Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] GSOC: Andrew Corcoran - New Magic Tools

[Pere P. i C. <pe...@fo...>]

Hi Andrew!

El dl 30 de 06 de 2008 a les 20:56 +0100, en/na Andrew Corcoran va
escriure:
> Hey everybody,
> 
> 
> My names Andrew Corcoran and I'm a recently graduated Computer
> Engineer currently based in Ireland. For the GSOC I'm working with
> Caroline Ford (secretlondon) on creating new magic tools for tuxpaint.
> So far I've created

Can be downloaded from somewhere?

> 
> Convert to greyscale 

Can the number of grey levels be specified in some way?
  I am thinking in something similar to the size controller for stamps.

> 
> Convert to binary (only two colours, pure black and pure white)

This can be the lower level if you implement a level controller for
greyscale.
Also, tuxpaint having yet a colorpicker, it should not be difficult to
specify the colors, being black and white the default.


> 
> Silhouette tool - A sobel edge map
> 
> Trace Contour - Similar to the same name plugin in photoshop, trace
> the edges of the image in colour
> 
> Blur All - A full image gaussian blur
> 
> Snowball - Adds snowballs to the image
> 
> Snowflake - Adds snowflakes to the image

Are Snow* the same with different images?, if yes, maybe you can join
both and add an image chooser. 
I can imagine flowers: adds flowers to the image. fish: adds fishes to
the image. coral: adds corals to the image, sandstorm: adds sand to the
image, etc.

I can imagine too they will follow the sparkles evolution from magic to
brush, but I am speaking withouth knowing your work.


> 
> Sharpen - enhance the edges of the image to make it "pop" more

> I'm also in the process of working on several ideas, namely a tool to
> add random noise to the image, a mosaic tool, a jigsaw tool and a
> clustering tool that will segment the image into only a small number
> of colours. If anyone has any comments, or suggestions for new tools
> that they would like to see implemented Id love to hear them.

some ideas:
rain: like glass tile but with random water drops instead of squares
glass sand: like glass tile but with very small squares or triangles and
saturating the colors.
railroad: draw a railroad, automatically joining rails when crossing


Yours
Pere