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I need to create abstract graphics.. not to render something
particular... Something like a Winamp Visualization ...
Just to draw something to please the eye...
But please: i don't want something like moving shapes or colored lines. Something far more impressive
Though i know nothing about DirectX programming in VB.
Could you please suggest Websites,Downloads or give some code snippets e.t.c.:)
Well I don't know if those pages will do anything except for getting you started on DirectX... (maybe they do I never looked through all of it)
But here's a little advice
Take some source of something... (maybe music, or some wierd mathematical function or anything) than draw it onto screen and have a blur run over it. Don't expect to be able to run it in High Res though, becaue the blurring will need quite some time... It works for me on 640*480 (I guess my pc would do it in 800*600 too) but since not everyone has more than 1GHz I would not exaggerate... You could also have only 8 bit and than let some palette shifting run over it.
For a blur just loop through ever pixel. Add up the value of the adjacent pixel and divide it by the number of pixels you added and set it as the new value for the pixel. That's how easy it is. If you want to blur to some direction you could only add up the 3 pixels lying on the right side of the pixel for example.
I made a prog to do interesting effects like the winamp avs, i also made a system whereby the programmer, could easily find a winamp superscope (in AVS) and almost copy and paste the formula in the correct part of the prog.
This was done without using DX, so you'll need to port it.
It has some inbuilt patterns, but with a list box (to select them), you can see how i got them.
pretty neat
I made some screensaver that looks kind of cool but I do not want to post it since the formula used is not mine... (and some of the code neither)
But you can go to www.ur.co.nz there is a nice example with the formula I used and also of the blur I talked about earlier.
Thanks a lot guys...
I'll just need some time to explore the sites and start learning...
If anyone has any more ideas please let me know..
Thanks in advance...