I build a tool for playing with color palettes.
I know, it's not really the first one but there are some special features, I would like to talk about.
First, it supports not only 8bit palettes, but also ones with up to 65536 indices. And floating point palette indices. Now, floating point indices are smooth - the palette is stretched along the value range of 0.0 to 65535.0 including fractions and optional interpolation. That's fine. But usualy indices with more or less than 256 entries are not easy to understand, as colors get pruned or do not show up...
Second, the fact that you can have up to 65536 color entries does not make life simpler, in contrary. Some of the algorithms, like e.g. repetition patterns (which already were on HN, http://www.krajzewicz.de/blog/stretching-the-c64-palette.php), easily generate vast palettes. How to limit the user, here? One implemented solution is that you have to set a maximum palette size using an extra option in the settings... Are there better ways?
And, third, what is the best way to promote it - besides posting it here?
I build a tool for playing with color palettes. I know, it's not really the first one but there are some special features, I would like to talk about.
First, it supports not only 8bit palettes, but also ones with up to 65536 indices. And floating point palette indices. Now, floating point indices are smooth - the palette is stretched along the value range of 0.0 to 65535.0 including fractions and optional interpolation. That's fine. But usualy indices with more or less than 256 entries are not easy to understand, as colors get pruned or do not show up...
Second, the fact that you can have up to 65536 color entries does not make life simpler, in contrary. Some of the algorithms, like e.g. repetition patterns (which already were on HN, http://www.krajzewicz.de/blog/stretching-the-c64-palette.php), easily generate vast palettes. How to limit the user, here? One implemented solution is that you have to set a maximum palette size using an extra option in the settings... Are there better ways?
And, third, what is the best way to promote it - besides posting it here?
Sincerely, Daniel