Re: some filters i have wrote.

[Alfredo Luis Mateus <almateus@globalsite.com.br>]

Tim Lister wrote:
> 
> i've put doco, demos & source at:
> 
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~tal/Filters/index.html
> 
> this includes a raw link to the 8 half-tone filters i just did,
> which have no doco, demos or source (yet).
> 
> am i missing any tricks or traps of FF programming?

The filters look very nice indeed. And very economic in code, which is
necessary due to the limitations on FF. You mention that you can afford
FF but not FiFo or FM, but if you decide to create more professional
filters (better interfaces, more options, more demanding codes, etc.)
you will find out that the FF sucessors can easily pay for themselves.
Even if you don't sell the filters, they may bring enough traffic to get
you some sponsors that would easily pay for the tools. But hey, FF is a
great program, it may get you frustrated sometimes but you can't beat
the price ($0.0). 

> 
> - i noted the discussion on "cnv" - pity about that!

I am not sure that all versions of FF have this problem. If I am not
mistaken, the newer FF (the one that makes 48 Kb filters and need
plugin.dll) does not have problems with cnv (please correct me on this).

> 
> any other gnarly bits?  i've read all the doco i could find,
> and it's kinda repetitive, and doesn't explain the oddities.

All that you can find is probably just the pdf files that come with FF
plus the Filter Factory Programming Guide by Werner et al. The
Programming Guide is open for suggestions and inclusions. We try to add
everything we find but it is not systematic.

Good to see the group going back to action after some slow times.

Alf
> 
> regards,
>          tal
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