Re: [pksampler-devel] CLAM and PK widgets
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From: Patrick S. <pat...@gm...> - 2007-04-13 00:40:36
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On 4/12/07, David Garc=EDa Garz=F3n <dg...@iu...> wrote: > On Dijous 12 Abril 2007, Patrick Stinson wrote: > > > I did some experiments by changing parameters such as colors and size= of > > > buttons, and works pretty well. :-) I need to know how to crop them b= ut i > > > am on the track. > > > > Right. I wrote a tool to do that a while ago, but it isn't in my > > repository anymore because I took a different direction with the > > widgets I have now. I could write it again in a day or less if I > > wasn't so busy... We release early june (hopefully) and this stuff > > would be fun to get back into then (no promises!) > > Nice to know. If i need it before i think i could do it myself. > > > > What i miss is some way of making the background transparent. Adding > > > pkwidgets to an interface forces you to use the widget background for= all > > > the interface to avoid awkward aspect. By having an alpha background = we > > > could remove this limitation. I spotted several interesting links: > > > http://www.imagico.de/pov/icons.html > > > http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/shadowtut/index.htm > > > > This was one of two major problems I never tackled.. I thought about > > using some sort of mask, but I'm not sure. The purest way would be to > > get povray to do it, but I haven't looked into it. If it isn't > > immediately possible using the povray docs, then a post to the povray > > mailing list and/or community forums would probably be worth it. If > > not, creating some sort of mask might be the way to go, but that would > > be difficult with the shadow. > > Have you checked the links? Ok, you are in release ;-) i can just describ= e > them, they explain how to do icons with alpha by doing 2 or 3 povray runs > with different parameters. By doing that we could get some alpha shadowed > backgrounds. I promise to get on that, well, if you don't before ;-) you probably will before me > > > > > > Keep me informed how your work goes. I'm glad to hear my code helpe= d. > > > > > > At the moment i'll use the existing widgets and pixmaps and i'll exte= nd > > > both as i need more. Our packaging must not to be changed for that. > > > Eventually i would like to integrate things further and porting other > > > widgets. So let's talk then. I'll keep you informed. Warn me also whe= n > > > your release is over and lets chat a little. > > > > I may not remember (we are REALLY busy), so drop me another line if I > > don't get back to you. This is what we are working on: > > www.soundsonline.com. > > > > Are you doing anything commercially? > > Not so, but we are currently seeking commercial projects involving CLAM. = Here > comercial does not mean non-free but we also are able to drop non > relicenceable dependencies if non-free is a requirement. > > Good luck with the release. > > -- > David Garc=EDa Garz=F3n > (Work) dgarcia at iua dot upf anotherdot es > (Home) vokimon at telefonica adot net > http://www.iua.upf.edu/~dgarcia > > --=20 Patrick Kidd Stinson http://www.patrickkidd.com/ http://pkaudio.sourceforge.net/ http://pksampler.sourceforge.net/ |