Interface image clarity

[Bruce Walker]

I’ve created images to use in the interface I’m writing, but for some reason the edges are all jagged when I bring them into ArchiCAD. They are nice and smooth when I view them in Windows (or import them into, say, Excel). What is the trick?

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   2016-03-16_6-18-57.jpg
   

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[Joachim Sühlo]

I think, the size in pixel of the image must be the same in the User Interface as in the original image file. You can measure this with a screen capture application. If it is to small, you must widen the Infields.

GDL Object Developer
b-prisma
MAC OSx 10.14

[Bruce Walker]

Thanks Joachim. I have tried adjusting the image size in the user interface, but this has no real effect on the pixelation.

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[Joachim Sühlo]

Please post your Script for the UI_INFIELD and the original size of the image.

GDL Object Developer
b-prisma
MAC OSx 10.14

[Bruce Walker]

This is the code:

UI_INFIELD{3} “sentry_type”, ui_x1, ui_y, 270, ui_selection_h,
2, “Sayfa SENTRY Guardrail”, 2, 1,
144, 100, 136, 80,
sentry_concrete, type_sentry[sentry_concrete], type_sentry[sentry_concrete],
sentry_metal, type_sentry[sentry_metal], type_sentry[sentry_metal]

And the image referred is attached.

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   Sayfa-SENTRY-Guardrail.tif
   

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[Joachim Sühlo]

Your Pictures size value of 136,80 should be half the size of the picture, as I think.
If I do this, the captured screenshot of the UI matches with the picture, in your script not.

ui_x1 = 1
ui_y = 1
ui_selection_h = 100

	UI_INFIELD{3} "sentry_type", ui_x1, ui_y, 160, ui_selection_h,
		2, "Sayfa-SENTRY-Guardrail", 2, 1, 
		160, 100, 144, 80,
		sentry_concrete, type_sentry[sentry_concrete], type_sentry[sentry_concrete],
		sentry_metal, type_sentry[sentry_metal], type_sentry[sentry_metal]

Although the edges are still jagged a bit, they are absolutely identical to the picture you loaded up.

GDL Object Developer
b-prisma
MAC OSx 10.14

[Bruce Walker]

Thanks Joachim. I’m clearly getting something wrong with my images. I can’t figure out how to get them nice and sharp – as is the case in, for example, “Hood 19”

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[Dominika Bobály]

Joachim is right about picture size: the displayed size should match the original width and height (this case, since it’s a 2 picture matrix, half size should be appropriate) most of the time. The original picture looks jagged if I just open it in Finder Preview on Mac. It’s more of a picture editing question than GDL, I think. We got the Hoods right in the Library, but if you take a closer look to the door handle popup images, you can see some jagged lines there as well (they are not prefect at all). You may try to save a double sized original picture with better resolution (so it has smaller visible pixelation at the slanted edges), and scale it to half size in the command’s image_x, image_y parameters. That may help a bit. Using .png format is recommended as well instead of .tif.

Dominika Bobály
Product Manager
GRAPHISOFT SE

[Bruce Walker]

Thanks Dominika. I tried your suggestion of both png & making image twice as large. Neither made an improvement.

However, if, in your experience, this is the appearance that can be expected, then I am satisfied. I was just comparing my interface with GS’ interfaces, and mine seemed to be lacking, and I thought perhaps there was a trick I was missing.

Thanks all for your help.

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