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+# PainterlyUNO
+A small C# application for creating and editing images, which then can be uploaded to an microcontroller which manages an matrix of LEDs.
+
+> This project is currently in alpha status
+
+Features
+-
+* Editing new GIF images
+  * Simple painting tool
+    * supports brush radius control
+    * brush color
+  * Fill and Clear tool
+  * Timeline for editing individual frames  
+  * 2D filter (GLSL like)
+* Arbitrary image scale up to 20x20 (In virtual mode up to 512x512, but in here no data is send to the microcontroller)
+* Image uploading to the microcontroller (Right code required on controller)
+
+Microcontroller
+-
+Preferrably an Arduino UNO, since this is the prime target device.
+Working production code for Arduino UNO can be found in ./arduino