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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 04, 2005, 06:30 AM »

the tiff thumbnail display is actually handled by your system shell, and it seems that the image components dont create 100% compatible tiff files; i can only suggest turning off the save objects in tiff file mode, and prefer external .objects file instead, at least for now.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 04, 2005, 06:29 AM »

- "Highlight Opjects" .... handy if separately trans for each 'Border color' and 'inner color' in one step

this probably isnt possible. (i am using a graphics component that handles this)

- "Text tool" ... is a little bit tricky.. if i wrote 12 for the size, i get only the 1 and than the focus to the text

yes i noticed that too, but i think it might be fixed now that we have the quick slider bar? or no?

- "Text tool" ... is set to total trans by default (if i switch to), should be non-trans by default

is it? i will fix that.

- to move and modify the opjects is fantastic

- "Arrow tool" .... arrow size is 2 by default == invisible, shoult by 20
- "Arrow tool" ... also text size is to tiny by default

i will fix.

- "Arrow tool" ... auto switch of textbox direction incommodes {me !!!} more than it's helps
Maybe it would be fine to disable this behaviour from time to time.
Additionally I found checkbox "[]left" and "[]right" for direction nifty (or even free move around   )

yes this is not a bad idea, i will see if i can do that.

- "Arrow tool" ...  maybe i miss an "[ ] inner color" option for the text ?

not sure if i can add it, maybe i can.

- "quick sliders " are very handy, thanks. We could even use the "bar" under the size to increase/decrease !

yes much better.

- "add image caption" ....  works with size and color from "Text tool"

works with font and color (but size should be from caption dialog i think.

- "frames and Mask" ... i miss an option "[ ] add to the outside of the image"

yes i am working on that now. or something like it.

- "frames and Mask" ... I know this is to much, but... is it possible to simple resize
the frames and the mask to suite our needs ? 'cus some borders are to thick
and cover/crop to much of the images.
I imaging  to input frames/mask like an "Clipart Opject" --- resize them ---- and press apply

i am trying to solve this with thing above, making it easy to say frame should be outside image or being able to adjust how much.

- for an very future build i wish to have an option to order the position of the opject...
... what lies under what object and what lies on top.
 But that may to much overhelmed for an screenshot tool, i admit !!!

yes this is planned.

- i think this is very well done !
- I could imaging to use this tool productively.
- many thanks and kudo to mouser and all how have taken part in build an great tool Application.

glad you like it.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 04, 2005, 06:04 AM »

that's strange.
what i meant was, if the text is too big for the box its in, it seems to dissapear.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request V2 — Adaptive History...

« Last post by mouser on September 04, 2005, 05:26 AM »

i think i could do that pretty easily by having an option that adds a certain score to an item each time it is launched from this history list, like just a point or two.  i think that would accomplish what you want, do you think?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request V2 — Task Control

« Last post by mouser on September 04, 2005, 05:14 AM »

that's an interesting idea..

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 04, 2005, 04:59 AM »

the text dissapears if the font is too big, check that.
as for tif save i'll have to explore it more.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 11:29 PM »

v2.00.03 - 9/3/05
Clipart directory was not installing properly.
Frame transparency was not adjustable
Added commands to merge objects into background
Print command now prints objects
All text size, linesize object options are now adjustable by convenient quick sliders ( thanks to Brain Mitov's BMSlider component,   )

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 08:10 PM »

another thing-
there is a paintbrush tool, but i disabled it for now until i can get it working a little better.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 08:07 PM »

one thing that would be nice is to get some frames and masks suitable for computer screenshots,
the current set of masks and frames is kind of useless.

it would be nice to make some for the standard "Ragged Edge" look found in many other tools.

Frames are really just normal transparent images, like PNG images.

Masks are just black and white images that specify where transparency should be (white means transparent).

Undocumented feature: if you make a frame image file like MyFrame.png
and then create a mask called MyFrame.png.mask and put it in same directory,
then the mask will be applied after the frame.

This would let you do something like a circular frame where the inside of the frame is transparent in the frame file to let the image show through, but then the mask is used to say that the area outside of the picture frame are to be totally blank and transparent.

I'll try to make an example if no one else comes through with one..

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 07:55 PM »

it's fun to see it being tested!

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 04:24 PM »

sorry i forgot to pack in the frames and clipart; please download 2.00.02 if you grabbed 2.00.01

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 03:06 PM »

btw it might be a little unintuitive how to edit objects.  basically you toggle the Object Select tool (white cursor) on and off to go in and out of object editing mode.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 03:04 PM »

there are actually 2 separate ways to save objects so they can be edited later.
1) you can save files in tif format which embeds the objects in the file.
2) you can save files in any format and have sc create a .objects companion file.

i'm quite proud of the system, which basically lets you view the files in any program as if the files were normal image files, but when you open in screenshot captor you can edit them.

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Screenshot Captor / Version 2 beta preview release now available (!)

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 03:01 PM »

https://www.donation...ScreenshotCaptor.exe

A *TON* of work has gone into this version.
Code size has just about doubled.

I've still got a few more features i want to add but the main change is the new object editing tools, which allow you to keep editing even after saving.

Hope you guys like it.  Expect some bugs.

Help file has not been updated yet.

List of new features:
v2.00.01 - 9/3/05
Full object editing support (highlight regions, memo boxes, clipart, arrows), and you can edit objects AFTER saving the file.
Implemented Picture frames
Implemented Masks (like edges, picture frames)
Added clipart browser
Active window region saved in metadata of file
Added option for whether to re-select active region on file load
Save Now forces save even if it doesn't think file is dirty
Moving/resizing/editing objects marks file as "dirty"
Added fix for undo/redo object position moving
Implemented .tiff embedded objects
Implemented external .object files
Implemented smart replacement of objects when launching external editors and tools
Added file saving message
Caption add function (+button)

Special thanks to stefan and carolhays for help+suggestions on the donationcoder.com forum.
Includes some clipart found by you guys.

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Living Room / Re: Mark thread as unread - Side map - checkbox right hand side

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 11:09 AM »

where does it fail? it won't let users upload? or it lets them upload but no effect?

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Living Room / Re: Mark thread as unread - Side map - checkbox right hand side

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 10:08 AM »

you might not have noticed the special avatar configuration screen?

go to admin your forum, then click "Edit Features and Options" on left
then at bottom  there is an expandable tab for Avatar Options.

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Living Room / Re: Anyone ever get Lasik eye surgery

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 10:06 AM »

maybe they figured the eye patients wouldn't be able to tell the difference?

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Living Room / Re: Mark thread as unread - Side map - checkbox right hand side

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 09:32 AM »

this is not a perfect solution by far but for bookmarking you could do as stefan did and set up your own little thread where you post links to your bookmarked posts, etc.  it's a bit unorthodox but definitely an interesting idea.

see stefan's private post here: https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=787.0

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Living Room / Re: Mark thread as unread - Side map - checkbox right hand side

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 09:30 AM »

hey, i didn't know about the page thingy either - nice find 

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Apparent bugs - newbie

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 09:28 AM »

yep, its just the fact that there are urls that is confusing its display of multiple group alias contents.
will be fixed in next version, due out monday i expect.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Worst. Interface. Ever.

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 09:28 AM »

tiny villager - i think i agree with you 100%.
a lot of people hate on real format - i actually am quite fond of it, and cspan realmedia has been one of the best things i can think of.
and furthermore i dont find it too hard to turn off all their spy stuff, and have never been very annoyed with it.
but the damn controls on the player to bring up menus and stuff are annoying as hell.
of course i play winamp, they started this insane practice of skinning audio apps and now everyone has to do it.

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BrowserTraySwitch / Re: Features being considered..

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 07:28 AM »

yeah i have my check if default stuff turned off always in all browsers.
i haven't had a chance to check into it but i will try.
i really wish these browsers had come to an agreement about a common scheme for this stuff, it's super annoying.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Worst. Interface. Ever.

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 05:37 AM »

all good points nudone, and in fact i am coming to realize the probably unavoidable tension between having an efficient user interface for both firsttime users and longtime users.  some things just do not work for both, and clearly photoshop, justifyably so, is an extreme example of a program designed for hardcore daily users, rather than making it easy to use the first time you use it.

however i find myself wondering the same thing as you:

having said all that, i still don't know why alt means reset in Photoshop. Maybe it's like an initiation process to the Adobe clan. if you don't know about such things then you obviously haven't earned your stripes - it's a way of making people like me think i've got some kind of superior knowledge over people that haven't read the manual.

which is really too much.

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Living Room / Re: Mark thread as unread - Side map - checkbox right hand side

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 05:33 AM »

ah i see what you mean now stefan.

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Living Room / Re: Mark thread as unread - Side map - checkbox right hand side

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 05:32 AM »

it does sound like something that would be really nice to have, and yeah i can't see why it would be hard to do security wise at all.
but it does sound complicated to install and configure.