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Topic: Whishes for new Bafran

I'm working on a new improved version of Bafran, as there seems to be some demand for such a software.
As I didn't get any error reports after the last version (there were some problems as I discovered when searching the forums), I want to ask, what you like or dislike in the current version?
What new / changed features would you like?
How many brickfilmers (or other filmers) are using the software? The number of downloads doesn't say much.

A few things under construction:

  • soft brushes (they already work)

  • more layers (16)

  • multiselect (works now)

  • undo protocoll

  • greenscreening (perhaps. Is it needed?)

  • mac os support (that might actually work)

  • shadow-brush (yes, neary forgot this)

  • color-adjustment

Thanks for any contribution.

Edit: changed some things

Last edited by batze (October 5, 2010 (01:52pm))

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

PLease make make Mac OS support! And the greenscreening!

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Mac OS and Linux(if Linux is not already compatable). A grid feature would be nice, as well as having the "alert" pop-ups be in English. Also, a "shadow paintbrush" feature would be nice as well.

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

Living LEGO wrote:

Mac OS and Linux(if Linux is not already compatable).

How many people use Linux for animating?
I will look how long the changes to let it run on mac take, then perhaps linux if it isn't too time consuming.

Living LEGO wrote:

A grid feature would be nice ...

So one can display a grid with user defined size over the content? That doesn't sound very difficult to include. I will put it on the todo-list.

Living LEGO wrote:

..., as well as having the "alert" pop-ups be in English.

Which ones aren't in English? I thought I had everything translated (not very good, as I must admit). Are there components that don't change the language?

Living LEGO wrote:

Also, a "shadow paintbrush" feature would be nice as well.

Yes. Had this on my working list, but forgot to include it.

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

Please make the Mac version be available on Mac OSX Tiger.

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

I was just using Bafran today.  I'll those additions would be great!  Especially looking forward to the shadow-brush and undo protocol.

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

PLEEEAASSSEEE do Mac OS support! I would love not having to cut everything out in GIMP.

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

TBDude wrote:

Please make the Mac version be available on Mac OSX Tiger.

What is the difference there between the versions?
Won't a program work on all the Max OS X versions if it works on one. (I don't own a Mac, only used one a few times. I will use an iMac at my university to program.

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Well, there's Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard. Tiger is like XP, Leopard is like Vista, and Snow Leopard is like Windows 7 but on Mac. So basically if it works on Tiger it will work on just about all of the Macs.

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

i use gimp now but i used bafran for awhile. it was good mini/smile btw. i left it because it only spoke german mini/what

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SteveStarfyTV wrote:

i use gimp now but i used bafran for awhile. it was good mini/smile btw. i left it because it only spoke german mini/what

I don't remember that I ever released a version without multi-language support.
At the moment it is available in English, Frensh, German, Polish and whatever language you like to create (as long as it written in roman letters, but that is changed in the new version, where UTF8 is supported).

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

Make it free!!

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

Hey Batze,
Hört sich ja schon gut an. Das mit dem Greenscreening find ich ein bisschen überflüssig. Was noch cool wäre:
dass man die Bilder verhellern und verdunkeln kann mini/smile

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

Maybe a ''copy previous mask on this picture'' tool?
Like, that you don't have to draw the same box over and over again, and just can use 1 and adjust it a little everytime.
It would make this ALOT easier.

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Re: Whishes for new Bafran

I think the most important feature will be a documentation, so everybody knows which features are included.

Joniversal (if he used english) wrote:

Hey batze,
That sounds good. But I think greenscreening isn't really needed. What I would also like:
to make pictures lighter or darker

Joni

Well, greenscreening is not on top of my todo-list. But what if you want to remove something via greenscreen (a computer screen for example) and then put other stuff behind on more layers. Then a second program for greenscreening will be difficult to use, as you would have to change programs and import/export very often. But I don't know how difficult greenscreening is to program.

Color- and brightness-ajustments are now also in the list.


T.G-Tom wrote:

Maybe a ''copy previous mask on this picture'' tool?
Like, that you don't have to draw the same box over and over again, and just can use 1 and adjust it a little everytime.
It would make this ALOT easier.

I'm shocked that even Mario didn't know that this feature is already included. I explained it in my (german) tutorial: You can use the "move-tool" to move a mask. If there isn't a mask the mask from the picture before will be copied.

That is kind of the whole point of my program. Otherwise one could just use gimp.


Nevertheless, the new version will include multiselect, the possibility to show masks in the timeline and  to move / copy them whereever you like. All will multiselect too, of course.


PS.: Looking at the translated version of my tutorial I think Mario did know that, as he translated it.

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