[Kdenlive-devel] Light Graffiti

[Gabriel Gazzán]

Great Simon! That was absolutely explainatory and much more than what I
expected indeed. :)
I clearly understand what the effect does now.

Thanks! :)
g


2011/1/7 Simon A. Eugster <simon.eu at gmail.com>

> Okay :)
>
> Does this answer your questions?
> http://kdenlive.org/users/granjow/writing-light-graffiti-effect
> I also slightly changed the descriptions, should be clearer now.
>
> If I missed a question, please tell me, I'll be sleeping in a few minutes.
>
> Simon
>
> On 04.01.2011 15:53, Gabriel Gazzán wrote:
> > Don't worry Simon, I prefer to translate as soon as a string is
> > available, I don't care much if it goes through a change later. My
> > objective is to always maintain trunk as close to 100% translated as
> > possible.
> >
> > Tonight I already commited a first translation that I "think" it's not
> > that bad. But just to make sure:
> >
> > My doubts arise because I don't fully understand the concept behind the
> > effect.
> > I know there is a "background image" involved, and I think the effect
> > uses highlights in it to draw the graffiti?, with several properties to
> > control how the effect behaves.
> >
> > This string is the most obscure:
> > /"Strength of the (calculated) background image. Setting it to 100
> > paints the light mask directly over the background, without any person
> > in the image if the video starts with a «clean» background image."/
> > in it this are the concepts that make me think I don't fully understand
> > what the effect does:
> > "/the (calculated) background image/" calculated is the disturbing word
> > here :)
> > "/light mask" is not an easy concept to catch (but not necessarily a
> > hard one to translate)./
> > "/without any person in the image/" person? why person and not somethind
> > more generic as element or subject? makes me think
> > "/video starts with a «clean» background image/" I have the impression
> > that the first frame of the background video is taken as something
> special?
> >
> > Besides that, in the Merry Xmas video, how did you create the letters
> > animation?
> >
> > Thanks for developing in first place, and for taking the time to answer!
> >
> > Greetings
> > g
> >
> >
> > 2011/1/4 Simon Eugster <simon.eu <http://simon.eu>@gmail.com
> > <http://gmail.com>>
> >
> >     Hi Gabriel,
> >
> >     Please wait with translating it, if possible. I'm still working on it
> >     and I cannot promise you there will be no changes to these strings.
> >     Just to avoid double work.
> >
> >     Where exactly are you unsure? I'm not sure whether the strings
> >     themselves are clear enough, so I may have to change them anyway.
> >     The effect basically allows to paint into the video with light, as
> >     here: http://vimeo.com/18127754
> >
> >     Simon
> >
> >     2011/1/4 Gabriel Gazzán <gabcorreo at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:gabcorreo at gmail.com>>:
> >      > Hi,
> >      >
> >      > Please, can anybody explain what the Light Graffiti effect does?
> >      > I'm not completely sure of how to translate some strings.
> >      >
> >      > thanks!
> >      > g
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >
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