Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] "Ben Mode" board photograph exporter

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Indeed, although (sorry Ben), I'd appreciate it we could call it
> something like "photo realistic", or "manufactured board preview", so
> users who don't follow this list can have a clue what it does.

Yeah, I figured it would need to be changed at some point.

> I like the colours. I've been using the my "fast" GL drawing HID for a
> lot of PCB work recently, and have found working with the silk-screen /
> placement with realistic colours is quite nice. I may have to steal your
> colour scheme, as I don't think my green is quite right!)

I used scans of actual boards as the basis for determining RGB values.
It took a while to get the mixing right; the mask color has to blend
with the underlying color, which blends with deeper copper layers,
etc.  It's still a bit lighter than reality, but within the fab-to-fab
variation.


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