Loads or downloads an image from a URL.
If you drag an image file from your computer onto the composition, an instance of this node will be created with the URL
port set up.
To download an image from the internet, copy the image’s URL from your browser. Example:
http://vuo.org/sites/all/themes/vuo_theme/logo.png
To load an image from a file on the computer running the composition, create a URL from the file’s path. Examples:
file:///System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg
/System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg
DefaultDesktop.jpg
(for a file called “DefaultDesktop.jpg” in the same folder as the composition)images/DefaultDesktop.jpg
(for a file called “DefaultDesktop.jpg” in a folder called “images” in the same folder as the composition)If the file’s location doesn’t start with file://
or /
, then it’s treated as a relative path. This is the option you’d typically want when sharing the composition with others. If running the composition on a different computer than it was created on, the file needs to exist in the same location relative to the composition (.vuo
) file. If running an application exported from the composition, the file needs to exist in the Contents/Resources
folder inside the application package; see the Vuo Manual for details.
If the file’s location starts with file://
or /
, then it’s treated as an absolute path. If running the composition on a different computer than it was created on, the file needs to exist in the same location on that computer. To get the file’s path in the correct format, open the TextEdit application, go to Format > Make Plain Text, drag the file onto the TextEdit window, and copy the path that appears in the TextEdit window.
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