ORX (OPENRNDR Extras)

The ORX project is a library of tools that can be used in OPENRNDR based programs. ORX contains implementations of datastructures, algorithms and utilities for (mostly) computational graphics. You can find the ORX source code and additional documentation in the ORX repository

Using ORX

Using the OPENRNDR extras is a matter of adding a Maven repository and selected dependencies to your Gradle project.

The openrndr-template project makes this simple as the repositories are already set up and one only has to

1. Open the build.gradle.kts file.
2. Find the dependencies { ... } block.
3. Add one line per desired dependency, in this format: implementation(orx.marching.squares). Notice how the dashes from orx-marching-squares are converted to periods. Tip: once you type orx. the IDE autocomplete should show you the available extensions.
4. Save build.gradle.kts.
5. Reimport Gradle projects: if using IDEA choose 🔄 Sync All Gradle Projects from the Gradle panel.

Bundles

The build.gradle.kts makes use of dependency bundles, for instance orx.bundles.basic. These bundles are defined under orx-module-catalog in orx and openrndr. At the time of writing, the basic orx bundle includes the following: orx-camera, orx-color, orx-composition, orx-compositor, orx-fx, orx-image-fit, orx-panel, orx-video-profiles, orx-math, orx-mesh-generators, orx-no-clear, orx-noise, orx-shade-styles, orx-shader-phrases, orx-shapes, orx-svg, orx-text-on-contour, orx-text-writer

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Table of contents

• Noise
• Kinect
• MIDI controllers
• OSC
• Image post-processing with filters
• Compositor
• Quick UIs
• Shade style presets
• Image fit
• Poisson fills
• Distance fields