I just became a PETSCII-Addict and tried out some tools. For me, Petmate fits best. It is a great tool and I like the clean userinterface. Using it for a while now, I had some ideas, what would make it even better in my eyes. I thought, I will share my "whishlist" with you... ;-)
Layers
Colour-Brush (like the Brush-Tool, but just using the colour-information)
Brush with transparency (Just copy the chars that are used, mask out the unused)
Lasso-Tool for Brush, or the option to only use selected chars as a brush, not only a rectangular selection with all chars
Change size of canvas at any time (right now, when I see that my canvas is getting too small for my artwork, I have to generate a new (bigger) canvas an then copy everything over to it
Possibility to put a JPG/PNG in the Background as template
Text only mode (Like Char only - write text without changing the colour)
scrollable PRG-Export of canvas bigger than one screen
customizable char-palette (possibility rearange it as desired)
Plus 4 support (more colours)
C128 support (80 column)
Draw mode for 80 x 50 „pixels“ using the corresponding PETSCII-Chars
search and replace for colours (search everything blue and make it red…)
search and replace for chars
Anyway, PETMATE already is a great tool! Keep the good work!
I just became a PETSCII-Addict and tried out some tools. For me, Petmate fits best. It is a great tool and I like the clean userinterface. Using it for a while now, I had some ideas, what would make it even better in my eyes. I thought, I will share my "whishlist" with you... ;-)
Layers
Colour-Brush (like the Brush-Tool, but just using the colour-information)
Brush with transparency (Just copy the chars that are used, mask out the unused)
Lasso-Tool for Brush, or the option to only use selected chars as a brush, not only a rectangular selection with all chars
Change size of canvas at any time (right now, when I see that my canvas is getting too small for my artwork, I have to generate a new (bigger) canvas an then copy everything over to it
Possibility to put a JPG/PNG in the Background as template
Text only mode (Like Char only - write text without changing the colour)
scrollable PRG-Export of canvas bigger than one screen
customizable char-palette (possibility rearange it as desired)
Plus 4 support (more colours)
C128 support (80 column)
Draw mode for 80 x 50 „pixels“ using the corresponding PETSCII-Chars
search and replace for colours (search everything blue and make it red…)
search and replace for chars
Anyway, PETMATE already is a great tool! Keep the good work!