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dblue · Post by **dblue** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:03 pm

Leslie Sanford wrote:The problem is that the shadow position inside the finger inset rotates as you turn the knob. I think it should stay fixed.

Remove the Emboss effect and use Edge Highlight instead. Set offset to something like 5, and density to around -30. Kinda gets the job done, although I would personally want to fine-tune it a little more, and I might be inclined to break the effect down into several more layers for better control.

Leslie Sanford · Post by **Leslie Sanford** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:07 pm

Thanks Limeflavour and dblue. Yup, getting rid of the emboss and using the shadow features did the trick.

Art60 · Post by **Art60** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:18 pm

Limeflavour wrote:I've made some knobs, some are not finished and some are even crap (most actually ). Like it or not, here they are: http://stashbox.org/264843/lf_knobs.zip

very realistic, more than the one I made from a real knob photo : potard_vert.knob

Limeflavour · Post by **Limeflavour** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:07 am

Thanks Art!

that knob took awhile to make and it's the one i'm most happpy with.

Leslie Sanford · Post by **Leslie Sanford** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:51 am

I made a knob!

Here's the corresponding knob file:

A knob

This is the first usable knob I've done, so I'm quite proud of it, lol.

P.S. I think I may need to adjust it so that it's not quite so bright in the upper left and not quite so dark in the lower right.

very angry mobster · Post by **very angry mobster** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:47 am

looks good Leslie.

Leslie Sanford · Post by **Leslie Sanford** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:10 am

very angry mobster wrote:looks good Leslie.

Thanks!

Art60 · Post by **Art60** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:40 am

Leslie Sanford wrote:I made a knob!
This is the first usable knob I've done, so I'm quite proud of it, lol.
P.S. I think I may need to adjust it so that it's not quite so bright in the upper left and not quite so dark in the lower right.

Hi Leslie,
Thank you for this knob, very beautiful

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Though I won't make as nice knobs as yours, may I write down one small remark ?
I don't think the metal circle should rotate with the button. I think you'd better let it still, in phase with main lighting direction (i.e. -45°).

Don't you agree ?

Best regrards,

Art.

Leslie Sanford · Post by **Leslie Sanford** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:13 am

Art60 wrote: Hi Leslie,
Thank you for this knob, very beautiful .

Thanks!

Though I won't make as nice knobs as yours, may I write down one small remark ?
I don't think the metal circle should rotate with the button. I think you'd better let it still, in phase with main lighting direction (i.e. -45°).

Don't you agree ?

I do agree, thanks for the suggestion. I knew there was something odd about the way it looked when I rotated it. Making the metal circle stationary solved the problem.

Leslie Sanford · Post by **Leslie Sanford** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:17 am

I should be in bed.

This program is addicting.

An experiement:

This represents a push button. There are two images, one when the button is up and the other when it is pressed. Ideally, you'd probably render the two images seperately, but I wanted to see how it looked going back and forth between pressed/non-pressed.

Push Button "Knob"

The pressed image may need work so that it looks more, erm, pressed.

Art60 · Post by **Art60** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:47 am

Leslie Sanford wrote:I do agree, thanks for the suggestion. I knew there was something odd about the way it looked when I rotated it. Making the metal circle stationary solved the problem.

I knew it

Art60 · Post by **Art60** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:52 am

Leslie Sanford wrote:I should be in bed. This program is addicting.

The new buzz in town! It's really a great value! Thx g200kg !!!

Leslie Sanford wrote:The pressed image may need work so that it looks more, erm, pressed.

Yep, may be border would be thinner and/or reversed, i.e. lighting is on right/bottom edge as if it was flat or lowered.
Never tried it. My buttons are sort of touch type, they lit or dim.

Leslie Sanford · Post by **Leslie Sanford** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:45 pm

I've updated the push button:

Knob file

I don't think this looks realistic yet. It's as though the button is made of soft plastic and is actually changing shape when pressed. That's not what I want, but this is a start.

aciddose · Post by **aciddose** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:19 pm

the edges only become flatter if that is the type of pad-button you want, so make the dark edge about -25% from the median and the light about +25% when depressed rather than the current -+100%. it can help to slightly dim the inside/surface (but keep the edges relative without dimming) to increase the depressed look. you could also add a edge shading about 10% width of the edge and shade the surface of the button in the opposite direction (top-left dark, bottom-right light) to get a bent-in plastic look.

if ever in doubt, model it in a 3d app like blender and check the lighting.

Leslie Sanford · Post by **Leslie Sanford** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:35 pm

A two-way switch:

Two-way Switch

An LED switch:

LED Switch

A horizontal slider:

HSlider "Knob"

Just goofing around in SkinMan using the above controls.

KnobMan, the VSTGUI AnimationKnob bitmap generator