Shore Snipper is a simple plugin with only one purpose, it attempts to clean up the shoreline as much as possible. TG images can have a problem known as "climbing quads", where parts of the water climb up on to the land, and Shore Snipper is able to clean this up. Here's an example, with rather bold colours to show things up. The left hand image doesn't use Shore Snipper, the right hand image does. As it's a little tricky to tell the difference in these images, the bottom image shows the areas that Shore Snipper has cleaned up in white.

Shore Snipper doesn't yet resolve the problem where the shoreline can be very reflective, but I have some ideas about fixing this and hope to add it to Shore Snipper soon.

The Interface

Mac version	Windows version

Shore Snipper is very easy to use, with just a single setting. Here's what it does :

• File Menu
  The File menu allows you to open and save your plugin settings. The settings are saved in files with a .wwk extension. All of the different plugins save their settings in files with a .wwk extension, but each has it's own format. If you try and open a .wwk file that was saved by a different plugin, then you will be notified about it.
  

  All of the commands in the File menu should work pretty much as you expect them to, however there is a File Menu page here if you would like it explained.
  

  WaterWorks settings files are cross platform, and can be exchanged between the Mac and Windows versions.
  

• Base Colour
  Click the colour button to choose the colour that Shore Snipper uses to tidy up the shoreline with. This should be the same colour as that of the surface layer which is predominant along the shoreline.
  

• Cancel button
  This button closes the plugin window without recording the changes you've made to the settings.
  

• OK button
  This button closes the plugin window and records the changes you've made to the settings.
  

Tips for using Shore Snipper

Here are some hints and tips to help you get the most out of Shore Snipper :

• For best results, Shore Snipper should be the last plugin in the plugin list. That way nothing can override it, and you'll always have nice smooth shorelines.
  

Requirements

WaterWorks needs the TGPGuiLib to run. This file provides cross platform interface functionality. To find out more about the TGPGuiLib and download the latest version, visit it's website.

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