CameraBlur

VTKExamples/Cxx/Rendering/CameraBlur


Code

CameraBlur.cxx

#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkConeSource.h>
#include <vtkGlyph3D.h>

int main( int, char *[] )
{
  // create the rendering objects
  vtkRenderer *ren1 = vtkRenderer::New();
  vtkRenderWindow *renWin = vtkRenderWindow::New();
    renWin->AddRenderer(ren1);
  vtkRenderWindowInteractor *iren = vtkRenderWindowInteractor::New();
    iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);

  // create the pipline, ball and spikes
  vtkSphereSource *sphere = vtkSphereSource::New();
    sphere->SetPhiResolution(7); sphere->SetThetaResolution(7);
  vtkPolyDataMapper *sphereMapper = vtkPolyDataMapper::New();
    sphereMapper->SetInputConnection(sphere->GetOutputPort());
  vtkActor *sphereActor = vtkActor::New();
    sphereActor->SetMapper(sphereMapper);
  vtkActor *sphereActor2 = vtkActor::New();
    sphereActor2->SetMapper(sphereMapper);

  vtkConeSource *cone = vtkConeSource::New();
    cone->SetResolution(5);
  vtkGlyph3D *glyph = vtkGlyph3D::New();
    glyph->SetInputConnection(sphere->GetOutputPort());
    glyph->SetSourceConnection(cone->GetOutputPort());
    glyph->SetVectorModeToUseNormal();
    glyph->SetScaleModeToScaleByVector();
    glyph->SetScaleFactor(0.25);
  vtkPolyDataMapper *spikeMapper = vtkPolyDataMapper::New();
    spikeMapper->SetInputConnection(glyph->GetOutputPort());
  vtkActor *spikeActor = vtkActor::New();
    spikeActor->SetMapper(spikeMapper);
  vtkActor *spikeActor2 = vtkActor::New();
    spikeActor2->SetMapper(spikeMapper);

  spikeActor->SetPosition(0,0.7,0);
  sphereActor->SetPosition(0,0.7,0);
  spikeActor2->SetPosition(0,-1.0,-10);
  sphereActor2->SetPosition(0,-1.0,-10);
  spikeActor2->SetScale(1.5,1.5,1.5);
  sphereActor2->SetScale(1.5,1.5,1.5);

  ren1->AddActor(sphereActor);
  ren1->AddActor(spikeActor);
  ren1->AddActor(sphereActor2);
  ren1->AddActor(spikeActor2);
  ren1->SetBackground(0.1,0.2,0.4);
  renWin->SetSize(300,300);
  renWin->DoubleBufferOff();

  // do the first render and then zoom in a little
  renWin->Render();
  ren1->GetActiveCamera()->SetFocalPoint(0,0,0.0);
  ren1->GetActiveCamera()->Zoom(1.8);
  ren1->GetActiveCamera()->SetFocalDisk(0.05);

  renWin->Render();

  iren->Start();

  // Clean up allocated memory
  ren1->Delete();
  renWin->Delete();
  iren->Delete();
  sphere->Delete();
  sphereMapper->Delete();
  sphereActor->Delete();
  sphereActor2->Delete();
  cone->Delete();
  glyph->Delete();
  spikeMapper->Delete();
  spikeActor->Delete();
  spikeActor2->Delete();
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(CameraBlur)

find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

add_executable(CameraBlur MACOSX_BUNDLE CameraBlur.cxx )

target_link_libraries(CameraBlur ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

Download and Build CameraBlur

Click here to download CameraBlur and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball CameraBlur.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd CameraBlur/build 

If VTK is installed:

cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./CameraBlur

WINDOWS USERS

Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.