- proper Freestyle initialization, with support for undo/redo
- re-added FreestyleStyleConfig data structure
- Freestyle Python interpreter updated
This commit should compile without errors. More work is necessary to complete the migration:
- add Freestyle in the UI
- set up RNA support
propagation up to the toplevel error handler in BPY_txt_do_python_Text().
Before these changes were made, the operator() methods of predicates
and functions, for example, returned a value of various types such as
bool, double and Vec2f. These returned values were not capable to
represent an error state in many cases.
Now the operator() methods always return 0 on normal exit and -1 on
error. The original returned values are stored in the "result" member
variables of the predicate/function classes.
This means that if we have a code fragment like below:
UnaryPredicate1D& pred;
Interface1D& inter;
if (pred(inter)) {
/* do something */
}
then we have to rewrite it as follows:
UnaryPredicate1D& pred;
Interface1D& inter;
if (pred(inter) < 0)
return -1; /* an error in pred() is propagated */
if (pred.result) {
/* do something */
}
Suppose that pred is a user-defined predicate in Python, i.e. the predicate
is likely error-prone (especially when debugging the predicate). The first
code fragment shown above prevents the proper error propagation because
the boolean return value of UnaryPredicate1D::operator() cannot inform the
occurrence of an error to the caller; the second code fragment can.
In addition to the operator() methods of predicates and functions, similar
improvements have been made to all other C++ API functions and methods that
are involved in the execution of user-defined Python code snippets. Changes
in the signatures of functions and methods are summarized as follows (note
that all subclasses of listed classes are also subject to the changes).
Old signatures:
virtual void Iterator::increment();
virtual void Iterator::decrement();
virtual void ChainingIterator::init();
virtual ViewEdge * ChainingIterator::traverse(const AdjacencyIterator &it);
static void Operators::select(UnaryPredicate1D& pred);
static void Operators::chain(ViewEdgeInternal::ViewEdgeIterator& it,
UnaryPredicate1D& pred, UnaryFunction1D_void& modifier);
static void Operators::chain(ViewEdgeInternal::ViewEdgeIterator& it,
UnaryPredicate1D& pred);
static void Operators::bidirectionalChain(ChainingIterator& it,
UnaryPredicate1D& pred);
static void Operators::bidirectionalChain(ChainingIterator& it);
static void Operators::sequentialSplit(UnaryPredicate0D& startingPred,
UnaryPredicate0D& stoppingPred, float sampling = 0);
static void Operators::sequentialSplit(UnaryPredicate0D& pred, float sampling = 0);
static void Operators::recursiveSplit(UnaryFunction0D<double>& func,
UnaryPredicate1D& pred, float sampling = 0);
static void Operators::recursiveSplit(UnaryFunction0D<double>& func,
UnaryPredicate0D& pred0d, UnaryPredicate1D& pred, float sampling = 0);
static void Operators::sort(BinaryPredicate1D& pred);
static void Operators::create(UnaryPredicate1D& pred, vector<StrokeShader*> shaders);
virtual bool UnaryPredicate0D::operator()(Interface0DIterator& it);
virtual bool BinaryPredicate0D::operator()(Interface0D& inter1, Interface0D& inter2);
virtual bool UnaryPredicate1D::operator()(Interface1D& inter);
virtual bool BinaryPredicate1D::operator()(Interface1D& inter1, Interface1D& inter2);
virtual void StrokeShader::shade(Stroke& ioStroke) const;
virtual T UnaryFunction0D::operator()(Interface0DIterator& iter);
virtual T UnaryFunction1D::operator()(Interface1D& inter);
New signatures:
virtual int Iterator::increment();
virtual int Iterator::decrement();
virtual int ChainingIterator::init();
virtual int ChainingIterator::traverse(const AdjacencyIterator &it);
static int Operators::select(UnaryPredicate1D& pred);
static int Operators::chain(ViewEdgeInternal::ViewEdgeIterator& it,
UnaryPredicate1D& pred, UnaryFunction1D_void& modifier);
static int Operators::chain(ViewEdgeInternal::ViewEdgeIterator& it,
UnaryPredicate1D& pred);
static int Operators::bidirectionalChain(ChainingIterator& it,
UnaryPredicate1D& pred);
static int Operators::bidirectionalChain(ChainingIterator& it);
static int Operators::sequentialSplit(UnaryPredicate0D& startingPred,
UnaryPredicate0D& stoppingPred, float sampling = 0);
static int Operators::sequentialSplit(UnaryPredicate0D& pred, float sampling = 0);
static int Operators::recursiveSplit(UnaryFunction0D<double>& func,
UnaryPredicate1D& pred, float sampling = 0);
static int Operators::recursiveSplit(UnaryFunction0D<double>& func,
UnaryPredicate0D& pred0d, UnaryPredicate1D& pred, float sampling = 0);
static int Operators::sort(BinaryPredicate1D& pred);
static int Operators::create(UnaryPredicate1D& pred, vector<StrokeShader*> shaders);
virtual int UnaryPredicate0D::operator()(Interface0DIterator& it);
virtual int BinaryPredicate0D::operator()(Interface0D& inter1, Interface0D& inter2);
virtual int UnaryPredicate1D::operator()(Interface1D& inter);
virtual int BinaryPredicate1D::operator()(Interface1D& inter1, Interface1D& inter2);
virtual int StrokeShader::shade(Stroke& ioStroke) const;
virtual int UnaryFunction0D::operator()(Interface0DIterator& iter);
virtual int UnaryFunction1D::operator()(Interface1D& inter);
The render generated from Freestyle's data is currently stored in the original scene's render structure ( as 'freestyle_render'): when the render database is generated, the scene's geometrical data is first imported into Freestyle and strokes are calculated. The generated strokes are used to create a Blender scene, rendered independently. The render result is used in the rendering loop.
The final rendering is performed the same way edge rendering is, in a function ('freestyle_enhance_add') operating on each individual render part. Freestyle strokes are only included if the toggle button "Freestyle" (in the 'Output' panel) is active and if the "Freestyle" render layer is also selected. Freestyle's panel appears when the toggle button 'Freestyle' is active.
IMPORTANT: as of now, rendering ONLY works when OSA is disabled and when Xparts = Yparts = 1. If these settings are not set, a bogus image will be created.
To make the render happen, many modifications had to be made:
- the Canvas::Draw and Operators::create methods no longer render strokes. They only generate shading and locational information.
- a BlenderStrokeRenderer class was added to turn Freestyle's strokes into a Blender scene. Basically, the scene consists of strokes in their projected image 2D coordinates and an orthographic camera centered in the middle of the corresponding canvas. The scene is rendered using vertex colors, in shadeless mode (therefore, no lamp is needed). BlenderStrokeRenderer uses the old GLTextureManager to load textures (as required by the StrokeRenderer class), even though stroke textures are probably not supported (not tested). After the scene is rendered, it is safely and automatically discarded.
- AppCanvas' code was greatly reduced to the bare minimum. The former AppCanvas would use an OpenGL-based back buffer and z buffer to determine the scene's color and depth information. In the future, this data will be determined from the corresponding render passes. Currently, the integration is not achieved so all style modules using depth/color information are sure to fail.
- before, Freestyle needed an OpenGL context to determine the camera's information and to compute the view map. As of now, the modelview and projection matrices are fully determined using data provided by Blender. This means both perspective and orthographic projections are supported. The AppGLWidget will very soon be removed completely.
- getExactTypeName()
- increment()
- decrement()
- isBegin()
- isEnd()
Contrary to previously stated, I am reverting back to implementing iterators in the (Python) API, for different reasons:
- it will make testing quicker to achieve, as I won't have to recode a big chunk of the original Python files
- it will be a base for API refactoring
- it won't prevent the use a list-based approach later (it is simple to get it from the Iterator)
I also corrected a simple GLStrokeRenderer bug for texture loading (not in original Freestyle code). Apparently, IMB_loadiffname doesn't recognize the paper's texture depth so a work-around will have to be found.
I analyzed the crash with gdb and PyImport_AddModule ("__main__") in Python/import.c:320 seems responsible for the crash: apparently, "__main__" is not found and causes the error "No such file or directory".
I have to figure out what's wrong with the current configuration, especially whether Freestyle's PythonInterpreter can be used as is. I am going to see whether it's just quicker to use Blender's functions.
1. instantiates the config path, the controller and the view
2. sets the controller’s view
3. loads a 3ds file (right now a fixed file)
4. inserts a style module (right now, also fixed)
5. computes the view map
The next and final step is running the Python script. A lot of information are fixed and should be changed to test the following code: see source/blender/freestyle/app_blender/*.cpp and search for fixed paths (starting in /Users/).
I am currently evaluating whether it's worth making Python run on its own environment (right now, the program crashes because of PyImport_AddModule) or whether it should use Blender's Python capabilities. Also, I need to figure out how to integrate the SWIG wrapper dynamic library into the current scheme.