Rotating an off-centered image in Processing - image

I'm working on a digital vinyl record player project, and am currently stuck on the vinyl part. I have found many tutorials on how to rotate an image using rotate() and translate(), but all those tutorials take for granted that the image is at the center of the window. My vinyl is not. Help please?

The code in your comment should work:
void draw() {
background(0);
counter++;
translate(width/2-img.width/2, height/2-img.height/2);
rotate(counter*TWO_PI/360);
translate(-img.width/2, -img.height/2);
image(img,0,0);
}
To make it easier to handle even more than one image rotating from its centre it might be worth isolating the image's coordinate system using pushMatrix()/popMatrix() (see the 2D Transformations Processing tutorial for more details):
void draw() {
background(0);
//draw everything from the centre
translate(width/2,height/2);
counter++;
//isolate image coordinate system
pushMatrix();
//move to centre of image
translate(img.width/2, img.height/2);
//rotate from centre
rotate(counter*TWO_PI/360);
//translate back to corner
translate(-img.width/2, -img.height/2);
//render image
image(img,0,0);
//exit image coordinate system, return to Processing's global coordinates
popMatrix();
}

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Pick up a color from canvas

I want to pick up a color from drawn canvas.
I found get() function, but it can get color only from image.
Is there some way to get color from current canvas?
You can get() colour from your current canvas: just address the PGraphics instance you need (even the global one) and be sure to call loadPixels() first.
Here's tweaked version of Processing > Examples > Basics > Image > LoadDisplayImage:
/**
* Load and Display
*
* Images can be loaded and displayed to the screen at their actual size
* or any other size.
*/
PImage img; // Declare variable "a" of type PImage
void setup() {
size(640, 360);
// The image file must be in the data folder of the current sketch
// to load successfully
img = loadImage("https://processing.org/examples/moonwalk.jpg"); // Load the image into the program
}
void draw() {
// Displays the image at its actual size at point (0,0)
image(img, 0, 0);
// Displays the image at point (0, height/2) at half of its size
image(img, 0, height/2, img.width/2, img.height/2);
//load pixels so they can be read via get()
loadPixels();
// colour pick
int pickedColor = get(mouseX,mouseY);
// display for demo purposes
fill(pickedColor);
ellipse(mouseX,mouseY,30,30);
fill(brightness(pickedColor) > 127 ? color(0) : color(255));
text(hex(pickedColor),mouseX+21,mouseY+6);
}
It boils down to calling loadPixels(); before get().
Above we're reading pixels from the sketch's global PGraphics buffer.
You can apply the same logic but reference a different PGraphics buffer depending on your setup.

LibGDX Box2D matrix rendering question when using viewports

I have a question regarding rendering with box2d and libgdx.
As you can see in the screenshot below I have a problem when changing the window resolution.
Box2d gets scaled over the entire screen although the viewport is only using a small portion of it. Also the lights get scaled and do not match the real position anymore (but I think this is related to the same issue).
My idea is that I somehow need to adjust the matrix (b2dCombinedMatrix) for box2d before rendering but I have no idea how.
Personally I think that I need to tell it that it should use the same "render boundaries" as the viewport but I cannot figure out how to do that.
Here is the render method (the issue is after the draw lights comments part):
public void render(final float alpha) {
viewport.apply();
spriteBatch.begin();
AnimatedTiledMapTile.updateAnimationBaseTime();
if (mapRenderer.getMap() != null) {
mapRenderer.setView(gameCamera);
for (TiledMapTileLayer layer : layersToRender) {
mapRenderer.renderTileLayer(layer);
}
}
// render game objects first because they are in the same texture atlas as the map so we avoid a texture binding --> better performance
for (final Entity entity : gameObjectsForRender) {
renderEntity(entity, alpha);
}
for (final Entity entity : charactersForRender) {
renderEntity(entity, alpha);
}
spriteBatch.end();
// draw lights
b2dCombinedMatrix.set(spriteBatch.getProjectionMatrix());
b2dCombinedMatrix.translate(0, RENDER_OFFSET_Y, 0);
rayHandler.setCombinedMatrix(b2dCombinedMatrix, gameCamera.position.x, gameCamera.position.y, gameCamera.viewportWidth, gameCamera.viewportHeight);
rayHandler.updateAndRender();
if (DEBUG) {
b2dRenderer.render(world, b2dCombinedMatrix);
Gdx.app.debug(TAG, "Last number of render calls: " + spriteBatch.renderCalls);
}
}
And this is the resize method which moves the viewport up by 4 world units:
public void resize(final int width, final int height) {
viewport.update(width, height, false);
// offset viewport by y-axis (get distance from viewport to viewport with offset)
renderOffsetVector.set(gameCamera.position.x - gameCamera.viewportWidth * 0.5f, RENDER_OFFSET_Y + gameCamera.position.y - gameCamera.viewportHeight * 0.5f, 0);
gameCamera.project(renderOffsetVector, viewport.getScreenX(), viewport.getScreenY(), viewport.getScreenWidth(), viewport.getScreenHeight());
viewport.setScreenY((int) renderOffsetVector.y);
}
After hours of fiddling around with the matrix I finally got it to work but there is actually a very easy solution to my problem :D
Basically the render method of the rayhandler was messing up my matrix calculations all the time and the reason is that I did not tell it to use a custom viewport.
So adjusting the resize method to this
public void resize(final int width, final int height) {
viewport.update(width, height, false);
// offset viewport by y-axis (get distance from viewport to viewport with offset)
renderOffsetVector.set(gameCamera.position.x - gameCamera.viewportWidth * 0.5f, RENDER_OFFSET_Y + gameCamera.position.y - gameCamera.viewportHeight * 0.5f, 0);
gameCamera.project(renderOffsetVector, viewport.getScreenX(), viewport.getScreenY(), viewport.getScreenWidth(), viewport.getScreenHeight());
viewport.setScreenY((int) renderOffsetVector.y);
rayHandler.useCustomViewport(viewport.getScreenX(), viewport.getScreenY(), viewport.getScreenWidth(), viewport.getScreenHeight());
}
and simplifying the render method to
// draw lights
rayHandler.setCombinedMatrix(gameCamera);
rayHandler.updateAndRender();
if (DEBUG) {
b2dRenderer.render(world, b2dCombinedMatrix);
Gdx.app.debug(TAG, "Last number of render calls: " + spriteBatch.renderCalls);
}
solved my problem.
Maybe I am stupid but I did not find useCustomViewport method in any of the documentations.
Anyway , solved!

On p5JS canvas changing background image showing already drawn objects behind the background image

I'm drawing some objects on canvas but if later I change the background image on demand, then already drawn objects are behind the background image. How to bring already drawn objects in front. Below is the sample code i'm using to change the background image.
function draw() { if(chnBg){ //if change background is clicked loadImage("images/Grid_Image.png",function(bg){
background(bg);
}); } }
You will need to set globalCompositeOperation to destination-over before drawing / changing the background image ...
let canvas;
// setup
function setup() {
canvas = createCanvas(width, height);
}
// draw
function draw() {
if (chnBg) { //if change background is clicked
loadImage("images/Grid_Image.png", function(bg) {
canvas.drawingContext.globalCompositeOperation = 'destination-over'; //<-- set this
background(bg);
});
}
}
You could just store your state in a data structure of some kind and redraw everything each frame.
Another approach would be to draw your objects to a buffer graphics instead of directly to the canvas. Then draw the background to the canvas, and then draw the buffer to the canvas.
More info is available in the reference.

changing center of rotation for a shape in processing

I am trying to rotate a vector I have created in illustrator using processing. I would like it to rotate this vector from it's center so it appears to be spinning as oppose to moving around an invisible point. Below is my attempt:
PShape WOE;
void setup(){
WOE = loadShape("WOE.svg");
size (500, 500);
smooth();
}
void draw(){
background(20);
shape(WOE, width/2, height/2, WOE.width, WOE.height); //draw shape in "center" of canvas (250, 250)
translate(-WOE.width/2, -WOE.height/2); //move shape so that center of shape is aligned with 250, 250
WOE.rotate(0.01);
}
From a strictly logical point of view this should work, however this results in the vector rotating around the center of the canvas, but approximately 100px away. I have tried using shapeMode(CENTER); but this unfortunately causes no improvement. Hope someone can help, thanks!
For Reference
Here is WOE.svg: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jp02yyfcrrnep93/WOE.svg?dl=0
I think part of your problem is that you're mixing rotating the shape and translating the entire sketch. I would try to stick with one or the other: either translate and rotate the entire sketch, or only translate and rotate the shape.
That being said, I'm not surprised this gave you trouble.
I would expect this to work:
PShape WOE;
void setup() {
size (500, 500);
WOE = loadShape("WOE.svg");
WOE.translate(-WOE.width/2, -WOE.height/2);
}
void draw() {
background(20);
WOE.rotate(.01);
shape(WOE, width/2, height/2);
}
However, this exhibits the same off-center behavior you're noticing. But if I switch to the P2D renderer, it works fine!
size (500, 500, P2D);
Now the shape is centered in the window and rotates around the shape's center. The difference between renderers seems buggy, but I can't find an open bug on GitHub. Edit: I found this SO question, which lead to this GitHub issue.
In any case, it might be easier to rotate the entire sketch instead of the shape:
PShape WOE;
float rotation = 0;
void setup() {
size (500, 500);
WOE = loadShape("WOE.svg");
shapeMode(CENTER);
}
void draw() {
background(20);
translate(width/2, height/2);
rotate(rotation);
shape(WOE);
rotation += .01;
}
This code works by translating the entire sketch to the center of the window, then rotating the entire sketch, then drawing the shape. Think of this like moving the camera instead of moving the shape. If you have other stuff to draw, then you can use the pushMatrix() and popMatrix() functions to isolate the transformation. This works the same in the default renderer and the P2D renderer.

Drag an Image in XNA

I am working on an app in which images are flying on the Screen.
I need to implement:
Hold onto any of the flying images on Tap
Drag the image to certain position of the user's choice by letting the user hold it.
Here is another easy way to do dragging.
Just draw your image (Texture2d) with respect to a Rectangle instead of Vector2.
Your image variables should look like this
Texture2d image;
Rectangle imageRect;
Draw your image with respect to "imageRect" in Draw() method.
spriteBatch.Draw(image,imageRect,Color.White);
Now in Update() method handle your image with single touch input.
//Move your image with your logic
TouchCollection touchLocations = TouchPanel.GetState();
foreach(TouchLocation touchLocation in touchLocations)
{
Rectangle touchRect = new Rectangle
(touchLocation.Position.X,touchLocation.Position.Y,10,10);
if(touchLocation.State == TouchLocationState.Moved
&& imageRect.Intersects(touchRect))
{
imageRect.X = touchRect.X;
imageRect.Y = touchRect.Y;
}
//you can bring more beauty by bringing centre point
//of imageRect instead of initial point by adding width
//and height to X and Y respectively and divide it by 2
There's a drag-and-drag example in XNA here: http://geekswithblogs.net/mikebmcl/archive/2011/03/27/drag-and-drop-in-a-windows-xna-game.aspx
When you load your image in, you'll need a BoundingBox or Rectangle Object to control where it is.
So, in the XNA app on your phone, you should have a couple of objects declared for your texture.
Texture2D texture;
BoundingBox bBox;
Vector2 position;
bool selected;
Then after you load your image content, keep your bounding box updated with the position of your image.
bBox.Min = new Vector3(position, 1.0f);
bBox.Max = new Vector3(position.X + texture.Width, position.Y + texture.Height, 0f);
Then also in your update method, you should have a touch collection initialized to handle input from the screen, get the positions of the touch collection, loop through them and see if they intersect your boundingbox.
foreach (Vector2 pos in touchPositions)
{
BoundingBox bb = new BoundingBox();
bb.Min = new Vector3(pos, 1.0f);
bb.Max = new Vector3(pos, 0f);
if (bb.Intersects(bBox)
{
if (selected)
{
//do something
}
else
{
selected = true;
}
}
}
From there, you have whether your object is selected or not. Then just use the gestures events to determine what you want to do with your texture object.

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