


Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Qt prints with screen quality. One can change this, but then the fonts are different. I have, unfortunately, not found a way how to cope with this properly.
And thanks for the Disc1/SaveAs bug report, I will have a look.
Kind regards,
Stefan - Sep 01 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Quote:
Format of .koac Case Definitions
================================
The standard DVD case definition looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE koverartistcase SYSTEM "koverartistcase.dtd">
<koverartistcase version="1">
<Label>Standard DVD Case</Label>
<FrontBackConnected>left</FrontBackConnected>
<Front width="1300" height="1840" />
<Back width="1300" height="1840" />
<BackLeftSide width="0" />
<BackRightSide width="0" />
<FrontLeftSide width="130" />
<FrontRightSide width="0" />
</koverartistcase>
To understand the various sides of a case, take a look at a multi-CD case.
It has a front and a back side. Left and right sides of the case are split
into a part that is connected to the front side and a part that is
connected to the back side.
XML Elements
------------
Element Label
The label of the case as it is shown in the KoverArtist case-selection
combo-box.
Element FrontBackConnected
Are front and back side of the case connected, and on which side?
Valid values are: left, right, none.
Element Front
The dimensions of the front side.
Attribute width: the width in millimeters
Attribute height: the height in millimeters
Element Back
The dimensions of the back side.
Attribute width: the width in millimeters
Attribute height: the height in millimeters
Elements FrontLeftSide and FrontRightSide:
The side elements that are connected to the front side, as seen from the
front of the case. If you take a regular CD case, it hase a FrontLeftSide
(the side where the joint of the case is), but no FrontRightSide.
The height of the side is taken from Front.height.
Attribute width: the width in millimeters.
Elements BackLeftSide and BackRightSide:
The side elements that are connected to the back side, as seen from the
front (!) of the case. The BackLeftSide is on the same side as the
FrontLeftSide for a multi-CD case.
The height of the side is taken from Back.height.
Attribute width: the width in millimeters.
Front and back should be scaled properly. You can send me your .koac and I will have a look, if you want. - Aug 16 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
You can add your own cases, either by adding them to the installation
directory (e.g. /usr/share/apps/kde4/koverartist/cases for Kubuntu),
or by adding them locally to ~/.kde/share/apps/koverartist/cases.
(I hope the local cases directory still works since the KDE-4 port)
If you have new cases that you think are worth to be included, then please send them to me and I will add them to the next release. - Aug 13 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Unfortunately I am short on time at the moment, so it might take some days.
Thanks for the report!
Kind regards,
Stefan
- Jul 15 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Maybe you have more details about the problem, or can you send me an example project with the images?
Kind regards,
Stefan - Jul 10 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Kind regards,
Stefan - Jul 09 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Kind regards,
Stefan - Jul 07 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Anyways, thanks for the report, I will debug as soon as possible!
Kind regards,
Stefan - Jul 07 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Kind regards,
Stefan - Jul 06 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Is the URL https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6146 the correct one for downloading the built binaries?
Kind regards,
Stefan - Jun 11 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
I was stuck all the time in a dead end, trying to use OpenGL for rendering.
Ok, time to really get the thing ported. This time as it is, only to Kde4, with no extra features. I am working on it now. Will take some days, however.
- Jun 02 2011

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Maybe I should not try to make a great new koverartist and simply port the existing one to KDE 4, this would be probably enough for most users.
Pushing it upwards on my TODO again... - Jul 09 2010

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
I am still here, and also did a QT4 port several months ago. But I also wanted to use OpenGL for rendering, which I added too. But it was too complex to implement. And now I am with a half done QT4 port. Probably a good idea to start over but use the rendering engine as it is now, and then replace it later.
Kind regards,
Stefan - Jun 10 2009

Plasma 4 Extensions by sifcenter 68 comments
Thanks in advance for the plasmoid (have not started it yet).
There are two things I have noticed:
emailchecker.cpp line 222:
The variable emails should be initialized or it might be used uninitialized.
I had to manually add -lQtNetwork to get the applet linked. Might come from the Kde 4.1.85 version that I use.
Kind regards,
Stefan - Jan 01 2009

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
;-) - Mar 21 2007

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
In my installation this is /usr/share/apps/koverartist/cases
They are called *.koac and should be understandable. There is a format description in the file FILE_FORMATS
I would be glad if you send me the case formats you create! :-) - Mar 17 2007

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Be aware to modify the architecture to amd64 when checkinstall asks for modifications. - Nov 02 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
You mean label printing, directly on the medium, or on label paper.
This requires quite some work. But it is on the TODO list, at least :) - Nov 02 2006

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by CraigD 453 comments
Find a Kubuntu Edgy (6.10) package for AMD64 here:
http://members.inode.at/499177/software/kubuntu/kgtk_0.8-1_amd64.deb - Oct 21 2006

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by CraigD 453 comments
Maybe either kgtk or the program you tried to start are 32bit ? - Oct 21 2006

Wallpaper Other by asahjaya 3 comments

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments

People by xivona 292 comments
Too bad that most wallpapers have such a bad quality.
If Ivone is realy posing for these it should be possible to get sharper images. One could get the impression that the images are just copied and edited from elsewhere. - Sep 19 2006

KDE 3.x Splash Screens by PAVLO 2 comments

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
There will be a version 0.4.2 within the next hours that contains a FILE_FORMATS file. There the case file format is described.
Aligning the images is not possible at the moment. I think to implement it useful one might need some scaling options too. However, I have put it on the TODO list. - Jul 24 2006

KDE 3.x Splash Screens by nixjunkie 16 comments
Maybe you should not flame people for comments that are other than "nice work dude". One can also learn from criticism. - Jul 19 2006

Video Apps by pdamsten 52 comments
Non-conforming drawing primitive definition `rectangle'
Setting LANG to English fixes the problem.
I think you should change the LANG variable. But simply unsetting it does not work. My default is "de_DE.UTF-8".
If I unset the variable, the strings are not rendered correctly anymore. I have to set LANG to "en_US.UTF-8" to make ImageMagick work and render the strings properly. - Jul 08 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
I will see what it takes to make such an option. - Jun 21 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
And for the image thingy - there is this option to use the foreground image for both sides. That wraps it around as you requested. - May 13 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
It should be technically possible, but Qt's font selection algorithm does its own magic and I found no way to tell him: use the same font as in 90dpi but upscale it.
So what I have to do is to render the effects at screen resolution, upscale the effects to printer resolution, merge them with the background image, and print the resulting image. The (foreground) text is handled by the printer itself and is always at printer resoultion (even now).
If I render the effects at printer resoultion then Qt uses the wrong fonts and the result does not properly align with the foreground text.
Besides that, printing a 600dpi image is resource intensive -- thats probably why the GIMP people made their own printing drivers. - May 12 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
But then the used fonts are a little different. The result is that the text effects do not match the text anymore.
One solution would be to make the text effects, upscale them to e.g. 300dpi, and then add the background image in this resolution. That should look much better, but it is a bit tricky to implement.
Nevertheless this is one of the things I would like to implement in the future. - May 12 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Thanks again to everybody who reported! - May 03 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
I fixed the missing Makefile.in in a new tarball, and I will look into the icon / desktop problem.
Thanks for reporting! - May 03 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
I thought that it is Suse specific because my 2.6.16.9 kernel does not need it. I will "fix" the ChangeLog :-) - Apr 28 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
However, I am still unsure if label paper should be supported, as the main target for me is DVD cover creation, and paper labels on DVD ruin the medium over time AFAIK.
Any suggestions? - Apr 28 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
#undef __STRICT_ANSI__ - Apr 27 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
Could you send me the whole error message (including the compile statement) in an email?
My email address is in the sources :-) - Apr 27 2006

Utilities by StefanT 175 comments
It compiles for me ... well, obviously ;-) - Apr 27 2006

KDE Plasma Screenshots by lordmaxxon 3 comments
The link to Unwetterhimmel is wrong, should be http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=22383 - Apr 27 2006