From: Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau@cea.fr>
To: Pavneet Arora <pavneet_arora@waroc.com>
Cc: ConTeXt Mailing list <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Ka-Pow comic book effect?
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:26:13 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160718102613.065b0f6d@cea.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160718155938.24A4086C0D9@charkha.pavastupa.com>
On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:59:42 -0400
Pavneet Arora <pavneet_arora@waroc.com> wrote:
> Would anyone have a template on how to create a comic book “Ka-Pow”
> effect (or something similar) as per:
>
> http://thumb101.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/752857/180152483/stock-vector-ka-pow-comic-speech-bubble-cartoon-180152483.jpg
>
> I would like to use it for one of my slides for my talk at TUG 2016.
\startreusableMPgraphic{star}
fill dir(90)--dir(-60)--dir(150)--dir(30)--dir(-120)--cycle
xscaled \overlaywidth yscaled \overlayheight
scaled 3/4
withcolor \MPcolor{\overlaycolor} ;
\stopreusableMPgraphic
\defineoverlay [star] [\reuseMPgraphic{star}]
\starttext
\startframed
[frame=off,background=star,backgroundcolor=lightgray,align=text] Wow\\
a star!
\stopframed
\stoptext
You get the idea... (but keep in mind Edward Tufte's Phluff factor).
Alan
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