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An AREXX port !!!!Please!!! It's about time that the Dpaint supported Arexx. I consider DPaint part of my productivity software, and, SERIOUS productivity software on the Amiga has an Arexx port. There are many, many things I would do with DPaint if I could automate it…. Also, native Dpaint support for GIF, JPEG, XBM, PBM, TIFF,PCX, etc. other major graphics datatypes (It would be ok to use AmigaDos Datatypes for this). Also, use standard ASL requesters everywhere. Adopt the CBM GUI standards (ie, the AmigaDos 2.1, 3.0 look and feel).

How about a DPaint 3D module? Something like Virtus WalkThrough would be great!

Support for the Retina Z3, for one! And the GUI could use some refinement. I'll have to work on specifics 🙂 DJ

Need to run on 3-party graphics cards.. Add path following of animbrushes (ala deluxe video) Picture morphing? Waterbrush painting…(at least on AGA/3-party boards. Simple Sound triggering off an animation frame? Arex input/output?? the last two is because Dpaint is more than a static paint program.. -Tom-

I second Joe Veazey's requests! 1. Full featured ARexx support 2. ASL requestors After you have completed those, then you could start thinking about enhanced animation support primarily in terms of synchronized sound support! Of course, if EA updated Deluxe Video III, then animation sound support would not be as important <grin, wink, hint..>! EdV

I can now think of these: – Support for as many graphics cards as you can find, Retina, Picasso, IV24, EGS, etc… by using video drivers (it CAN be done, look at Emplant MacII emulation…) – Advanced drawing tools such as airbrush, and simulation of other materials, watercolours, pencils… (look at Fractal Painter) – Virtual 24 bit handling for AGA systems, like Adobe Photoshop, everything, regardless of screen mode, is managed in 24 bits – AN AREXX PORT!!! PLEEEEEASE!!! – Different format loaders & savers (JPEG, GIF, TIFF…) or at least support for 3.0 datatypes (they area a GREAT idea and easy to implement) – Support for different anim types (Anim5, Anim7, Anim8 with byte, word or long compression types) and eventually CDXL, FLI/FLC… – Make it a little more OS-friendly, use standard Intuition screens, so it can be mode-promoted and RTG'd – Some 3D more advanced than the actual perspective controls – Filters, contrast/luma/chroma balancing… – Alpha channel support … and all this in just 10 minutes of thinking! 😎 They are not in any order, some of them are just dreams (or not?) but there are some needed ones. Please tell us MORE about the next DPaint (V?) David Santamaria. …from Basque Country with AutoPilot.

Need speed!

The fact that there will be a DPaint5 is the best news I've heard in a long time! Here's what I'd like off the top of my head: * Full as possible ARexx support. * Movable tool box. * 45 degree slash brushes (along side the single pixel, squares, etc.) * Full 24-bit painting. * Save in IFF24 and GIF formats. * GIF loading. * Multi-palette animation support. * Variable speed anim playback. * Ability to add sound to anims and sync sound to anims. That should keep you guys bust for a while! Thanks.

1. Make a "floatable" palette (like ol.dayes) 2. Fix the antialias bug when using perspektive scale size the antialiasing in v3 was fine but in v4 you have to rotae te brush 180 dg. to get OK aliasing 3. Make it aware of FPU for perspektive+++ 4. Faster animsaveload (take a look at Scala) 5. Std. OS2 requesters. 6. I kind of "Alphasuport" and "softedge" support 7. A REAL airbrush 8. Possible to make full 8bit(256colors) ranges. 9. CALL YOUR ABSOLUTLY BEST CUSTOMER: Bjorn Rybakken (designer of Scala userinterface and fonts, working at Bates Strategic Design) who have been working all day and all night for nearly 8 years (first man buying A1000 and Dpaint 1 in Norway 1986) mostly in Dpaint all the time. He has a lot to offer in "PROFESSIONAL crititcs" Work: +47 22837500 Home: +47 22229869 Geir Molstad, FAMO as, Fax +47 22357797

How about Ability to change the palette between frames of an animation. Aspect ratios OTHER than Amiga and square (there ARE others being used out there) A way to 'texture' a picture

The ability to change palettes on different frames of an animation would be nice. Streamline the user interface! If I bring up the "Goto frame" requester, why do I have to revert to the mouse, aim carefully at that tiny field, and click on it? The field should pop up already activated. Double-clicking on a filename should select the file. I should be able to move from field to field using Tab/Backtab, with Return as OK and Escape as Cancel. Basically, follow the current Amiga user interface guidelines. If I'm working on a very large image, it takes forever to scroll from one side to the next! I should be able to "Show page" and click on the area I want to scroll to. Do you still have those nasty Enforcer hits? Baaaad software developer, no cookie. It's hard for me to come up with more suggestions. I find DPaint a pure joy to work in. It's the single most responsive program on my Amiga, and its almost-perfect interface makes every function painless to use. Its main problem is my Amiga 3000's limited color resolution, and that's no fault of yours. I wish 16 colors were enough these days, so that I could create artwork in DPaint _much_ more often. It's truly an exhilarating experience every time I use it. Blaq!

Orland, Lots of improvements can be made but full 24 bit paint support for all major graphics cards—including OpalVision—is a must. In fact, take a longggg look at OpalPaint and include its features as a STARTING POINT. The lack of 24 bit paint support has turned me toward OpalPaint for the time being but I'd like to come back. Try to keep the size small by possibly having different versions for different 24 bit boards. Secondary improvements would include support for more anim methods, better morphing, 24 bit anim support, incorporation of simple video transitions, more standardized 2.0 look & feel, iconization, etc. ———————————————-Don- via Whap!

24 bit display card support…of course!!! Paul Fish

A British Amiga mag (CU Amiga), has pictures this month of what they claim is a preview version of DPaint 5 – is this the version you are talking about (still in development), or are you talking about the next version (6? 5.5?) _ARexx_ and _Speed_ are what we need!!! Cheers, Mat.