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All Users: Check to See If You Have the .NET Framework Installed
You can check to see if you already have the .NET Framework 1.1 installed by clicking Start on your Windows desktop, selecting Control Panel, and then double-clicking the Add or Remove Programs icon. When that window appears, scroll through the list of applications. If [...]
Update
You know how on the old site the example output for the program were all resized and processed in another program? Well, I’ll never have to do that again. Here’s some more samples, once again actual untouched output but this time the output image has first been resized to 75% by the program. [...]
Samples
Here are a few random pictures grabbed out of my test pictures folder and converted:
Click for the unaltered output.
Update
Calculating accurate width and height for a font - done*
Save as an image - basic saving done (will eventually be able output a resized image in the program)
Register sourceforge project - done
* - In C++Builder I just needed to call a function, literally one line of code. In dotNET after several days of experimenting, [...]
Holy crap!
The only thing cooler then the realtime sharpening thing? How about applying brightness and contrast to the output image in REAL TIME. Oh yes, I went there and it is good.
Updating
Moved the Stretch/Sharpen/Unsharp mask options onto the tab with the output text and - get this - it now works in real time. I.e. uncheck the Sharpen option, and you’ll instantly see the output image without sharpening applied. It’s pretty sexy.
Also, playing around with the unsharp mask and blurring multiple times seems to [...]
Update
The problem with the new conversion code has been fixed and the output is looking very nice. If I could have found it before spending several days porting the original code it would have been even better.
Finished the code to apply 3×3 convolution matrices to the output image, and replaced the old sharpening code [...]