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I am proud to announce a new release of GridFlow. Before going on with the usual information, let me tell you that I have screenshots for you! Since some may want to see what kind of animations may be done using GridFlow, I also have added a 10-frame animated GIF.

http://artengine.ca/jmax/gridflow/gallery/color_correction.jmax.png http://artengine.ca/jmax/gridflow/gallery/eclipse.jmax.jpg http://artengine.ca/jmax/gridflow/gallery/feedback_fractal.jmax.png http://artengine.ca/jmax/gridflow/gallery/fire.jmax.png http://artengine.ca/jmax/gridflow/gallery/polygon.jmax.png http://artengine.ca/jmax/gridflow/gallery/ripple.jmax.png http://artengine.ca/jmax/gridflow/gallery/motion_tracking.gif

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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-0.7.0.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 0.7.0 (2003.02.01):

• new classes: @cast, @join, @ravel, @grade, @perspective
• new grid protocol supports several number types (added uint8,int16)
• added number type support in most classes
• added "option cast" for @in in some formats
• can now specify number types in grid literals
• added some MMX support (accelerates by 0%..40%)
• @import: added optional 2nd arg specifying type.
• @import: can convert symbols to grids of their ascii codes.
• new [@import per_message] yields one grid per incoming message
• [fps]: added options "user" "system" "cpu" for selecting clock
• aalib: added options autodraw, draw, dump
• aalib: added raw input (two channels: characters, attributes)
• x11: added support for 256-color mode using a private colormap.
• x11: added "use_stripes" for alternate 256-color rendering.
• fixed problems with earlier versions of Ruby (like 1.6.2)
• new samples: polygon.jmax
• videodev_effects.jmax: added sort-effects, centre-of-gravity-tracking
• the time profiler is back to working !!!
• @scale_by, @downscale_by: added right inlet, for configuration
• @store is a bit faster
• ppm: accelerated by large amount
• @outer,@inner,@inner2,@fold accelerated by obscene amount

(the previous version was released on 2002.01.10)

Mathieu Bouchard http://artengine.ca/matju