Nice effect for an "About" dialog

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Hi all, I have written a MFC application in Visual C++ and I'd like to add something like a fancy effect (a rotating 3D logo or something like that, I already have a logo to insert into) in the about window.

For once, I am not asking for help solving a big programming trouble.. but I am asking if you know some nice effect (which does not involve using DirectX or heavy libraries) to add the credits window in order to say: "Hey look here, I can do nice things too!"

Thank you for any suggestion :)

Posted 18-Jul-10 9:45am

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2010-07-18T09:48:00

I'd do a non standard shaped window, lots of info online about that. Something rotating without DirectX, unless it's just an animated GIF or something, is likely to look chunky, I reckon.

Just scrolling text can look cool, too.

If you want motion, I suggest you render frames, then use a timer to just jump between them, and make sure you double buffer it.

4288 · Answer 2 · 2010-07-18T21:23:00

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A shaped window with scrolling text sounds good and not too bad to implement (I suppose)

Thank you for the idea, I think I'll proceed this way

Posted 18-Jul-10 21:23pm