README for Create 4.2.2 OPTI (with HTML) for OpenStep ----------------------------------------- Welcome to Stone Design's (www.stone.com) latest and greatest version of Create - and now, it runs on the Yellow Box, SOLARIS OpenStep, WINDOWS NT and 95 with OpenStep from Apple (www.apple.com), and four flavors of OpenStep MACH: Motorola, Intel and SPARC, and now Power PC! Create is the most powerful drawing application on any platform - create newsletters, designs, logos, pages and more! And build web pages on the fly that look just like your document. The features are listed at the bottom of this file. Please visit the Stone Design WWW site to download the software and for more information about Create and other Stone Design software and services: http://www.stone.com CONTACT INFO: ------------ EMAIL: info@stone.com WWW: http://www.stone.com TELE: (505) 345-4800 FAX: (505) 345-3424 SNAIL: Stone Design Corp 2400 Rio Grande Blvd NW suite 116 Albuquerque, NM 87104 PRICING: -------- Create has an intro price of $249 for a commercial license, But hurry! Be sure you downloaded the correct version for your hardware and operating system: Operating System CPU architecture Download: ---------------- ----------------- ---------- OpenStep for Mach Intel, Motorola, or Sparc. Create.4.2.2.m.NIS.b.tar.gz Windows NT or Intel Create_v422.exe Windows 95 NOTE:you must be running OpenStep 4.2 for Windows - 1-800-try-next): Mixed Network: Intel,Motorola, or Sparc MACH and NT Create.4.2.2.w.I.m.NIS.b.tar.gz Note: you must install this package from OpenStep MACH's Installer.app SOLARIS SPARC Create_4_SOL.tar.Z INSTALLATION: ============ Windows NT or 95: ================ 1. Unpack the software distribution a. Double-click Create_v422.exe - it will self extract. b. By default, it installs in C:\Create 2. Inside the newly created Create directory will be Create.app a. Drag the icon of Create.exe to a Program Manager folder for easy launch b. Notify your system of the Create File types: 1. change directory to where Create.app resides, in this example, we'll say that Create.app is in C:\LocalApps cd C:\LocalApps 2. Run the registerBundle program by typing: registerBundle Create.app 3. Launch & License Create a. Double-click Create.exe in File Manager b. When it finishes launching - you have an option of Demoing or Licensing. If you have a license key, choose License c. Enter the key into the Key field. d. If your license is locked to your login name, enter it in User Name. e. Click "Add" to enter the license. Repeat for add'l licenses. f. Click "Done" 4. Play with Create: a. Choose Art->Demonstration to see some graphical effects b. Choose Help->Manual->01_Intro for an overview MACH: ===== 1. Unpack the software distribution a. open a "Terminal" window b. change directory to location of distribution, for example,/tmp cd /tmp c. extract the distribution: gnutar xzf Create.4.2.2.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 2. Inside the newly created Create_4.2_NS directory will be the Installer package, Create_4.2_MACH.pkg a. Double click this package and install in /LocalApps b. Drag the icon of Create.app from /LocalApps to the dock. 3. Launch & License Create a. Double-click Create.app in File Viewer b. When it finishes launching - you have an option of Demoing or Licensing. If you have a license key, choose License c. Enter the key into the Key field. d. If your license is locked to your login name, enter it in User Name. e. Click "Add" to enter the license. Repeat for add'l licenses. f. Click "Done" 4. Play with Create: a. Choose Art->Demonstration to see some graphical effects b. Choose Info->Manual->01_Intro for an overview MACH and WINDOWS NT/95 ====================== 1. Unpack the software distribution ON MACH HARDWARE! a. open a "Terminal" window b. change directory to location of distribution, for example,/tmp cd /tmp c. extract the distribution: gnutar xzf Create.4.2.2.w.I.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 2. Inside the newly created Create_4.2_NS_WIN directory will be the Installer package, Create_4.2_MACH_WINDOWS.pkg a. Double click this package and install in /LocalApps b. Drag the icon of Create.app from /LocalApps to the dock. 3. Launch & License Create a. Double-click Create.app in File Viewer b. When it finishes launching - you have an option of Demoing or Licensing. If you have a license key, choose License c. Enter the key into the Key field. d. If your license is locked to your login name, enter it in User Name. e. Click "Add" to enter the license. Repeat for add'l licenses. f. Click "Done" 4. Play with Create: a. Choose Art->Demonstration to see some graphical effects b. Choose Info->Manual->01_Intro for an overview SOLARIS: ======= 1. Unpack the software distribution a. open a "Terminal" window b. change directory to location of distribution, for example, /tmp cd /tmp c. extract the distribution: zcat Create_4_SOL.tar.Z | tar xf - 2. Inside the newly created Create_4_SOL directory will be Create.app a. move Create.app using File Viewer to /LocalApps or ~/openstep/Apps b. Drag the icon of Create.app to the dock. 3. Launch & License Create a. Double-click Create.app in File Viewer b. When it finishes launching - you have an option of Demoing or Licensing. If you have a license key, choose License c. Enter the key into the Key field. d. If your license is locked to your login name, enter it in User Name. e. Click "Add" to enter the license. Repeat for add'l licenses. f. Click "Done" 4. Play with Create: a. Choose Art->Demonstration to see some graphical effects b. Choose Info->Manual->01_Intro for an overview Create Features: ---------------- Tools: * Drawing tools include: Line, Straight Line, Curve, Arc, Rectangle, Oval, Rounded Rectangle, Bezier Spline, Spline-Line, Poly Line, Freehand, Brush, Polygon Star, Interface "Box", Video, Rich Text and Super Text. * Other types of graphics include: Text bound to a path, EPS and TIFF images, Groups, Box Groups, Mask Groups, Date & Page Markers. Effects: Each graphic can contain some or all of the following PostScript effects: * Outline - set the width, color and visibility of the stroke of an object. * Neon - Stone's unique Neon feature makes splashing, 3D lines. * Multiple - each object can be repeated any number of times at any offset. * Skew - torque and twist objects. * Shadow - set the color, direction and offset of the object's shadow. * Shaded Fill - fill objects with blended colors lines: across, down, radially. * Pattern Fill - PS Level II patterns that you create with Pattern Editor. * Group - Manage complexity by grouping objects. See also Levels below. * Mask Group - Clip any number of objects to the object on top of them - e.g., fill Super Text with a picture of a sunset. * Box Group - a grouping technique which puts an interface box around objects * Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical. * Scale - set the vertical and horizontal scaling separately or together. * Rotate - Using Stone's rotational slider, precisely rotate objects. * Copy and Paste effects from one graphic to another. * Color blends: transparent colors, CMYK, RGB, HSB, and Grayscales. Precise Design: * Zoom: Unlimited zoom and custom zooms are remembered. You can zoom in on an area with CONTROL-SHIFT drag. * Undo: as many levels of undo and redo as you like - 30 by default. * Object layering: Bring To Front, Bring Closer, Send to Back, Send Further, Lock and Unlock. * Grids: control grid spacing, color, visibility and "snap-to" independently. * Rulers: Work in points, picas, inches or centimeters. * Layers: Each page can be composed of independently nameable, hideable, lockable layers * Layout Guides for easy placement of objects. * Alignment: Align objects to top, bottom, middle, left, center and right. * Distribution: Distribute objects evenly left to right and/or top to bottom. * Nudge: using arrow keys or Nudge inspector, move objects precise amounts. * Each page can have a background image for tracing or presentation. * Define default colors of an object's effects. Text Handling: 2 Text types available: Super Text and Paragraph Text * Paragraph Text has full support for Rich Text Format: multifont, multicolor, multi paragraph text. Sub and superscripting, ligatures, kerning and line spacing. Spell Checking. Underline, italics, bold. * Super Text: can have all of Create's effects applied to it. Instantly place along rose, circle, upper or lower arc. Optional background color. Support for 2-byte fonts, like Kai-Su. Convert Super Text to splines. Place along any path: bind Super Text to Splines or Spline-Lines. * Convert Super Text to Paragraph Text and vice versa. Multiple Pages: * Add, Copy, Paste, Duplicate or Delete pages. * Reorder pages with easy interface. * "Play" (continuously loop through) pages. * Automated pagination with Page Marker. Splines and Lines: * Add and delete handles, Join and separate splines and lines. * Turn objects into splines. Tighten, Loosen and Animate splines. * Reverse path of splines and polylines. Import/Export * Import EPS, PS, JPEG, TIFF, and native file formats. * Autotrace: converts scanned images to editable graphics. * Export as EPS, PS, TIFF, JPEG, Ascii, RTF, HTML, CreateImage and Create. * TIFF export: control bit depth, alpha and compression method. Linking * Embed Create graphics in other documents with Object Linking. * Paste and Link other application's graphics and text into Create. * Exported EPS can be reimported and edited. * True object links with no redundant storage. Automated Web Page Production: * Document can create a single web page or a group of interconnected pages. * Automatically builds graphical Table of Contents. * Creates easy to read HTML which can be edited by hand. * Optional navigation bars on top and/or bottom of web pages. * Set the color of the background, text and links with simple user interface. * Specify a background image URL. * Custom HTML: Document titles can have a custom prefix, such as the site name, and add your own custom header and/or footer to each page. * Set the quality of the JPEG images created for export. * Configure HTML Preferences per document and per page. Online Help, Sample Art and Custom Art: * Context sensitive help * Online Create Manual * Online Tutorial * Sample art provided. * Your custom art and group art gets loaded as menu items. * Entire searchable manual in HTML available at www.stone.com. Expert Features: * Preferences: customizations that control every aspect of Create. * User PostScript Editor - an environment where you can write and execute PostScript programs: Open, execute, modify and save PS files. * Templates: You can create new documents from existing ones for stationary, forms, etc. Automatic access to your private and group directories. * Plug-In Tools Add Dynamically Loaded Plug-Ins as they become available Video is an example of a Plug-In. * Animator Module: The animator module allows you to create movies. * Pattern editor: Create PostScript Level II patterns using all of the effects and tools. Embeds patterns in your document for use by others. * And there are probably more features, but we've run out of room!