Release: PBMesh, v0.1

Release Type: Production
Version: 0.1
Release Notes

PBMesh is a plugin that allows you to quickly warp images for different kinds of cylindrical and spherical projections.

More information on how to use this patch, as well as some sample meshes, can be found on Paul Bourke's site: http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/projection/warppatch/

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incompatible with Apple PhotoBooth

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configuration: iMac Intel 17" 2006 Mac OS X 10.4.11

bug: PhotoBooth starts up but does not display video window.

typical console log: Photo Booth[3610] Exception raised during posting of notification. Ignored. exception: -[PBMesh initWithClass:]: ivar "inputImage" of class "PBMesh" is not a subclass of GFPort

cwright pictureLeopard Only

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This plugin is leopard-only at the moment, and uses some added parts from 10.5 that aren't available in 10.4 (hence the error message). Would you like a Tiger-compatible build?

Hi, do you know of anyway to

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Hi, do you know of anyway to reduce the 'blockyness' or pixellation that results in the most warped areas of the image using this plugin?

It's almost like the plugin needs to be sent a higher resolution to process than the one that is set automatically when scaling the viewer. If you know what I mean..

Cheers

cwright picturescreenshots and compositions?

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Can you provide a sample screenshot and composition (with corresponding warp mesh data)? It should use bilinear filtering across the mesh, which shouldn't pixelate (it should blur, if anything)...

I'll get one to you this

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I'll get one to you this evening.

zip attached

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Zip attached.

One cube, in a 'render in image' going to both PBmesh and a billboard.

Two snapshots, one with PBmesh visible, the other the billboard.

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