Posts Tagged ‘quartz composer’
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January 25th, 2010
No 6 is a quickie on how to scan a folder for images, and have those available in VDMX as a slideshow with dynamic content.
Oh, and sorry for the Lady Gaga track. I couldn’t resist.
Quartz Composer tutorial 6: Dynamic Slideshow from goto10 on Vimeo.
Opening and closing music by PSAPP.
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December 4th, 2009
A QCtextsource for VDMX that wipes the text on and off the screen with random letters and symbols.
Inspired by COD:Modern Warfare 2 and Alx Toneburst.
Controls for duration, font size and font selection.
goto10_randomtext_vdmx.qtz.zipAs Hiltmeyer noted correctly in a comment elsewhere on this site, the spacing on the letters can be off a little bit. This has to do with the way QC breaks up the string into individual letters. I’m still looking into this, but in the meanwhile it works fine for ‘fixed-width’ fonts such as Courier, Andale Mono, Monaco and my personal tech favourite OCRA.
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December 4th, 2009
Following up on a thread on the Vidvox user forums, this effect recreates the ‘trace’ look from Modul8. It’s Image Filter compliant, so it should work in all programs that support Quartz Composer Image Filters.
It uses a Core Image kernel originally written by Memo Akten to apply a luma key.
M8 Trace effect
Controls for trail length, luma key threshold and luma key softness.
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November 19th, 2009
Kinki Universe from goto10 on Vimeo.
Corporate job for Kinki Kappers, a hairdressing company from Amsterdam. It was one of those awful open briefs (”here’s a bunch of pictures, make something cool with it, you know, like with 3d and stuff”), and I spent a long time figuring out which direction to take it. In the end both the client and I were very pleased with the result.
I decided to upload it, because it marks my first steps into using Quartz Composer and realtime graphics code for corporate productions as well. Instead of just using After Effects, this also features some QC compositions (most notably Vade’s Rutt Etra plugin) all rendered using Kineme Quartz Crystal.
Music: ‘Pieces’ by Chase and Status
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September 7th, 2009
A simple Core Image kernel based effect, that allows for offsetting the R, G and B channels of an image on the x and y axis.
Probably quite similar to Memo’s version from way back in the day, but I can’t seem to download that one
Detailed Info:
Controls:
Pretty self explanatory: X and Y offset for each channel.Download:
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September 7th, 2009
A neverending ribbon twists its way through 3D space.
Based on the VertexNoise.qtz patch from the GLSL examples in the Dev Tools
Mad props go to Mr Monkeypresso for the idea. And of course to Philip Rideout of 3d Labs, Inc who wrote the GLSL code.
Contains GLSL code which is Copyright (c) 2005-2006: 3Dlabs, Inc.
Detailed Info:
Controls:
Speed: make the ribbon go slower or faster
Hue: change the colour on the flyDownload:
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September 7th, 2009
This is a qcTextSource (place in qcTextSources folder) that applies the old After Effects trick of using lotsa copies of a layer on the z-axis to make it appear 3D.
Detailed Info:
Controls for:
Text input
Text color
Font
Font size
Depth (high values might slow down your machine)
X/Y controller for X/Y axis rotationDownload:
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September 7th, 2009
A crosshairs appears over the video, and searches the screen. Pressing the button ‘locks’ the crosshairs in place. Works great with a live camera input from the crowd. Offers both mouse control and random mode.
Detailed Info:
Control_Switch: Switches movement control between random and VDMX input.
Lock: ‘Locks’ the crosshairs in their current position. Colour will change from green to red. Text will start flashing.
Size: Controls the size of the crosshairs.
Speed: Controls the speed of the random movement (note: does nothing when in VDMX control)
X/Y position: Allows for user input or syncing to VDMX data sources like mouse input (note: does nothing when in Random control)Download:
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August 27th, 2009
Number 5 in the series of QC and VDMX integration tuts, this one shows you how to create your own Quartz Composer plugins for use in VDMX. It covers creating a random number generator as well as a plugin that allows cycling through a series of effects.
QC/VDMX Tutorial 5: QC Plugins from goto10 on Vimeo.
Download both qtz files in a zip file here
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May 26th, 2009
No 4 in this video tutorial series on creating visuals with Quartz Composer, and its tight integration with VDMX. This one explains how to create a rotating double helix in 3D. Also how to publish some controls to manipulate live in VDMX is covered.
Quartz Composer/VDMX tutorial 4: Double Helix from goto10 on Vimeo.
Click through for HD quality and optional download on Vimeo.
The patch created in this tutorial can be downloaded with guide notes here
