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* MOBOS ANSI shader *
by the Obsessed Maniacs 2014
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This piece of software is some kind of painting program for the ANSI mode.
It takes advantage of the five shading characters included in the common
charset, expanding the shading range by the usage of four different colors.
no more, no less. simple as that.
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M E N U
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OPEN opens a file (*.ast) simple ANSI shading table.
SAVE saves a file (*.ast) (as above)
EXPORT ANS exports a file to the common standard (*.ans)
plain table of 80x1000 is converted. no crunching included.
lame. so it is recommended to rewrite a file being processed
by your favorite editing tool (like PabloDraw or anything
like that).
PNG exports a PNG file for usage in common gfx-programs
ERASE TEMPORARY FILE deletes the last autosaved image
QUIT quits program. what do you expect ?
ABOUT some info. including contact data-
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T H E C A N V A S
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The lower site of the window offers some options which affect your drawing
behaviour.
options from left to right:
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tool selector lighten set pixel to brighter
color step on drawing
darken set pixel to darker
color step on drawing
paint paint with one color only
X Y coordinates
current color range 12 values
in "paint" mode there's a little arrow
below the palette pointing to the actual
color to paint with.
four color selectors. those let you change the colors of a very
part of your color scheme
input control:
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works with anything which moves
the cursor and has something
to push on. a graphic-tablet is
recommended
left mouse button draw
right mouse button do the opposite of what you selected in
the tool selector (lighten/darken)
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I S S U E S
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This piece of software has been more or less successfully tested on
* iMac2008/OSX10.7
* Windows XP SP3
nevertheless there MAY be some bugs in there. so: no warranty!
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*0* when opening an ".ANS"-exported file in ACID view, the result is
faulty. So a new (and proper) file-format-routine has to be written
not one of my favourite things to do.
WORKAROUND: open the exported image in PABLOdraw and save it again.
*0* the mobosANSIshader is reported to freak up some time or the other.
if you notice some unwanted exit of the program, please send me
a short report (including your OS and the workstep you did quite
before the program has quit)
eMail addy in info-box.
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H I S T O R Y
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version 20140817 (sunday afternoon version)
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*X* added: PNG export (as requested by Sim1)
*X* added: automatic generation of file extension
*X* added: auto saving image every minute and on exit
(as requested by Ohli)
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version 20140807 (Evoke release)
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*X* added: painting mode
*X* added: overview mode
*0* *FIXED* serious issues on border touching
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version 20140708 (Nordlicht release)
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*0* *FIXED* windows version hangs whilst touching the right window border
*0* *FIXED* control panel gadgets disappear during operation
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G R E E T I N G S
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to:
Ohli, Korshun, Exin and Sim1
for testing and feedback
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