[chaoscope] Re: New user, and a few questions...
- From: Chaoscope <chaoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: chaoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:17 +0000
Howdy Don, hello all,
My hand is raised <smile>. It would also be a great help if Chaoscope
allowed us to save / load the color settings defined in Solid mode, much
like loading a gradient map in Light and Plasma modes. You could simply
store the hex color values in an ASCII text file.
You can save the color settings (and/or the lights settings) separately
as a csview file. Once you have a color set you like, go to File->Save
As..., select "View Settings" in the file type drop down list, then save
the file. Follow the steps described in the fifth chapter of the manual
to remove anything you don't need from the View Settings file. The next
time you load the .csview file (you need to open or create a project
first) its contents will replace the current View Settings. Does anyone
feel this process isn't well documented?
Definately. How about a small, iconized "reset" button next to the
specific settings to be reset -- either individually or in groups?
Yes or a menu item. The most important part is you should have the
ability to choose your default settings for each render mode and this
will be easy enough to implement.
For all three colored modes (Light, Plasma AND Solid)? I would love the
ability to define specific colors to specific portions of a fractal
image but selecting a complete gradient map, full of different colors,
can be a very time-consuming task.
It would be a standard color editor, RGB or HSV, three sliders, maybe a
color swatch somewhere, allowing you to edit any colors (from a
gradient, a light or a Solid color) directly.
Thus, I was going to ask if there would be some way to allow the user to
select the Edit Color tool (like the existing Selection Arrow Tool or
Zoom tool), then click a spot on the image, and have the color-picker
pop-up, allowing the user to change that specific color. Chaoscope would
need to interpret the color pixel that was clicked on, so the BASE color
is displayed / modified, and not the program-generated shaded /
highlighted color. In other words, it would need to be semi-intelligent,
internally.
Semi-intelligent, just like me! :-)
I know what you mean, point to a pixel on the screen, guess the position
in the gradient. It would be impossible with Light and Plasma mode
because you can have hundreds of different attractor layers bearing a
different color each with different intensity, you can see how hard it
would be to extract any information from it. Gas and Liquid is feasible
but we'd need an extra channel to store the gradient position.
How would this be different than the existing Opacity slider? Just allow
it to be set to zero, no?
Opacity to a high value. The difference is no opacity means less memory
used and faster rendering. It also means when Anti-Aliasing is on the
alpha channel is used for "almost-perfect" anti-aliasing of the
attractor outside edges rather than for the variable transparency.
On another note Nicolas, I'm an ex-programmer (mostly business and
database on big-iron hardware), currently on disability (since 1995).
I'd love to provide any assistance that I am able to ... free of charge
of course. I'm no super-coder on PCs but I could probably help with
dialog boxes and simple stuff like that ... if MS Visual Studio 2005
Std, or VS 2003 Pro can be used. Just let me know (don ...at...
donandcarla . com).
I develop on C++ Builder 4.0 which is rather obsolete but does the job
for now. I may migrate to a different development platform in the far
future when it will be time to port Chaoscope to other operating
systems. You could definitely be helpful with beta testing so remember
to put your candidature forward when beta testing is announced!
Regards,
Nicolas Desprez
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