Jolon Dixon

I’ve used Max a bit for audio work, but not for video as yet. I‘m looking for advice on what coding tools to use. I see there‘s a Lua object for Jitter as well as various Gen objects. Which tasks are each suited to each one and when/why to jump into the JS objects and use MGraphics? Is the Lua object in any sense legacy code, now that there’s the Gen environment?

Hallo

I’ve used Max a bit for audio work, but not for video as yet. I‘m looking for advice on what coding tools to use. I see there‘s a Lua object for Jitter as well as various Gen objects. Which tasks are each suited to each one and when/why to jump into the JS objects and use MGraphics? Is the Lua object in any sense legacy code, now that there’s the Gen environment?



Hallo

I’ve used Max a bit for audio work, but not for video as yet. I‘m looking for advice on what coding tools to use. 

choosing-tools-question-when-to-code-in-gen-lua-or-js

Not familiar with LUA, but gen (ie jit.gl.pix) is good for pixel/matrix based image generation/modification. For that purpose you could also directly speak GPU langage and code your own shader using .jxs files.

You can also write JS to programmatically instantiate your jit.gl objects, which can be quite helpful depending on your needs and skills.

MGraphics is more for drawing 2D geometry based graphics, using jit.mgraphics or jsui for interactivity (perfect for fancy GUI). An alternative to MGraphics is the OpenGL sketch API. You can access it in jsui for GUI or with jit.gl.sketch.

Not sure if it helps you make a choice though, as I basically just exposed even more options!

Not familiar with LUA, but gen (ie jit.gl.pix) is good for pixel/matrix based image generation/modification. For that purpose you could also directly speak GPU langage and code your own shader using .jxs files.
You can also write JS to programmatically instantiate your jit.gl objects, which can be quite helpful depending on your needs and skills.
MGraphics is more for drawing 2D geometry based graphics, using jit.mgraphics or jsui for interactivity (perfect for fancy GUI).  An alternative to MGraphics is the OpenGL sketch API. You can access it in jsui for GUI or with jit.gl.sketch.

Not sure if it helps you make a choice though, as I basically just exposed even more options!


Choosing Tools question - when to code in Gen, Lua or JS