Re: [Tuxpaint-stamps] (no subject)

[Albert C. <aca...@gm...>]

On 3/24/06, Jim Trice <jim...@li...> wrote:
> Hi Bill!, et al.
> My latest harebrained inspiration is to use tuxpaint to make paper dolls.
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>         1/.     Print a doll that they could assemble into a free standin=
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>                 model.
>
>         2/.     Print clothing, and maybe wigs and accessories, that they
>                 could attach to the doll model via paper tabs.
>
>         3/.     Use the doll in tuxpaint via the stamp tool, and stamp
>                 clothing,wigs, etc directly onto the doll image.
>
>                 3/(a)  Modify that (dressed) doll image, and print it out
>                 so that it can be assembled into a free standing model.
>
>         4/.     Use the dolls, clothing, wigs, etc as regular tuxpaint
>                 stamps.

Tux Paint is ill-suited to this.

Tux Paint does not retain awareness of stamps that have been placed.
The undo buffer is simple and global. You can't add a hat, add shoes,
and then remove the hat without removing the shoes first.

Tux Paint requires the user to place stamps in the correct spot.
For doll making, this gets annoying and tedious. A proper doll
program would place the items where they belong.

Combining both of the above, what you really need is a way to
modify prevous choices. You click on a greasy T-shirt, and it
replaces the nice blouse. You click on "none", and it comes off.

Tabs are an on/off toggle in the printer dialog.

Another problem is that Tux Paint is generally landscape mode.
You need to move or eliminate the Tux area and colors.

Tux Paint is GPL code. You could use it as the base for
creating something more suitable for doll making.