gbRipple creates a rippling effect over images, as though the image were covered in water which has been distrubed to cause waves. The waves/ripples may be generated using the mouse or by using the built in "raindrop" animation.

gbRipple allows the user to select an image (bmp/jpg/png/gif) to display, including cycling through the image in a folder. Several image display options are provided, such as size-to-window, maintain aspect ratio and grayscale.

A special mapping feature is also provided, which lets you zoom in on areas of interest while ripples are taking place. The map also lets you view a contour map of the ripple height (more on this below).

Download (v2.0, 0.8MB)

To install, just unzip the contents of the distribution file into a folder of its own!

This next image shows how dragging the mouse over the image creates the ripple effect.

The controls which allow changing the ripple display parameters are hidden by default, but may be displayed by pressing the "Settings" toolbar button.

The map feature can be configured to zoom in on a specific area of the image, or it may be configured to display a contour map (gradient based on ripple height) as shown in this next image:

Feature List

• Generate water ripple effect over images
• Use mouse to generate ripples (left mouse click or drag)
• Raindrop animation
• Zoom Dialog
• Contour Map (with optional display of height values)
• User-selected image (bmp/jpg/gif/png)
• Cycle through images in a folder
• Resize image as application is resized
• Display images with correct aspect ratio
• Display images in grayscale
• Lock image (prevent further changes, ripples frozen in place)
• Copy image to clipboard
• Online Help

Toolbar

• New - Select new image to display
• Next - Cycle through folder of current image, selecting images to display
• Clear - Remove all ripples from image
• Copy - Copy image, with ripple state, to clipboard
• Fit - Resize dialog to fit natural dimensions of the selected image
• Lock - Freeze image in current state
• Rain - Turn on raindrop animation (does not prevent user from creating ripples with mouse)
• GrayScale - Display grayscale version of the selected image
• Settings - Toggle display of the display settings controls. The associated dropdown menu has the following options:
  • Apply Default Settings - restores settings to default values
• Help - Open this online Help page

gbRipple Data Map

To open the dialog, just click on the "Map" toolbar button. Once displayed, the main screen will then display a square to indicate the area of the main image whose information (zoom image or contour map) will be displayed on the dialog.

To select a new area to be displayed, right click on the main dialog image. The point at the click will be used as the center for the map display.

The following context menu (right-mouse clikc) is available from the map dialog.

• Fit Dialog to Map/Cell Size
  resize map dialog to fit map size/cell size
• AutoFit Map Dialog
  apply fit dialog each time map size/cell size is changed
• Display Image On Map
  fill map dialog with image (unchecked: fills map dialog with height contour information)
• Display Text on Map
  display height value in each cell
• Cell Size 5
  set cell size to 5 pixels
• Cell Size 10
  set cell size to 10 pixels
• Cell Size 25
  set cell size to 25 pixels
• Cell Size 50
  set cell size to 50 pixels
• Map Size 25x25
  set map size to 25x25 cells
• Map Size 50x50
  set map size to 50x50 cells
• Map Size 100x100
  set map size to 100x100 cells

Keyboard Shortcuts

• F1 - Help
• Ctrl+C - Copy image, with ripple state, to clipboard
• Ctrl+F - Fit main dialog to image
• Ctrl+G - Display image as grayscale
• Ctrl+L - Lock image (no changes/animation allowed)
• Ctrl+M - Show data map (image zoom or contour map)
• Ctrl+N - Select new image to display
• Ctrl+R - Display raindrop animation
• Ctrl+S - Toggle display of settings trackbars

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