v1.5.1

Set up the building of the demo.

Change Log

• adding the configuration of the makelove tool:
  • supporting the building of the demo for the following platforms:
    • Linux (via the AppImage format).

Features

• common features:
  • draw in the fullscreen mode;
  • quit by Escape key;
• drawing of the background:
  • use Conway's Game of Life as a background:
    • use the naive algorithm with iterating and copying of a whole field;
    • ignore outside points;
    • support for a start delay for populating;
  • automatic horizontal and vertical centering;
  • quit at a finish of the animation:
    • for the duration of the animation is taken the minimum duration of the end YouTube screen;
  • support for the several drawing modes:
    • pale mode;
    • transparent mode;
    • blur mode:
      • box blur;
      • fast Gaussian blur;
      • Gaussian blur;
      • glow;
• drawing of the logo (optionally):
  • automatic horizontal and vertical centering;
  • fade in and out:
    • support for a start delay for fading in;
    • quit at the finish of the fading out;
    • play the sounds during the animation (optionally):
      • play the foreground sound during the fading in;
      • play the background sound during the fading in and out;
• drawing of the text rectangles (optionally):
  • automatic horizontal and vertical centering;
  • align text in the rectangles to the center;
  • automatic text splitting into lines:
    • each line contains as many words as possible;
    • select the largest possible font size to fit the text on the screen;
  • animations:
    • animation of appearing from behind the edge of the screen;
    • animation of letter-by-letter typing;
    • common features:
      • all animations run sequentially one after the other;
      • support for a start delay for animation;
      • quit at the finish of the animation;
      • play the separate sound during each animation (optionally);
• automatic screencast:
  • use the ffmpeg tool;
  • support for Linux only;
  • capture video:
    • with the X.Org;
  • capture audio (optionally):
    • with the ALSA;
    • with the PulseAudio;
  • postprocessing:
    • automatic waiting for the finish of the ffmpeg tool;
    • automatic trimming screencast allowances (optionally);
• menu and settings:
  • main menu allows to choose between the general drawing modes (see above);
  • background settings allow to choose between the background drawing modes (see above);
  • text rectangle settings allow to set the text to be displayed;
  • misc. settings allow to choose:
    • between the silent and full-sounding modes;
    • whether or not to trim videos automatically.