################################################## # # Net-Fu (version 0.95): # A WWW graphic-art generation system # # Copyright 1997-98 by: # Bryan Livingston (bryan@cooltext.com) * Current Maintainer # Spencer Kimball (spencer@xcf.berkeley.edu) # Peter Mattis (petm@xcf.berkeley.edu) # Yaroslav Faybishenko (yaroslav@xcf.berkeley.edu) # ################################################## Brief Description: ------------------ **** Net-Fu: Automatic Logo Generation **** Have you ever been faced with the unhappy task of creating a web-page? Unless you make your living cranking out HTML, you probably have about a million other things you ought to be doing. Still, in this age of sound bites and glitzy packaging, it's difficult to be noticed amid the overwhelming clutter of the WWW without putting effort into the appeal of your presentation. It is an unusual web-monkey, indeed, who will browse content which lacks concessions to visual stimulation. Net-Fu is a system which automagically generates eye-catching logos which can lend your web page that special something that HTML header directives lack. It removes the burden of artistic talent and frees you to focus your concentration on what's really important: the informative content of your page. You simply select a style of logo from among such choices as "neon", "chrome", and "crystal", specify parameters such as text string, typeface, size, and colors, and Net-Fu returns your logo without further ado. This Version: (0.95) ------------- *) Integrated Color Picker built using perl and CGI (even works under web-tv) This required a heavy modification to the exsisting forms so that the CGI output of them matched the input exactly. *) Now totally frameless *) The scripts got left out of the last distro (ACK!!!) *) An up to date version of the gerror.c patch for GTK 1.0.4 The next big project I'm goin to tackle is an improved queue handler to make the rendering engine more efficient and give real-time status to the users. I'd also like to have it maintained in a cvs repository. More kudos to Simon Budig of major contributions to this release. NOT for the faint of heart or the inexperienced hacker. There are few concessions to ease installation. This thing is not fun to install. Anyone who decides to attempt installing net-fu should record the problems encountered and the solutions. All help in terms of reorganizing things for easier installation will be quite welcome. Feel free to contact me (bryan@cooltext.com) if you run into a roadblock tring to get it to work. A Wishlist: ----------- *) Better queue handling *) More net-fu scripts *) Globally available CVS repository