Will Project Dogwaffle 1.2 run under Windows Vista? Windows 7?
Yes
it does. Here's a screenshot of it installed and running on Vista Home
Premium with SP1. It was the easiest installation. more info
 Also
free:
Penny Spline
based paint engine as a plugin to Project Dogwaffle
"the paint program within the paint program!" (tm)
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Project Dogwaffle 1.2 is a
freeware version of the paint &
animation program Project Dogwaffle and PD Pro Digital
Painter, developed
by Dan
Ritchie - version 1.2 is based on a subset of version 2.0 .......
If you think this is pretty good, then you should see what you can do
with the latest full commercial
versions - read the user
testimonials here. What can be done with Project Dogwaffle? See the
user galleries and sample artwork.
what is Project Dogwaffle,
what's a Dogwaffle...?!
ok, so it's funny name, but what does it do?
Project Dogwaffle lets you be
creative without the fear of mom or wifey yelling at you because you
messed up your clothes again. No sudden spills, no funny fumes. You can
paint, erase it, and try again, and again, and again......
 Project
Dogwaffle
version 1.2 (this freeware version) is based on the
powerful achitecture of Project
Dogwaffle
2.0.
It's a light, yet powerful tool for artistic expression.
We felt that the aging prior free version (v1.11b) was in need of an
update,
since it was written for earlier operating systems and we wanted our
new users to have the speed and power of our newer software
architecture.
Dogwaffle
1.2 is not just a
stripped-down save-disabled time-expiring trial demo of our full
software - it's a fully functional version
with some new features too. It is not
save-disabled,
there's no time-limit, no need to register, and there's no spyware or adware coming with it.
For users who want to get even
more powerful tools, there is a choice of commercial versions at low
prices. There you will get even more more advanced features, more
filters, more special FX and more
animation
support. That said, the freeware version 1.2 is a
great tool for young artists who are just getting started, and for
seasoned professionals alike.
Programmers will find that our plugin interface (SDK) supports all but
one
plugin command, so they can develop applications that work with either
the full version or this free version. Additional features can also be
found by way of the new Lua scripting
gateway.
We have eliminated some of the
fat from the program, to keep it lite: things like bulky help
files have been excluded. However, help
and tutorials
are available online for free viewing and downloading.
For graphics support, we have included
internal support for BMP files, as well as the native Targa
format. Single images as well as brushes and animation frame
sequences can
be loaded in these formats. If you have images in other formats you can
easily convert from other formats to BMP or Targa with Irfanview or XnView and other image viewers,
editors and converters.
Please keep in mind that v2.0 came
out in January 2004, while v1.2 was built a month later. Since then,
numerous patches and free updates were released for v2.0. This has
added
many more plugins, filters and features for the commercial version 2
which was at version 2.1b as of August 2004. In February 2005,
even more new features were added with the release of v3.0, which has
in turn also received several new update patches since (v3.1, 3.1a,
3.2). For more of what's new, click here.
see more
screenshots of
Project Dogwaffle 1.2 at Softpedia.com |
what are the
Differences
between the Free v1.2 and
the
Full
Commercial versions?
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In a word: too many
to list them all (ok, that was in 6 words).
Below, you will find a
very
short a list of
just a few of the differences between version 1.2 and the full,
commercial
version 2. Since then, numerous 2.0x and 2.1x updates were added
through 2004 to the 2.0 baseline, and version 3.0
(PD Pro), 3.1 and 3.2 updates have emerged
with even more new features. And even more are coming. Update: as of
May 2007, we're at version 4.0c). For the latest news see
what's new
- open/save only to BMP (.bmp) and TARGA (.tga) file
formats. Use Irfanview or other tools to convert between other formats.
Or get the full version which supports 60+ formats and AVI format
(for
animations). NOTE
HOWEVER
THAT YOU CAN FIND FREE PLUGINS AND ADDONS LIKE VIRTUALDUB OR
IRFANVIEW TO CONVERT THE IMAGE SEQUENCES TO OTHER FORMATS INCLUDING
ANIMATED GIF AND AVI! EVEN MULTIPRINT
IS A FREE PLUGIN FOR DOGWAFFLE! SOME WILL WORK WITH PURCHASED SOFTWARE
ONLY, MOST WORK ALSO WITH THE FREEWARE EDITION!
- The internal (simple) lens flare engine has been
removed
from the free version. The full
version includes the simple lens flare engine as well as the
more advanced Radiant
lens flare engine.
- The "Make seamless brush" filter has been removed
from the
free version. There have been further improvements on this tool in a
recent patch 2.1b patch (see: Seamless-Plus) for the full version, and
even more so in version 3.
- The brush Post FX
tab
found in Brush settings of the full version has
been removed from the free version. This Post FX tool allows for
various special effects coming directly from the brush, such as
embossing, shadow casting and more.
- The full version includes additional natural media
settings
as well a media
manager (media media) and
animated brushes.
- The free version has a simplified text tool. The Text tool in the full
version is more powerful and feature-rich
- Twain is an
included menu item in the File... menu of the full version.
(support for
scanners and digital cameras with Twain interface). It is not included
in the free 1.2 version.
- The free version features some animation capabilities including
loading and saving frame sequences, however the full version is much
more robust
with features like the Timeline
editor, exposure sheet, onion skin, Animated Brushes, Brush manager (menu:
Brush->Store), new tools for modifying animated brushes with the Brush-timeline (a timeline
editor for animated brushes), a Brush Keyframer
(to apply and interpolate animated brushes against a backdrop
animation) and much more. You can even apply animated filters on
animated brushes!
- The free version supports a simplified layers panel,
with
only 2 layers (aka Main buffer / Swap buffer). Unlimited layers
are supported in the full version, including a native layered file
format (*.lay files).
- The free version is fast and light, at just over 4
megs,
and it's free, no
strings attached. No spyware, no registration needed, no
time-expiration, not save-disabled. Simply enjoy freedom
of artistic expression!
- There is a very handy, customizable color Mixer (like
a
painter's palette) in the bottom-left on the
Tools panel of the full version. No such tool in v1.2.
- There is also a new type of color mixer in the full
version
2, the Red-Yellow-Blue (RYB)
color mixer instead of RGB.
- There is a 'Shading' checkbox on the Optipustics panel
(fractal particle brushes) of the full version, to mimic sky
lighting from above when generating foliage, grass, trees, etc. No such
option in v1.2.
- This is not a complete list. There are other things,
some
of which were added over time in several subsequent patches and updates
for v2.0 such as v2.0b, v2.0c v2.0d, v2.1, v2.1a, v2.1b... 3.0, 3.1,
3.1a, 3.2, 3.5...
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The
Freeware version 1.2 is pretty good
for a freeware program.
But if you're not happy with the limitations
of v1.2, then
get
the latest full version!
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So,...is Dogwaffle v1.2 really
free?
Yes. Plain and simply and in a word: you betcha!
(ok, so that was 2 words if not 3). But it's free nonetheless.
This is not the first time that a free
version of Project
Dogwaffle is released. It's been a while though (read the story
further
down below). The
prior
free version was v1.11b from early 2002. A lot
of things have been improved and enhanced since, both with the
commercial and the free version 1.2. For a list of recent updates,
patches and bug fixes, see what's new.
But,... What is Project Dogwaffle
1.2,
Exactly?
Project
Dogwaffle is a paint and animation
program for PC.
Project Dogwaffle 1.2 is a
subset of version 2.0, which was released in
January 2004. The latest version is version 3.6 as of
May 2006. It sells
for next to nothing.
However, this version 1.2 is a free version with no strings
attached, with no time limits, it's not save disabled, really, just
plain free paint software for starving artists of all ages.
<<< artwork by
Filigrif
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And if you happen to be a programmer with Visual Basic 5 or 6 or
VB .NET, you'll be glad to learn that there's a free SDK, and that you
can further enhance Dogwaffle by making plugins and filters of your
own. The free SDK is here.
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Why Free
Image Editing / Digital Painting
Software?
Just because it's been a little while
too long since the last free
version. Honestly, for over 5 years, Project Dogwaffle was a free paint
software. When things got tough with work (or the lack thereof)
and paying bills and we lost our former domain name because we
couldn't
renew the $35 domain name registration fee, we realized it was time to
go commercial, at least in part. So version 1.11b was the last fully
free version. In August 2002 version 1.15 came along at $35. In
November 2002 came v1.5, still using DirectX and GDI mixed. In version
1.6, released July 2003, pure GDI became the norm for the graphics
output, and along came significant speed improvements which we put into
the code. A few more patches later (October and November 2003
Doggybags), version 1.6 was selling for $45, and the free version 1.11b
started to look really old and weak. It was time to get a new free
version out. NOTE: Version 2.1
and PD Artist is available for around $19 to $29 if you want to move up
from
the free version! PD Particles is only $19 and even available for free
with other popular software. For example, it is included with Comicbook
Creator 2.
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Come
on
now, really... Why
Freeware?!?
....why not? if it
makes you happy, and this world a better place?...
We also did this
in the spirit of promoting art worldwide and giving
back to the community, and because we know we're not the only starving
artists out there.
But really, if
you just can't trust free software we also have a very
affordably priced commercial version. The
free v1.2 is in fact a subset based on the core 2.0 release from
January 2004. It was built in February 2004 and released as freeware on
July 4 2004 (Independence of expensive Software Day, or so we like to
think).
The commercial version PD Pro 3
sells
for just around US $59 here.
That's roughly the cost of a cheap Sushi date and a night out at the
movies
with popcorn and soda for two.
Even better than v3, the latest
really powerful
commercial version PD Pro Digital Painter 4 is available for a mere $89
here.
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Ok, but is it really that good?
After all,
if it's free...
in a word: yep!
Well, you be the judge of that. There are professional
writers and illustrators who have been
using the free version for years for their book illustrations. See for
example Doug Higley in the gallery called Dogwaffler of the
Moment: DOTM.
Project Dogwaffle started 8 years ago and has been developed by an artist, for the artist in
you!
If this tool can't do what you need as an artist, then we know we still
have work left to do. Don't be shy, tell us what you need. Join the Dogwaffle forum at Yahoogroups
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A
Brief History :
What's changed since January 2004?
 There have been many updates since the
initial release of January 2004. February saw the 2.0b patch,
March came along with 2.0c, and the 2.0d patch came in April. In
May 2004 we released the 2.1 updater.
In January 2005 version 3.0 came
out, followed by numerous free updates again: 3.1, 3.1a, 3.2,
3.5... then 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0b, 4.1...
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