Ansel-A v0.7-4 Released w/partial delay

codename:Nymph

v0.7-4 will be delayed until tuedsday. I realize there are some issues with the interface (mostly minor ones that irradiate the hell out of me like alignment and positioning). These will not be fixed until the 0.7build5 release, but what's on the horizon?

This weekend the development team (read as me) will be backpacking and fly-fishing at the cabin shown in the previous post, thus the delay. This is a good thing i'm going away with two close friends, one a computer scientist the second a photographer. (Both long term nokia fan boys, s60 for now. After monday things may change :)) this should allow me to throw some ui questions at them.

Small rant:

I'm having problems with the tones filters finding a reasonable way to display highlight and shadow adjustments as well as the matrix or multiplier shift that needs to be applied has been challenging. i have no problem with the math behind it, i just don't know what users are expecting with these filters. Should it b a straight slider with 1/3 of the tone being editied? Or should we also have a radius slider?

Since everyone reading this is a user what do you think? i want this application to solve the major issue in maemo5, the lack of an image editor mypaint and gimp loaded through easy debian can get you there.

But the reason why i developed the application in the first place is so when you or i take a photo and the xeon flash (you don't have one right?) Dosen't go off and we need to pull all of the blue out of the image before posting, we can do that rapidly.

The second thing i'd like to do is (and by seeing the new undo system) is to give you the ability to make your own preset filters. Last months recode allows for this now in theory. If i store any manipulation as simple text that the systemcan re-read in i can make the matrix apply occur all at once. i'll discuss this in my next post.

Back to milestones

SaveAs now works, bw conversion now works some of the sliders vs buttons do not so this will be fixed.

0.7build5 will have working sliders and adjust buttons for simple(brightness etc), colors, rotation and bw. Save, browser and undo will work as expected.

0.8 will have tone fixes and all ui oddities resolved.
This will be most likely the version submitted to nokia's "Calling all Inovators" contest.

0.9 will have dodge, burn or blur running full screen with your finger as
the brush. I'm not kidding i want this too.

Have a good weekend and thanks for your support.

Alpha v0.7-3+ Recent development

codename:Cabin

Some of you might have seen that I started a blog and am now getting rid of the garage update. Mostly since I can take a screenshot and post with MaStory right from my device. (Which is what I'm doing now.)

First, I've spent the last few weeks doing internal code cleaning, which you'll see as a more stabilised application. (Yeah it's an application not some silly one function app).

Secondly I've signifigantly changed the GUI. I'm trying to generate a stylish modern and useable UI that dosen't follow the exact Hildon look and feel. I intended for this departure but still have ensured finger-friendliness.

As you can see from the attached screenshot.


Loading a Photo using new Photo Browser



Applying Filter with new Popup Look



Photo in full screen mode after a dynamic BW conversion



Visual Undo Browser with Step 1. Selected.


Any comments?

... shhhh! Save As... just snuck in.

Ansel-a v0.6 Released
codename:Ctrl-S

yeah, yeah,
I did it so that I didn't get some flack when my code wiped your photos, but there's been some rumbling here and there that "I can't save".

Here's the great part. People out there actually ran my application on their device and then commented on it on T.M.O or other sites to say "I can't save".

So to the mighty few of you out there using Ansel-A, here's a May 12th gift:
Save As... is finally here.

Screenshot to follow:

B&W (Namesake Filter Working)

codename:Hypo

We have a working BW filter set.
The interface may seem odd at first, but look it as a selection of colored filters, that you had put in front of your lens and shot on BW film.

they run like a mixing/blending wheel. I'd suggest Clicking on R, G and B and which ever best achieves the effect you're looking for, then focus on the Y, P or C near it and make your way down to the tertiary colors

Alpha v0.5-4 Released

codename:KeneticGoBack!

Slight UI changes, Mostly functional kenetic scrolling photo browser, beginning of unified Undo history. BW conversion mostly (primary and secondry) complete.

Alpha v0.4-1 Released

codename:GoBig

Build 4,
No Major functional changes, though a improved UI. simpler fullscreen view. Resized images crop and scale correctly in fullscreen, Apply button, now dependant on actual user changes.

Alpha v0.3-5 Released

codename:3DGlasses

a Fixed Alpha version is on Extra-Devel, a few filters are implemented, but not all.

Essentially just red green and blue filters.

It is mainly for Gui and Packaging testing, Post a comment and tell me what you think.

Pre-Alpha Completed

codename:Tab-Tastic

The Gui has been 50% locked in a way that I believer is usable for single handed use. There's still some issues with thumbnail vs. real image and Undo levels that needs to be addressed, I think that if I multi thread the program to run the background apply it'll simplify the process and not slow down the GUI. which is a major issue.

The last issue that I'm dealing with is that the sliders fire their valueChanged too frequently as the user slides it along. I believe that a de-bounce function may need to be implemented to stop the studdering.

Planning Version Completed

Currently you cannot save the edited image, nor can you change anything but RGB values, but the Gui looks good.