Show HN: Pb2zig – Pixel Bender to Zig Translator

by chungleong • 3 years ago

15 6 3 years ago

It's amazing to see language translation like this.

What surprises me is that Pixel Blender was apparently discontinued. I couldn't find much online, but it seemed to be the easiest way to write your own plugin according to forums, and seems very powerful. Why remove it?

chungleong• 3 years ago

IIRC, it was discontinued around the time Adobe switched to a subscription model. Allowing end users to add new functionalities to their programs just didn't make business sense.

fu7kt2• 3 years ago

This cuts so deep. You just framed a loss I've experienced and haven't found a simple way to express. You defined the trend that destroyed the interesting internet I loved. Thanks.

ttoinou• 3 years ago

At some point we'll have again a similar plugin to write any VFX on Adobe software ! I'm coding one and there might be some possibilities already

fu7kt2• 3 years ago

This is really fun. I like this. I'm going to work it into my production pipeline and I think it'll be the secret like brown butter. It's unique, has some history, and flavor and will be fun when wired up to my streaming rig / audio reactivity.

echeese• 3 years ago

I used to use Pixel Bender before I could write stuff in Stage3D instead. Neat stuff!

Show HN: Pb2zig – Pixel Bender to Zig Translator

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