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Stephen Conroy has just announced his Government will censor all internet traffic with a mandatory ISP-level filter.
Over 120,000 Australians have taken a stand against his flawed scheme that will do little more than divert funds away from where they’re needed most, and now he plans to bring legislation before Parliament next year. Can you send him an email or fax letting him know your reaction to this announcement?
This week-end vdmo Kstati is heading down to Sydney. Woot. Second time this year. This time its to play at very, very exciting event brought to all of you by Q-Dance | XQ: X-QLUSIVE: TECHNOBOY. Amazing production, massive sound and visuals that are sure to set you speachless no doubt. Get excited!!:)
Location: 19.12.2009 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Times: 9pm till 6am Featuring DJs: Technoboy, Headhunters, Isaac, T’n'T aka Technoboy & Tuneboy,Stephanie, Hardstyle Masterz(LIVE), Dr Willis. VJs: Matt Chromatic, vdmo Kstati More Info and Videos:www.q-dance.com.au
Will follow up with event photos, videos and reviews after the show. Continue reading »
One of my new toys! Whoo hoo! Shoots in HD, which is perfect for capturing some content and straight into quick post production. Nice blue colour too… I love it!! * rant over
Hello. Just a small post regarding current work that Im doing. In the last few weeks I got my head barried into WordPress code as you might have guessed from the wonderful title.
Reason: I enjoy publishing. Full stop. I always wanted to have system of tools which would allow me to build anything I please seemingly quick and without too much fuss. In the duration of last few weeks, I begin to sense some sort of the flow, have my tools well run and tested and few frameworks that I had dissected and learned from now begin to make sense to me. More to learn, naturally, but I see it beginning of a wonderful journey.
Looking forward: Improved Methods and tools to Communicate and Share Information and Knowledge.
GrandVJ 1.2 now allows to use Quartz Composer .qtz files directly, both as sources and effects. In older versions it was necessary to save them as QuickTime movies with the big drawbacks that it was slow and it did not allow to change compositions variables. Continue reading »
Using svgweb, which allows using Firefox’s (and other browsers’) native SVG support while also providing a fallback to flash for Internet Explorer, super-cool.
Some JavaScript dives into the SVG and wraps each path element in a “spinner” callback (that repeatedly sets the elements “transform” attribute).
Check out 2 examples which make up for some interesting floating visuals.
There are some really interesting applications and example code are out there for any Visualists who are looking to dive into Python language. Today, I’ve put together a little list of such applications, I hope that you will find it useful. Feel free to add more links and resources in the comments if you come across any others.
PyCessing http://www.pycessing.org/index.php PyCessing is a free software system that lets you create interactive audio-visual applications by programming them in Python. As the name implies, it is very much inspired by Processing. The current system provides easy routines for vector drawing/animation, image processing, audio playback, typography and live input from mouse, keyboard and joystick. Py-cessing runs on Linux, OSX, and MS-Windows.
PyMT http://pymt.txzone.net/
PyMT is a python module for developing multi-touch enabled media rich applications. Currently the aim is to allow for quick and easy interaction design and rapid prototype development. PyMT is written in Python, based on pyglet toolkit. We are about 10 contributors and ~40000 lines of code (version 0.3).
NodeBox http://nodebox.net/code/index.php/Home Create Visual Output with Python Programming Code
NodeBox is a Mac OS X application that lets you create 2D visuals (static, animated or interactive) using Python programming code and export them as a PDF or a QuickTime movie. NodeBox is free and well-documented. Continue reading »
Free Tools for VJs??
Art of VJing is multi-faceted technological and artistic field. Most of us spend considerable time producing and developing content and establishing techniques for media manipulation. If you anything like me, then chances are that you’ll find yourself wondering about extending your favourite software as you grow through using it on a regular basis. Year after year you master some of the techniques, and yet you see great deal of limitations that are in front of you due to the closed development process of the software itself which in most cases you cannot interfere.
Let me modify!
If you have followed some of my recent posts on the subject of Pure Data VJ software, then you find that Pure Data has opened up numerous possibilities of developing your own software while utilising numerous Plug-ins, Libraries and Patches that worldwide community has released to date. These are very exciting times to be working in this field as knowledge and programs are at very healthy state. One of such AMAZING tools that I have only recently came about is : Qeve. It really encompasses large majority of your “wish lists” while maintaining its flexibility and cost. Free.
Without further a due, please explore this unique and promising piece of Pure Data software for Vjing: Queve!
“In art production the tool you use determine result of your work in many ways. Only by using free software you will not reproduce closed mind”
- Luca Carrubba aka Husk
Queve is a free tool for live performance and vjing developed by Estereotips collective with economic support by Catalan independent video maker association Telenoika and Center of visual arts productions Hangar from Barcelona. This software try to obtain the same usability of similar commercial applications (resolume, modul8, vdmx) while adding some unique features. Continue reading »
(News via Piksel)The Annual Piksel conference is just around the corner for those that are not yet aware. This conference gathers leading developers and artists that work within Open Source Software which takes place in Bergen(Norway) between November 19-22, 2009. If you can make to this festival in person, then please,- do yourself a favour!!!
With festival schedule being announced, there is a plenty to see and discover (See Full Schedule). I will be doing my best to highlight some of the stand out projects that are likely to make a stand for years to come in the Open Source Visualism field. First up, – Milkymist.
Brilliant example on setting and controlling a filter’s parameters via MIDI mapping, creating a control surface via a webcam and a torch by Daniele Mattei (Youtube). News via blog.lecollagiste.com
Daniele Comments:
I realised a little Processing sketch that tracks the light blob I shot in front of webcam, normalises X and Y coordinates to MIDI acceptable values, and then sends them to a filter effect in Ableton Live.
I also realised the little control panel that allows to correctly make the MIDI mapping and set some blob detection’s params.
Heading off to Cairns City Heart to set up for the Visual show. Would rather work at home at the moment. Caught Web Development Bug again. 6 months ago
Stephen Conroy has just announced his Government will censor all internet traffic with a mandatory ISP-level filter.
