Fade me like one of your French girls.
FadeMaid is an editor for screen-values mapped to a multicolor bitmap for Commodore 64. It runs on 64 bit versions of Linux, MacOS, Windows and other systems supported by Python.
| reason | description |
|---|---|
| open source | easy to modify and to improve, any useful contribution is highly welcome |
| portable | available on Linux, MacOS, Windows and any other system supported by Python3 |
| easy to use | editing is a bliss, instant preview |
For a list of quick keyboard shortcuts and other information see file cheatsheet.md or the full documentation in /doc.
FadeMaid v2.0 [build 211113-164348] *** by WolF
usage: fademaid.py [-h] [-i IMAGE_FILE] [-d DATA_FILE]
You can edit char-wise values with this.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i IMAGE_FILE, --image_file IMAGE_FILE
background image filename
-d DATA_FILE, --data_file DATA_FILE
fademaid data filename
Example: ./fademaid.py -i image.png -d data.bin
The data is stored as a continuous 1000 bytes corresponding to the 40x25 screen of a Commodore 64 bitmap.
- fieserWolF/Abyss-Connection - code - https://github.com/fieserWolF https://csdb.dk/scener/?id=3623
- The Mysterious Art/Abyss-Connection - logo graphics - https://csdb.dk/scener/?id=3501
FadeMaid comes in two flavors:
- standalone executable for 64-bit systems Linux (MacOS/Darwin and Windows might follow) (see releases)
- Python3 script
Just download your bundle at releases and enjoy. Keep in mind that only 64bit systems are supported as I could not find a 32bit system to generate the bundle.
If some antivirus scanner puts FadeMaid into quarantine because it suspects a trojan or virus, simply put it out there again. It isn`t harmful, I used PyInstaller to bundle the standalone executable for you. Unfortunately, the PyInstaller bootloader triggers a false alarm on some systems. I even tried my best and re-compiled the PyInstaller bootloader so that this should not happen anymore. Keep your fingers crossed ;)
Your system might complain that the code is not signed by a certificated developer. Well, I am not, so I signed the program on my own.
"FadeMaid" can`t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.
You need to right-click or Control-click the app and select “Open”.
Download fademaid.py and the whole resource - directory into the same folder on your computer.
At least this is needed to run the script directly:
- python 3
- python tkinter module
- python "The Python Imaging Library" (PIL)
Normally, you would use pip like this:
pip3 install tk pillow
On my Debian GNU/Linux machine I use apt-get to install everything needed:
apt-get update
apt-get install python3 python3-tk python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk
- maybe: implement multiple layers
Any help and support in any form is highly appreciated.
If you have a feature request, a bug report or if you want to offer help, please, contact me:
http://csdb.dk/scener/?id=3623 or wolf@abyss-connection.de
- control buttons
- save data as - function
- toggle showing the grid and the values
- auto mode for continuous drawing with increasing or decreasing values
- about window
- various bug-fixes and optimizations
- complete rewrite from scratch in python
- initial release
FadeMaid editor for Commodore 64 screen-values.
Copyright (C) 2021 fieserWolF / Abyss-Connection
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
See the LICENSE file for details.
For further questions, please contact me at http://csdb.dk/scener/?id=3623 or wolf@abyss-connection.de
For Python3, The Python Imaging Library (PIL), Tcl/Tk and other used source licenses see file LICENSE_OTHERS.