Merci Ahmidou. I'm fluent!   :p
btw, is that comparison is 16 points lin curve againts a null with circle
shape (which has 16 points) ?

-edy


On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou....@gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Edy :)
> From my test, a 16 point linear curve is 30% slower than a null... I
> didn't expect that.
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> Ahmidou Lyazidi
> Director | TD | CG artist
> http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos
> http://www.cappuccino-films.com
>
>
> 2013/6/24 Edy Susanto Lim <edysusant...@gmail.com>
>
>> slightly off topic.. I'm now wondering how much is the time difference of
>> a null object drawing compared to a linear curve...
>> Congrats for the release btw :) (shake hands)
>>
>> -edy
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Ahmidou Lyazidi 
>> <ahmidou....@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunatly we don't have 2014 at work, and I'm on win7 at home, but
>>> you can get the sources here:
>>> https://bitbucket.org/ahmidou_lyazidi/al_icons/src
>>>
>>> About the benefits, well not that much :)
>>> I was frustrated by the null's icons and the fact that you can't rotate
>>> them, so when the custom primitive came out,
>>> that was an occasion to play with them. Actually I was excpecting a
>>> better performance... but that still OK
>>> The two things I see is it's typed as an Icon, so it's easier and more
>>> robust to filter and you can't accidentaly edit them.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>> Ahmidou Lyazidi
>>> Director | TD | CG artist
>>> http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos
>>> http://www.cappuccino-films.com
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/6/21 Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> Any chance for Linux support?
>>>>
>>>> Also, what do you see as the benefits to OpenGL icons over say,
>>>> curve-based ones?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou....@gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi gang,
>>>>> I was missing this feature since a long time so I gave it a go
>>>>> This plugin use a json file as definition so you can add as many
>>>>> shapes as you want.
>>>>>
>>>>> things to know:
>>>>> -It have SRT offset and size parameters, and currently support only
>>>>> one closed curve per icon.
>>>>> -The icon.json file must be in the same directory than the dll (in
>>>>> the plugin folder), and the definition is a flat array of formatted
>>>>> like this [x0,x1,x2...,y0,y1,y2...,z0,z1,z2...].
>>>>> -Performance wise, a quick benchmark showed that it's ~7% slower than
>>>>> a curve equivalent, but the good thing is that it has it's own type (Icon)
>>>>> and can be filtered .
>>>>> -The primitive is located in the create>primitive menu
>>>>>
>>>>> -You need to install this: http://www.microsoft
>>>>> .com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679
>>>>> -It's not tested that much, use it at you own risk!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Download: 
>>>>> AL_Icons<http://www.si-community.com/community/download/file.php?id=2981>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> A.
>>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>>> Ahmidou Lyazidi
>>>>> Director | TD | CG artist
>>>>> http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos
>>>>> http://www.cappuccino-films.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Edy Susanto Lim
>> TD
>> http://sawamura.neorack.com
>>
>
>


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