-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 pete wrote: > just to be clear, phat uses the rendered output of my animated > version of Thorsten Wilms' knob mesh. (i had no creative > input at all, i just made Thorsten's mesh move) > > blender creates a sequence of knob sized frames (with an alpha > channel, should that be desired) then, the image magick tool > "convert" is used (eg "convert +append output.png *.png" to > concatenate the frames into a large single image which can be easily > loaded and manipulated programatically. > (as is done in the phat knob and numerous other pixmap knobs derived > from the galan C code) > > the method is independent of the code you use so there's no > reason why it shouldn't be useful to you. in fact, it's so simple > that i've duplicated your red knob design. see here for the > blender (.blend) file: > > http://www.zenadsl6252.zen.co.uk/flat-red-100-frames.blend > > and here for the output: > > http://www.zenadsl6252.zen.co.uk/flat-red-100-frames.png > > it's trivial to change the number of frames, the colours used or > the frame size and re-render it. you can also adjust the output filter > to sharpen or soften the edges. > > i must admit though, that with a minimal design like this, you might > do well to implement it algorithmically with drawing operations. > then you can make run time changes to the appearance. > > if you want something more complex or tactile then you could use > Thorsten's knob animation or give me a shout and i'll knock something > out to your specs. (although, bear in mind that my blender skills are > somewhat limited so it won't be a work of art =) > > pete. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-dev > >
Wow, thank you very much! Well I think it is worth to have a look at blender. As you mentioned the code based rendering: All images are stored in a xml file so that everyone using my gui can exchange them to create his own style. So I don't think that a rendering approach would be that useful. Christian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGVUNXVC26eJ+o0+0RAkU+AJ9hAYDa//nbujiE1WvsU3eDAunHoACfXrA1 EmsGWOal8E5ILjin7hvoh7Y= =Ia9T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-dev
