Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!outbound!patrick_meloy From: patrick_meloy@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Patrick Meloy) Message-ID: Organization: Outbound Communications Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: DCTV Date: 19 Apr 91 21:56:57 PDT >Well, I have had DCTV for two nights and already I can see some room for >improvement. I was a little disappointed that the flood fill only worked >with a stencil. What I fear is, that this is because it is not a " true " >24 bit image that we are dealing with. I hope my fears are groundless. I >am also concerned that RGB add on device that is coming out soon uses to >composite signal and converts it to RGB. This sounds like a kludge. Does >anyone have any more info on this? Oops, I forgot. If you take a better look you will see that you can use the continuous line tool with a fill. Outline the area you want filled and presto! A straight floodfill would be near impossible since a flood fill requires a continuous single color border around the area to be filled. You may be looking at a seemingly 'all same colour' area and try to flood fill it, then have it bleed all over the picture. Then you'd be yelling about a buggy flood fill :) Two days is not enough to really get into DCTV, It took me a week to really get a feel for the program. Being biased by 'normal' paint programs doesn't help as DCTV paint takes a somewhat different approach. For instance, in DPaint and other paint programs I use the continuous line tool almost exclusively, yet in DCTV I use the 'spotted' brush (I forget what the actual name is). As a matter of fact, I have never used the floodfill on a stencil, I find the fill gadget/line tool combo quicker and just as accurate. hmmm, maybe they should just drop the flood fill completely as I see no use for it.. --------------------------------------- | patrick_meloy@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca | | 'The Outbound' BBS Vancouver BC | ---------------------------------------