Cinder_(programming_library)

Cinder (programming library)

Cinder (programming library)

Open-source C++ programming library

This article is about the open source programming library. For OpenStack's block storage component, see OpenStack § Block Storage (Cinder).

Cinder is an open-source[1] programming library designed to give the C++ language advanced visualization abilities. It was released as a public tool in spring 2010 and can be viewed in many ways as a C++-based alternative to tools like the Java-based Processing library, Microsoft Silverlight or Adobe Flash. It is also comparable to the C++ based openFrameworks; the main difference is that Cinder uses more system-specific libraries for better performance while openFrameworks affords better control over its underlying libraries.

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Unlike Flash and Silverlight, Cinder is generally used in a non-browser environment. This, combined with the speed provided by C++, makes the library more appropriate for heavily abstracted projects, including art installations, commercial campaigns and other advanced animation work.

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    "Cinder". GitHub. Retrieved 2 September 2013.


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