Thank You!

on 31 Oct 2022

% Thanks to the MathWorks staff and to all the participants for a great competition!

% Remix of Eric Ludlam's 'MATLAB Balloon'

% https://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/communitycontests/contests/5/entries/12228

% Use TEXT to create a blob bitmask.

% Disable font smoothing to get crisper font

t=text(1,1,sprintf('THANKS\nMATLAB\n ♡'),Un='pix',FontSm='of',FontSi=15);

f=getframe(gca,t.Extent);

cla % Make the text object go away

% Convert RGB uint8 into logical bitmask & convert mask into coordinates

[y,x]=find(f.cdata(:,:,1)<1);

v=[x,y];

v(:,3)=9;

% Convert coordinates into blobs and draw.

S=isosurface(blinnblob(9+v*2,192,210,40),1);

patch(S,FaceVertexC=S.vertices(:,1))

axis equal ij off

light

shading interp

colormap turbo

% lighting g

% material([.5;.5;.6])

% camzoom(1.5)