Re: [Synfig-user] scaling and transforming shapes using external data

2014-03-16 Thread Dieter Grass
Thanks for your support. I will go through your listed links and come back for further questions later :) Dieter > Hello! > > 2014-03-15 15:17 GMT+07:00 Carlos López González : >> What you really need is something that I have in mind since long time that >> is a link between the external data an

Re: [Synfig-user] scaling and transforming shapes using external data

2014-03-16 Thread Dieter Grass
Does there already exist some (preliminary) work on such a solution? Dieter > What you really need is something that I have in mind since long time > that is a link between the external data and the values in the document. > The simplest way is to have one value node type that reads the values >

Re: [Synfig-user] scaling and transforming shapes using external data

2014-03-15 Thread Konstantin Dmitriev
Hello! 2014-03-15 15:17 GMT+07:00 Carlos López González : > What you really need is something that I have in mind since long time that > is a link between the external data and the values in the document. The > simplest way is to have one value node type that reads the values from an > external fi

Re: [Synfig-user] scaling and transforming shapes using external data

2014-03-15 Thread Carlos López González
What you really need is something that I have in mind since long time that is a link between the external data and the values in the document. The simplest way is to have one value node type that reads the values from an external file (a text file with pairs of time and value) so you can use that v

Re: [Synfig-user] scaling and transforming shapes using external data

2014-03-14 Thread Dieter Grass
Thanks for the answer(s). I already thought to write a Python script to generate a .sif file. The point is that I would like to see (learn) quite easily how I have to structure such a .sif file. Beside that I have to learn Python more deeply since my experiences are very rudimentary. Therefore

Re: [Synfig-user] scaling and transforming shapes using external data

2014-03-14 Thread Konstantin Dmitriev
Hello! 2014-03-14 16:18 GMT+07:00 Dieter Grass : > Furthermore I get external > data for their positions and scaling (sizes). This information should > then be used to animate the scenery. At first glance the best is to write a Python script, which will generate a .sif file for you. You also can a

Re: [Synfig-user] scaling and transforming shapes using external data

2014-03-14 Thread Carlos López González
Hi Dieter, El viernes, 14 de marzo de 2014, Dieter Grass escribió: > Hi, > > I'm new here in the mailing-list and a complete beginner concerning 2D > animations. > > The problem that I try to solve with synfig is the following: > > In a first step I want to define some shapes. You have two alte

[Synfig-user] scaling and transforming shapes using external data

2014-03-14 Thread Dieter Grass
Hi, I'm new here in the mailing-list and a complete beginner concerning 2D animations. The problem that I try to solve with synfig is the following: In a first step I want to define some shapes. Furthermore I get external data for their positions and scaling (sizes). This information should t