Re: gEDA-user: Photo mode to the rescue...

2010-09-07 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
DJ Delorie wrote: > >> How about this: Let footprints contain a file name of an macro image >> from the top. Then, the photo mode could use the image to render a >> populated board. ;-) > > I thought of that, but you need to be able to correctly align the > photo with the rotated/positioned ele

Re: gEDA-user: Photo mode to the rescue...

2010-09-07 Thread John Luciani
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Eric Brombaugh wrote: > Whenever I post pix from photo mode I always get questions about what tool I > used to do them. Surprising that none of the big pro tools out there provide > that. Who says OSS apps always follow the lead of the proprietary SW world? I ha

Re: gEDA-user: Photo mode to the rescue...

2010-09-07 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 22:18:18 -0400 DJ Delorie wrote: > > How about this: Let footprints contain a file name of an macro image > > from the top. Then, the photo mode could use the image to render a > > populated board. ;-) > > I thought of that, but you need to be able to correctly align the > ph

Re: gEDA-user: Photo mode to the rescue...

2010-09-06 Thread DJ Delorie
> How about this: Let footprints contain a file name of an macro image > from the top. Then, the photo mode could use the image to render a > populated board. ;-) I thought of that, but you need to be able to correctly align the photo with the rotated/positioned element footprint. > BTW, shadow

Re: gEDA-user: Photo mode to the rescue...

2010-09-06 Thread Eric Brombaugh
On 09/06/2010 06:51 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: I needed an official photo of a board for a presentation, but the boards aren't back from assembly yet. So I used a photo-mode export of the PCB, and a photograph of a home-etched prototype, and 1-2 hours of GIMP work... http://www.delorie.com/pcb/tmp/

Re: gEDA-user: Photo mode to the rescue...

2010-09-06 Thread kai-martin knaak
DJ Delorie wrote: > > I needed an official photo of a board for a presentation, but the > boards aren't back from assembly yet. So I used a photo-mode export > of the PCB, and a photograph of a home-etched prototype, and 1-2 hours > of GIMP work... > > http://www.delorie.com/pcb/tmp/photo-mode-

gEDA-user: Photo mode to the rescue...

2010-09-06 Thread DJ Delorie
I needed an official photo of a board for a presentation, but the boards aren't back from assembly yet. So I used a photo-mode export of the PCB, and a photograph of a home-etched prototype, and 1-2 hours of GIMP work... http://www.delorie.com/pcb/tmp/photo-mode-plus-plus.html (yes, it's part o