Changes for Shazzam v.1.4
Color Picker
Shazzam has always had a color picker. In v1.3 it lives on the Plugin pane on the left side of the application. That location is temporary, it was placed there in the first release due to the product schedule. But that is not where it really belongs. It should be on the "Tryout" tab, so that you can interactively change the color while testing the shader.
In version 1.3 the Tryout tab has a text box for color values. You enter a color string or hexadecimal string in the textbox and Shazzam updates the color.
New Home
I’m happy to announce that the Color Picker has migrated to the Tryout tab. Not only has it move, but it has some improvements.
You can choose colors from the dropdown and see the preview. Here is an example using the Available colors view.
You can also use a custom color chooser as show in the following screenshot.
One of the features that I really like about Shazzam in the ability to animate the test values. I’m not alone that feeling, I get lots of positive comments regarding the animations.
For that reason I’ve also added the color animation feature to the Tryout tab.
Here is a video showing the new features.
Shazzam v1.4 ColorPicker on Vimeo.
Shazzam Beta, January 2012
Look for a beta in Early January.
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