
Pixel Bender development offers many advantages: The Pixel Bender Toolkit includes the Pixel Bender kernel language and graph language, the Pixel Bender Toolkit IDE (an integrated development environment for Pixel Bender), sample filters, and documentation. The Pixel Bender graph language is an XML-based language for combining individual pixel-processing operations (kernels) into more complex Pixel Bender filters. You can use the Pixel Bender kernel language to implement image processing algorithms (filters or effects) in a hardware-independent manner. The Adobe Pixel Bender technology delivers a common image and video processing infrastructure which provides automatic runtime optimization on heterogeneous hardware. Here's a quick overview of Pixel Bender from the Labs site: Pixel Bender Toolkit And Pixel Bender Plugin For Photoshop CS4Īdobe Labs has posted the Pixel Bender Toolkit and the Pixel Bender Plugin for Photoshop CS4. The Photoshop Blog offers the latest Photoshop news and software updates, Photoshop tips and tutorials, and random thoughts from graphic artist and Photoshop expert Jennifer Apple. Download any Adobe product for a free 30 day trial.
