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treon YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 3	creating multiple canvases Jul 31st, 2008, 2:37am   i need the canvases to be created (one by one) in real time. is that possible in processing?

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: creating multiple canvases Reply #1 - Jul 31st, 2008, 9:30am   Yes, create several instances of PGraphics. I think I gave an example in Saving images with transparent backgrounds.

antiplastik YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 699 France	Re: creating multiple canvases Reply #2 - Jul 31st, 2008, 9:31am   Yes. Reference > Advanced > Rendering > createGraphics() http://processing.org/reference/createGraphics_.html

treon YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 3	Re: creating multiple canvases Reply #3 - Aug 2nd, 2008, 6:01am   thanks for the links ppl i had a try with it but it seems it only works if i predefined everything before evaluating it. is it possible to make each canvas part of an array of objects(the object being the canvases) and create them one by one(more than 2) with a GUI in real time?

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: creating multiple canvases Reply #4 - Aug 2nd, 2008, 11:00am   Yes, for example you create a new instance of PGraphics with createGraphics, and put it in an ArrayList which will grow on demand.  pg = createGraphics(w, h, r);  al.add(pg); When you need one of them, just use pg = (PGraphics) al.get(i); and use it as usual.