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xpaint 2.2 installed in graphics as xpaint-BETA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Sun Apr 28 15:11:28 1996
To: software-announce@MIT.EDU
Cc: graphics@MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 15:10:56 -0400
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
XPaint 2.2 has finally been released! It's a combination of a few bug
fixed, plus lots of new features which probably add more bugs... Many
of the features only work well on 24 bpp visuals (such as SGI's and
some Linux/NetBSD machines have).
This version has been installed in the graphics locker as
xpaint-BETA. I've only built it for some of the supported
platforms (ie, those it builds cleanly on). Currently,
it's installed for Linux, NetBSD, Solaris, and IRIX.
Until the graphics locker gets released tomorrow, you'll
have to access it as /afs/.athena/contrib/graphics/bin/xpaint-BETA
Here's the release announcement that was posted to
comp.os.linux.announce:
-------------- posting to comp.os.linux.announce --------------------
From: Torsten Martinsen <torsten@dk-online.dk>
Subject: XPaint 2.2 (BETA) - paint program for X
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 96 10:18:22 GMT
Reply-To: bullestock@dk-online.dk
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[This announcement has also been posted to comp.windows.x.announce.]
I have released a new version of XPaint, version 2.2. It is based on
XPaint 2.1.1 by David Koblas. Any bugs introduced in 2.2 are solely the
responsibility of me, Torsten Martinsen (bullestock@dk-online.dk).
The following is a summary of the most prominent changes and new features
in XPaint 2.2 relative to XPaint 2.1.1.
1. New features:
1.1 Changed image processing functions (filters):
Filter commands uses whole canvas if no selection (#define
FILTERNEEDSSELECTION if you want the old behaviour)
'Smooth' filter now has variable mask size
'Oil Paint' filter now has variable mask size
1.2 New image processing functions (filters):
'Add Noise'
'Blend'
'Despeckle'
'Directional Smooth'
'Normalize Contrast'
'Pixelize'
'Quantize Colors'
'Solarize'
'Spread'
'Repeat Last Filter' operation
1.3 Changed operators:
Multiple undo and redo.
Fill operator takes color tolerance into account.
Draw centered boxes and ellipses that are not square.
Improved performance of Gaussian Spray.
Brush tool has 'Transparent' option which uses a soft-edged
brush (only works well on TrueColor visuals).
Brush cursor is the correct size when zooming.
Brush cursor in FatBits popup is the correct size.
Snap rounds instead of truncating (#define TRUNC_SNAP if you want the
old behaviour).
1.4 Changed region functions:
Holding Shift down while moving a region constrains movement to
horizontal or vertical.
Holding Shift down while rotating a region constrains rotation to
multiples of 15 degrees.
1.5 New region functions:
'Crop to Region' tool.
Cursor keys can be used to move region in 1 pixel steps.
Undo undoes region selection.
1.6 New operators:
Select circle-shaped area.
Select polygon-shaped area.
Gradient fill (Conical, Square, Radial, Linear).
'Smear' tool.
1.7 Miscellaneous new functions:
AutoCrop function - removes borders from an image.
'Revert' function.
Writing of JPEG files.
1.8 Interface changes:
The 'Select Range' dialog now uses the color map of the current
canvas. Therefore, it is no longer found in the toolbox, but in the
palette area (the 'Select Color Range' button).
New 40 x 40 icons. If you create a better set of icons, please let me
know.
'Region' menu split into 'Region' and 'Filter' menus, the latter for
image processing functions.
Busy cursor while saving.
2 Fixed bugs:
Changing the image size no longer does funny things
to the fatbits cursor.
Changing the zoom on the canvas now resizes and
repositions the fatbits cursor.
FatBits cursor window changes size when changing zoom of canvas.
Problem with flipping region fixed.
In color picker, Enter now works in delta textwidgets.
Note that this should be considered a BETA release, since it has only been
tested by me on my own platform (Linux/XFree86).
XPaint 2.2 is available from
http://www.dk-online.dk/users/Torsten_Martinsen/
-Torsten
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