Tool for LDS users

[TL]

Thanks for you input Dr Laser, I will implement the catalog functions in the future, how fast depends on my spare time...
I've also thought about matching the colors when copying frames between catalogs with different palettes. Is this what you meant with Palette Converter?
Or converting DSP/whatever palettes to LDS and vice versa ?

[Dr Laser]

There a lot of palettes for different systems. For example if you buy a TraceIt from Pangolin (really good tracing program and they will do it as a stand alone for really reasonable price ~$250) it's designed for Pangolin and standard ILDA palette. When you will bring it to LDS or Lasergraph standard palette is different. So the colors will be off. (And it's a BIG pain to adjust them). You load pictures into the first row and select a pangolin as a palette and boom....all colors are right. You open the second row select for example standard LDS palette and drug and drop the frame from pangolin palette to LDS palette and oh magic... colors are right.

It's just an idea.

And thanx for the software. Even in this stage it's usable... even for me.

[DjDevNull]

Hey wow this totally saved me some time yesterday

Thanks Man!

[TL]

Again a new version

New features:
- ability to save all frames from a CAT file into PIC files
- can load a complete directory of PIC files and create a CAT file
- import/export single frames as PIC files

See first post for downloading...

[Dr Laser]

Aaaaaaa....can't wait to give it a try....!!!

[Dr Laser]

Bugs.

Overwrite or save before exit file dialog box:Yes/No/Cancel options are always in German.
Directory import works only partially. Only opens LDS made files located in PIC folder. Any original work it doesn't import. But importing *.pic one by one works fine.

[TL]

Bugs.

Overwrite or save before exit file dialog box:Yes/No/Cancel options are always in German.

Ok, I will fix this next weekend... (I'm not at home this week)

Directory import works only partially. Only opens LDS made files located in PIC folder. Any original work it doesn't import. But importing *.pic one by one works fine.

Hmm, can't reproduce this. I can import PIC files located everywhere. But I have only LDS PIC files. Are the files you try to import made by DSP ? If yes, could you send me some?

[Dr Laser]

It's not only for Lasergrah pic but also for any original work made with LDS Picture Editor. When you open a directory for import it shows blank bank of frames just like you click NEW or accidentally clicked on Directory without any pic files in it. You right click on any frame in the frame bank and click on import as pic file. It imports pic from the same directory no problem. But only one by one.

Here is a simple PIC directory.
http://laseremitter.com/hold/GDANCE.rar

[TL]

I've found the bug:
It's a incompatibilty between Win2000 and WinXP, it's fixed now (I'm still using Win2000 here...)
The dialog language is fixed, too.

[Dr Laser]

Excellent tool now.
Can't even suggest any new options.