Networkable Vector Graphics by Seth Willits 01-29-05 Printer Version

Remote Image - Vectorized
So what is Remote Image? It started a small little bet/dare between a few friends a bit more than a week ago, and spawned a neat little project I wrote (and promptly abandoned, but that's another story). The bet/dare was to create a networkable image editor (simple paint program) in less than a half an hour, which I did. (REALbasic is really easy work with in case you didn't know.)

The first version I wrote (finished in 24 minutes) was a pretty crappy 2-person drawing program that had a pen, lines, and only seven fixed colors. I'm the kind of person who likes to have nice things so the next day I began writing Remote Image - Vectorized which was a complete rewrite which used Object2D's for all drawing which gave way to features such as selection, borders, translucency, etc..

Have at It!
What you see above isn't finished, but it is the current state of Remote Image at this point in time. The project was abandoned about 10 hours after it was started because I simply have no need for it, and I really have more important things that I need to focus my time on right now. I really do think this is a great little project that someone could pickup and run with and I'd really like to see this happen. Even if it doesn't, I think it has a lot of neat tips that developers can learn from. Where else can you find a REALbasic project that supports full editing and selection of Object2D instances and shares them across a network/internet?

If anyone is truly interested in getting this project up and running into a real usable form (it should take another 6-10 hours to get a really usable version of it) I'll be happy to help, so just drop me a line. In the mean time, check out the project, see what it does, and peek at how it works. I thought it was pretty neat! You can download the project here.