-- # Generating videos with literate Futhark -- -- A video is just a collection of images called *frames*. However, -- for memory reasons it is usually best not to generate all the -- frames simultaneously. Therefore the `:video` command is a bit -- more intricate than `:img`. To generate a video, we must define a -- *frame function* that takes as input a state and returns a frame -- and a new state value. -- First we define a function for converting a light intensity into an -- `u32` encoding an ARGB colour. def grey (light: f32) : u32 = let x = u32.f32(255 * f32.min 1 (f32.max 0 light)) in (x << 16) | (x << 8) | x -- Then we define a frame function where some of the parameters will -- be partially applied. The state parameter `t` represents the -- current time, and is increased by the time delta `td` for every -- frame. entry frame (width: i64) (height: i64) (td: f32) (t: f32): ([height][width]u32, f32) = (replicate height (replicate width (grey(0.5+f32.cos(t*10)/2))), t + td) -- > :video (frame 100i64 100i64 0.02f32, 0f32, 314i64); -- fps: 24 -- format: gif -- That is not terribly exciting. Let's try something more -- interesting - specifically, a simple [ray -- marcher](https://michaelwalczyk.com/blog-ray-marching.html) that -- renders a blobby sphere. First, we'll need to do some vector -- calculations, so we'll import code from [another -- example](3d-vectors.html). module vectors = import "3d-vectors" module vec3 = vectors.mk_vspace_3d f32 type vec3 = vec3.vector -- Next we'll define a function for converting a point on a sphere -- into latitude and longtitude ([UV -- mapping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV_mapping)): def uv (p: vec3) : (f32,f32) = let d = vec3.normalise p in (0.5 + f32.atan2 d.x d.z / (2*f32.pi), 0.5 + f32.asin d.y / f32.pi) -- Now we can define a function for determining the radius of a blobby -- sphere at a given point. def radius_at (t: f32) (p: vec3) : f32 = let (u,v) = uv p in (1+f32.sin(u*20*f32.pi+t)*f32.sin(t))/2 + (1+f32.cos(v*20*f32.pi+t)*f32.sin(t))/2 -- The signed distance function is now trivial. def sdf (t: f32) (p: vec3) : f32 = vec3.length p - radius_at t p -- To trace the sphere, we perform ray marching into the scene, with -- up to 128 steps. If we make it to 128, we assume a miss. The -- logic is a bit convoluted due to lack of recursive functions. type hit = #hit vec3 | #miss def trace t (orig: vec3) (dir: vec3) : hit = let not_done (i, _) = i < 128 let march (i, pos) = let d = sdf t pos in if d < 0 then (1337, pos) else (i + 1, pos vec3.+ ((f32.max (d*0.1) 0.01) `vec3.scale` dir)) in iterate_while not_done march (0,orig) |> \(i, hit) -> if i == 1337 then #hit hit else #miss -- Finally, we'll need a way to compute a surface normal for lighting. -- This can be done with a single invocation of reverse-mode automatic -- differentiation. def grad f x = vjp f x 1f32 def distance_field_normal t pos = vec3.normalise (grad (sdf t) pos) -- This concludes the actual geometry code. Now we just have to -- construct camera rays. def camera_ray width height i j = let fov = f32.pi/3 let x = (f32.i64 i + 0.5) - f32.i64 width/2 let y = -(f32.i64 j + 0.5) + f32.i64 height/2 let z = -(f32.i64 height)/(2*f32.tan(fov/2)) in vec3.normalise {x,y,z} -- The actual frame function is quite straightforward - for each pixel -- generate a ray and see if it collides with the blobby sphere. We -- use the surface normal to reflect lighting from a light sourse at -- *(10,10,10)*. entry blob (width: i64) (height: i64) (td: f32) (t: f32): ([height][width]u32, f32) = let f j i = let dir = camera_ray width height i j in match trace t {x=0, y=0, z=3} dir case #miss -> 0xFFFFFF case #hit hit -> let light_dir = vec3.normalise ({x=10, y=10, z=10} vec3.- hit) let light_intensity = light_dir `vec3.dot` distance_field_normal t hit in grey light_intensity in (tabulate_2d height width f, t + td) -- Finally we can view our sphere it in all its moderately pixelated glory. -- > :video (blob 640i64 480i64 0.0314f32, 0f32, 100i64); -- fps: 24 -- format: gif -- # See also -- -- [The other Literate Futhark -- examples.](http://localhost:8000/examples.html#literate-futhark)