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From: davis@ilog.fr (Harley Davis)
Subject: Re: Imogene: Generating images using genetic programming
In-Reply-To: jh@Germany.EU.net's message of 25 Oct 1994 15:35:32 +0100
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Date: 26 Oct 1994 08:32:29 GMT


In article <38j53k$rac@Germany.EU.net> jh@Germany.EU.net (Jrg Heitktter) writes:

   It would be listed in the FAQ if the author would drop me a one-paragraph
   description of the program, plus a single line description for the
   software table--for now I wasn't even aware of the packages existence--
   then we could also distribute it via ENCORE. (If you ever tried to log into
   wustl archive you would know why... ;-)

I've sent the following note to Jrg for inclusion in the FAQ.  Thanks
to everyone who's responded; I'm glad to get a chance to get Imogene
out to the world.

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Imogene is a Windows 3.1 shareware program which generates pretty
images using genetic programming.  The program displays generations of
9 images, each generated using a formula applied to each pixel.  (The
formulae are initially randomly computed).  You can then select those
images you prefer.  In the next generation, the nine images are
generated by combining and mutating the formulae for the
most-preferred images in the previous generation.  The result is a
simulation of natural selection in which images evolve toward your
aesthetic preferences.
 
Imogene supports different color maps, palette animation, saving
images to .BMP files, changing the wallpaper to nice images, printing
images, and several other features.
 
Because of its use of the color palette, Imogene works only in 256
color mode.  It also requires a floating point coprocessor and a 386
or better CPU.
 
Imogene is based on work originally done by Karl Sims at (ex-)Thinking
Machines for the CM-2 massively parallel computer - but you can use it
on your PC.
 
You can ftp Imogene from:
 
<a href=ftp://ftp.cc.utexas.edu/pub/genetic-programming/code/imogenes.zip>
Click here to get Imogene if running from a Web browser.
</a>
 
Please direct inquiries to Harley Davis (davis@ilog.fr).

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