On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 10:11:30PM +0100, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote:
> Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> > Do people think this would be too difficult of a tool to
> > understand for young kids?
>
> Yes. And it's not useful enough, IMHO.
I disagree. A simplified clone tool ("pattern source" only) would be nice.
First, the color palette could be overloaded as a color/patterns palette:
- palette.dat would describe colors/patterns; patterns would be in
additional files referenced in palette.dat (please note, I have other
ideas for this which relate to the "color mixer" design I'm working on
with Justin ... more about that later)
- provide ability to load different palettes from the "Open" dialog (lots of
extra room in there for new buttons):
- The currently blank right toolbar can be partitioned like the
stamps right toolbar, with four buttons at bottom:
1. "Pictures"
- Thumbnails of up to 16 pictures are shown in main area, with
more shown by scrolling
- Default
2. "Palettes"
- Thumbnails of up to 16 palettes are shown in main area, with
more shown by scrolling
3. "Stamps"
- Thumbnails of up to 16 stamp sets are shown in main area, with
more shown by scrolling
4. reserved for future use
- palettes that don't fit into 15 squares can be horizontally scrolling to
bring additional colors/patterns into view, sacrificing a single visible
button to make room for two half-button-width scroll-buttons
- such palettes may not be fully visible in the "Open" thumbnail, which
only shows the first 15 color/pattern thumbnails (in three rows of five)
but the user can preview the entire palette before opening because it
will be shown in the palette bar at bottom when selected, so the user
can then use the scrollbar to scroll left and right to look at
the other colors/patterns
When you click on a pattern instead of a color, the brush acts like the
clone tool in "pattern source" mode.
Ben
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