"Photuki" Photo Origami cube creator
(c) 2005 Michael Raley
email: Thinkways@yahoo.com
changes; (version major# . release year. month . day)
Version 1.05.12.26 - initial design
ver 1.05.12.28 - fixed geomotry bugs in template design.
ver 1.06.01.06 - TL/TR/BL/BR squares are now divided diagonally
when folded the sides layers reconstitute the
source image.
ver 1.06.01.12 - window adjusts itself to screen height
top image now mapped to 4 sections
size of each face and version data printed in cutout area
TL/BL/TR/BL labels provide orientation
Ver 2.06.01.23 - template is now drawn on pixmap. Main window uses
tab controls to set global options, and image
control tabs for each face.
ver 2.06.07.23 - added white mask and crop sides options
added 2 new sizes to quality group
added missing change events for some global effects
moved preview/save and edit/print onto primary tab
What is Photuki ?
Photuki is a utility to select an
image file, and automatically transform
it into a template to create "waterbomb" cubes
and other Origami forms. The Photuki cube varies
from traditional waterbomb cubes by using an inside
fold on the side tabs to create 2 'wings' along the spine.
These wings are then flipped over to create interlocking flaps.
requirements;
1. Microsoft Windows 95,98,2000, XP
2. Screen resolution should be 800x600 or better. 1024x768 recommended
3. Bitmap, icon, jpeg, or other type of image files.
Photuki will automatically scale the image, but
you'll get better results if you crop and scale it down
manually before using photuki.
4. a printer capable of near photo quality output.
5. Freeimage.dll (included) must be in same folder as Photuki
License information:
Photuki is an end user product provided free of charge
with the understanding it is for personal or educational use.
We require that you do not use the name "Photuki" in conjuction with retail activities,
use this software for retail or marketing related purposes of any kind,
or bundle this software for resale purposes without written permission of
the author(s). No warranty on fitness for use of this utility is expressed or implied.
Copying, use or Modification of source code routines for use in other programs is allowable only for
the primary source file; i.e. "photuki.exw". Such activities may credit Photuki,
but not infringe upon our control of the product name "Photuki".
These privelleges does not extend to the related software and support libraries credited below.
"Euphoria" interpreter distribution from RDS
Win32lib.ew
Win32dib.e and Freedib.e
The FreeImage public license (FIPL) for FreeImage has been included in this distribution
and must remain with any comercial software distribution using FreeImage.
See http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/ for more details
Procedure:
1. double click on Photuki2.exe
an Open file dialog will appear.
2. Select an image file (bitmap, Jpeg, Gif, icon ) to use in your Photuki session.
3. press "Open"
The photuki control window will open showing the
global options tab. Press "Preview/Save" to see the
completed template . At the preview window you are
prompted to save this template. The default
file name is "photuki.bmp" in the photuki program folder.
You may change this before preview/save,
by overtyping the filename in the export file field at
the bottom of the global options tab.
Once saved the "Edit/Print" button becomes active.
Photuki calls whichever application is associated with the "Edit"
action for bitmap file types in Windows. If you have not installed
any photo editing programs then this application would be Microsoft Paint.
Refer to the documentation for those applications on printing images.
4. See http://www.geocities.com/thinkways/cubic/cube_template.htm
for various folding instructions
************* NEW IN VERSION 2 ****************
version two adds several new features to control image output
1. Image load logic- Photuki now allows more than one image on a template.
By default all sides are locked to the front image settings. Clicking
on any other image tab and selecting a new file by clicking on the
filename button, or selecting "Photuki colorize scheme" turns this off.
2. colors used to draw the template background, octogon and guidelines
may be modified.
3. You now have nine choices for the quality ( # of pixels horizontal and vertical)
that are generated per cube face. The higher the number of pixels
the larger the size of the output file. Selecting a higher number may
reduce artifact effects created when Photuki scales a larger image down.
To prevent artifacts you should manually crop and resize images before
loading into Photuki.
4. Global and image effects;
. Printed info;i.e. locators and version information may be turned off
. guidelines may be turned off.
. the octogon pattern may be turned off
. Image(s) may be flipped horizontally and vertically.
. colorize to background - alters the color presentation of an image
. Photuki Colorize scheme- sets each face to a fixed colorize scheme.
Left is blue ,red is right, etc...
Photuki colorize overides "colorize to background" in which case
"colorize to background" affects image tone instead.
Selecting this scheme implicitly turns off "lock all sides to front"
these options were added to 2.06.07.23
. White mask - blanks out areas that are normally hidden when folded into a cube.
. crop sides - discards the template's side information. The resultant image allows using
more of the length of standard letters size paper for printing, which means a larger
but less sturdy cube.
Development Credits;
Photuki was programmed in the Euphoria language provided by Robert Craig/RDS
http://www.rapideuphoria.com
Windows support library:
Win32Lib version 6+ by the win32lib team
Bitmap manipulation and multiple image format support;
Win32dib and Freedib 0.4.2 by Tommy Carlier
http://users.telenet.be/tommycarlier/eu/
Freeimage.dll from the FreeImage project
http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/
(
geocities.com/thinkways)