INTRODUCTION

KEY COMMANDS | EXTRA KEY COMMANDS

KEYS	FUNCTION
U / u	Use this to import a section of a 320*200*256 .BMP, .PCX, or .GIF. SUBMENU: (Converting and Palette) [ENTER] - Convert the image that is inside the rectangular selection rectangle to the BUILD palette. [SPACE] - Convert the image that is inside the rectangular selection rectangle without remapping/changing the palette. [P] / p - When selecting the sections of the image you want to use, and you press 'P' (after pressing 'U'), the palette of the current picture will become the palette used by BUILD. then the palette of BUILD can be replaced by the palette of the displayed picture. [O] - Place the mouse cursor anywhere in the texture you want to grab and press 'O'. The texture must be drawn on a backdrop that uses the background color (255 - purple.) 'O' will grab the texture or sprite in an optimal way with no extra border on any of the four sides. [END] - Grab/import the entire image, and automatically sizes the tile to the image. (if the tile size your importing to is smaller than the image).
PGUP and PGDN	change picnum; Select tile to edit. (While in the 'V' iew submenu, this will move the screen by one page)
G / g	Goto tile (type in tile #).
S / s	Set cur tile dimens to 0x0; set dimensions (type it in), Re-size tile. X ranges from 0 to 1024, and Y ranges from 0 to 512.
ALT + 2	Set cur tile dimens to 32x32
Delete	Short-cut key to set both the X and Y sizes to 0 , deleting the tile.
+ and -	change picanm: number of animation frames, or animation type if pressing - when the value is at 0 (out of bounds). Change the animation setting. (Default: NoAnm = 0.) To change the animation type, press [-] when the value is 0. Example: If you want an object to have 4 tiles of animation, you can animate it in 4 different sequences: (0 is the current tile) NoAnm=4 sequence: 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,... (no animation) Oscis=4 sequence: 0,1,2,3,2,1,0,1,2,3,2,... (oscillate) AnmFD=4 sequence: 0,1,2,3,0,1,2,3,0,1,2,... (forwards) AnmBK=4 sequence: 0,-1,-2,-3,0,-1,-2,-3,... (backwards)
A / a	show picanm animation; set speed with '-' / '+' while animating. There are 16 different animation speeds. The animation speed set here, sets it in BUILD and in the GAME too. (Speed is proportional to (totalclock>>animspeed)).
` / ~	adjust picanm center; allows you to center a sprite. Simply use the 'arrow keys' to get to the desired position.
N / n	set tile name; Naming a tile changes the #define statement in NAMES.H. You should include NAMES.H when compiling so you can easily refer to sprites by name rather than by number.
O / o	optimize tile size: Optimize the size of an individual piece of artwork. Use this for tiles with invisible pixels on the sides. Removes transparency at edges while preserving picanm center position.
V / v	View and select a tile to edit; jump to tile. SUBMENU: (Swapping and Moving) [SPACE] - To swap two tiles simply press space bar on the first tile, then space bar on the second. (use 1,2,3 below). [1.2.3] - To move/swap a group of tiles, press '1' on the first tile, press '2' to remember the region between where you pressed '1' and '2'. Press '3' at the place to where you want to move all the tiles. [ALT+U] - Update script; Re-grab artwork from original pictures according to the CAPFIL.TXT script file. If you press 'ALT-U' in the main screen, everything will be re-grabbed. If you press 'ALT-U' in 'V' mode, then you should first select the range by pressing '1' and '2' on the range boundaries. Every PCX file gets put in tiles014. [ALT+R] - Generate a Tile frequency report by scanning all maps in the directory with EDITART.EXE. Use in 'V' mode only.
F12 / B / b	screen capture to PCX; Screen capture (saves image as a *.PCX file, starting as file name CAPTUR000.PCX and incrementing by 1 each time 'F12' is pressed.
ESC	Quit.
CTRL + [	quits only because it generates an escape code in the DOS key handler. It is not intended functionality.

If you actually want to do the artwork in EDITART or if you want to touch-up some imported art.

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