X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,6e6159b4c3e281f0,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-08 07:32:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!feed.news.nacamar.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!not-for-mail From: Markus Gebhard Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: JavE 3.0 released Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 16:34:36 +0100 Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Lines: 290 Message-ID: <3C12330C.93721410@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: wn4-jarjar.wn4.uni-karlsruhe.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de 1007825569 28738 172.20.12.141 X-Complaints-To: usenet@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:12299 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 ..--''"" .--''"" \ `.___.' / ""``--. 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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! /-\