AMOS Object Editor

AMOS Object Editor – User Documentation

📘 Introduction

The AMOS Object Editor (from now on called AOE) is a powerful utility for creating and editing visual objects for use in AMOS/AMOS Professional programs on the Commodore Amiga - for PC/Windows. 

AOE provides a graphical interface for designing sprites, bobs, icons - Also, setting properties, saving and loading .ABK files. 

⚙️ Features

  * Create and manage multiple objects 

  * Pixel-based drawing with palette support 

  * Edit object properties (width, height, color depth etc.) 

  * Supports AmIc and AmSp .abk files formats 

  * Load and Save .abk file 

🧭 Usage

Start AOE either from the Desktop icon or from the Program Files (Under Docster Productions), or even the letter A under Windows 11. 

After AOE has been launched, you can either create a new object.. Or Load a file into AOE.

AMOS Bank Type

AOE supports the following bank types:

  * AmIc - Icons 

  * AmSp - Sprites/Bobs 

This is an option that is used when saving the .abk file. 

🪄 Creating a New Object

  1. Set the resolution of the icon/sprite/bob 

    * Bitplanes - Set number of bitplanes (colors) for this Object 

    * Width - Must be a number between 1 - 20 (16-320), 1 means that this is 16 pixels in width.  

    * Height - Height can be anything from 1 - 200 pixels 

    * X Hot Spot - Where to set the X hotspot for a sprite (manual or with the mouse) 

    * Y Hot Spot - Where to set the Y hotspot for a sprite (manual or with the mouse)  

  2. Press the Create New Object when done 

  3. Use the drawing tools from the ribbon to create pixel graphics 

  4. Remember to apply the changes to the object, or it will be lost! 

📏 Pixel/Graphics tools

AOE supports the following Drawing methods: 

  * Pixeling - One pixel at a time 

  * Drawing - Draw.. just draw. 

  * Filling - Fill areas with your favorite colors 

When drawing you can pan, scroll, pixel and erase with the following mousebuttons:

SCROLL - Will set the zoomfactor +/- depending up or down scrolling.

LEFT - Will pixel with the forcolor

RIGHT - Will pixel with the backcolor (almost like erase)

MIDDLE - Will make you pan the screen if zoomed in.

Other tools: 

  * Setting the Bob/Sprite/Icon Hot Spot (bullseye) with your mouse (click somewhere on the object to set it)  

  * Grid on/off 

  * Erase/Clear canvas 

  * Palette Editor 

Saving Your Work

Use File → Save As to store your project.

💾 File Formats

The editor supports reading and writing in the following formats:

  * AMOS Banks: Used for integrating graphics directly into AMOS BASIC programs 

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AOE is released under the GPL-3.0 license
AOE is open source, and can be found here: https://github.com/DocsterMe/AMOS-Object-Editor

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