Atari Touch Tablet owner's guide

Table

of

Contents

ATARI

Hooking

AtariArtist Your Key to

Using

Making

Drawing a Picture 8

Unleashing AtariArtist

Additional Infonnation

Saving/Loading a Picture

Creating

Touch Tablet 2

it

Up 3

the

ATARI

Menu

a Sample Drawing

Touch

Selections 6

Computer

Tablet with AtariArtist 5

Graphics

on

the

Art 4

Features II

18

19

9

ATARI Touch Tablet

CONTROL

Used

to

as

make

trigger

BUTTON

menu selections

buttons for video games.

or

CONTROL

BUTTON

TABLET

Clear

plastic

surface

STYLUS

FACE

overlay

, lets you trace

CONTROL

pro

tects tablet

over

pictures.

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2

The

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- using the AtariArtist™ software included

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can

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for u

quickly

and

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and

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with all AT

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and

graphics

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create

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your own

writing complex

with the Touch Tablet.

You

can

draw with just about package,

You

a pen,

can

draw

anything-the

or

you should always

pictures on

your finger.

right on the Touch Tablet itself, but

place

the

ATARI

stylus that comes

the

clear

plastic overlay on

Touch Tablet

in

the

the tablet surface. The plastic overlay not only protects the Touch Tablet surface, but acts like tracing paper

- just put the picture you want to trace the overlay trace

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erfere

ti

on. Lifting the drawing tool from the tablet surface causes screen-to

and

tablet surface, then

the picture onto your

se

moderate

appear

tear

the plastic overlay

with

the

cursor-the

Press

on your

and

proper

pressure

only

TV

pressing

cursor

white crosshairs on the

vanish.

screen.

use

when drawing on the

hard

enough

screen.

Pressing too

or

damage

too lightly could

movement

and

The two control buttons on the Touch Tablet

the o

ne

controllers. They

on the stylus act like "fire" buttons on other

stylus

and

menu

selections or

are

used

in

the Touch Tablet's

begin

an activity-moving from a

conjunction with the

drawing

between

the stylus

to

make the

the Touch

drawing ac-

surface to

hard

in-

and

make

to

menu

to

ticular color,

tons work that the button on the stylus tons on the tablet to cursor, or begin

a picture, drawing a line, choosing a par-

or

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erasing

identically-when

comes

with the Touch Tablet , you can

dra

the

screen.

page

5),

you're

or

one of the t

make

menu selections,

wing. When you'

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using the stylus

wo

re

press

control but-

erase

drawing

either

the

wit

something other than the stylus, use either button on

to

the Touch Tablet

select one of the AtariArtist

features.

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dle

controllers the stylu s on the Touch Tablet surface imitates action, so wherever the tablet surface, the the television or monitor

can also

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it

Plug the stylus into the jack on the Touch Tablet , then plug the Controller Jack tridge into your in

its owner's guide.

to

Up

use

the Touch Tablet instead of pad-

play certain

ATARI

games. Moving

you move your stylus or

cursor

(or oth

screen

er

follows.

indicator)

back

1.

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paddle

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car-

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3

AtariArtist ™ Your

Key

To Computer Art

The AtariArtist software Touch Tablet graphics features of traditional choice of puter

graphics-patterned

and

squares,

ing tool

creativity.

Your

Tablet, and

12

magnify any portion of your

work dot-by-dot on your circles,

You

or cassette, then pictures.

On the following

to

operate

make

AtariArtist menu selections,

plete

details about AtariArtist 's features, instructions for loading cassette, structions

opens

possibilities. AtariArtist

brush

with the

ATARI

and

AtariArtist give you

pre-designed

squares,

can

also file the pictures you

this amazing system. You'll

and

and-beginning

to

create

up

width

and

mirror im

power

Home Computer,

and

use

pages,

saving your

the

included

an exciting world of art

painting-sketching,

and

style-with

colors, automatic

ages-to

to match your artistic

patterns

straight lines.

them again

drawings

TV

screen,

you'll

pictures

on

page

sample

(in

with

combines

those

produce

ATARI

access

drawing

to

128

colors), let you

to modify

or

draw

later

with

learn

how

learn

and

you'll find com-

to

diskette

19-step-by-step

on this

the

ATARI

and

the

erasing,

of com-

circles

a draw-

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128

colors

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to diskette

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or

page.

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the cartridge the LEFT SLOT you're on When sert turn guide programs),

have control buttons on to key up tions that'll almost

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simply surface,

draw stylus

using

your

the

a DOS-formatted

your

for

After the AtariArtist

two options:

the

AtariArtist menu,

(if

your

the

help

as

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bar

repeat

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begin

a line, for

or

slot (the

a disk

disk

drive

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soon

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screen

and

pressing

on your

the

"canvas"

then

press

an

other

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in

as

this

example-you

writing tool to

cartridge cartridge an ATARI

drive

to

before you turn on your

light on

you

by

activity-make a menu

your

diskette

on

(see

instructions for loading

1)

You

the

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you turn your call your

removing

computer,

step-lift

a control button

your

welcome

can

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or

2)

has

one)

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drawing

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disk

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press

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or

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selection

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off,

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saving

of

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tablet

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tablet

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in-

and

you the

the

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when

using

the

then

press

when

using

press

then drawing when

you

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the

button on

"ON"

position-so tinuously holding stylus to the Touch Tablet surface, then button on create a picture from the Touch then

touch drawing, turn

it

off. left of the Touch Tablet, however, must continuously

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you're

a

finger-the covered simultaneously at two points, way

between

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drawing

required

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one

of

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DRAW

a control button again

to

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the

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area,

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to

your

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select

the

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down a button-by

right

side

on your

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when

you're

drawing

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you touch the Touch Tablet

them,

on

the

this will soon

control buttons,

and

POINT features, you must

three

control buttons,

and

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work

the DRAW feature, you

the

can

of the tablet. This lets you

TV

surface

using the DRAW feature,

with a blunt

screen

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when

in

or

it

the

draw

screen

surface

will

tablet.

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freehand

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to

check

again

or

instrument-such

at

the

center

the

cursor

instead

become

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you're disappear

first touching the

second

the button on the

of your

second

finished

can

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pressing

lift

the

to

resume

pressed

of

the

hand

nature,

stylus

time

your work,

be

appears

lock

the

to

as

mid-

5

Making

Menu Selections

AtariArtist offers you a and

ing and from , plus etc., your drawing.

the Touch Tablet eit the and w

6

painting

12

pre-designed

and

fill

To

view

her

one of

space

forth

hen

between

your stylus is on

tools-128

the

capability to

in

specific

the

menu at

and

the

control buttons on

bar

on your

the

complete

colors, eight

patterns

draw

areas

any

press

the

comp menu the

tablet

palette

in

128

with color,

time,

button on

uter

also

and

surface

brush

colors to

circles, boxes, discs,

your

even

lift

your

the

tablet.

takes

picture-even

.

the

of draw-

widths,

choose

magnify

stylus from

stylus

or

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you

back

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of boxes.

the

can't the the dition, you top

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feature

read-can

stylus

to

feature you want

three

can

rows

The AtariArtist M

menu

box

does

place

contains a picture showing what

, so

anyone-including

use

it.

the

and

select

some

and

the next-to-last

en

u

consists of six horizontal rows

To

make a menu

cursor

over

press

features-the

a control button. In ad-

children who

selection,

the box containing

ones

row-from

in

your

use

the

computer

keyboard

by

typing the letter or

number shown on the menu. The features you're using highlighted on the menu. remains menu-until

stylus

the ton; or you keyboard,

in

effect-and

you choose another.

To

select the

to

move the cursor

upper

right-hand

can

and

RAYS

simply type the letter R on your

the word the menu on your on your electronic canvas the keyboard-controlled features, you don't display the

press

just

menu-if

it.

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will

you select a feature,

be

highlighted on the main

feature, for example, use your

to

TV

corner

RAYS

screen

and

the box

and

. When you're drawing

press

will

want

labeled

a control but-

be

highlighted

to

select one of

need

you know which key you want,

are

RAYS

to

in

With two exceptions, the features

it

DRAW you'll features, however, can work

rows cannot

be

after you've

override

used

simultaneously-

selected

RAYS.

The MAGNIFY

RAYS,

in another or with any of the other menu selections. can magnify a section of a circle or ray, or rored

frames, for example. In addition, the Color Menu

can also in

style, color, with the features

be

the top

used

three

The features

and

in

conjunction with the other features

rows.

in

the bottom

pattern-can

in

the top

be

three

in

the top three

if

you select

for

example,

and

MIRROR

tandem with one

create

three

rows-brush

used

simultaneously

rows without affecting

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mir-

the choice of feature. The brush size, color, or pattern

by

you're using is indicated upper

right-hand

corner

diagonal markings

of their boxes.

in

the

7

Drawing a Picture

Creating a picture AtariArtist is a

1)

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the

space

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move

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expand

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using

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bar

across

three-step

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feature

the

stylus to

pressing

move

stylus

across

the

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or

and

screen

to

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surface

see a "rubber

with

the

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process:

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a control button

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press

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fill

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8

Unleashing AtariArtist Graphics

Point

DRAW

write your name, doodle, or

[D]

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draw

free-hand-

draw face- on the Touch Tablet surface. What you sketch is displayed draw

on the TV

and

color style you've selected.

POINT

[P]

screen

in

the

Lets you draw one dot (called a pixel, for picture e lement) or one brush design at a time on your screen.

LINE

[L]

from one point on the

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another-touch surface,

press touch the tablet surface at a point and

K-LINE

press

[K]

connected

stylus

to

several

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trol button, lines fro m point

point of one line

draw

a straight line

screen

the stylus

to

a control button, then

a control button again.

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draw a series

lines-touch

separate

points on press

and

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point, using the

as

the starting point

the tablet

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for another.

as

you

brush

to

the

a con-

draw

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of

end

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[F]

area-a

face

screen, for

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fill

in

the middle

instance-

an enclosed

of

with

your

a splash of

TV

color.

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tangle

[V]

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by

touching the stylus or

create

a rec-

pen

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to

the stylus site the starting position. The banded" on your

a point diagonally oppo-

"rubber

rectangle expands outward

TV

screen

as you move the stylus away from the point of initial contact.

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this lets you

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9

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10

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Atari Touch Tablet owner's guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual