Obtaining images from external sources
The first step is to create an empty patch with the basic GEM window setup. Create a new Pure Data patch. Save it to your folder with name Image001.pd. Put in the gemwin object, with the create and destroy messages. Use a toggle box to control the rendering. To work with the examples, you also need a few digital image files in formats such as JPEG, PNG, a few video clips in QuickTime (MOV) or MP4 formats. For live video, you also need a working webcam connected to your computer.
The following screenshot is the patch content:
In the patch, we need a gemhead object. We also have a new object—pix_image. And then, we connect another new object—pix_texture, finally to a rectangle object. There is a message box for the pix_image object. It is a message to instruct the pix_image object to open an external file with name Sample01.png that resides in the same folder with the Pure Data patch. If the PNG file does exist and is a valid image document, the image...
