[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 82

[Richmond Mathewson]

So do I!

Richmond.

On 5/15/17 9:56 pm, Roger Eller via use-livecode wrote:
> Oh no!  I use the legacy blendModes all the time!
>
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
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>>> Read issue #82 here: https://goo.gl/8HNhau
>> Looks like Skia Graphics Library dropped support
>> for some features and LC9 will not show anymore
>> these types of gradients:
>> 'XY', 'SqrtXY', 'Diamond' and 'Spiral'
>> and most of these legacy Blend Modes:
>> clear, noop, notSrcAnd, notSrcAndReverse,
>> notSrcCopy, notSrcOr, notSrcOrReverse,
>> notSrcXor, reverse, set, srcAnd,
>> srcAndReverse, srcCopy, srcOr,
>> srcOrReverse, srcXor, blend, addPin
>> addOver, subPin, transparent
>> adMin, addMax
>>
>> If you check all paint features available
>> from Skia Library: https://skia.org/user/api/skpaint
>> there are many useful features that LC9
>> could implement, like:
>> setTextScaleX (and setTextScaleY)
>> SkPathEffect
>> SkLine2DPathEffect
>> SkDiscretePathEffect
>> SkComposePathEffect
>> SkSumPathEffect
>> Two-Point Conical Gradient Shader
>> Fractal Perlin Noise Shader
>> Turbulence Perlin Noise Shader
>> Compose Shader
>> Blur Mask Filter
>>
>> Could LC implement first some of
>> these Skia features like Perlin Noise
>> and Blur filter?
>>
>> Al
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