Alastair, do you already have a Adobe based document or are you going to create one? What are the locations of the marks on the map based on? Where do you get the data from, which format?
If the marks are all the same visually I would prefer to actually render the image in QC myself using a x/y-list for the marks rather than importing tons of mega bytes in graphics. You may use an Accumulator patch to render each mark one by one. best, Achim Breidenbach Boinx Software Ltd. On 06.08.2013, at 12:45, Adrian Ward wrote: > > Use Photoshop to prepare your artwork, using its Animation palette to define > the visibility of each layer on a frame-by-frame basis (that's the most > awkward part, but a 100 frames won't take you that long to do). > > Then export as animated GIF, drag into QC and use the Image Importer's > "Extract All Images" option to produce a structure filled with each frame in > the right order. > > I used this technique to turn a 30 page PPT into a simple QTZ without too > much hassle not too long ago. > > Downsides: > - 256 colour GIF palette > - Not very efficient: a full-screen GIF with 100 frames will use a lot > of resources! > > Hope this helps. > > > Ade. > > > On 6 Aug 2013, at 11:20, Alastair Leith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi list >> >> I'm looking for a way to get an image structure into QC. But I don't want to >> use a multipage application to get it in. I already can use a PDF and the >> stock patch or Kineme's superior PDF Render patch to bring a multipage PDF >> into QC and extract an image. >> >> Would be great if the Image Importer patch could separate layers in a >> Photoshop, Illustrator, Tiff, single page PDF file but it can't I just >> tried. If Apple gave a toss about QC I'd make that as a feature request, but >> yeah…crickets. >> >> I want to be able to separate an image with 100s of marker symbols on a >> map. (I can write a Javascript to do that in AI or PS). Then have that >> import so that each layer comes in at the same dimension of the whole map >> but I can discretely switch each layer on and off in a iterator. That way I >> can switch on layer 2,3,4,… at intervals of one or two seconds and then >> speed up logarithmically until I'm switching them on at 10 Hz or >> whatever.... as in: >> plop, plop, plop, plp ,pl , pp , ppp, pppp ,pppppppp… >> >> >> Any ideas. I suppose it would be possible to place a multilayered AI file >> with 100+ layers in ID. Duplicate the page 100+ times then write a >> Javascript to edit the layer visibility options of each placed file on each >> page but I really can't be arsed with attempting that, too ugly... not sure >> scripting can even access layer options in placed files. >> >> >> The other thing that occurred to me is using some kind of 3D file format >> which I can break into discrete graphical elements inside QC and still keep >> there (X,Y) position or even animate it but I don't have much 3D experience… >> >> Another idea is to write a script to suck the X,Y data out of Illustrator >> file into a CSV then use iterator or Kineme GL Family patches to draw >> multiple instances using the X,Y data. But i just want an easy way please :-) >> >> Best >> Alastair >> >> Alastair I Leith >> >> Useful Design >> 03 9480 5506 >> 0432 889 831 >> 30 Birch St >> West Preston >> VIC 3072 Au >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/adrian%40clayinteractive.co.uk >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/achim%40boinx.com > > This email sent to [email protected]
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