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Open Frameworks is another visual programming environment, this time based on C++. Although it might have a much smaller community than Processing it still has a very complete selection of libraries and can generate extremely high quality images and animations. Nodebox is a Mac only graphics programming environment very similar to Processing but based on Python. It is one of the biggest players in the generative graphics scene with a huge community, many online resources and a number of books on the subject. Processing is an open-source Java based programming language and environment for generating images, animations and visualisations. See the Droste effect plugin project page to get started. Also keep your eye on the Adobe Labs site as there is always cool stuff going on. The Pixel Bender exchange is a good source for example scripts. See the Adobe open-source site for more information.
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You also don't need the full Adobe Flash IDE to create Flash apps. Flash, Flex, Actionscript 3.0, Pixel Bender and friendsĪdobe Flash is one of the best ways to share your visualisations and the power of Actionscript 3.0, especially combined with Pixel Bender and Alchemy, has enabled some pretty impressive stuff.
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There is a resolution limited free version you can use for non-commercial projects to get started with.
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Its fractal based terrain generator enables you to create entire worlds procedurally. Terragen is an amazing photo-realistic landscape and environment renderer. It's not really a tool for pure generative graphics but damn cool all the same! Terragen TopMod is a specialist open-source 3D topology modelling tool with support for Python scripting. Structure Synth can export Sunflow scenes and it has plugins to integrate with the open-source 3D package Blender. There hasn't been a new release of the programme in a couple of years, but it is already a very capable system. Sunflow is an open-source global illumination rendering system written in Java. There are some good example scenes included to get you started and an active Flickr group to feed your inspiration. Taking CFDG into the third dimension, Structure Synth is a fantastic open-source tool for creating abstract 3D models.
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Try out some of the code examples in the gallery for a quick start. The images are rendered from a set of simple recursive rules that can often create surprising beautiful results. Context FreeĬontext Free is an open-source programme for visualising Context Free Design Grammars (CFDG) and is an excellent tool for exploring generative graphics. I also recommend the excellent Electric Sheep animated fractal flame screen saver - keeps you tripping for hours.
The Apophysis group on deviantART is a great place to see what is possible. The open-source programme can take a bit of effort to get interesting results but these tutorials will help you on your way. Mac users have to use the Java port, Apophysis-j. I'm making some final tweaks and will be releasing it soon! Fractal Flamesįractals flames are a form of Iterative Functional Systems (IFS). Writing your own fractal rendering scripts is highly recommended as a good way to explore the subject.įractal explorer is the Pixel Bender plugin for Photoshop and After Effects CS4 that I demonstrated in the talk. Other programs worth investigating is the open-source GNU Xaos and the Mac only Quadrium apps. It's Windows only but works very nicely via Parallels on the Mac. Ultrafractal is the Photoshop of the fractal world. There are many books on the subject but three books I can recommend are Chaos and Fractals - New Frontiers of Science, The Computational Beauty of Nature and the definitive work by Mandelbrot, The Fractal Geometry of Nature. Good places to start learning about the mathematics of fractals are Wikipedia and Mathworld. As a follow up to my talk on Fractals and Generative Art at the Apple Store in Glasgow here is a list of links for further reading and exploration.
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