From 8362bf63dea22bbf6736609b0f49c152f975eb63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tpearson Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:29:50 +0000 Subject: Added old abandoned KDE3 version of koffice git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/applications/koffice@1077364 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- krita/colorspaces/wetsticky/README | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 krita/colorspaces/wetsticky/README (limited to 'krita/colorspaces/wetsticky/README') diff --git a/krita/colorspaces/wetsticky/README b/krita/colorspaces/wetsticky/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..79a105d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/krita/colorspaces/wetsticky/README @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Wet & Sticky + +The Krita Wet & Sticky module is derived from the seminal dissertation +"Wet & Stick: A Novel Model for Computer-Based Painting" by Malcom Tunde +Cockshott, and the implementation of that model by Tunde Cockshott, +David England and Kevin Waite. The complete source code to the first +implementation is included in the module_ws/ws and is released under +the terms of the GPL. + +The W&S model is implemented in the following components: + +* A color strategy +* A paint op +* A filter + +The color strategy implements the canvas; the paint op implements the +application of paint and the filter implements the paint simulation +engine. + +This system adds the following interesting capabilities to Krita: + +* Extending the tool options dialog with a widget describing the + paint op. + +* Extending the paint op class with properties beyond opacity and + color to a more generic structure with can contain the many different + properties needed by more complex color models to calculate bitBlt's. + + All the ordinary paint ops still work, but they act as if they are + applying dry, thin paint, conforming to Cockshott's analysis of the + Shoup model (which Krita implemented in the first instance) as a subset + of the W&S model. + +* Adding continuously running filters (either in separate threads or + called by a timer) to a particular paint device. + +* Adding a new way to mix colour; the older colour selection widgets + still work, but only give completely dry, infinitely thin paint. + +* Creating a layer with a fill of 'substrate' cells -- i.e, filling not just + with colour, but also with certain calculated amounts of height, + gravity and absorbency. -- cgit v1.2.1