Re: gEDA-user: Hand-made "PNG export"

2007-07-16 Thread John Griessen
Steven Michalske wrote: > very pretty picture. > > the better idea is to write a SVG exporter, then each layer is in > vector format, then use inkscape Inkscape is getting good with 6 or so active developers, and I saw mention of some filters recently -- they're going for gimp-like function

Re: gEDA-user: Hand-made "PNG export"

2007-07-15 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 21:42 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > Any HID experts want to guess at how hard it would be to make an > > exporter that did this sort of thing automatically? > > Not that hard, if you can figure out how to write a native GIMP file. Gimp has a library backend, however I've nev

Re: gEDA-user: Hand-made "PNG export"

2007-07-15 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 20:34 -0700, Steven Michalske wrote: > very pretty picture. > > the better idea is to write a SVG exporter, then each layer is in > vector format, then use inkscape or any other SVG editor) to edit the > colors and stack them up. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe

Re: gEDA-user: Hand-made "PNG export"

2007-07-15 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 21:45 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > Oh, very pretty picture too :-) > > Possible future enhancements: Show inner layers, at least the one near > the "top". Put real FR4 color where the mask doesn't show. Use light > effects (bump map?) to get 3-D effect on copper. Use tileab

Re: gEDA-user: Hand-made "PNG export"

2007-07-14 Thread Steven Michalske
wow i was playing with this inkscape will use pstoedit to import ps files this should be easier than the screen shots On Jul 14, 2007, at 6:33 PM, Steve Meier wrote: > Very nice! > > Steve Meier > > Ben Jackson wrote: >> I didn't care for the PNG exporter so I laboriously made a PNG with >> s

Re: gEDA-user: Hand-made "PNG export"

2007-07-14 Thread Steven Michalske
very pretty picture. the better idea is to write a SVG exporter, then each layer is in vector format, then use inkscape or any other SVG editor) to edit the colors and stack them up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Electronics/ How_to_draw_SVG_circuits_using_Xcircuit thi

Re: gEDA-user: Hand-made "PNG export"

2007-07-14 Thread DJ Delorie
Oh, very pretty picture too :-) Possible future enhancements: Show inner layers, at least the one near the "top". Put real FR4 color where the mask doesn't show. Use light effects (bump map?) to get 3-D effect on copper. Use tileable brushes to paint the copper to get real texture. Draw solde

Re: gEDA-user: Hand-made "PNG export"

2007-07-14 Thread DJ Delorie
> Any HID experts want to guess at how hard it would be to make an > exporter that did this sort of thing automatically? Not that hard, if you can figure out how to write a native GIMP file. The core gives you each layer in sequence, the existing png exporter shows you how to rasterize them. Yo

Re: gEDA-user: Hand-made "PNG export"

2007-07-14 Thread Steve Meier
Very nice! Steve Meier Ben Jackson wrote: > I didn't care for the PNG exporter so I laboriously made a PNG with > screendumps and the GIMP. > > http://ad7gd.net/misc/flexpretty.png > > Main steps: > > Took snapshot of only soldermask, changed color, made partially transparent. > Used select

gEDA-user: Hand-made "PNG export"

2007-07-14 Thread Ben Jackson
I didn't care for the PNG exporter so I laboriously made a PNG with screendumps and the GIMP. http://ad7gd.net/misc/flexpretty.png Main steps: Took snapshot of only soldermask, changed color, made partially transparent. Used select by color to delete all the holes. Took snapshot of all