better, still not great. will fix later.

tests/g2chromatic2.cpp

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <atomic>
 #include <future>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <chrono>
 
 std::mutex m;
 std::atomic<bool> isGenerating{false};
@@ -28,7 +29,15 @@ std::future<void> generationFuture;
 std::mutex previewMutex;
 std::atomic<bool> updatePreview{false};
 frame currentPreviewFrame;
-GLuint previewTexture = 0;
+GLuint textu = 0;
+std::string previewText;
+
+struct Shared {
+    std::mutex mutex;
+    Grid2 grid;
+    bool hasNewFrame = false;
+    int currentFrame = 0;
+};
 
 struct AnimationConfig {
     int width = 1024;
@@ -69,21 +78,22 @@ void Preview(Grid2& grid) {
     }
 }
 
-void livePreview(Grid2& grid) {
+void livePreview(const Grid2& grid) {
-    currentPreviewFrame = grid.getGridAsFrame(frame::colormap::RGB);
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(previewMutex);
-    int image_width = currentPreviewFrame.getWidth();
+    
-    int image_height = currentPreviewFrame.getHeight();
+    currentPreviewFrame = grid.getGridAsFrame(frame::colormap::RGBA);
-    std::vector<uint8_t> framedata = currentPreviewFrame.getData();
 
-    GLuint textu;
     glGenTextures(1, &textu);
     glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, textu);
     glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
     glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
     glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH, 0);
-    glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGB, image_width, image_height, 0, GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, framedata.data());
     
-    previewTexture = textu;
+    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, textu);
+    glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, currentPreviewFrame.getWidth(), currentPreviewFrame.getHeight(), 
+                 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, currentPreviewFrame.getData().data());
+    
+    updatePreview = true;
 }
 
 std::vector<std::tuple<size_t, Vec2, Vec4>> pickSeeds(Grid2 grid, AnimationConfig config) {
@@ -210,10 +220,16 @@ bool exportavi(std::vector<frame> frames, AnimationConfig config) {
     return success;
 }
 
-void mainLogic(const AnimationConfig& config, Grid2& grid) {
+void mainLogic(const AnimationConfig& config, Shared& state) {
     isGenerating = true;
     try {
-        grid = setup(config);
+        Grid2 grid = setup(config);
+        {
+            std:: lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(state.mutex);
+            state.grid = grid;
+            state.hasNewFrame = true;
+            state.currentFrame = 0;
+        }
         Preview(grid);
         std::vector<std::tuple<size_t, Vec2, Vec4>> seeds = pickSeeds(grid, config);
         std::vector<frame> frames;
@@ -227,16 +243,21 @@ void mainLogic(const AnimationConfig& config, Grid2& grid) {
             
             expandPixel(grid,config,seeds);
             
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(state.mutex);
+            state.grid = grid;
+            state.hasNewFrame = true;
+            state.currentFrame = i;
+
             // Print compression info for this frame
             if (i % 10 == 0 ) {
                 frame bgrframe;
                 std::cout << "Processing frame " << i + 1 << "/" << config.totalFrames << std::endl;
                 bgrframe = grid.getGridAsFrame(frame::colormap::BGR);
-                bgrframe.printCompressionStats();
                 frames.push_back(bgrframe);
                 //bgrframe.decompress();
                 //BMPWriter::saveBMP(std::format("output/grayscalesource.{}.bmp", i), bgrframe);
                 bgrframe.compressFrameLZ78();
+                bgrframe.printCompressionStats();
             }
         }
         exportavi(frames,config);
@@ -305,7 +326,7 @@ int main() {
     //ImGui::SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(1110,667));
     //auto beg = ImGui::Begin("Gradient thing", &window);
     //if (beg) {
-    std::cout << "stuff breaks at 223" << std::endl;
+    // std::cout << "stuff breaks at 223" << std::endl;
     bool application_not_closed = true;
     //float main_scale = ImGui_ImplGlfw_GetContentScaleForMonitor(glfwGetPrimaryMonitor());
     GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow((int)(1280), (int)(800), "Chromatic gradient generator thing", nullptr, nullptr);
@@ -315,7 +336,7 @@ int main() {
     glfwSwapInterval(1);
     //IMGUI_CHECKVERSION(); //this might be more important than I realize. but cant run with it so currently ignoring. 
     ImGui::CreateContext();
-    std::cout << "context created" << std::endl;
+    // std::cout << "context created" << std::endl;
     ImGuiIO& io = ImGui::GetIO(); (void)io;
     io.ConfigFlags |= ImGuiConfigFlags_NavEnableKeyboard;     // Enable Keyboard Controls
     ImGui::StyleColorsDark();
@@ -331,7 +352,7 @@ int main() {
         ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_Init(glsl_version);
 
 
-    std::cout << "created glfw window" << std::endl;
+    // std::cout << "created glfw window" << std::endl;
 
 
     // Our state
@@ -345,8 +366,10 @@ int main() {
     static int i4 = 8;
 
     std::future<void> mainlogicthread;
+    Shared state;
     Grid2 grid;
     AnimationConfig config;
+    previewText = "Please generate";
     while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window)) {
         glfwPollEvents();
 
@@ -370,7 +393,7 @@ int main() {
             
             if (ImGui::Button("Generate Animation")) {
                 config = AnimationConfig(i1, i2, i3, f, i4);
-                mainlogicthread = std::async(std::launch::async, mainLogic, config, std::ref(grid));
+                mainlogicthread = std::async(std::launch::async, mainLogic, config, std::ref(state));
             }
             
             if (isGenerating) {
@@ -381,58 +404,73 @@ int main() {
                     cancelGeneration();
                 }
                 
-                ImGui::Text("Generating...");
+                // Check for new frames from the generation thread
-            }
+                bool hasNewFrame = false;
-            //ImGui::Text("Application average %.3f ms/frame (%.1f FPS)", 1000.0f / io.Framerate, io.Framerate); // is this broken or is it just cause I have no refresh buffer in this loop?
+                {
-
+                    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(state.mutex);
-            ImGui::Text("livepreview");
+                    if (state.hasNewFrame) {
-            if (isGenerating) {
+                        livePreview(state.grid);
-                livePreview(grid);
+                        state.hasNewFrame = false;
-                ImVec2 availableSize = ImGui::GetContentRegionAvail();
+                        previewText = "Generating... Frame: " + std::to_string(state.currentFrame);
+                    }
+                }
                 
-                float aspectRatio = static_cast<float>(currentPreviewFrame.getWidth()) / 
+                ImGui::Text(previewText.c_str());
-                                static_cast<float>(currentPreviewFrame.getHeight());
-                
-                ImVec2 imageSize = ImVec2(config.height,config.width);
-                ImVec2 uv_min = ImVec2(0.0f, 0.0f); // Top-left
-                ImVec2 uv_max = ImVec2(1.0f, 1.0f); // Lower-right
-                auto ptex = const_cast<void*>(static_cast<const void*>(currentPreviewFrame.getData().data()));
-                ImGui::ImageWithBg((ImTextureRef)ptex, imageSize, uv_min, uv_max, ImVec4(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f));
                 
+                if (textu != 0) {
+                    ImVec2 imageSize = ImVec2(config.width * 0.3f, config.height * 0.3f); // Scale down for preview
+                    ImVec2 uv_min = ImVec2(0.0f, 0.0f);
+                    ImVec2 uv_max = ImVec2(1.0f, 1.0f);
+                    ImGui::Image((void*)(intptr_t)textu, imageSize, uv_min, uv_max);
+                } else {
+                    ImGui::Text("Generating preview...");
+                }
                 
             } else {
                 ImGui::Text("No preview available");
                 ImGui::Text("Start generation to see live preview");
             }
-            
+            //std::cout << "sleeping" << std::endl;
+            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+            //std::cout << "ending" << std::endl;
             ImGui::End();
         }
 
-
+        
+        // std::cout << "ending frame" << std::endl;
         ImGui::Render();
         int display_w, display_h;
         glfwGetFramebufferSize(window, &display_w, &display_h);
         glViewport(0, 0, display_w, display_h);
         glClearColor(clear_color.x * clear_color.w, clear_color.y * clear_color.w, clear_color.z * clear_color.w, clear_color.w);
         glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+        
+        // std::cout << "rendering" << std::endl;
         ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_RenderDrawData(ImGui::GetDrawData());
 
         glfwSwapBuffers(window);
         //mainlogicthread.join();
+        
+        // std::cout << "swapping buffers" << std::endl;
     }
     cancelGeneration();
 
+    
+    // std::cout << "shutting down" << std::endl;
     ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_Shutdown();
     ImGui_ImplGlfw_Shutdown();
     ImGui::DestroyContext();
 
+    // std::cout << "destroying" << std::endl;
     glfwDestroyWindow(window);
-    if (previewTexture != 0) {
+    if (textu != 0) {
-        glDeleteTextures(1, &previewTexture);
+        glDeleteTextures(1, &textu);
-        previewTexture = 0;
+        textu = 0;
     }
     glfwTerminate();
     FunctionTimer::printStats(FunctionTimer::Mode::ENHANCED);
+    
+    // std::cout << "printing" << std::endl;
     return 0;
 }
 //I need this: https://raais.github.io/ImStudio/

util/grid/grid2.hpp

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public:
         return Positions.bucket_count();
     }
 
-    bool empty() {
+    bool empty() const {
         return Positions.empty();
     }
     
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ protected:
     //TODO: spatial map
     SpatialGrid spatialGrid;
     float spatialCellSize = 2.0f;
+
 public:
+    bool usable = false;
     //get position from id
     Vec2 getPositionID(size_t id) const {
         Vec2 it = Positions.at(id);
@@ -459,6 +461,7 @@ public:
         shrinkIfNeeded();
         updateNeighborMap();
         
+        usable = true;
         return getAllIDs();
     }
 
@@ -620,6 +623,78 @@ public:
                         
         }
     }
+
+    
+    void getGridRegionAsRGBA(const Vec2& minCorner, const Vec2& maxCorner,
+                           int& width, int& height, std::vector<uint8_t>& rgbData) const {
+        TIME_FUNCTION;
+        // std::cout << "excessdebug g2.483" << std::endl;
+        // Calculate dimensions
+        width = static_cast<int>(maxCorner.x - minCorner.x);
+        height = static_cast<int>(maxCorner.y - minCorner.y);
+        
+        if (width <= 0 || height <= 0) {
+            width = height = 0;
+            rgbData.clear();
+            rgbData.shrink_to_fit();
+            return;
+        }
+        // std::cout << "excessdebug g2.494" << std::endl;
+        
+        // Initialize RGB data (3 bytes per pixel: R, G, B)
+        std::vector<Vec4> rgbaBuffer(width * height, Vec4(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
+        
+        // For each position in the grid, find the corresponding pixel
+        for (const auto& [id, pos] : Positions) {
+            // std::cout << "excessdebug g2.501." << id << std::endl;
+            size_t size = Sizes.at(id);
+                
+            // Calculate pixel coordinates
+            int pixelXm = static_cast<int>(pos.x - size/2 - minCorner.x);
+            int pixelXM = static_cast<int>(pos.x + size/2 - minCorner.x);
+            int pixelYm = static_cast<int>(pos.y - size/2 - minCorner.y);
+            int pixelYM = static_cast<int>(pos.y + size/2 - minCorner.y);
+            
+            pixelXm = std::max(0, pixelXm);
+            pixelXM = std::min(width - 1, pixelXM);
+            pixelYm = std::max(0, pixelYm);
+            pixelYM = std::min(height - 1, pixelYM);
+            // std::cout << "excessdebug g2.514." << id << std::endl;
+
+            // Ensure within bounds
+            if (pixelXM >= minCorner.x && pixelXm < width && pixelYM >= minCorner.y && pixelYm < height) {
+                // std::cout << "excessdebug g2.518." << id << " - (" << pixelXm << "," << pixelYM << ")" << std::endl;
+                const Vec4& color = Colors.at(id);
+                float srcAlpha = color.a;
+                float invSrcAlpha = 1.0f - srcAlpha;
+                for (int py = pixelYm; py <= pixelYM; ++py){
+                    for (int px = pixelXm; px <= pixelXM; ++px){
+                        // std::cout << "excessdebug g2.524." << id << " - (" << py << "," << px << ")" << std::endl;
+                        int index = (py * width + px);
+                        Vec4 dest = rgbaBuffer[index];
+                        
+                        dest.r = color.r * srcAlpha + dest.r; // * invSrcAlpha;
+                        dest.g = color.g * srcAlpha + dest.g; // * invSrcAlpha;
+                        dest.b = color.b * srcAlpha + dest.b; // * invSrcAlpha;
+                        dest.a = srcAlpha + dest.a; // * invSrcAlpha;
+                        rgbaBuffer[index] = dest;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        rgbData.resize(rgbaBuffer.size() * 4);
+        for (int i = 0; i < rgbaBuffer.size(); ++i) {
+            const Vec4& color = rgbaBuffer[i];
+            int bgrIndex = i * 4;
+            
+            // Convert from [0,1] to [0,255] and store as RGB
+            rgbData[bgrIndex + 0] = static_cast<unsigned char>(color.r * 255);
+            rgbData[bgrIndex + 1] = static_cast<unsigned char>(color.g * 255);
+            rgbData[bgrIndex + 2] = static_cast<unsigned char>(color.b * 255);
+            rgbData[bgrIndex + 2] = static_cast<unsigned char>(color.a * 255);
+                        
+        }
+    }
     
     //get full as rgb/bgr
     void getGridAsRGB(int& width, int& height, std::vector<uint8_t>& rgbData)  {
@@ -645,6 +720,17 @@ public:
         resultFrame.setData(rgbData);
         return resultFrame;
     }
+    
+    frame getGridRegionAsFrameRGBA(const Vec2& minCorner, const Vec2& maxCorner) const {
+        TIME_FUNCTION;
+        int width, height;
+        std::vector<uint8_t> rgbData;
+        getGridRegionAsRGBA(minCorner, maxCorner, width, height, rgbData);
+        
+        frame resultFrame(width, height, frame::colormap::RGB);
+        resultFrame.setData(rgbData);
+        return resultFrame;
+    }
 
     // Get region as frame (BGR format)
     frame getGridRegionAsFrameBGR(const Vec2& minCorner, const Vec2& maxCorner) const {
@@ -659,7 +745,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     // Get entire grid as frame with specified format
-    frame getGridAsFrame(frame::colormap format = frame::colormap::RGB) {
+    frame getGridAsFrame(frame::colormap format = frame::colormap::RGB) const {
         TIME_FUNCTION;
         Vec2 minCorner, maxCorner;
         getBoundingBox(minCorner, maxCorner);
@@ -669,6 +755,9 @@ public:
             case frame::colormap::RGB:
                 Frame = std::move(getGridRegionAsFrameRGB(minCorner, maxCorner));
                 break;
+            case frame::colormap::RGBA:
+                Frame = std::move(getGridRegionAsFrameRGBA(minCorner, maxCorner));
+                break;
             case frame::colormap::BGR:
                 Frame = std::move(getGridRegionAsFrameBGR(minCorner, maxCorner));
                 break;
@@ -708,7 +797,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     //get bounding box
-    void getBoundingBox(Vec2& minCorner, Vec2& maxCorner) {
+    void getBoundingBox(Vec2& minCorner, Vec2& maxCorner) const {
         TIME_FUNCTION;
         if (Positions.empty()) {
             minCorner = Vec2(0, 0);