Tiger breaks hyperCard?

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Sat Sep 24 03:14:18 EDT 2005


Ken Norris wrote:
>> How would you characterize the benefits of the HC color tools over Rev's
>> tools?
> 
> I'm talking strictly about painting graphical elements. To me there's no 
> comparison at all.
> 
> 1) It's very light and responsive. More so than any other paint program 
> I've used. Even the best of the mega-paint programs make me feel like 
> they're carrying a heavy load around.
> 
> 2) Overall intuitiveness.
> 
> 3) I can paint in 32-bit color (not from a colorwheel, but you can still 
> do it).
> 
> 4) Maintains a palette of the last 12 sampled colors.
> 
> 5) Free or percentage resizing.
> 
> 6) Free or degree rotation.
> 
> 7) Instant tinting.

What is instant tinting?

That's a geat list, Ken.  Thanks for putting that together.

If Rev had such capabilities (many can be scripted, the rest probably 
not too hard to add to the engine), what sorts of apps would developers 
deploy these in?

I've had my head buried in vector graphics apps for so long it's 
sometimes difficult for me to step out of that box....

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