Curves are generally slower to use as controls during drawing, but it's not just because of the drawing expenses (almost not at all because of that in fact, there is hardly any difference between a 20 points icon and a 6 points multi emulating a null).
A striaght OGL drawing of those lines in a null would be considerably faster. On playback, in a half decent rig, you wouldn't be displaying curves though, and at that point who cares? :) On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Edy Susanto Lim <edysusant...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> > > > -- > Edy Susanto Lim > TD > http://sawamura.neorack.com > -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
