dotamatic is a program that allows you to print out images across many sheets of paper, using a variety of styles for the pixels. It was inspired by The Rasterbator.
The resulting pages when placed together, typically on a wall, make what some people may even consider art. dotamatic prints directly to your printer.
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dotamatic is distributed as open source and free software under the GNU General Public License (aka GPL).
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
10 April 2004
0.2 is released! Get it while it's hot.
8 April 2004
0.1 is released!
All downloads are at the SourceForge download site or you can select below.
This is the most recent release of Dotamatic.
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The screen is white! Where is the image?
Don't panic. This is because each pixel is too small to show up. They are still all drawn though. Click on the image and it will zoom to that page. Also use the print preview. If you decrease the resolution, each image pixel will take up more of your screen and paper.
The screen looks ugly, and nothing like the paper!
Just remember that what you see on screen will not look the same on paper. The way colours combine, especially from a distance is very different for a screen (which generates light) and paper (which reflects light). In addition there are considerably fewer pixels on the screen than there on paper. This can result in wierd moire effects etc.
When in doubt ....
In the print dialog, select only one page to print. That will give you a better feel for how it will all print out when you use lots of sheets of paper.
dotamatic includes online help. You can also browse a copy at dotamatic.sourceforge.net/help.
See the support page for details on how to get help.
The SourceForge project page is at sourceforge.net/projects/dotamatic.
dotamatic is written in the Python programming language and uses the wxPython library for the user interface and printing. You can get the source code via the CVS link on the project page about. Patches and other functionality are always welcome. Please only contribute them if you license them under the GPL.
