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Old 03-08-2006, 01:25 PM   #1
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Customize Clock?

Is it possible to add custom graphics, text etc. the clock/calendar in Marine Aquarium 2.6 running Mac OS X 10.4.5?

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Old 03-08-2006, 11:36 PM   #2
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Not while the clock face is on the screen, but you can put your own logos in the crystal.
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Old 03-09-2006, 09:38 AM   #3
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Marine Aquarium 2.6 for Mac doesn't have the insert logos capability. I have it nearly done for a 2.6.1 release (free upgrade to anyone with 2.6). I have to write the UI for moving the logo within the crystal for centering purposes. Doing it through the keyboard was too complicated with multiple monitors showing different styles of tanks and/or different logos. Other than that it is complete.
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Old 03-09-2006, 12:34 PM   #4
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Still think most users are going to use PNGs.
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Old 03-09-2006, 12:52 PM   #5
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Format support will be VERY wide. I used a 1 Gig tiff and it worked.
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Old 03-10-2006, 02:01 PM   #6
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With the PC version, you have two choices:

* Import 2-bit (no greyscale, no color) BMP.
MA does all the embossing and everything for you. Logo is saved as MA_Ext.p1p. Quality is average. Many users try and fail to get the results they want with this and then they try...

* Save one or more finished 256x256 32-bit PNG files with transparency into:
C:\Program Files\SereneScreen\Marine Aquarium Time 2\
This feature doesn't work if there is a MA_Ext.p1p file present as mentioned above.


What's the Mac version going to allow?
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Old 03-17-2006, 11:19 AM   #7
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Any supported image format (pdf, tif, png, gif, jpg). I don't intend to do the processing on the image at this point. Obviously images without transparency info won't look good. Adding a check box to make me do an attempt at the crystalization effect may be an option.
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Old 03-19-2006, 09:58 PM   #8
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Originally posted by JimO'Connor:
Marine Aquarium 2.6 for Mac doesn't have the insert logos capability. I have it nearly done for a 2.6.1 release (free upgrade to anyone with 2.6). I have to write the UI for moving the logo within the crystal for centering purposes. Doing it through the keyboard was too complicated with multiple monitors showing different styles of tanks and/or different logos. Other than that it is complete.  
Great news!
I'll be looking forward to the update.

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Old 03-26-2006, 06:48 PM   #9
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Any possible time frame on the 2.6.1 update?
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Old 03-28-2006, 06:44 PM   #10
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I'd guess in the next month or so. Things keep coming up...
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Old 04-28-2006, 10:17 PM   #11
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I noticed a new release on version tracker.com, does this release have the logo in clock ability?
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Old 05-01-2006, 10:00 AM   #12
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The rc2 build fixes an upgrade from a particular CD problem and a crash of the system prefs application caused by QuickTime. The Logo isn't there yet, but my schedule is now allowing me to address this again.
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Old 07-07-2006, 01:27 PM   #13
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Any news on the clock logo?
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Old 03-03-2007, 03:29 PM   #14
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Just checking in. Any progress for the customization of the clock?
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Old 03-05-2007, 02:57 PM   #15
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Heh, no. Just about to release GA2 with Intel and a surprise. I'm sorry for the delay.
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Old 09-08-2009, 11:27 PM   #16
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Marine Aquarium 3.0 has this feature as described. You can position your artwork (PNG, jpeg, tiff, psd, etc) into the preferences panel via drag and drop or a file dialog, then scale and position it on the crystal using your mouse. You can loop through clocks and your art or just your art.
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