GridFlow 0.6.5

fwd: pd-list@iem.kug.ac.at, jmax@ircam.fr,
ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org, 0xFF@music.columbia.edu

Here is a new release of GridFlow (a multi-dimensional dataflow processing
library for Ruby, jMax and PureData, specialized in pictures and video)

http://artengine.ca/jmax/gridflow/
http://artengine.ca/jmax/gridflow/download/gridflow-0.6.5.tar.gz

If you have any questions and/or want to talk, there is the #dataflow
chatroom on IRC.FreeNode.Net, where all MAX-like software is on-topic.

If you have any trouble installing GridFlow, please send me an email about
it or see me on IRC.

version 0.6.5 (2003.01.10):

  • can now encode Targa-24, Targa-32, JPEG-24
  • can now output through aalib (ascii art library)
  • fixed problems with libruby.a
  • tested with the new version of Ruby (1.8)
  • new classes:
    fps, @rgb_to_greyscale, @greyscale_to_rgb, @solarize,
    @complex_sq, @export_symbol, @draw_polygon,
    @apply_colormap_channelwise
  • new class FPatcher, a ruby patcher/abstraction system
  • @scale_to,@contrast,@spread,@posterize now available in
    PureData & Ruby; they also now accept arguments.
  • [@scale_to]: back to working; inlets “height” and “width” merged
  • [route grid_begin] replaced by [route grid]
  • [route grid_end] replaced by [@finished]
  • Most everything is 10-50% faster
  • changes in the internal transmission of grids
  • new two-input operators: div, swapdiv, put, ignore
  • compilable on MacOS 10

(the previous version was released on 2002.12.23)

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Mathieu Bouchard http://artengine.ca/matju