Transitions like PowerPoint: measured frame by frame and retuned

Every transition and Effect Option was built in PowerPoint (COM), exported as
video and compared frame by frame with DeckCraft at the same progress
(mean abs diff over 150 variants 35.7 -> 15.0, 0-255).

- anim: transition_frame(kind, option, t, aspect) with measured curves
  (smoothstep fades, ease-in-out moves, Cover/Uncover/Pan curves), directions
  and option meanings, soft edges as per-corner opacity, 3-D effects as
  perspective-projected cards, Dynamic Content moving slide contents over
  cross-fading backgrounds (Source::OldBack/NewBack/OldContent/NewContent);
  layer_mesh subdivides perspective quads so textures stay straight.
- New options: Page Curl Single, Glitter Hexagons, Shred In/Out, Zoom and
  Rotate; PowerPoint-style Effect Options labels.
- render: composite_transition (CPU twin of the show), render_slide_part,
  render_transition; deckcraft-cli render-transition FILE --slide N --t T.
- show: per-vertex opacity meshes, slide parts rendered once per transition.
- pptx: PowerPoint's elements and defaults (p:strips diagonal wipes, p14:warp
  and p:newsflash for Zoom, p:zoom for Shape In/Out, glitter pattern, shred
  rectangle/dir, prstTrans invX per preset, pageCurlSingle, defaults for
  randomBar/doors/window/pan/zoom); PowerPoint reopens DeckCraft's files with
  the same effects.
- Tests: measured curves, probes of which slide shows where at t, option
  coverage, per-frame triangle budget, PowerPoint XML and defaults round trip.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Brandon Thomas
2026-10-13 05:25:33 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent 735e16d93c
commit fae945831b
19 changed files with 3080 additions and 879 deletions
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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
//! ```text
//! deckcraft-cli info FILE # slides, titles, layouts (JSON)
//! deckcraft-cli render (FILE | --sample) [--slide N | --all] [--scale S] OUT.png|OUT_DIR
//! deckcraft-cli render-transition FILE --slide N --t T[,T…] [--width PX] OUT.png # transition frame(s)
//! deckcraft-cli convert IN OUT # .deckcraft ⇄ .pptx, outline .txt, .png (first slide)
//! deckcraft-cli run [--in FILE | --sample] [--cmd ID[=JSON]]... [--save OUT] [--export OUT] [--print]
//! deckcraft-cli commands [FILTER] # list commands (JSON)
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ macro_rules! outln {
const USAGE: &str = "usage: deckcraft-cli info FILE
deckcraft-cli render (FILE | --sample) [--slide N | --all] [--scale S] [--edit] OUT
deckcraft-cli render-transition FILE --slide N --t T[,T...] [--width PX] OUT.png
deckcraft-cli convert IN OUT
deckcraft-cli run [--in FILE | --sample] [--cmd ID[=JSON]]... [--save OUT] [--export OUT] [--print]
deckcraft-cli commands [FILTER]
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
}
Some("info") => report(info(rest)),
Some("render") => report(render(rest)),
Some("render-transition") => report(render_transition(rest)),
Some("convert") => report(convert(rest)),
Some("run") => report(run(rest)),
Some("commands") => {
@@ -161,6 +164,80 @@ fn render(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
Ok(())
}
/// Frames of slide N's transition (0-based N; from slide N-1, or black for the first slide) at
/// the given progress values. With several values, OUT gets `-t<value>` before its extension.
fn render_transition(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
use deckcraft_engine::render;
let mut input = None;
let mut slide: Option<usize> = None;
let mut ts: Vec<f64> = Vec::new();
let mut width: Option<f64> = None;
let mut out = None;
let mut it = args.iter();
while let Some(a) = it.next() {
match a.as_str() {
"--slide" => slide = Some(it.next().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).ok_or("--slide needs a number")?),
"--t" => {
let v = it.next().ok_or("--t needs a value")?;
for x in v.split(',') {
let t: f64 = x.trim().parse().map_err(|_| format!("bad --t value `{x}`"))?;
if !t.is_finite() {
return Err(format!("bad --t value `{x}`"));
}
ts.push(t);
}
}
"--width" => {
width = Some(it.next().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).filter(|w: &f64| w.is_finite() && *w >= 1.0).ok_or("--width needs pixels")?)
}
other if input.is_none() => input = Some(other.to_string()),
other => out = Some(other.to_string()),
}
}
let input = input.ok_or("render-transition needs a FILE")?;
let out = out.ok_or("render-transition needs an output path")?;
let i = slide.ok_or("render-transition needs --slide N")?;
if ts.is_empty() {
return Err("render-transition needs --t".into());
}
let mut s = Session::new();
open(&mut s, Some(&input), false)?;
let st = s.doc().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
let doc = &st.doc;
let n = doc.slides.len();
let Some(sl) = doc.slides.get(i) else { return Err(format!("no slide {i} (the deck has {n})")) };
let sw = doc.slide_size.width.max(1.0);
let w = width.unwrap_or(sw * 2.0).min(render::MAX_SIDE as f64);
let opts = render::RenderOpts { scale: w / sw, ..Default::default() };
let tr = sl.transition.clone().unwrap_or_default();
// Render both slides once and composite every frame from them (morph re-renders per frame).
let prev = i.checked_sub(1);
let cached = (tr.kind != "morph").then(|| {
let parts = render::uses_slide_parts(&tr.kind, &tr.option).then(|| render::SlideParts::render(doc, prev, i, &opts));
(prev.map(|p| render::render_slide(doc, p, &opts)), render::render_slide(doc, i, &opts), parts)
});
let aspect = sw / doc.slide_size.height.max(1.0);
for t in &ts {
let img = match &cached {
Some((old, new, parts)) => {
render::composite_transition(old.as_ref(), new, parts.as_ref(), &render::transition_frame(&tr.kind, &tr.option, *t, aspect))
}
None => render::render_transition(doc, i, *t, &opts),
};
let path = if ts.len() == 1 {
out.clone()
} else {
let p = std::path::Path::new(&out);
let stem = p.file_stem().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).unwrap_or("frame");
let name = format!("{stem}-t{t:.3}.png");
p.with_file_name(name).to_string_lossy().into_owned()
};
std::fs::write(&path, img.to_png()).map_err(|e| format!("{path}: {e}"))?;
outln!("{path} ({}×{}) {} {} t={t}", img.width, img.height, tr.kind, tr.option);
}
Ok(())
}
fn convert(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
let (Some(input), Some(out)) = (args.first(), args.get(1)) else { return Err("convert needs IN and OUT".into()) };
let mut s = Session::new();