Occasional attempts to document strange software wrestling techniques.
Tutorials
March 1: VDMX Masterclass @ ACMI with David Lublin, Vidvox, NY
Am delighted to be helping host an ACMI workshop on March 1st – with David Lublin (Vidvox co-developer for VDMX). ((UPDATE: video workshop was archived on youtube, and is viewable at the bottom of this page)) David will be delivering … Continue reading
by j p, February 6, 2014 1 Comment
Learning With Quartz Part 5: Using Twitter Hashtags + RSS Feeds in VDMX
[[ UPDATE : A while ago – Twitter changed the way it deals with RSS, thereby breaking the technique below… ]] (( For possible solutions, try this labnol work-around (video explanation) or try this discussion over at the Inklen / … Continue reading
by j p, July 18, 2012 7 Comments
Learning With Quartz Part 4: 3D Objects With Video Textures in VDMX
Warning: playing around long enough with 2D billboards and sprites (to display images) inside Quartz Composer, will eventually lead you to a third dimension. Fear not, inept explorers before you have survived, and they’ve even left some string at the edge of the cave: … Continue reading
by j p, April 16, 2012 0 comments
Laser Cut Vidi-yo + Madmapper Test
Have been doing some experiments recently with Troy Innocent, involving laser cut characters, everyday scenes and projection mapped video. We’re trying to figure out what works well for us, with an eye to fleshing out something some kind of developed work … Continue reading
by j p, July 5, 2011 0 comments
Learning With Quartz Part 3: DIY Anchor Rotation FX for VDMX
Aka ‘The Continued Adventures of Someone From Video Compositing Land Trying To Get By Inside The Quartz Kingdom’… Earlier Quartz Wrestling delivered a splitscreen effect which took any clip playing in VDMX, and replicated it 9 times to provide something … Continue reading
by j p, May 25, 2011 0 comments