If you're spending time in Microsoft Teams and you're bored with the standard backgrounds, you can actually make your own and impress your audience you did not choose a Starwars theme with your python skills!
This gist has all the moving parts: the right folder, the right size. Pretty sure other video apps can be serviced with similar paths.
https://gist.github.com/LettError/9ccc7d7137c0a0b61fd98411fd10655b
Python offers a couple of basic color conversion tools in the colorsys module. In this snippet the hsv_to_rgb() function converts hue (the color), saturation and brightness values (all between 0 and 1) to red, green and blue values.
import colorsys
s = 50
b = 20
step = 0
brig = .5
sat = 1
for x in range(s):
for y in range(s):
c = colorsys.hsv_to_rgb(step/(s*s), 1, y/s)
fill(*c)
rect(x*b, y*b, b, b)
step+= 1
saveImage("dot.png")
In case you ever wondered what happens with antialiasing when saving to .gif:
If you don't draw a solid background, the gif gets a 1-bit mask and that looks very pixely:
size(100, 100)
fill(0)
oval(10, 10, 80, 80)
saveImage("test_no_background.gif")
If you do draw a background, the shape is antialised as expected:
size(100, 100)
fill(1)
rect(0,0,width(),height())
fill(0)
oval(10, 10, 80, 80)
saveImage("test_white_background.gif")!
There may be useful code here:
https://github.com/LettError/coverage
https://twitter.com/justvanrossum/status/952108619159531520
# a possible solution to Just's puzzle?
size(1000,1000)
fill(0)
dia = 864
rect(0,0,width(),height())
for d in range(1, dia):
d = dia-d
fill((dia-d)/dia)
oval(350-.5*d, 750-.5*d, d, d)
oval(650-.5*d, 250-.5*d, d, d)
By skewing text a couple of degrees forwards or backwards you can give the impression of perspective. But it's not very subtle.
size(1000, 1000)
theText = [u"EXCELLENT", "MONSTER", "MOVIES"]
font("HelveticaNeue-CondensedBlack")
s = 164 # fontsize
lp = -136 # linespacing
fontSize(s)
translate(122,590)
# these are the skew angles.
# protip: select value, command + drag = change value
leftSlant = -27
rightSlant = 46
angle = [leftSlant, rightSlant]
# these values are the tracking of the even / odd lines
leftTrack = 105 *0.1
rightTrack = 40 *0.1
tracks = [leftTrack, rightTrack]
def ip(f, a, b):
return a+f*(b-a)
for i, theLine in enumerate(theText):
wordWidth, textHeight = textSize(theLine )
sofarWidth = 0
thisTrack = tracks[i%2]
for c in theLine:
thisAngle = angle[i%2]
letterWidth, textHeight = textSize(c )
factor = (len(theLine)*thisTrack+sofarWidth+.5*letterWidth)/wordWidth
save()
# some alternative skew transforms
skew(ip(factor, -thisAngle, thisAngle), 0)
text(c, (0, 0))
restore()
translate(letterWidth+thisTrack,0)
sofarWidth += letterWidth
translate(-wordWidth-len(theLine)*thisTrack,lp)
saveImage("monsterMovie.png")
This is an attempt at determining collinearity of a series of points. Rather than compare tangents, one stackoverflower suggested calculating areas of triangles. Other strategies?
def polygon_area(points):
area = 0
q = points[-1]
for p in points:
area += p[0] * q[1] - p[1] * q[0]
q = p
return area / 2
def plot(points):
if len(points) < 3:
return None
a = 0
for pi, p in enumerate(points[:-2]):
npt = points[pi+1]
nnpt = points[pi+2]
a += abs(polygon_area([points[pi], npt, nnpt]))
return a
pts = [
(725,417),
(548, 440),
(414, 458),
(261, 479)
]
# tolerance for error
margin = 200
v = plot(pts)
print("plotted area", v)
fontSize(100)
if -.5*margin < v < .5*margin:
text("colinear",(100,100))
else:
text("not colinear",(100,100))
# draw the dots
fill(0,0,1)
stroke(1,0,0)
translate(100,100)
newPath()
moveTo(pts[0])
for p in pts[1:]:
lineTo(p)
drawPath()
ds = 10
fill(0,0,1)
stroke(None)
for p in pts:
oval(p[0]-.5*ds, p[1]-.5*ds, ds, ds)