# Bitmaps and video

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**Created:** [January 18, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/bitmaps-and-video/2756 "2023-01-18T23:31:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/bitmaps-and-video/2756/2 "2023-01-18T23:42:25Z")

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Yes, folks have done bitmaps before several ways, but all are currently going to require a fair bit of coding. I was able to find a few of the more notable threads by searching the forums for “bitmap”. The threads that jumped out to me are:

1. Pixie’s work in Python for rendering images: [Rendering images](https://forum.electromage.com/t/rendering-images/1425) and extracting from a .GIF: [Beating Heart Pattern - #6 by GeekMomProjects](https://forum.electromage.com/t/beating-heart-pattern/2418/6)
2. zranger1’s ExpanderVerse, for generating images on a computer. Processing is good at working with image data: [ExpanderVerse: Processing, Output Expanders, Many, many LEDs](https://forum.electromage.com/t/expanderverse-processing-output-expanders-many-many-leds/1604)

What 3D software do you work in primarily?

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