Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> I think it would be good to have a tool, or tools, > for drawing rainbows. Yes, it would be nice. The existing rainbow tool is really not adequate for this. > The interface that comes to mind is that the user does > a click-and-drag with rubber band effect to see where > the rainbow will go. Constrain the second point to be > within the diameter of the rainbow and not directly > above or below the first point. Why must it be within the diameter of the rainbow? > The next problem is endpoint treatment. They can be cut > horizontally, but that is no good near the edges of the > screen. Fading out is an option. Fading out is especially > useful for realistic (as opposed to cartoon-like) rainbows. Yes, fading sounds fine. > Cartoon-like rainbows have nicely distinct colors. In some > ways though, they propagate a lie about how rainbows look. > > Realistic rainbows are beautiful and educational, but can > be trouble. I would prefer rainbow with a smooth gradient, but they don't need to be excessively realistic (we're not trying to create a 'photo drawing' application here). A nice gradient through the whole colour spectrum would suffice. -- Karl Ove Hufthammer _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-dev mailing list [email protected] http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxpaint-dev
