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| AUTHOR: "Daniel Denk" <djdenk@gmail.com> |
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| SYNOPSIS: |
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| Filter Foundry development wishlist. |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
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| Compile a list of development needs to establish a finalized |
| version of Filter Foundry, and to improve or expand on its |
| current capabilities as a viable option to plugin development |
| without the requirement of complicated programming languages. |
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| CURRENT VERSION TESTING: |
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| 1.4 beta 9 (1.4b9) |
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| IMPROVEMENTS/BUGS: |
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| * Convolutions 'cnv()' function was radically improved allowing |
| for entire image processing without a one pixel border limitation |
| in previous versions. (Resolved from previous communication.) |
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| * -1 pixel offset compensation when tiling appears to be eliminated, |
| as was typical with Filter Factory and code requirements. This is |
| a value-added development, but mysterious in how it effects the |
| other processing functions. (Evaluate code and test?) |
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| *** See examples of comparison between Filter Factory |
| code from the FF manual and revised code eliminating |
| the -1 pixel offset. |
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| => Daniel Marschall 17 July 2021: "examples" filter deleted, |
| because FilterFoundry and FilterFactory are 100% equal now. |
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| PRIORITY NEEDS: |
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| (FIXED) 1. Default load and save file extensions to lowercase. (.afs, .txt, .8bf) |
| Currently uppercase. |
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| 2. Establish processing fixes/bugs where needed. One example is |
| incompatibility with former Filter Factory scripts not working |
| properly [ie: Simple Tile tools, repeating edge problem]. |
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| (If a documentation issue based on processing changes, then |
| documentation required for the updated code structure.) |
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| (FIXED) 2a. See examples provided. (Blintz) |
| R := src(x+y<=X/2?Y/2-y:x-y>=X/2? y+Y/2: x-y<=-X/2? y-Y/2:x+y>=(3*X) |
| /2?3*Y/2-y:x,\r |
| x+y<=X/2?X/2-x:x-y>=X/2? x-X/2:x-y<=-X/2?x+X/2:x |
| +y>=(3*X)/2?3*X/2-x:y,z) |
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| G := src(x+y<=X/2?Y/2-y:x-y>=X/2? y+Y/2: x-y<=-X/2? y-Y/2:x+y>=(3*X) |
| /2?3*Y/2-y:x,\r |
| x+y<=X/2?X/2-x:x-y>=X/2? x-X/2:x-y<=-X/2?x+X/2:x |
| +y>=(3*X)/2?3*X/2-x:y,z) |
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| B := src(x+y<=X/2?Y/2-y:x-y>=X/2? y+Y/2: x-y<=-X/2? y-Y/2:x+y>=(3*X) |
| /2?3*Y/2-y:x,\r |
| x+y<=X/2?X/2-x:x-y>=X/2? x-X/2:x-y<=-X/2?x+X/2:x |
| +y>=(3*X)/2?3*X/2-x:y,z) |
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| A := src(x+y<=X/2?Y/2-y:x-y>=X/2? y+Y/2: x-y<=-X/2? y-Y/2:x+y>=(3*X) |
| /2?3*Y/2-y:x,\r |
| x+y<=X/2?X/2-x:x-y>=X/2? x-X/2:x-y<=-X/2?x+X/2:x |
| +y>=(3*X)/2?3*X/2-x:y,z) |
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| Daniel Marschall (16 July 2021): In the current version of Filter Foundry 1.7, |
| the output of Filter Foundry and Filter Factory is equal. So the bug has vanished. |
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| (FIXED) 3. Control captions currently not being applied in compiled plugins. |
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| (FIXED) 4. Fix compiled plugin dialogue to read the filter's name. |
| [ie: CAPTION "Filters Name Goes Here"] |
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| 4a. Currently defaults to "Filter Foundry" and requires ResHacker |
| to fix. |
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| (FIXED) 5. One pixel border bug at very bottom of Preview image. |
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| 5a. Minor annoyance in aesthetic. |
| 5b. Refer to Item 6 as a potential fix or work-around. |
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| 5c. Refer to example in reference directory: 'bug_preview' |
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| 5c-a. Demonstrates the border, along with a description |
| of what occurs as a side-effect [ie: 'sticking']. |
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| 5c-b. This occurs in all plugins compiled. |
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| 5c-c. Attempted different frames in ResHacker to see |
| if the issue would go away - results same. |
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| (FIXED) 6. Prefer Preview default with no background color. |
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| 6a. Currently white background for Preview. |
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| Fixed by Daniel Marschall (10 Jan 2018): |
| For Windows, the preview area is now inside a "sunken" border, |
| and the area is filled with the Windows "workspace background" color. |
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| (ADDED) 7. Obfuscation or hiding of PARM source in compiled binary .8bf. |
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| 7a. Preferred as a checkbox option in the Make dialogue, or include |
| with the 'Protect' option already established. |
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| (FIXED) 8. Flip to match PS builtin zoom controls (+/-) |
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| (Deprecated) 8. Make additional captions optional (Copyright, Author, etc.) |
| (Don't place box in dialogue at all if nothing entered.) |
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| (Deprecated) 9. Determine if all default CONTROLs can read STATIC and not "Static"? |
| (Noticed in ResHacker when editing a dialogue - ResHacker automatically |
| Compiles Script to read STATIC, and extracts the additional 001fxx types.) |
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| *** Deprecated due to testing in ResHacker. |
| *** Preview problem was solved due to a mistake in DS_OWNERDRAW |
| being altered to DS_LEFT. |
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| (Deprecated) 10. Add a checkbox option to Preview image adjustment in real-time, and |
| possibly allow being able to scroll through the main image window. |
| [Like native Photoshop plugins.] |
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| *** Deprecated due to lack of support from SDK. |
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| DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS (Future Development / Expansion): |
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| (FIXED) 1. Support all Photoshop color spaces, RGB, Grayscale, CMYK, and LaB. |
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| (FIXED, up to 4 channels) 2. Multi-channel support (Being able to process all channels, regardless |
| of color-space). [ie: If additional channels are loaded, then 4 channels |
| will have their own space for code. - Red, Green, Blue, Alpha1, etc, A] |
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| 3. Add options for Levels display (to be able to see what any adjustment |
| does to the histogram in real-time). |
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| 4. Consider a dialogue editor while building plugins, instead of automatic |
| captions / labeling - a la ResHacker dialogue editor. |
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| (This would fully surpass the traditional Filter Factory dialogue and |
| produce something more flexible and unique, but with the same or |
| current coding environment established in Filter Foundry.) |
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| 5. Consider expanding on code, to include support for alpha blending to |
| blend pixels together. [ie: If making a seamless tile, then code in |
| the blend amount between pixels that overlap] |
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| (This would take Filter Foundry to the next level beyond what Filter |
| Factory had established, by allowing an additional range of options |
| to explore in filter creation.) - If this is possible. |
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| 'alph()' function? Similar to the scl() or mix() functions? |
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| ***** Discussed optional coding language - not recommended for the |
| current needs of Filter Foundry. ***** |
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| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: |
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| * Simple Tile Tools - http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/ |
| (Used as a test source to test current status of continuity |
| with Filter Factory compatibilities.) |
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| LICENSE NOTIFICATION: |
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| This file is part of "Filter Foundry", a filter plugin for Adobe Photoshop |
| Copyright (C) 2003-2009 Toby Thain, toby@telegraphics.com.au |
| Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Daniel Marschall, ViaThinkSoft |
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| This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
| it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
| the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
| (at your option) any later version. |
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| This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
| but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
| MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
| GNU General Public License for more details. |
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| You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
| along with this program; if not, write to: |
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| Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| 59 Temple Place, Suite 330 |
| Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
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