reference

This page is the reference for the openFrameworks core and included addons. There are also contributed addons. The openFrameworks API is constantly evolving: any corrections, additions or comments are very welcome!

You can contribute to this documentation from GitHub by following the instructions in the documentation tutorial.

This documentation refers to the most recent release, version 0.12.1.

core

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3d

Three-dimensional graphics classes and functions.

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application

Create windows, start the OF application and check info about it's state

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communication

Arduino and other serial devices communication.

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events

Application and custom events using the observer pattern.

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gl

OpenGL object oriented wrappers

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glm

OpenGL Mathematics

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graphics

2D graphics, images and typography

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math

Vector math classes, geometry utils and other mathematical functions

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sound

Classes for playing sound files and sound input and output

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types

Base classes and primitive types like, color, rectangle and others

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utils

Filesystem, threading, popup windows and other utilities

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video

Classes for working with video files and reading a video feed from a camera

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addons

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ofxAccelerometer

Addon to get accelerometer data from mobile devices

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ofxAndroid

Classes and utils to work with Android devices

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ofxAssimpModelLoader

Multi format 3D model loader based on the assimp library

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ofxEmscripten

Export openFrameworks applications to work on the web

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ofxGui

Simple GUI to easily change parameters in your applications

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ofxKinect

Addon to work with Kinect v1 cameras

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ofxNetwork

TCP and UDP communication

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ofxOpenCv

Computer vision utils based on the OpenCv library

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ofxOsc

OSC is an easy network protocol for sending the most common data types

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ofxPoco

ofxSVG

SVG file format loader

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ofxThreadedImageLoader

Load images in a background thread to avoid interruptions in the application

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ofxXmlSettings

Simple XML loader and saver

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ofxiOS

Classes and utils to work with iOS devices

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