CompuServe Messages

Dangerous Div'n Don, I called the Glyphon people about the crash glitches. (I talked to Mike Peay, also at 73140,3010) Item 1) Slow redraws: the program defaults to a "Better Quality" dither from 24 bits (even when using 8-bit files). Setting View/Dither to "Low Quality" changes the 15 seconds into about 2 seconds for a 514*486 image. Much more tolerable but still on the slow side. ("But it takes a lot of processing to do all that dithering," says he; "But if Photostyler can do the same thing in 1/4 second…" says I; "Oh…," says he) They added the Low Quality dither option late in the development and didn't have time or think to preserve your preference as a default in the .INI file, so you have to set it each time you start something new. Item 2) Windows crash: Mr Peay thinks a clue from their Mac experience may be a "slight" problem with placing a morph key too close to the lower right corner. I had keys low in each image to force a smooth morph on the bottom edge where the subjects extended off the border. I moved the keys and it didn't crash this time, but I haven't had time to attempt to isolate and reproduce the crash to prove that was the problem. They also have a small problem with not properly responding to a Windows paint event when zoomed in: If Image1 is zoomed in and you select a key on Image2 that corresponds to a key that is not currently visible on Image1 (off the edge), the program will shift the target key so you can see it. All the other keys shift too, but unfortunately the image doesn't! It appears that your keys are suddenly misregistered. Forcing the window to repaint by minimizing then restoring will fix the image. If they fix these and a few other minor bugs, I think it will be real useful. Unfortunately, I don't have time to do any volunteer post-Beta testing for them right now. If they don't update within the 30 day refund period, I may send it back and try out the Blackbelt. (I like the name… maybe I'll get it anyway <g>). JKJ PS. I used the Morph today to change my ugly face into my little Paul's angelic smile over 40 frames. A big hit around here! I think this will be a great add-on for 3DS fun.