ZIM 018 - Thoughts?

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We are starting work on ZIM 018.

The ML5 library gives us better cam control. So we are thinking of redoing the ZIM Cam - CamMotion and CamCursor and possibly providing an option where we pass the CamCursor(s) into CreateJS like we do with TextureActive but with pinch as a mousedown. One difference is that we sometimes want both cam motion and traditional mouse/press so it will be a little different on the code side.

We also have a cool update to Physics planned where the position of any object can provide a "mousejoint" so somewhat of a misnomer. That would allow you to animate objects with ZIM and have them act like you are dragging a physics object.

We also have done about 100 patches to ZIM 017.

So... we are considering making all this happen in a next version of ZIM, ZIM 018. Probably, as time goes on, there will be fewer major updates. And perhaps we should advance, while we have a chance ;-). It has been about 5 months... okay - let's do it!

If you have any requests (FOR ZIM - LESS SO FOR THE SITE) then you can DM us or add things to Requests.

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Great to hear!

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Looking good!

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We have an idea for a name for this. But if you can think of one, let us know. Had some ideas here: What is the pseudo 3D card-swiping interface called? - #4 by abstract

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Quite enjoying the new ZIM 018 features we are preparing!!

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Motion Tracking - ML5 with ZIM

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Is it possible to select from the screen with Picker color? If not, can it be done with the color selection tool version 18?
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If you mean outside the canvas... probably not. But if anyone has a potential solution we might look at, let us know.

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Not from outside the canvas. From objects that were previously painted inside the canvas.

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Oh - that can be done already with the dropperTarget parameter... let us know if you need a hand.

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Thank you very much.

Setting a button that I wanted to use and clicking on the button,
setting colorPicker.dropperTarget=stage
did the trick.

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are you building a button to go to DEX inside iframe of ZIM editor and slate to see easier what all components are .. thankZ