Android - Glow Effects on Canvas

Question

i want to make an Android app and draw on canvas with a glow effects for the circles, squares etc that i draw on it. Much like the application Art of Glow.

Art of glow http://iphonecake.com/appcake/appimg/380120815-0.jpg

This is what i have achieved by now and it doesn't seem to have the amount of glow i target i have used BlurMaskFilter() for this.

I tried using setShadow() and setShader() but the Glow effect isn't strong enough. If you can help me with this it'd be a great favor and might help other users as well...

regards Saad.

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '12 at 12:04

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You could consider creating the image objects you wish to use in your app in PhotoShop or GIMP with a glowing effect and export them as portable network graphics.

I hope this helps.

answered Sep 05 '12 at 12:04

Luke Taylor

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Thanks for the reply @Luke but i want for the drawn objects to be animated like their sizes, radius etc. that's why i can't use images. – Malik Saad Bin Tariq Sep 05 '12 at 12:07
You could still change your image dimensions. – Luke Taylor Sep 05 '12 at 12:19
but the image would get distorted and will lose quality and possibly speed of the animations... – Malik Saad Bin Tariq Sep 05 '12 at 12:25
though i will try out what you suggested. – Malik Saad Bin Tariq Sep 05 '12 at 12:36

Android - Glow Effects on Canvas

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