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Morph  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, December 9, 2003 10:13:00 PM(UTC)
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hi aurigma,

Recently i've come across your graphics mill. Congratulations, it is really great software. But I did not found a feature which would be very useful for me - creating gradient fills. I managed to create gradient using blur on two-color image, but I feel it should be done easier ;)

Am I missed something, or graphics mill doesn't support gradient fills? Do you plan to add this feature in future versions?

thxs.

Fedor  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, December 9, 2003 10:18:00 PM(UTC)
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>>Recently I've come across your graphics mill. Congratulations, it is really great software. But I did not found a feature which would be very useful for me - creating gradient fills. I managed to create gradient using blur on two-color image, but I feel it should be done easier

Thank you for your interest in Graphics Mill.

>>Am I missed something, or graphics mill doesn't support gradient fills?

>>Do you plan to add this feature in future versions?

Graphics Mill 2.0 doesn't support gradient fill but we plan to implement it in further versions.

Best regards,

Fedor Skvortsov

Morph  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, December 9, 2003 10:27:00 PM(UTC)
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Thank you, fedor! I will looking forward to it.

By the way, if you are interested, i could post a code snippet which generates new bitmap filled with gradient. I think it will be useful until you add native gradient support to your graphics mill :)

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#4 Posted : Tuesday, December 9, 2003 10:34:00 PM(UTC)
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>>By the way, if you are interested, i could post a code snippet which generates new bitmap filled with gradient. I think it will be useful until you add native gradient support to your graphics mill

It would be great :)

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Fedor Skvortsov

Morph  
#5 Posted : Tuesday, December 9, 2003 11:02:00 PM(UTC)
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Ok. Here it is.

The comments for this code are inside. I tried to put enough comments to make it clear. ;) Main code is contained in CreateBitmapWithGradient function, so it is rather easy to reuse it in other pages.

Code:

<!-- METADATA TYPE="typelib" UUID="{3CE48541-DE7A-4909-9314-9D0ED0D1CA5A}"--> 
<%
Option Explicit

' Define constants for different types of gradients.

' First color begins at top left corner, second color begins at
' bottom right corner.
Const GradientTypeDiagonal = 0

' First color begins at bottom left corner, second color begins at
' top right corner.
Const GradientTypeBackDiagonal = 1

' First color begins at left side, second color begins at right side.
Const GradientTypeHorizontal = 2

' First color begins at top side, second color begins at bottom side.
Const GradientTypeVertical = 3

' Demonstrating how to use CreateBitmapWithGradient function.
Dim objBitmap 
Set objBitmap = CreateBitmapWithGradient(120, 100, _
	ColorYellow, ColorRed, 50, 25, GradientTypeDiagonal)

objBitmap.SaveToStream Response
objBitmap.SaveToFile Server.MapPath("Gradient.png")

'------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Function CreateBitmapWithGradient
'
'    Generates a bitmap with specified dimensions and fills it 
'    with gradient with given settings.
'
'  Argument list:
'
'     intWidth		- 	width of new bitmap
'     intHeight 	- 	height of new bitmap
'     lngColor1 	- 	first color of the gradient
'     lngColor2 	- 	second color of the gradient
'     dblRatio		-	 ratio of the first to second colors (in percents). 
'					If it is less 50%, second color prevails, if it is 
'					more 50%, first color prevails. 50% means equal amount of
'					both colors
'     dblSharpness 	- 	specifies sharpness of the border between colors 
'					(in percents). 0% means maximum blur, 100% means no 
'					blur at all.
'     intType		- 	specifies a gradient type: diagonal, back diagonal, 
'					horizontal or vertical.
Function CreateBitmapWithGradient(intWidth, intHeight, _
	lngColor1, lngColor2, dblRatio, dblSharpness, intType)

	' Make sure, that specified arguments are in proper range.
	dblRatio = ValidateValue(dblRatio, 0, 100)
	dblSharpness = ValidateValue(dblSharpness, 0, 100)
	intType = ValidateValue(intType, 0, 3)
	
	' Create empty bitmap of specified dimensions and filled by
	' the second color.
	Dim objBitmap
	Set objBitmap = Server.CreateObject("GraphicsMill.Bitmap")
	objBitmap.CreateNew intWidth, intHeight, Format32bppRgb, lngColor2

	' Now draw a shape specifying the first color. If we produce
	' horizontal or vertical gradient, we should draw a rectangle.
	' If we make a diagonal, we draw right-angled triangle. 
	' If you want to add another kinds of gradient, add appropriate shape
	' here (e.g. ellipse for round gradient).
	objBitmap.Graphics.Brush.PrimaryColor = lngColor1
	Select Case intType
		Case GradientTypeDiagonal 
			DrawTriangleOnBitmap	objBitmap, 0, 0, _
					intWidth*dblRatio/50, 0, _
					0, intHeight*dblRatio/50

		Case GradientTypeBackDiagonal 
			DrawTriangleOnBitmap objBitmap, 0, intHeight, _
				 		intWidth*dblRatio/50, intHeight, _
						0, intHeight*(50-dblRatio)/50

		Case GradientTypeHorizontal
			objBitmap.Graphics.DrawRectangle 0, 0, _
				intWidth*dblRatio/100, intHeight, True, False

		Case GradientTypeVertical
			objBitmap.Graphics.DrawRectangle 0, 0, _
				intWidth, intHeight*dblRatio/100, True, False
	End Select

	' To achieve gradient effect, we should apply blur. The blur radius is
	' calculated in the following way: get maximum possible blur radius for 
	' this image and reduce it according to dblSharpness argument. Under 
	' maximum blur radius considered a distance from the colors boundary
	' to the edge of the bitmap.

	Dim dblMaxBlurRadius
	Select Case intType
		Case GradientTypeDiagonal, GradientTypeBackDiagonal 
			If intWidth < intHeight Then
				dblMaxBlurRadius = intWidth * (50 - Abs(50 - dblRatio)) / 100  
			Else
				dblMaxBlurRadius = intHeight * (50 - Abs(50 - dblRatio)) / 100  
			End If

		Case GradientTypeHorizontal
			dblMaxBlurRadius = intWidth * (50 - Abs(50 - dblRatio)) / 100  

		Case GradientTypeVertical
			dblMaxBlurRadius = intHeight * (50 - Abs(50 - dblRatio)) / 100  

	End Select

	' Low sharpness produce blurred result. High sharpness reduces blur.
	' Maximum sharpness (= 100) leads to radius = 0, so we do not apply blur
	' at all.
	Dim dblBlurRadius
	dblBlurRadius = dblMaxBlurRadius * (100 - dblSharpness) / 100

	' Apply blur
	If dblBlurRadius > 0 Then
		objBitmap.Effects.Blur dblBlurRadius
	End If
	
	' Return the result bitmap
	Set CreateBitmapWithGradient = objBitmap
	Set objBitmap = Nothing
End Function

'------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Function DrawTriangleOnBitmap
'
'    This helper function draws a triangle on given bitmap
'
'  Argument list:
'
'     objBitmap	- a bitmap where to draw the triangle.
'     X1, Y1 	- coordinates of the first triangle point.
'     X2, Y2 	- coordinates of the second triangle point.
'     X3, Y3 	- coordinates of the third triangle point.
'
Sub DrawTriangleOnBitmap(objBitmap, X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3)
	Dim poly(5)
	poly(0) = X1
	poly(1) = Y1

	poly(2) = X2
	poly(3) = Y2

	poly(4) = X3
	poly(5) = Y3

	objBitmap.Graphics.DrawPolygon poly, True, False
End Sub

'------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Function ValidateValue
'
'    This helper function ensures that given value fits to
'    specified bounds. This implementation returns a min
'    or max bound if the value exceed the boundaries. 
'
'  Argument list:
'
'     Value - the value to check.
'     Min   - the lower bound.
'     Max   - the upper bound.
'
Function ValidateValue(Value, Min, Max)
	If Value < Min Then
		ValidateValue = Min
	Else
		If Value > Max Then
			ValidateValue = Max
		Else
			ValidateValue = Value
		End If
	End If	
End Function
%>

Edited by user Thursday, December 20, 2007 6:37:23 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Fedor  
#6 Posted : Tuesday, December 9, 2003 11:07:00 PM(UTC)
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Thank you! Please send me (submit case) sample images in order I posted them here. We plan to add support of attachments for such purposes soon.

Edited by user Friday, May 23, 2008 4:25:17 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Best regards,

Fedor Skvortsov

Morph  
#7 Posted : Tuesday, December 9, 2003 11:16:00 PM(UTC)
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Just sent. But I think you'd better to do it by yourself, because "trial version" text boxes don't beautify them... ;) This code 100% working, I've tested it pretty hard.
Fedor  
#8 Posted : Tuesday, December 9, 2003 11:26:00 PM(UTC)
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Thanks Morph. Here are images:

Edited by user Monday, December 21, 2009 3:14:45 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Fedor attached the following image(s):
GraphicsMill_GradientBackDiagonal.png
GraphicsMill_GradientDiagonal.png
GraphicsMill_GradientHorizontal.png
GraphicsMill_GradientVertical.png
Best regards,

Fedor Skvortsov

ark2  
#9 Posted : Friday, July 8, 2005 9:27:00 PM(UTC)
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Hi,

Ok, I came across and bought your component just now, could you advise if the gradient fills are really coming? It's been 1.5 years since your post.

Any chance you could post a roadmap for the activex component development?

thanks,

ark

Andrew  
#10 Posted : Sunday, July 10, 2005 5:14:00 PM(UTC)
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Hi Ark,

It is unlikely that it will be added in the nearest future.

But you can draw shapes with gradient fill using the mask technique which we discussed in our email correspondence:

  1. Generate a gradient image as discussed above.

  2. Create alpha channel for this image (i.e. create a black bitmap of the same dimensions, draw necessary shapes using white color, and convert it to grayscale).

  3. Use objBitmap.Channels.Replace method to replace an alpha channel of the gradient image by the image created on the previous step.

Edited by user Thursday, December 20, 2007 6:37:43 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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