JavE 3.0 released
From Markus Gebhard <ukg...@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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· 8 Dec 2001 15:34 · View full thread
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Hi,
I have released version 3.0 of my freeware Ascii-Art editor JavE. It is
available for download from:
http://www.jave.de
Check it out and tell me what you think about it.
For a list of new features have a look below.
Thanks to all the beta testers and all the others who helped me in
creating this tool.
Have fun with JavE3.0 (alias Jav3 - thanks to Lorenz for this L33t
idea)!
Markus
What's new in JavE 3.0:
* Compress/expand:
- resize ascii art image from 1x1 pixel to double size
Some images (depending on art style) do not scale well - but I
think most often it still is a good state to start with if you
want to change the size of an image.
This feature could also be a good effect for Ascii animations
(jmovs).
* Camelizer:
- Use a BMP/GIF/JPG image to apply a shape for your text
- here is an example (the content of this text is not up to date):
The
Camel izer is a t
ool that take s any kind of t
ext and forms it into a given
shape. Th e shape is tak en fr
om a GIF/BM P/JPG image and it onl
y takes li ttle e ffort to create
Ascii imag es like this one. I di
d not have a good id ea for a
name for this to ol, so I d ecided
to cal l it "Ca mel izer". This is bec
ause p ropably the most famous exam ple
for this effect is a nice Perl p rog
ram formed int o the shap e
of a camel. Have fun w
ith t he cam eliz er -
it is not ava ila
ble ye t , bu t w
ill be p art
of t he v
er y n ex
t releas e
o f JavE. Sta
y tune d!
* Function plotter (menu "Special"):
- plots simple functions like sin(), cos(), tan(), abs(), sqrt(),
x^2, +-*/, ...
- sometimes has problems with pole points and does not make
annotations on axis
(you have to see it as a proof of concept)
- example:
|
3 * sin(x) + 2 * x |
|
| ____
| ,-' ''-.._ ,
| ,' `-.....-'
| '
| ,'
| /
| /
| /
| /
| /
|/
,'
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''','''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
.'|
/ |
' |
' |
' |
' |
,' |
/ |
_____ _' |
,-' '`-._ _- |
'--....-' |
|
|
|
* TextTool:
- combined with selection tool - there is no need to switch
- use SHIFT+Cursor-keys to select text
- use CTRL+Cursor-keys to move around selection
- insert-mode: END will move cursor behind the last character
in the current line. If it's already there it will be put at the
end of the line.
- mix is disabled for insert mode.
* Selection tool:
- switches to text tool automatically when dropping selection
- Ctrl-CursorUp/CursorDown will move the selection (if any)
- Alt+CursorUp/CursorDown will change layer mode
- use double click to select a region with connected characters
- use single click to switch to text tool
- Hitting a key will delete the selection and the typed character
will be written to the selection origin.
* Freehand tool generic:
- new styles: felt pen with different characters
- the mouse cursor somewhat shows the pencil size when drawing
* New submenu "Transform" in menu "Modify"
- contains flip/mirror/rotate [static]
* FIGlet font export assistant:
- will no longer overwrite existing files w/o warning
- fixed bug of mask only appearing when starting the dialog first
time
- improved layout and help button to open documentation
(will not work on some systems)
* JMOV-Editor:
- current frame is displayed in the main editor window and can be
edited w/o switching between editor and jmov-editor.
- Strip non-movie information to get rid of selections, cursors etc.
This is useful for reducing the file size of movies that are no
"making of"s.
* JMOV-Export:
- added compressed JavaScript (many thanks to Joaquim for porting
the JMOV-packer)
Should work much better than the uncompressed option.
However I have left the uncompressed option in for compatibility
if there are problems.
- added animated GIF export
will not work with large animations and I recommend using
a graphics program afterwards to achieve better compression.
- better preview for GIF/animated GIF export
* Auxiliary lines:
- useful tool for perspective images. Works like a watermark.
- add lines using the mouse (draw mode)
and move around the lines or points (edit mode)
- I will add a color option in a future release
* Ascii2GIF:
- Font and size can be adjusted
- supports pixel view
* Pixel View
- improved to also draw round rectangles
* Recent-File-list in menu "File"
* jave.ini-file:
- Paths and (most of the) configuration are kept and will be the
same after restarting the program.
- There is now a simple options dialog with program options
(menu -> view -> options).
There will be more options in future releases!
* Freehand algorithmic and ellipses algorithmic:
- improved performance
* Clone-Tool:
- intuitive use, preview
* Algorithmic lines:
- 3 new line styles for algorithmic lines:
CeeJay (normal):
1/2 | | | 1/2
1/1 | | | | | 1/1
3/2 \ `. `. | ,' ,' / 3/2
2/1 \ \ | | | | | / / 2/1
. `. \ `. | | | ,' / ,' ,
3/1 `. \ \ | `. | ,' | / / ," 3/1
. `. `. \ `. | | | ,' / ,' ," ,
4/1 `-. `. \ \ | | | | | / / ," ,-" 4/1
-._ `-. `. `. \ `. `.|,' ,' / ,' ," ,-" _.-
5/1 `-._ `-. `. \ \ | ||| | / / ," ,-" _.-"
`--._ `-._ `-. `. `. \ `. ||| ,' / ,' ," ,-" _.-" _.--"
6/1.__ `--._ `-._ `-. `. \ / ," ,-" _.-" _.--"
`--.__ `--._ `-._` _____ "_.-" _.--" __.--"
7/1 `--..__ `--.__ `--._ .-' `-. _.--" __.--" __..--"
--..__ `--..__ `--.__ ,' `. __.--" __..--"
8/1 ``--..__ `--..__ / _ _ \ __..--" __..--'"
``--..__ ; (_) (_) : __..--'"
----------------------- | |
CeeJay (alternative):
..--''"" : | | ; ""``--..
8/1 ..--''"" .--''"" \ `.___.' / ""``--. ""``--..
--''"" .--''"" .--'"" `. ,' ""`--. ""``--.
7/1 .--''"" .--'"" ,--' `-._____.-' CJ ``--. ""`--. ""``--.
.--'"" ,--'" _,-". . `-._ ``--. ""`--.
6/1'"" ,--'" _,-" .-' ,' / \ `. `-. `-._ ``--.
,--'" _,-" .-' ,' .' / .' ||| `. \ `. `. `-. `-._ ``--.
5/1" _,-" .-' ,' / / | ||| | \ \ `. `-. `-._
,-" .-' ,' .' / .' .'|`. `. \ `. `. `-. `-.
4/1 .-' ,' / / | | | | | \ \ `. `-.
' ,' .' / .' | | | `. \ `. `. `
3/1 ,' / / | .' | `. | \ \ `. 3/1
' .' / .' | | | `. \ `. `
2/1 / / | | | | | \ \ 2/1
3/2 / .' .' | `. `. \ 3/2
1/1 | | | | | 1/1
1/2 | | | 1/2
1/3 | 1/3
bug:
-2/1 -3/1 3/1 2/1
; ; : : :
-1/1 : | : | ; 1/1
\ ; : : ; : /
-1/2 \ : ; : : ; / 1/2
`. \ ; | : | : / .'
`. \ : : : ; ; / .'
-1/3 `. .' 1/3
`-. .-'
-1/4 `-. .-'
"*-. .-*" 1/4
"*-. .-*"
-1/5 `*-._ _.-*' 1/5
`*-._ _.-*'
`"*-._ _.-*"' 1/6
-1/6 `"*-._ _.-*"'
-1/7 `"*=-._ _.-=*"' 1/7
`"*=-._ _.-=*"'
* File paths:
- JavE can now be started from any directory, as long as the jar
file is on the classpath.
All configuration files and FIGlet fonts will be found in JavEs
subfolders
* FIGlet Tool:
- Alt+Cursor-up / Alt+Cursor-down scrolls through the fonts in the
current front category.
This makes it much easier to find a good font.
* Gradients (Fill tool, Image2Ascii, 3D Renderer):
- Reversed character order from 'dark to bright' to 'bright to dark'
Also added a white space character as the brightest character
(did I remove it in the last release??)
* Program Icon:
- there is a new icon.ico file for the program icon
(see JavE program folder).
It has been improved (for higher resolution) by Joey - Many
thanks!
* Asc-Tris:
- Improved look - thanks to Rob Gerber.
* Image2Ascii:
- New Conversion algorithm "felt pen" - thanks to CeeJay for the
idea
- Fixed bug: Rotating 90 degrees right/left did mirror the image
* Clipart library:
- New cliparts from MJP, VK, lbm and Joey
- Entering a valid name for new categories now works
* Crash Recovery:
- Hitting cancel in crash recovery dialog will now close the
program.
* Fixed bugs:
- "redo null" in menu edit fixed.
- Image2Ascii with watermark: size was sometimes not
identical after conversion
- rotate 180 degrees [static]
(rotate 90 degrees is not yet fixed and will produce wrong
results sometimes!)
--
\-/ http://www.jave.de O_< Get JavE now! \-/
J|a|v|E /| J|a|v|E
/-\ Ascii-Art for eyeryone / \ - for free! /-\
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