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Re:Bézier Clock by bruhlery on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @05:00PM (#8299149)
cool challenge, but how do you do less than 5 bezier points for the numeral 8?
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Re:Bézier Clock by colinjenken on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @05:19PM (#8299258)
Actually you just need 2 for creating an 8 if it's a closed spline. 3 If open.
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Re:Bézier Clock by femto113 on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @05:59PM (#8299441)
Seems like open is a requirement, since not all the numerals are closed and I'm not sure how one would morph between open and closed spines. Playing around here (http://www.victoriakirst.com/beziertool/ anyone know a similar tool that has bookmarkable results so we can share work?) I'm thinking three control points should be achievable (haven't found a way to make a nice looking 4 yet, but most other numerals aren't that hard to pull off).
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Re:Bézier Clock by colinjenken on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @06:23PM (#8299582)
Here is a quick upload of all the numbers (0-9) built with only 3 points. Sorry about not animating them... didn't have time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yddpzyQoy_0&feature=youtu.be
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Re:Bézier Clock by femto113 on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @07:39PM (#8299946)
Nice. Seems unlikely we could get it down to 2 points as numerals like 3 seem to require two distinct curves, but perhaps someone will try?
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