2012-01-04 :
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Happy new year 2012 and best wishes for all friends over the world.
A hope to be more human with humans and living species than with cash money and blind profit. Heureuse année 2012 et tous mes voeux, pour tous les amis autour du monde.
Avec l'espoir d'être plus humain avec les humains et les espèces vivantes en général, que pour l'argent et le profit aveugle en particulier.
03 > VIDEOGAME Project : port of classics-never-released on ATARI 800 & ATARI ST/E.
04 > ARCHIVE Project : Keeping, structuration of all ATARI softwares, documents & others.
Tools are x86 WIN32s applications from WIN98 to WIN7 (tested as far I can).
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*********** AtariTools is a non-commercial WebSite dedicated to the old Atari home and personal computers. For users witch enjoy programming Original and/or Classic VideoGame. In this mind, site provide free tools and/or software for all Atari enthusiasts. As error is an human thing, if you see something I must remove and/or modify , please let me know by contact link. AtariTools is in no way connected to the current owner of the brand Atari and all regarding licenses, and is a pure non-profit WebSite.
Pictures & examples taken from clipboard are the property of their authors and are used only as a short explanation & example purpose. / Les images et exemples pris pour le clipboardsont la propriété de leurs auteurs respectifs et sont utilisés à seules fins de démonstration.
2012-01-04: DegasElite XL > Adding a new color tool (see explanation & screenshots in DEXL zone) / Ajout d'un nouvel outil couleur (voir dans la rubrique DEXL).
2011-12-02: DegasElite XL > VIDEO : Demo of rotate & zoom bloc-options in video (first attempt) (link in DEXL part). / Video d'une demo des fonctions de rotation-zoom de blocs (première tentative) Lien dans la rubrique DEXL.
2011-11-29: DegasElite XL> Zoom functions finished/ Fonctions de zoom terminées.
2011-11-23: DegasElite XL> Rotation functions finished & tested. / Fonctions de rotation terminées et testées.
2011-11-22: DegasElite XL> Rotation functions on the way. / Programmation des fonctions de rotation.
2011-11-18: DegasElite XL > V.0.3.0. Download link available today. 7z archive contains prg, example folder and pdf user guide (in french now)
Téléchargement de la version V.0.3.0. disponible aujourd'hui. l'archive 7z contient le prg, un répertoire d'exemples et un guide de l'utilisateur sous forme de pdf (en français).
2011-11-10: DegasElite XL > is now at 0.3.0 stage.
Download link release in few days, the time to update the user-guide and produce a PDF.
2011-11-08: AtariTools-800 > Programmable mouse speed SlowDown option in GR-Editor when editing a picture. Correction of small color bug. AtariTools-800 is now at 0.2.2 Stage.
DegasElite XL > Programmable mouse speed SlowDown option when editing a picture, just finished. DEXL is now at 0.2.9 stage.
2011-10-25: DegasElite XL > Copy Bloc-Sprites to other 0..99 screens fixed, GFA-Basic Bloc-Sprite code generation finished & fixed.
2011-10-12: DegasElite XL > Screen selector completely fixed in low-res, new information file help in more clear panel,
Atari ST bolt & bee cursor mouse when in DEXL window - normal in windows controls (outside dexl).
Reorganization of controls-buttons-tools for ergonomy.
2011-10-07: AtariTools-800 > ClipBoard to Bloc recolor options fixed in GR-Editor.
2011-09-22: AtariTools-800 > ICE-Char-Edit > Two charset edition boxes are done.
2011-08-25: AtariTools-800 > Improvement on color management, fix little color imprecision in GR.9&11 (BAS).
2011-08-10: Clipboard color convertion samples from RGB24 to A8-256C. Pick color & crop in clipboard working fine. When finished GR-Editor [very soon], I will work on Char-Animator to reorder in a good way. Actually too intricated :-/
2011-08-05: In AtariTools-800, MIC format is now supported (reading&writing).
2011-08-01: ATARITOOLS-800 -> reorganization, adding DEXL capabilities and improvements. Validation of PIC model. working on file formats.
2011-07-20: DEXL -> file information window added for programmers.
2011-07-18: DEXL V.0.2.7 Release with major bugs cleaning. Example files included.
2011-07-14: Picture selector finished for low-res model. see DEXL folder for more info.
2011-07-13: ST-DEXL V.0.2.6-C release, with 3 bugs correction and examples files.
2011-07-05: ST-DEXL V.0.2.6B release.
2011-07-01: Load & save multiple pictures, bloc-animator save & load list pictures.
2011-06-20: -ST-DEXL > Sprite animation part is fully complete with timer and real-time simulation/ handling.
2011-06-16: -ST-DEXL > Management of any size sprite, on any pictures [0..99], fully tested.
2011-06-15: -ST-DEXL > Load/save functions datasheet for Bloc-sprite editor are finished.
2011-06-09: -ST-DEXL > Edition in bloc-edit module (13 functions/options finished), slightly bug found and solved in bloc function (Height value was wrong by 1).
2011-06-01: -ST-DEXL > color bug due to changes in color matching is solved. Sprite-manager part of DEXL is on the way (see in ST-DEXL part for details).
2011-05-24: - ST-DEXL: Changes in color handling, uses statistic distribution in place of SHR 5 computation. More accuracy results.
In 0.2.2 exec, half of funtion uses SHR 5 and other half the S-distribution [because unfinished transition and asking by friends to have an exec], so strange things occurs time to time with colors. soon fixed.
-2011-05-12: - First draft of A8-Editor. Begining the sprite manager in ST-DEXL. Working on language-Code generation in ATARITOOLS-800.
-2011-04-20: Adding a link to ST-DEXL V.0.2.2 version.
Unfinished program but enough usable.
-2011-04-12: ST-DEXL clipboard conversions and color adaptation with mini-palettes for multiple objects. See new screenshots samples in ST-DEXL part
-2011-03-30: ST-DEXL, adding crop facility in clipboard handling module and
zoom parameters in main picture-editor. see samples in ST-DEXL part.
-2011-03-26: ST-DEXL, clipboard usage example, clipboard module soon finished. See screenshots & comments in ST-DEXL part.
