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# Demonstrate the Draw#rotation= method by producing
# an animated MIFF file showing a rotating text string.

require 'rmagick'
include Magick

puts <<END_INFO
Demonstrate the rotation= attribute in the Draw class
by producing an animated image. View the output image
by entering the command: animate rotating_text.miff
END_INFO

text = Draw.new
text.pointsize = 28
text.font_weight = BoldWeight
text.font_style = ItalicStyle
text.gravity = CenterGravity
text.fill = 'white'

# Let's make it interesting. Composite the
# rotated text over a gradient fill background.
fill = GradientFill.new(100, 100, 100, 100, 'yellow', 'red')
bg = Image.new(200, 200, fill)

# The "none" color is transparent.
fg = Image.new(bg.columns, bg.rows) { self.background_color = 'none' }

# Here's where we'll collect the individual frames.
animation = ImageList.new

0.step(345, 15) do |degrees|
  frame = fg.copy
  text.annotate(frame, 0, 0, 0, 0, 'Rotating Text') do
    self.rotation = degrees
  end
  # Composite the text over the gradient filled background frame.
  animation << bg.composite(frame, CenterGravity, DisplaceCompositeOp)
end

animation.delay = 8

# animation.animate
puts '...Writing rotating_text.gif'
animation.write('rotating_text.gif')
exit

Version data entries

6 entries across 6 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
rmagick-4.1.0.rc2	examples/rotating_text.rb
rmagick-4.1.0.rc1	examples/rotating_text.rb
rmagick-4.0.0	examples/rotating_text.rb
rmagick-3.2.0	examples/rotating_text.rb
rmagick-3.1.0	examples/rotating_text.rb
rmagick-3.0.0	examples/rotating_text.rb