[REQ] / Question if exists: Stamp Watermark Plugin
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lets not forget watermarks can be very elaborate, and a text element could be updated from a ruby webdialog...
Remember this watermark?
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Yes,
as the sketchup api is meant to be very broad and flexible for developers I do think that it should be possible to access data, edit data in and out and even display that in certain ways. I just cant do it, my programming skills end at "if else then do "" ".
Thanks to all of you for your input and opinions.
@Pilou: that's something I will keep in mind, definitely of use for certain circumstances.
I dont know how many of you are in the field of architecture but I guess quite a few - from my experience through some years such stamps are common and that for a good reason: to keep track of project's process, always visible, digitally or printed.
Some would be thankful for something alike I think.
Maybe there will be some one day, would be a project for me to get a little into programming, too..
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there are a number of inconveniences if you try using ruby...
I created an editable title-block, and it makes an image to use as a watermark...
In runs inside an SU webdialog, so it 'could' add model title and dates automagicly...
but you need to add the resulting watermark image manually...
also, it can't do transparency so, I'm not that happy with it...
in this result, I can change ant text in a new webdialog, and then add the new watermark...
sort of works, should I pursue it?john
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Another issue with the title-block in SU "Make" is that SketchUp Make (Free version) is no longer supposed to be used for professional (commercial) work. A title-block insinuates professional work. I'm not saying I agree with their business model, I think it's wholly unenforceable and rather self destructive as a marketing plan. However, one should be warned that this is part of the user agreement of SketchUp Make.
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I might add that someone using SketchUp 8 is held to the user agreement of that release and I'm fairly certain that professional work is allowed within it.
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Inteloide's plugin Comment might be useful as a related sort of thing.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=56899 -
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@driven: Hmm, you have to plug it into the style as watermark again and manually from.the start at every change? Where does SU store that image then, no way to access that file and just resave it internally?
The plugin cant be made to set up a style (create new from existing with maybe various options about the watermark) automatically when started?
A webdialog with several text fields, manually and automatically filled, sounds good.
Saving a file with transparency (tif, png, tga) is not possible so far? Maybe with some workaround? Thomthoms vray tools export images with alpha whereas native su doesnt.. With the help of.some.code snippet maybe?
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@harnstein said:
@driven: Hmm, you have to plug it into the style as watermark again and manually from.the start at every change?
yes, you can open the directory to the new image, but you can't insert it with code...
I think you can also open the 'Styles' dialog with code on a PC, but I'm on a mac
@unknownuser said:Where does SU store that image then, no way to access that file and just resave it internally?
The watermark is stored in the .skp file, when you export it you can see where it came from originally, but there's no re-load capability...
I know the one in your skp came from C/\Users\Standard\Desktop\1000px-Title_block_EN_ISO_7200_de.svg, so I can't update it...
@unknownuser said:The plugin cant be made to set up a style (create new from existing with maybe various options about the watermark) automatically when started?
not that I know of, I could possibly switch it in the binary file on a mac, but it would then need a restart and take longer then doing manually...
@unknownuser said:A webdialog with several text fields, manually and automatically filled, sounds good.
If you have a decent version of IE then you can use more modern approach, I have made a few like things like this for mac's, but the older IE just made a mess of them...
@unknownuser said:Saving a file with transparency (tif, png, tga) is not possible so far? Maybe with some workaround? Thomthoms vray tools export images with alpha whereas native su doesnt.. With the help of.some.code snippet maybe?
there are two versions, view.save_image and webdialog.save_image, view can save transparency...
probably the simplest is to open the new image in the default image editor using code, make transparent and save...
I'll look a little deeper, but no promises.
may send you some really basic bits to test, if that's ok
john
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Sure, send me some, I'd be happy to peek.
I'm on a crappy iPad now, I'll answer more indepth next week.
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