Sam Twidale | Geometrize Press Kit - geometrize images into geometric primitives.

Basic Facts

Developer:
Sam Twidale
Release Date:
January 2018

Platforms:
Windows
Mac
Linux

Website:
geometrize.co.uk

Gallery:
gallery.geometrize.co.uk

Twitterbot:
@Geometrizer

Regular Price:
$0.00 – FREE

Languages:
English
French
German
Japanese
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Source Code:
Geometrize App
Geometrize Library
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Description

Geometrize recreates images using simple geometric shapes, like rectangles, triangles and ellipses.

The app gives you full control over the geometrization process, with intuitive, interactive options for the types of shape to use, shape opacity, areas to focus, and more.

Background

Geometrize was created by indie game developer Sam Twidale.

Sam was studying computer science at college when he read about a genetic algorithm that recreated a replica of the Mona Lisa using just fifty simple shapes. Geometrize started out as an idea to use this concept for creating placeholder graphics for videogames.

A few years later, Sam discovered a project called Primitive. It inspired him to create a cross-platform app for recreating images using shapes that would be easy for non-programmers to use.

After months of development and testing, Geometrize has been released for Windows, Mac and Linux, and Sam has made the codebase open source.

Features

Recreate any image using geometric primitives.

Use hundreds of curated examples with pre-tuned settings.

Export geometrized images as SVG, PNG, JPG or animated GIF.

Export geometrized images as HTML5 canvas or WebGL webpages.

Get the most out of Geometrize with comprehensive video tutorials.

Export raw shape data as JSON for your own projects and creations.

Control the algorithm at the core of Geometrize through the script editor.

Demos

These free demos provide an idea of what the software does:

The Geometrize Web Demo is an interactive webpage that turns images into shapes.

The Shape Tweens Demo showcases animations made from exported shape data.

The Geometrizer Twitter Bot turns the images you tweet at it into shapes.