barkbark00 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I know that the history window allows for all changes to be undone(memory permitted) while an image is open. I also know that once you save the image the history is lost. Would it be possible to get all the information saved to a text file. This way you would be able to recreate images more easily. I'm not asking to save all the changes so they can be undone, I just want to be able to see exactly what chages were made to a given image. Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entY8 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Yeah, that'd be great; thought of it somewhen too. Maybe also with the settings for used effects (e.g. "Gaussian Blur - Radius: 5" or "Oil Painting - Brush size: 3, Coarseness: 50") Even better would be, if you could also load such a history file. Well, then we're nearly at the script idea someone else just posted a few days ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Maybe also with the settings for used effects (e.g. "Gaussian Blur - Radius: 5" or "Oil Painting - Brush size: 3, Coarseness: 50") Yeah, thats exactly what I was thinking...I think that it would also have to note which layer was effected. Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Based on my limited knowledge. If someone else can prove me wrong, by all means, go for it: The thing of it is, your history isn't only saving what command was requested, but the state of the image at that time. A text file would save the commands, but not the image state before each one. The best option whenever you're working on a large project, regardless of the tool you're using, save in increments. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 The thing of it is, your history isn't only saving what command was requested, but the state of the image at that time. A text file would save the commands, but not the image state before each one. I understand what your saying, but I don't need to have the image state info saved in the text file. My problem is I often find myself messing around and I come up with a very interesting effect (at least to me). All I really need is a listing of all the steps I took and the associated values. Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Ah, I see what you're saying. Perhaps I should have read the entire first message, eh? :wink: Like an "Export History to Text File" button at the bottom of the history window? That could be quite useful. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Exactly! Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 I know this ties in with that other scripting request thread, but maybe we could even have it load the saved history and apply all the changes to the current image. Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Nah...that couldn't really be done...effects with that kind of information are only saved to a folder in your Documents and Settings (Application Data, I think) Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entY8 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I know this ties in with that other scripting request thread, but maybe we could even have it load the saved history and apply all the changes to the current image. Even better would be, if you could also load such a history file. Well, then we're nearly at the script idea someone else just posted a few days ago xD :wink: Illnab1024, of course this _could_ be done; just maybe not by a plugin. (as long as you are speaking about modifying the main code, anything is possible ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 The ability to do action replays like that is a very long ways off. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Being able to replay isn't important... All I need is a listing of all the steps I took, the associated layer and any applicable values. Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I don't see where the Effects return information that would help you. For example, in the history window it simply says "New Image", "Paint Brush", "Gaussian Blur", etc. There is no indication what was drawn with the brush, or the level of the Gaussian blur--it could have been 2 or 45. The Effect DLL's would have to be rewritten to return important information to Paint.NET that they don't return today. For Gaussian blur it would be a single number, but for some other effects there are tons of settings that need to be returned. How do you standardize all that? I'll tell you... with XML. Wow, what a mess that would be. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Boltbait: Your right. I would be useless without the effect specific information. Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Being able to replay isn't important... All I need is a listing of all the steps I took, the associated layer and any applicable values. Right but once you have all that information, having replay / scripting is practically a corrolary feature (aka free). Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picc84 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Maby v.5.0? But I agree, this will be VERY usefull... and the Replay would be nothing after you have all that information... everything would be there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire010 Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Maybe you can screenshot it, crop it, then just save as another image. O.O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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