A creative coding library for making art with desktop windows

In plain words

A creative coding library that enables developers to generate visual art by manipulating desktop windows. The tool is designed for programmers interested in exploring generative art and computational creativity through window-based interactions. Available as an open-source project on GitHub, it provides a novel approach to creating visual compositions by treating windows themselves as the primary medium for artistic expression.

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From the sources

A minimal Python library for live coding visual scenes using desktop windows. pip install window-art Quick Start import window_art as wa with wa . run (): win = wa . window ( 100 , 100 , 200 , 200 , color = "coral" ) wa . move ( win , 500 , 300 , duration = 2.0 , ease = "ease_out" ) wa . wait ( 1 ) Examples import window_art as wa with wa . run (): # Create windows win = wa . window ( 100 , 100 , 200 , 200 , color = "red" ) # Animate wa . move ( win , 500 , 300 , duration = 1.0 ) wa . fade ( win , 0.5 , duration = 0.5 ) wa . color_to ( win , "blue" , duration = 0.5 ) # Display media img = wa . window ( 400 , 100 , 300 , 200 , image = "photo.jpg" ) vid = wa . window ( 400 , 350 , 300 , 200 ,…from github.com

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