As its title implies, this program provides an environment for the creation of high resolution pictures. The package offers versions for the C64 and CI61PIus 4 and apart from some slight differences, the programs are pretty well identical.
Loading is by a Turbo load and on running you are greeted by a duck shoot menu. For those of you who haven't used Compunet, a duck shoot menu is a single line of options which scroll across the foot of the screen. The centre item is highlighted and a touch of the joystick button selects it.
The. graphics options are quite standard allowing the drawing of lines, points, boxes, circles, discs, radians and filling, The C64 version offers two screens with a copying option. The Cl6 version allows the selection of luminance as well as colour. A variety of brush designs are offered for greater flexibility.
Both programs use the highest resolution mode so that you are limited to only two colours per character square. In addition, there didn't appear to be an option to change the paper colour, which further limited colour control. Some of the nicer touches such as air brush and zoom were omitted. Whilst the space limitation on the C16 probably precludes further options, the C64 has plenty of room.
On the whole, not a bad package but whilst being cheaper than most of the opposition, this fact is reflected by the options available. In spite of such reservations, it's worth a close look.
3rd September 1985
