Billboard Animation

[gapworks]

@ michel , we still have a little problem here. opening the file a message pops up " syphon receiver not found" but i think this is why i still only see 1 line :(

i installed the latest free frame bundle,  latest Isadora and on osx 10.9.5\. i was checking the syphon site but just could not find this plugin.

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[Michel]

@gapwoks

Well then just replace it with for example the "syphon to video" actor and point every one to the different isadora syphon stages.

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[gapworks]

@ michel, sorry for so much trouble, but if i replace it with syphon to video it only gives me the option to send it to stage1. is there a way you send me your syphon receiver plugin or tell me where to find it?

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[Michel]

@gapworks

well as written in a post above you have to activate and show all of your 6 stages for it to work, otherwise they will not show up.

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[gapworks]

@michel i made it so far :) it works at least. in a previous post you mentioned "...you need to activate all 6 stages and send the first 5 via syphon to stage 6."

i activated all 6 but have only 5 available in the drop down menu. so i can't send to stage 6\. and the framerate drops to about 8fps and isadora crashed twice. :(. i attached all my screenshot and my file.

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eca494-text-flip5linessyphon6.izz

[Michel]

@gapworks

You don't need to have all 6 stages in the syphon to video actor 1-5 is fine. The multi mix goes into the projector and the projector has to be set to stage 6.
This patch is all based an cpu actors so this is quite a big task, 1 line is fine with hd but 5 lines means 5x more impact, you have to lower your resolution the one I have tested works fine with a good frame rate is 640x360 though you loose quality. If you set it higher the possiblity for a crash is quite high.

But you really have to go through the settings and see what works best for you.

Best Michel

[gapworks]

@ at all you guys that supported me in this project! a big thank you! 

Attached you find the final look ( a 3liner was the only possibility, due to dropping  frame rate)  i added some little stuff to color the letters and backgrounds if needed and extended the lines to 9 letters. the only thing that bothers a little is the frame rate :( it drops down to about 10 FPS the moment i go from force stage preview to output on my external monitor. But maybe there is still a way to optimise the performance still.  

@michel. when i send stages 1-3 on display 3 like in your example above,  the framerate is better but the quality gets horrible. I need to send them to display2

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9e765d-billboard2.zip

[Michel]

@gapworks

Looks great. In future this will sure be possible with gpu actors.

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[gapworks]

I wish future was yesterday :) glad you like it! and again. And not only for this project. All the ideas, solutions and your knowledge ( from all of you)  took me a huge step further for upcoming projects...

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[mark]

Dear @Michel,

Thank you for spending so much time with this while I was otherwise occupied. Your efforts are much appreciated by many, and not the least by me.

Sincerely,

Mark

[Michel]

@Mark you are very welcome, looking at your patches let me learn more and more ;-)