Re: Need to add <feColorRamp> to SVG [ISSUE-2380]

Thanks!  Is there a way to add my name to the tracking system?

Mark


> Hi, Mark-
>
> Thanks for the proposal; this is the right place for proposals like this.
>
> We discussed this briefly during our SVG Working Group telcon, and will
> discuss it more in depth in the context of the filters module and SVG2.
>   I have raised this as issue-2380 in our issue tracker:
>    http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/track/issues/2380
>
> Right now, our plate is full, but we will probably pick this up more
> seriously in a couple of months. We'll want to talk with you further
> about it at that time, but in the meantime, we're interested in hearing
> feedback from you and others on this topic on this mailing list.
>
> Regards-
> -Doug Schepers
> W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs
>
> kitfox@golden.net wrote (on 10/5/10 9:30 AM):
>> I'd like to propose adding an<feColorRamp>  filter element to SVG.  This
>> is  a simple filter that takes selects a channel from an input image and
>> uses the intensity of a particular pixel to lookup a color value in a
>> gradient.
>>
>> Reasons:
>>
>> At the moment, the SVG filtering system provides ways to perturb images
>> in
>> their domain (feDisplacementMap), but has only limited ability to remap
>> their range (feColorMatrix is probably the best existing option).  To
>> use
>> fractal noise and turbulence to produce natural effects such as fire,
>> clouds, marble or wood, the intensity of the noise needs to be mapped to
>> a
>> color ramp (gradient).  (See Ken Perlin's 'Making Noise'
>> http://www.noisemachine.com/talk1/)
>>
>> Proposal:
>>
>> A new filter element should be added to svg called<feColorRamp>.  It
>> would have the following attributes:
>>
>> in: "SourceGraphic | SourceAlpha | BackgroundImage | BackgroundAlpha  |
>> FillPaint | StrokePaint |<filter-primitive-reference>"
>> 	- Choose input image
>>
>> channelSelector: "R | G | B | A"
>> 	- Determines channel of input image that is remapped
>>
>> ramp:<gradient>
>> 	- The gradient that is used for remapping intensity values in the input
>> channel
>>
>>
>> Please let me know if you think this is a good idea, and where I should
>> submit this proposal if this list is not the best place.
>>
>>
>> Mark McKay
>>
>
>
>



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