Issue #146 : Improve shift+stroke to draw more uniform lines

src/js/tools/drawing/BaseTool.js

@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@
     var pixels = [];
     var dx = Math.abs(x1 - x0);
     var dy = Math.abs(y1 - y0);
+
     var sx = (x0 < x1) ? 1 : -1;
     var sy = (y0 < y1) ? 1 : -1;
     var err = dx - dy;
     while (true) {
-
       // Do what you need to for this
       pixels.push({'col': x0, 'row': y0});
 
@@ -120,6 +120,65 @@
         y0  += sy;
       }
     }
+
+    return pixels;
+  };
+
+  var dist = function (x0, x1, y0, y1) {
+    var dx = Math.abs(x1 - x0);
+    var dy = Math.abs(y1 - y0);
+    return Math.sqrt(Math.pow(dx, 2) + Math.pow(dy, 2));
+  };
+
+  var MAX_STEP = 5;
+  ns.BaseTool.prototype.getUniformLinePixels_ = function (x0, x1, y0, y1) {
+    var pixels = [];
+
+    x1 = pskl.utils.normalize(x1, 0);
+    y1 = pskl.utils.normalize(y1, 0);
+
+    var dx = Math.abs(x1 - x0);
+    var dy = Math.abs(y1 - y0);
+
+    var ratio = Math.max(dx, dy) / Math.min(dx, dy);
+    // in pixel art, lines should use uniform number of pixels for each step
+    var pixelStep = Math.round(ratio);
+    // invalid step, bail out
+    if (pixelStep === 0 || isNaN(pixelStep)) {
+      return pixels;
+    }
+    // the tool should make it easy to draw straight lines
+    if (pixelStep > MAX_STEP && pixelStep < MAX_STEP * 2) {
+      pixelStep = MAX_STEP;
+    } else if (pixelStep >= MAX_STEP * 2) {
+      pixelStep = Infinity;
+    }
+
+    var sx = (x0 < x1) ? 1 : -1;
+    var sy = (y0 < y1) ? 1 : -1;
+
+    var x = x0;
+    var y = y0;
+    var maxDistance = dist(x0, x1, y0, y1);
+
+    var i = 0;
+    while (true) {
+      i++;
+
+      pixels.push({'col': x, 'row': y});
+      if (dist(x0, x, y0, y) >= maxDistance) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      var isAtStep = i % pixelStep === 0;
+      if (dx >= dy || isAtStep) {
+        x += sx;
+      }
+      if (dy >= dx || isAtStep) {
+        y += sy;
+      }
+    }
+
     return pixels;
   };
 })();

src/js/tools/drawing/Stroke.js

@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@
   };
 
   ns.Stroke.prototype.draw_ = function (col, row, color, targetFrame, penSize, isStraight) {
+    var linePixels;
     if (isStraight) {
-      var coords = this.getStraightLineCoordinates_(col, row);
-      col = coords.col;
-      row = coords.row;
+      linePixels = this.getUniformLinePixels_(this.startCol, col, this.startRow, row);
+    } else {
+      linePixels = this.getLinePixels_(col, this.startCol, row, this.startRow);
     }
 
-    var linePixels = this.getLinePixels_(this.startCol, col, this.startRow, row);
     pskl.PixelUtils.resizePixels(linePixels, penSize).forEach(function (point) {
       targetFrame.setPixel(point[0], point[1], color);
     });
@@ -108,50 +108,4 @@
     this.draw_(replayData.col, replayData.row, replayData.color, frame, replayData.penSize, replayData.isStraight);
   };
 
-  /**
-   * Convert col, row to be on the nearest straight line or 45 degrees diagonal.
-   */
-  ns.Stroke.prototype.getStraightLineCoordinates_ = function(col, row) {
-    // coordinates translated using startCol, startRow as origin
-    var tCol = col - this.startCol;
-    var tRow = this.startRow - row;
-
-    var dist = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(tCol, 2) + Math.pow(tRow, 2));
-
-    var axisDistance = Math.round(dist);
-    var diagDistance = Math.round(dist / Math.sqrt(2));
-
-    var PI8 = Math.PI / 8;
-    var angle = Math.atan2(tRow, tCol);
-    if (angle < PI8 && angle >= -PI8) {
-      row = this.startRow;
-      col = this.startCol + axisDistance;
-    } else if (angle >= PI8 && angle < 3 * PI8) {
-      row = this.startRow - diagDistance;
-      col = this.startCol + diagDistance;
-    } else if (angle >= 3 * PI8 && angle < 5 * PI8) {
-      row = this.startRow - axisDistance;
-      col = this.startCol;
-    } else if (angle >= 5 * PI8 && angle < 7 * PI8) {
-      row = this.startRow - diagDistance;
-      col = this.startCol - diagDistance;
-    } else if (angle >= 7 * PI8 || angle < -7 * PI8) {
-      row = this.startRow;
-      col = this.startCol - axisDistance;
-    } else if (angle >= -7 * PI8 && angle < -5 * PI8) {
-      row = this.startRow + diagDistance;
-      col = this.startCol - diagDistance;
-    } else if (angle >= -5 * PI8 && angle < -3 * PI8) {
-      row = this.startRow + axisDistance;
-      col = this.startCol;
-    } else if (angle >= -3 * PI8 && angle < -PI8) {
-      row = this.startRow + diagDistance;
-      col = this.startCol + diagDistance;
-    }
-
-    return {
-      col : col,
-      row : row
-    };
-  };
 })();