Posts Tagged ‘quartz composer’
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November 6th, 2008
This is a narrowcasting application, made in Quartz Composer. I work for a multimedia college, and we showcase student work in the lobby. To replace the tedious task of burning new DVD’s every month, I designed this little app, that plays all movies in a designated folder on the fly. Drag, drop, watch!
With a little help (well, actually a lot) from an X-Coding colleague, we managed to turn into a fullscreen Cocoa app, that starts and shuts down automatically. For extra interest, we added RSS feeds with lesson times and school news.
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October 29th, 2008
As the first in what should be a series of Quartz Composer/VDMX tutorials, it shows the basic steps of how to make a ball bounce to the beat of the music.
Feel free to comment with any questions or suggestions.
Quartz Composer/VDMX tutorial no 1: The bouncing ball from goto10 on Vimeo.Click through for HD resolution and optional download on Vimeo
The Quartz patch used is available here
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October 29th, 2008
Thought I’d make a handy list to accompany my own series.
First and foremost: The irishman’s guide to Quartz Composer on www.shakinda.com, an excellent source if you’re just starting out.
Of course the mighty Kineme has lots of good stuff on their site, with some video tuts on their Vimeo channel http://vimeo.com/KinemeTutorials
Another great site to look into for tuorials, examples and links into the QC rabbithole is http://cybero.co.uk/QuartzComposer/index.html. Looks very promising indeed!
Jan R. has a great instructional video on how to set up VDMX with TouchOSC. I don’t have a iPhone myself, but this sure looks like a reason to get one: http://www.vimeo.com/2860407
Moongold has been putting up some good stuff on VDMX and the Wii recently, which you can find on his Vimeo channel here: http://vimeo.com/moongold
And just because it’s not video, let’s not forget Aienn’s original VDMX beginners tutorial:
Also, VJ Wunderkind/Thomase has put up a beginner’s video tutorial for VDMX on his Vimeo channel: http://www.vimeo.com/vjwunderkind, which should be an ongoing series as well.
That should keep you busy for a while. If you have anything to add, please let me know…
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October 1st, 2008
The WiiGo is a hightech digital spraycan that paints the walls with light.
The principle is simple. An old spraycan registers the movements of the user with a computer. This information is passed on to a beamer, resulting in a streak of light where you are ‘spraying’. This way anybody can make a huge piece, without causing any actual ‘damage’.
Of course it’s a great installation to have at an urban themed event, but we find that everybody enjoys playing with it. Hiphoppers draw their tag, teenagers write loveletters, parents play pictionairy and little kids just love the light on the wall.
The interface, which is fully controlled by the can, offers choice in colours and cap size. The addition of characteristic sounds such as air pressure release when the cap is pressed and the ball rattling when the can is shook make for a fully immersive acoustic and visual experience.
All tags and throwups can be stored automatically and shown in a VJ set.
The WiiGo spraycan was the opening act for the Noisivision street art festival. -
October 1st, 2008
Late night live session with my three favourite Quartz patches of the moment.
The song is called ‘Burned Out’ by the artist Low Entropy.