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issue #2, May 2005
Welcome!
Benvenido!
Welcome to The Dogwaffler of the
Moment - a sporadic newsletter with bits of news from the developers of
Project Dogwaffle and PD Pro. We will occasionally have something
noteworthy to share with you. It may not necessarily be about Project
Dogwaffle alone, but relate to it through the greater good and fine
arts.
This email is sent in text only to reduce download times for
those with slow connections. If you'd like to see the full version with
the images, visit http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/newsletter/2
In this issue:
- Reviews
- contest: the
Tornado Chase Art
Contest
- who has time to read?
- updated help files
- a final word
- addendum -
save 60% through July 4 when you
buy Project Dogwaffle 2.1
- who has time to read?
- updated help files
- a final word
- addendum -
save 60% through July 4 when you
buy Project Dogwaffle 2.1
Hola amigos! Here's a software
developer from Argentina: Enrique Nieloud. His image enhancement
software
'Gertrudis' has been available
as a standalone program for a while. Enrique has now ported it into a
plugin for Project Dogwaffle. With Gertrudis, turning a digital photo
into a hand-sketched look is a snap.
This is the first time that a
third party developer has developed a commercial plugin for Dogwaffle,
so we're very excited about this. It works even with the free version
of Dogwaffle, v1.2. The Gertrudis plugin is available from www.gertrud.com.ar - check
the examples.
Other examples of what can
easily be done with Gertrudis for Dogwaffle are at
The press release with more info
can be found at
Y ahora en el idioma del mundo:
Gertrudis PS es un programa que te permitirá convertir en dibujos a tus fotos favoritas. Logrando una apariencia realmente natural.
Básicamente el programa trabaja con dos imágenes: La original y La imagen destino. Al cargar una imagen Gertrudis PS hará un análisis exhaustivo de la imagen original para obtener características importantes que permitirán hacer la transferencia a la imagen destino, estas características son la dirección ó flujo de los trazos, así como también la referencia tonal.
Gertrudis PS ofrece tres herramientas para realizar el dibujo, la herramienta de Autosketch, la herramienta de patrones (pattern tool) y la herramienta de mano alzada (free hand tool). La herramienta más destacada es la herramienta de autosketch ya que permite realizar los trazos de una forma semi-automática.
Finalmente podemos agregar que Gertrudis PS posee la importante característica de permitir exportar tus dibujos como postscript, lo cual los hace independientes de la resolución. Esto significa que podemos obtener impresiones gigantes sin que resulten en imágenes pixeladas."
If you use PD Pro v3 it's time
to get the free update, version 3.1. If not... what are you waiting for?
The free update patch of version
3.1 includes:
- Improved: Pasting a brush from the clipboard is now much faster.
- New histogram panel.
- various new keyboard shortcuts for improved productivity
- make loopable animations (!)
- save animated brushes to image sequences
- updated browser now caches thumbnails for improved speed
- batch processing
and a few bug fixes and other
improvements. For a complete list visit
The free 3.1 update patch for
users of v3.0 is available for downloading at
Have you seen the latest
tutorials?
- making planetary bodies with the Spherize tool
- using Gertrudis for Dogwaffle
- Painting uv texture maps for 3D (several tutorials)
- making seamless textures
- making loopable animations
- animated backgrounds
and more
Do you have a tablet that works
with other software but doesn't seem to recognize pressure when used
with Dogwaffle? There may be a simple fix: perhaps you just need to
install a copy of the runtime library, VBTablet.dll, into your
C:\Windows\System32 folder. You can learn more about this at
The Spherize plugin was not
originally part of the effects available with the free version 1.2.
We've decided to make it available with the doggybag #3. The planet
texture tutorials show how to use it.
There have been a few reviews in
recent weeks, including one from Kickstartnews.com by Mario
Georgiou and another for Planit3D by Damsel aka Kathie Berry. An
Italian shareware download site, Punto Informatico, also had a few very
nice things to say. And COmplex Minds gave PD Pro 3 a 5-star rating.
You can read these and
other reviews at http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/reviews.html
Actually, several DOTM's this
time: three recent additions to the Dogwaffler of the Moment....
- Jennifer Goss aka NewmoonStudios, of Bellevue, Washington
- Dave Garlick aka Frogdot, of Southern California
- theGamesWorks, a game developer from Malaysia
More are in the works, so be
sure to visit the DOTM page:
Other artists send regularly
send us words of praise and thanks. You can see new testimonials at
And last but not least, there's
about 4 weeks left to the deadline of our current contest. Paint a
tornado or massive thunderstrom. We call it the Tornado Chaser Art
Contest:
You can participate with other
software, even 3D animation software, or even with hand-painted media.
Good luck!
If you still find time to read
in this busy, hectic world, then you might enjoy reading Silver
Squirrel, the novel written by none other than Dan Ritchie, author of
Project Dogwaffle. Learn more about this great novel which has received
great praises from several reviewers: http://www.squirreldome.com/silver.htm
When you order this book,
remember that you help support the creator of your favorite paint
software. Perhaps we should have a squirrel painting contest next?
You can learn more and order Silver Squirrel for about $5 in electronic form or about $12 on paperback at Author House
You can learn more and order Silver Squirrel for about $5 in electronic form or about $12 on paperback at Author House
Dan Ritchie keeps updating the Help files (PDHelp), which
has by now grown to a remarkably detailed set of tips and tricks in the
spirit of a user guide, with many how-to insight information. It's a
valuable resource for those who are getting started and learning
Dogwaffle, as well as for those who want to learn more.
We also offer two tutorial collections for sale for a small
fee:
See http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/tuts
for more tutorials
Thank you very much for
supporting us and for using Project Dogwaffle. We can use all the help
we can get from loyal and enthusiastic users like yourself. Be sure to
share your art creations with others and to talk about Dogwaffle. Your
feedback and testimonial makes all the difference. And remember, if you have an aunt or mom who's
the artsy type,....
Happy Waffling for Mother's Day!
Addendum....
Special
Promo discount offer good till July 4 2005: 60% discount on
Project Dogwaffle 2.1 purchases at Digibuy or Regnow. That's just
$26.80 for a $67 regular price! Read
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