For some hands-on javascript fun... here is a jdfiddle page that cmb and I developed a while back that will display the raw data from an ILDA file in your browser... I will have to search around a bit for a drag-and-drop utility I made to extract the raw points and color data from an ILDA file.
http://jsfiddle.net/wj7tsqLe/8/
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This is neat!For some hands-on javascript fun... here is a jdfiddle page that cmb and I developed a while back that will display the raw data from an ILDA file in your browser... I will have to search around a bit for a drag-and-drop utility I made to extract the raw points and color data from an ILDA file.
http://jsfiddle.net/wj7tsqLe/8/
-Sal
I should have linked to the version that omits all point optimization... its fairly easy to turn off if you follow the source, but here is a version that has point optimizations turned off (i.e., not extra points added to input matrix)
http://jsfiddle.net/wj7tsqLe/10/
Note: I am working on a simple little drag-n-drop app that will output a json array in the ILDA format (x,y,rgb)
This particular workflow is only an example. Often I create abstracts in excel that I then import into LB, or I import txt into excel, to make nitpicky anchor and timing adjustments, specific color effects and recolors.
By the way,
-are the default settings in the [x] menu saved in a config file ? (or can they be?)
-can the amount of dot enhancing be set ? It's rather generous with points right now.
Yes. All of the settable parameters are saved when you save a wtf file. LaserBoy.wtf gets loaded wver time you open the app.
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Ok, I dusted off some of the old grungy parts of my file system and dug up this little utility I had worked on several years ago.
I think it is a pretty easy to use utility to do exactly what the OP was asking for - and I am not sure if I have seen anything as dirt simple.
It is a tiny little utility App that allows you to simply drag-n-drop an ILDA file onto the App - it will parse the file, show the frame (or frames), show some basic IDLA metadata, and allow you to export specific frames to a JSON file - the JSON file is simply an array of points extracted from the ILDA file - in ILDA spec (16 bit signed ints for X & Y, RGB for color).
You can then use the array in the JSON file to display a frame in the jsfiiddle web app referenced above - or use the points for whatever purpose is needed.
Here is a video showing it working:
And CLICK HERE to download the App.
p.s. Source code is coming soon - will check it into github for those interested... (note - will require Max/MSP to build - but the file parsing is actually written in javascript, so it should be pretty easy to follow).
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