thnx. i've already started working on a prototype for multiple files, but it would be an excellent time saver to see both your implementations.
grtz, tom On Nov 12, 2007 2:35 AM, simon wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 11 Nov 2007, at 3:43 PM, Roman Haefeli wrote: > > >> use : > >> gemhead > >> translateXYZ > >> pix_image > >> pix_texture > >> rectangle 20 2 > > > > i am surprised, that you got even a result with > > [translateXYZ]-[pix_draw]. something very important to know about Gem > > is, that you can work in two domains: in the openGl-domain, which is > > completely processed on the gpu (if supported by hardware and enabled) > > and in the pix domain, which is computed on the cpu. all objects of > > gem > > with pix_* in their name belong to the pix domain. what cyrilly is > > proposing , is to switch as soon as possible to the opengl domain in > > order to save cpu, since [pix_draw] usually is quite slow (with > > [pix_draw] you get the very same result while just burning some cpu > > cycles). > > > >> cyrille > >>> > >>> oh, and is there a way to plot large image files with [pix_texture]? > >>> i'm trying to do something like this: > >>> http://shiraklasmerphotography.com/Flash_Move/movement3.htm > > > > yeah, this is perfectly possible with the patch, that cyrille > > proposed. > > nevertheless, there are probably some hardware limitations. at > > least on > > my box, i wasn't able to texture a picture with a width of 3000px. i > > splitted it into 3 files à 1000px and textured them separately on > > three > > rectangles. let me know, if cannot figure out to do it, i can send you > > the patch. > > the hardware limitation that I know of is the graphics card memory > (that limits the max size any textures can be) - the way I've got > around that in a more general way is splitting long images into > separate 4x3 files and using an abstraction with two gemheads, > alternating between the smaller files - I could also post that if you > wanted. > > > simon > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
