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tutorialKineme GL tools tutorialHey everyone Just thought to let you know about my new tutorial. Although I don't think a lot of the regulars here will see something new, it's for the most part about Kineme tools, so I'd thought you'd might be interested. Hope you enjoy it! Joris
Video Buffer Demo (Composition by jersmi)
Probably most useful for those somewhat new to Quartz Composer. This composition focuses on using the Queue patch to create a video buffer to capture frames of a movie then control playback. There are other features, too: this is based on patches I use (and keep reworking) for live performance for movie playback and "analog-style" video feedback. Note: this comp uses a third party plugin, v002 Gaussian Blur. It is inside the Video Feedback patch. It can be downloaded here: http://v002.info/?page_id=6 (Could also bypass it in the patch). Nested structure (leafed) (Composition by usefuldesign.au)
This is a tutorial composition demonstrating the difference of item indexes and keys when both are numbers generated within, in this case, a Javascript patch. Was made in response to the question on this thread Sorting Part Structure Embedding Movies in Quartz Composer : Image StructuresIt is possible to embed a movie in Quartz Composer, by following these steps:
...and you're done! One should have a qtz that is playing back an embedded movie, with ability to define the rate of playback. For an example of this, reference the attached file. Notes: I've tested this with multi-page pdf's and gif images, though I'm guessing that multi-page tiff would likely work as well. For creating your own from scratch, it's easy to convert movies to Image Sequences using Quicktime's Export to Image Sequence ability. From that point one, can use a utility program to create a gif, or use Preview to convert to pdf. I would think it would be possible to merge a pdf document by using Preview, and according to some unofficial documentation I've read, but when I drop multiple pdf's onto the sidebar in Preview, it doesn't give me a "bound"/merged document. I've used an older free utility called "pdfsam", which will successfully create a merged pdf document with correct ordering. For the sake of size (and cost of quality), one may want to reopen the merged pdf in Preview and Save using the "Reduce File Size" Quartz Filter option. The creation of Image Sequence from movie, to merged pdf or gif file seems like something that should be scriptable, to avoid having to use various applications to prep the Image document, but I haven't investigated the automation of that process yet.
Impossible Machine (Composition by gtoledo3)
This composition shows how to create a cube system using Iteration, LFO's, Interpolation, and 3 point lighting. There are many type of movement available by manipulating the input parameters. |