Picto Beta Testing

[venomai]

Hey folks,

 

 

 

Some of you may remember my old Paint mockup program. The project went dead for a while, and my host stopped working. Well, I've recently decided to start it up again.

 

 

 

The library itself is about complete. The next part is the actual application design and layout. That's where you guys come in!

 

 

 

What is the goal of Picto?

 

To create a free, simple and lightweight application that is practical for digital painting, particularly for learning with. It will allow for up to 6 different brushes and 4-5 different layers, and it will also include opacity and tablet pressure support, an eraser, an eyedropper and 10-50 undo/redo states. It will be very simple and to the point -- and will not be bloated with any unnecessary features (eg. no shape/path tools, copy/paste, crop, etc).

 

 

 

I Need Your Input!

 

Picto is in its early stages. I'd love if it ended up being a "community" effort -- so don't hesitate to help out! What features do you consider essential for digital painting? How should the buttons be layed out? How should the program be designed? What do you hate/love most about current digital painting programs?

 

 

 

Here is my initial sketch of the design. Comments? Questions? What would you like changed? How would you have done it differently?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beta Testing

 

Right now the beta test consists of a very simple program -- this is just to make sure it works for everybody.

 

 

 

If you have any issues at all, please post them. Here's a screenshot of the current beta test:

 

 

 

 

Known Bugs:

 

- Tablet pressure cannot be toggled on/off right now.

 

- Using the tablet to change settings (e.g. pressing "OK" buttons) is really buggy. I'll fix this before the final release.

 

 

 

Web Start:

 

Here is the web start for those wishing to beta test it. I'll update this as new betas come around. Needs Java 1.5 or higher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Homepage

 

http://code.google.com/p/picto/

[Chazimcgee]

Ah i remember that program, twas indeed v cool :)

 

 

 

I liked it as i tried it. The new layout you designes looks very good with obvious ideas on what the buttons do.

 

 

 

Keep it up

[VjuliusT]

Looks like a perfect program for a "idiot" like me :D, I'll try it when I'm in the mood.

[Jopie211]

Looks like a really nice little program so far, not sure what else to say. What I really like in graphics programs is the ability to lock transparent areas of layers, I think that would be quite a useful feature to add.

[Cup Lion]

I love the idea of the simplicity of it.

 

 

 

I'll try using it when I have the time. Your layout looks decent enough. :D

[venomai]

Edit - Can't open the program it gives me an error.

 

Can you give any more details? Maybe a screen shot?

 

 

 

 

 

(This is why beta testing is important, heh.)

[Beaumonde]

Sounds like a very simple Paint.NET

[ronnie_kloet]

 

thats the error i gett...

[dsavi]

Here, same thing happened with me. I'll copy pasta it all:

 

Launch File: (What?)

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>


 spec="1.0+"

 codebase="http://www.freewebs.com/davedes/"

 href="DrawTest.jnlp">



Picto - Draw Test (BETA)

davedes



Beta testing the core features of Picto.

Beta test.

 

Exception:

 

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.javaws.Launcher[Caution: Executable File]cuteApplication(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.javaws.Launcher[Caution: Executable File]cuteMainClass(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: C:\Users\Davis\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\32\2f2acbe0-3f1ace80-n\jpen-2.dll: Can't find dependent libraries

at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)

at jpen.provider.Utils.loadLibrary(Utils.java:67)

at jpen.provider.wintab.WintabProvider$Constructor.construct(WintabProvider.java:68)

at jpen.PenManager.addProvider(PenManager.java:82)

at jpen.PenManager.(PenManager.java:71)

at picto.draw.DrawCanvas.(DrawCanvas.java:46)

at picto.test.DrawTest.(DrawTest.java:29)

at picto.test.DrawTest.main(DrawTest.java:24)

... 9 more

[venomai]

Thanks, I'll take a look. :)