Features of Lobster Version 1.0
1.Filters :-This version of the Lobster application provides 180 filters which include most of the standard filters present in the other image editors and many other innovative filters which have been introduced in this version.
2.QRGB:-QRGB feature is used to manipulate the Brightness,Red,Green and Blue values of any filter including 'Lobster Plugins' which can dramatically change the filter and even make the filter look like a new filter.
3.Pattern Filtering :-Pattern Filtering is used to fill any predefined Patterns(Designs),Pattern Styles or Custom Patterns with any filter of the Lobster application.
4.Filter Styles :-Filter Styles are procedures and methods of getting a new version of the any filter of the Lobster application or a procedure to create altogether a new filter will the help of the predefined filters of the Lobster application.
5.Gradients :-GbEven there are many techniques of creating Gradients like Color technique,QRGB technique,Transparency technique etc.
6.Edit Modes :-Edit modes decide the way the filter applied will merge with the original image and its present contents.There are four Edit Modes Single Filter Edit Mode,Overwrite Edit Mode,Transparency Edit Mode and Full Screen Edit Mode.
7.3D Effect :-3D Effect is the most innovative and by far the most 'Professional' feature of the Lobster application and the user can use it to convert any 2D Graphics created from this software to 3D Effect.3D Effect most of the time looks and feels like 3D Graphics but is not 3D Graphics in any way.
8.Powerful Text Manipulation :-Lobster application provides for very powerful Text Manipulation and Rendering with as many as six styles for adding text on the image by using the Preview Dialogbox,Dynamic Filtering Panel,Brush Panel and Drawing Panel.
9.Macros :-Macros are used in the Lobster application are designed to be extremely powerful so the user can get the opportunity to choose the icon,shortcut key and tooltip for their macros.Apply the macros to the whole image or selected area or using Dynamic Filtering Panel ,Brush Panel,Drawing Panel.Customize their functionality using the Macro Dialogbox and more.
10.Lobster Plugins :-Lobster Plugins are filters that are not the predefined filters of the Lobster application but still can use the features and 'Interface' of the Lobster application.Users are expected to write code for the Plugin which the Lobster application will execute.
11.Dynamic Filtering :-Dynamic Filtering is one of the biggest features of the Lobster application and allows the user to actually view the filter as it gets applied on the image.It is also the tool for precise image editing and manipulation as it provides for a 'Point and Click interface' for image editing.
12.Look & Feels :-Look & Feels is the ability of the Lobster application to Look & Feel like an application having the window decorations and components look like they would on a specific operating system like Windows,Linux,Solaris,Motif etc.
13.Platform Independent :-Lobster application being written in Java Language is 100 % platform independent and therefore the 'Same Lobster Application' can be installed and operated on any operating system which is 'Java Enabled'.So,the user need not worry about having to download the installer for a specific operating system or the software not working because the software was not written for that operating system.
The above features all put together form the 'Interface' and work in conjunction with each other to implement the 'Interface'.If you have read all the features of this page does not mean that this is the 'Interface' of the Lobster application.Please read the topic on the 'Interface' to know completely what 'Interface' really is.
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