an experimental vectorgraphic pattern generator.
lafkon.net/petter
Petter is an experimental ui-based Processing-App to create and save experimental visual patterns. Input and output is strictly vector-based (svg/pdf).
Use your own svg-files as input, alter the repetition and stacking of basic relative and absolute transformations, influence the resulting pattern with different effectors and export efficient vector-pdfs.
See lafkon.net/petter for a gallery of outputs created along the way with Petter.
Check Installation and Basic instructions below.
Petter main-ui
Animated PDF-sequences
Petter MapEditor and TileEditor
SHORTCUTS
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GENERAL
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TAB - Show/Hide MAIN-MENU
H - Show/Hide this HELP
T - Show/Hide TileEditor
M - Show/Hide MapEditor
+ / - - ZOOM IN / OUT
Z / Y - UNDO / REDO
D - RESET TO DEFAULT
SHIFT on Sliders - bigger steps
SCROLL on Sliders - finer steps
. / ; on Sliders - in/decrease sliderrange
D on Sliders - reset slider to default
0 (ZERO) - Load previous Settings
S - Save PDF
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CREATE
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DRAG'N'DROP SVG-FILES (on TileEditor)
- one or multiple SVGS to add/replace tiles
DRAG'N'DROP IMG-FILE (on MapEditor)
- set image as transformation-map
LEFTCLICK-DRAG THE CANVAS - repos artwork
RIGHTCLICK-DRAG THE CANVAS - repos nfo-graphic
CTRL-SCROLL - scale nfo-graphic
CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT - add/remove tiles in x-space (+SHIFT: 10)
CURSOR UP/DOWN - add/remove tiles in y-space (+SHIFT: 10)
1 - apply previous Iterator
2 - apply next Iterator
X - change cycle-order (L>R>T>B to T>B>L>R)
R - randomize tile-selection (when multiple different tiles are used)
E - change tile-selection-mode (gridorder or iteratororder)
L - change rel-transformations from tile-by-tile to line-by-line
N - show/hide NFO-Graphic
B - show/hide REF-Graphic
C - show prev frame of animated-gif-imagemap
V - show next frame of animated-gif-imagemap
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ANIM
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A - show Anim menu
I - set/overwrite start-values
O - set/overwrite end-values
J - view start-values
K - view end-values
P - view/testrun animation
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More shortcuts not mentioned in helpscreen H
C - copy current tile-transformations
V - paste tile-transformations
N - set current tile as NFO-Graphic
- Grab a copy of Processing for your OS, install it.
- Download/clone Petter to your Processing Sketch-Directory.
- Download and install external libraries (see below).
Check Keyboard Shortcuts above, as Petter relies heaviliy on shortcuts.
- Start app, play around, read help H, open TileEditor T and MapEditor M.
- Drag and drop svg-file(s) onto TileEditor to add tiles.
- Hit S to save the current pattern as pdf anytime. You'll find it in the
o-directory of your sketch. - Read help H again to find some new shortcuts and functions.
penner.easing- http://github.com/jesusgollonet/processing-penner-easingcontrolP5- http://github.com/sojamo/controlp5 (> v2.2.3)drop- https://transfluxus.github.io/drop/gifAnimation- http://extrapixel.github.io/gif-animation/ (>= 3.0)
Implemented, not yet documented.
Petter - vector-graphic-based pattern generator.
http://www.lafkon.net/petter/
Copyright (C) 2024 LAFKON/Benjamin Stephan
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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