ScuzzBlog: Diaries September 2026 Entry 24th September 2026: Post 1: Art Effect - Not what I had in mind. Art Effect - Not what I had in mind. I had set off this morning thinking I would be enjoying the delights of Ace Basic until I realised I had already covered the software in a blog a couple of years ago. So I grabbed the next disk in the pack and decided to give Art Effect a go. I was a little suspicious of the software given it was only a demo and seemed to make reference to more powerful machines. In the latter period of the nineties it seemed that most that had stayed with the platform were ready to tower their Amiga's so they could take advantage of graphic and sound cards etc. Not to be deterred but airing on the cautious I decided to check the disc contents from the CD first just to be sure it was working. I didn't want to scan the magazine pages and copy the floppy if it was a bit of a damp Squibb. My caution proved well founded as the actual software just didn't want to play ball. The actual installation was incredibly convoluted needing me to create a floppy then unpack onto the machine and then install to the hard drive. For some reason the New Installer wasn't working. I used a another of my 1200 configs and bulldozed my way into the software. I chose high res PAL but the software seemed to give me low res NTSC. I decided to open a low res image to suit and the interface was all over the shop. None of the wording was in the dialogue buttons and the OK button to accept a file option was off the interface at the base. It was a bit of a mess. I'm sure it was me, but given that the software flips to demo mode after ten steps and the contact for registering the program will have long moved on I decided to call it quits. The sad truth for the Amiga at this stage of its existence is that good software was a little rare and I doubt with so few using the platform , creators were just not going to make any return for their efforts. By the way I did have the bgui.library installed on my emulator version and that didn't make any difference. To give the software credit it does look pretty impressive from the Amiga Format review it just didn't like me. Never mind. I have included my blog on Ace BASIC for those that missed it Art Effect - Not what I had in mind. ~ Ace BASIC ~ Previously on scuzzblog: ACE BASIC - Not all that she wants.

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