Doomscroller Processing Script

ndplayer.processing

PImage img;  // Declare a variable of type PImage
float yScroll = 0;
// float scrollAmt = 50;
float threshold = 127;
PImage destination;
int lines = 1;
int scrollStart = 768;
float scrollScreens;
int revealAmt;

String[] sources = {
  "www.apnews.com", 
  "www.npr.org", 
  "nypost.com", 
  "www.cnn.com", 
  "www.nydailynews.com", 
  "mobile.reuters.com", 
  "www.nbcnews.com", 
  "www.washingtonpost.com", 
  "www.wsj.com", 
  "www.breitbart.com", 
  "www.theblaze.com", 
  "dailycaller.com", 
  "drudgereport.com", 
  "www.msnbc.com", 
  "www.foxnews.com", 
  "www.nytimes.com", 
  "news.vice.com", 
  "www.latimes.com", 
  "m.huffpost.com", 
  "abcnews.go.com", 
  "www.cbsnews.com", 
  "newrepublic.com", 
  "www.motherjones.com", 
  "www.slate.com", 
  "talkingpointsmemo.com", 
  "www.redstate.com", 
  "www.nationalreview.com"
};

void setup() {
  size(1024, 768, P3D);
  initImg();
  destination = createImage(1024, 5000, RGB);
}

void initImg () {
  int rand = (int)random(sources.length);
  lines = 1;
  String source = sources[rand];
  // String today = "2021-01-8";
  String today = year() + "-" + nf(month(), 2) + "-" + day();
  print("\n today:" + today);
  String imgPath = "../../newsdivide/day/" + today + "/" + source + ".jpg";
  yScroll = 0;
  revealAmt = (int)random(25);

  scrollScreens = (int)random(3);
  scrollScreens = scrollScreens + 0.25;
  // Make a new instance of a PImage by loading an image file
  img = loadImage(imgPath);
}

void draw() {
  int scrollAmt = (int)random(50) + 5;
  int rndX = (int)random(img.width);
  int rndY = (int)random(img.height);
  //print("\n scrollScreens" + scrollScreens);
  //print("\n lines" + lines);
  //print("\n " + img.height);
  if (lines > scrollStart) {
    yScroll = yScroll - scrollAmt;
  }

  // background(0);
  // Draw the image to the screen at coordinate (0,0)
  //image(img,0,yScroll);
  // print(lines);
  for (int x = 0; x < img.width; x++) {
    for (int y = 0; y < img.height; y++ ) {
      int loc = x + y*img.width;
      if (y > lines && (lines < scrollStart)) {
        //destination.pixels[loc] = color(255, 0, 0);
      } else {
        if (brightness(img.pixels[loc]) > threshold) {
          //destination.pixels[loc] = color(255);
          float bt = brightness(img.pixels[loc]);
          destination.pixels[loc] = color(bt);
        } else {
          destination.pixels[loc] = color(0);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  destination.updatePixels();
  image(destination, 0, yScroll);
  fill(0);
  //text(day()+"/"+month()+"/"+year()+" - "+hour()+":"+minute()+":"+second(),width/2,height/2);
  //image(destination, 0, 0);

  if (lines < img.height) {
    lines = lines+revealAmt;
  }

  if ( (yScroll < -(768*scrollScreens))) {
    initImg();
  }
}