Hi Boudewijn,<br><br>I took some time to examine Krita libraries that would be needed for this project.<br><br>As you suggested, I made a mockup of how I would like sketch pad to look. Please let me know what do you think about it.<br>
<br>I would like if we could meet on IRC to discuss what my proposal should contain. <br><br>Best regards,<br>Aleksandar<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Boudewijn Rempt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:boud@valdyas.org">boud@valdyas.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Monday 23 March 2009, Aca Markovic wrote:<br>
> Hello Boudewijn,<br>
> Thanks for a quick reply!<br>
<br>
</div>Too quick it turns out -- I had some problems with my connection, which was<br>
slow, and pressed enter instead of ^O to postpone for some later additions.<br>
Anyway...<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I took a look at Art Rage, and I really like it! Now I understand the<br>
> project a little bit better, but I still think that my experience with the<br>
> project I mentioned might help me :)<br>
> Is there a place where I can look at the interface of the existing tools<br>
> and functions already implemented in Krita, which I could than use to make<br>
> the Sketch-pad interface?<br>
<br>
</div>Sure -- you can check out the code. You would need to -- probably -- fork<br>
krita/ui. There are useful bits in that library, like the krita/ui/tools<br>
and krita/canvas. But you would need to make new main window and new widgets<br>
to select colors tool/brush preset combinations. A good way to get started<br>
would be to draw a nice mockup of the intended interface (which should not be<br>
100% cloned from Art Rage, of course -- also take a look at<br>
<a href="http://gamma.cs.unc.edu/impasto/" target="_blank">http://gamma.cs.unc.edu/impasto/</a>).<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Also, I was wondering how would you like the sketch pad to be added? Like a<br>
> special "view", like a completely different program (Krita lite, Krita<br>
> sketch ? :) ), like a special "mode"...?<br>
<br>
</div>I would prefer a separate application using as much of the Krita libraries<br>
and plugins unchanged as possible.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I was first thinking about just<br>
> implementing a toolbar, but because of the multiple to single layer<br>
> transition, I think that is not an option?<br>
<br>
</div>No -- in fact, I think that there shouldn't be toolbars in this application at<br>
all :-). You also don't need to care about handling layers: for now, just one<br>
layer should be fine.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Also, I was wondering is the design of the interface (color choosers etc)<br>
> already predefined? Should it be similar to Krita, or perhaps, should it be<br>
> something more appealing to children who like to sketch? :)<br>
<br>
</div>Think tablet devices like tablet laptops or the maemo -- that is, as much as<br>
possible keep the paper central and make the widgets to choose colors, brushes<br>
and so on at the fringes. Tuxpaint isn't a good example :-)<br>
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