TheDrawTutorial2:Page3Someti
mesyoumaywanttomakeaverylargepicture
or,forsomereason,ananimationlongerthanthe
bufferallows.Inthiscase,youcanusethe
DOScommand:ÿ"COPYFILE1+FILE2.....LASTFILENEWFILE
"Ipersonallyhaveneverhadtousethis,
butIÿimagineifyouwantalargescrollingscr
een(i.e.morethan23linestall)youshoulds
aveFILE2with(N)oneasthevideoprepara
tion.Ifyouwanta"movie"orslideshow,save
itwith(C)lear.Ididseeaslideshowfor
the12DaysofChristmas,withmanyscreenslin
kedtogether.Ifyouwantapauseinbetweenpic
tures,youcanusetheonesuppliedintheanima
tionmenuormakeabatchfile.Ifyoudos
omehowmakeananimationlargerthan16,000charac
ters,Iÿdon'tknowifyoucanloaditallinto
TheDrawtoedit.Insteadjusthave"PartI,"
"PartII,"andsoon.It'smucheasier(andkee
pstheviewersinsuspense).Anothertip
istoexaminethewaycharactersaresimilarto
eachother.Forexample,tohaveasmalldotm
ovingupordown,Iuseaperiod(.)andFun
ctionSet6,keyF10(ú)Donequicklyitlooks
likethis:....úúúú..
.. úúúú.... úú
úú....úúúú...
. úúúú úúúú ..
.. ....Ioftencarryit
furtheronsignatureslikethis:.....
úúúúúùùùùùøøø
øøoooooOOOOOo
ooooøøøøøùùùù
ùúúúúú.....Now
lookatthewaythesecharactersaresomewhat
similar::|³ºWhentypeoverinthatandrever
seorder,theylooklikethis:::::
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º³|:Trytofindyourown"unique
"smallanimations,andusetheminyourdrawing
sand/orsignatures.