Qídé Studio – Lab Notes

0xASC11 v1.0.0

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Released 6 July 2026. 0xASC11 is a fifth mobile camera app in the 0x suite. It samples the live camera feed into a grid of cells and maps the average brightness of each cell to a rectangle-width glyph (A–K) from a custom font. Cell size and contrast are adjustable; styles include Mono (black on white), Invert (white on black), Accent (black on yellow), and Random (two sampled colors). Output saves as a 1080 × 1920 PNG.

v1.0.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Web Tool

0xHLFT v1.0.0

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Released 5 July 2026. 0xHLFT is a fourth mobile camera app in the 0x suite. It captures a frame from the live camera feed and renders it as a halftone image with adjustable dot size, grid angle, and ink mode. Modes include black-and-white, duotone with selectable ink and paper colors, and moiré. Output saves as a 1080 × 1920 PNG.

v1.0.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Web Tool

Neon Noir v1.2.0

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 4 July 2026. Neon Noir v1.2.0 adds export format choice (JPEG, PNG, or WebP) and a custom filename prefix, so output can match delivery requirements without leaving the tool. The Output panel now lists the format dropdown and prefix field alongside the existing JPEG quality slider and download button.

v1.2.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Web Tool

Renoir v3.5.0

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Released 3 July 2026. Renoir v3.5.0 adds ArtistAnalyzer.artist_color_signature(), a high-level API that computes an artist’s portfolio-level color signature directly from a WikiArt name, with temporal or random sampling and an optional per-period breakdown. A companion lower-level method, ArtistAnalyzer.analyze_works_color_signature(), applies the same signature computation to any custom list of works.

The release also fixes temporal sampling so that decade shortfalls are redistributed to periods with unselected candidates, ensuring the requested limit is met whenever enough works exist overall.

v3.5.0 · MIT · GitHub · PyPI · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17355170

Siss v0.3.0

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 2 July 2026. Siss v0.3.0 adds a classic print-style halftone look to the Python video-effects tool. A new dot symbol type renders filled circles sized by local luminance, and a new --grid_type option switches between square sampling (default) and a hex-offset grid that staggers alternating rows by half a step for traditional halftone-screen output. Both options default to prior behavior, so existing commands and scripts continue to work unchanged.

v0.3.0 · MIT · GitHub · PyPI

Chroma Gridlock v2.0.0

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Released 2 July 2026. Chroma Gridlock v2.0.0 is now hosted on the Qídé Studio site. The control panel is rebuilt with the studio’s Qídé UI library, typography switches to Nudica Mono, and the visual identity is aligned with the rest of the site. New contrast-safe color suggestions propose a passing text color for any hovered cell; click the suggestion to apply it. PNG export now omits the hover/lock outline.

v2.0.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Web Tool

Video Dithering Tool v1.0.1

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Released 1 July 2026. Video Dithering Tool v1.0.1 applies five dithering algorithms to video files frame by frame: Floyd-Steinberg (Floyd & Steinberg, 1976), Atkinson, Jarvis-Judice-Ninke (Jarvis, Judice & Ninke, 1976), ordered Bayer (Bayer, 1973), and random threshold. Outputs PNG sequences via FFmpeg or direct animated GIF export.

v1.0.1 · MIT · GitHub

Siss v0.2.1

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Released 30 June 2026. Siss v0.2.1 is a Python command-line tool for applying duotone and halftone effects to video files. Duotone maps per-pixel luminance to a linear blend between two colors; halftone renders plus, asterisk, or slash symbols at luminance-proportional sizes over a 3×3-pixel grid. Inputs accept hex strings, CSS named colors, RGB triples, and named palettes. Output containers include MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, and WMV, with a runtime VideoWriter_fourcc probe that selects a working codec per format and OS.

v0.2.1 · MIT · GitHub · PyPI

Renoir v3.4.1

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Added 26 June 2026. Renoir v3.4.1 extracts and analyses works by individual artists from WikiArt using k-means palette extraction, four color-naming vocabularies, and harmony detection. Listed in the Awesome Digital Humanities GitHub list, with more than 10,000 downloads on PyPI as renoir-wikiart. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17355170.

v3.4.1 · MIT · GitHub · PyPI

Color Constancy Enhancement v1.1.0

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Released 24 June 2026. Color Constancy Enhancement v1.1.0 implements color constancy algorithms for photo enhancement, based on the review by Foster (2011). The package provides Gray World, White Patch, Von Kries adaptation, Retinex, and spatial color correction, exposed through a composable pipeline API and a CLI. Comparison views, channel statistics, and an illuminant diagnostic are included.

v1.1.0 · MIT · GitHub

Pixel Art Editor v2.1.0

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 21 June 2026. Pixel Art Editor v2.1.0 is now hosted on the Qídé Studio site. The control panel has been rebuilt with the studio’s Qídé UI library, typography has switched to Nudica Mono, and the interface includes a Clean UI mode with a Show UI toggle that matches the rest of the archive. Images load via drag-and-drop, file picker, clipboard paste, or URL; nine pixel shapes apply to pixelation and drawing strokes, with pixel-size and grid-division modes adjustable in real time. Divisions mode adds a Width from Brightness toggle for duotone halftone effects. A text overlay supports a nine-position dropdown and independent pixelation; a color palette manager holds up to 16 swatches. Sessions autosave to localStorage every 30 seconds, and work saves as a portable JSON project file alongside PNG and SVG export.

v2.1.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Web Tool

Pattern Creator v2.0.0

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 20 June 2026. Pattern Creator v2.0.0 is now hosted on the Qídé Studio site. The control panel has been rebuilt with the studio’s Qídé UI library, typography has switched to Nudica Mono, and the interface includes a Clean UI mode with a Show UI toggle that matches the rest of the archive. The underlying p5.js pattern engine is unchanged: up to five stacked layers of shapes can be sized, spaced, rotated, and colored independently, then exported as a high-resolution PNG. Presets can be saved and loaded, and a custom SVG shape can be uploaded for use in any layer.

v2.0.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Web Tool

Fractal Dimensions v1.1.0

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 20 June 2026. Fractal Dimensions v1.1.0 migrates the experiment to the studio’s shared Qídé UI control panel, giving it the same look and interaction model as Wave Dynamics and Algorithmic Forms. The fractal selector, iteration and motion controls, color pickers, and visibility toggles are now grouped in a collapsible panel; live monitors report vertex count, fractal dimension, and FPS. Clean UI mode, an info modal per fractal, and PNG / 30-second WebM export round out the update.

v1.1.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Experiment

Algorithmic Forms v1.3.0

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 19 June 2026. Algorithmic Forms v1.3.0 improves algorithmic fidelity across the experiment: the gyroid is now a true Marching Cubes isosurface instead of a point cloud, the Hopf fibration is rendered as explicit circle fibers via stereographic projection, and the superellipsoid exposes two independent shape exponents. The vertex shader now recomputes normals after displacement, non-orientable surfaces receive reduced displacement to preserve topology, and the wireframe overlay now uses the same shader so it deforms with the surface. Independent Surface and Wireframe toggles allow wireframe-only views, and geometry rebuilds are debounced with vertex-count caps for smoother interaction.

v1.3.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Experiment

C0SM1C SCR1P7 0x6E v1.3.0

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 18 June 2026. C0SM1C SCR1P7 0x6E v1.3.0 adds single-frame PNG export. The Export panel now includes a PNG Res dropdown (1920 × 1080, 2560 × 1440, 3840 × 2160, or Current viewport) and a Save PNG button. The canvas temporarily resizes to the chosen resolution, renders one frame, downloads the image, and restores the viewport.

The tool continues to render user-supplied text as animated 3D point clouds via real-time WebGL, with the Qídé UI control panel, Nudica Mono typography, Clean UI mode, custom font and photo sprite upload, keyframe timeline, WebM recording, GIF export, and PNG sequence export.

v1.3.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Web Tool

Wave Dynamics v1.2.0

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 18 June 2026. Wave Dynamics v1.2.0 migrates the controls to the studio’s Qídé UI library, adopts Nudica Mono typography, and adds a Clean UI mode with a “Show UI” toggle. The experiment now runs nine real-time WebGL wave simulations: Standing Wave, Wave Interference, Ripple Tank, Chladni Pattern, Perlin Noise, Spherical Harmonics, Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Bessel Function, and Wave Packet. New controls include color pickers, independent Surface and Wireframe toggles, particle toggle, auto-rotate, live monitors for vertices, wavelength, and FPS, plus export options for PNG stills and 30-second high-resolution WebM video.

v1.2.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Experiment

C0SM1C SCR1P7 0x6E v1.2.0

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 17 June 2026. C0SM1C SCR1P7 0x6E v1.2.0 migrates the control panel from Tweakpane to the studio’s Qídé UI library, adopts Nudica Mono typography, and adds a Clean UI mode with a “Show UI” toggle. The tool still renders user-supplied text as animated 3D point clouds via real-time WebGL, with photo sprite mode, a keyframe timeline, custom font upload, and multi-format export: WebM, GIF, and PNG sequence.

v1.2.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Web Tool

Babylonian Mathematics v1.0.0

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Released 17 June 2026. Babylonian Mathematics v1.0.0 is a browser-based visualisation of Babylonian mathematics through seven interactive geometric sketches: sexagesimal arithmetic, Plimpton 322 Pythagorean triples, Seleucid-period zigzag functions, the YBC 7289 square-root of 2 approximation, BM 13901 completing-the-square proofs, and reciprocal tables. Controls are built with the studio’s Qídé UI library.

v1.0.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Experiment

Particle Nova v1.1.0

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 16 June 2026. Particle Nova v1.1.0 migrates the control panel to the studio’s Qídé UI library, matching the site typography and styling. The update adds Pulse and Orbit explosion modes and removes the Brightness and Contrast sliders.

v1.1.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Web Tool

Color lab v2.1.0

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Updated 13 June 2026. Color lab v2.1.0 replaces the inline HTML controls with the studio’s Qídé UI library, matching the site typography and styling. A Harmonies section lets users isolate and display one relationship at a time – complementary, analogous, triadic, or tetradic – directly on the wheel. The color-count slider now ranges from 6 to 48 sections, and the wheel scales to 80% of the viewport on large screens. The JSON / ASE / ACO export remains unchanged.

v2.1.0 · CC BY 4.0 · View Web Tool