Primitive
Creative
image generation
SHOW HN2016
798points
145comments
#10of 2,264 in 2016
Top 1%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
43 positive, 34 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 89 comments about the project. Thread score +0.38.
Idea: 17 for, 0 againstDesign: 8 for, 6 againstExecution: 4 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful output and fun to watch images form
From 3 comments
I downloaded your app from the MAS and find it beautiful. I have previously implemented a "compressed sensing" image system in Processing, this produces very similar results. I…
qubex on HNI just put a complex image with shadows/light sources and it did an amazing job. It was fun to watch and eventually stop. It was even cooler to open in sketch and see all the…
ckluis on HNI missed the original post on the primitive core, cause I hadn't seen this. Just tried it out, and it is probably the coolest 'Show HN' I've ever seen. Spent the last 2 hours…
chamakits on HN
Interesting mathematics and art
From 2 comments
I just purchased! I'm not even sure what my use will be, but your work is both mathematically interesting and aesthetically beautiful, and I wanted to support it. :)
jwetzel1492 on HNThis is very cool. I had a nearly identical idea a few months ago (and somehow missed your post the first time around) based around feature detection in images, and this is way…
rlease on HN
Objections
Mac App Store purchase only, no direct sale or Linux/Windows version
From 3 comments
Cool, I'm looking forward to giving this a try... I've always been a big fan of geometric art. I do wish I could buy it from your site vs the App store... I've just had so many…
mpolichette on HNVery cool indeed! I sadly have no Mac to run it on - will you be porting to other OSes (I'm primarily Windows), or is this the same code as you shared on Github with a UI?
thenomad on HNI would love to see this on Linux.
hackr123 on HN
Website breaks when zoomed out and layout scrolls horizontally
From 2 comments
Nice, but the problem with this kind of effect is that when you zoom out enough, you lose the effect and the original photo remains. (Just try it in your browser on the demo…
amelius on HNOh, awesome! The actual renderer is open source (aka free) and I don't have to put it on the "one day when macOS" pile. Thanks. :) (I will note that the website horizontally…
i336_ on HN
Requests
Linux or Windows version
From 3 comments
Looks great! Do you have any plans to port this to other OS'? Would love something like this on GNU/Linux.
supernintendo on HNVery cool indeed! I sadly have no Mac to run it on - will you be porting to other OSes (I'm primarily Windows), or is this the same code as you shared on Github with a UI?
thenomad on HNI would love to see this on Linux.
hackr123 on HN
SVG output of sample images
From 1 comment
I'm surprised I couldn't find any SVG versions of sample images, as (I assume) for many interested parties, the vector format output is the unique selling proposition for a,…
Eduard on HN
Video or animation export
From 2 comments
I downloaded your app from the MAS and find it beautiful. I have previously implemented a "compressed sensing" image system in Processing, this produces very similar results. I…
qubex on HNI'd love to see this be able to handle batch input with automatic saving (then I'd use it to style frames in a movie)!
olliewagner on HN
Access to Photos library
From 1 comment
This is really cool - just bought it. I'd like a good way to get photos from the Photos app into it, either by sharing them or by directly accessing the photo roll from within…
lemming on HN
Questions
How the Go and Objective-C communication works
From 3 comments
Very cool! Really beautiful output. Curious why you're using pipes to communicate when you can use CGO to make the go stuff it's own static C library and communicate…
azinman2 on HNInteresting insights! I would love to hear more in how you exactly you bridged ObjC <-> Go. Do you mean you just ship a compiled Go binary as part of your app and interact with…
dvcrn on HNThis app looks fantastic! I'm impressed by the various photos posted on Primitive's twitter account: https://twitter.com/PrimitivePic On a separate note @fogleman, would be able…
andrecl on HN
Whether it can handle very large images
From 1 comment
How large of an image can this output? I'm interested for large murals. Nice work!
owly on HN
Alternatives named
Evolve image evolver by alteredqualia
From 1 comment
Here's a JS version from (at least) a few years ago that's good fun to play with: http://alteredqualia.com/visualization/evolve/
wgx on HN
ImageTracer vectorizing library
From 1 comment
Shameless plug: similar artistic effects can be achieved with ImageTracer, however the algorithm is different. It's a Public Domain tracing and vectorizing library, outputting…
jankovicsandras on HN
genetic_draw project
From 1 comment
Oh wow, I'm impressed with the results you were able to obtain! I was able to get similar results on my "genetic draw", but it looks like I have some optimizing to do :)…
KennyCason on HN