:
  
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- The overall concept of Synthetic Arts is similar to that of Neochrome, with the screen divided into two parts: the screen page and the icon panel. You can still switch to full screen mode. Full-screen mode is activated by pressing the corresponding icon. From that moment on, whenever you move to the screen to draw on the half-screen page, you enter full-screen mode. To return from full screen to the icon panel, use the TAB key. When you are not in full screen mode, a dynamic magnifying glass appears with the cursor coordinates, the name of the image, and the name of the selected tool in place of the main icon panel.
   
 
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[... The technical descriptions continue with the translation omitted for brevity ...]
  
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- THE MAIN ICON PANEL:
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The icons between CRAYON and TEXTE, between AutoENTOURAGE and AutoDEGRADE, are tool selection icons. The corresponding parameter table for each tool appears when it is selected under the main icon panel.
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Note that for the tools - RECTANGLE CERCLE ELLIPSE POLYGONE -:
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- Selection by left-click activates them in line mode.
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- Selection by right-click activates them in fill mode (in this case, a small LED appears on the corresponding icon).
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Pressing the eraser icon with the right-click does not select that tool but erases the screen. If full-screen mode is activated, the entire screen is cleared; otherwise, only the portion of the image displayed on the half-screen is erased.
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The icons between DISQUE and SOURIS allow access to various software functions:
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- Disk access
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- Fullscreen
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- Image scrolling
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- Brush editor
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- Pattern editor
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- Screen management
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- Mouse settings (not available in this software version).
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The six screen selection icons.
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The OPTIONS icon.
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- DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TOOLS
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- The CRAYON:
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It allows freehand drawing. Drawing with the left button uses the color selected by the cursor in the palette. Drawing with the right button uses the color from the arrow-shaped palette "<".
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- Line Drawing:
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The settings allow you to choose the endpoints and thickness of the first line. The other two lines can be redefined by clicking on them with the right mouse button, which opens a line editor; however, you cannot define their thickness. Once defined, you select one of the three lines by clicking on it with the left button. To draw a line, select one endpoint while holding down the left-click. Then simply move the other endpoint to the desired location. If the first chosen endpoint is not satisfactory, press the other click while still holding the first one (note that, unlike Neochrome, this action does not refresh the UNDO). If the drawing is triggered with the left-click, the line will be drawn in the style selected on the parameter table. If the drawing is triggered with the right-click, the line will be drawn with the color gradient between the two palette arrows "<" & ">" (in this mode, the line style is not taken into account).
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- FILL:
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You can choose between a solid fill pattern (the default selection) or one of the twelve redefinable patterns. In monochrome mode, Synthetic Arts considers the shade of the selected pattern, and you can choose its color from the palette. In color mode, patterns can be multicolored; they are displayed as they are, and you cannot choose their color. A rectangle containing the selected pattern visualizes it as it will be displayed. A click on this rectangle toggles between the FILL and PATTERN modes.
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During drawing, triggering by left-click or right-click allows drawing with the color pointed to by the cursor or with the color pointed to by the "<" arrow (similar to the CRAYON).
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Pattern editing is done using an editor described later.
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Revision as of 22:08, 17 December 2023

Languages: 

English  • français 

THE CYBERNETICS presents: SYNTHETIC ARTS V2.025

This software was initially intended for commercialization, but given the increasing quality of public domain products like NEOCHROME MASTER, we decided to release it freely once it was usable. This explains its imperfections, which should be corrected in future improvements. In case you encounter problems, bugs, or other issues, you can submit your feedback or suggestions to:

THE CYBERNETICS
BP 247
25016 BESANCON CEDEX
FRANCE

USER MANUAL:

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- The overall concept of Synthetic Arts is similar to that of Neochrome, with the screen divided into two parts: the screen page and the icon panel. You can still switch to full screen mode. Full-screen mode is activated by pressing the corresponding icon. From that moment on, whenever you move to the screen to draw on the half-screen page, you enter full-screen mode. To return from full screen to the icon panel, use the TAB key. When you are not in full screen mode, a dynamic magnifying glass appears with the cursor coordinates, the name of the image, and the name of the selected tool in place of the main icon panel.

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- THE MAIN ICON PANEL:

The icons between CRAYON and TEXTE, between AutoENTOURAGE and AutoDEGRADE, are tool selection icons. The corresponding parameter table for each tool appears when it is selected under the main icon panel.
Note that for the tools - RECTANGLE CERCLE ELLIPSE POLYGONE -:
- Selection by left-click activates them in line mode.
- Selection by right-click activates them in fill mode (in this case, a small LED appears on the corresponding icon).
Pressing the eraser icon with the right-click does not select that tool but erases the screen. If full-screen mode is activated, the entire screen is cleared; otherwise, only the portion of the image displayed on the half-screen is erased.

The icons between DISQUE and SOURIS allow access to various software functions:
- Disk access
- Fullscreen
- Image scrolling
- Brush editor
- Pattern editor
- Screen management
- Mouse settings (not available in this software version).

The six screen selection icons.

The OPTIONS icon.

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- DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TOOLS

- The CRAYON:
  It allows freehand drawing. Drawing with the left button uses the color selected by the cursor in the palette. Drawing with the right button uses the color from the arrow-shaped palette "<".

- Line Drawing:
  The settings allow you to choose the endpoints and thickness of the first line. The other two lines can be redefined by clicking on them with the right mouse button, which opens a line editor; however, you cannot define their thickness. Once defined, you select one of the three lines by clicking on it with the left button. To draw a line, select one endpoint while holding down the left-click. Then simply move the other endpoint to the desired location. If the first chosen endpoint is not satisfactory, press the other click while still holding the first one (note that, unlike Neochrome, this action does not refresh the UNDO). If the drawing is triggered with the left-click, the line will be drawn in the style selected on the parameter table. If the drawing is triggered with the right-click, the line will be drawn with the color gradient between the two palette arrows "<" & ">" (in this mode, the line style is not taken into account).

- FILL:
  You can choose between a solid fill pattern (the default selection) or one of the twelve redefinable patterns. In monochrome mode, Synthetic Arts considers the shade of the selected pattern, and you can choose its color from the palette. In color mode, patterns can be multicolored; they are displayed as they are, and you cannot choose their color. A rectangle containing the selected pattern visualizes it as it will be displayed. A click on this rectangle toggles between the FILL and PATTERN modes.
  During drawing, triggering by left-click or right-click allows drawing with the color pointed to by the cursor or with the color pointed to by the "<" arrow (similar to the CRAYON).
  Pattern editing is done using an editor described later.

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