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Quote from: trastikata on Sep 20, 2026, 07:37 AMHello all,

Just wanted to let you know about a few new changes on www.picgraphic.com
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Wowsers. This is quite the tour de force. Fantastic job Trastikata!

Hi,
Looks great, what software do you use for designing the pixel foundry user interface.

Regards,
Bob

Quote from: RGV250 on Sep 20, 2026, 01:52 PMLooks great, what software do you use for designing the pixel foundry user interface.

Hi,

I am using the MS Visual Studio 2026 - free version - WPF platform.

I trained Anthropic's AI to create me a glass theme template to my specifications, then it is question of placing and adjusting the controls over the GUI. The AI does this too but it is a rough positioning and not as good at this then you always have to manually adjust the controls position afterwards.

Quote from: joesaliba on Sep 18, 2026, 07:40 PMThank you Trastikata for your hard work.

Site under construction when I tried to download your library.

Thank you for that. However, I cannot download anything as it is so slow.

Quote from: joesaliba on Sep 20, 2026, 05:20 PMThank you for that. However, I cannot download anything as it is so slow.

Hello Joe,

I just ran a test and I don't experience any slow downs - see the screenshot.

But I think the hosting might have some temporary troubles, because I had problems with the upload yesterday which never happened before. So just try at some other time and the speed should be fine.

Best regards

Hi Trastikata,

Today it was a lot better. It needs a good read when I have time.

Thank you for this project.

Kind regards

Hello all,

The TFT & EPD Graphic Library 2 has been updated to v2.05.

This release includes:
- General cleanup and minor improvements.
- Two new commands for RAW SD Card access using aliases directly.

In addition, I am introducing two new applications:

1. Positron Media Foundry - replaces the old SdCardWriteRGB565.exe utility.

It introduces a completely reworked linear file system for storing Picture (BMP) and Video (RGB) files on a RAW-formatted SD Card.



The new Modern Mode stores additional file information within the RAW storage structure. This makes it possible to provide features that were not available with the previous application, including:
- File identification and management
- Image/video preview
- Downloading files back from the RAW SD Card
- Simplified file erase and overwrite operations

Another important improvement is the handling of SD Card initialization.

With the previous application, Windows could lock the SD Card in a way that prevented it from being completely returned to the required RAW state. In some cases, this required manual sector manipulation using external disk tools. This issue has now been resolved in Positron Media Foundry, allowing the SD Card to be prepared for RAW access directly from the application without requiring external sector-editing tools.

2. Positron Font Foundry - replaces the old Ttf_Bdf_Flash.exe utility.



The application no longer depends on the external otf2bdf.exe converter and is now a true standalone font creation and editing tool.
It provides a much more complete environment for converting, creating, and editing fonts supported by the Graphic Library, including:
- Fixed-size SND fonts and Variable-size BDF fonts
- Font conversion and editing
- Font-set creation and management
- Preview and other tools intended to simplify the complete font preparation workflow

PIMP OCLOCK SIR.

NICE...