Legacy ImageMagick Discussions Archive

Bonzo wrote:Yes a good image - so you wanted the gradiant for the loading bar ?
Is the train also an indication of loaded amount?

Yes and what a good idea i will have a look at it when I get time.

Cheers! I was looking for a drop down.

For those who may be interested this is the final result, actually its one screen out of 34 generated by a graphical boot sequence, thanks for the help guys!

P.S.
Can I mark this thread as SOLVED like other forums?

THANKS!! fmw42
The -size ${W1}x${H} gradient: -geometry +20+0 -compose over -composite command is exactly what I was looking for, problem solved!

This command line is just a snippet and shows the problem (it is not the finished command line, just the bit I can't get working) with the gradient NOT the bar itself, as you can see by the second gradient it is not the same as the top gradient it starts half way. I need both bars to look the same ...

I don't believe that you can do calculations such as $((H-1)) inside the draw. Do them outside as a variable calculation and then just reference the variable. In bash $() is command replacement and (()) is c like integer maths so it does the calculation and then substitutes the result so is a valid ...

Help!! I have been going round in circles trying to get this to work #!/bin/bash -e Y=38 H=16 X=20 convert -size 500x500 canvas:green -size 1x$H -tile gradient:white-black -draw "rectangle $X,0, 200,$((H-1))" -draw "rectangle 0,$Y, 200,$((H+Y-1))" show: The first bars gradient is fine but the second ...