Found a solution though.Might be interesting for several other performance issues one have with background apps.This is related to the App nap energy saving function in OSX. You can check if an Application is using this, in the activity monitor adding 'app nap' to the shown rows.You can find a description about how to disable it here:http://osxdaily.com/2014/05/13...

@hairiAt risk of not adding substance to the conversation, it just made me happy to see someone sharing GLSL code. Highlike. ;-)Best Wishes,Mark

@bonemap It's not ideal, but a reasonable work around. The actor should probably have a different Icon (or other visual indicator) if linked to a Txt file as opposed to saving local.

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@michel said: @dillthekrautWell the syphon server plugin is not a native Isadora plugin. Here is the FFGL plugin link to download: Syphon.for.FreeFrameGL.Public.Beta.2.dmgBest Michel  Thank you Michel!now I understand the git Hub structure...

Whoops, I was looking at the "Expires 10/30/18" above the actual job dates.

@dgaddy said: When you add a picture file to a button, it shows the top half of the picture when in the off state and the bottom half in the on state.  So, if you wanted to change the color as it toggles, you could make a custom picture with the colors you want and have that set as your background image.  Sorry, I don't really know why, but I missed your post and just saw it now!This is really a funny function. Is this described somewhere?Maybe it would be even more usable, if it would take a percentage of the picture, related to the value range. So if you have a picture containing stripes of colours (maybe 100pixels in total, 10pixels each).

The price of LIDAR units has gone down significantly - https://www.robotshop.com/uk/y... - you could mount one of these above the wall and detect people reaching out - not reliably down to fingers at a distance, but would expect to hand or arm size - could do some tests and post the results if you are in interested.

Hi,here is something to quickly draw masks with the mouse. I misused 'motion blur' as a buffer. With the mouse-wheel you can adjust the size of the circle/square/triangle (keys c, s, t) and with 'r' you toggle to adjust the rotation. Arrow up/down adjusts 'gaussian blur' for softer egdes. 'x' for reset. As well fun to draw with.best radhocmask.izz

after some thought these are my considerations:Since I use Isadora , must be 15 -years now (licence 00077), I use it professionally. These years Isadora has contributed in various ways (from RAD, to pre-viz to deploy) to more than 50% of my income.Many of my Isadora projects still work standalone after years, mostly on windows machines after being developed on mac. (Tells it all)The actual money I ever spent for the software is way less than the smallest job I ever did. So even if the price triples, for a pro it's almost "shareware" compared with what it actually is capable of (including the superb community).The other software packets I use a lot are all open-source and fully capable of professional use too. (SuperCollider, Processing/Eclipse, Arduino, GLSL). But nothing can do what Isadora does when it come to my actual improvised workflow.Off course not all users do earn their living (yet) by using Isadora (or are happy to have a pro-hobby), and as much that I stress the pro angle of pricing I am in favour of easy access for beginners.But then it's not all money isn't it ? There is another element that could be strengthened in this context:Transmission of (pro) experience in exchange for contemporary ideas, half-ideas, thoughts. I am 62 years of age and in the biz for more than 20. I was a professional sound engineer before. I know what a gig is. I have my ideas (old-fart?), know-how, experience et cetera. I currently have no pupils. I would like to have one and am prepared to pay for his licence for a limited period in exchange for discussing ideas and sharing patches. My gain would be to keep living happily out-of-touch with contemporary (mostly juvenile) technology-adrenaline while being informed somehow. Another gain is to learn from a pupil. That's what I think.Kind regards to everybodyHairi

@craigw said: Hi, If I mix a standard projector and a 3D project I can never get the 3D to be the layer under, Changing layer numbers has no effect, it's always on top. I would correct @DusX here regarding this being a "known issue," i.e., a bug. It's actually a design decision that was made with some thought behind it.The 3D Space and the 2D Space in Isadora are separate. That's why you can't layer in the way you were hoping.In the 3D space, one must consider the depth (z-coordinate) when rendering objects to see if they are on in front of or behind each other. That way, when you move objects around they will obscure each other appropriately. (I.e., there's a sphere behind a cube and it is totally or partially obsured; but then you move the sphere forward and appears in front of the cube because it's closer to you.)In the 2D space (i.e., the Projector actor), there is no z coordinate, which means you can't really render that image in the 3D space. (What's the Z-coordinate? What would obscure what?) My decision was to do it this way: render all of the 2D material first, and then render the 3D objects on top of that, so that the 2D space becomes a background to the 3D space.Hopefully that makes things clear.Best Wishes,Mark