{"id":5457,"date":"2016-01-16T18:45:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T02:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=5457"},"modified":"2016-05-26T14:21:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T22:21:01","slug":"whats-coming-up-next-tom-bluewater-introducing-mipatterns-for-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=5457","title":{"rendered":"What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Coming Up Next? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tom Bluewater Introducing MiPatterns for Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTOKYO (MacHouse) – Several days ago, I was looking at several screenshots shown at this Japanese web site<\/a>, which introduces iOS<\/strong> applications. And I thought to myself “That’s what I need for the iOS application that I’m currently developing.” The application introduced there has a pink solid-color background filled with lots of small, translucent circles. I tried to find a web site to download a free desktop picture like it except that I couldn’t find any. So I had another thought. Hmm… Maybe, I can just develop a desktop application that allows the user to fill a rectangular image with a shape of their selection. That’s how I’ve ended up with MiPatterns<\/strong>, which I submitted to Mac App Store<\/strong> several hours ago.
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\nMiPatterns is a desktop application that you can use to create an image full of simple figures. It comes with a built-in library of nearly four dozen code-generated shapes including circle, triangle, star, heart, diamond. Select one, and you can repeat it over a rectangular solid-color sheet they define.  
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  1. Choose one of nearly four dozen shapes to repeat in order to create a pattern.<\/li>\n
  2. Insert two, three or any number of patterns to the same view sheet.<\/li>\n
  3. With Pattern List open, drag and move the selected shape to change layer places.<\/li>\n
  4. With Pattern List open, remove patterns from the view sheet.<\/li>\n
  5. Use Mini View to see the entire picture.<\/li>\n
  6. Save current progress as application’s document file. Double-click on a document file to recover progress with one or more patterns inserted to the view sheet.<\/li>\n
  7. Save your settings for laying out the document and creating a pattern with a click of a button. Click on Load to load saved settings at any time.<\/li>\n
  8. Save the current view sheet as a picture your disk.<\/li>\n
  9. Select a file name over application’s status menu to reveal the very file.<\/li>\n
  10. The application does not support the fullScreen mode. (It will be supported with V. 1.1.0 or higher.)<\/li>\n
  11. The application supports the retina screen. (tested with 2014 2.6 GHz 13″ MacBook Pro)<\/li>\n
  12. Languages: English only.<\/li>\n
  13. Application file size: 11.7 MB.<\/li>\n
  14. The application comes with a built-in 14-page user guide. Choose Show Quick Tour under MiPatterns whenever you need to see it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \nSystem requirements<\/u><\/p>\n

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    1. 10.8 (not tested), 10.9 (not tested), 10.10 (tested with 10.10.5), 10.11 (tested with 10.11.1)<\/li>\n
    2. 64-bit system<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. For the moment, you cannot use your own image to repeat in order to create a pattern. This feature will be available with Version 1.1.0.<\/strike><\/li>\n
      2. The document size must be at least 128 points x 128 points.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        \nVersion history<\/u><\/p>\n

        Version 1.1.0 (Released on January 21, 2016)<\/p>\n

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        1. Fix: When the user clicked on Save while laying out the document or making a pattern, the application did not save the alpha value.<\/li>\n
        2. The user can now use their own picture to create a pattern.<\/li>\n
        3. Three additional pages (#14, #15, #16) have been added to Quick Tour.<\/li>\n
        4. Numerous other minor changes and fixes are done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          Version 1.0.2 (Released on January 16, 2016)<\/p>\n

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          1. A new page is added to Quick Tour to explain the purpose of using the push button with a left-looking arrow over Pattern List.<\/li>\n
          2. Changes are made to the composition of the application document file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            \nTrial\/Demo version<\/u><\/p>\n

            Click here<\/a> to download a trial version. This trial version will remain fully functional for 7 days, starting from the very moment you first launch it. Note that you cannot use the Mac App Store version to open a document created with a trial version since changes have been made to the composition of the application document.<\/strong>
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            \nVideo tutorial<\/u><\/p>\n

            There is no video tutorial at this time.
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            \nMiPatterns is a product of Tom Bluewater.
            \nApple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Mac App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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