README for Create 4.0 for OpenStep SOLARIS ------------------------------------------ Welcome to Stone Design's (www.stone.com) Create(TM) - and now, it runs on SOLARIS OpenStep (www.sun.com/solaris/products/openstep/sol-openstep.html), WINNT with OpenStep from NeXT (www.next.com), and three flavors of OpenStep MACH: Motorola, Intel and SPARC. Create is the most powerful drawing application on any platform - create newsletters, designs, logos, pages and more! Just a few of the features include: ================================== Graphics: Types: Rich Text, Super Text, Line, Curve, Arc, Rectangle Oval, Rounded Rect, Box Graphic, Spline, Spline-Line, Poly Line, Freehand and Paintbrush. Attributes which can be instantly added: Neon, blended fills PostScript custom patterns, multiple copies for 3D look, skews, shadows, flip, scale and rotate. Super Text: Text along arbitrary paths, semicircles, circles and rose. Turn text into editable splines. Instant Date graphics. Rich Text: Super/Sub Scripting, Kern, ligatures, full rich text editing. Splines/Lines: add or delete handles, join,split or reverse them, collapse, loosen or tighten handles. Masked groups: allows you to clip to objects - for example, filling text with a TIFF image. Document: Multiple pages: duplicate, copy, re-order, and present them in a continuous loop. Automatic page numbering with Page marker. Rulers and Guidelines: Full text rulers and graphical rulers: inches, centimeters, points and picas. Add guidelines for "gravity" and alignment. Positioning: Grids, Nudger, Alignment tools and Distribute tools. Lock and reorder the layering of objects: send to back, send further, bring to front, bring closer. Zoom: magnify your document to any magnification. Unlimited undo/redo - go back if you make a mistake. Save stationary as a Template and then open as a Template. Background images - add, hide or show them. Advanced Modules: Autotrace Tiff images into editable graphics. Animator: Animates objects to create "Movies". User PostScript: includes a PostScript editing environment where you can create PS programs and turn them into graphics for use in any OpenStep Program. Patterns: create and edit your own PS patterns using Create graphics. Layers: separate complex drawings into layers which you can lock and hide on an individual basis. Import/Export: drag & drop EPS, TIFF, and CreateImages in. Export as EPS, TIFF, CreateImages, PS, ASCII or RTF instantly using Data Well. Miscellaneous: Online Manual: the entire graphical manual is available online. Services: blast rich text and images from other apps into Create Online art - both included and your custom art is available as a menu. Spell Checker and Guess panel. Advanced Preferences for customizing application behavior. DOWNLOAD CORRECT DISTRIBUTION: ------------------------------ Be sure you downloaded the correct version for your hardware: SOLARIS: Create_4_SOL.oct24.tar.Z SEE WEB SITE FOR OTHER ARCHITECTURES: www.stone.com INSTALLATION: ============ 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.oct24.tar.Z | tar xf - 2. Inside the newly created Create_4_SOL.oct24 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 CONTACT INFO: ------------ EMAIL: info@stone.com WWW: http://www.stone.com TELE: (505) 345-4800 FAX: (505) 345-3424 SNAIL: Stone Design Corp 2425 Teodoro NW Albuquerque, NM 87107 PRICING: -------- Create 4.0 lists for $295 for a commercial license, Call or email for our release specials!