[Ovmsdev] App vehicle images

[Tom Saxton]

I'd pay $20 to get art for the original v1.5 Roadster body in the app.

   Tom

From:  Mark Webb-Johnson <mark at webb-johnson.net>
Reply-To:  OVMS Developers <ovmsdev at lists.teslaclub.hk>
Date:  Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:16 AM
To:  OVMS Developers <ovmsdev at lists.teslaclub.hk>
Subject:  Re: [Ovmsdev] App vehicle images

Matt,

That should be ok. So far, in the new arrangement, we¹ve done Tesla
Roadster, Ampera,ThinkCity, Twizy and Volt. We haven¹t started iMiev yet.

Regards, Mark.

On 24 Oct, 2013, at 4:41 pm, Matt Beard OVMS <smvo at mxf.org.uk> wrote:

> Can I make a small request about the images... when the iMiev is done can you
> remove the Mitsubishi logo from the front so it works for Peugeot iOn and
> Citroen C-Zero as well.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
> On 24 October 2013 09:21, felix bonnier <felixtb at me.com> wrote:
>> ok great. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On 24 Oct 2013, at 10:19, Mark Webb-Johnson <mark at webb-johnson.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Felix,
>>> 
>>> Yes.
>>> 
>>> Regards, Mark
>>> 
>>> On 24 Oct, 2013, at 3:47 pm, felix bonnier <felixtb at me.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> so it's already done for the roadster?
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> On 24 Oct 2013, at 09:24, Mark Webb-Johnson <mark at webb-johnson.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Felix,
>>>>> 
>>>>> It is ok. I had a lot of these to do (5 different types of car), and the
>>>>> work was so fiddly, so I freelanced it. A guy in India did it for US$20
>>>>> (and is eager for more).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards, Mark.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 24 Oct, 2013, at 2:18 pm, felix bonnier <felixtb at me.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> sorry mark!!  just very little time these days!  will get you the masked
>>>>>> files for the roadster!!!  it was produced that way so no real problem
>>>>>> except for TIME.......! do hound me a little though and I will try to get
>>>>>> them to you. :-)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> /felix b. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 24 Oct 2013, at 07:34, Mark Webb-Johnson <mark at webb-johnson.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Chris,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Old eMail on this below. Since then, I've got this done for the other
>>>>>>> cars and it seems to work well. Now working on integrating to the Apps.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards, Mark.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I've spent some time trying this tonight.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I took the basic twizy image, magic wand selected the paint colour part
>>>>>>> of the vehicle, then cut and paste that as a new layer. I then converted
>>>>>>> the paint colour layer to grayscale.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Next, using the colorise filter, applied to the grayscale paint layer, I
>>>>>>> tried colouring it with a colour wheel. It worked beautifully. I could
>>>>>>> generate all the possible colours, and the paint highlights and shadows
>>>>>>> looked really good.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'll now see if I can do this programatically in iOS. If I can, we can
>>>>>>> dramatically reduce the amount of artwork required for each vehicle.
>>>>>>> Just a couple of base image layers and a 4-byte ARGB code for each
>>>>>>> standard vehicle (plus a colour wheel for users to choose their own
>>>>>>> custom colour).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Proof of concept - some colour suggestions for Renault:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Base grayscale layer:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> <PastedGraphic-6.tiff> + <PastedGraphic-7.tiff> = <PastedGraphic-5.tiff>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Colorised:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> <PastedGraphic-1.tiff><PastedGraphic-2.tiff><PastedGraphic-3.tiff><Paste
>>>>>>> dGraphic-4.tiff>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 24 Oct, 2013, at 12:28 pm, Christopher Cook
>>>>>>> <christopher.cook at webprofusion.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regarding vehicle images - how were you thinking of handling them in the
>>>>>>> long term? Is there any way a vector format could be used (svg etc)? I'm
>>>>>>> guessing your going to do something like a masking image with a
>>>>>>> transparent silhouette on a given coloured background,  then overlayed
>>>>>>> with a semi transparent detail layer? A stack of PNGs would do the
>>>>>>> trick.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm also interested if the car configuration (including images),
>>>>>>> supported features etc could be expressed in a bundle of configuration
>>>>>>> files rather than code/static resources?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> Can you hold a few weeks for this? I am working on the Apps to re-work
>>>>>>> how we do the vehicle images. They are just too large (13MB+ already!),
>>>>>>> so I am working on a better way of handling the multiple colours and
>>>>>>> making it easier to add them to the Apps. Once I have this working, I'll
>>>>>>> let you know what format we need the images in.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards, Mark.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
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