@lainz With regard to the lainzdemo.7z. I don’t understand what this demo is used for but I’m very impressed by how fast and smooth it runs in my (Chrome) browser! P.s. Also love the dragon.
As for the other graphics contest demos, I can’t compile them unless I modify my Lazarus installation. I’m a bit reluctant to do that at the moment, partly because I don’t know the proper way to do it but also, when I added the later bgrabitmap8.9 to my projects they failed to compile. Strangely, the function ‘getpixel’ which previously didn’t work on bgrabitmap8.6, started working when I reverted back to bgrabitmap8.6 so I’m obviously doing something wrong.
I’ve have successfully installed lazarus-1.6.0-fpc-3.0.0-win32 on my Win7 laptop so maybe I can get the demos running on that set-up. It would be nice to have ready compiled demos for download but I’m guessing the merit of the bgracontest will be based on the ingenuity of the source as much as the final presentation.
My own work is a bit too simple for a graphics contest but if any other beginners are reading this I strongly recommend persevering with Lazarus as it’s absolutely fantastic with lots of ready made components to play with (not to mention hundreds of ready made functions & procedures). For example, below are screenshots of a QuickBasic programs I’m currently converting. It’s a geographical tool for exploring the alignment of ancient monuments, temples & stone circles. By using bgrabitmap for the screen I can have separate transparent layers for the coastlines, graticules, paths & labels. By using multiple forms I can have pop up windows for more tools and opening & saving images and files is a doddle too so the only limit is your own imagination.
A big thank you to Circular, Lainz, Aradeonas, Michl, Ñuño_Martínez, Leledumbo, Graeme, rvk, GetMem, User137, Molly, Old_Dog, christian1987, marcov, ykot and everyone else who helped me & made this possible. Kindest regards RWC.