Toolbox for Leopard adds Light block
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Oct 6, 2008 at 10:00pm
Opcoders has updated Toolbox—a visual programming tool that enables the combination of bitmaps, vector graphics and effects into digital art—to version 0.8.2. A new Light block has been added that has 12 parameters. The ight block accepts up to four inputs for fine grained control of ambient, diffuse and specular.
Toolbox’s modeless vector editor allows for a realtime feedback experience while drawing and manipulating shapes, according to the folks at Opcoders. You can start by drawing any vector shape, then try out different shape filters, merge with other shapes, and finally do post-processing with bitmap filters. Vector tagging is Toolbox’automated selection mechanism. Each shape or point can be tagged for further processing, mounting of other shapes and controlling the softening of edges.
Toolbox 0.8.2 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. The software costs approximately US$30 for a single user license.
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