DAUB Dynamic Brush Copyright (c) 1992/93 by Tim Parish, TOPline Software All Rights Reserved SUMMARY Product: DAUB 1.5 Description: Calligraphy in Windows Required: 386SX or better, 3M memory, Windows 3.1 Registration: A$49.95 or US$39.95 (plus shipping/handling) Author: Tim Parish TOPline Software Address: PO Box 66 Rundle Mall Adelaide SA 5000 AUSTRALIA All distributors are listed at the top of register.txt (double click the icon 'Registration Information'). ABOUT THIS PRODUCT DAUB is a new calligraphic Windows vector graphics program. Being 'brush stroke' based and implementing many machine generated effects, this program is quite different from any other drawing program currently on the market. It is continuously being developed and enhanced, both in the power of its features and in raw performance. PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS ONE LINER: Calligraphic Graphics Program for Windows. SHORT DESCRIPTION: Calligraphic graphics program for Windows. Simple or continuously changing 'brush'. Selection of 'brush strokes' individually or in groups, for automatic reshaping and/or recolouring. Support for text in any installed font. Output on any printer that can print from Windows. Vector based graphics with EPS exporting capability for fully professional results (does not include EPS text in the current version). LONGER DESCRIPTION: Whether you are a dabbler or a professional graphic artist, you need to have a look at DAUB. This unique calligraphic Windows program offers ease of use and high quality output, at a fraction of the cost of other vector based graphics programs. Its novel method of drawing and altering previously drawn 'brush strokes' results in stunning graphics that would be hard to reproduce exactly using any other package. Features include scaling in x and y directions, rotations, flipping, changing brush width, colour and orientation as you draw, altering previously drawn strokes in accordance with stroke length, curvature, slope etc. A unique feature is the smoothing function which can transform shaky hand input into beautifully smooth and flowing brush strokes on the screen. All the above can be performed on groups of strokes as well as individual strokes. Text is supported, and all installed fonts are available (including TrueType). Text can be scaled and rotated in the same manner as the brush strokes. Basic shapes such as ellipse, rectangle and rounded rectangle are also supported, and have variable line size, line colour and fill colour. Graphics can be stored on disk in DAUBs own format or in Encapsulated PostScript (EPS text not currently supported) for importing into high-end graphics packages. Graphics may also be copied to the Windows clipboard for pasting to other Windows applications. Full colour and sharply defined output can be achieved on any good colour Windows printer. For black and white work, laser printed output is razor sharp. KEY WORDS: calligraphy shareware windows graphics text brush drawing tool vector EPS object art PRODUCT FEATURES Although there are many painting and drawing programs available, a number of features make DAUB unique: 1. It has a dynamic drawing ability which is quite different in the way it is implemented to anything else currently on the market. 2. Good results can be obtained at a basic level, for example for solid colour calligraphy work. For the more adventurous, or the professional trying to do something spectacular and 'different', DAUB is equal to the task with its 'path attributes' functions. 3. Functions may be accessed quickly using tools, or in a precise, easy to use manner using the pull down menus. 4. The product is being continually enhanced and extended. 5. It offers very good value for money for registered users. PRESS ETC. June 1994: DAUB received a favourable review from Jerry Olsen in Prodigy Selections, the "hit products of the week" area on ZiffNet, a US-based information service. June 1994: DAUB was reviewed in PC Review. July 1994: DAUB received a mention in the 'What's New International' section of Byte Magazine. July 1994: DAUB received a mention in the OZ Shareware column of Australian PC World. 1995: Daub has been picked up by several CD publishers who compile 'hand picked' collections of quality shareware. DISTRIBUTION POLICY Shareware Vendors have permission to copy and redistribute this program on the following conditions: 1. The product is distributed in its entirety without modification i.e. all files on the supplied disk. Loader programs and documentation files may be added, and the product may be bundled with catalogues or other Shareware. 2. The product is identified as Shareware in all catalogues and labelling, and recipients informed that the program requires further payment to the author if found useful. The same conditions apply to CDROM publishers, with the additional requirement that the publisher must seek written permission from the author before including the product on a CD. ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION Placing of DAUB on bulletin boards and the like is encouraged. The contents of the supplied disk should be packed into a single file with a popular file archiving and compression program. The file should be called DAUBnn.xxx, where nn is the first 2 numbers in the version number and xxx is the normal file extension associated with the compression program used. For example, if PKZIP is used to pack DAUB version 1.52, the packed file would be called DAUB15.ZIP. FILES ON THE INSTALLATION DISK The supplied disk contains the following 13 files. No copy of the program may be distributed unless all files are included. If notice is given to the user, BWCC.DLL may be omitted for disk space reasons. FILE_ID.DIZ Short description of DAUB for bulletin boards BWCC.DLL Common routines for Borland style dialog boxes MISC.DOB A collection of demonstration DAUB graphics CATALOG.EXE Ark Angles 'Great Australian Software' online catalog DAUB.EXE The DAUB program itself DAUBFREE.EXE Pre-release freeware version of DAUB 2.0 INSTALL.EXE Installation program INSTALL.INF Script for the installation program ORDER.TXT Order form README.TXT Last minute user news plus update history REGISTER.TXT List of distributors, registration information VENDOR.TXT This file DAUB.WRI User information, in the form of a condensed manual