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Screencast with key status tool

Posted by chrisdesign on September 29, 2009

In the next days i will start produce screencasts only on a xubuntu-pc .
Well someone now Heathenx Screencasters. I like it very much. He use the tool key status monitor.
This is a very useful tool to show watchers what you doing with your mouse and which keys/shortcuts you use.

key-status-2

But don`t like the mouse buttons, so i create a new custom set using Inkscape. It is now more like an real and modern hardware i think. If you want to use this graphics, please fell free to download it directly here an put it into the png-folder:

mousemouse-leftmouse-middlemouse-right

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This is a screenshot with custom buttons on my machine (yes, i like this darklooks theme :-) ):

tasten

The only problem is the german keyboard layout. Tobias Jakobs (from the GIMPforum.de) and i try to solve this but with some changes in the key-status file, but we cant get a good solution cause we are not programmers.

He added commandline option for delays.

My silly solution is, to rename some keys or save other png-graphics into the folder but it don`t work fully.

vorschau

And we have the letters: Ö / Ü / Ä (the png`s are ready for it now)

This software is written in Phyton.

If someone (programmer) can help us, please contact me ! Thanks.

chrisdesign (@) gmx (dot) net


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VOTING ! Tell me your wish about the next CODE:FREE issues!

Posted by chrisdesign on September 27, 2009

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Fun with Alchemy pull-shapes

Posted by chrisdesign on September 23, 2009

What are pull-shapes in Alchemy? Creative chaos ! :-)

You can load some pdf-files into Alchemy an draw with them like an animated brush in GIMP.

I have made some new sets using Inkscape (green Links-> pdf files):

>>maps<<>> typo<<>> animals<<>> floral<<>> Splat<<>>bones2<<

Here are the preview images:

mapstypoanimalfloralsplatbones2

Save it on you Computer. This sets are absolute free for use!!!

Build some shapes in Inkscape and save your document as pdf file. Create a new folder into the Alchemy-shapes folder and insert your new pdf-file into it.

Then start Alchemy and select the pull shapes and your new folder…have fun!

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inkscape-shapes

folder

alchemy

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CODE:FREE Magazine Nr.3 out now !!!

Posted by chrisdesign on September 22, 2009

Enjoy the new issue of code:free !

http://chrisdesign.wordpress.com/codefree/

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