[vox-tech] Success with fltk and SDL_image

[Peter Jay Salzman]

On Wed 12 May 04,  1:47 PM, Bill Kendrick <nbs@sonic.net> said:
> On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 01:36:23PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > Even for pi/2 rotations, it takes a little trig.   :-)
> 
> Hrm?
> 
> Nah!
> 
> for (y = height - 1; y >= 0; y--)
> {
>   for (x = width - 1; x >= 0; x++)
>   {
>     src_x = width - x - 1;
>     src_y = height - y - 1;
> 
>     ... copy pixel from src surface @ (src_x,src_y) to
>         dest surface @ (x,y)
>   }
> }
> 
> ;^)
> 
> Or am I totally confused?
 
not confused.  most people don't think about math too deeply.

every rotation by pi/2, no matter what algorithm you use, is a special
case of a more general method of rotation.

remember the basic identities: sin(pi/2) = 1 and cos(pi/2) = 0.  don't
be surprised if a lot of ones and zeros enter whatever algorithm you
choose, as opposed to numbers like .7071 and .3333.

you may THINK trig has nothing to do with it.  but that's just because
you haven't peeked under the hood!

> > therefore, a rotation in 2-space only has a single degree of freedom yet
> > the rotation tensor has 4 components.  a rotation in 3-space has 6
> > degrees of freedom yet the tensor has 9 components.
> > 
> > this means your rotations are inefficient if you chose this method to
> > rotate pixels, since you're carrying around a lot of extra baggage in
> > your calculations.
> > 
> > if you do a google search on "rotation quaternions" you'll find a much
> > more efficient routine for rotations at the price of being much more
> > abstract.
> 
> Well now I >am< totally confused! ;)
> 
> -bill!

i was once told that the military uses quaternionic rotations in mission
critical applications.  not sure if the person was talking out the side
of their butt or not.  but it sure sounds impressive!   :-)

pete

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