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+I have been working on an editor for the [One Bit
+Image](https://git.peppe.rs/graphics/obi/about) file format in
+Rust and SDL2. This entry in my blog follows my progress on
+the editor. The days are listed in reverse chronological
+order, begin from the bottom this is your first time on this
+page.
+
+### Day 10
+
+I started reading up on dithering methods and half-toning, I
+wanted to create a dithering brush that would automatically
+produce popular dithering patterns. The method that caught
+my eye (and also the one used most often in pixel art), was
+Bayer's ordered dithering. When applied to a black and white
+image, each pixel, based on its intensity, is mapped to a
+4x4 grid of pixels. A completely empty (completely black)
+4x4 grid represents zero intensity, and a filled 4x4 grid
+represents full intensity. Bayer's ordered dithering can
+produce 15 steps of intensity between zero and full (by
+switching on exactly 1 pixel more at each level), thus,
+being able to draw 17 "shades" from white to black. Creating
+a dithering brush from here was fairly trivial. Our pixmap
+is supposed to represent the final dithered image, it must
+be divided into 4x4 grids. Each grid is colored based on the
+intensity of the brush passing over it:
+
+![Day 10](https://u.peppe.rs/Mn.png)
+
+
+### Day 9
+
+I started working towards an interface. I like the idea of a
+largely read-only HUD, i. e., an interface that simply
+describes the state of the application. Changes to this
+state are initiated via keybinds or text commands. I am
+proud of the symmetry indicator; `-` for horizontal
+symmetry, `|` for vertical symmetry, `+` for radial
+symmetry.
+
+![Day 9](https://u.peppe.rs/hx.png)
+
+### Day 8
+
+One of my favourite features of GIMP was symmetric editing.
+I added some coordinate geometry primitives to my pixmap
+abstraction, allowing for mirroring and reflecting figures
+about lines or points. The result was an ergonomic function
+that applies symmetry to any painting operation, (undo/redo
+works as expected):
+
+```rust
+let line = self.pixmap.get_line(start, end);
+let sym_line = self.symmetry.apply(&line);
+for point on line.extend(sym_line) {
+    // draw to window
+}
+```
+
+![Day 8](https://u.peppe.rs/B1.mp4)
+
+### Day 7
+
+Bresenham saves the day again! This time, I implemented his
+line drawing algorithm, to, well, draw lines. Each point on
+the line is then "buffed" based on the active brush size.
+Today's changes fit in very well with the undo system and
+the brush size feature. Creating the right abstractions, one
+at a time :)
+
+![Day 7](https://u.peppe.rs/xt.mp4)
+
+
+### Day 6
+
+I extended Bresenham's algorithm to draw not just circle
+outlines, but also generate their fills. Unlike Bresenham's
+algorithm, this variant generates points for two quadrants
+at once, these points are mirrored over the dividing axis to
+generate the other two quadrants.
+
+![Day 6](https://u.peppe.rs/f3.png)
+
+### Day 5
+
+I discovered and implemented Bresenham's algorithm for
+efficient circle drawing. The algorithm allowed for sized
+circular brushes, something I really liked from GIMP. Very
+convenient that the Wikipedia page for Bresenham's algorithm
+also includes a section about optimizing for integer based
+arithmetic. I managed to abstract out another giant
+component of the application, the pixmap. Any image is just
+a grid of pixels (a pixmap), where the pixel's value is
+decided by the application (1-bit in my case). I could
+potentially extend the application to a 24-bit image editor!
+
+![Day 5](https://u.peppe.rs/Kh.mp4)
+
+
+### Day 4
+
+I created a generic "undo stack" data structure that allows
+for infinite "undos" and "redos". Every modification
+operation to the grid is persisted to the application state.
+A couple of keybinds allow the user to revert and re-apply
+these operations! I expect abstracting this component will
+come in handy down the line.
+
+![Day 4](https://u.peppe.rs/w5.mp4)
+
+
+### Day 3
+
+I implemented the bare minimum required to call the program
+and "editor". The application displays a grid, tracks mouse
+events, paints white to the canvas on left click, and black
+to the canvas on right click. I created a make-shift MVC
+architecture à la Elm in Rust.
+
+![Day 3](https://u.peppe.rs/GF.mp4)
+
+### Day 2
+
+I started figuring out event handling today. Implemented a
+couple of keybinds to zoom in/out of the drawing area.
+Conversions of SDL2 coordinates (measured in signed 32 bit
+integers) to my internal "drawing area" coordinates
+(measured in unsigned 32 bit integers) is very annoying.
+Hopefully the unchecked conversions won't haunt me later.
+
+![Day 2](https://u.peppe.rs/L4.mp4)
+
+### Day 1
+
+Getting started with Rust and SDL2 is very straightforward.
+The `rust-sdl2` library contains some detailed examples that
+allowed me to get all the way to drawing a grid from a
+`Vec<bool>`:
+
+![Day 1](https://u.peppe.rs/Ma.png)