When Kate visited us to build herself a Tagtool Mini, we took pictures and wrote up a tutorial.

Enjoy, and send us pictures if you make one!

We’re pleased to announce a new version of the Tagtool software.

Previously we’ve been referring to it as the Tagtool Kit. We’ve decided to disassociate its name from the Tagtool, to emphasize that it is in fact a versatile toolkit for interactive graphics, rather than a specialized program. The Tagtool is just its most prominent application to date.

So let’s call it…

What’s new in Version 0.7:

• A new look
• Easier installation/removal
• New nodes
• Some major under-the-hood improvements

Here’s a guide to the Tagtool Controls in Version 0.7.

You can download Nodekit 0.7 and the sourcecode here.

For more details check the release notes!

This image demonstrates two new features in the works - brushes (Richard made a brush that draws Koch curves), and the new screenshot function - which can save screenshots at about 8000×6000 pixels. This could be an interesting feature for saving images for print. Of course saving out vector images is also on the roadmap, but this will probably still be a while.

I guess it will be quite important not to make the user interface of the Tagtool more complex when adding the brushes functionality… the plan right now is to connect a brush to the pen ID, so using a different brush means physically taking a different pen. The basic brushes we wanna implement are standard, calligraphic and a “paintbrush”, that can be used quite painterly, with more texture, without trying to emulate analogue paintbrushes. We got some inspiration from Caligraft.

We published a step-by-step guide on how to build your own Tagtool Suitcase on Instructables.com - check it out.

Workshop @ Planet Prozess, Berlin

Workshop @ Planet Prozess 2007

Development of the Version 2 of the Tagtool Flightcase is progressing… here are some schematics:

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Total Cost: around 60 Euros. Get yourself a used Wacom and you’re ready to roll.

We have now enabled Full-Screen Anti-aliasing - so the visual quality of the Tagtool drawings has improved noticeably.

Further Progress:

• The Animator can now fade out individual or all tags with the gamepad.
• OSC functionality is progressing well (Listener and Sender nodes are working, only bundles still need to be implemented)
• And a few smaller bug fixes.