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Adobe Pixel Bender is a programing language for the description of image processing algorithms.

Pixel Bender is a programming language created by Adobe Systems for the description of image processing algorithms. The syntax is based on GLSL, and a Pixel Bender program is analogous to an OpenGL fragment shader, and is intended to be a loosely typed version of C++.

For more info see Pixel Bender Technology Center.

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Pixel Bender vs Stage3D, Stage Video and Starling

Does Pixel Bender (2D) combine with Stage3D? Namely: Does Pixel Bender work on top of Stage Video (GPU accelerated video)? Does Pixel Bender work on top of Starling viewport? Thanks
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In AS3, how to update a portion of a bitmap with a Pixelbender instead of the whole bitmap?

In pure AS3, I have a pixelbender and a large bitmap. The pixelbender is configurable with a distance parameter to affect only a small area of the bitmap. The problem is that the pixelbender is executing over the whole bitmap. What would be the best…
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Image Filters/ByteArray

I am using pixel bender's pbj files(as recommended with Flex4) to change the brightness/contrast of a image.So i apply the filters to the image like this: image.filters = myBitmapFilter; Now my problem is how to fetch the byteArray of the image with…
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Why Pixel Bender filter behaves differently in Toolkit than in Flex/Air application?

Ok, so I've tried this simpler filter with same Air code as below: kernel NewFilter < namespace : "Your Namespace"; vendor : "Your Vendor"; version : 1; description : "your description"; > { input image4…
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Is there a trick to get Pixel Bender shader 'inputSize' parameter working in Flash?

Here's a snippet of a pixel bender shader that I'm using in Flash: parameter float2 srcSize < parameterType: "inputSize"; inputSizeName: "src"; >; input image4 src; The width and height of the source image are filled in correctly in the…
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Are Flash Pixel Bender filters a widely used feature?

I haven't seen many Flash games on facebook or other applications really utilize it yet (or appear to utilize it). Are there some good professional examples of its use? Is pixel bender just too slow for practical use on today's web hardware? I read…
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What is OpenGL ES 2 Shader language analog for HYDRA (pixel bender) sampleLinear?

So I look onto OpenGL ES shader specs but do not see such... For example - I created simple "pinch to zoon" and "rotate to turn around" and "move to move center" HYDRA pixel bender filter. it can be executed in flash. It is based on default pixel…
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How to make bend transition effect with pixelbender

http://www.designlicks.com/ http://www.group94.com/ in first site after loading complete there is a transition that bending all page. i saw this effect before some other sites but i cant find any example. i am sure it is built with pixelbender. Can…
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Flash + iOS + additional files

So flash allows to create iOS apps. The compiler creates an .ipa file which I can load on the iPhone. But what about additional files? I'd like to use a pixel bender file (.pbj) which i have to load with URLLoader. But how do I get the pbj file into…
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Turn off color ranges in Pixel Bender

What is the best way to turn turn off (using PixelBender) colors that fall within a certain range. For example, turn off all colors between 0x0000FF and 0x00FFFF. Thanks for your help. This has to work in Flash. Thanks!
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Someone know the name of that animation?

I dont even know the name which I should google it, I tried genie effect, but it`s not actually a genie effect! If someone has an link how to do this in flex,flash, pixel bender, will help a lot as well, or just the name of the animation will help…
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Convert an image into 2 colors black/white

I am looking for a script, (modes ?), pixel bender ? that allows me to convert an movieclip/image into 2 colors (black and white). I don't want grey scales, but really 2 colors only picture. Any idea?
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Limiting custom BlendMode made with PixelBender - how to merge images

i need to mix two images one photo and a placeholder. The idea is that we see the placeholder except where the palceholder has a particular color, in that case the user sees the photo. Something like chroma key. For this purpose i wrote a Pixel…
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How to use Pixel Bender within an FP9 wrapper file

We create Flash games which are embedded within third party wrapper SWF files, which are exported for FP9. If I create an FP10 SWF which uses Pixel Bender classes (Shader, ShaderData), when I run them in an FP9 wrapper within an FP10 player, an…
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adobe pixel bender(.pbk) range of colors between two colors

I am new to pixel bender. I am programming with as3. I want to do a green screen calibrator. I have manage to turn one rgb(Hex) color alpha to 0 with shader filter (with online search): { input image4 src; output pixel4 dst; parameter…