Hello

I've just (beta-)released Gribouillis2, my Photoshop-killer paint application

Features are:
- Python/C written.
- Layers!
- Unlimited Undo/Redo (if you have unlimited RAM )
- Rotation/Scale/Translation of canevas.
- Higly portable (PyMUI/PyGTK support).

Note that I've only released the MorphOS binaries, but sources are included for thus how want to test on Linux/PyGTK.
Note also that it's more a beta release than a finished product.

Better usage with a graphic tablet (don't forget the Wacom fix on my wiki page for Wacom 3x/4x owners)

Downloads and information here:
http://www.yomgui.fr/yiki/doku.php/en:dev:gribouillis2:start

Wacom Fix:
http://www.yomgui.fr/projects/WacomFix.elf

Final notes: don't use it directly from the archive or from RAM:. Install it on hard-drive first.


[ Edited by Yomgui on 2010/12/22 16:27 ]

Great news! I'm going to test...
Nice features! Thanks!!

PureVMC sounds really interesting - although looking at the develoment comments the Python port seems a bit under-maintained (last comments December 2009).

In your opinion, is this a good option for making GTK/QT dependent interfaces relatively platform agnostic (ie just needing to hook in an MUI GUI)?

There are a few Python-based apps I've got my eye on, but all seem to be GTK/QT dependent...

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Yes, it's exactly what I say in the wiki page of Gribouillis about technical aspects.

Almost all developments try to choose one toolkit and base all the code on it.
Consequence of that we found system specifics stuff like threading support directly into GUI toolkits.

For me it's not a good think to mix everything... or don't use python for that and only the toolkit in native way! But you loose system specifics stuffs in this case!

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and is it! and even if nothing new is implemented the current code is bug-free and fully functional!
Just some "third-parties" missing like the Undo/Redo design pattern, but already exists (I've inserted it in file utils.py).

[ Edited by Yomgui on 2010/12/22 14:38 ]

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Good news thanks a lot

@ Yomgui

I just can say GREAT, GREAT, GREAT! This is really becoming to be the state of the art
painting application for MorphOS, everything in there, Tabelt support, ICC support, real drawing tools... This could finally replace TVPaint... when it's finished...

I'm looking forward to finally be able test the software

Regards

Christoph

strange because I get an error while trying to lounch Gribouillis:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 33, in <module>
import puremvc.patterns.facade
ImportError: No module named puremvc.patterns.facade

though I installed puremvc and the file facade.py existes.

@RMS: which version? standalone? this one should work as it.
Try this one first, the normal version exists in fact just to make easier future updates.

If Python is already installed and you've also installed puremvc,
then try to import the module yourself in another python session:
open a new shell, and type the faulty line:

import puremvc.patterns.facade

if you get an error, then it's not correctly installed.

Almost all Python stuffs come with a setup.py script for installation.
The install command is really simple:

python setup.py install

Nothing else (except for experts )

Very, very cool

Its looking very good Yomgui

@ Yomgui

thanks for the infos! Yes the standalosne works fine though I have everything else alsready installed so I wanted to use the other Gribouillis version!

I think I also found what the problem is/was.

The Gribouillis file in the not standalone version has the following line:
python -S main.py

this produces the

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 33, in <module>
import puremvc.patterns.facade
ImportError: No module named puremvc.patterns.facade

error.

Now I modified the Gribouillis file to:
python main.py

and it works fine!

Really a great piece of software, Thank you very much.

Please list Wacom models this will work with.
I need to know what to buy on eBay.
Does this work with the Intuos4?
My son has one of those.
Very expensive.

@ bash64

I use 2 of them, one is an Intuos2 and the other Inuos3 and both work fine, though you still need the wacomfix software from Yomgui so that pressure works!

BTW for MorphOS developpers, couldn't this be updated in MorphOS directly, so we don't need to start an external program?

A big thank You for this excellent software. New version with number 265 is available and it works very well.

standalone version does not work for me. doubleclick on its icon leads nothing (no feedbeck in snoopium either), running from shell gives an error: "python: can't open file 'main.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory" which is strange as the file is in the root of the program's dir.
it does not work either if i add the xtact path of python and main.py (like program:grafika/Gribouillis2/python program:grafika/Gribouillis2/main.py), with or without the "-S" flag. (in these cases snoopium is full of missing python stuff btw..)

any idea what can be wrong?

[ Edited by sadddam on 2011/1/13 3:22 ]

@ sadddam

Have you tried to go in the directory of the Gribouillis2 and run th program from there? In this case for me it works without problem, but when I tried to start the Gribouillis2 from outside of the program's directory it returned the same error which you decribed. For starting with double click on the Gribouillis2 icon I had to add the iconx to default tool.

[ Edited by szt on 2011/1/13 8:17 ]

[ Edited by szt on 2011/1/13 8:18 ]

@saddam:

For the standalone version:
- "python" (a binary) should be present in Gribouillis2 directory.
- "Gribouillis2" (the file) is a Shell script, its icon should have script and execute flags enabled.
- "main.py" is a python script file in Gribouillis2 directory.
- Uncompress gribouillis2 on a harddisk, don't run it from the archive (python is not able to resolve paths from archives and can't find .pym dyn modules from RAM Disk).
- if you already have a python install, be sure that it's the latest one, the used "python" maybe the one in C: and not the one in my archive in this case causing possible some troubles.

great work man!

The G2-r289 is here!

What's up?

- Refresh process re-writted (need latest PyMUI: r237)
- Brush engine re-write with more feature and faster rendering (see the smudge): render thin line correctly antialiased.
- Faster and less memory consuming Undo/Redo (specially with modification on picture)
- Color background can be changed using solid color inside the color harmonies window.
- And many more...

Please try and show me your creations

[ Edited by Yomgui on 2011/2/3 9:49 ]

Looks really promising to me. A replacement for fxPaint is really needed.
BTW No color selection at the moment? Actually i did not find it.

Color selection? there is: LCOMMAND + C
Color Harmonies Window

Note: a palette is coded and will be available in next release.


[ Edited by Yomgui on 2011/2/3 10:15 ]

Ah ok, Color Harmonies Window looked very strange to me,
because everything was black.

Normal, the default color is .. .black

It's a HSV color wheel.

The center of the wheel represent a point fully un-saturated.
Color are fully saturated at border.
Then the angle between the horizontal line and a point represents the HUE.

But where is the Value? => all points on the wheel have the Value indicated.
So when Value is 0, all points are black!

Just slide up the Value gadget...

I'v just released the 2.5 (SVN-r301)
First why "2.5" (old ones are 2.0)?
=> because I've forgotten to increment the revision, or it's the 2.4 since long

=> check the wiki:
http://www.yomgui.fr/yiki/doku.php/en:dev:gribouillis2:start

Now what's new?

- NEW: A palette (in colorHarmonies window)!
- NEW: Stroke guides: line and ellipse implemented (see Tools menu)!

- color harmonie fixed.
- brush model position computed with float than integer.
- many other fixes.

After unpacking the full archive (not to RAM:, I unpack to an SFS partition) all I get after running "gribouillis" is "python returned error 20".