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Exhibition of ‘Texturisr’ at “Sense Detectives” » read article

I have a piece of ‘net.art’ called ‘Texturisr’ in an exhibition at Watermans, London, between 17th March – 1st April 2007.
I completed ‘Texturisr’ in 2005 as a nod to the then booming obsession with ‘Web 2.0′ and took advantage of the Flickr API. Flickr was then not owned by Yahoo. I was also interested in the public display of personal images and the interactions with art that mobile phones and SMS make possible. I have added a few other aspects to the project for this exhibition included a small element of natural language processing - my take on the ’sense detecting’ of the exhibition title.

Quartz Composer - Tiger Reflections Patch Version 2 » read article

Download: reflections_fxplug_V2.qtz.zip

A second version of my ‘tiger reflections patch’. Now with a simpler interface and Noise Industries ‘FXFactory’ ready!

The patch is simplifed and slightly more reliable than the previous version. The generated image can now rotate without producing artifacts. The gradient setup is now automated. Less control but simpler. I have done this to create a test composition that works in ‘FXFactory’ - which is very simple to use. It really unlocks another realm for Quartz Composer developers.

Quartz Composer - Aqua Style Circle » read article

The patch does a simple thing of producing an ‘aquafied’ circle. I created this patch when I was exploring masks and how best to create a circle using the current Quartz Composer toolset. The patch contains some useful techniques working between pixels and Quartz Composer units. It is also an exercise in ‘pixel based positioning’.

Quartz Composer - Iris Transition » read article

I’ve composed a patch that creates an iris transition. You can position it in x - y space, control the iris size and feather the edge of the mask.

Digital Puppetry Project Using Quartz Composer » read article

I have recently completed the first prototype of a major digital puppetry project that relied heavily on Quartz Composer and used it in the arena of live performance familiar to vj-ers, visual artists and visualists. I wont include the full patch, due to dependencies but here’s a component, an instant garbage matting and blue-screening demo:

Download Link: garbage_matte_bluescreen_demo_002.qtz.zip

Quartz Composer - Movie Time-line Thumbnail Viewer » read article

Here’s a tool I have made to create an instant contact sheet of thumbnails from a movie. I use it to analyze animations that I have digitised from my own video collection and produce illustrations for my lectures.

Quartz Composer and the Nintendo Wii Remote - QCWii a demo application » read article

Download Application: qcwii_v0.1.zip
Download Source Code: qcwii_v0.1_src.zip

QCWii is an application that lets a user connect a Nintendo Wii Remote to the mac and control a simple teapot. It is a proof of concept for a digital puppet controller. The final project controls a face - where the mouth is real-time video and the eyes a pre-recorded video loops that can be controlled from the wii remotes buttons. Please see the following website for more details.

Controlling Quartz Composer with Speech Commands » read article

First draft:

Here we go! I did this once then failed to remember how I did it - and I’m not surprised - because the functionality to attach a speech command to an application specific keyboard command “Define a Keyboard Command” or to trigger specific key press can only be accessed by SPEAKING a command - highlighted below in the Speech Commands window.

Quartz Composer Video Matrix » read article

Here’s a screenshot (larger picture in post) of a demo patch that tiles an image (still or video) onto a user selected number of tiles. The tiles can be fixed or animated. Read on for limitations…

Download link: quartz composer video matrix test files 001 - 003

Using Magpie RSS to scrape blog headlines to html » read article

Creating a mashup often requires manipulating RSS feeds and exploring XML formats. MagpieRSS is an excellent tool that can simplify manipulations with RSS feeds. This article illustrates a simple, introductory use of this powerful tool.