Hot Air Balloons Swizzled

Photos taken at The 2nd Putrajaya, Malaysia Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2010 Swizzled. Enjoy.

Creating High Level Shader Language (HLSL) pixel shaders

To create the pixel shaders used in the Swizzler, knowledge of HLSL is necessary. HLSL is quite similar to C at first glance, but it has a lot of fundamental differences. A useful tool for writing shaders is Shazzam.



Shazzam will allow you to easily compile and preview the shader and also automatically generates C# and VB code for easy integration into your project. Here's a brief HLSL tutorial for you beginners out there.

Tinting and Sepia Effect

It's pretty easy and straightforward to apply monochrome tinting using the Swizzler. One of the most famous monochrome effects that is widely used is the sepia effect.

Lomo Effect

The Lomo is a type of camera that can produce oversatured photos with a vignette effect and also other effects with different lenses. Here's how to reproduce the Lomo effect using the Swizzler.

 

 

The Swizzler 0.8 Release

 

 

Download:

• ifile mirror
• MediaFire mirror 

New in this version:

Video Effects and Transitions Showcase

Video and transition effects showcase. The transitions cycle alphabetically in order so all of them are shown. I only applied a few shader effects later on. Sorry about the low framerate (I really need a new machine), but it only stutters during recording. Even my 3 year old Dell laptop can run the application at full speed smoothly for full 1080p HD video at a full screen resolution of 1280 x800. I'll try to upload a smoother video when I get my hands on some real hardware. Till then, enjoy.

Version 0.8 will be released soon.

The Swizzler 0.72 Effects Showcase Video

The video is finally up. I recorded this using my 3 year old Dell Inspiron laptop sporting only a Mobility Radeon X1400. The framerate for recording is kind of low because of my low specs, but the application can process full HD video (1080p) at full speed. Check it out.