IrfanPaint Support Thread

[emarkay]

Hey, it's time this thread got a whole section in the forum!

This simple little plug in makes IrfanView as good as Photoshop CS3 - well at least for my applications!

[emarkay]

Bug in "arrow" feature

The Arrowhead is too close to the centerline of the shaft - it needs to be moved to the end of the shaft.

Otherwise, this is an INVALUABLE plugin!

THANK YOU!

MRK

[MItaly]

You're right, this would also make the arrow head look nicer when it has an empty head.

[emarkay]

Hey, what about Three-Point Arcs? ya' know, nothing dynamic, just let me make 2 clicks, and on the third click, a non-straight (or even a straight) line is autogenerated through them?

Betcha that's an easy one...

MRK

[matera]

You're right, this would also make the arrow head look nicer when it has an empty head.

Now can you do that for people too? (LOL)

I am getting spoiled, I can't imagine IrfanView without this plugin any more.

*sigh* -- if I could use both IrfanView and my modem in linux, I would hardly need Windwoes at all.

[Skippybox]

I noticed that if the Paint dialog is displayed in IrfanView with a shape tool selected (e.g. ellipse, rectangle, arrow) and a thumbnail is double-clicked in the Thumb window, then a shape gets created when the image is loaded. This also happens when double-clicking a file in the Open dialog. In both cases, it does it when the Thumb window or Open dialog is on top of the IrfanView window.

[Sjef]

Correct. Drag 'n Drop prevents this 'bug'.

[Skippybox]

Right. You can use the thumb window and Open dialog as long as you don't have them over the IrfanView window or don't double-click.

Was this already reported?

[Sjef]

Don't think so. But is it really important? Use Ctrl»Z and it is gone...

[emarkay]

*sigh* -- if I could use both IrfanView and my modem in linux, I would hardly need Windwoes at all.

WINE is your friend... Literally just do the IrfanView and Plug-Ins installs under WINE and it's there for good! Thumbnailer and all!

What modem, what PC, and what Distro? PM or email and I'll do some digging.

BTW, If they are "winmodem" compatible, you should be able to get started here:

http://www.linmodems.org/

MRK

[emarkay]

Paint Toolbar and Color Palette - can they be "grouped"?

If I have my Paint Toolbar on the lower left and need a new color, the Palette alwats pops-up in the upper right - that's a lot of mousing to do!

Any way to have the Palette stay near the Painter?

MRK

[emarkay]

You're right, this would also make the arrow head look nicer when it has an empty head.

Will you be able to adjust this? if so, any idea as to when it can be investigated?

Thank you!

[Skippybox]

I see you can make antialiased text. How do you make antialiased shapes?

[MItaly]

I noticed that if the Paint dialog is displayed in IrfanView with a shape tool selected (e.g. ellipse, rectangle, arrow) and a thumbnail is double-clicked in the Thumb window, then a shape gets created when the image is loaded. This also happens when double-clicking a file in the Open dialog. In both cases, it does it when the Thumb window or Open dialog is on top of the IrfanView window.

It's a known bug that I can't manage to fix.

WINE is your friend... Literally just do the IrfanView and Plug-Ins installs under WINE and it's there for good! Thumbnailer and all!

... but the current IrfanPaint versions do not work on Wine ... but don't be sad, my internal beta is working flawlessly on it!

If I have my Paint Toolbar on the lower left and need a new color, the Palette alwats pops-up in the upper right - that's a lot of mousing to do!

Any way to have the Palette stay near the Painter?

Fixed in the code; thank you for the feedback!

Will you be able to adjust this? if so, any idea as to when it can be investigated?

I'll be able to fix it when I study a little bit more trigonometry and have some more time to work on IP; don't worry, it's a matter of weeks .

I see you can make antialiased text. How do you make antialiased shapes?

The problem is that antialiased text is drawn by the ExtTextOut API, that directly supports antialiasing; the line/shape APIs, instead, do not support it.

[Skippybox]

It's a known bug that I can't manage to fix.

What do you mean? You don't know what causes it?

The problem is that antialiased text is drawn by the ExtTextOut API, that directly supports antialiasing; the line/shape APIs, instead, do not support it.

Are you saying it won't be implemented because it would require an overhaul of the programming to make it happen?