Today at work a colleague of mine asked me, “So when is the Food Font tool going to be ready?” We talked about the process of developing programs and tools, and I gave him an update of the progress.
So what is the progress? After months of design work, the interface and design of the tool is done. Currently I am creating the Event Action Matrix document, a document comprised of images, text descriptions and directions for how the tool works. To make this, I create images and screen shots of each element (each button state, each menu, what happens on the canvas, etc.) and explain how each element works and functions. The work is detailed – but it is exciting to be working on this document that helps the programmer do the work to make the tool work. I am lucky to have a brother who does this kind of work, so he is consulting on this step of the process.
Here are some images that are used in the document to show stages of the tool, and how it works:
Food Font Tool Panel – Use this to select a Food Font to use. Select and find Fonts
by the image, name, location/group, tags, or by general text search.
Background Tool Panel – choose a background. Don’t like it? Change it again!
The Stamp Tool – Stamp and Draw with a letter!
Post an Image – Dialogue Window