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Concrete forest
Concrete Forest – an art project that turned into a party from Obscura on Vimeo.
The video shows the result of a fun little project we did in collaboration with artist Louise Bech Pedersen. We cut out these animal figures of a special acrylic rear projection material and used them for mapping using Modul8 and MadMapper.
Doing [...]
Developing visuals synced to a music composition
Recently I have had the pleasure of working with Linda Edsjö a classically trained percussionist and composer Simon Christensen in developing visuals for a piece of modern compositional music. The project was unusual for me as we decided to try to connect the visuals computer with the computer that was running the musical backing track. [...]
Modul8 quick tip: Keep track of your files with links
All users of Modul8 encounter the problem of keeping track of files in their projects I suppose. Sometimes you want to reuse media in new projects without creating extra copies of them and thereby cluttering your hard drive. Still you want the media collected in the same folder as the project in order to not [...]
Projection mapping on the rise
As visualists have noticed already and known for some time now, projection mapping is cool. And now it seems that this technique is going mainstrem in a big way as it is beginning to be used more and more in commercial contexts. In my city I am noticing more and more outdoor video projections – [...]
Working with Quartz compositions in Modul8
In Modul8 you’re able to play Quartz compositions (.qtz files) just by dragging them into your media bank like any other movie. However there are a number of problems with this approach:
No 1. Performance. I have done tests and often there is a severe drop in framerate for qtz files in Modul8 compared to the [...]
Quartz Composer performance in Modul8
I’ve been doing some testing and it’s my impression that you get a much better performance in Modul8 if you convert your .qtz files to .mov before importing them to Modul8. This can be done by following the steps described in this article: Working with Quartz Compositions in Modul8
I don’t know the reason for this [...]
First impressions of Arkaos GrandVJ 1.2 beta
Arkaos is out with a new beta for version 1.2 of their GrandVJ application and that prompted me to check out their software. Especially since they promise support for native Quartz Composer files. The new beta is out for both Mac and Windows. grab it here:
http://www.arkaos.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=6828
So now I have the beta and since I am [...]
New module for Modul8
For a couple of years now I have been using the VJ software called Modul8. One of the nice things about Modul8 is, that people with a bit of programming skills are able to augment the application by adding so called modules.
I have just made my first module – it is available for download and [...]
Controlling Modul8 with your Iphone or Ipod Touch
I have found out how to use my iPod Touch as a controller for the Modul8 VJ app. You need the OSCemote app for the iPod and the OSCulator app on your mac.
Here’s the recipe:
1. On the iPod Touch / iPhone go to app store and download OSCemote. You can try the free version first [...]
Using cues, timelines and VJ software for performances