Little bit of background: I own Affinity designer, looking into learning Blender 3D, and am decently familiar with Python, Numpy, and Matplotlib. Examples: ex1 ex2 ex3 ex4 ex5 ex6 There’s nothing particularly special about these images. Mainly you could say they are mathematical 3D images represented in just simple lines, such as wire meshes. That’s … Read more
I have a background image that is bright on one side and dark on the other. Below it I have a gray box. The issue is that the gray box appears to be diagonal instead of flat which I believe is caused by an optical illusion due to the brightness of the image above. I … Read more
Say I have 65,000+ shapes (i.e. the CJK Unicode Characters as vector glyphs). I want to create a square for each of the characters and place each vector glyph within its square such that it is visually centered. Not technically centered, but visually centered. Optically centered (i.e. optical adjustment). Is there an “align to optical … Read more
Sorry it’s a broad question.. I have a project where I am making the inside of a trailer look like it’s either the interior of an aeroplane, or its an aeroplane with no roof, so you have visible site of the wings and sky in all directions. I will include an image i found which … Read more
Recently I have been trying to add tabs to my application. When designing the Zoom tab, I find that when focusing on other elements of the screen it appears to look like eoon to the unfocused eye. This is a really important feature and it is quite distracting to see this optical illusion. Should I … Read more
I have a solid colour background. Diagram 1. Over the top of this is a transparent gradient going left to right. Diagram 2. It is RGB 0,0,0, the left edge is 85% opacity, and the right edge fades off to 0% opacity. In the screenshot it is 30px wide (diagram 3 shows where the 0% … Read more
I was trying to edit the following picture in GIMP when I noticed something strange. This is the original picture: And this is what it looks like when opened in GIMP (the only important thing here is that GIMP uses a somewhat light background). When seeing the picture in a small thumbnail size (around 64×64) … Read more
I’m working on a small project for a friend. I’m slicing letters but when I separate them I notice they look unaligned. Is it the font I’m using (I’ve already tried different fonts) or am I doing something wrong? Is it an optical illusion? Answer They are unaligned because that’s what you are literally doing…you … Read more
I would like to replicate the type of illusion occurring in this case: To observe the illusion look at the center dot while adjust the distance your head is from the monitor. What are the important factors one must preserve from an image like this in order to get the opposed rotation effect associated with … Read more
I was wondering how I can do this type of optical illusion. Is it done manually or is there a quicker way to do it. Thanks ahead of time. Answer Simulate the old bw photo printing system. There dot sizes or line widths are modulated by local greyshades. have a bw photo as a layer … Read more
