g4p_controls.ImageManager Class Reference

Static Public Member Functions
static PImage	loadImage (PApplet app, String filename)
static PImage[]	loadImage (PApplet app, String[] filename)
static PImage[]	makeTiles1D (PApplet app, PImage img, int nCols, int nRows)
static PImage[][]	makeTiles2D (PApplet app, PImage img, int nCols, int nRows)

Detailed Description

This class is used to load bitmap files and create images.

Although there maybe multiple requests for a particular bitmap file only one PImage is created for each file.

Author

Peter Lager

Member Function Documentation

loadImage() [1/2]

static PImage g4p_controls.ImageManager.loadImage ( PApplet  app, String  filename  )

static

Load a single bitmap file return a reference to the PImage created.

Parameters

app	the main sketch applet
filename	the file holding the image

Returns

null if the file does not exist else the PImage object

loadImage() [2/2]

static PImage[] g4p_controls.ImageManager.loadImage ( PApplet  app, String[]  filename  )

static

Load images from multiple files

Parameters

app	the main sketch applet
filename	an array of filenames

Returns

an array of images

makeTiles1D()

static PImage[] g4p_controls.ImageManager.makeTiles1D ( PApplet  app, PImage  img, int  nCols, int  nRows  )

static

Make multiple images from a given image. This method creates a 1D array of PImage objects. The order is left-right and top-down.

Parameters

app	the main sketch applet
img	the tiled image
nCols	number of tiles across
nRows	number of tiles down

Returns

a 1D array of images (tiles)

makeTiles2D()

static PImage[][] g4p_controls.ImageManager.makeTiles2D ( PApplet  app, PImage  img, int  nCols, int  nRows  )

static

Make multiple images from a given image. This method creates a 2D array (size [nCols, nRows] ) of PImage objects.

Parameters

app	the main sketch applet
img	the tiled image
nCols	number of tiles across
nRows	number of tiles down

Returns

a 2D array of images (tiles)