primitive-cli

CLI to reproduce images from geometric primitives (Node.js + browser port of primitive).

This CLI is also available as a library.

Install

npm install -g primitive-cli

Usage

  Usage: primitive [options]

  Options:

    -V, --version                           output the version number
    -i, --input <filename>                  Path of input image to process
    -o, --output <filename>                 Path to generate output image (default: out.png)
    -s, --num-steps <number>                Number of steps to process [1, 1000] (default: 200)
    -e, --min-energy <number>               Minimum energy to stop processing early [0, 1]
    -a, --shape-alpha <number>              Alpha opacity of shapes [0, 255] (default: 128)
    -t, --shape-type <string>               Type of shapes to use (rotated-ellipse, rectangle, random, etc) (default: triangle)
    -c, --num-candidates <number>           Number of top-level candidates per step [1, 32] (default: 1)
    -r, --num-candidate-shapes <number>     Number of random candidates shapes per step [10, 1000] (default: 50)
    -m, --num-candidate-mutations <number>  Number of candidate mutations per step [10, 500] (default: 100)
    -E, --num-candidate-extras <number>     Number of extra candidate shapes per step [0, 16] (default: 0)
    -n, --nth-frame <number>                Record every nth frame (for gifs) [1, 32] (default: 1)
    -h, --help                              output usage information

Related

• primitive (js) - JS library for this CLI.
• primitive (go) - Original Go version by Michael Fogleman

License

MIT © Travis Fischer