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Tilman Hausherr updated PDFBOX-1915: ------------------------------------ Attachment: XYZsweep.pdf lamp_cairo.pdf asy-coons-but-really-tensor.pdf asy-tensor.pdf > Implement shading with Coons and tensor-product patch meshes > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: PDFBOX-1915 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-1915 > Project: PDFBox > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Rendering > Affects Versions: 2.0.0 > Reporter: Tilman Hausherr > Labels: graphical, gsoc2014, java, math, shading > Attachments: XYZsweep.pdf, asy-coons-but-really-tensor.pdf, > asy-tensor.pdf, lamp_cairo.pdf > > > Of the seven shading methods described in the PDF specification, type 6 > (Coons patch meshes) and type 7 (Tensor-product patch meshes) haven't been > implemented. I have done type 4 and 5, but I don't know the math for type 6 > and 7. My math days are decades away. > Knowledge prerequisites: > - java, although you don't have to be a java ace, just feel confortable > - math: you should know what "cubic Bézier curves", "Degenerate Bézier > curves, "bilinear interpolation", "tensor-product", "affine transform matrix" > and "Bernstein polynomials" are, or be able to learn it > - maven (basic) > - svn (basic) > - an IDE like Netbeans or Eclipse or IntelliJ (basic) > - ideally, you are either a math student who likes to program, or a computer > science student who is specializing in graphics. > You are not starting from scratch. The implementation of type 4 and 5 shows > you how to do the basics (read the parameters from the PDF, set the > graphics), except for the math. You don't have to learn the complete PDF > spec, only 15 pages related to the two shading types, and 6 pages about > shading in general. The PDF specification is here: > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html > The tricky parts are: > - decide whether a point(x,y) is inside or outside a patch > - decide the color of a point within the patch > To get an idea about the code, look at the classes GouraudTriangle, > GouraudShadingContext, Type4ShadingContext and Vertex here > https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/pdfbox/trunk/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/graphics/shading/ > or download the whole project from the repository. > Testing: > I will attach several example PDFs. To see which one has which shading, open > them with an editor like NOTEPAD++, and search for "/ShadingType" (without > the quotes). If your images are rendering like the example PDFs, then you > were successful. > Optional: > Review and optimize the complete shading package > Mentor: Tilman Hausherr (European timezone, languages: german, english, > french) -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.5#6160)