[Synfig-devl] Fwd: [Bug 1215896] [NEW] synfig FTBFS on amd64: configure:22100: error: Could not find a version of the library!

2013-08-23 Thread Nikita Kitaev
FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: Andreas Moog andreas.m...@warperbbs.de Date: Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 5:06 AM Subject: [Bug 1215896] [NEW] synfig FTBFS on amd64: configure:22100: error: Could not find a version of the library! To: nikita...@gmail.com Public bug reported: synfig

Re: [Synfig-devl] Pro designer available for Synfig UX/UI design

2013-02-03 Thread Nikita Kitaev
Hi James, Carlos I think there's been a misunderstanding here. Let's take a step back here and see if we can come to an agreement that is in all of our interests. I've been involved with Synfig as a developer for several years. We definitely need a talented designer, and I appreciate the offer

Re: [Synfig-devl] W3C Blending and Compositing 1.0

2012-11-12 Thread Nikita Kitaev
Synfig definitely has a non-standard collection of blend methods. Some of them are simply unique blend methods that aren't found in other graphics programs. Others, though, extend the W3C methods with two new concepts: * HDR color calculations: The math behind Synfig's blend methods is defined

Re: [Synfig-devl] Rv: Cairo implementation roadmap

2012-07-09 Thread Nikita Kitaev
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Carlos López González genet...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! 2012/7/9 Nikita Kitaev nikita...@gmail.com: I updated my cairo png target so that it now works with the updates to the target system (see my branch at nikitakit_new_cairo_core_2). To render, run `synfig -t

Re: [Synfig-devl] Rv: Cairo implementation roadmap

2012-07-08 Thread Nikita Kitaev
Nikita Kitaev nikita...@gmail.com: Hi! On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Carlos López González genet...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! 2012/7/2 Nikita Kitaev nikita...@gmail.com: Nice, the code's coming together! I played around with it today and fixed a couple of compile errors. Oh, I don't have

Re: [Synfig-devl] Cairo implementation roadmap

2012-05-27 Thread Nikita Kitaev
I think the distinction between SynfigColor and CairoColor may be a red herring, because the real major distinction between the two rendering systems is that the surface currently stores pixels as an array of Color objects, but cairo expects a pure array of bytes. Even if the array of Color

Re: [Synfig-devl] Hi Synfig devs

2012-05-26 Thread Nikita Kitaev
1. I don't find Shape Tool to be confusing at all. The verb shape is mostly used with abstract concepts (to shape a statement), and sometimes for 3D objects (to shape a piece of clay). In the context of 2D animation, I wouldn't think of it as a verb. Plus, the icon on the toolbox helps identify

Re: [Synfig-devl] Hi Synfig devs

2012-05-21 Thread Nikita Kitaev
I like the suggestions here. From the current list, I agree with: Cpoint - Color Stop Encapsulate - Group Groups - Sets Control points seems too long for such a common term: especially in phrases like tangent control point. Shortening it to controls or just points may not work (controls is

Re: [Synfig-devl] Diego Barrios Romero : Unused variable commented out

2012-03-16 Thread Nikita Kitaev
2012/3/16 Denis Washington den...@online.de: Again, why not move all commented-out code into a separate branch? This gives us the best of both worlds. Regards, Denis As Diego said, cross-merges wouldn't work. Depending on how we set it up, either merging master into this separate branch will

Re: [Synfig-devl] Diego Barrios Romero : Unused variable commented out

2012-03-15 Thread Nikita Kitaev
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Denis Washington den...@online.de wrote: Why commenting out? Aren't version control systems there exactly so that you don't need to keep such cruft in the current code? I am really wondering about the huge amount of commented-out lines in the codebase. Many of