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Processing motion blur
/* passable motion blur effect using frame blending
* basically move your 'draw()' into 'sample()', time runs from 0 to 1
* by dave
* http://beesandbombs.tumblr.com
*/
int samplesPerFrame = 32; // more is better but slower. 32 is enough probably
int numFrames = 48;
float shutterAngle = 2.0; // this should be between 0 and 1 realistically. exaggerated for effect here
int[][] result;
float time;
void setup() {
size(500, 500);
result = new int[width*height][3];
}
void draw() {
for (int i=0; i<width*height; i++)
for (int a=0; a<3; a++)
result[i][a] = 0;
for (int sa=0; sa<samplesPerFrame; sa++) {
time = map(frameCount + sa*shutterAngle/samplesPerFrame, 0, numFrames, 0, 1);
sample();
loadPixels();
for (int i=0; i<pixels.length; i++) {
result[i][0] += pixels[i] >> 16 & 0xff;
result[i][1] += pixels[i] >> 8 & 0xff;
result[i][2] += pixels[i] & 0xff;
}
}
loadPixels();
for (int i=0; i<pixels.length; i++)
pixels[i] = (result[i][0]/samplesPerFrame) << 16 |
(result[i][1]/samplesPerFrame) << 8 | (result[i][2]/samplesPerFrame);
updatePixels();
saveFrame("f##.png");
if (frameCount==numFrames)
exit();
}
void sample() {
background(0);
fill(255);
noStroke();
rectMode(CENTER);
pushMatrix();
translate(width/2, height/2);
rotate(HALF_PI*time);
rect(0, 0, 200, 200);
popMatrix();
}
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