[PD] GEM - The Relationship Between [translate] and [rectangle]?

[J bz]

Thanks guys, just what I needed.

All the best,

Julian


On 21 July 2010 23:58, Marco Donnarumma <devel at thesaddj.com> wrote:

> Hi Julian,
> sorry if you already did it, but you might be interested in surfing through
> the Help browser (ctrl+b) > manuals > 2.Image/
> That includes all you need to know to solve these kind of problems.
>
> However [translate] moves the [rectangle] on X, Y and Z axis.
> Your movie is texturized onto the [rectangle].
> Therefore the dimension of the rectangle represent the ratio of your movie.
>
> Divide the width (in pixel) of your movie by its height to get the exact
> ratio, then set properly [rectangle] dimension.
>
> Say you have a movie 800x600px.
>
> 800 / 600 = 1.333
>
> (we assume 3 is your maximum height for [rectangle])
>
> 3 * 1.333 = 4
>
> your ratio = 4/3
> therefore what you need is [rectangle 4 3]
>
> this is just a rough solution, but it might help you understanding the
> issue.
>
> best,
>
> M
>
>
>
>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:25:49 +0100
>> From: J bz <jbeezez at googlemail.com>
>> Subject: [PD] GEM - The Relationship Between [translate] and
>>        [rectangle]?
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>> Hey again,
>>
>> So,
>>
>> I have my 3 avi's with 3 seperate [gemheads] which I can now move around
>> the
>> [gemwin].  Cool.
>>
>> Could someone enlighten me towards the relationships between [translate]
>> and
>> [rectangle] please?
>>
>> I would like to keep the original aspect ratios for the 3 avi's.  Avi 1 is
>> an odd shape  - w432 h768 - (it's approximately half of my laptop desktop
>> recorded with RecordMyDesktop) and avi 2&3 are recorded off bog-standard
>> camera's, so are 320x240. The larger file is on the left of my gemwindow
>> with the 2 other avi's to the right, one above the other.  I have added
>> the
>> widths of film 1 and film 2 with little borders which gives [dimen 762
>> 768(.  I can move the files around and get an approximate fit moving
>> between
>> each [translate] and [rectangle] but I get the feeling there is a more
>> rigorous approach.
>>
>> Apologies in advance if I have missed something in the helpfiles or
>> various
>> tutorials but I can't seem to find the info I'm looking for.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Julian
>>
>
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