Comments for proppe.org http://www.proppe.org/blog Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on NSImage Templates by Taldar http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/12/01/nsimage-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 Taldar Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:53:42 +0000 http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/12/01/nsimage-templates/#comment-1154 My favorite thing about Template images is that, as @ken pointed out, they do behave just like text! If you put them in a menu, they turn white when highlighted; on "rounded textured buttons," they automatically acquire an inset, shadowed, and gradient-ed appearance… and when the button is selected, they pop out shadowed-white for you! No setup required! I get all this and all I have to do is add “Template”? I want to run around the neighborhood screaming my delight!!! My favorite thing about Template images is that, as @ken pointed out, they do behave just like text! If you put them in a menu, they turn white when highlighted; on “rounded textured buttons,” they automatically acquire an inset, shadowed, and gradient-ed appearance… and when the button is selected, they pop out shadowed-white for you! No setup required!

I get all this and all I have to do is add “Template”? I want to run around the neighborhood screaming my delight!!!

]]> Comment on Break on Through by gunnar http://www.proppe.org/blog/2009/09/20/break-on-through/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 gunnar Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:25:18 +0000 http://www.proppe.org/blog/?p=159#comment-1149 Thank you for reading, and thanks for the compliment, Deborah. Thank you for reading, and thanks for the compliment, Deborah.

]]> Comment on Break on Through by Deborah Finkel http://www.proppe.org/blog/2009/09/20/break-on-through/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Deborah Finkel Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:12:27 +0000 http://www.proppe.org/blog/?p=159#comment-1147 Gunnar Did I ever tell you that I think you are a wonderful writer? You know that I am not exactly into 21st century technology but I really felt that I was there at the beach watching you fulfill a dream. And that's a really good thing! I look forward to reading more...Love, Deb Gunnar

Did I ever tell you that I think you are a wonderful writer? You know that I am not exactly into 21st century technology but I really felt that I was there at the beach watching you fulfill a dream. And that’s a really good thing! I look forward to reading more…Love, Deb

]]> Comment on About by Vinny MacFarlane http://www.proppe.org/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 Vinny MacFarlane Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:23:51 +0000 http://www.proppe.org/blog/?page_id=13#comment-1116 Hey there! Hey there!

]]> Comment on NSImage Templates by Gunnar Proppé http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/12/01/nsimage-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Gunnar Proppé Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:51:04 +0000 http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/12/01/nsimage-templates/#comment-1139 @ken Thanks for the detailed info. It would be neat if a color tint could be added as an attribute to template images so you could get those more sophisticated effects on images other than black, but I understand it's part of the new(ish) aesthetic. @ken Thanks for the detailed info. It would be neat if a color tint could be added as an attribute to template images so you could get those more sophisticated effects on images other than black, but I understand it’s part of the new(ish) aesthetic.

]]> Comment on NSImage Templates by ken http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/12/01/nsimage-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 ken Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:50:32 +0000 http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/12/01/nsimage-templates/#comment-1142 The most complete documentation at the moment is in the AppKit release notes. http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/Cocoa/AppKit.html#NSImageTemplate Here's how the naming convention works (from the relnotes): 'To mark an image as a template, call -[NSImage setTemplate:]. As a convenience, in applications linked on or after 10.5, any image read off of disk via -[NSImage imageNamed:] whose name ends in @"Template" will be marked as a template as it is created. This makes it easy to use template images in Interface Builder. Just make sure your image filenames end in "Template".' and yep, a template defined to be a mask, no color. If you want to use a red image, don't mark it as a template. 'This is extended in Leopard with a new metadata property, -[NSImage isTemplate]. An image is a 'template' if it is a black and clear mask that should not be presented to the user directly, but always processed into a final form. It's similar to a glyph in a font. If a cell is given a template image, it can perform much more sophisticated effects than usual, similar to those done with text. The image can be dark most of the time, white in a selected table view row, and engraved or embossed the same way text is.' The most complete documentation at the moment is in the AppKit release notes.

http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/Cocoa/AppKit.html#NSImageTemplate

Here’s how the naming convention works (from the relnotes):

‘To mark an image as a template, call -[NSImage setTemplate:]. As a convenience, in applications linked on or after 10.5, any image read off of disk via -[NSImage imageNamed:] whose name ends in @”Template” will be marked as a template as it is created. This makes it easy to use template images in Interface Builder. Just make sure your image filenames end in “Template”.’

and yep, a template defined to be a mask, no color. If you want to use a red image, don’t mark it as a template.

‘This is extended in Leopard with a new metadata property, -[NSImage isTemplate]. An image is a ‘template’ if it is a black and clear mask that should not be presented to the user directly, but always processed into a final form. It’s similar to a glyph in a font. If a cell is given a template image, it can perform much more sophisticated effects than usual, similar to those done with text. The image can be dark most of the time, white in a selected table view row, and engraved or embossed the same way text is.’

]]> Comment on NSImage Templates by Gunnar Proppé http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/12/01/nsimage-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 Gunnar Proppé Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:29:50 +0000 http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/12/01/nsimage-templates/#comment-1141 @Jordy/Jediknil Thanks for pointing that out. Coincidentally I just was looking at the NSImage docs yesterday and noticed that method. @Jordy/Jediknil Thanks for pointing that out. Coincidentally I just was looking at the NSImage docs yesterday and noticed that method.

]]> Comment on NSImage Templates by Jordy/Jediknil http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/12/01/nsimage-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 Jordy/Jediknil Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:44:55 +0000 http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/12/01/nsimage-templates/#comment-1140 The "name ending in 'Template'" rule isn't the only way this works; there's also the -setTemplate: method to do this for you. However, it seems that if the name ends in "Template" then -setTemplate: will be called automagically. The “name ending in ‘Template’” rule isn’t the only way this works; there’s also the -setTemplate: method to do this for you. However, it seems that if the name ends in “Template” then -setTemplate: will be called automagically.

]]> Comment on About by Nadine Fitzwilliam Steffan http://www.proppe.org/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 Nadine Fitzwilliam Steffan Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:38:46 +0000 http://www.proppe.org/blog/?page_id=13#comment-1117 Gunnar, How are you? Everyone has been reconnecting on Facebook, so open up a page on there and we can get you in the loop! Looks like you are doing well, love the website! Your old friend, Nadine Gunnar,
How are you? Everyone has been reconnecting on Facebook, so open up a page on there and we can get you in the loop! Looks like you are doing well, love the website!

Your old friend,
Nadine

]]> Comment on Podcast #9: The Poconos by Gunnar Proppé http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/02/09/podcast-9-the-poconos/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Gunnar Proppé Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:19:26 +0000 http://www.proppe.org/blog/2007/02/09/podcast-9-the-poconos/#comment-1138 Hi Dave. Thanks for your comment. I upgraded to Logic Pro 8, but I haven't seen whether there's new stuff in the environment related to this. My impression is there isn't, but now I'm curious. BTW: Pd has recently gotten a nice update. See this post at CDM: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/11/04/pd-maxs-free-cousin-gets-polish-and-ease-in-extended-build/ Hi Dave. Thanks for your comment. I upgraded to Logic Pro 8, but I haven’t seen whether there’s new stuff in the environment related to this. My impression is there isn’t, but now I’m curious. BTW: Pd has recently gotten a nice update. See this post at CDM:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/11/04/pd-maxs-free-cousin-gets-polish-and-ease-in-extended-build/

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