MathMap
I’ve written a plug-in called MathMap for the popular image manipulation program The GIMP long ago and have worked on it on and off ever since. Rather than doing a specific effect MathMap is a simple mathematical language which can be used to specify a huge number of different effects (here are some examples).
MathMap has been used to illustrate complex functions, to generate weird Mandelbrot fractals, to analyze X-ray images of crystals and now seems to be very popular on Flickr to create Escheresque images - there’s even a group for those images!
Photo by Josh Sommers
If you want to try out MathMap for yourself, get it here if you use Linux (or MacOS X and you really know what you’re doing). There’s also a MacOS X version with a much nicer GUI, and an unofficial Windows version.
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Haha check out this guy’s videos
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ecb1327dc03ab345e618&page=1&viewtype=detailed&category=mv
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=817b7893bcdeed13799b
Comment by Edgar — February 28, 2007 @ 6:40 pm
GodTube - hilarious! I bet it’s only the Christian god though, right? No Thor worshippers, Baal adherents or Zeus believers welcome, or am I wrong?
And that guy - I wonder whether these people are really so deluded or just completely dishonest, rattling off arguments which they should know have been done away with ages ago.
Comment by schani — February 28, 2007 @ 7:09 pm
Hi Mark
First of all let me tell you, Mathmap is truly amazing. One of the best thing that I’ve encountered on the net.
I recently ran across Metapixel without knowing it was written by you also. It’s another great tool. Say, are there any chances that you will make it into a GIMP plug-in as well? It’d be great if you do.
Sincerely,
Vnt
Comment by Vnt87 — April 14, 2007 @ 5:33 pm
Thanks for the feedback!
I see no big benefit in making Metapixel a GIMP plug-in, to be honest. A GUI would be nice, and I have thought about that quite a bit, but I just don’t have the time to put in the effort.
Comment by schani — April 14, 2007 @ 5:56 pm
Indeed a GUI would be nice. In fact I only ask if you can make it into a GIMP plug-in because I wanted a GUI :D. I thought it is easier than writing a separate GUI but since I have absolutely no programming knowledge, I have no ideas.
Keep up the good work. ;)
Comment by Vnt87 — April 15, 2007 @ 6:23 am
[...] just released version 1.3.1 of MathMap, which is a very generic image processing tool in the form of a GIMP plug-in (it can also be used [...]
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Trippy but good
Comment by kizzle — June 19, 2008 @ 8:39 pm