pwgl-users: PWGL Graphics Engine

[publst]

In the screen shots of PWGL in the current CMJ Spring 2009 article,  
the text look crisper and the graphics more precise when compared  
with the current release.

Has the graphics engine been improved or is the improved image of the  
images a result of the printing process?

Thanks

[Mika Kuuskankare]

A PWGL patch can be exported as EPS which results in a resolution  
independent image. Unlike these files, PWGL itself uses a self-baked  
font scheme that looks quite out-dated. This was, however, at the time  
the only possibility to get fonts up and running in PWGL's OpenGL  
interface.
I have a semi-experimental FTGL/freetype interface ready--which BTW  
does not come without problems either--but it will most likely not be  
included in PWGL in the very near feature. This would nevertheless  
bring the quality of the fonts on the screen closer to what people are  
used to and incidentally it would also allow the users to change the  
fonts freely.

In short, what you see on the screen is different from what you see in  
paper/exported image...

-Mika


On 20 May 2009, at 00:33, publst wrote:

> In the screen shots of PWGL in the current CMJ Spring 2009 article,  
> the text look crisper and the graphics more precise when compared  
> with the current release.
>
> Has the graphics engine been improved or is the improved image of  
> the images a result of the printing process?
>
> Thanks

Dr. Mika Kuuskankare
Researcher
Centre for Music & Technology
Sibelius Academy

Henkilökohtainen postiosoite/Personal post address
PL 342 - PO Box 342
FIN-00121 Helsinki, FINLAND
Mobile: [phone] (Finland)
Skype: mkuuskan
personal home page: www.siba.fi/~mkuuskan
project home page: www.siba.fi/PWGL

[publst]

Thanks for the response.

> but it will most likely not be included in PWGL in the very near  
> feature. This would nevertheless bring the quality of the fonts on  
> the screen closer to what people are used to and incidentally it  
> would also allow the users to change the fonts freely.

Good to hear that this will happen sometime.
Also the ability to customize fonts will be most welcome.

The edges of the graphics, eg. the sides of the boxes, tends to step  
unevenly as the image is zoomed in and out.
Perhaps this could be addressed sometime.

One useful graphical feature would be to have an invisible coarse  
snapping grid for all the boxes, so that they could easily be aligned  
manually as they are created, rather than aligning them after they  
have been placed with the current pixel accuracy.


On 19 May 2009, at 23:54, Mika Kuuskankare wrote:

> A PWGL patch can be exported as EPS which results in a resolution  
> independent image. Unlike these files, PWGL itself uses a self-
> baked font scheme that looks quite out-dated. This was, however, at  
> the time the only possibility to get fonts up and running in PWGL's  
> OpenGL interface.
> I have a semi-experimental FTGL/freetype interface ready--which BTW  
> does not come without problems either--but it will most likely not  
> be included in PWGL in the very near feature. This would  
> nevertheless bring the quality of the fonts on the screen closer to  
> what people are used to and incidentally it would also allow the  
> users to change the fonts freely.
>
> In short, what you see on the screen is different from what you see  
> in paper/exported image...
>
> -Mika
>
>
> On 20 May 2009, at 00:33, publst wrote:
>
>> In the screen shots of PWGL in the current CMJ Spring 2009  
>> article, the text look crisper and the graphics more precise when  
>> compared with the current release.
>>
>> Has the graphics engine been improved or is the improved image of  
>> the images a result of the printing process?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Dr. Mika Kuuskankare
> Researcher
> Centre for Music & Technology
> Sibelius Academy
>
> Henkilökohtainen postiosoite/Personal post address
> PL 342 - PO Box 342
> FIN-00121 Helsinki, FINLAND
> Mobile: [phone] (Finland)
> Skype: mkuuskan
> personal home page: www.siba.fi/~mkuuskan
> project home page: www.siba.fi/PWGL
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[publst]

Is there a frequency shifter (like a bode) or something similar in  
the synth.
I looked and can't find anything that seems to perform such a function.

Is it possible to process MIDI note input and remap it to new note  
values using a list in real time?

Thanks

[publst]

The download link for Mac OS X (Intel) version of PWGL RC 15 is non  
functioning.

Regards
P

[Mika Kuuskankare]

thanks, fixed.

On 7.10.2009, at 17:44, publst wrote:

> The download link for Mac OS X (Intel) version of PWGL RC 15 is non  
> functioning.
>
> Regards
> P

Dr. Mika Kuuskankare
Composer, programmer and researcher
Centre for Music & Technology
Sibelius Academy

Henkilökohtainen postiosoite/Personal post address
PL 342 - PO Box 342
FIN-00121 Helsinki, FINLAND
Mobile: [phone] (Finland)
Skype: mkuuskan
personal home page: www.siba.fi/~mkuuskan
project home page: www.siba.fi/PWGL

[publst]

Hello

Please advise if it is planned for PWGL to have support for OSC output  
in the future.

Thanks
P