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What do you look for in a graphics application?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:32 am
by onion2k
Whats the most important feature to you in a graphics app? Could be anything. Also, what tools could you live without?
Basically, I'm looking for suggestions about what should and shouldn't feature in PHPhoto (see sig).
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:58 am
by n00b Saibot
The Intuitiveness and a bit newness and a little bit showy / flashy...
Hope that helps (bt makes ur work harder if ya follow my suggestion

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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:05 am
by onion2k
Do you really like showy/flashy stuff in an application? I'd have thought making it as useable as possible would be more important, and generally that means as little flashy stuff as possible..
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:35 am
by kral_majales
i would say ease of use would be most important early on. perhaps you could have different 'modes' for it: simple, and advanced - in simple mode, lots of the more complex features are hidden, with simple mode being suited to basic image manipulation work.
advanced mode, on the other hand, could rival photoshop!
that way, people new to the app could get to grips with it without being scared by a complicated interface (eg. photoshop or the gimp), and, once they have learnt it, they can move onto 'advanced' mode, where they can do all the complex stuff!
just a thought, based on my own experiences with image progs.
K
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:24 pm
by onion2k
Yeah, I've planned for a beginners/advanced interface. Thats definitely a good idea.
As for rivalling photoshop.. thats the idea.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:50 pm
by feyd
lots of customization, simple and powerful extensibility...
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:41 am
by AVATAr
versioning!!
So i can go back and forth when manipulating a photo.
by the way.. very pretty
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:34 am
by onion2k
AVATAr wrote:versioning!!
So i can go back and forth when manipulating a photo.
I've thought about including that actually. When you're writing software for a stateless system like a webpage its feckin' tricky..
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:54 am
by Ice794
PHPhoto - Now that is a sweet idea.
As for features....Your best bet is looking at the main features in Photoshop.
Another way or getting research on this project is to sign up to a few graphics forums and ask graphics developers too
Icé

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:59 am
by feyd
forgot to add earlier, support for lots of file formats. Anyone and their browser can do png, gif, jpeg..

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:04 am
by rehfeld
i dont do much graphical work, and as such im still in the newbie pot.
so for me, Intuitiveness and ease of use is HUGE. i LOVE tooltips on hover
as for what i use a lot of- i mainly use effects on text.
shadows, bevels, gradients, embossing and other various effects
i also like the mess around with general filters/effects on the entire image when im starved for inspiration