The Powder Toy

Color Printer (4096 Colors!) by mark2222

mark2222
mark2222
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29th Dec 2017
29th Dec 2017
It's a color printer! Using photon stacks and a powerful new single-chamber particle ROM based on the latest particle-order manipulation paradigm.
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Comments

  • mark2222
    mark2222     2nd Jan 2018
    @Damian97 The squared distance of point (x, y) from the center of the image (WIDTH / 2, HEIGHT/ 2) is (x - WIDTH / 2) ** 2 + (y - HEIGHT (oops) / 2) ** 2). This line sorts the pixels according to their distance from the center, then reverses the order so that the furthest pixels are drawn first, so you get the shrinking circle effect in the second-to-third image transition. Here, pixel positions are denoted by a single number i = y * WIDTH + x, so there's a bit of gymnastics to recover (x, y).
  • Di97
    Di97     2nd Jan 2018
    Studied your script. Most of it is pretty much understandible, however img3order = reversed(sorted(img2order, key=lambda i: ((i // WIDTH) - WIDTH / 2) ** 2 + ((i % WIDTH) - WIDTH / 2) ** 2)) gives questions. Mind explaining a little it for me?
  • mark2222
    mark2222     1st Jan 2018
    @apple5265 First, find an image, crop/resize to 128x128 and save as png. Then use something like https://ptpb.pw/Vh1K to convert the image into printer commands (that file is specific to the demo). Then use https://ptpb.pw/Zku0 to import the printer commands into powder toy: first, clear any existing photon stack and reload particle order; then call "loadfile.lua('import_phot_data.lua'))(x, y, commands_file)" where (x, y) are the coordinates of the photon stack.
  • apple5265
    apple5265     1st Jan 2018
    I want to proggram this beautiful work of technologly
  • apple5265
    apple5265     1st Jan 2018
    How to proggram
  • Sylvi
    Sylvi     1st Jan 2018
    If only we had implemented sound particles. At this point people would reproduce the dial-up noises during the print operation.
  • mark2222
    mark2222     1st Jan 2018
    @Wheatley_The_Robot I wouldn't be surprised if there are faster color printers in TPT, especially if you consider my screen a color printer of sorts. But I'm pretty sure this is the fastest *4096*-color printer. @dareddevil7 @Mufflin @mrpickles6786 I'll take those as compliments. Thanks!
  • Wheatley_The_Robot
    Wheatley_The_Robot     1st Jan 2018
    Are you shure this is the FASTEST color printer in TPT?
  • mrpickles6786
    mrpickles6786     1st Jan 2018
    im completley speechless
  • Mufflin
    Mufflin     1st Jan 2018
    This is too good, please cease operations immediately. You are putting all of our livelihoods at risk by being so good.