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Manpages XScreenSaverSection: User Commands (1)Updated: 17-Jun-99 Index Return to Main Contents NAMEvidwhacker - grab images and apply random filters to themSYNOPSISvidwhacker [-display host:display.screen] [-root] [-verbose] [-stdin] [-stdout] [-delay seconds] [-directory directory]DESCRIPTIONThe vidwhacker program grabs an image from disk, or from the system's video input, then applies random image filters to it, and displays the result. The vidwhacker program does not terminate until killed.It depends heavily on the various PBM tools (e.g., ppmrelief(1).) Selection of random image files is done by running the xscreensaver-getimage-file(1) program. Capture of video frames (if requested) is done by running the xscreensaver-getimage-video(1) program. The options of whether to do video, and which directory to search for images, are specified in the ~/.xscreensaver file. OPTIONSvidwhacker accepts the following options:
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BUGSIt's slow.TO DOIt might be interesting to rewrite this to use gimp(1) plugins instead of the pbm tools. It probably wouldn't be any faster, but there would be a wider variety of effects available.SEE ALSOX(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-getimage-file(1), xscreensaver-getimage-video(1), xv(1), ppmtogif(1), cjpeg(1)COPYRIGHTCopyright © 1998-2001 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.AUTHORJamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 18-Jan-98.
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