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Subject: Re: [kde-edu]: GSoC Proposal: KidDraw
From: "Tomaz Canabrava" <tumaix () gmail ! com>
Date: 2008-04-25 11:50:20
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Since My application wasn`t accepted too, I`m giving myself away for anyone
that have a little time to answer some questions and want a studant to help
just for good will, thy application
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 5:28 AM, Anne-Marie Mahfouf <
annemarie.mahfouf@free.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It looks you did not get a GSoC but we think such an application is needed
> in
> KDE-Edu.
> Do you have plans to still work on it and do you need help doing so? We
> would
> be happy hosting the code in playground/edu and start KDEify it!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Anne-Marie
>
> Le Friday 21 March 2008 11:22:41 pm Cheetah, vous avez écrit :
> > Hello,
> >
> > Since I'm new here, I'll first introduce myself: I'm Wouter Haffmans, a
> 23
> > year old student Computer Science at the University of Technology
> Eindhoven
> > (in the Netherlands). I want to submit a proposal for GSoC next week,
> with
> > a new suggestion for KDE Edu, which will hopefully get me involved in the
> > KDE community. So far I've only been following development, and I think
> > it's time for me to start actively participating. GSoC seems to be the
> > perfect opportunity. So, here's the idea:
> >
> > In the past I've made a small and simple drawing application as a high
> > school assignment. The target group were young children who are not able
> to
> > use a computer mouse all too well yet. That assignment was made in
> Delphi.
> > As I myself have a son now, I decided to remake that application to Qt 4.
> > Part of it is done, but it still needs lots of work and improvement.
> >
> > I want to submit KidDraw (which is its very original name) as GSoC
> project
> > to help KDE Edu to something new and unique. I think it fits KDE Edu best
> > since it helps kids learn how to use the mouse and explore their
> creativity
> > in a fun way, though I suppose it could also fit in KDE Graphics... I'm
> not
> > entirely sure about that.
> >
> > This has been done for KidDraw so far (see
> > http://svn.simply-life.net/KidDraw/trunk/ for the current code):
> > The UI is simple, kid-friendly. It already shows the canvas, which is
> > QGraphics based. The "live" rendering is done on an extra cached QImage
> > though (like the Qt scribbly example), as that seemed to perform much
> > better in my tests. Drawing is done by clicking any mouse button (not
> just
> > the left one). On the left and right the color palette is shown: simply
> > hovering the mouse over a color will select it. The same goes for the
> line
> > widths, which can be picked at the bottom. The buttons are big and thus
> > easy to hit.
> >
> > The canvas also already supports the loading of a background image, which
> > can be used for coloring sheets as well as connect-the-dots like stuff.
> >
> > Tasks that would be for GSoC:
> > - KDEify KidDraw, it's just a Qt app now. It already uses CMake, but
> other
> > than that it's all just Qt 4.
> >
> > - When changing a palette, the lines that were already drawn will need to
> > change colors as well.
> >
> > - Allow saving and reloading of pictures. All line items will need to
> > remain intact (because of the palette changes).
> >
> > - Create "Image Pickers" at the top of the canvas, which show thumbnails
> of
> > saved images. Clicking one loads the image into the canvas, and also
> saves
> > the canvas image to that slot. This way a child doesn't need to know
> about
> > files or filenames.
> >
> > - Make a big "Clear" button to clear the canvas.
> >
> > - Custom color palettes, possibly with HotNewStuff integration.
> >
> > - Export images, saving them to a PNG/JPG/SVG file on disk. This is
> > something parents probably will need to help with, so its UI can be more
> > "complicated" (i.e. a menu).
> >
> > - Printing support to print the canvas image.
> >
> > - UI to load background images.
> >
> > - UI for editing (and creating new) color palettes.
> >
> > - Settings panel, especially with settings on when clicking/dragging is
> > necessary (for younger kids clicking to toggle the pen up/down may be
> > better than having to drag with the mouse pressed, etc).
> >
> > - Option to set a picture as desktop background. I'm not exactly sure how
> > feasable it is to make this cross platform, considering obvious
> differences
> > between Plasma, Windows and OS X.
> >
> > - A "Color Sheet" mode, which makes a click on the canvas fill the area
> > with the selected color rather than drawing lines.
> >
> > - If there's more time: a "Connect the dots" mode, which requires the
> user
> > to draw lines from dot to dot (again using polygons as the points of the
> > dots). Once all dots have been connected, KidDraw could switch to Color
> > Sheet mode to allow filling of the drawn lines. To add a "surprise"
> effect,
> > the dots that do not need to be connected yet (e.g. dots 3 and higher at
> > the start) could remain hidden until they need to be visible.
> >
> > Altogether I think there is more than enough to be done during the three
> > months of GSoC, but more suggestions, ideas, criticism, advice etc. is
> more
> > than welcome before I submit my GSoC application.
> >
> > Wouter
> > _______________________________________________
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> > kde-edu@mail.kde.org
> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-edu
>
>
>
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Since My application wasn`t accepted too, I`m giving myself away for anyone that have \
a little time to answer some questions and want a studant to help just for good will, \
thy application<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 5:28 AM, \
Anne-Marie Mahfouf <<a \
href="mailto:annemarie.mahfouf@free.fr">annemarie.mahfouf@free.fr</a>> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi,<br>
<br>
It looks you did not get a GSoC but we think such an application is needed in<br>
KDE-Edu.<br>
Do you have plans to still work on it and do you need help doing so? We would<br>
be happy hosting the code in playground/edu and start KDEify it!<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Anne-Marie<br>
<br>
Le Friday 21 March 2008 11:22:41 pm Cheetah, vous avez écrit :<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> Since I'm new here, I'll first introduce myself: I'm Wouter \
Haffmans, a 23<br> > year old student Computer Science at the University of \
Technology Eindhoven<br> > (in the Netherlands). I want to submit a proposal \
for GSoC next week, with<br> > a new suggestion for KDE Edu, which will hopefully \
get me involved in the<br> > KDE community. So far I've only been following \
development, and I think<br> > it's time for me to start actively \
participating. GSoC seems to be the<br> > perfect opportunity. So, here's the \
idea:<br> ><br>
> In the past I've made a small and simple drawing application as a high<br>
> school assignment. The target group were young children who are not able to<br>
> use a computer mouse all too well yet. That assignment was made in Delphi.<br>
> As I myself have a son now, I decided to remake that application to Qt 4.<br>
> Part of it is done, but it still needs lots of work and improvement.<br>
><br>
> I want to submit KidDraw (which is its very original name) as GSoC project<br>
> to help KDE Edu to something new and unique. I think it fits KDE Edu best<br>
> since it helps kids learn how to use the mouse and explore their creativity<br>
> in a fun way, though I suppose it could also fit in KDE Graphics... I'm \
not<br> > entirely sure about that.<br>
><br>
> This has been done for KidDraw so far (see<br>
> <a href="http://svn.simply-life.net/KidDraw/trunk/" \
target="_blank">http://svn.simply-life.net/KidDraw/trunk/</a> for the current \
code):<br> > The UI is simple, kid-friendly. It already shows the canvas, which \
is<br> > QGraphics based. The "live" rendering is done on an extra \
cached QImage<br> > though (like the Qt scribbly example), as that seemed to \
perform much<br> > better in my tests. Drawing is done by clicking any mouse \
button (not just<br> > the left one). On the left and right the color palette is \
shown: simply<br> > hovering the mouse over a color will select it. The same goes \
for the line<br> > widths, which can be picked at the bottom. The buttons are big \
and thus<br> > easy to hit.<br>
><br>
> The canvas also already supports the loading of a background image, which<br>
> can be used for coloring sheets as well as connect-the-dots like stuff.<br>
><br>
> Tasks that would be for GSoC:<br>
> - KDEify KidDraw, it's just a Qt app now. It already uses CMake, but \
other<br> > than that it's all just Qt 4.<br>
><br>
> - When changing a palette, the lines that were already drawn will need to<br>
> change colors as well.<br>
><br>
> - Allow saving and reloading of pictures. All line items will need to<br>
> remain intact (because of the palette changes).<br>
><br>
> - Create "Image Pickers" at the top of the canvas, which show \
thumbnails of<br> > saved images. Clicking one loads the image into the canvas, \
and also saves<br> > the canvas image to that slot. This way a child doesn't \
need to know about<br> > files or filenames.<br>
><br>
> - Make a big "Clear" button to clear the canvas.<br>
><br>
> - Custom color palettes, possibly with HotNewStuff integration.<br>
><br>
> - Export images, saving them to a PNG/JPG/SVG file on disk. This is<br>
> something parents probably will need to help with, so its UI can be more<br>
> "complicated" (i.e. a menu).<br>
><br>
> - Printing support to print the canvas image.<br>
><br>
> - UI to load background images.<br>
><br>
> - UI for editing (and creating new) color palettes.<br>
><br>
> - Settings panel, especially with settings on when clicking/dragging is<br>
> necessary (for younger kids clicking to toggle the pen up/down may be<br>
> better than having to drag with the mouse pressed, etc).<br>
><br>
> - Option to set a picture as desktop background. I'm not exactly sure \
how<br> > feasable it is to make this cross platform, considering obvious \
differences<br> > between Plasma, Windows and OS X.<br>
><br>
> - A "Color Sheet" mode, which makes a click on the canvas fill the \
area<br> > with the selected color rather than drawing lines.<br>
><br>
> - If there's more time: a "Connect the dots" mode, which requires \
the user<br> > to draw lines from dot to dot (again using polygons as the points \
of the<br> > dots). Once all dots have been connected, KidDraw could switch to \
Color<br> > Sheet mode to allow filling of the drawn lines. To add a \
"surprise" effect,<br> > the dots that do not need to be connected yet \
(e.g. dots 3 and higher at<br> > the start) could remain hidden until they need to \
be visible.<br> ><br>
> Altogether I think there is more than enough to be done during the three<br>
> months of GSoC, but more suggestions, ideas, criticism, advice etc. is more<br>
> than welcome before I submit my GSoC application.<br>
><br>
> Wouter<br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> kde-edu mailing list<br>
> <a href="mailto:kde-edu@mail.kde.org">kde-edu@mail.kde.org</a><br>
> <a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-edu" \
target="_blank">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-edu</a><br> <br>
<br>
<br>
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target="_blank">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-edu</a><br> \
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Um Computador sem Windows é como um \
Navio sem dançarinas de Can-Can
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