i posted my question on the jitter forum without success (and searched in the forum before).

i put it in the max forum 'cause it's not only jitter question but also mathematic.

i can't figure out how to convert some data to other.

i want to make a video player with the possibility to set the coordinates of each corner of the display.

does somebody help me for this math, please ?

here's the patche to illustrate what i'm trying to do :

does somebody help me for this math, please ?
thx.

coordinates-convertion

not sure i understand the question, but have u thought of using srcrect / dstrect message to control the output size of jit.qt.movie (see help file)...

although from the patch it looks like you are trying to do that with open gl

i can't control each of the ABCD points indepently with srcrect / dstrect.

i suppose it's possible to do some math to convert xy data of each point to rotation, lookup and other parameters of the jit.gl.render

x and y equal to 0 when it's the normal size.

yes for many reasons i use open gl.
i can't control each of the ABCD points indepently with srcrect / dstrect.

to be clear :
my display is a rectangle ABCD.
i would like : xy for A, xy for B, etc.
x and y equal to 0 when it's the normal size.

if it's a rectangle you can't control each point independently, 

because two points always share either the x or y component of the 

one convention used is to define the four edges of the image from 

left (x1) top (y1) right (x2) bottom (y2)

this gives you the following for the four corners:

or you could consider this like the selection rectangle on the desktop 

with te top left and botom right corners defined.

in this notation, the x and y's are the cordinates of the points, not 

to get these you take x2 -x1 = delta x and y2 - y1 = delta y;

if you would like to scale the image, one other important point is the 

if you now subtract thses values from each corner, your rectangle will 

be itting on the center extending both to positive and negative.

> i would like : xy for A, xy for B, etc.

> x and y equal to 0 when it's the normal size.

in opengl, to move a rectangle you only need to know its center and 

its size, and maybe the affine tranforms but not the positions of the 

if it's a rectangle you can't control each point independently,  
because two points always share either the x or y component of the  
ccordinate.

one convention used is to define the four edges of the image from  
which you can deduce the corners:
left (x1) top (y1) right (x2) bottom (y2)
this gives you the following for the four corners:
left/top (x1,y1)
right/top (x2, y1)
right/bottom (x2, y2)
left bottom (x1, y2)
or you could consider this like the selection rectangle on the desktop  
with te top left and botom right corners defined.

in this notation, the x and y's are the cordinates of the points, not  
the distance between sides.
to get these you take x2 -x1 = delta x and y2 - y1 = delta y;

if you would like to scale the image, one other important point is the  
center of the image:
(x2 - x1) / 2. = x center
(y2 - y1) / 2. = y center
if you now subtract thses values from each corner, your rectangle will  
be itting on the center extending both to positive and negative.

> i would like : xy for A, xy for B, etc.
> x and y equal to 0 when it's the normal size.

wouldn't normal size be 1. (100%)
in opengl, to move a rectangle you only need to know its center and  
its size, and maybe the affine tranforms but not the positions of the  
corners.

yes i noticed i can move edges (with camera, lookup, scale, etc).

when i say xy = 0 for the normal size, it's because i would like something relative.

i want to move only the A corner (left, top) 10 units to the right

with this method it will be easier to display the movie on my screen from the video projector.

> > i would like : xy for A, xy for B, etc.

> > x and y equal to 0 when it's the normal size.

> in opengl, to move a rectangle you only need to know its center and 

> its size, and maybe the affine tranforms but not the positions of the 

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thx a lot for your answer.
yes i noticed i can move edges (with camera, lookup, scale, etc).

for example : 
i have 320 x 240 video on a screen.
i want to move only the A corner (left, top) 10 units to the right
i'll have x = 10 y = 0 for A

>
> what i don't quite understand:
>
> > i would like : xy for A, xy for B, etc.
> > x and y equal to 0 when it's the normal size.
>
> wouldn't normal size be 1. (100%)
> in opengl, to move a rectangle you only need to know its center and  
> its size, and maybe the affine tranforms but not the positions of the  
> corners.
>
> hth
>
> /*j
>
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but yes if you have to show another method relative to the center or 

but yes if you have to show another method relative to the center or  
something else, i want to know.
for now i'm totally lost...
:-)
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i would say if you woild like to show...
excuse my poor english.

I haven't tried this, but instead of a videoplane with the texture, how about a jit.gl.sketch which draws the shape you want... probably "tri_strip", poly_mode 0 0, draw the four corners wherever you want (make a rectangle by default), then apply the texture? It would be like using a plane gridshape, but you'd have control over all 4 points (including in the z direction) and could move and warp the shape however you want while the video is playing. 4 points is definitely not the limit, either.

Would look pretty cool if it worked, I imagine it's totally possible... because any texture can be applied to a gl.sketch, right? Maybe I'm missing something, and don't have max here to try it, but I bet you can "project" a texture onto any shape you can draw. As far as the points moving relative to a set location, that's pretty straightforward, though you often need to convert from screen pixels to GL world coordinates. Position, scale, and rotation also work with a sketch object, as does jit.gl.handle, so try these out too.

i will try. i'm quite new t jitter so it's a little bit difficult to 

if you have time to illustrate with an example, you're welcome :-)

> how about a jit.gl.sketch which draws the shape you want...

ok thx. i didn't think about that.
i will try. i'm quite new t jitter so it's a little bit difficult to  
know how to do "tri_strip".
if you have time to illustrate with an example, you're welcome :-)
thx.
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> how about a jit.gl.sketch which draws the shape you want...


1- why does the movie play with plane and not with quad ?

2- what are points 1 2 3 4 for the quad ? 1 = left bottom ?

how to use it ? what are the others (quad_strip, etc) ?

so i tried with jit.gl.sketch.
i could get what i want with quad.

3- what is "shapeprim tri_strip" ?
how to use it ? what are the others (quad_strip, etc) ?

coordinates convertion