CompuServe Thread

Video Production/Amiga

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#9250From: R MICHAEL WALKERJan 3, 1989 5:21 AM
JACK; THANKS FOR ANSWERING. I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE KURTA 12X12 TABLET FOR MY WIFE WHO IS A GRAPHIC ARTIST. MY QUESTION IS HOW CAN SHE USE THE TABLET WITH ANIM PROGRAMS SUCH AS VIDEOSCAPE 3D, ZOETROPE ETC. I HAVE NO EXP WITH THIS, NOR DOES SHE. WE'VE HAD OUR AMIGA ONLY 3 MONTHS. IT'S OUR FIRST COMPUTER EVER. WE ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CUT TOOL IN DPAINT HANGING UP WITHE THE TABLET. ANY IDEAS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
#9296From: Betty Clay/SYSOPJan 3, 1989 11:55 PM
Michael, Your messages are reaching us in all-caps mode. Would you please use lower case? If you are typing with the caps lock on, just release it. If you are using both lower and upper case, but your message comes in upper case only, you need to change your settings for CompuServe (Go TERMINAL). You came to the right place to get help with Amiga graphics – but I'm not the person to help. We have many members who both can and will. Betty
#9301From: Vic WagnerJan 4, 1989 12:26 AM
Which version of DPaint do you have? and what do you mean by the 'cut' tool?
#9538From: R MICHAEL WALKERJan 8, 1989 3:11 AM
Hi Vic, thanks for calling/writing/whatever . I have deluxe paint II. The cut tool is used to cut a brush/etc from your screen. It always seems to hang up the Amiga if I use this, especially if I am too quick, when using the Kurta tablet. I have 1 1/2 megs in my machine, 2 disk drives, a modem(could you guess?),#Pe tablet(which shares the same port), a printer, a moniter or a genlock(again they share the same port). I have a 100 watt power supply/junked that tiny thing that came with the Amiga. any guesses???????? thanks, Mike Walker \exit
#9587From: Henry LowengardJan 8, 1989 9:22 PM
I've had a series 1 for about 2 years and use it constantly. There is some kind of conflict with the driver and DPAINT which I believe is DPAINT's fault since I've seen the same kinds of things happen with the Summagraphics drivers. Yes, I use the thing with Zoetrope, Photonpaint, Sculpt-Animate and nearly everything else. But the thing to watch out for are: in DPAINT, changing screen formats , going into "magnify" via the keyboard, and a few other obscure situations. I try to save often. Also, the thing hangs up sometimes (possibly there are calls to the old debugger, which sent messages out the serial port), which can be fixed by pushing the little reset button on the back of the tablet. SOme software likes to look for the hardware buttons – i.e. cannot use the simulated button press signals – E.G. Digipaint's scissors and a few other things. PPaint works really well, but it's ppaint. I haven't tried it with Diamond yet. Good luck! J H H Lowengard