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diff --git a/libs/moonshine/README.md b/libs/moonshine/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..062937a --- /dev/null +++ b/libs/moonshine/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,580 @@ +# moonshine + +Chainable post-processing shaders for LÖVE. + +## Overview + +* [Getting started](#getting-started) +* [General usage](#general-usage) +* [List of effects](#list-of-effects) +* [Writing effects](#writing-effects) +* [License](#license) + +<a name="getting-started"></a> +## Getting started + +Clone this repository into your game folder: + + git clone https://github.com/vrld/moonshine.git + +This will create the folder `moonshine`. + +In your `main.lua`, or wherever you load your libraries, add the following: + +```lua +local moonshine = require 'moonshine' +``` + +Create and parametrize the post-processing effect in `love.load()`, for example: + +```lua +function love.load() + effect = moonshine(moonshine.effects.filmgrain) + .chain(moonshine.effects.vignette) + effect.filmgrain.size = 2 +end +``` + +Lastly, wrap the things you want to be drawn with the effect inside a function: + +```lua +function love.draw() + effect(function() + love.graphics.rectangle("fill", 300,200, 200,200) + end) +end +``` + +When you package your game for release, you might want consider deleting the +(hidden) `.git` folder in the moonshine directory. + + +<a name="general-usage"></a> +## General usage + +The main concept behind moonshine are chains. A chain consists of one or more +effects. Effects that come later in the chain will be applied to the result of +the effects that come before. In the example above, the vignette is drawn on +top of the filmgrain. + +### Chains + +Chains are created using the `moonshine.chain` function: + +```lua +chain = moonshine.chain(effect) +``` + +For convenience, `moonshine(effect)` is an alias to `moonshine.chain(effect)`. +You can add new effects to a chain using + +```lua +chain = chain.chain(another_effect) +``` + +or using `chain.next()`, which is an alias to `chain.chain()`. +As the function returns the chain, you can specify your whole chain in one go, +as shown in the example above. + +### Effects and effect parameters + +The effects that come bundled with moonshine (see [List of effects](#list-of-effects)) +are accessed by `chain.effects.<effect-name>`, e.g., + +```lua +moonshine.effects.glow +``` + +Most effects are parametrized to change how they look. In the example above, +the size of the grains was set to 2 pixels (the default is 1 pixel). +Effect parameters are set by first specifying the name of the effect and then +the name of the parameter: + +```lua +chain.<effect>.<parameter> = <value> +``` + +For example, if `chain` contained the `glow` and `crt` effects, you can set the +glow `strength` parameter and crt `distortionFactor` parameter as such: + +```lua +chain.glow.strength = 10 +chain.crt.distortionFactor = {1.06, 1.065} +``` + +Because you likely initialize a bunch of parameters at once, you can set all +parameters with the special key `parameters` (or `params` or `settings`). This +is equivalent to the above: + +```lua +chain.parameters = { + glow = {strength = 10}, + crt = {distortionFactor = {1.06, 1.065}}, +} +``` + +Note that this will only set the parameters specified in the table. The crt +parameter `feather`, for example, will be left untouched. + +### Drawing effects + +Creating effects and setting parameters is fine, but not very useful on its +own. You also need to apply it to something. This is done using `chain.draw()`: + +```lua +chain.draw(func, ...) +``` + +This will apply the effect to everything that is drawn inside `func(...)`. +Everything that is drawn outside of `func(...)` will not be affected. For +example, + +```lua +love.graphics.draw(img1, 0,0) +chain.draw(function() + love.graphics.draw(img2, 200,0) +end) +love.graphics.draw(img3, 400,0) +``` + +will apply the effect to `img2`, but not to `img1` and `img3`. Note that some +effects (like filmgrain) draw on the whole screen. So if in this example `chain` +would consist of a gaussianblur and filmgrain effect, `img1` will be covered +with grain, but will not be blurred, `img2` will get both effects, and `img3` +will be left untouched. + +Similar to chain creation, `chain(func, ...)` is an alias to the more verbose +`chain.draw(func, ...)`. + +### Temporarily disabling effects + +You can disable effects in a chain by using `chain.disable(names...)` and +`chain.enable(names...)`. +For example, + +```lua +effect = moonshine(moonshine.effects.boxblur) + .chain(moonshine.effects.filmgrain) + .chain(moonshine.effects.vignette) +effect.disable("boxblur", "filmgrain") +effect.enable("filmgrain") +``` + +would first disable the boxblur and filmgrain effect, and then enable the +filmgrain again. +Note that the effects are still in the chain, they are only not drawn. + +### Canvas size + +You can change the size of the internal canvas, for example when the window was +resized, by calling `chain.resize(width, height)`. +Do this anytime you want, but best not during `chain.draw()`. + +You can also specify the initial canvas size by starting the chain like this: + +```lua +effect = moonshine(400,300, moonshine.effects.vignette) +``` + +That is, you specify the width and height before the first effect in the chain. + +### Is this efficient? + +Of course, using moonshine is not as efficient as writing your own shader that +does all the effects you want in the least amount of passes, but moonshine +tries to minimize the overhead. + +On the other hand, you don't waste time writing the same shader over and over +again when using moonshine: You're trading a small amount of computation time +for a large amount of development time. + + +<a name="list-of-effects"></a> +## List of effects + +Currently, moonshine contains the following effects (in alphabetical order): + +* [boxblur](#effect-boxblur): simple blurring +* [chromasep](#effect-chromasep): cheap/fake chromatic aberration +* [colorgradesimple](#effect-colorgradesimple): weighting of color channels +* [crt](#effect-crt): crt/barrel distortion +* [desaturate](#effect-desaturate): desaturation and tinting +* [dmg](#effect-dmg): Gameboy and other four color palettes +* [fastgaussianblur](#effect-fastgaussianblur): faster Gaussian blurring +* [filmgrain](#effect-filmgrain): image noise +* [gaussianblur](#effect-gaussianblur): Gaussian blurring +* [glow](#effect-glow): aka (light bloom +* [godsray](#effect-godsray): aka light scattering +* [pixelate](#effect-pixelate): sub-sampling (for that indie look) +* [posterize](#effect-posterize): restrict number of colors +* [scanlines](#effect-scanlines): horizontal lines +* [sketch](#effect-sketch): simulate pencil drawings +* [vignette](#effect-vignette): shadow in the corners + + +<a name="effect-boxblur"></a> +### boxblur + +```lua +moonshine.effects.boxblur +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +radius | number or table of numbers | {3,3} +radius_x | number | 3 +radius_y | number | 3 + + +<a name="effect-chromasep"></a> +### chromasep + +```lua +moonshine.effects.chromasep +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +angle | number (in radians) | 0 +radius | number | 0 + + +<a name="effect-colorgradesimple"></a> +### colorgradesimple + +```lua +moonshine.effects.colorgradesimple +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +factors | table of numbers | {1,1,1} + + +<a name="effect-crt"></a> +### crt + +```lua +moonshine.effects.crt +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +distortionFactor | table of numbers | {1.06, 1.065} +x | number | 1.06 +y | number | 1.065 +scaleFactor | number or table of numbers | {1,1} +feather | number | 0.02 + + +<a name="effect-desaturate"></a> +### desaturate + +```lua +moonshine.effects.desaturate +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +tint | color / table of numbers | {1,1,1} +strength | number between 0 and 1 | 0.5 + + +<a name="effect-dmg"></a> +### dmg + +```lua +moonshine.effects.dmg +``` + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +palette | number or string or table of table of numbers | "default" + +DMG ships with 7 palettes: + +1. `default` +2. `dark_yellow` +3. `light_yellow` +4. `green` +5. `greyscale` +6. `stark_bw` +7. `pocket` + +Custom palettes must be in the format `{{R,G,B}, {R,G,B}, {R,G,B}, {R,G,B}}`, +where `R`, `G`, and `B` are numbers between `0` and `1`. + + +<a name="effect-fastgaussianblur"></a> +### fastgaussianblur + +```lua +moonshine.effects.fastgaussianblur +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +taps | odd number >= 3 | 7 | (amount of blur) +offset | number | 1 +sigma | number | -1 + + +<a name="effect-filmgrain"></a> +### filmgrain + +```lua +moonshine.effects.filmgrain +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +opacity | number | 0.3 +size | number | 1 + + +<a name="effect-gaussianblur"></a> +### gaussianblur + +```lua +moonshine.effects.gaussianblur +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +sigma | number | 1 | (amount of blur) + + +<a name="effect-glow"></a> +### glow + +```lua +moonshine.effects.glow +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +min_luma | number between 0 and 1 | 0.7 +strength | number >= 0 | 5 + + +<a name="effect-godsray"></a> +### godsray + +```lua +moonshine.effects.godsray +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +exposire | number between 0 and 1 | 0.5 +decay | number between 0 and 1 | 0.95 +density | number between 0 and 1 | 0.05 +weight | number between 0 and 1 | 0.5 +light_position | table of two numbers | {0.5, 0.5} +light_x | number | 0.5 +light_y | number | 0.5 +samples | number >= 1 | 70 + + +<a name="effect-pixelate"></a> +### pixelate + +```lua +moonshine.effects.pixelate +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +size | number or table of two numbers | {5,5} +feedback | number between 0 and 1 | 0 + + +<a name="effect-posterize"></a> +### posterize + +```lua +moonshine.effects.posterize +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +num_bands | number >= 1 | 3 + + +<a name="effect-scanlines"></a> +### scanlines + +```lua +moonshine.effects.scanlines +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +width | number | 2 +frequency | number | screen-height +phase | number | 0 +thickness | number | 1 +opacity | number | 1 +color | color / table of numbers | {0,0,0} + + +<a name="effect-sketch"></a> +### sketch + +```lua +moonshine.effects.sketch +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +amp | number | 0.0007 +center | table of numbers | {0,0} + + +<a name="effect-vignette"></a> +### vignette + +```lua +moonshine.effects.vignette +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +radius | number > 0 | 0.8 +softness | number > 0 | 0.5 +opacity | number > 0 | 0.5 +color | color / table of numbers | {0,0,0} + +<a name="effect-fog"></a> +### fog + +```lua +moonshine.effects.fog +``` + +**Parameters:** + +Name | Type | Default +-----|------|-------- +fog_color | color/table of numbers | {0.35, 0.48, 0.95} +octaves | number > 0 | 4 +speed | vec2/table of numbers | {0.5, 0.5} + + +<a name="writing-effects"></a> +## Writing effects + +An effect is essentially a function that returns a `moonshine.Effect{}`, which +must specify at least a `name` and a `shader` or a `draw` function. + +It may also specify a `setters` table that contains functions that set the +effect parameters and a `defaults` table with the corresponding default values. +The default values will be set when the effect is instantiated. + +A good starting point to see how to write effects is the `colorgradesimple` +effect, which uses the `shader`, `setters` and `defaults` fields. + +Moonshine uses double buffering to draw the effects. A function to swap and +access the buffers is provided to the `draw(buffer)` function of your effect: + +```lua +front, back = buffer() -- swaps front and back buffer and returns both +``` + +You don't have to care about canvases or restoring defaults, moonshine handles +all that for you. + +If you only need a custom draw function because your effect needs multiple +shader passes, moonshine provides the `draw_shader(buffer, shader)` function. +As you might have guessed, this function uses `shader` to draw the front buffer +to the back buffer. The `boxblur` effect gives a simple example how to use this +function. + +If for some reason you need more than two buffer, you are more or less on your +own. You can do everything, but make sure that the blend mode and the order of +back and front buffer is the same before and after your custom `draw` function. +The `glow` effect gives an example of a more complicated `draw` function. + + +<a name="license"></a> +## License + +See [here](https://github.com/vrld/moonshine/graphs/contributors) for a list of +contributors. + +The main library can freely be used under the following conditions: + + The MIT License (MIT) + + Copyright (c) 2017 Matthias Richter + + Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy + of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal + in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights + to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell + copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is + furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + + The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all + copies or substantial portions of the Software. + + THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR + IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, + FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE + AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER + LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, + OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE + SOFTWARE. + +Most of the effects are public domain (see comments inside the files): + +* boxblur.lua +* chromasep.lua +* colorgradesimple.lua +* crt.lua +* desaturate.lua +* filmgrain.lua +* gaussianblur.lua +* glow.lua +* pixelate.lua +* posterize.lua +* scanlines.lua +* vignette.lua + +These effects are MIT-licensed with multiple authors: + +* dmg.lua: Joseph Patoprsty, Matthias Richter +* fastgaussianblur.lua: Tim Moore, Matthias Richter +* godsray.lua: Joseph Patoprsty, Matthias Richter. Based on work by ioxu, Fabien Sanglard, Kenny Mitchell and Jason Mitchell. +* sketch.lua: Martin Felis, Matthias Richter +* fog.lua: Brandon Blanker Lim-it. Based on work by Gonkee. |