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Contents

• Preface
  
• Understanding Graphics
  
  • What are graphics?
    
  • Types of graphics
    
  • Vector graphics
    
  • Pixel graphics
    
  • Applications of graphics -an overview
    
  • Conversion between graphics types
    
• Understanding Vector graphics
  
  • Path objects
    
  • Moves in edits
    
  • Editing path objects
    
  • Styles
    
  • Operations on whole objects
    
  • Selecting and deselecting objects
    
  • Sprite objects
    
  • Text handling
    
  • Text Objects
    
  • Text object styles
    
  • Editing text objects
    
  • Internal, print, screen and pointer resolution
    
• Outline Fonts and the Font Editor
  
  • The Acorn outline font system
    
  • Anti-aliasing
    
  • The font editor
    
  • Operations on whole fonts
    
  • Operations on whole characters
    
  • Character creation and editing
    
  • Adding hinting
    
  • The Skeleton menu
    
  • The Display menu
    
  • Scaffolding
    
  • Removing scaffolds
    
  • D2Font
    
  • Edited fonts and PostScript printers
    
• Adjuncts to Draw
  
  • FontFX
    
  • Fontasy
    
  • Typestudio
    
  • DrawBender
    
  • Chameleon 2
    
  • Placard
    
• Advanced Vector Graphics Packages
  
  • DrawPlus
    
  • Vector
    
  • ArtWorks
    
• Three Dimensions
  
  • Euclid
    
  • Mogul
    
  • 3-D Construction Kit
    
• Vector Graphics and BASIC
  
  • DrawAid- Vector Graphics in BASIC
    
  • Displaying Drawfiles in BASIC programs
    
• Pixel Graphics and Paint
  
  • Sprite attributes and sprite files
    
  • Paint
    
• Art Packages
  
  • ARCtist
    
  • Art20
    
  • Revelation 2
    
• Ready-to-use Sprites
  
  • Scanners
    
  • Proimage
    
  • Choice of scanner resolution
    
  • Imported screens
    
  • Clip Art
    
• Image Processing
  
• Tracing - Pixel to Vector Graphics
  
  • Trace
    
• Ray Tracing
  
  • ArcLight
    
  • Render Bender II
    
  • Illusionist
    
  • PowerShade
    
• Animation
  
  • Animation techniques
    
  • Tween
    
  • Splice
    
  • Projector
    
  • Getting into animation
    
• Mathematical and Abstract Graphics
  
  • The Mandelbrot set
    
  • Mandlbrot
    
  • Lyapunov
    
  • Third Millennium
    
  • Fortran Friends
    
• Epilogue - The Future
  
• Appendix 1 - The Structure of Draw files
  
  • The Draw file header
    
  • Object types used in Draw
    
  • Other packages
    
• Appendix 2 - Pixel Graphics SWIs
  
  • General considerations
    
  • Plot action
    
• Appendix 3 - Colour in RISC OS
  
  • 2-, 4- and 16-colour modes
    
  • 256-colour modes
    
  • Dithering
    
  • 24-bit colour
    
• Appendix 4 - Printing Graphics
  
  • Dot matrix printers
    
  • Ink-jet printers
    
  • Laser printers
    
  • Colour printing
    
  • Structure of the printed image
    
  • Other printing systems
    
  • Printing - The practicalities