Semi-Transparent Effect

A new effect has been added to the ImageMagick library that converts a .PNG image to semi-transparent. The opacity of the effect can be adjusted for various purposes such as watermarking another image.

Font & Dingbat Releases

Rather than posting new fonts and dingbats monthly, they'll now be posted on a regular basis with announcements here in the blog on the right-hand column and at TwitPic and Twitter where you can follow FIG or sign up for a feed.

Font Search, Favorites

Update:
Favorites and font search are now available. Buttons for these are found on the font finder and ding mapper. You'll need an account to use them as your favorites are associated with a user name you log in with. Registration is free.

Font search is also available and supports search by entering all or part of a font name. Keyword search will be added later.

Facebook and TwitPic upload available now.

Update: A lot of folks are registering for a FIG account but not entering their mobile addresses. To add or change your Facebook or TwitPic mobile address after you've registered, click to the settings menu from the login screen to access the necessary form.


Now you can upload images from FIG directly to TwitPic/Twitter and Facebook by using the mobile photo upload feature from those services.

Here's how to do it:

For TwitPic, go to http://twitpic.com/ Register for an account if necessary and log in. At the upper right, click on Upload photo. On the Upload photo page, you'll find the email address that uploads photos via email directly into your account. Take note of that email address.

For Facebook, go to http://www.facebook.com/mobile/ and log in to your account. On the Facebook Mobile page in the section labeled Upload Photos via Email find and take note of your personal upload email.

You'll need to set up a free account on FIG. This allows FIG to save your mobile upload addresses. To register, click the login | register button at the upper-left corner of the FIG screen. Complete the form including your mobile upload email addresses and your FIG login will be emailed to you.

To post to Facebook or TwitPic, create your image in FIG and click on the email button. On the email screen, click the Facebook or TwitPic icon and your upload address will be filled in automatically. Use the Subject line to add a caption for your image and click send. Your image will now be posted to Facebook in the "mobile uploads" album with an update on your wall or to TwitPic with a Tweet containing the image link.

If you have any problems with registration or use of the feature, please post here.

August Fonts

>Unique-1
>Grunge
>Script
>Gothica
>Unique-1
>Gothica
>Gothica
>Artistic
>Serif

Coming soon: send images to Facebook, Twitter, etc.

In the coming weeks, features will be added allowing you to transmit images directly to various social networking sites, like Twitter and Facebook. Also, Flickr, and the other major image hosting sites will likely be supported.

Coding has just begun on the project so if you have any suggestions or requests, please post here.

~Jeff

Disk uploads available on the toolbar

After an extended overhaul, disk uploads are available once again. The button is found at the middle of the toolbar. Images up to 500k can be uploaded from the local computer into the FIG foreground.

Please post a comment if you have any trouble using the feature.