Altered Qualia Alternatives

Altered Qualia is described as 'Evolve takes an input image and reproduces it using shapes of various colors and transparencies. It uses a simulated annealing-like optimization algorithm based on the great work of Roger Alsing' and is an app in the development category. There are four alternatives to Altered Qualia for Mac, Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted and Windows. The best Altered Qualia alternative is Primitive, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Altered Qualia are Primitive for macOS, Genetic Art and Shapeme.

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  1. Primitive icon
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    Primitive is a Go (Programming Language) command-line app based on Roger Alsing's great work, that reproduces images using geometric primitives such as ovals, triangles and rectangles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Based on the author's open-source Primitive project, Primitive for macOS adds a super intuitive interface to make it dead easy to process images, recreating them with primitive shapes like triangles, rectangles and bezier curves.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Genetic Art takes an input image and reproduces it with primitive shapes, either lines, triangles, circles or squares. It's available online or as a self-hosted HTML/JavaScript web app.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Shapeme icon
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    Inspired by Roger Alsing's great idea, Shapeme uses SDL to evolve images with simulated annealing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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