Four-Star Clock with Pulsar
I modified my testbed program such that:
1 The numerals are easier to see with a black background.
2 I added radial animation - in other words the radial gradients grow and shrink in size - this is the shown by the pulsating center radial gradient.
3 The clock numbers can be hidden by touching the screen (shown after the 1:10 mark or so). Touching the screen makes the number animate back into position.
All of the animation here I had to do by hand (by way of a CALinkLayer I encapsulated into an animation class) because iOS doesn't support animation for the properties I wanted to animate.
The entire scene reminds me of a science fictional view of a four-star system with the center start about to go supernova.
Four-Star Clock with Pulsar
I modified my testbed program such that:
1 The numerals are easier to see with a black background.
2 I added radial animation - in other words the radial gradients grow and shrink in size - this is the shown by the pulsating center radial gradient.
3 The clock numbers can be hidden by touching the screen (shown after the 1:10 mark or so). Touching the screen makes the number animate back into position.
All of the animation here I had to do by hand (by way of a CALinkLayer I encapsulated into an animation class) because iOS doesn't support animation for the properties I wanted to animate.
The entire scene reminds me of a science fictional view of a four-star system with the center start about to go supernova.