Think Visual
Lua scripting with gluas is for graphics minds,
game developers, seismic data visualization and
much more.
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Gluas
first was created for the GIMP. It is based on
Lua, i.e. it uses the Lua interpreter for
blazingly fast execution of your code.
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If you know other imaging programs that support
gluas style creation of image filters for
special effects, be sure to contact
Philip.
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Gluas
is powered by Lua,
a fast scripting language.
Gluas
focuses on the image: a raster of
pixels. An internal variable for
width and height and a handful of
methods to access the RGB value or
other aspects of these pixels in
that array let you do whatever you
want to do with them, as long as
you have the math to do it. This
is a great environment to test
your algorithmic ideas and explore
the what-if's.
The first
incarnation of Gluas was created
by Øyvind Kolås for use with the
GIMP. See http://pippin.gimp.org/gluas/
and http://pippin.gimp.org/image-processing/
Gluas can
now also be found as part of or
plugins & addons to other
imaging and painting &
animation programs:
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a
free and open-source Graphics Image Manipulation Program. This
is where it started, with the 1st
gluas plugin created by Øyvind Kolås
- the 'mother
of
all gluas' codecave.org/image-processing
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Dan
Ritchie's paint & animation
program, extended with Marco
Pontello's DogLua plugin and Dan's
GUIserver extensions for interactive
scripts, i.e. GUI elements for user
interactions. Doglua is supported in
various versions of PD Howler, PD
Artist and PD Particle and above.
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Boris
Eyrich's digital painting program,
supporting gluas and Dogwaffle's
GUIserver extensions as well, plus
interchange connectivity with
Dogwaffle and PD Particles! There is
a free version and a commercial
product. Not sure which one supports
Lua at the moment? Explore!
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Ken
Carlino's painting program at
Pixarra. Includes extensions for
interactive elements (sliders and
other GUI elements).
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You may not
yet have an immediate desire to learn the
whole Lua scripting system, but if you
learn gluas be assured you'll be on your
way. It's a nice and very visual way to
easily make your first steps into
programming with this fast and powerful
scripting language, and you will
experience the joy of creating visual
effects through your own filters along the
way. If you're already into imaging, gluas
may just be the thing your math brain has
been looking for!
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