[APBeta] 2.0b41

[Jeff Young]

Paul --

Ahh... hadn't realized it was all of them.  Might be best just to exclude user images for now, then, with more user-control in V3.
 
-- Jeff.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of
> Paul Rodman
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 8:57 PM
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] 2.0b41
> 
> 
> On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
> 
> > Oh oh, it's a bit worse than that.  Going back to the Objects tab
> > and selecting a different DSS image does not make that the one the
> > FoV tab uses.  There doesn't seem to be a way to select the DSS
> > image used by the FoV tab.
> 
> No, they are all plotted - smallest first.
> 
> > If the issues below are fixed, it'd be nice if the FoV tab used the
> > image selected in the Objects tab.  If those issues are not fixed,
> > then it's probably sufficient to just select the first DSS (ie: non-
> > user) image.
> 
> That's a possibility. However, there might be several objects with
> images showing in the FoV, so this is a bit challenging. However, I
> can make it an option for the selected object.
> 
> There are some other gotchas that I intend to address:
> 
> a. Inverting the images for printing (black stars on white background).
> b. Currently the images assume north is always straight up, which is
> true for the central image, but not necessarily for off-centre images,
> esp. near the poles or for larger FoVs. Those images will need rotating.
> 
> Paul R.
> 
> >
> > -- Jeff.
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
> >> ] On Behalf Of
> >> Jeff Young
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 8:32 PM
> >> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> >> Subject: Re: [APBeta] 2.0b41
> >>
> >> Paul --
> >>
> >> I've uncovered an interesting issue.  I happened to select an
> >> object which had a user image (a sketch)
> >> entered, and AP drew it in the background of my FoV.  That's pretty
> >> cool, except that it uncovers a wasps'
> >> nest:
> >>
> >> 1) The sketch is already flipped, so flipping it again messes
> >> things up.
> >> 2) The sketch isn't necessarily rotated with N up, so to match the
> >> FoV to the sketch I need to be able to
> >> rotate the FoV but have the sketch stay put.
> >>
> >> Neither of these are issues with DSS images, so I don't know how
> >> much trouble it's worth to fix them.  The
> >> one thing that comes to mind is a flag on a user image which states
> >> whether or not it should be
> >> flipped/rotated.
> >>
> >> Which reminds me, there's also a flag on a user image which states
> >> whether or not it is in color, but I
> >> don't see any way to edit that flag.
> >>
> >> Cheres,
> >> -- Jeff.
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
> >>> ] On Behalf Of
> >>> Paul Rodman
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 7:20 PM
> >>> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> >>> Subject: [APBeta] 2.0b41
> >>>
> >>> ... is arriving early in order fix that pesky FoV rotation crash
> >>> problem.
> >>>
> >>> Paul R.
> >>>
> >>> P.S. I now have Win 7 64-bit up and running. Sure seems to be an
> >>> improvement on Vista, which just sits and thrashes its VM at me with
> >>> anything less than several GB of available RAM.
> >>>
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