Richmond, btw.: didn´t you want to wear your kilt at the conference? I remember a list posting someone wanted to do that. Until now i did not see anyone wearing one? Or are you allways behind the camera? ;-)
Regards, Matthias -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Rotating Balls [Ben Beaumont] (03-Sep-2009 10:45) From: Richmond Mathewson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] > Ben Beaumont gave a most stimulating talk last night about the jazzy new > visual effectsin RR 4. At one point he showed us a simulation of a solar > system featuring a sun and > 4 or 5 planets in orbit about it. The particularly fancy bit was that the > side of a planet > facing towards the sun was always 'lit'. Ben Beaumont claimed that this > effect was > a bit difficult. > > . . . I went back to my lodgings and jumped into a good, hot bath . . . > > Bingo: all one has to do is set up a sequence of numbers round a circle > like > this: > > repeat with XYZ = 0 to 6.28 step 0.05 > put (cos(XYZ) * 150) into KOZ > put (cos(XYZ - 1.54) * 150) into KOZ2 > put (sine(XYZ) * 150) into SIGN > put (sine(XYZ - 1.54) * 150) into SIGN2 > > > then one sets up a circular graphic of, say, 300,300 with a linear > fillGradient of black > to green/blue/red and sets the following: > > set the fillGradient["to"] to (KOZ + 400),(SIGN + 400) > set the fillGradient["from"] to (KOZ2 + 400),(SIGN2 + 400) > end repeat > > [ mind you, this might be complete rubbish as I haven't tried it yet . . .] > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > > To: [email protected] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
