What is an Art Disk,.... and how can I use it?
An Art disk is a diskette full of designs that are paint program files saved in a certain paint file language (e.g. .PCX on Windows and .PICT on the Mac). To use an art disk you need to first load a paint program, then you may load any file from the disk. Always ensure that you have a paint program that uses the file format provided by the art disk. If you do not have one, you have two options;

• You can change the file format of the files using a file conversion program, or
• You can purchase a paint program which deals with the file format provided on the disks.

Once you have loaded a file, there are many things you can do with it. You may:

1. Edit the drawings. Example: You may load a drawing of a basic garment, and then re-draw the neckline, the sleeve style or any other part of the garment.
   Tools: line tool, eraser, brush capture/selection tool
2. Create a 'parts' library of different sleeves, neckline, body parts, etc.
   Tools: brush capture/selection tool of some sort and brush save; copy and paste functions with clipboard
3. Color in the image, experimenting with colorations.
   Tools: Typically, you use a paint fill/paint bucket tool in your paint program to do this.
4. Lay a fabric into the garment, and experiment with scale, layout and coloration. The paint program functions necessary for these operations are greater and more difficult to find. Look for 'pattern fill', tiling, etc.
   Tools: brush capture/selection, define pattern/pattern fill, rotate, and possibly a stencil tool in addition to basic paint tools.
5. Combine different drawings. Learn how to borrow the face of one model, and place it on another model. This allows you to create greater variations on the images you have and to customize them.
   Tools: selection, brush, copy and paste with clipboard, eraser, line tool and other basic paint tools.