agpai2 / cs126-genetic-algorithm

Final project for CS126 at UIUC.

Genetic Algorithm Image Evolution

This program approximates images using a genetic algorithm.

Ex.

Original	Evolution

Original	Evolution

It suports loading and saving png files only.

Build instructions

Make sure you have openFrameworks installed. Clone this repository then run the project generator on the cloned repo. After that open the config.make and add -fopenmp to both the PROJECT_LDFLAGS and the PROJECT_CFLAGS. The project needs openmp because the fitness calculation is multithreaded. Now you should be able to run the Makefile (this may require root access depending on how your OF is setup).

Development log

It is very easy to add to the development log thanks to the provided script gen_log.sh. Simply run the script and it will update DEVELOPMENT.md with all commit messages and times.