[PD] Abstract for ACM Multimedia submission

[chris clepper]

On May 30, 2004, at 2:22 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> Of course, there is lots of stuff that is not mentioned in this  
> abstract, but its limited to 250 words (the last version I sent out  
> was 240).  Here's another stab:

Use those 10 words to add mention of GEM.  Not only does it really have  
a full OpenGL rendering engine, it was also the first real-time  
graphics library for _any Max (since 1997).

'GEM includes features like real-time particle systems and HD video  
processing.'  (Ok, so that's eleven.)

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> Pd (aka Pure Data) is a real-time graphical programming environment  
> for audio, video, and graphical processing.  It is the third major  
> branch of the family of patcher programming languages known as Max  
> (Max/FTS, ISPW Max, Max/MSP, jMax, etc.) originally developed by  
> Miller Puckette at IRCAM.  The core of Pd is written and maintained by  
> Miller Puckette and includes the work of many developers, making the  
> whole package very much a community effort.
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> Pd was created to explore ideas of how to further refine the Max  
> paradigm with the core ideas of allowing data to be treated in a more  
> open-ended way and opening it up to applications outside of audio and  
> MIDI, such as graphics and video.
>
> It is easy to extend Pd by writing object classes ("externals") or  
> patches ("abstractions"). The work of many developers is already  
> available as part of the standard Pd packages and the Pd developer  
> community is growing rapidly.  Recent developments include a RRADical,  
> system of abstractions for building performance environments; PMPD, a  
> library of objects for physical modeling; and PDP, a library of  
> objects for generating and processing  OpenGL and video in realtime.
>
> Pd is free software and can be downloaded either as an OS-specific  
> package, source package, or directly from CVS.  Pd was written to be  
> multi-platform and therefore is quite portable; versions exist for  
> Win32, IRIX, GNU/Linux, BSD, and MacOS X running on anything from a  
> PocketPC to an old Mac to a brand new PC.  It is possible to write  
> externals and patches that work with Max/MSP and Pd using flext and  
> cyclone.
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