Coloring book

[Lutris Man]

Hi All,
I would like to create a coloring book using the paintbox behaviors. I created
some black outline artwork in Illustrator, that I have imported into director
mx2004, and I want to create paint tools so that the user can color in the art
(like you do with crayons in a traditional coloring book when you were a kid).
I want to make it so that the colors don't cover up the black outlines of the
artwork, and so the user can press a button that will clear all of the colors
that have been painted on, but not clear the outline. Has anyone done something
like this before, or know where I can find more info on doing this? I am
assuming it is pretty common, but I haven't been able to find much.

There is an example of something similar to what I would like to set up on
this website under the "games and toys link":
[url]http://www.elfmovie.com/coloringbook.html[/url]

The way I was thinking of would use a "paintbrush tool", rather than the
"paint bucket" tool on this example, however if it is easier to do it this way,
then I would prefer to use the paint bucket instead. Also, can I print the
artwork using printomatic lite (like on the example above)?

[JB]

There are some links to more example paint toys at the bottom of:

[url]http://stu.aii.edu/~jb3010/samples-index.htm[/url]


( sorry my "Paint toy" file is expired.)



The paintbox behaviors have certain limitations. To make a more
comprehansive paint application one would hve to 'invent' their own code.


For your template select & revert function, you might copy a template
image to the canvas:

member("myCanvas").image = member("catTemplate").image.duplicate()

If you dig into the code you might find a way to tie in the semi
documented FloodFill imaging lingo function to accomplish a paint bucket
function.