[Plugin][Code]SKMtools,Material/ImageTools

TIG

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677 Here is an updated version with the 'loader' script adjusted to avoid earlier loading scripts messing up the 'dir/load' paths...

Box

Perfect Tig, thanks, works now.

TIG

Here's an update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677
It includes new methods:-

Material.save_texture_and_thumbnail(folder)

saves Material's texture [if any] and its thumbnail [png] into a subfolder named after the material in 'folder' - returns that subfolder path or nil.

SKM.save_texture_and_thumbnail(path_skm, folder)

saves SKM's texture [if any] and its thumbnail [png] to a subfolder named after the SKM in 'folder' - returns taht subfolder path or nil

SKM.extract(path_skm, 'folder')

extracts all of the SKM's data into a 'hash': if the optional 'folder' is given the files from the SKM are extracted into a subfolder named after the SKM in 'folder'. All of the available SKM data is accessible from the 'hash', if 'folder' is given then the paths to the texture/thumbnail etc are accessible...

ImageAnimator

new menu items 'Make_Unique' and 'Clone'.

See individual tools threads for more details...

TIG

Here's another update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677
It contains a new tool ' gifxtractor' which lets you quickly extract PNG files for each frame in a given animated GIF file...

ken

TIG

It appears that the version, ....3a.zip is missing two images for the last two menu items, make unique and clone.

Thanks for all of your work.

Ken

TIG

Ken, the two new ' ImageAnimator' tools ' Make_Unique' and ' Clone' should only have appeared in the View > ImageAnimator sub-menu as they are not that often used - the toolbar buttons were a result of a typo in my code
This is the updated version ..13b...http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677

xrok1

WOW!
good work

erikB

tig,
fantastic ruby !
Only I can't seem to find the "make unique button"
In stead I see two times : set folder from selected images to Nil ?

greetings,

erikB

TIG

erikB

Another typo in my code the latest [corrected] version is here
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677
This version also includes 'ImageTrimmer' - a tool to trim around transparent areas in a .png Image and make a new Component - useful to trim around 'cardboard' cutout people from photos etc... see here for more details http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=294815#p294815

TIG

Here's an update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677
The 'ImageTrimmer' now has an option to simplify the outline and a new separate tool to do this post processing too.

TIG

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

There has been a lone report of these tools not working - with a '.jar' file 'opening' rather than 'running'!
Many of these tools use small Java '.jar' executable files that do specific tasks like zip/unzip and image manipulation.

I have found that I can reproduce this weirdness IF I let a 'zip/unzip' application like AlZip or WinRar 'poach' the '.jar' file-type as one that it will open. If so then when Ruby tries to 'open' a '.jar' file instead of it 'executing' in Java [like it should], it 'opens' in the decompression application...

The solution = look at your WinRar etc settings and ensure '.jar' is NOT one of its file-types for opening...

TIG

Here's an update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677
A stupid typo preventing ImageTrimmer working properly on MAC is now corrected.

TIG

Here's an update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677
The time-out for ImageTrimmer file creation extended to 60secs to cater for larger files being slow to complete...

TIG

Here's an update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677
Some scripts have been recast to address glitches with MAC file paths.
Everyone should update to these new versions...

TIG

Here's another update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677
ImageTrimmer time-out for larger .dat files extended, EdgeDetector.jar improved...

TIG

Here's an update - some minor issues fixed... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677

TIG

Here's another update - ImageTrimmer processing speed has been improved and 'hanging' is now much less likely... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677

Ben Ritter

Thank you TIG

TIG

Here's another update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677
The Image and Material class extended methods will now only load if not already defined by SUp itself [==future-proofing since there's no medium-term hope of them doing this themselves?].

TIG

Here's an update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293677#p293677
ImageTrimmer - glitches with simplify etc addressed and speed improved.