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qpixel · c1archivedstarted Apr 14Auto draft — not yet reviewed

Editor Refinements

Why we did this

Qpixel, our editor for drawing pictures out of text characters, was hard to use: the grid was faint, there was no preview, and nothing could be saved.

What happened

The editor became a working tool, with a brighter grid, a live preview, a recolor tool, brush sizes, size sliders and a library that keeps drawings in folders.

In wordsDrawings can now be saved, sorted into folders, downloaded as a file and loaded back.

Start here

At a glance
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What changed

The two changes that matter most, in plain words. Open any one to see it.

  1. 1

    Drawings can now be saved, sorted into folders, downloaded as a file and loaded back.

    A library for saved drawings · came from Mark Parson

  2. 2

    A preview panel shows the drawing as real text, at any size from 1 to 60 pixels.

    See it while you draw · came from Mark Parson

Also in this cycle
  • Brushes come in five sizes, a recolor tool changes color without touching the character, and sliders set the grid size. In words

How we got here

Each change, traced back to the conversation it came from. A solid mark means the record names the source; a dashed one was matched by the draft and waits for review.

Someone said

From the record: no recorded conversation behind this one.

We decided

No ruling needed: the work itself is the change.

So now

Drawings can now be saved, sorted into folders, downloaded as a file and loaded back.

Someone said

From the record: no recorded conversation behind this one.

We decided

No ruling needed: the work itself is the change.

So now

A preview panel shows the drawing as real text, at any size from 1 to 60 pixels.

Thanks to

People outside Qpoint first. Every thank-you points at something they said or made.

MP
Mark Parson
Qpoint team

Asked for the library, the preview and the sliders

His initial prompt listed the faint grid, the preview, a library with folders and the size sliders; he committed the work. The record names nobody, so this rests on the prompt and git authorship.

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The pairs

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The full record 0 decisions · 7 key-change entries · 203 words · 0 captures

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