NodeBox

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NodeBox

The NodeBox application showing an example script that generates colored balls.
Developer:	Frederik De Bleser
Latest release:	1.0rc7 / March 23, 2006
OS:	Mac OS X
Use:	Graphic design, Animation
License:	MIT License
Website:	www.nodebox.net

NodeBox is an open-source application for programming 2D animation and graphics in Python. It runs on Mac OS X.

NodeBox is inspired by technologies like OpenGL and PostScript. The syntax is Processing-like. NodeBox is based on another open-source project, DrawBot.

[edit] Output

NodeBox can generate PDF documents that can easily be certified (CMYK colors, embedded fonts and images). It also generates QuickTime movies.

[edit] Uses

NodeBox is currently used in the field of graphic design research and artificial intelligence. Some of the projects are:

Prism, an algorithm for creating a color palette on any subject. It uses the internet as a semantic database.
Flowerewolf, an experimental poetry generator that uses WordNet to generate visual poetry showing similarity with the Belgian writer Paul Van Ostaijen.
Percolator, a news aggregator and visualiser that harvests news sites and creates collages representing the matter.
Dryad, a typeface based on tree growth using L-systems.