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Joel Holdsworth wrote:
Well I suppose MS call all their projects with pet names like Longhorn, and Chicago, and Purple-Monkey-Dishwasher and stuff, so I suppose we CPians get to have an equally odd ""code"" name. Maybe we can release it under a different title.
That's fine.
Joel Holdsworth wrote:
Purple-Monkey-Dishwasher
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Just curious - what do you use for the logos?
I use Zoner Draw. Not the best, but still good. I really like the point-editing stuff.
I'll probably use Zoner Draw until I write my own.
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Today I used CorelDraw 8 in conjunction with CorelPhotoPaint. I used mostly gradient fills, drop-shaddows/halos and transparent bitmaps. The little wand rainbow is a really cool tequique. You just draw a shape you want and apply a gradient fill to it. Then export the sharp edged polygon to PhotoPaint and blur off the edges and apply some other dreamy and transparent effects to it, and then copy it back. I havn't heard of ZonerDraw... Most packages can do gradient fills and transparent bitmaps. And you can make your own drop shaddows/halos with more bitmaps, although it takes a bit longer.
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Zoner Draw[^] lets you do gradient and bitmap fills, and gradient and bitmap transparency. It lets you start with a rectangle, circle, polygon, or free-hand polygon and edit/add/remove points. Its biggest flaw is that you can't rotate the bitmap fills with the object. They may have fixed that in the newest version, though.
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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jdunlap wrote:
It lets you start with a rectangle, circle, polygon, or free-hand polygon
Hmm, I forgot to mention that the really good thing about corel is it's polygon editing interface. I was able to draw that magic wand and the gear and the glowy tail thing (now all blured up) within a few minutes just because Corel really does make it easy to get the shapes where you want them.
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I forgot to mention - I use Arcsoft PhotoStudio (both 2.0 and 2000) for the bitmap stuff.
Version 2.0 doesn't do transparency or layers, but 2000 has some problems that weren't in 2.0. For instance, in 2.0, there was a duplicate option, and the crop command made a copy when it cropped. Now, in 2000, there is no duplicate command, and the crop command crops the bitmap without copying it. Also, you're supposed to be able to add to a mask by holding down shift. In 2.0, this works, but in 2000, when you drag to add a mask, you end up moving the old mask. 
Those little problems really turn out to be big ones, because I do a lot of masking and cropping. I think I'm going to write to them and mention those problems.
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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Hello there,
neither Zoner Draw 3 (the free version) nor Zoner Draw 4 (the paid version) includes rotation of bitmap fills along with objects. However, both include an image manager that enables simple edits, including of course rotation. Thus one solution could be to find the rotation angle that suits your needs, then rotate the bitmap, and then apply it as a fill.
(By the way, if anyone reading this has any questions for me, be sure to contact me by e-mail, not this forum, as I picked it up in the weblogs, not as a regular visitor of this site.)
Erik Piper
Zoner, Inc. Support
sSuPpApMort@zoner.com
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Cool. I hate to criticize your efforts, because I really like what you're doing, so please forgive me. Here goes. I like the window with the gear thingy in it, but I'd lose everything else. Too busy.
BTW, for a "code" name, how about "copper", as in "CoPper"?
(Unfortunately, it has police connotations).
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote:
how about "copper", as in "CoPper"?
Good one! 
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copper - prototype
bronze - alpha
silver - beta
gold - internal release
platinum - final release
uranium - we own the world!
Marc
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How about GoldUI Library Deluxe - GUILD? 
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Or just GUID (GoldUI Deluxe)
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 That's a good one.
Hey, let's think of some creative alternatives like that one!
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How about GUI-D?
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Hehe, nice
- Anders
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My turn:
UGIL - UGLY Graphics and Interface Library
jhaga
CodeProject House, Paul Watson wrote:
...and the roar of John Simmons own personal Nascar in the garage. Meg flitting about taking photos.Chris having an heated arguement with Colin Davies and .S.Rod. over egian values. Nish manically typing *censur*. Duncan racing around after his pet *c.* Michael Martin and Bryce loudly yelling *c.* C.G. having a fit as Roger Wright loads up *c.* . Anna waving her *c.* and Deb scoffing chocolates in the corner.
...Good heavens!
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That wouldn't be too bad.
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Some points:
1) Easy to find on Google
2) a little like GNU's Not Unix (GNU)
3) You don't need to say you work with UGLY
4) The effect of UGLY
jhaga
CodeProject House, Paul Watson wrote:
...and the roar of John Simmons own personal Nascar in the garage. Meg flitting about taking photos.Chris having an heated arguement with Colin Davies and .S.Rod. over egian values. Nish manically typing *censur*. Duncan racing around after his pet *c.* Michael Martin and Bryce loudly yelling *c.* C.G. having a fit as Roger Wright loads up *c.* . Anna waving her *c.* and Deb scoffing chocolates in the corner.
...Good heavens!
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jdunlap wrote:
How about GoldUI Library Deluxe - GUILD?
Excellent!
Marc
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Generic UI Library Development
"Gold" sounds cheesy.
How about this:
Free Library for User Interface Design (FLUID)
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Free Library for User Interface Design (FLUID)
Cool!
Marc
Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
"Gold" sounds cheesy.
You may be right.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Free Library for User Interface Design (FLUID)
Nice!
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Marc Clifton wrote:
I like the window with the gear thingy in it, but I'd lose everything else.
Hmm interesting... Um so would you have somthing more like http://website.lineone.net/~joelholdsworth/ugly.jpg[^] ??
Marc Clifton wrote:
I hate to criticize your efforts
No, I'm totally up for some feedback!
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Joel Holdsworth wrote:
No, I'm totally up for some feedback!
OK, I don't know if this'll fly, but how about that a rainbow background to the gear inside the window (but not the whole window--a rainbow arch only). I'm not particularly fond of the starburst in the upper right corner. Perhaps the rainbow arch could start in the lower left corner of the window, go behind the gear, and extend outside the window in the upper right, concluding either at the halfway point or continuing until it was again on the same horizontal plane as where it started.
If you did the latter, and it were big enough, you could sprinkle some little GUI controls around the rainbow too!
Erm... what do you think? Is this too much feedback?!?!?
Thank you for taking the initiative to even attempt a logo!
Marc
Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"
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Marc Clifton wrote:
and it were big enough, you could sprinkle some little GUI controls around the rainbow too!
I have a nice menu picture. I might use it in mine, and if Joel wants to use it, I can upload it for him, too.
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