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« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2009, 06:34:20 PM » |
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Nope, that was a design decision, very much in-line with their philosophy towards the software.
I think it's either stated on their website, or it's mentioned in one of the videos.
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« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2009, 10:03:53 AM » |
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Yeah, it's just like what I learned with piano improv. when you make a 'mistake' if you are willing you can use it to go on a completely new path that you weren't thinking about before. By not being able to 'fix' your mistake it forces you to be even more free flow.
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« Reply #22 on: March 15, 2009, 12:16:44 PM » |
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That's pretty cool and all, and I'm sure I would learn a valuable life lesson, but I still prefer my CTRL+Z ... D:
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« Reply #23 on: March 15, 2009, 04:34:46 PM » |
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Nope, that was a design decision, very much in-line with their philosophy towards the software.
I think it's either stated on their website, or it's mentioned in one of the videos.
Yeah, it is on their " Features" page, and now it is here: The Alchemy drawing canvas has an intentionally reduced level of functionality. No undo, no selecting, and no editing. Interaction focuses instead on the output of a great number of good, bad, strange and beautiful shapes.
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« Reply #24 on: March 16, 2009, 07:31:45 AM » |
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Yeah, I really enjoy it not having and Undo functionality and I think it was a brilliant idea not to include it.
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« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2009, 01:32:32 PM » |
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Yeah, I really enjoy it not having and Undo functionality and I think it was a brilliant idea not to include it.
Yeah, it forces you to approach using the software in an entirely different way. Like drawing with a Sharpie. |
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« Reply #26 on: March 16, 2009, 07:53:45 PM » |
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When I first used it, I hated that it didn't have undo. It made it near worthless to me. But I forced myself to go on and you know what? I begin to wish more things didn't include it. When I mess up in Alchemy, I fix things manually by changing the color and drawing over it, often getting an entirely new shape that works even better than the old in the process. Sometimes I like the "messed up" part so much I clear the rest and start over, working around the new and unexpected shape.
It's definitely not for everyone, but I love the experience it provides. It's like no other.
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« Reply #27 on: March 18, 2009, 07:02:04 PM » |
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I guess I'll be trying this one out myself. :O
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« Reply #28 on: March 21, 2009, 06:58:29 AM » |
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I'm irritated with one thing: when I try to export a session to a PDF only the latest/current canvas is saved, not those I've saved as a session.
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« Reply #29 on: March 21, 2009, 07:43:38 AM » |
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Sounds like the roguelike of drawing programs.
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« Reply #30 on: March 30, 2009, 10:11:05 PM » |
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O wow! This is great. Just joined TIGSource, and what a great first thing to be exposed to  |
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« Reply #31 on: March 30, 2009, 10:29:26 PM » |
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That's the best thing about TIGS really! All the cool stuff we share here!  |
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« Reply #32 on: April 05, 2009, 03:39:03 PM » |
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« Reply #34 on: April 08, 2009, 11:00:01 AM » |
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There's new version out (alpha 007). Though, I guess anyone else who already had the program would have gotten that announcement email, too.... they made a pretty good change to the color-selection interface which I think makes the download worth it http://al.chemy.org/download/ |
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« Reply #35 on: April 08, 2009, 02:53:23 PM » |
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Awesome, now I can finally create the perfect Rorschach mask...
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« Reply #36 on: April 08, 2009, 08:28:03 PM » |
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Hey, thanks for the update David! I actually signed up with my other email address that I rarely check for this, so I probably wouldn't have found out for awhile. |
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« Reply #38 on: April 08, 2009, 11:31:25 PM » |
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