A Working Program
February 25th, 2010
Though there is still a lot more for me to work on, a functional pattern generating program is online, here. Currently, a lot of the interface is still under development. For instance, none of the input boxes or check boxes are hooked up yet, they are more of an example of what the finished program will have. The buttons at the bottom, however, do work. Click "Regenerate Pattern," to produce a pattern. When you have one you like, click "Export to JPEG." A tab should open up, and prompt you to give the file a name, then download the pattern. The pattern is automatically cropped to allow tiling, so you can put it up as a tiled background.
One thing to note: I am still working out resource recycling for the patterns that are generated, so after a handful of regenerated patterns, the program will noticeably slow down (the old patterns are still present, drawn over by the new ones, which slows things down a bit). Refreshing the page will speed the program up again. At the moment, all variables are random. The size of the stars and ribbons, the colors, and the opacity are all selected randomly within a set range. The background is also always black (which actually makes for some pretty cool results.. better, in my opinion than a white background). The pattern is also always a six pointed star. These will all eventually be modifiable. Success!http://www.ideacrank.net/projects/PatternCreator/Drawing.html is the address.