picFXb 1.00 Beta

Short:        Great CARDWARE image deformer (MUI) 1.00
Author:       Maxime Gamboni (gamboni@fastnet.ch)
Uploader:     Maxime Gamboni (gamboni fastnet ch)
Type:         gfx/edit
Version:      1.00 Beta
Replaces:     gfx/edit/picfx.lha, gfx/edit/picFX.lha
Requires:     Lamp.mcc and SettingsWindow.mcc; look in dev/mui
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

Have a look at http://intelcom.ch/maxime/

After one year of alpha state, picFX has now switched to beta. You can
finally save your pictures from the program.

This is a beta software. Please read guide.

[New since 0.9 alpha:
* Save Picture works now
* Pressing space switches between 1:1 and match_window scaling in projects windows
* Bug fixes
]

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This program lets you mix, deform or create picutes using functions.
You can open as many windows as you want, each one can be either an
image or a function.

The program calculates your r(x,y) g(x,y) and b(x,y) functions and
writes a pixel of these red/green/blue components. You can refer to
other projects in a formula:
r(2,x,y) = 255-r(1,x,y)
g(2,x,y) = 255-g(1,x,y)
b(2,x,y) = 255-b(1,x,y)
would output a negative version of project number one.

r(3,x,y) = (r(1,x,y)+r(2,x,y))/2
g(3,x,y) = (g(1,x,y)+g(2,x,y))/2
b(3,x,y) = (b(1,x,y)+b(2,x,y))/2
would mix projects one and two into project three.

r(1,x,y) = x
g(1,x,y) = y
b(1,x,y) = 255-(x+y)/2
would produce a nice spread..

This program is completely multi-tasking! Every time a rendering is
started, a new task is created and its priority is a little lower
than the main task, so the main program isn't slowed down when
projects are rendering!

Amazingly fast rendering :-))

There is a friendly and intuitive user interface using MUI.

You have wide control over running projects: you can pause or change
the sub-task priority while it is running directely from the
user-interface. You can also hide windows to avoid cluttering the
screen. Then you won't even remark that the computer is hard working
on those projects :-)

Locale support; available languages (the guide is English-only):
- English
- French
[Any translator is welcome! Please send me your translations!]

Although this program is postcardware, it has no restriction. You can
unpack and use it without limitation now!

Written in AmigaE, full source-code is included (MUI custom classes
with custom methods and attributes, Exec lists, tasks and ports,
dynamic assembly code generation, ... are used).