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- Short: Visual Eng. - Shadow v3.34
- Author: marko.seppanen@wwnet.fi (Marko Seppänen)
- Uploader: marko.seppanen@wwnet.fi (Marko Seppänen)
- Type: gfx/edit
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- Visual Engineering script - Shadow v3.34
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- SHORT DESCRIPTION
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- This script adds different kind of dropshadows for logos/pictures.
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- Image Engineer v3.41 (Wision release 2)
- GaussianEdge.rexx (VE-gausedge.lha)
- Sys:Rexxc/RX
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- INSTALLATION
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- Archive where this file came from should be extracted to a
- directory where you installed Image Engineer.
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- This script must be in IE:Arexx/
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- USAGE
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- Short explanation of different methods:
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- Normal
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- - Use this to black & white shapes
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- Grey Antialias
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- - Use this to allready smooth edged grey shapes
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- Color Antialias
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- - Use this to allready smooth edged colored shapes
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- Outline
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- - This one adds a shadow &
- some pixels wide outline around shape
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- Rectangle
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- - This one takes the whole image window as shape
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- Lowpass & Transparency
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- - These add a blurtype effect to image and mixes it
- together with the original.
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- You can add some empty work space around picture, but then you
- need AddSpace.rexx
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- Background must be totally white (R255 G255 B255).
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- ARGUMENTS
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- address command "rexx:rx ie:arexx/Shadow.rexx" <pic> <shadow> <color> <lowp> <threshval> <xplace> <yplace> <arguments>
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- - <pic> is name of the picture
- - <shadow> is number or name of the shadow-effect without spaces (e.q. 0 or colorantialias)
- - <color> if "yes" or "1", then PrimaryColors.rexx is used for color of shadow
- - <lowp> lowpassvalue
- - <threshvalue> thresholdvalue
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- - <xplace> horizontal offset of shadow
- - <yplace> vertical offset of shadow
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- - <arguments> name of color in PrimaryColor.rexx or "random".
- After either one can be "1" with space, which
- means Contrast Stretch.
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- Where asked for name of shadow, it can also be given as number
- of item in pop-up-menu. First item number 0. When given as name
- remove spaces from name.
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- AmigaDOS
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- Sys:Rexxc/RX Shadow.rexx <arguments>
- Sys:Rexxc/RX 000_testpic.iff 0 YES 15 250 -5 -5 RED
- Sys:Rexxc/RX 000_testpic.iff lowantialias no 9 255 -5 -5
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- Other scripts:
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- ADDRESS COMMAND "Sys:Rexxc/RX IE:Arexx/Shadow.rexx <arguments>"
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- Next lines return you the name of this new picture.
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- PROJECT_LIST
- xyz=result
- pic=subword(xyz,1,1)
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- HISTORY
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- 3.34
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- When using build in AddSpace, most of effecttypes would fail.
- This problem is fixed now. Personally I use IE's build in
- feature to set up hotkeys. A for AddSpace, S for Shadow...
- Added short explanations of effects to .notes.
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- 3.32
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- Outline-typee was calling "rexx:rx", when it should have called
- "sys:rexxc/rx". Fixed.
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- 3.31
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- Now there's only 2 kinds of shadows for allready antialiased
- shapes. One for black or grey images. And one for colorful
- images. VE-Extras v1.72+ needed.
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- New effect: Outline, can be used to grey or color images.
- White outline will be added around original shape.
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- 3.23
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- Calls to external scripts had a minor bug.
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- 3.22
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- Added possibility to adjust threshold of picture for shadow.
- OBS! Argument parsing changed.
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- DELETE ie:Prefs/veshadow.cfg!!!
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- 3.20
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- Call to external script, AddSpace.rexx was buggy. Fixed.
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- 3.19
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- New argument parser and better handling of arguments. Read
- Notes/Shadow.notes, if you want to call this script from your
- own scripts. It's now much easier to do some patch processing.
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- No more effects' subeffects. Every effect has it's own menu item.
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- If an error occurs, delete all the files from IE:Prefs/ with
- filename "veshadow#?.cfg"
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- 2.95
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- Call to external script PrimaryColors.rexx (v1.72+) uses
- different method now.
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- 2.94
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- Now you can call this script from other scripts too or in other
- words do some batch processing.
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- 2.88
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- New effect available! Regtangle-effect is made just for regtangle
- pictures. It's not very useful for other shapes. Better shading
- than with Normal-effect. You'll see the difference.
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- PS. Maybe I someday join effects together, so all the different
- effects could be affected to same picture on one run. Show some
- support and I'll do it. Just by saying "Hi there!" is almost
- enough.
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- 2.78
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- Normal is now abnormal! You can now use rastered shadows. For
- example when mixed with vertical lines gives really cool results.
- Adjusting lowpass value now affects all the shadow types.
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- 2.60
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- New in this version is possibility to add shadows to those shapes,
- that use some kind of antialiasing or smoothing on their edges.
- Before there would be lot of white pixels between logo and shadow.
- Smooth-effect tries its best to handle this.I've now included
- builtin dropshadow-effect to Visual Logo. It was quite impossible
- to do it user friendly, <b>after</b> Visual Logo.
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- 2.50
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- History started
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- DISTRIBUTION
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- The archive, where this file came from, can be distributed using
- any kind of media or distribution channel (CD, Email, WWW, BBS,
- FTP...), but contents of original archive can not be modified.
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- YOU MAY NOT SPREAD MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THIS SCRIPT AT ALL!!
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- If you are going to spread a script made by you, which calls one
- of Visual Engineering -scripts, you must include either to
- documentfile of your script or header of the script itself, Visual
- Engineering's website address and my name and email address.
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- Like this:
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- /*
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- This script uses Visual Engineering -script(s):
- AddSpace.rexx, PrimaryColors.rexx
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- By Marko Seppänen <marko.seppanen@wwnet.fi>
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- Visual Engineering website:
- http://wwnet.fi/users/smarko/visual/
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- */
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- WORLD WIDE WEB
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- Image Engineer
- http://www.amigaworld.com/support/imageengineer/
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- Visual Engineering
- http://wwnet.fi/users/smarko/visual/
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- AMINET
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 910 440 51.6% 04-Oct-98 15:43:40 +Visual-roundcorner.alpha
- 12374 2548 79.4% 14-Oct-99 15:38:26 +Shadow.rexx
- 5627 2585 54.0% 16-Oct-99 15:39:46 +Shadow.notes
- 1851 547 70.4% 03-Oct-99 21:43:52 +VE-Registration_Form
- 6372 2617 58.9% 14-Oct-99 22:15:20 +VisualEngineering.notes
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- 27134 8737 67.8% 16-Oct-99 16:46:56 5 files
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