Welcome (again)

Some of you possibly remember the old Ramen compositor. It was an open source project which unfortunately wasn't very successful. The project was closed some months ago, but development went on and the compositor was rewritten. Important new features have been added and many errors have been fixed.
This is the new aspect of the application.

Some of the changes are clear from the screenshots, for example the tracker is new. I'll post about other new features later.

I'm currently working to do an alpha release next week. For now, Linux 64 bits only.
64 bits Windows later. The new releases will be closed source.

Thank you for your interest (again).

Est.

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Download Ramen

Minimum requirements:

- 64 bits Linux operating system.

- Processor with SSE2 instruction set support ( Intel Core2 or better).

- 2 Gb of Ram or more. More is better.

- Modern Nvidia video card, with OpenGL 2.0 and pixel shaders.
ATI video cards may work. Intel cards don't work.

License and other important informations:

This is an early development, alpha release.It can have bugs, 

has missing features, almost no documentation and 

parts of the application are subject to change in the future. 

Care must be taken when using the software in important projects.

This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Download:

Get Ramen here.

Installation:

- Uncompress the package and move / copy it where you want to install it.
- Optionally, add the bin subdirectory inside the package to your PATH 

enviroment variable. On ubuntu, /etc/bash.bashrc is a good place to do it.

- To run the program, open a terminal window and type "path to the package"/bin/ramen.

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FAQ

What's the difference between the open source project and the new version?

This new version is a rewrite of the last open source release.
They are different programs with the same name.

Can I use the program to do real work?

Ramen is still alpha software. It has bugs, missing features and things subject to change.
With care, it may be possible to do real work with it, but there's no warranty.

How can I edit a node while viewing the result of another node?

Control - double click the node you want to view to make it the context node.

In the viewer, in the Active / Context menu, choose context.

Double click the node you want to edit to make it the active node.

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