is there an app like gimp 2.0 that you can create images using touch and trackball and save as jpegs, png, etc.
I would also like to know if there's an application similar to gimp
The GIMP is FAR FAR FAR to sophisticated of a program to even consider porting to a mobile device. You need something dumber for simple drawings. There are a couple in the market, I don't remember what they are called.
Yeah, there's no way you're getting anything close to GIMP on your G1. I use a program called "Draw!" for simple paint drawings...you can change pen size, color, stuff like that. Works well and even has a built in gallery for viewing your photos. Basically, like a portable version of Paint.
Foxy Editor
Foxy editor is like 3$ in the market go search for it. It has brushes, filters and almost every basic operation you will need. It's the closest you can get to Gimp or photoshop at this time.
what kind of files?
what kind of files do these save? can you save as .png? like if I wanted to work on icons while at work, but don't have a comp to do it with.
kyleds said:
what kind of files do these save? can you save as .png? like if I wanted to work on icons while at work, but don't have a comp to do it with.
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Don't know, but you could always install ImageMagick (commandline util) and convert them...
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Anyone have any recommendations for a good pocketPC text editor?
Preferably one that can handle any type of text file and maybe has syntax highlighting. Idealy, something like a lite version of the desktop program notepad++ would be amazing.
well there is notepad and then there if pocket word..
Is word not up to par?
Honestly, I haven't messed around with Word much, but it didn't seem like it was particularly what I was looking for.
How is it with .xml, .php, etc files? There didn't seem to be a straightforward way to open them.
I use a text editor called MADE (by Flinkware) and i very happy with it. It is able to open large file too and handle very well different encoding (UTF8, ...)
If you want to take a look go here (the home MADE doesn't exist...it was www.flinkware.com )
Edit : I found one but it's not free...CEdit (around 20$)
Maybe someone will port "Scintilla" on PPC...
I use SoftMaker office suit. It can read/write txt, doc, excel, powerpoint WITHOUT converting the files like the built in one (and that would mess up the layout most of the time).
Hi. I have to agree with ernest. MADE is the best text editor there is. Download free at freewareppc.com (Not freewarepocketpc.net)
... with a search feature. Does it exist?
I'm currently using Text Edit, but it's pretty horrible for large text files, and doesn't have searching. I use Vi sometimes, but that's just a pita.
Anyone know of a free text editor with search capabilities?
I gotta say, vi, though even more vim (the "enhanced" version) is probably one of the very best (if not ABSOLUTELY the best) text editors ever written. Yes, it does have a *VERY* steep learning curve, but when you really get to know it well, there is absolutely no faster or more powerful way of editing text files.
Yeah, I'm not a fan of Vi.
Does anyone know any other alternatives? Perhaps, is there a way to use nano?
Is there *ANY* other way to edit a text document aside from Text Edit and Vi??
documents to go?
quickoffice?
djind said:
documents to go?
quickoffice?
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QuickOffice can only open/view files; it cannot edit at all. And Documents to Go is too expensive for my budget. (I only need .txt file editing anyway.)
I guess I should rephrase: Is there ANY other FREE way to edit a text document on the G1 aside from Text Edit and Vi?
Are the text editing options on the G1 really that limited?
Pick your favorite open source console text editor and compile it for arm.
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Pick your favorite open source console text editor and compile it for arm.
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How would I go about this? Any guides on here that explain this?
Yeah give me pico.
This task really isn't for newbs, but here's an idea of what is involved anyways:
http://android-tricks.blogspot.com/
I have done some searching, I cant find a text editor that I like. I would like one that can run with SU privileges so I can modify scripts I keep in /system/sd. If I need to I can remount it so that it would save, that wouldnt be a big deal, I would just like to not have to move them to my sdcard, edit, then move back.
I am also not familiar with linux so vi isnt for me if that would work, just looking for a decent alternative with a GUI if possible.
There used to be a cool app in the market called ptexteditor or something but its gone now
Somebody please compile nano... If I knew how to do it... I would... but I'm too noob for the instructions that were given a few posts back...
ES File explorer
For editing text files you could use ES File explorer. I found I was able to open, edit and save my userinit.sh and user.conf. This is quite enough for me!
Sure enough, it is not able to open /system/sd, but it's ok, because you can copy the files from the terminal. You could even make a simple script that would do it for you..
Until someone compiles nano or vim
I'm bringing this thread back from the dead simply because this thread is the first Google result from XDA for text editors, and the discussion here is the exact one that was going on in my head (around vi and nano). I eventually found 920 Text Editor, which has programmatic syntax highlighting, root mode, and is free:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jecelyin.editor
Thanks,
Ben
also to be considered is this thread about 'nano' the terminal-based editor -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552287
Hi all, i am trying to work on a theme for the Droid X. Can anyone tell me why some of the images open in photoshop incorrectly and more to the point how to fix them?
I cant post a link apparently to the image or a http link since i'm new but
You can view the image here. http:/ / dl.dropbox.com/u/6769503/8bit.jpg
Is there a setting or something I can change in PS to open these correctly?
Thanks for your time.
KraYzeE
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Hi all, i am trying to work on a theme for the Droid X. Can anyone tell me why some of the images open in photoshop incorrectly and more to the point how to fix them?
I cant post a link apparently to the image or a http link since i'm new but
You can view the image here. http:/ / dl.dropbox.com/u/6769503/8bit.jpg
Is there a setting or something I can change in PS to open these correctly?
Thanks for your time.
KraYzeE
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What is the original file extension? .png?
I had this same problem with some .png files wich had transparency in windows image viewer, but not in photoshop.
My solution was to open it in Paint.net and save it, rewriting the original image. Please be sure to set the transparency correct whilst saving in paint.net.
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Thanks for the reply, yes it was a PNG, ill try paint.net but i would really like to use Photoshop. I cant understand how it can mess up the transparency and anti alias like that.
Update: Paint.net does indeed open the file correctly... so while i do now have a solution. I would still like to find out why Photoshop (both CS4 & CS5) open it incorrectly ?
Well technically 8 bit pngs are indexed images with a varying amount of colored pixels and then varying amount of transparent and semi transparent pixels so some programs might not like this. I would recommend gimp over ps as its similar but doesn't have this issue.
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that image actually seems correct, can you post an image of the alpha channel? then we will know if photoshop is not reading the file correctly
As one poster said, it's because the images is indexed. If you do Image > Mode > RGB, it will un-index it. I must warn you though, PS is HORRIBLE with indexed images. Use GIMP/Paint.NET to un-index it to save yourself a headache
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As one poster said, it's because the images is indexed. If you do Image > Mode > RGB, it will un-index it. I must warn you though, PS is HORRIBLE with indexed images. Use GIMP/Paint.NET to un-index it to save yourself a headache
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Ahh but then you lose the 8 bit optimization, even running optpng will not put it back to index png cause it will ossy optimize it. So just use gimp.
Thanks for the replys guys.
Here is an example image.
http:/ / dl.dropbox.com/u/6769503/btn_circle_pressed.png
If you open it in PS, you will see what i mean, changing it to RGB does not change the image. I can open it correctly it Fireworks, then save it without making any changes, and then i am able to open it in Photoshop correctly.
This will do for now in case anyone else runs into this issue. The file size isn't too much bigger this way, so it will work for now.
Thanks again to all that helped.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1631008/btn_circle_pressed_fixed.png
Here's the image fixed, it was indexed... all I did was open it up with osx Preview and save it again. Or you can try this gimp they all talk about but I think it's overkill to switch to another program just because 1 or 2 images are weird, especially after you paid for your copy of Photoshop.
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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1631008/btn_circle_pressed_fixed.png
Here's the image fixed, it was indexed... all I did was open it up with osx Preview and save it again. Or you can try this gimp they all talk about but I think it's overkill to switch to another program just because 1 or 2 images are weird, especially after you paid for your copy of Photoshop.
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Thanks for your help. I don't have OSX and i absolutely cannot get used to Gimp. but opening it in adobe fireworks and saving it again right away does the trick, so although it's a pain, its simple to do.
If anyone ever figures out a way to directly open these types of files in Photoshop i'd be glad to know.
Cheers
KraYzeE
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Thanks for your help. I don't have OSX and i absolutely cannot get used to Gimp. but opening it in adobe fireworks and saving it again right away does the trick, so although it's a pain, its simple to do.
If anyone ever figures out a way to directly open these types of files in Photoshop i'd be glad to know.
Cheers
KraYzeE
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Yes that works but your removing the indexing. Android uses indexed pngs wherever possible because this saves space and resources, if you changed every file in the android system to rgba your phone would be noticeably slower.
If you change it to rgba and then run optipng on it you'll see it will not index cause it can only lossy optimize, but if you set the mode to index and then optimize it you'll notice then file will be considerably smaller with little or no image quality loss. So in short your removing a vary important optimization feature of the android system.
If your looking for a quick image conversion tool try image magick, this will allow you to write scripts to convert them png24/32 to png8 and back whole folders at a time.
well as we do with video it's always better to work with uncompressed, high res images. Then when everything is done and set in stone we compress and optimize without loosing too much image quality.
If i had to start a theming project I'll probably do the same, convert everything to high res, work on it then compress to a more optimized format.
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well as we do with video it's always better to work with uncompressed, high res images. Then when everything is done and set in stone we compress and optimize without loosing too much image quality.
If i had to start a theming project I'll probably do the same, convert everything to high res, work on it then compress to a more optimized format.
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Yeah for video thats fine, but in theming and specifically for this file gimp will allow you to work on the indexed file and you literally can not tell the difference with the indexed file being atleast 50% smaller. Maybe this would make sense with an image that has alot of quality or is high res but in this instance it a loss of time and added steps when the same could be accomplished with industry standard tools.
I ran into a major issue last night.
This was REALLY pissing me off, you know one of those things that SHOULD be working but isn't. Whenever I view the decompiled apk (framework-res, and systemUI)
The files are decompiled everything looks correct, but when I open the image files in cs5 they look all blurry as hell. I have attached some screenshots. Make any sense to anyone?
Just curious why the images would show up that way once they were pulled into PS. Its not just that image, its all the images. Does anyone know how I can resolve this or even prevent it from happening?
Can I not use Photoshop CS5? Dreamweaver CS5 seems to handle the XML files like a pro.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Try without decompiling - its not needed just for replacing icons - use any zip program to open apks
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Try without decompiling - its not needed just for replacing icons - use any zip program to open apks
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Tried that too. The first pic is the picture preview in the folder. It only happens when its open in PS. Very strange. I can open it in paint, and the the icon is normal (just loses the transparency, of course).
Open the img with paint.NET first, then save, then you can open it in photoshop.
I think this is an issue with the img being indexed in photoshop, something like that.
It's an indexing issue, ps dies not do it right. Open the images in either paint.net or the gimp. Switch the mode to rgb, save then you can open them fine in ps
What a pain in the ass. Opening them all in paint.net now, this might take me awhile. lol
Hi, I have a question on the gallery editor.. are there any apps that can edit the picture (in-place) and replace it? Let's say I take a picture, and use 'auto-adjust', then save it.. the photo saves in a different folder and doesn't replace the original image.. Are there any apps that can do that? Thanks. Currently, I have been using QuickPic for the gallery and editor.. I also have downloaded apps like Aviary, Snapseed, PicsArt as backups..
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Hi, I have a question on the gallery editor.. are there any apps that can edit the picture (in-place) and replace it? Let's say I take a picture, and use 'auto-adjust', then save it.. the photo saves in a different folder and doesn't replace the original image.. Are there any apps that can do that? Thanks. Currently, I have been using QuickPic for the gallery and editor.. I also have downloaded apps like Aviary, Snapseed, PicsArt as backups..
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For basic colour editing, things like saturation and temperature, also filters, basically instagram photos, use afterlight. You can choose from your gallery or even take a photo and directly edit it. It's £0.59. Not that bad considering.
If it's more complex editing, the sort of thing you would use Photoshop for, use Photoshop touch, it's £6.99, but it has a tonne of features.
Thanks for responding to my question.. does Afterlight edit the original picture and replaces it? I'm trying to find something that's similar to the photo editor in IOS 7 and 8.. where it replaces it, so I don't have to copy/move it over.. Thanks.
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For basic colour editing, things like saturation and temperature, also filters, basically instagram photos, use afterlight. You can choose from your gallery or even take a photo and directly edit it. It's £0.59. Not that bad considering.
If it's more complex editing, the sort of thing you would use Photoshop for, use Photoshop touch, it's £6.99, but it has a tonne of features.
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The built in editor does all of this, and doesnt overwrite the original as far as I know. Its actually quite a capable editing tool.