• Added a gradient Sky color. This also meant fixing the frame rendering to not do a background fill and just draw over a white background (which also looks better IMHO). The colors for the Sky gradient are specified in the same way as those for the Mountain Color Range. This is described in both the online help and the updated manual.
• Added more variables that can be modified via the Script mechanism. Also added better range checking to ALL variables modified via the Script command. The new variables are described in both the online help and the updated manual.
• Added the capability to save images as QuickTime™ compressed PICT files. This feature is accessed by a new menu item in teh File menu (Save QT Compressed PICT…) and it will only be enabled if the computer has QuickTime installed. This is more fully described in the updated manual.
• Added a feature to allow you to easily turn Backgrounding back on during a render. Now, if Backgrounding is turned off, I read the KeyMap (GetKeys()) and look for command-K. This is still WAY faster than calling WaitNextEvent and yielding the processor as happens when Backgrounding is turned on. In any event, if command-K is pressed during the render with Backgrounding off, I turn it on, re-check the menu item, and cause the Cancel button in the progress bar (if it's showing) to reappear. This is described in both the online help and the updated manual.
• Fixed some obscure bugs found in porting the code to MPW for the Power PC. MPW is much more strict than Think C on syntax and some potential problems became apparent.
• Fixed a bug where any brightness change (via the Illumination Dialog) was ignored if Auto Render was turned off.
• Fixed a number of bugs with improper updating of a Standard Window if either the Scroll Bars are active especially when the system was running in a direct color mode (16-bit or 24-bit color). As a result of reviewing all of this code, there were a number of improvements and fixes to Standard Window updating, especially after dialogs with Auto Render on in a direct color mode.
• Fixed bugs in the explanation text of the Alert Dialogs for some low memory errors.
• Fixed a bug that caused Fractal! to corrupt the System Enabler (040) on the Centris 650. This was caused during the saving of custom Icons with PICT Files.
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Version 1.2 will include support for saving QuickTime Movie files when running the Script command, in addition to the option of saving a series of independent PICT files.
I also plan to add the capability of allowing the user to set the resolution (dpi) of PICT files.
Any other great suggestions that I receive which can be implemented without losing my personal life altogether!!
