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some infos in the animation pannel #326
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Hello @mizka76 . I apologize that it has taken me a few days to reply. I wanted to give this issue proper consideration before responding. And before I forget, thank you very much for updated French text! Merci beaucoup!
I am currently working on modernizing some of PhotoDemon's icons. It is not always possible to find existing free icons that meet the requirements of a project like PD, so sometimes I have to create my own, and they do not always turn out very well. This is one of many menus where I simply haven't found an icon that I like yet, nor have I taken the time to make a replacement. I hope to ship a number of new and improved icons in the next release, so hopefully an icon will be ready by then!
I like your ideas for clarifying behavior on the Animation Options panel, but I have concerns about placing the text directly on the panel. Localizing PhotoDemon is a complex task. Because translations across different languages vary so much in length, it is almost impossible to design a layout that works across e.g. Chinese, English, French, and German. For this reason, I have actively reduced the text content of many panels over the years, to try and minimize layout issues. In my opinion, the ideal place for additional explanation on a dialog like this is a proper Help file. I have been working on a Help system for PhotoDemon for some years, but it is not ready yet. (It is a huge undertaking, and documenting PhotoDemon's hundreds of different panels is no easy task.) My plan is to put a "help" button directly on the command bar at the bottom of each dialog, which links to an online page with screenshots and detailed explanations of all panel behaviors. This will finally give me a way to explain many nuances of PhotoDemon's various tools, including in-depth technical discussion of many features, without worrying about the layout issues specific to application panels. I say all this because at present, I prefer to place your suggested text inside such a Help page, rather than on the panel itself. Hopefully that is okay.
In current nightly builds this disclaimer is no longer necessary, because PhotoDemon will automatically switch between e.g. Export Animated GIF and Save Normal GIF panels depending on the state of the current image. I will leave the Export > Animated... menus behind as a convenience (and a way for people to discover that PhotoDemon supports animated formats), but use of that menu is no longer required for saving animated files - just click "Save", and PhotoDemon will sort out the rest!
You are most welcome. I am very excited that PhotoDemon is useful in a classroom setting, especially in this strange year of COVID-19. 🙏 |
Hello ! thank you too to explain what you planned , I understand that it is a lot of time to write help files, and , if I can say, it is not urgent as many and enough informations are in the menus and pannels . Creating icons is also long to do !
I do like your new menu in the new interface , "showing recent files" is a so useful and good idea . Thanks for all !!! |
hello
I choose to make a strict translation for french now . Before, as PD is a freeware , easy to install , with useful info boxes , ( main reason of my interest as teacher for young people for it ) and as people often begin on PCs to try a software to see if they can use it easily, I try sometimes to translate so that the item was easily understood adding parenthesis, I removed some of them - ( I remenber my beginnings , alone with my machine, on windows 98 where french people have to clic on "start" to close the pc (!!) )
... some words about translating: "copy merged" is in french "copier avec fusion" (cf Photoshop menus, this is the strict translation in french , but it does not tell the noobs that it is the visible layers thet will get merged, ) "copier visible" (french translation in Gimp) or "copier les couches visibles" (artrage) did not says that it will be merged in the clipboard . So I choose a mix " copier avec fusion les calques visibles" " copy merged of the visible layers "
nota:
the french update :
French.zip
Updating the stable version 8 will be marvellous for me, my pupils , I will be able to teach them the basics of animation ( as i did in my young time with paintshop pro7 and animation shop !) many thanks!
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