b

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 **/*.rs.bk
 /testserver
 .*.swp
+video/*

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "pixelpwnr"
 version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Tim Visée <timvisee@gmail.com>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -15,10 +16,24 @@ categories = [
 [dependencies]
 bufstream = "0.1"
 clap = { version = "4.4", features = [ "derive" ] }
+ctrlc = "3.4"
+eframe = "0.26"
+glob = "0.3"
 image = "0.23"
+libc = "0.2"
 num_cpus = "1.13.1"
 regex = "1.5"
 rayon = "1.5.1"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "pixelpwnr"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "pixelpwnr-gui"
+path = "src/gui.rs"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # pixelpwnr
+
 A quick [pixelflut][pixelflut] ([video][pixelflut-video]) client in
 [Rust][rust] for use at [34C3][34C3], that _pwns_ whole pixelflut panels.
 
@@ -6,12 +7,10 @@ For a high performance pixelflut client and server implementations, see:
 - [pixelpwnr-server][pixelpwnr-server]: server
 - [pixelpwnr-cast][pixelpwnr-cast]: cast your screen to a pixelflut server
 
-**Note:** This is a prototype project. Some things may not work correctly.
-Or some things may work slow.
-
 ## Features
+
 * Many concurrent drawing pipes, fast multithreading
-* Animated images, with multiple frame images
+* Animated images, with GIFs or multiple frame images
 * Control over render sizes and offset
 * Automatic image sizing and formatting
 * Blazingly fast [binary protocol](https://github.com/timvisee/pixelpwnr-server#the-binary-px-command) (`PB` with `--binary`)
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ Or some things may work slow.
 * Linux, Windows and macOS
 
 ## Usage
+
 Pixelflut a simple image:
 ```bash
 # Flut a simple image.
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Use the `--help` flag, or see the [help](#help) section for all available
 options.
 
 ## Installation
+
 For installation, Git and Rust cargo are required.
 Install the latest version of Rust with [rustup][rustup].
 
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ cargo build --release
 ```
 
 ## Performance & speed optimization
+
 There are many things that affect how quickly pixels can be painted on a
 pixelflut server.  
 Some of them are:
@@ -104,37 +106,30 @@ Things that improve painting performance:
 - Use multiple machines (servers) with multiple `pixelpwnr` instances to push
   pixels to the screen.
 
-## Future improvements
-This application is still in the prototyping phase, and many things can be
-improved for significantly better performance and usability.
-See the [TODO](TODO.md) file for a list of future improvements.
-
 ## Help
+
 ```text
-pixelpwnr --help
+$ pixelpwnr --help
 
-pixelpwnr 0.1
+Insanely fast pixelflut client for images and animations
-Tim Visee <timvisee@gmail.com>
-A quick pixelflut client, that pwns pixelflut panels.
 
-USAGE:
+Usage: pixelpwnr [OPTIONS] --image <PATH>... <HOST>
-    pixelpwnr [OPTIONS] <HOST> --image <PATH>...
 
-FLAGS:
+Arguments:
-        --help       Prints help information
-    -V, --version    Prints version information
-
-OPTIONS:
-    -i, --image <PATH>...    Image paths
-    -w, --width <PIXELS>     Draw width (def: screen width)
-    -h, --height <PIXELS>    Draw height (def: screen height)
-    -x <PIXELS>              Draw X offset (def: 0)
-    -y <PIXELS>              Draw Y offset (def: 0)
-    -c, --count <COUNT>      Number of concurrent threads (def: CPUs)
-    -r, --fps <RATE>         Frames per second with multiple images (def: 1)
-
-ARGS:
   <HOST>  The host to pwn "host:port"
+
+Options:
+      --help             Show this help
+  -i, --image <PATH>...  Image path(s)
+  -w, --width <PIXELS>   Draw width [default: screen width]
+  -h, --height <PIXELS>  Draw height [default: screen height]
+  -x <PIXELS>            Draw X offset [default: 0]
+  -y <PIXELS>            Draw Y offset [default: 0]
+  -c, --count <COUNT>    Number of concurrent threads [default: number of CPUs]
+  -r, --fps <RATE>       Frames per second with multiple images [default: 1]
+  -b, --binary           Use binary mode to set pixels (`PB` protocol extension) [default: off]
+  -f, --flush <ENABLED>  Flush socket after each pixel [default: true] [default: true] [possible values: true, false]
+  -V, --version          Print version
 ```
 
 ## Relevant projects

src/args.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-extern crate clap;
-extern crate num_cpus;
-
 use clap::Parser;
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -13,14 +10,15 @@ pub struct Arguments {
     help: Option<bool>,
 
     /// The host to pwn "host:port"
-    host: String,
+    #[arg(required_unless_present = "config")]
+    host: Option<String>,
 
     /// Image path(s)
     #[arg(
         short,
         long,
         value_name = "PATH",
-        required = true,
+        required_unless_present = "config",
         alias = "images",
         num_args(1..)
     )]
@@ -40,6 +38,18 @@ pub struct Arguments {
     #[arg(short, value_name = "PIXELS", default_value_t = 0)]
     y: u16,
 
+    /// Path to a JSON config file
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "PATH")]
+    config: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Path to write JSON status updates
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "PATH")]
+    status: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Tile images across the screen, ignoring offsets
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    tile: bool,
+
     /// Number of concurrent threads [default: number of CPUs]
     #[arg(short, long, aliases = ["thread", "threads"])]
     count: Option<usize>,
@@ -52,9 +62,9 @@ pub struct Arguments {
     #[arg(short, long, alias = "bin")]
     binary: bool,
 
-    /// Do not flush socket after each pixel [default: on]
+    /// Flush socket after each pixel [default: true]
-    #[arg(short, long)]
+    #[arg(short, long, action = clap::ArgAction::Set, value_name = "ENABLED", default_value_t = true)]
-    no_flush: bool,
+    flush: bool,
 }
 
 /// CLI argument handler.
@@ -71,7 +81,22 @@ impl ArgHandler {
 
     /// Get the host property.
     pub fn host(&self) -> &str {
-        self.data.host.as_str()
+        self.data.host.as_deref().expect("Host is required")
+    }
+
+    /// Get the optional host property.
+    pub fn host_optional(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.data.host.as_deref()
+    }
+
+    /// Get the config path.
+    pub fn config_path(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.data.config.as_deref()
+    }
+
+    /// Get the status path.
+    pub fn status_path(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.data.status.as_deref()
     }
 
     /// Get the thread count.
@@ -102,6 +127,11 @@ impl ArgHandler {
         (self.data.x, self.data.y)
     }
 
+    /// Whether to tile images across the screen.
+    pub fn tile(&self) -> bool {
+        self.data.tile
+    }
+
     /// Get the FPS.
     pub fn fps(&self) -> u32 {
         self.data.fps
@@ -112,8 +142,8 @@ impl ArgHandler {
         self.data.binary
     }
 
-    /// Whether to prevent flushing after each pixel.
+    /// Whether to flush after each pixel.
-    pub fn no_flush(&self) -> bool {
+    pub fn flush(&self) -> bool {
-        self.data.no_flush
+        self.data.flush
     }
 }

src/image_manager.rs

@@ -1,27 +1,48 @@
+use glob::glob;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::thread::sleep;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
-use image;
+use crate::pix::canvas::Canvas;
 use image::imageops::FilterType;
-use image::DynamicImage;
+use image::{DynamicImage, RgbaImage};
 
-use pix::canvas::Canvas;
+enum ImageMode {
+    Direct { size: (u16, u16) },
+    Tiled { tile_size: (u16, u16), canvas_size: (u16, u16) },
+}
 
 /// A manager that manages all images to print.
 pub struct ImageManager {
-    images: Vec<DynamicImage>,
+    frames: Vec<PathBuf>,
-    // Define whether the first image has been drawn
+    mode: ImageMode,
+    preprocessed: bool,
+    cache_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+    cached_single: Option<DynamicImage>,
+    /// Define whether the first image has been drawn
     first: bool,
-    index: isize,
+    index: usize,
 }
 
 impl ImageManager {
     /// Intantiate the image manager.
-    pub fn from(images: Vec<DynamicImage>) -> ImageManager {
+    fn from(
+        frames: Vec<PathBuf>,
+        mode: ImageMode,
+        preprocessed: bool,
+        cache_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+    ) -> ImageManager {
         ImageManager {
-            images,
+            frames,
+            mode,
+            preprocessed,
+            cache_dir,
+            cached_single: None,
             first: false,
             index: 0,
         }
@@ -30,45 +51,83 @@ impl ImageManager {
     /// Instantiate the image manager, and load the images from the given paths.
     pub fn load(paths: &[&str], size: (u16, u16)) -> ImageManager {
         // Show a status message
-        println!("Load and process {} image(s)...", paths.len());
+        println!("Load and process {} path(s)...", paths.len());
 
         // Load the images from the paths
-        let image_manager = ImageManager::from(
+        let frames: Vec<PathBuf> = paths
-            paths
             .par_iter()
-                .map(|path| load_image(path, size))
+            .flat_map(|path| load_image_frames(path))
-                .collect(),
+            .collect();
-        );
+        let mode = ImageMode::Direct { size };
+        let (frames, preprocessed, cache_dir) = preprocess_frames(&frames, &mode);
+        let image_manager = ImageManager::from(frames, mode, preprocessed, cache_dir);
 
         // TODO: process the image slices
 
         // We succeeded
-        println!("All images have been loaded successfully");
+        println!(
+            "Loaded {} frame(s) from {} path(s).",
+            image_manager.frames.len(),
+            paths.len()
+        );
+
+        image_manager
+    }
+
+    /// Instantiate the image manager, and load and tile the images from the given paths.
+    pub fn load_tiled(
+        paths: &[&str],
+        tile_size: (u16, u16),
+        canvas_size: (u16, u16),
+    ) -> ImageManager {
+        // Show a status message
+        println!("Load and process {} path(s)...", paths.len());
+
+        let frames: Vec<PathBuf> = paths
+            .par_iter()
+            .flat_map(|path| load_image_frames(path))
+            .collect();
+        let mode = ImageMode::Tiled {
+            tile_size,
+            canvas_size,
+        };
+        let (frames, preprocessed, cache_dir) = preprocess_frames(&frames, &mode);
+        let image_manager = ImageManager::from(frames, mode, preprocessed, cache_dir);
+
+        println!(
+            "Loaded {} frame(s) from {} path(s).",
+            image_manager.frames.len(),
+            paths.len()
+        );
 
         image_manager
     }
 
     /// Tick the image
-    pub fn tick(&mut self, canvas: &mut Canvas) {
+    ///
+    /// Returns the desired duration for othis frame.
+    pub fn tick(&mut self, canvas: &mut Canvas) -> Option<Duration> {
         // Get the image index bound
-        let bound = self.images.len();
+        let bound = self.frames.len();
 
         // Just return if the bound is one, as nothing should be updated
         if self.first && bound == 1 {
-            return;
+            return None;
         }
 
         // Get the image to use
-        let image = &mut self.images[self.index as usize % bound];
+        let mut image = self.load_frame(self.index % bound);
 
         // Update the image on the canvas
-        canvas.update_image(image);
+        canvas.update_image(&mut image);
 
         // Increase the index
         self.index += 1;
 
         // We have rendered the first image
         self.first = true;
+
+        None
     }
 
     /// Start working in the image manager.
@@ -76,30 +135,233 @@ impl ImageManager {
     /// This will start walking through all image frames,
     /// and pushes each frame to all painters,
     /// with the specified frames per second.
-    pub fn work(&mut self, canvas: &mut Canvas, fps: u32) {
+    pub fn work<F>(
-        loop {
+        &mut self,
-            // Tick to use the next image
+        canvas: &mut Canvas,
-            self.tick(canvas);
+        fps: u32,
+        shutdown: &AtomicBool,
+        mut on_frame: F,
+    )
+    where
+        F: FnMut(usize, usize),
+    {
+        let fps = fps.max(1);
+        let frame_ms = 1000f64 / (fps as f64);
+        let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let mut next_tick = 0f64;
 
-            // Sleep until we need to show the next image
+        loop {
-            sleep(Duration::from_millis((1000f32 / (fps as f32)) as u64));
+            if shutdown.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            let elapsed_ms = start.elapsed().as_secs_f64() * 1000.0;
+            let target_index = (elapsed_ms / frame_ms).floor() as usize;
+            if target_index != self.index {
+                self.index = target_index;
+                self.tick(canvas);
+                let total = self.frames.len();
+                let current = (self.index % total) + 1;
+                on_frame(current, total);
+            }
+
+            next_tick += frame_ms;
+            let sleep_ms = (next_tick - elapsed_ms).max(1.0) as u64;
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(sleep_ms));
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn frame_count(&self) -> usize {
+        self.frames.len()
+    }
+
+    fn load_frame(&mut self, index: usize) -> DynamicImage {
+        if self.frames.len() == 1 {
+            if let Some(image) = self.cached_single.as_ref() {
+                return image.clone();
+            }
+        }
+
+        let path = &self.frames[index];
+        let image = if self.preprocessed {
+            image::open(path).unwrap()
+        } else {
+            match self.mode {
+                ImageMode::Direct { size } => image::open(path)
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .resize_exact(size.0 as u32, size.1 as u32, FilterType::Gaussian),
+                ImageMode::Tiled {
+                    tile_size,
+                    canvas_size,
+                } => tile_image(
+                    image::open(path).unwrap(),
+                    (tile_size.0 as u32, tile_size.1 as u32),
+                    (canvas_size.0 as u32, canvas_size.1 as u32),
+                ),
+            }
+        };
+
+        if self.frames.len() == 1 {
+            self.cached_single = Some(image.clone());
+        }
+
+        image
+    }
+}
+
+static CACHE_COUNTER: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+
+fn preprocess_frames(
+    frames: &[PathBuf],
+    mode: &ImageMode,
+) -> (Vec<PathBuf>, bool, Option<PathBuf>) {
+    if frames.len() <= 1 {
+        return (frames.to_vec(), false, None);
+    }
+
+    let counter = CACHE_COUNTER.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    let stamp = SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+        .as_millis();
+    let cache_dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
+        "pixelpwnr_cache_{}_{}_{}",
+        process::id(),
+        stamp,
+        counter
+    ));
+    fs::create_dir_all(&cache_dir).expect("failed to create cache directory");
+    match *mode {
+        ImageMode::Direct { size } => println!(
+            "Resizing {} frame(s) to {}x{} (cache: {})",
+            frames.len(),
+            size.0,
+            size.1,
+            cache_dir.display()
+        ),
+        ImageMode::Tiled {
+            tile_size,
+            canvas_size,
+        } => println!(
+            "Resizing {} frame(s) to tile {}x{} over {}x{} (cache: {})",
+            frames.len(),
+            tile_size.0,
+            tile_size.1,
+            canvas_size.0,
+            canvas_size.1,
+            cache_dir.display()
+        ),
+    }
+
+    let total = frames.len();
+    let progress = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+    let output_paths: Vec<PathBuf> = frames
+        .par_iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(index, path)| {
+            let output = cache_dir.join(format!("{:06}.png", index));
+            let processed = match *mode {
+                ImageMode::Direct { size } => image::open(path)
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .resize_exact(size.0 as u32, size.1 as u32, FilterType::Gaussian),
+                ImageMode::Tiled {
+                    tile_size,
+                    canvas_size,
+                } => tile_image(
+                    image::open(path).unwrap(),
+                    (tile_size.0 as u32, tile_size.1 as u32),
+                    (canvas_size.0 as u32, canvas_size.1 as u32),
+                ),
+            };
+            processed
+                .save(&output)
+                .expect("failed to save cached frame");
+            let done = progress.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst) + 1;
+            if done == total || done % 100 == 0 {
+                println!("Resized {done}/{total} frame(s)...");
+            }
+            output
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    println!("Cached {} frame(s).", output_paths.len());
+
+    (output_paths, true, Some(cache_dir))
+}
+
+impl Drop for ImageManager {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if let Some(cache_dir) = &self.cache_dir {
+            match fs::remove_dir_all(cache_dir) {
+                Ok(()) => println!("Removed cache directory {}", cache_dir.display()),
+                Err(err) => eprintln!("Failed to remove cache directory: {err}"),
+            }
         }
     }
 }
 
-/// Load the image at the given path, and size it correctly
+fn load_image_frames(path: &str) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
-fn load_image(path: &str, size: (u16, u16)) -> DynamicImage {
+    if has_glob_pattern(path) {
-    // Create a path instance
+        let mut entries: Vec<PathBuf> = glob(path)
+            .expect("failed to read frames glob")
+            .filter_map(Result::ok)
+            .filter(|entry| entry.is_file())
+            .collect();
+        entries.sort_by(|a, b| a.file_name().cmp(&b.file_name()));
+
+        if entries.is_empty() {
+            panic!("The given frames glob matched no files");
+        }
+
+        return entries;
+    }
+
     let path = Path::new(&path);
 
-    // Check whether the path exists
+    if path.is_dir() {
+        let mut entries: Vec<PathBuf> = fs::read_dir(path)
+            .expect("failed to read frames directory")
+            .filter_map(|entry| entry.ok())
+            .map(|entry| entry.path())
+            .filter(|entry| entry.is_file())
+            .collect();
+        entries.sort_by(|a, b| a.file_name().cmp(&b.file_name()));
+
+        if entries.is_empty() {
+            panic!("The given frames directory is empty");
+        }
+
+        return entries;
+    }
+
     if !path.is_file() {
         panic!("The given path does not exist or is not a file");
     }
 
-    // Load the image
+    vec![path.to_path_buf()]
-    let image = image::open(path).unwrap();
+}
-
+
-    // Resize the image to fit the screen
+fn has_glob_pattern(path: &str) -> bool {
-    image.resize_exact(size.0 as u32, size.1 as u32, FilterType::Gaussian)
+    path.contains('*') || path.contains('?') || path.contains('[')
+}
+
+fn tile_image(image: DynamicImage, tile_size: (u32, u32), canvas_size: (u32, u32)) -> DynamicImage {
+    let tile = image
+        .resize_exact(tile_size.0, tile_size.1, FilterType::Gaussian)
+        .to_rgba8();
+    let mut tiled = RgbaImage::new(canvas_size.0, canvas_size.1);
+    let tile_w = tile.width();
+    let tile_h = tile.height();
+
+    let mut y = 0;
+    while y < canvas_size.1 {
+        let mut x = 0;
+        while x < canvas_size.0 {
+            image::imageops::overlay(&mut tiled, &tile, x, y);
+            x += tile_w;
+        }
+        y += tile_h;
+    }
+
+    DynamicImage::ImageRgba8(tiled)
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-extern crate clap;
+mod args;
-extern crate image;
-extern crate rayon;
-
-mod arg_handler;
 mod color;
+mod config;
 mod image_manager;
 mod painter;
 mod pix;
@@ -11,10 +8,15 @@ mod rect;
 
 use std::io::Error;
 
-use arg_handler::ArgHandler;
+use args::ArgHandler;
+use config::ProjectConfig;
 use image_manager::ImageManager;
 use pix::canvas::Canvas;
 use pix::client::Client;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 /// Main application entrypoint.
 fn main() {
@@ -30,28 +32,171 @@ fn start(arg_handler: &ArgHandler) {
     // Start
     println!("Starting... (use CTRL+C to stop)");
 
+    let shutdown = setup_shutdown_handler();
+
+    if let Some(config_path) = arg_handler.config_path() {
+        start_from_config(arg_handler, config_path, shutdown);
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Gather facts about the host
     let screen_size =
         gather_host_facts(arg_handler).expect("Failed to gather facts about pixelflut server");
 
-    // Determine the size to use
+    let tile_size = arg_handler.size(Some(screen_size));
-    let size = arg_handler.size(Some(screen_size));
+    let (size, offset) = if arg_handler.tile() {
+        (screen_size, (0, 0))
+    } else {
+        (tile_size, arg_handler.offset())
+    };
 
     // Create a new pixelflut canvas
     let mut canvas = Canvas::new(
         arg_handler.host(),
         arg_handler.count(),
         size,
-        arg_handler.offset(),
+        offset,
         arg_handler.binary(),
-        !arg_handler.no_flush(),
+        arg_handler.flush(),
     );
 
     // Load the image manager
-    let mut image_manager = ImageManager::load(&arg_handler.image_paths(), size);
+    let mut image_manager = if arg_handler.tile() {
+        ImageManager::load_tiled(&arg_handler.image_paths(), tile_size, size)
+    } else {
+        ImageManager::load(&arg_handler.image_paths(), size)
+    };
 
     // Start the work in the image manager, to walk through the frames
-    image_manager.work(&mut canvas, arg_handler.fps());
+    image_manager.work(&mut canvas, arg_handler.fps(), &shutdown, |_current, _total| {});
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Serialize)]
+struct StatusEntry {
+    name: String,
+    fps: f64,
+    current: usize,
+    total: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct StatusFile {
+    entries: Vec<StatusEntry>,
+}
+
+fn start_from_config(arg_handler: &ArgHandler, config_path: &str, shutdown: Arc<AtomicBool>) {
+    let config = load_config(config_path);
+    let host = arg_handler
+        .host_optional()
+        .map(|host| host.to_string())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| config.host.clone());
+    if host.trim().is_empty() {
+        panic!("No host specified in CLI or config");
+    }
+
+    let default_threads = config.threads.unwrap_or_else(|| arg_handler.count());
+    let binary = config.binary;
+    let flush = config.flush;
+
+    let status_path = arg_handler.status_path().map(|path| path.to_string());
+    let stats: Arc<std::sync::Mutex<Vec<StatusEntry>>> = Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(
+        config
+            .entries
+            .iter()
+            .map(|entry| StatusEntry {
+                name: entry.name.clone(),
+                fps: 0.0,
+                current: 0,
+                total: 0,
+            })
+            .collect(),
+    ));
+    if let Some(status_path) = status_path.clone() {
+        let stats = Arc::clone(&stats);
+        let shutdown = Arc::clone(&shutdown);
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            while !shutdown.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+                if let Ok(locked) = stats.lock() {
+                    let payload = StatusFile {
+                        entries: locked.clone(),
+                    };
+                    if let Ok(json) = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&payload) {
+                        let _ = std::fs::write(&status_path, json);
+                    }
+                }
+                std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    let mut handles = Vec::new();
+    for (index, entry) in config.entries.into_iter().enumerate() {
+        if !entry.enabled {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let host = host.clone();
+        let threads = entry.threads.unwrap_or(default_threads);
+        let stats = Arc::clone(&stats);
+        let shutdown = Arc::clone(&shutdown);
+        handles.push(std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let mut canvas = Canvas::new(
+                &host,
+                threads,
+                (entry.width, entry.height),
+                (entry.x, entry.y),
+                binary,
+                flush,
+            );
+            let mut image_manager = ImageManager::load(&[entry.source.as_str()], (entry.width, entry.height));
+            let total = image_manager.frame_count();
+            if let Ok(mut locked) = stats.lock() {
+                if let Some(stat) = locked.get_mut(index) {
+                    stat.total = total;
+                }
+            }
+            let mut frames = 0usize;
+            let mut last_report = Instant::now();
+            image_manager.work(&mut canvas, entry.fps, &shutdown, |current, total| {
+                frames += 1;
+                if let Ok(mut locked) = stats.lock() {
+                    if let Some(stat) = locked.get_mut(index) {
+                        stat.current = current;
+                        stat.total = total;
+                    }
+                }
+                let elapsed = last_report.elapsed();
+                if elapsed >= Duration::from_secs(1) {
+                    let fps = frames as f64 / elapsed.as_secs_f64();
+                    if let Ok(mut locked) = stats.lock() {
+                        if let Some(stat) = locked.get_mut(index) {
+                            stat.fps = fps;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    frames = 0;
+                    last_report = Instant::now();
+                }
+            });
+        }));
+    }
+
+    for handle in handles {
+        let _ = handle.join();
+    }
+}
+
+fn setup_shutdown_handler() -> Arc<AtomicBool> {
+    let shutdown = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let shutdown_handler = Arc::clone(&shutdown);
+    ctrlc::set_handler(move || {
+        shutdown_handler.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    })
+    .expect("Failed to set CTRL+C handler");
+    shutdown
+}
+
+fn load_config(path: &str) -> ProjectConfig {
+    let data = std::fs::read_to_string(path).expect("Failed to read config file");
+    serde_json::from_str::<ProjectConfig>(&data).expect("Failed to parse config file")
 }
 
 /// Gather important facts about the host.

src/painter/handle.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-extern crate image;
-
 use std::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
 
 use image::DynamicImage;
 
-use rect::Rect;
+use crate::rect::Rect;
 
 /// A handle to a painter thread.
 ///
@@ -30,18 +28,19 @@ impl Handle {
 
     /// Push an image update.
     pub fn update_image(&self, full_image: &mut DynamicImage) {
-        // Crop the image to the area
+        // Crop without mutating the source image so each painter sees full data.
-        let image = full_image.crop(
+        let image = image::imageops::crop_imm(
+            full_image,
             self.area.x as u32,
             self.area.y as u32,
             self.area.w as u32,
             self.area.h as u32,
-        );
+        )
+        .to_image();
+        let image = DynamicImage::ImageRgba8(image);
 
         // Push a new image to the thread
         // TODO: return this result
-        self.image_sender
+        let _ = self.image_sender.send(image);
-            .send(image)
-            .expect("Failed to send image update to painter");
     }
 }

src/painter/painter.rs

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ use std::sync::mpsc::Receiver;
 
 use image::{DynamicImage, Pixel};
 
-use color::Color;
+use crate::color::Color;
-use pix::client::Client;
+use crate::pix::client::Client;
-use rect::Rect;
+use crate::rect::Rect;
 
 /// A painter that paints on a pixelflut panel.
 pub struct Painter {

src/pix/canvas.rs

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use image::DynamicImage;
 
-use painter::handle::Handle;
+use crate::painter::handle::Handle;
-use painter::painter::Painter;
+use crate::painter::painter::Painter;
-use pix::client::Client;
+use crate::pix::client::Client;
-use rect::Rect;
+use crate::rect::Rect;
 
 /// A pixflut instance
 pub struct Canvas {
@@ -50,6 +50,31 @@ impl Canvas {
 
     /// Spawn the painters for this canvas
     fn spawn_painters(&mut self, binary: bool, flush: bool) {
+        let grid = (self.painter_count as f64).sqrt() as usize;
+        if grid * grid == self.painter_count {
+            let tile_w = self.size.0 / (grid as u16);
+            let tile_h = self.size.1 / (grid as u16);
+
+            for row in 0..grid {
+                for col in 0..grid {
+                    let x = (col as u16) * tile_w;
+                    let y = (row as u16) * tile_h;
+                    let w = if col == grid - 1 {
+                        self.size.0 - x
+                    } else {
+                        tile_w
+                    };
+                    let h = if row == grid - 1 {
+                        self.size.1 - y
+                    } else {
+                        tile_h
+                    };
+
+                    let painter_area = Rect::from(x, y, w, h);
+                    self.spawn_painter(painter_area, binary, flush);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
             // Spawn some painters
             for i in 0..self.painter_count {
                 // Determine the slice width
@@ -62,6 +87,7 @@ impl Canvas {
                 self.spawn_painter(painter_area, binary, flush);
             }
         }
+    }
 
     /// Spawn a single painter in a thread.
     fn spawn_painter(&mut self, area: Rect, binary: bool, flush: bool) {

src/pix/client.rs

@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-extern crate bufstream;
-extern crate regex;
-
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
 use std::net::TcpStream;
 
-use self::bufstream::BufStream;
+use bufstream::BufStream;
-use self::regex::Regex;
+use regex::Regex;
 
-use color::Color;
+use crate::color::Color;
 
 // The default buffer size for reading the client stream.
 // - Big enough so we don't have to expand