Martin Nordholts wrote: >* Tim Jedlicka wrote:** *>>* *>>* I stumbled upon this link describing the use of the Diagonal (45 degree *>>* diagonal from each corner of an image) as the optimum crop guide ("better" *>>* than rule-of-thirds or golden rule). ... *
> Oops, it of course depends on portrait or landscape which line you hit > first. I think you will have to throw in an if there. I figured out a way to avoid the "if" statement. However, I don't know which method would be more efficient. i.e. should I try to avoid the "if"? These diagonal crop guides are very dynamic as you change your crop rectangle so I don't want to bog down the rendering. Just need some guidance on which route to take. I'll then have some follow up questions since I am not much of a coder (I'll do this off list unless directed otherwise). gimpregionselecttool.c has this bit of code when selecting a region: /* don't let the events come in too fast, ignore below a delay of 100 ms */ if (time - last_time < 100) return; last_time = time; diff_x = coords->x - region_sel->x; diff_y = coords->y - region_sel->y; diff = ((ABS (diff_x) > ABS (diff_y)) ? diff_x : diff_y) / 2.0; So there "if" doesn't look like it is too costly. The way I came up with to avoid the "if" is (pseudo code): X = x2-x1 Y = y2-y1 Z = [(X + Y) - ABS (X - Y)] / 2 So the upper left diagonal would go from x1,y1 to (x1 + Z), (y1 + Z) Any advice on which way to implement? -- Tim Jedlicka, Network Entomologist [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.galifree.com
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