Using Pixels on CoronaSDK

Many developers that have graduated from the tags of a beginner have asked if they can have pixel level control. i.e. getPixel(x,y) and setPixel(x,y) now that is and isn't possible but there is a workaround that we had been working on, it is not complete, but it is one of the features that is present in this 3rd Party Library

First, let us see a couple of videos of pixel manipulation

1. Batman

2. Robin

These videos demonstrate that pixel manipulation is possible in CoronaSDK but cannot be used with normal objects and images. Vector Art, lines, rects, circles, arcs, Pies, etc can all be made as seen in this video here

Here's a sample of using Vector Graphics

newVect:setForeColor({255,255,0})
newVect:polygon({{50,200},{70,0},{20,-90},{-90,20},{20,90},{-20,-20}})

newVect:setForeColor({255,0,0})
newVect:circle(50,50,30)

newVect:setForeColor({255,255,255})
newVect:rectangle(20,100,200,75)

timer.performWithDelay(1000,function()
newVect:setForeColor({0,0,255})
newVect:floodfill(30,110)
end)

timer.performWithDelay(2000,function()
newVect:setForeColor({255,0,0})
newVect:floodfill(50,50)
end)

timer.performWithDelay(3000,function()
newVect:setForeColor({255,255,0})
newVect:floodfill(70,150)
end)

and the same can also be used in applications that can use the pixel graphics in better ways as demonstrated here

Here is the code that maked this Sprite Editor as shown above

display.setStatusBar(display.HiddenStatusBar)

local a = require ("enzyme")  -- This is the temp name for this library

a.newBoard(16)
local board = a.getBoard()

local i,j
for j=0, board.visRows do
        for i=0,board.visCols do
                a.newSquare(i,j,{color={255,255,255}})
        end
end

a.board.on_TouchBegan=function(event) 
        local t = a.getSquareProperty(event.row, event.col, "bit")
        a.setSquareProperty(event.row,event.col, "bit", not t)
        if t == true then
                a.changeSquareColor(event.row,event.col,{255,255,255})
        else
                a.changeSquareColor(event.row,event.col,{0,0,0})
        end
        
end

a.drawBoardGrid()

Sidenote - Amusing facts

Just a few questions,
1. How many coronaSDK readers read this
2. How many actually understand anything without going "Ah, my head is going to spin" or "That's too advanced for me"
3. How many actually need functionality like this
4. How much would the number of people left (that responded to the above questions) willing to pay for something like this?

Now let us put that into context as Price people are willing to pay (from response in Q# 4 above) and divide that by the number of hours spend towards making a library. That should indicate the community support. BTW Zero divided by any number is always Zero...

Don't kill the Indie Market, remember that you are also part of it, unless you are an organisation that is making millions. You kill of a few developers by not supporting them, tomorrow you get killed by other developers that wouldn't support you, because the market trend would have become *FREE* or NADA.