Your logo can be added to Launchpad windows where it shows Galaincha logo. To replace Galaincha's logo, send us an email (support@galaincha.com.np) with your logo (recommended size: 425 px X 100 px) and your company website link.
Some of the earlier Launchpad items such as Staircase view have been moved to CarpeTools->Room View.
CarpeTools
New Staircase view has been added in Room View.
CarpeTools->Create->Horizontal Lines has been updated to include Minimum Length, Maximum Length and Coverage.
Silk Texture in CarpeTools->Visualization and Wool Texture in CarpeTools->Strikeoff have been updated
Usability
Design colors can be viewed as large thumbnails with a 'Large' Display Option. (Right click Color box-> Display Options-> Large).
Double clicking on the rendering in 'Create Color Combinations' exports the design.
In Border Select tool, clicking on the design selects a symmetric rectangle.
Selection Options added to the Edit menu. If selecting a complex area in Galaincha makes it run slow, the selection outline can be turned off for better performance.
Designs are autosaved every five minutes at "My Documents\Galaincha\AutoSave"
The expiry date for Galaincha subscription can be viewed from Help-> About for online accounts.
If Galaincha crashes due to any reason, a confirmation dialog appears asking to send the crash log. Upon confirmation, the crash log is sent to Galaincha Support.
Galaincha Software version 4.40 was updated on June 21, 2018
Virtual Strikeoff (Launchpad-> Virtual Strikeoff) allows you to share virtual strikeoff images. Your customers can view the strikeoff on their TV screen or big monitors in actual scale of the rug, and adjust colors to match the poms. This allows your customers to get a real feel of the rug, and obviates the need for shipping strikeoffs. Virtual Strikeoff can also be accessed from CarpeTools-> Strikeoff-> Virtual Strikeoff. Virtual Strikeoff can also be accessed from CarpeTools-> Strikeoff-> Virtual Strikeoff.
CarpeTools
Carpets laid in CarpeTools-> Room View are size aware. Smaller carpets would appear small and large carpets would appear large in the room settings.
Wall to wall carpet are supported in CarpeTools-> Room View. Sample wall to wall rooms can be downloaded from CarpeTools-> Room View-> More Rooms-> From Web.
Rooms in CarpeTools-> Room View are updated.
The carpet pile has been improved in Room View.
Settings option in Visualization allows background color to be rendered as Black or White color. When saving for print, save with a white background. When saving for displays in monitors, save with a black background.
Clicking on File-> Print Design by holding the Shift key will open the old Print Design dialog.
If a custom texture is selected in Visualization, the name of the custom texture appears on the design plate instead of the default "Custom".
The design plates now contain color percentages by default. The design plates can now be saved in image formats (JPG, PNG), in addition to the regular PDF format.
CarpeTools-> Material Estimate can be saved in image format, in addition to PDF and CSV formats.
Files can now be saved as Indexed Bitmap format for machine tufting. Select from File-> Save As-> File Type.
Help-> Download Required Files allows download of additional files required for different operations within the software. This action minimizes the download size of software and provides flexibility to download when appropriate.
Additional Help and Video buttons added at the top right/ bottom right corners of dialogs, along with help text in the status bar.
Usability
File-> Browse and Design-> Rug Presentation allows files to be filtered by file extension.
Custom order sheet template can be included for Design-> Rug Presentation by placing a OrderSheetTemplate.dat in My Documents\Galaincha\Settings. OrderSheetTemplate.dat will be sent to you upon your customization request.
Galaincha Software version 4.30 was updated on April 26, 2017
File->Print Design now supports PDF templates. Five default templates are included and it is possible to create custom templates for you. Old template formats are supported in the Manual Mode.
CarpeTools->Clean Layer allows comparing the result with the original image.
CarpeTools->Art to Graph allows the currently picked colors to save as .PAL file. This file can later be loaded and the process of picking colors can be continued from there.
CarpeTools->Modify->Handmade effect includes option for Antialiased and Fixed Edges.
Colors
Colors->Separate Colors into Layers now allows separating upto 99 colors into layers.
CarpeTools->Refine has color limit increased from 50 to 100.
Files
File->Browse lists the the folder names in natural file order. Option of showing file extension added.
Option of saving file in .PCX file format added to File->Save.
Design
Link to access RUGShare.net (http://rugshare.net/), a site that offers rug customization from social media, is added in Design->RUGShare.
Help
Offline Help has been added to Help->Help Topics.
Galaincha tutorial videos can be accessed from Help->Galaincha Videos.
Help site contents have been updated for readability.
Help and Video buttons added at the top right corner of dialogs.
Galaincha Software version 4.20 was updated on May 18, 2016
Rug Presentation
Design -> Rug Presentation is a new tool to present all your designs from one place
CarpeTools
CarpeTools -> Clean Layer is a new Tool that consolidates most cleaning tools. It is also directly accessible from Art to Graph
Material Estimate supports Landscape, Portrait and Color Only templates. The new PDF based templates can accommodate designs with large number of colors
Option to Select Isolated Areas added to Select process in toolbox
Visualization
Textures have been updated in Visualization
Textures other than default Wool, Silk and Loop can be loaded in Visualization and Strikeoff by placing the corresponding texture files in My Documents\Galaincha\Textures folder
Save for Printing option added to CarpeTools->Visualization. This allows renderings to be saved in high resolution suitable for printing
Room View has a new interface and rooms have been updated
Strikeoff has a new and more responsive interface
Colors
Colors -> Create Color Combinations has a new interface and more methods to create color combinations
ARS 1200 colors have been updated. The updated colors can be downloaded from Colors -> Load New Factory Color Set -> From Web
Design
Accessing RamroDesigns.com from Galaincha will automatically apply a 25% discount on all purchases made on the site
The default design size is changed to 900 x 1200
Files
File -> Browse has a new interface
File -> Import -> Design from exploRUG order sheet allows to import customized designs from order sheets created with exploRUG (http://explorug.com/)
Usability
The CarpeTools menu has been reorganized to make it easier to find tools
Galaincha now appears well on high resolution displays
Galaincha Experience Enhancement Program allows you to voluntarily participate in sending your Galaincha usage patterns anonymously to us in order to improve the Galaincha experience for you. Crash logs are also sent automatically.
Fix: Problem of not saving the changes when a custom color database is edited has been fixed. Any custom color database loaded in Galaincha is now moved to My Documents. All changes to the database are saved in My Documents.
Fix: Sort order and mode is retained while loading a new color database
Fix: Color names are automatically updated in Used Colors when the color database is changed.
CarpeTools
Zoom In (Ctrl +), Zoom Out (Ctrl -) and Zoom to Window (Ctrl+0) shortcuts added to almost all CarpeTools dialogs
Best Fit option added to CarpeTools->Create->Geometric->Checkerboard to maintain the proportion
Brush size can be changed in CarpeTools->Create->Irregular->Maze
Blend mode added to CarpeTools->Create->Irregular->Contour
Angle option added to CarpeTools->Create->Texture->Gradient and CarpeTools->Create -> Geometric->Stripes. Gradient tool now allows you to save a plain shaded gradient for graph purposes.
Options in CarpeTools->Motif Effects have been moved to CarpeTools->Selection.
Multiple undo (Ctrl + Z) added to Colors->Auto Color Assignment. This module allows you to load .PAL files containing selected colors
Multiple Undo allowed in CarpeTect dialog. Straight lines can be drawn in CarpeTect by pressing the Shift key. Colors can be filled in symmetric areas by dragging and dropping on to the design.
Multiple designs created with CarpeTect can be exported to Galaincha without closing the dialog.
Acquire from Webcam option in File Menu allows you to quickly capture images for inspiration using your webcam.
Pressing Shift while moving a pasted object snaps to the center guide in addition to top, left, right and bottom.
When a new layer is added, it is added on top of the current layer.
Usability
Maximum limit of 25 colors for some tools such as color combinations, separate colors, refine and smart resize have been changed to 50 colors.
Browse Designs shows thumbnails for PAT Files too
File->Open Recent menu shows the file path, Ctrl+Click opens the directory instead of file.
Dragging and dropping files on an open design is allowed. Previously, you had to drop on a gray area only.
Room view images are saved with a filename containing the room name.
Strikeoff window is closed if the design has incorrect resolution settings.
If a color name is too long in Material estimate, it is truncated with ellipses at the end.
Factory color manager allows to import up to 2000 colors from bitmaps.
If a JPEG image is color reduced, a Save As dialog is shown with CTFX or PNG as default
Close All (Ctrl+Shift+W) implemented in the File Menu
Fix: Problem saving designs with transparency as CTF has been fixed
Interface
Shortcut keys added for Art to Graph, Material estimation, Design Plate, Generate color Combination and Strikeoff
Thumbnail is not displayed for Recent menu items that do not exist in File->Open Recent
While moving the panning box in thumbnail, the design area is also updated accordingly.
Help-> Forum takes you to Galaincha HelpDesk where you can post questions and read answers to past questions.
Galaincha Software version 4.10 was updated on January 21, 2014
Visualization
Visualization Dialog now properly supports areas with same color but different texture/pile height
In Visualization Dialog, if My Documents\Galaincha\Textures has more than one texture file, Custom Texture shows a dropdown allowing to select any texture
In Visualization Dialog, Reset has more options to select material and pile heights as well
In Room View, the rooms loaded using Load Room are automatically loaded next time (up to 8 rooms are remembered)
Also, rooms can be directly copied to My Documents\Galaincha\Rooms
In Room View, loading or downloading more rooms automatically populates the thumbnails
Room View is now movable. Just drag the room view window
Rooms have been updated in Room View
In Strikeoff Dialog, when pressing the mouse button over the strikeoff, the design is displayed
Fix: Bug causing strikeoff to export additional textures has been resolved
Fix: CTF now saves pile height and carving information
Printing
In Print Design, if a filename is specified, the logo is changed without changing System Image to None
In Print Graph, color numbers are printed on every page
For large pages, numbers are displayed after every 120 knots/lines
Color number appears correctly in graph for designs with different pile heights or materials of the same color
Design name is printed in graph
Colors
Colors Menu has been rearranged and ARS 1400, ARS 320 Viscose and ARS 700 Viscose have been added
Color databases can be added to My Documents\Galaincha\Color Databases for easy loading
Append in Factory Color Manager Dialog now supports XML files, this makes it easier to combine two color databases
Load Recent Colors has been added to Factory Colors Window dropdown menu
Currently selected color database name is displayed in Factory Colors title bar
Tools
Zoom window added to Art to Graph
Sorting options added to Art to Graph, click on the downward pointing arrow at the top left of the colors for sorting options
Undo added to Art to Graph. Press Ctrl+Z to remove the last selected color
Art to Graph Dialog now supports transparency. Right click on a selected color to make it transparent
Art to Graph dialog now shows wastage at every step of color selection
Line mode added to Trace dialog
Reduce colors avoids colors with low percentage coverage
Flip Random has been implemented in Auto Repeat process
Fix: Pencil tools draws while dragging with transparent color
CarpeTools
Shapes tool added to CarpeTools->Create->Geometric->Shapes
Motif Repeat effect has been added to CarpeTools->Create->Motif Effects
Motif Rotate effect has been added to CarpeTools->Create->Motif Effects. This tool rotates the motif while taking Knots Line Ratio into account
Vertical direction added to Interlace Edge Effect. This is useful to make Ikat designs
Slide effect now has center horizontally and center vertically options
More option have been added to CarpeTools->Create->Texture->Gradients
Interface
Cleaned up some of the Effects dialog, for example, Remove Dots
Effect Configuration dialog is now displayed at the top right of the design area, rather than the center
Font of pile height is dynamically calculated in Visualization dialog so that it doesn't look ugly when the pile height string is long
Fix: Alignment issues in dialogs for non-standard DPI
Fix:Pan window in Thumbnail is now more visible on all colors
Usability
A date/time correction suggestion is displayed before redirecting to the Galaincha website
Calculator added to Resize dialog
Closest used color added to Similar Colors in Used Colors right click - this will be useful when reducing colors with low percentage
Added Resize Image to Used colors panel when the design has too many colors and size is >2000 pixels
Keyboard shortcut for Color picker changed to 'i'. 'p' now selects pencil tool by default
Galaincha does not need to be restarted to use Custom Texture in Visualization
Fix: Crash while exporting to Photoshop format has been fixed
Galaincha was updated on March 28, 2011
Visualization
Export Strikeoff retaining all design colors and sequence from the Strikeoff dialog
Reset all textures and pile heights with a button click in Visualization dialog