[chaoscope] Development Update
- From: Chaoscope <chaoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Chaoscope mailing-list <chaoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:54:55 +0000
Hi everyone,
three months since my last post, it's about time I update you on how the
development has been going. Full project management and batch rendering
have been implemented at last. The last bits that remain to be done are:
- completing the attraction animation feature
- color properties for the Solid rendering (background, attractor,
specular halo, etc.)
- a basic undo for the attractor
- translation to English
- install packaging
It all should take less than a month to get the beta ready for testing.
Please don't post a message or email me to apply for beta testing just yet.
Here's the features list as it stands:
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NEW FEATURES
- Full project load and save (including angle, colors, lights, etc.)
- Batch rendering
- Chaotic Flow equation was added
- Polynomial Function equations were added
- Improved preview : now closer to final render
- Options interface
- Folders for each files category
- Gradient is used for Gas and Liquid rather than default black and white
- View window may be resized and scrolled
- Render and preview zoom in/out up to 16x
- Render size can be changed once the project is open
- Ctrl+R to randomize lights in Solid mode
- Secondary color for attractor in Solid mode
FIXES
- The preview brightness was inconsistent between rendering mode changes
- Shadows didn't match Opacity in Solid mode
- Parameters saved with an exponent part couldn't be read
- Floating point exceptions weren't captured during Search
- Rotation is now consistent with scale
- Large preview scale was causing near-plane clipping
- Left-most and bottom-most pixel lines were missing on rendered image
- Half of Julia shadows was clipped off in Solid mode
- Artifacts could appear on shadows edges
- View centering was broken
- View updates were reset to 10 when changing active project
- View title bar wasn't updated when user changed attractor
MISCELLANEOUS
- Sliders are resized properly
- Property palettes can be hidden
- Property palettes position is saved
- More sloppy code clean-up/optimization
- Better view update indicator in status bar
- Real time view parameters (contrast, gamma, etc.) when possible
- New (more logical) key layout
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Nicolas Desprez
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