Cinder (programming library)
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Original author(s) | Andrew Bell |
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Developer(s) | Andrew Bell, Hai Nguyen, The Barbarian Group |
Stable release | 0.9.2 / April 13, 2020 |
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Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS, Linux |
Type | Application framework |
License | Simplified BSD License |
Website | libcinder |
Cinder is an open-source[1] programming library designed to give the C++ language advanced visualization abilities. It was released as a public tool in spring 2010 and can be viewed in many ways as a C++-based alternative to tools like the Java-based Processing library, Microsoft Silverlight or Adobe Flash. It is also comparable to the C++ based openFrameworks; the main difference is that Cinder uses more system-specific libraries for better performance while openFrameworks affords better control over its underlying libraries.
Unlike Flash and Silverlight, Cinder is generally used in a non-browser environment. This, combined with the speed provided by C++, makes the library more appropriate for heavily abstracted projects, including art installations, commercial campaigns and other advanced animation work.
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- Processing (Java)
- openFrameworks (C++)
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