Metacard does not start on a second Mac

[Mark Talluto]

On Jul 15, 2006, at 2:47 AM   Jul 15, 2006, Wilhelm Sanke wrote:

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> Other features are refined color-tuning options like "increase  
> saturation", "decrease saturation", "produce equal color distances  
> from max or median" etc. or the ability to apply all matrix filters  
> to selected colors or color combinations only, e.g. only to red, to  
> green and blue etc., which leads to interesting results. Another  
> possibility to work with matrix filters is to use 3X3 filters in a  
> "hybrid" fashion as 5X5, 7X7, 9X9, and 11X11 filters: The outer  
> cells of the 3X3 matrix are spread accordingly to a higher level.  
> The effects of these hybrid matrices are different; with contour  
> filters you will get much thicker contour edges. These hybrid  
> filters have a great advantage compared to real 5X5 to 11X11  
> filters: applying these filters is as fast as with 3X3 filters,  
> meaning that on my 2 GHz computer the execution time will be around  
> 7 seconds in the MC IDE (you cannot apply the DLL of Chipp Walters  
> here, the hybrid solutions have to be entirely scripted) and about  
> 10 seconds in the Rev IDE (same difference holds for MC and Rev  
> standalones), whereas a real "full" 5X5 matrix would need about 25  
> seconds to execute.
> There are also "half-tone" filters, i.e. the possibility to produce  
> half-tone images by a combination of filters.
>
> For the  "full" 3X3 and 5X5 matrix you can either produce and try  
> out new filters using a random function (that also calculates the  
> correct "division" factor for maintaining more or less the origonal  
> color balance) or to create or change new filters manually  by  
> entering values into the cells of the matrix. These new filters can  
> be given a name and stored ( and deleted) as user-defined filters  
> for subsequent use.--

This all looks very interesting Wilhelm.  Keep up the good work!


Mark Talluto
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