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- REVISION HISTORY
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- The Graphics Factory
- by
- Kamyan Software
- 1228 Narragansett Drive
- Carol Stream, IL 60188
- Internet: 73447.1114@compuserve.com
- WWW: http://members.aol.com/kamyansoft/home.htm
- WWW: http://members.aol.com/kamyansoft/grafac.htm
- Compuserve: 73447,1114
- AOL: KENCARLINO
- BBS: 708-372-0174
- Voice: 708-372-6134
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- Version 2.1 - 7/24/96
- - Changed "Bring to Top" to "Shift Up", its easier to use.
- - Changed "Bring to Bottom" to "Shift Down", its easier to use.
- - Added six more master color boxes.
- - Added eight more interactive controls.
- - Changed the look of the interactive and master colors dialogs to
- take up less screen space.
- - Now saves the master colors with modules.
- - Fixed problem where module version was not updated when a module
- was saved with a new version of the program.
- - Minor change to menu layout.
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- Version 2.0 - 7/14/96
- - Added the option of toggle active on click for factories.
- - Minor adjustments to the time escape fractal.
- - Added an option to the interactive controls to automatically
- determine the range of the scroll values this addresses the
- problem of the values not advancing when pressing the arrow button.
- - Enhanced the seamless tile modules to use buffered writes.
- - Added Control Point distance to value change type.
- - Added tile path correction type.
- - Added ability to read in a series of bitmaps for drawing type.
- - Added ability to prompt for bitmap while module is running. This
- is tied to the bitmap drawing type.
- - Added a general setting of "Push Button" for factories.
- - Added paint link option to allow more paint like operations.
- - Added a master colors dialog box, allows easier color selection.
- - Improved drawing performance by around 20 percent.
- - Added a Paint X and Paint Y Advanced value control and path
- correction.
- - Added a feathered brush drawing type.
- - Added "Bring to top" and "Send to bottom" menu commands for
- ordering factories. ( this effects processing order with a cycle)
- - Toggle interactive controls on/off for factories.
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- Version 1.4 - June 16, 1996
- - Added recommended ranges for values in popup hints for drawing
- types, effect types, function modifiers and destination types.
- - Added popup hints for all drawing types, effect types, function
- result modifiers and destination types.
- - New effect type "Wrap".
- - Minor correction to tutorial.
- - Fixed popup hint for Hide on Drag option.
- - Fixed spelling error on symmetry in Effects and Functions.
- - Added a copy option for all plotting types.
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- Version 1.3 - June, 2 1996
- - Added tutorial.
- - Fixed bug in destination type in "wRGB Min".
- - Added Color ramp destination type.
- - Added Color sample drawing effect.
- - Added Diffused Limited Aggragation (DLA). Means cool vine like
- drawing type.
- - Fixed bug. Magnetic attraction to control points did not work
- if control point had path correction.
- - Apply the drawing types function value into the standard
- functions results. Used for mixing fractal values with other
- effects.
- - Mix working RGB with Indexed RGB added.
- - Mix screen RGB with Indexed RGB added. ( can also be done by
- setting an alpha value ).
- - Added tab controls to the draw settings dialog.
- - Effect levels after ploting type effects were being skipped, fixed.
- - Goto level destination type added.
- - Pin XY and Pin RGB destination type added.
- - Tile Effect type added.
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- Version 1.2 - May 4, 1996
- - Fix bug when using certain combination of effects.
- - Reduced the number of reminder screens.
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- Version 1.1 - April 13, 1996
- - Set current factory colors into the custom color dialog.
- - More then six levels of effects caused a stack overflow, fixed.
- - Message Box draw type - to allow information boxes during drawing.
- - Changed the text "Total Life" to "End Life" in General Settings dlg.
- - Added a clear buffer button to the trace dialog.
- - Advanced values Control Point 1 Center X and Y did not work. In
- addition Control Point 2 Center X and Y did not work. Now these
- work properly except the 1 and 2 sets give the save results.
- - Auto image save name was not continuing properly when auto reset
- is being used.
- - Added version warning for modules and factories.
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- Version 1.0 - March 24, 1996
- - First release
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