Tiled Background

[tulamide]

Another simple convenience graphics module. Tiled Background automatically repeats a bitmap as often as needed to fill the front panel. It is best suited for seamless tilable graphics, as the images show.

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r1:

fixed an issue with a cpu hog caused by 0x0 bitmaps.

r2:

fixed an issue with misaligned non-square tiles.
added a wireless input connector to mgui.

[RJHollins]

now that is cool ! Will check this out.

THX

[Nubeat7]

you can do this also with ruby using the TextureBrush, here is an example

[tulamide]

now that is cool ! Will check this out.

THX

Hope it helps you

[tulamide]

you can do this also with ruby using the TextureBrush, here is an example

Thank you very much! It's always nice to have green and ruby versions, so everyone can use whatever is preferred. I like this version for its simplicity. Plus, it doesn't have issues with empty bitmaps (which was the reason for the cpu hog in my older version)

[tester]

Thanks, I was just thinking about having such fellow on board here. While I agree with the statement that it is good to have both types (ruby and green - you never know what may be useful at the time) under your hand, I also prefer green one in this case.

[Perfect Human Interface]

Hi, thanks for this. It's very useful.

A couple of things:
-it doesn't seem to tile correctly with non-square tiles
-I can't see it in my plugin's top level (am I being stupid? )

[MyCo]

It would be better if you would draw to a bitmap instead of a view. So the tile code only runs inside FS and is purged when you export as EXE/VST. Instead you have an image that was rendered. I've done it that way with my own background generator long time ago:
http://www.synthmaker.co.uk/forum/viewt ... 92&p=82421

[tulamide]

A couple of things:
-it doesn't seem to tile correctly with non-square tiles
-I can't see it in my plugin's top level (am I being stupid? )

Thank you for pointing this out to me!
- The second issue is solved very quick. I forgot to add a wireless input to the mgui. Just look inside the module and add it. I will correct this in a new version.
- I will investigate the first issue. But first I have to create a non-square tile I hope it's not the single precision floats that are causing this (then it's probably only doable with ruby)

It would be better if you would draw to a bitmap instead of a view. So the tile code only runs inside FS and is purged when you export as EXE/VST. Instead you have an image that was rendered. I've done it that way with my own background generator long time ago:
http://www.synthmaker.co.uk/forum/viewt ... 92&p=82421

Phew! For a second I thought I did just something already done aeons ago. Luckily they differ.

I wasn't sure if doing a bitmap was really meaningful at that stage, because there might be a lot of other elements that also won't change. It would be better then to draw all of them (incl the tiled background) to a bitmap. The smaller the plugin size, the better, I would say.

[JB_AU]

Cheers, this makes my interfaces not so plain