Just a thought, how about using FCurves to drive the colors?
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry, I checked into this further, and the Gradient control expects a > hierarchy of parameters (color.red, color.green, etc) and not flat > list. Creating hierarchy of parameters on a custom property has never > been exposed to the SDK, so you can't construct one, and therefore > could never use this widget in its current form > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]> > wrote: > > you need to create an array of parameters with the right types and add > > the control on the first parameter. So it's just like the color > > widget. > > Check the Gradient operator in the fxtree. Open its .spdl file to see > > how it works. > > > > it's something like, one integer for type, and 8 groups of rgb color > > and a float for their position. something like that. > > > > isn't the SDK documentation awesome. > > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Mathias N <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Evening > >> > >> Would any of you happen to know how to add a gradient > (siControlGradient) > >> item to a PPG layout? > >> > >> With any of the standard data types it is pretty straight forward: > >> parameter, label, UI type. > >> A color item is given its own method, where instead of pointing to a > single > >> parameter you point to float parameter representing red and it handles > the > >> rest. > >> > >> But how exactly does this function with gradients? By definition it > cannot > >> be linked to only a single parameter, but there is no special method > for it > >> like with color. > >> > >> The docs would suggest that it is possible, but provides no information > as > >> to how. Blindly flinging arguments at it has gotten me nowhere. > >> > http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/sdkguide/si_om/siPPGControlType.html > >> > >> Cheers >
