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SCION needs an update

 
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wahorger



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:31 am    Post subject: SCION needs an update Reply with quote

I would love to use SCION, but it has an odd behavior.

If I open the application, make my changes, then save, I can save the icon.

If, however, I want to create another icon, i cannot save it; I must exit the program and start it over. Similarly, if I decide to clear my changes and start over ('New'), I cannot save my work.

Any hopes? I'm offering to do the free work to fix it if that would be of help.
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PaulLaidler
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

SCION is a ClearWin+ application and as such illustrates what can be achieved using ClearWin+. But it's not an up-to-date image editor and there are no plans to do any further work on it.

Plato provides better image editing facilities but, there again, Plato image editing is not a match for other free image editors that are available on the internet.

I tend to use either Microsoft Paint or Visual Studio for image editing but others may have better recommendations.
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wahorger



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Paul, thanks for that. I'll look elsewhere.
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John-Silver



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

where do i find documentation on SCION ?
Searching on the website produces no results
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wahorger



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There really isn't any. Plato has an icon editor. But there are limitations (HELP file has a good description).

I downloaded and am happy with the Greenfish Icon Editor (at http://greenfishsoftware.org/). It is pretty easy to use; it took me a while to get used to the user interface. It's a lot like Adobe Photoshop or Gimp, but trimmed down so a lot easier to use. It has layer capability, which I like. The price is perfect (zero).
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John-Silver



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks Bill, and thanks for the link to the alternative
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