and also using the AUMatrixMixer...

@dstrohan

The best solution is to make a video with transparent background and export it as Apple ProRes 4444 (with alpha channel) or HAP alpha

example in FCP X:

and then in Isadora set the projector "blend" to transparent:

and here the result:

and if you have the Text Video in another scene don't forget to set the "transition" in the activate scene actor to "above":

Best regards, 

Jean-François

@engue

I'm not entirely sure how to help here. Is there a specific question you have, or are you asking for advice on how to program the various elements of your project?

If the original project was created in Isadora and you still have the file, it would be helpful if you could post the file and explain what you need to change and where in the patch we can look to see how you handled that particular part of your project. A description of each of the systems as you want to have them now would be extremely helpful as well (I got a bit confused about what your current goals are because of the included backstory about previous versions of your work). Overall it would be great to have more detail about what you already have working, what you'd like to change about your existing functions, what new functions you need, and/or what old functions you need to change (and how they need to change).

Best wishes,

Woland

@jfg said:

why it is so?

 I believe this is so because the video is mapped to the outside of the sphere, but is being viewed from within.

Isadora now offers a powerful Subtitle player as an Addon.
The srt-subtitle-player allows timecode to drive your srt file (subtitle file) reading.
How you display the text is up to you.

@vidasonik said:

if you think I should make any adjustments?

 It looks like you have all the smoothers set to smoothing = 0.2
That is rather low.  You might want to try 0.95 (this is a rather extreme smoothing) to see how that's, and then bring it down from there.

Ok, glad you worked it out. 

For anyone else looking for how to do this, this article can walk you through the process (you only need to replace the application it demos with Isadora). https://beebom.com/force-apps-...

@dusx Thanks much. This is helpful as a start. Will report back as we know more.

@kirsten

I would personally do a combination of the two. So recordings that you already did / + maybe the video footage of the RGB Camera that the Kinect has so they can see the image / see the puppet or whatever you wish to with the Kinect data.

And then a few scenes with live data! Either thru OSC / NDI / whatever works in your situation :)

Thank you!

Best wishes,

Hendrik

@eduardo

Although, if all you're trying to do is play a movie more slowly or more quickly, you can adjust the speed input of the Movie Player actor.

@woland @mark_m Thank you!

@dbini this great thank you 


@Woland Totally the look we are going for too, thank you!

If you can do the Freeze method with the IR feed from a depth camera like a Kinect then you don't need to worry about what the lighting state is.

@jjhp3 there is this https://genkiinstruments.com/p... and https://www.bonnersmusic.co.uk...

@mark_m said:

 I hope I am reading between the lines and that there might be a way to do that in future, as I requested in my feature request seven years ago

I wasn't trying to imply that we're currently working on it, just that it's on our radar as a feature that is often requested and would be very useful to add. I'd really like this feature to already exist or be in active development as well, but at the moment we've got our hands full with IzzyCast. (Though as a result of requiring a few new features for IzzyCast, we've added a number of handy updates to the Control Panel.)

the animator was putting files for me in a shared Dropbox folder, and as he revised these he was simply overwriting the old version in Dropbox. Meanwhile the composer is sending me files via GoogleDrive, also overwriting old versions with new, and the script from which we were generating the captions was shared via iCloud. I can't copy and paste these from their various locations into the same folder as the Isadora file, else I won't get the updated assets. 

You can ask your collaborators to not use three different platforms to provide you with files, e.g. create a shared Dropbox or Google Drive folder before the production and tell your collaborators that that's where the content needs to go. Additionally, putting everything in the same shared Dropbox or Google Drive folder means it's easier to port the show to a different computer since you could just download it. I've done just this for a number of productions and when I finish I desync the folder from my computer and the online folder becomes my archive for the show.

@woland

thanks you guys! - will let you know if we go for the Betaversion and Python....

@dusx Thank you! Not a bad idea! I'll give that a shot, but it's going to be a bit before I can get back to it... will update when I know.

Hey guys, i'm triying to do a "Muybridge-Marey inspiration" material with some black and white pictures ( jpg 1mb ) that i put in a picture player and send to a 3D  projector to  move them in a 3d stage space.

I have 2 questions 

a)  my computer is very slow I guess the patch is not well done ( Mac RetinaPro, 2018, i9,  6hearts, 32g ram, 2400 mmhz,radeaon pro vega 4  gigas). He is using 35%  when Im runing it. I move picture with a Pulse generator, cause I want to be able to change the speed.I didnt make a preview in mp4  so you gonna say "but you can move the speed of the film also", maybe this is an issue?

b) do anyone know how to change a color picture to a black & white in an easy way in Isadora ?

Thanks a lot 

@laobra ( Ad Kaplan )

What exactly do you mean by "moving background"? Are there elements in the background that are moving around, or are there multiple backgrounds that you're trying to switch between? If you're trying to scroll through the same or different backgrounds, you may want to google how to construct one or more crankies (which are often used in puppetry performances). Here's a simple example and more complex example.

I'm also not sure what you mean by:

Is there a way to track hands moving objects objects and cut them out from a surface to add them to an image? I dont know if this can be done in eyes ++, but if it is possible, then I can spare a videoscreen in the background and a camera pointing on to that - because it seems like a bit of a clumsy setup - but this is so far my imagination.

I understand that you are trying to remove the person's hands from the image, but are you trying to move a puppet around in front of a physical background, or a projected background? One possible solution could be to put the puppet on a stick shadow-puppet style, or attach fishing line in two places to the puppet and then hold both tightly outside the camera's view so that you can move the puppet around that way. If you did either of those you wouldn't have a hand in the shot at all. Another possible solution is to have two cameras, one that is aimed at your scenic background, and another that's aimed at a small, well-lit greenscreen with your performer wearing a glove of the same color (you could also try another color like blue, red, or yellow though since there's green in your character). Then you pull both video feeds together and use two different Projector actors with 'blend' set to 'transparent' and the 'layer' input for the character's Projector actor set to a higher number than the 'layer' input on the background's Projector actor.

Here's an example file for that: >>>Greenscreen Example File<<<

There's also a second Scene in that file that should show you how to do the same two-video feed combination workflow, but with a black background behind the character and your performer wearing a black glove.

Obviously, you'll need to tweak values and things to get either Scene to work with live video feeds but I included some Shapes and Text Draw actors to act as stand-ins that demonstrate how the background and character video feeds are combined in both Scenes.

If I misunderstood what you're trying to do, feel free to explain in greater detail.

Best wishes,

Woland