Work-In-Progress: JavaCPC Paint!!!

[Devilmarkus]

Hello together,

the next upcoming version of JavaCPC will have a great new feature: JavaCPC Paint!

This is a tool to paint directly into CPC-screen memory.

You can also convert BMP,PNG,GIF and JPG files into CPC screens, too.

(Overscan and other extra modes are not supported)

You can also paint into this tool, add texts, cut out shapes, paste shapes and much more.

The screens can be saved then to DSK (when PAINT binary is running) or to your PC.

The screens are OCP-Art-Studio compatible, inclusive a .PAL file containing screen's palette & screen-mode.

The tool is not the "non-plus-ultra" but it's a great feature for JavaCPC, I think.

Here's a preview-screenshot:

To all of you, who know JAVA: I still need to improve the INK reduction from 27 to 16, 4 or 2 INKs for each screen mode.

Perhaps someone can help me to write this routine in JAVA...

Info:

- Screen is calculated into all 27 CPC INKs

- Palette uses most used INKs in order. (highest to lowest)

For more information, feel free to contact me.

Cheers,

Markus

 

[Aardvark]

Great news,really.

Can't wait to convert some pics.

 

[Rygar]

I may not use this feature, but i can't help not admiring your excellent work Markus!

 

[phil_vr]

I may not use this feature..

Shame on you ρε! Thats how you can use this feature effectively:

This is cool stuff Markus

 

[AA+]

good job Markus ! Always nice to see your work expanded like this. TY

 

[vagosgta3]

excellent work Devilmarkus

 

[Devilmarkus]

Thanks.

Who wants to try it:

http://cpc-live.com/JavaCPC_6_7_WIN32_beta.zip

all you need is:

- Unzip this archive

- open JavaCPC.exe

- drag & drop 'JavaCPC_Paint.dsk' (included in archive) into emulator window

- RUN"PAINT" or, if you dont want to see title screen: RUN"CODE"

- happy pixeling

- Important:

Please report your opinion about this feature.

 

[Devilmarkus]

Hmm no feedback yet

I need your help guys!

The reduction routine for INKs is not finished yet.

I need a table for each INK to replace with another, when an INK is not accessible.

(This is easier than it sounds)

BTW.: New Window:

 

[Wally]

C'mon lazy RetroManiaX Amstrad users! Help Marcus!

 

[Devilmarkus]

I've got it about 90% working now.

10% of converted images still look "bad" but also they can be improved manually.

The problem is: I need this routine FAST! So you can work with JPEG and other images in realtime! (ca. 0,5-1,5 secs to render a screen)

Here's an animated GIF which shows realtime-conversion and editing an image:

(Best: watch it with Firefox Browser, IE is too lame for GIF animations like this)

 

[Devilmarkus]

Updated EXE is here:

http://cpc-live.com/JavaCPC_6_7_WIN32_beta.zip

 

[Devilmarkus]

Here's an example how to load from DSK:

You can restore the palette when the image has been saved with ConvImgCPC or JavaCPC Paint.

The dialog shows all files on your DSK which end with "SCR", "BIN" or ". ".