Using Processing for Live Visual creation is its own state of mind. Collectively and individually there is a massive share of amazing projects and sketches that keep opening up possibilities of exploration towards unique multimedia overall.
Here comes ToonLoop(Drawing Lively)
One such project worth a mention is ToonLoop. Simply speaking, -Toonloop is a device for creating live video cartoons. Yes, really!
Images are added one by one using a pedal which, when pressed, takes a picture and added to the loop of images. Processing.og (Win/OSX) takes care of controlling the functionality and functions, Python port is available on Linux. All together it comes together form an animated film. In the course of your gig , you’ll be able to do several small films like this. This may be a cartoon, or even stop the motion. (frame by frame).
The initial intention of this project was to teach new media element to children and also to create a professional tool for movie creators. Please check it out fro yourself,- highly recommended : ToonLoop. Continue reading »
Mother Reaches 0.6
It’s sure is a sign of an active project where it keeps leaping between each release so quickly, it can be difficult to keep up with it all. As project matures, additional resources and tutorials become available and personally I’ll try to keep readers updated on anything that I cross by.
Massive thanks go as always to Ilias Bergstorm (Lead Developer) and ongoing support involvement from Krzysztof Golinski on the project, developing of Mother has now sped up a bit, hence the increased release frequency!
New Features : Mother 0.6:
Small mistakes fixed from previous 0.5 release: Waltz synth example was not working, and I failed to mention in the documentation that you also need the Shapetween library to develop new synths. Note: Shapetween is a library for Processing that provides an easy way of animating elements within a sketch in a variety of ways.
More comprehensive secondary screen support introduced.
pre(), draw(), post() and dispose() methods are now called properly in synth libraries.
It is no longer necessary to put an Init() method in sketches intended as Synths for Mother (Finally!).
Download:
As always, you can download the latest version from the Google code repository!
This might be of interest to all VJ’s who are looking to share, promote they own work or simply get little inspiration in a field of Live Visual Art/Performance/Experimental. VJTube.net is a new website to the scene (to me anyway) and is a healthy addition to the growing list of similar websites that already out there. Think VJVault.com, Videopong.net, etc. Continue reading »
Mother has reached a new milestone today (0.5) by expanding to OSX and adding processing update to version 1.0.7. Through discussion with Illias previously I have made a suggestion of trying to keep processing libraries in separate folders from Mother.jar that’s so if processing.org makes an update, Mother update could be simply implemented through overwriting some folders. Im very happy that this feature is now implemented and functioning. Thanks Illias!
To Download Mother version 0.5.0, visit from Google code repository and grab your preferred version (PC/OSX).
New link arrived through some of this webblog track backs from VJRussia. With Love… naturally
From very brief observation it looks like an awesome VJ related and Art portal which will only grow and already has a great potential. Its also nice to read about VJ scene in Russia which I have so much interest about. Worth a look if you can read and understand Russian VJRussia.ru but don’t despair, with having extra help from Google Translation Service, website can be translated to english to understandable English VJRussia.com/en/
For those who are not in Cairns,- we are right in the middle of Cairns’ Festival of Arts busy entertainment and stimulating schedule. There are plenty of things to see and do, one among the many is TimeOut concert happening today and on the free side of the things, myself and Arpitam will be doing somewhat of a display in video art and video experimentation from 8.30pm on city square tonight Saturday August 29th 2009(where the stage construction is – onto a screen with projector).
We aim to showcase a level of our work and techniques we use at present. See ya there.
Over last week-end I had the pleasure to perform visuals as part of Illumination (Cairns) – White Party which was brought by Silver Gem and it had its 10th Anniversary since the inception in 1999. The event is a brain child of Deano & Venus who had put a lot of effort and vision to make and keep making this event reality year after year. I want to thank them dearly for they efforts.
This was my first time to perform at this show, even though I nearly made into the line up for the last year, this was the time. The event itself attracts somewhat diffrent audience to what you’d normally see at outdoor bush events in North Queensland which was a nice change as it brings new crowd to electronic music and arts for people to enjoy.
I was booked to do live vj’ing work on main stage along side Blakey (vj Phrosporous) and a string of local and nation talent with amazing sound, light and lazer rigs to boot. Continue reading »
This morning have finally added one of my clips to videopong.net – Video Loops Sharing Website. Check out my clips here. Enjoy! .. more will be uploaded shortly.
No words can describe it! Winter Solstice is a truly wonderful event that holds thousands of close friends that venture out for the 4 day getaway and amazing experience whilst among the nature with clear skies, foggy mornings, cool nights and warm days. Music! Music is on a nother level, being completely blessed with healthiest line up we all could experience in ages, progression of artists would be described as cream upon cream upon cream.
This year I was fortunate enough to work with my good friends and colleagues in visual department. This along provided for some amazing visual combination and creative outlet as far as various visuals styles are concerned. Feel free to check some of the fotage from the festival on my YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/vdmoKstati
