Improved in this version:

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Download Maxwell Multilight Image Viewer v1.1

Das Rendern (insbesondere die Dispersion auf der Linse) hat ein wenig länger gedauert, doch hier ist sie nun, die Animation der Plattenkamera.

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Kommentare ausdrücklich erwünscht!

After a longer break I decided to model a plate camera. It is still a work in progress, but here are the renderings I have got so far.

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I decided to code a Multilight-Viewer so you can switch between your multilight images. It’s XML-based, simply put the names for the buttons and the paths to the images into the XML-file. You can choose between three positions of the navigation bar: left, middle or right in the HTML-file. To change the size of the player, alter the width and height values in the HTML-file.

Here is a more in depth explanation:

The ZIP-archive contains the SWF, XML and the HTML-file. With the XML-file you specify the paths to your images and the button labels.

For example:

XML
<pic>
<image>your_image.jpg</image>
<btnName>The button label for this image</btnName>
</pic>

If you have lots of images it may be better to put your images in an extra folder, then the syntax will be:

<pic>
<image>your_folder_name/your_image.jpg</image>
<btnName>The button label for this image</btnName>
</pic>

HTML
If you want to change the size of the SWF (the viewer), open the HTML-file with a simple Text-Editor like NotePad and change the width and height values as well as the margin values in this block:

object, embed {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
top: 50%;
height: 600px; /* The height of your images */
margin: -300px 0 0 -500px; /* Half size of height and width, so it is centered x and y */
outline: none;
}

The margin values are necessary for centering the player in the browser window. Its values are top, right, bottom, left. If you just want to center it horizontally and vertically, alter the first and the last entry. The values should be half of the image size.

For changing the position of the drop-down-menu, just alter this line to your needs:

<param name="FlashVars" value="navMenu=right"> <!-- Values: left, right or middle -->

Click to download Multilight-Viewer v1.0

Click image for a demo.

If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, feel free to comment.

I have been testing around with Surface Thickness again, and here is the result and the free .srf File. Fits best to objects of about 2 cm in diameter.

›Grapes Surface‹

Enjoy (and please leave a comment if you like the surface :o)