Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?
Thanks all for directing me into a different approach! greetings, William Op wo 11 nov. 2020 om 19:19 schreef Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > Using the backgroundPattern seems intuitive, but read the fine print: > image dimensions have very specific requirements, and not heeding those > can yield unpredictable results. > > Earlier this year I had a project that used backgroundPattern as a way > to use the graphic shape to mask an image. It worked well in most > circumstances, with a satisfying range of images sizes - until it didn't. > > We eventually found some images that would render at a fraction of > actual size, tiling across. > > I had to ditch it and find another approach, which led to the thread > here a few months ago about keyhole effect. > > The result of that is you can use a graphic placed on top of an image as > a mark, with the graphic's backgroundColor set to black and the ink set > to blendDstIn. > > That combo will give you a lot of flexibility for centering and even > resizing your masking graphic over the image. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > > ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.FourthWorld.com > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?
Using the backgroundPattern seems intuitive, but read the fine print: image dimensions have very specific requirements, and not heeding those can yield unpredictable results. Earlier this year I had a project that used backgroundPattern as a way to use the graphic shape to mask an image. It worked well in most circumstances, with a satisfying range of images sizes - until it didn't. We eventually found some images that would render at a fraction of actual size, tiling across. I had to ditch it and find another approach, which led to the thread here a few months ago about keyhole effect. The result of that is you can use a graphic placed on top of an image as a mark, with the graphic's backgroundColor set to black and the ink set to blendDstIn. That combo will give you a lot of flexibility for centering and even resizing your masking graphic over the image. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.FourthWorld.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?
Patterns are drawn from the top left so you'd need to create an image with the same dimensions as the oval with its content already centered. This will only work if the oval never changes its size. Another way is to place the image behind the oval graphic and group them. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On November 11, 2020 10:22:38 AM William de Smet via use-livecode wrote: Hi Graig, I think I understand it a bit better now. The image I used has different dimensions than the graphic oval. See screenshot: https://ibb.co/0tXkLHy I could scale the image down to the same size (width) as the oval graphic but then I don;t get the center of the image. Because it is a pattern? Is it possible to get the center of the image in the oval graphic? LC 9.6.1 greetings, William Op wo 11 nov. 2020 om 15:51 schreef Craig newman via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: Hi. I made an oval graphic and set the backGroundPattern to the ID of a random image I imported to the card. It filled the grc perfectly. Do you have a screenshot of what you are seeing? Craig -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of William de Smet via use-livecode Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 6:38 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: William de Smet Subject: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic? Hi there, When I set the BackgroundPattern of an graphic oval to the image ID, the image is not centered inside the oval graphic. What is a better way to add an image to a graphic oval (and center it? greetings, William ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?
I should have said just create an image file the size and appearance that you want it to be, then import it into Livecode. Bob S On Nov 11, 2020, at 8:40 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Ideally though, just create an image file the size and appearance that you want in Livecode, unless you need it to change. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?
As a pattern of a graphic, I don’t think so. Even scaling the graphic does not shrink or alter the position of the pattern. Why are you using a graphic instead of just an image? I think you can mask an image, so it should be possible to only show through what you want. Ideally though, just create an image file the size and appearance that you want in Livecode, unless you need it to change. Bob S On Nov 11, 2020, at 8:20 AM, William de Smet via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Hi Graig, I think I understand it a bit better now. The image I used has different dimensions than the graphic oval. See screenshot: https://ibb.co/0tXkLHy I could scale the image down to the same size (width) as the oval graphic but then I don;t get the center of the image. Because it is a pattern? Is it possible to get the center of the image in the oval graphic? LC 9.6.1 greetings, William ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?
Hi Graig, I think I understand it a bit better now. The image I used has different dimensions than the graphic oval. See screenshot: https://ibb.co/0tXkLHy I could scale the image down to the same size (width) as the oval graphic but then I don;t get the center of the image. Because it is a pattern? Is it possible to get the center of the image in the oval graphic? LC 9.6.1 greetings, William Op wo 11 nov. 2020 om 15:51 schreef Craig newman via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > Hi. > > I made an oval graphic and set the backGroundPattern to the ID of a random > image I imported to the card. It filled the grc perfectly. Do you have a > screenshot of what you are seeing? > > Craig > > -Original Message- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf > Of William de Smet via use-livecode > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 6:38 AM > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: William de Smet > Subject: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic? > > Hi there, > > When I set the BackgroundPattern of an graphic oval to the image ID, the > image is not centered inside the oval graphic. > What is a better way to add an image to a graphic oval (and center it? > > > greetings, > > William > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
RE: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?
Hi. I made an oval graphic and set the backGroundPattern to the ID of a random image I imported to the card. It filled the grc perfectly. Do you have a screenshot of what you are seeing? Craig -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of William de Smet via use-livecode Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 6:38 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: William de Smet Subject: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic? Hi there, When I set the BackgroundPattern of an graphic oval to the image ID, the image is not centered inside the oval graphic. What is a better way to add an image to a graphic oval (and center it? greetings, William ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?
Hi there, When I set the BackgroundPattern of an graphic oval to the image ID, the image is not centered inside the oval graphic. What is a better way to add an image to a graphic oval (and center it? greetings, William ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
