On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Nadia Alramli<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > >> If it is desired for a certain action list, it is possible to include >> a font with Phatch if its license is compatible with the GPL of >> course. For example for the polaroid, I wanted a font which felt more >> closer to handwriting. As we can't guarantee that this font is >> available everywhere where Phatch is installed, it is better to ship >> it. You can see it in action with the new polaroid effect. I did this >> because the action lists in the libraries should be fine tuned as far >> as possible. So if you have suggestions how to improve the action >> lists please let me know > > I like the font you are using in the polaroid actionlist. It makes a huge > difference. That is what I thought too ;-)
>> Another idea is that every shipped action list in the library >> corresponds with a Phatch tutorial where all the steps are explained >> in detail. This is already done for rounded corners and perspective. >> It is more easy to explain on a web page than in text description >> field. The description should be short, to the point and accurate. I'm >> thinking of a system of linking action lists with these tutorials. > > I agree, in order for the web tutorial to useful. It should be accessible > from the actionlist. Many users my attempt to use those actionlists without > any previous experience. And may find them difficult to understand. It won't > probably occur to them that a web tutorial exists. > > One more thing, it will be nice to have some sort of tooltip description of > action fields. Unfortunately tooltips are not possible with a tree widget in wxpython. > For example in the 'Fit' action there is a field called > 'bleed'. I didn't understand what it does, even when I played with it a > little. I had to look at the PIL documentation to understand. Why you didn't look to the Phatch documentation? http://photobatch.wikidot.com/action-fit Maybe we can add an url to each action of the manual. In the user interface this could be translated to an entry to the right context menu or a clickable link e.g. in the add actions dialog box. Stani > > Best Regards, > Nadia > >> >> About the highlight ... Erich was right that it maybe worked nice in >> the tutorial but certainly not on all photos. Nadia also was in favour >> of disabling it, so that is done now. However as the photo part of a >> polaroid is glossy, I can imagine that a subtle highlight would be >> nice. Not a hard diagonal line, but more with some gradients. If >> anyone has suggestions, please say, but it is fine to leave it like it >> is now. >> >> Stani >> >> -- >> Phatch Photo Batch Processor - http://photobatch.stani.be >> SPE Python IDE - http://pythonide.stani.be >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~phatch-dev >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~phatch-dev >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Phatch Photo Batch Processor - http://photobatch.stani.be SPE Python IDE - http://pythonide.stani.be _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~phatch-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~phatch-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
