Re: [Pipmak-Users] Great Tool!!

[Andrea V. <and...@gm...>]

Hi Christian,

> Wow! That's very cool! I really enjoy exploring someone else's creation 
> in Pipmak. The special ages are nice, too. :)

Thank you!

> May I add a small screenshot and a link to your download page to the 
> not-yet-existing "showcase" page on the Pipmak web site?

Yes, you can.

> - If you can, you should configure your web server to send MIME type 
> application/octet-stream for *.pipmak files. Right now, it sends 
> text/plain, which causes the file to show up as gibberish in a browser 
> window instead of being downloaded.

Well, I tryed to add the attribute type="application/octet-stream" 
to the tag <A Href=....>, using Firefox, now I can get the 
property of the link and obtain the correct target type,
instead IE seems ignore the attribute...but it propose the same
the saving dialog...I don't known the behaviour with Safari...
peharps it's better that put pipmak file in a zip file?  

> 
> - In nodes 7, 8, 84, 86, 87, you forgot to comment out the 
> pipmak.saveequirect().
> 

Ok, I've comment out those. 
I also add a new feature:
when you move the mouse near an edge of the image,
you could get the panorama view auto-rotation in that direction 
(without drag), it seems to me to remember that in Myst III 
it worked in this way...
What do you think about that?

About screen resolution, do you think it's difficult make a function
pipmak.setscreensize? I think you must get all possible resolution
from the graphic card and put in an array, and after choose one of those.

I have noticed that in fullscreen modes, the panorama seems stretched
on vertical direction, there is some parameters to correct this?
Or it would be possible add a parameter to do that in future version?

> What version of Photoshop are you using? I have no trouble here in CS2. 
> (You should paint in indexed mode from the beginning, not start in RGB 
> mode and convert the finished image to indexed - maybe that's the 
> problem? But even then, it should work if you use your own palette and 
> no dithering instead of letting Photoshop compute an "optimal" palette.)

I'm using CS2 too, Ok, At last I manage to do that starting in indexed
mode and choosing "web" palette with no dithering.

I tried the pipmak_internal.tool, but i could get only black color...
but I think this is direction that you must take!

Ciao

Andrea