Authors: Hayley Davies & Ross Hewitt
Marks On Submission: 66/100
University Grade: Second
This code has been written as part of the Tinkering Graphics tasks in the COMP120 module at Falmouth University. This is a social Media Filter that could be integrated into any social media app.
We have chosen to use the GNU LGPLv3 (GNU Lesser General Public License version 3) for our program as we intend it to be used by social media apps as a 3rd party add on filter. We wanted the source code of the original app to stay open and free software which GPL3 provides, However, we were concerned about how social media companies would not be willing to use our filter because of this licences strict "copy left" licensing. This is when we discovered the LGPL3 license that allows integration and does not have such a strong copy left licensing agreement. This makes the filter we have created more acessable to social media companies and encourages open and free software distribution.
Usage Instructions:
- Launch program
- Click the "Load Image" button
- Locate a valid file (*.bmp, *.gif, *.exif, *.jpg, *.png, *.tiff)
- Click the "Apply Filter" button (could take up to 20 seconds)
- Click the "Export..." button
- Choose a location to store the file, then name the file and choose a format
- Click okay on the pop up to save your image
- Click restart to apply the effect to more images or close the program