M2PicBuddy2
Last Updated 9th July 2004
So... here we are... one of the only other programs I decided to make a newer
version on. And to think I made this so that I could get my mind off work.
Anyway this program is meant to be a simple image editor for tweaking images
before you post them online, send it through email, etc. etc. I just managed to
get at some image manipulation code from a
program sample and I wanted to include them in my M2PicBuddy program so
what the heck...
Download
Here's the program download : m2picbuddy2setup.msi
Since this is a .Net program you'll need to have the .Net
1.1 runtime installed on your system, if you do not know wheter or not you
have the runtime already installed just download the program (it's only 117k!)
and if you get an error message when you run it then that means you don't have
the runtime. You can get it
here. (Yes... it's BIG... 20MB worth of data!)
Using The Program
Opening A File
Well, isn't it obvious how you open a file? Just go to File->Open
or drag an image file onto the program window. Supported file types are JPEG,
BMP, TIFF and PNG.
Undoing Changes
OK, before you go ahead I need to tell you something. You can't undo any
operations you might have performed on the picture, cause I still couldn't find
a way to implement undo that I like. :P So you're stuck with File->Revert
if you done anything you didn't like. Maybe for M2PicBuddy3!
Adjusting image attributes
To start tweaking your image's contrast, brightness, gamma or saturation. Goto
Actions->Tweak Picture, a dialog will open up where you can
adjust the said attributes along with a preview so you can see the results,
then click OK to apply the changes, or Cancel
to... cancel the changes. Remember you can't UNDO. (I promise
you before the end of this document I'll be saying that alot :P)
Equalize Histogram
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Under Actions -> Equalize Histogram is the well... equalize
histogram function. Which basically uses a formulae to spread out the histogram
of the image so the color brightness of the image are more evenly distributed,
it's sort of a magic touch function that may or may not make your image look
better.
As always check out the image preview before clicking YES cause...
You can't UNDO!
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Rotate Image
Do I really need to explain this function under Actions->Rotate?
Well... for this one you CAN undo... sort of... =P
Crop Image
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Actions->Crop will bring up the crop image dialog box, just
click on the 2 opposing points of the area you wish to crop out and then click
OK to chop it out, once again... YOU CAN'T UNDO THE ACTION!! (And
this is the LAST time I'll be saying this... cause we're at
the end! =P)
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Saving the image
And finally once you've tweaked everything, you want to save it to a file that's
suitable for distribution to people. So of course you'd use the File->Save
command. Then you're presented with the dialog as shown above. First you'd want
to lock down the resolution of the image, you can choose either to constrain
width or height, then enter the number in the textbox beside it.
Then you can adjust the JPEG compression quality, higher values give you a
better quality image, the estimated file size is displayed as well so you can
judge how much your're stuffing into someone's mail box :P
OK... have fun!
This program is (c) Marauderz 2004
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