NEW: Online Knob Builder for HISE!! by Me :)

[pgroslou]

@Chazrox This is excellent! Just tried it out and it works great. All the other knob designers export as image, which is great if that's what you need. But the fact that you export as LAF is great! Way to go!

[Chazrox]

@pgroslou Thanks! I prefer to do as much as I can within HISE and this way is a lot more flexible if you want to make slight changes for secondary knobs or something. I have to do it all the time which is what inspired this approach. Glad you like it!

[Chazrox]

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[Oli Ullmann]

@Chazrox
That sounds great! Thanks so much! :-) I'll give it a try this weekend.

One thing immediately comes to mind:
I’m not sure how the shadow is generated in your code. So far, however, generating shadows using LAF hasn’t been particularly efficient. Especially with sliders, which are constantly re-rendered when modulated, this can lead to performance issues when there are many elements in the user interface.

That’s why it would be great if we could choose between two options:

1. Real HISE shadow
2. Fake shadow, created using a radial gradient, for example

But I’m sure Sir @David-Healey also has a good idea for how to fake shadows... :-)

I'm looking forward to trying out your tool! :-)

P.S. This also applies to the inner glow, which I'm sure you're creating using the innerShadow as well...

[David Healey]

@Oli-Ullmann said in NEW: Online Knob Builder for HISE!! by Me :):

But I’m sure Sir @David-Healey also has a good idea for how to fake shadows... :-)

I use the built in drop shadow, I haven't hit any issues but maybe you guys are using more than I am.

[Oli Ullmann]

@David-Healey
Oh, okay, yeah, I had a pretty big project (the one I sent you a while back) with a lot of UI elements, and I had to fake the shadows because otherwise it was causing performance issues...

[Chazrox]

@Oli-Ullmann

    // -- DROP SHADOWS --
    g.drawDropShadow([ox + stableSize * (1 - 0.45) / 2, oy + stableSize * 0.4 - stableSize * 0.35 / 2, stableSize * 0.45, stableSize * 0.35], cShadowsHighlight, stableSize * 0.35);
    g.drawDropShadow([ox + stableSize * (1 - 0.5) / 2, oy + stableSize * 0.65 - stableSize * 0.45 / 2, stableSize * 0.5, stableSize * 0.45], cShadowsShadow, stableSize * 0.35);
    g.drawDropShadow([ox + stableSize * (1 - 0.5) / 2, oy + stableSize * 0.65 - stableSize * 0.45 / 2 + 4, stableSize * 0.5, stableSize * 0.45 + 10], cShadowsShadowSoft, stableSize * 0.35);

Works great with shadows and highlights.

[Oli Ullmann]

@Chazrox
Yeah, it works great in general! :-) I just had some issues with it, as I mentioned, when I had a lot of UI elements...

[Chazrox]

@Oli-Ullmann ahh I see. We'll see how this works out. There possibly could be a limit. Probably has to do with the modulation repaints.

[Chazrox]

Just updated the app to include 'Noise' parameter for all face layer elements WITH rotation. :)

https://rox-knob-builder-for-hise.netlify.app/

[David Healey]

@Chazrox How are you drawing circular noise?

[Chazrox]

@David-Healey multiple layers. Theres a 'cap' in front of the ellipse that has noise applied to it.

[David Healey]

@Chazrox This will probably be useful to you when Christoph merges it: https://github.com/christophhart/HISE/pull/936

And maybe this one: https://github.com/christophhart/HISE/pull/943

[Chazrox]

@David-Healey Niiice! I can definitely think of some cool ways to use that already..

[Chazrox]

Update:

https://rox-knob-builder-for-hise.netlify.app/

Just added the option to inherit 'obj.text' for 'Component Label' element. You can still set a text for mockup and placement in the designer ui but ticking the box will inherit obj.text on compile.