kcarlino's Forum Posts

  • Yes it's entirely in c2 but I did use some extra plugins and created my own behavior for the fine details of the stroke handling.

    Thanks,

    Ken

  • Absolutely amazing work!

    I will admit that I misread initially and installed the pro version for Windows. LOL...I could not get my mind around how such a thing could've been made in Construct 2 though I was trying to figure it out. I think there are some features in the pro version that could be implemented in the C2 version using particle effects and WebGL shaders.

    Anyway, both versions are amazing in their own ways. I've never seen a paint program quite like what you have accomplished with Twisted Brush Pro. Congrats!

    How long have you been working on this?

    Thank you very much!! Indeed TwistedBrush Pro Studio is quite a large beast compared to Alla Prima Paint and yes many things in TwistedBrush Pro Studio couldn't been in Alla Prima Paint. But then again some things were easier, plus cross platform etc.

    TwistedBrush Pro Studio is over 10 years in development (Calendar years, not man years).

    Thanks,

    Ken

  • This is beautiful program, very clean, very polished and actually useful. Well done, sir, you won the internet today.

    Thank you very much! Construct2 is quite enjoyable to work with.

    Ken

  • i made some kind of paint but not like that!:) it is possible but right now construct does not use canvas pixel fill! so if you get a plugin for c2 coloring every pixel of canvas in part! then you can do that and even add brushes!

    True filling and mixing pixels one at a one will be a bit sluggish in JS. Alla Prima Paint does not do this, instead pastes brush dabs fully on top of each other letting the browser implementation of HTML5 pixel mixing do the work.

    Thanks,

    Ken

  • Now this something new, this a full paint tool.

    Great work.

    And maybe you should check your link, i think you must delete %20 after .com

    Thanks for the feedback! I didn't find a space (%20) on the links, maybe the link fairy fixed them for me.

    Ken

  • Version 2.0 of Alla Prima Paint is available.

    Take a look at http://paint2.pixarra.com

    Video at: http://www.screencast.com/t/fsSnhTyH

    It's also available now as a a desktop distribution for desktops. (Sorry purchase only for that available from the Pixarra website order page).

    Ken

  • Hi Khaz, the $99 price is for our flagship product TwistedBrush Pro Studio. That is native Windows application. Alla Prima Paint is the CC2 based app that is ad supported and currently on the Chrome web store for free and $10 for the full version.

    But indeed there are a lot of paint programs out there.

    Thanks,

    Ken

  • Did a couple of more updates in the last couple of weeks.

    Ver 1.7

    Added - Brush Preview.

    Improved - Saved brushes now also save the saturation, luminance, opacity and size of the brush.

    Improved - Download size further reduced.

    1.6

    Added - Two new brush types added.

    Improved - Two of the brush types had the jitter reduced to keep the dab size normalized to allow better combinations.

    Changed - Swapped position of color dabs and brush type dabs.

    Fixed - It was possible to selected many of the icons when it was not intended by ending a paint stroke over an icon.

    Fixed - The bottom row of the Brush Save slots were conflicting with the row above it.

    Paint

    Ken

  • Hi Danial, Thanks for your feedback. Yes it is a different approach to painting software. I have a somewhat more traditional program, TwistedBrush Pro Studio, that has been around 10 years and wanted to explore what can be done with a fresh approach. The jury is still out on how readily users will take this approach, I do think I have to set aside more time to create some painting myself with it...and further tweak / enhance the program.

    Thanks,

    Ken

  • Oh and here is a video showing the basic usage.

    Video

    Thanks,

    Ken

  • More features, better browser compatibility and perhaps even a little more performance improvement.

    Version 1.5

    Added - Luminance control for all colors of the currenly loaded brush.

    Added - Saturation control for all colors of the currently loaded brush.

    Added - 2 additional core brush types added.

    Improved - Compatibility with Internet Explorer had been improved.

    Improved - The page related icons have been moved to the left hand side of the workspace, giving larger targer areas to tapping and allowing for logical grouping.

    Improved - The control icon look was updated for the size and opacity sliders.

    Improved - Internal update to allow for brush types to have a dab step value.

    Improved - Internally opacity is now tied to the brush type so that when combining brushes the opacity is normalized between the brush types.

    Fixed - Tapping on the canvas without a brush / color selected would save an undo for that when if should not.

    Fixed - On some Android devices in some cases a touch of the icons was being triggered twice.

    Alla Prima Paint

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  • Worked out the main compatibility issues.

    It appeared to be related to my handling of touch events. Specifically having a "Is in touch" without any other further qualifying conditions seems to cause issues (also for IE).

    That is what I believe. However, also I changed all the "On Touch Object" events to "On any touch End" combined with "Is Touching Object". This addressed the multiple touch events that were being triggered which I discovered were also happening in the browser on Android for length actions on the touch. This is when combined with the Use Mouse Input property of the Touch plugin.

    After working out these things IE and also Crosswalk worked much better.

    Ken

  • For background.

    Here is a running C2 app I am trying with crosswalk. paint2.pixarra.com

    This runs properly with Chrome and Firefox on desktops and on Android devices.

    Exported for Android (XDK Crosswalk) using C2 158.2.

    Packaged with Intel XDK according to instructions.

    Installed the apk on the device.

    The basic layout is correct. Touch events appear to be triggered wrong. A quick touch is triggered as 2 touch events. However, a slow tap and then release is seen as a single touch event.

    The canvas (modified canvas plugin) seems to be working incorrect or perhaps the scripts using it are flaking out.

    Tried on 2 different devices with same results.

    What is interesting is I went and installed the Android SDK and USB device driver for my device and ran in debug mode from the XDK and it ran properly on the device in that case. That gives me hope that the issue is a minor one.

    Also code was minified in all cases (working and not working) so I don't think that is the issue.

    Any ideas??

    Thanks,

    Ken

  • Hopefully with a working link this time.

    paint2.pixarra.com

  • Another update (1.4).

    More performance, smaller download, lots more brush versatility.

    paint2.pixarra.com

    Thanks,

    Ken