I need to draw some shapes filled with linear gradients starting from every point and blending smoothly between points, like an OpenGL standard shading (I guess it is called GL_LINEAR or VERTEX_COLOR), i.e. GIMP / Illustrator / Krita / Paint3D, etc. Something fast and simple.
required result:
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Most 2D graphics programs are able to do linear gradients with arbitrary orientations. If you don't mind a little work, it is possible to set this up to imitate the 2D linear interpolation across a triangle.
Set up two layers:
- Pick two of the colors, say red and green, and set up a linear gradient between those two colors along the red-green edge.
- In a second layer, set up a linear gradient between blue and transparent-blue (i.e. the same color with alpha = 0). Orient it perpendicular to the red-green edge.
answered Oct 20, 2020 at 17:56
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$\begingroup$ you've forgot to mention that i also need to account for the length of the edges in cases when the triangle is not regular $\endgroup$– ivan866Oct 20, 2020 at 20:10
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1$\begingroup$ Not sure what you mean. If you put the linear gradient vertices at the right spots everything should be taken care of $\endgroup$ Oct 20, 2020 at 20:15
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a quick working wrapper for OpenGL from R:
require(rgl)
tr.points <- matrix(c(1,0,0, cos(60/180*pi),sin(60/180*pi),0, 0,0,0),
ncol=3, byrow=TRUE)
triangles3d(tr.points, col=c('red', 'green', 'blue'),
lit=FALSE, smooth=TRUE, textype='rgb',
lwd=1.0,
depth_mask=TRUE, depth_test='always')
rgl.viewpoint(theta=0, phi=0,
fov=0, zoom=1,
interactive=FALSE)