Been busy lately.... Just finished up writing a client / server package in Pascal / javascipt. It's going into beta now. It's free open source. Available at https://github.com/codewar65/VTX_ClientServer Back in the day before the internet, we all used to dial into the local BBS to read and send mail, download iD and Apogee software, play door games, or chat with friends. I ran such a system myse
and then some of us will unplug from the internet and go back to fidonet. :D
As long as there are proxies, you'll never be able to rely on the source of a data packet.
[quote who="benmanns" reply="25" id="3682959"] for some strage reason i get 1.00 is an invalid float message whenever i try to open a image be it gif bmp jpeg. Press OK to ignore and risk data corruption Press cancel to kill the program. whenever i proceed there wont be any visual of the picture, only the Layer Color tab on the right will show the image under the Original state. Any suggestions? [/quote] Build 1.0.2 is up with better validation of input val
Playing around with computing halftone strength against CMYK color planes so see if I can emulate benday halftoning (the little colored dots from comic books from the 60s and 70s). This is experiemental and will need much fine tuning before I am happy with it. Alternate using linear wave patterns: <img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/codewar/merge2
Both Retroize (the 8 bit pixel dithering package) and Lithoize now have proper install routines that make start menu folders, an uninstall path, desktop links, etc.
[quote who="DaveBax" reply="27" id="3682968"] Quoting codewar65, reply 26 Edit: new build is up. hopefully that takes care of that issue. we should move this conversation to fb or i will see about setting up a forum someplace. Why move it? There is nothing wrong with having this here. I'm sure I'm n
[quote who="benmanns" reply="25" id="3682959"] for some strage reason i get 1.00 is an invalid float message whenever i try to open a image be it gif bmp jpeg. Press OK to ignore and risk data corruption Press cancel to kill the program. whenever i proceed there wont be any visual of the picture, only the Layer Color tab on the right will show the image under the Original state. Any suggestions? [/quote] Let me do a rebuild with less aggressive optimization
The first beta version is available on my website in the miscellaneous section at www.vtxemu.com . It would be inapropriate to comment on it here (as it is not directly related to StarDock or it's products) but can be used in the creation of art assets for use with their products. Anyone here is free to give it a spin. 30 day free trial. That should give us time to hammer out bugs and stuff. We can do another round at anytime before th
Currently I have it rigger to run for 30 days before it either expires (and the Save function doesn't get hooked up any more) or you apply an activation key. It seems like standard fare for software these days. I am currently typing up documentation for use in a little HTML based help viewer I put together. Once that's done, I need to put together a Inno installation process and it should be ready for testing. I do have one memory leak in the rendering engine but that is not a show
I've just spent the last few week coming up with a software activation system that I am happy with. I realize that no software is hacker proof, but I went to great lengths to make it a royal pain in the ass. lol. I best describe it as a Rube Goldberg state machine interlaced into the workings of the application. haha.
Wicked first article. Great read. Being a PC developer myself, I am concerned about the current platform shift trend from Desktop to Mobile. Personally, I have no interest in smart phones, tablets, or even laptops. The types of software and games that interest me, just do not translate to tiny touch screens. The times, they are-a-changin'.
[quote who="anotherside" reply="17" id="3681265"] ... stuff snipped ... Anyway, secrets are fair play. Guard your source code if you want to make money. Sometimes people are naive. Like the Apple developer who wanted his application in the Mac store. He had figured out how to sync OSX and iOS through wifi, when Apple only had USB-sync. He submitted his source code to Apple, but his app was rejected for some reason. Apple did get back to him saying tha
[quote who="gevansmd" reply="15" id="3681251"] Quoting codewar65, reply 14 My biggest fear is that if I show these big guys some of the stuff it can do, they just go ahead and write their own, leaving me with nothing for all the work I've done. A copyright would not cover this sort of thing. I would probably ne
My biggest fear is that if I show these big guys some of the stuff it can do, they just go ahead and write their own, leaving me with nothing for all the work I've done. A copyright would not cover this sort of thing. I would probably need to patent the process... and that costs a ton.
[quote who="Island Dog" reply="7" id="3681070"] Contact support please. [/quote] Email sent...
I will be looking for beta testers. Right now I'm adding as many halftoning effects that I can dream up. I figure the more things it can do, the better my chances are of actually selling it. I tell my friends that I'm the guy who writes really cool software that no one would ever want. I am hoping to break out of that with this one. <img src="http://i7
I still am not receiving these magazines. December 2016 was the last one that made it here. Could someone at Stardock please take a look at this please? ;(
[quote who="gevansmd" reply="9" id="3681009"] The screenshots are from a work in progress software application you're writing? [/quote] The top one is, yes. The second one is what output looks like in CorelDRAW. The software is approaching completion.
Also this style is used in stuff like this: http://www.bicyclecards.com/product/bicycle-u-s-presidents-playing-cards/?sf85421289=1#filter
[quote who="Gaspershooters" reply="4" id="3680910"] Have you consider it being a plugin for PS or the ilks?? It may commercially viable. [/quote] I do want to investigate creating a plugin for Adobe Photoshop, Corel Photo-Paint for bitmaps; Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, and AutoCAD for vector.
[quote who="anotherside" reply="2" id="3680893"] I don't know anything about this subject. It's always interesting when people are passionate about things. Especially odd things that not many people know about. Is there a practical/commercial value to this program? Or is it mostly in the realm of art? I mean art can also be very commercial, but it's nice to find a practical niche for a product. Like WB is mostly about art, but not only, there are practical benefits of being ab
Above image was rendered from this iconic photo from the National Explorer.
My current project is coming along nicely. I've been thinking about doing this one for years now. I just finally got around to finally getting around to it. Backstory: My father has old books on lithography and printing from when he went to technical school back in the 50s. Some of the stuff in there is not even done anymore. I remember spending hours going through them and seeing stuff on color separations (done the old fashioned way lol) and stuff. The images of some of the half
[quote who="classicaerotheme" reply="49" id="3678796"] Using WindowBlinds it is possible to make 100% conformity to the past classical theme in Windows 7 . I've only seen individual elements of classical interface in different themes, even with white colors on special symbols in selected context menu and with classical buttons, but not all together. I'm sure that this particular theme will be in demand amongst people who are u
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