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Offline smeighan

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Nutcracker: New release, Matrix target
« on: April 09, 2012, »
There are lots of changes with this release on the target generation.

1) I changed the prompts from 16 to 7. I had an "aha" that allows this reduction. I will explain it in a future tutorial.
2) GIF's now autoscale. The more pixels in your RGB device, the larger the gif. This allows comparing smaller and larger tree counts.
3) Any number of folds now allowed in the target generation.
4) A string does not need to be divisible by the folds evenly. Take a 100 pixel string and fold 3 times, the extra 10 pixels wrap to the 4th strand.
5) The target generator only shows your strings and pixels (No more 'Nutcracker Pixels')
6) The target generator colors your strings. You can use this for building instructions
7) Matrix is now activated! So you have mega-tree, matrix and ray. Ray will create something , but the dimensions are wrong. Future release will fully fix Ray also.
8) If your target is missing a file, your target will be shown in RED. To fix any RED lines, just click on your target and re-submit the form in the TARGET screen.



9) if you are making Matrix displays always set your display window to 360 degrees.

So, how does the Matrix look as compared to the Mega-Tree?


This is going to show 16 strings of 100 pixels folded in different ways. Other than the folds, all other settings are the same.
array_to_save
username   f
user_target   AA_MATRIX7
effect_class   butterfly
effect_name   FLY_0_0_MATRIX
window_degrees   360
frame_delay   50
sparkles   0
seq_duration   5
formula   1
radian_shift   .05
start_color   #FFFFFF
end_color   #FFFFFF
background_chunk   #FFFFFF
background_skip   #FFFFFF
background_color   #000000
submit   Submit Form to create your effect
OBJECT_NAME   butterfly




Matrix, 3 fold


Matrix, 4 fold


Matrix, 7 fold



Matrx, 4 fold. text example


Matrix, 4 fold.  Meteor example
Sean
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Re: Nutcracker: New release, Matrix target
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2012, »
BEAUTIFUL!

Just keeps getting better and better.   <res.

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Re: Nutcracker: New release, Matrix target
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2012, »
You just gave me an answer to a burning question about using a grid for displaying a message.  <res.

Now if I have time for using it in my July 4th show.

Thanks a whole bunch.
 

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Re: Nutcracker: New release, Matrix target
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2012, »
This is really looking great! I will work it tonight!

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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2012, »
This is just getting amazing! Hope i can get away enough to make your classes at the Academy to get up to speed on it!

RJ
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Re: Nutcracker: New release, Matrix target
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This is just getting amazing! Hope i can get away enough to make your classes at the Academy to get up to speed on it!

RJ

And I hope to come to yours. I hope we dont get scheduled at the same time

lol
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Re: Nutcracker: New release, Matrix target
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2012, »
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You just gave me an answer to a burning question about using a grid for displaying a message.  <res.

Now if I have time for using it in my July 4th show.

Thanks a whole bunch.

I am hoping to have a flag waving and fireworks done by end of june (i hope)
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« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2012, »
Oh dio not talk abot scheduling with me right now!!    <yk..

It is not fun as everything had rules, like one guy that could not have any classes on Sunday   <res.

Did the best I could to make it all work. Should be posting it soon.

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You just gave me an answer to a burning question about using a grid for displaying a message.  <res.

Now if I have time for using it in my July 4th show.

Thanks a whole bunch.

I am hoping to have a flag waving and fireworks done by end of june (i hope)

My show will go up about 12 days before July 4th.

I just hope I can figure out the griding of my nodes before then.

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Re: Nutcracker: New release, Matrix target
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2012, »
Awesome! Thank you, thank you.  I"ll have to try this tonight.

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« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2012, »
Sean,

Very impressive!  I am amazed at what you have created in such a short time.   <res.

I always look forward to your threads.

Richard (from SoCal)   :)

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Re: Nutcracker: New release, Matrix target
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2012, »
When I create a grid of 7 CCR's of 50 pix with 2 folds (up then down), I get a grid of 7 up and then down according to the chart.  Looks good, 25 pix up and 25 pix down.  When I apply an effect it comes out 14 pix high and 14 across instead of 25 high and 14 across.  What am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance for your help.

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When I create a grid of 7 CCR's of 50 pix with 2 folds (up then down), I get a grid of 7 up and then down according to the chart.  Looks good, 25 pix up and 25 pix down.  When I apply an effect it comes out 14 pix high and 14 across instead of 25 high and 14 across.  What am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance for your help.

Can you please include your login name to Nutcracker and maybe the effect name you were doing? There are now nearly 300 users who have defined 760 effects.



I tried 7 strings, 50 pixels each, folds=2.

i put a butterfly effect on it, it seems correct

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When I create a grid of 7 CCR's of 50 pix with 2 folds (up then down), I get a grid of 7 up and then down according to the chart.  Looks good, 25 pix up and 25 pix down.  When I apply an effect it comes out 14 pix high and 14 across instead of 25 high and 14 across.  What am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance for your help.

Can you please include your login name to Nutcracker and maybe the effect name you were doing? There are now nearly 300 users who have defined 760 effects.



I tried 7 strings, 50 pixels each, folds=2.

i put a butterfly effect on it, it seems correct



That's the same image I came up with.  I guess what I'm looking for is 25 pix bottom to top (half of a 50 pix CCR) then 25 pix top to bottom (the other half of the CCR folded down). 7 of these CCR's folded up and down and side by side across from left to right.  Jimmytown745

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Re: Nutcracker: New release, Matrix target
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When I create a grid of 7 CCR's of 50 pix with 2 folds (up then down), I get a grid of 7 up and then down according to the chart.  Looks good, 25 pix up and 25 pix down.  When I apply an effect it comes out 14 pix high and 14 across instead of 25 high and 14 across.  What am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance for your help.

try 1 fold to get 25 up