@woland Thanks for the Suggestion. Still - having this feature inside Stage Settings would enable the User to Safe the Setting with the Show. That would simplify Setup and reduce room for error, espacially in enviroments where we run multiple Shows from the same Computer. Cheers

Hello everyone in the forum!

I have been using Claude AI to code GLSL shaders. It is an amazing way to create your dream effects! Really, you should all try it.
To make the chatbot proccess more streamlined, add the attached reference when using an AI to make GLSL patches.

Best practice is to make a project folder in the LLM of choice and upload the reference file there. I have also included the Isadora manual. I had to split it into four parts to get around the size limit.

The GLSL effects included are the following:

FD Analog Signal Noise — Animated luminance/color grain overlayFD Fluid UV Distort — Psychedelic melting warp with rotating wave fieldsFD Luma Color Remap — Maps luminance to a 2-color gradientFD Perlin Noise — Generative B&W Perlin noise with 5 modesFD VHS Chroma Blur — Horizontal chroma smear, sharp lumaFD VHS Saturation Crush — Tape-style saturation collapse + warm black crushFD VHS Scanlines — CRT/VHS horizontal scanlinesFD VHS Tape Degradation — All-in-one VHS effect (scanlines, noise, wobble, aberration, chroma blur, saturation/black crush)FD Displace — Displacement mapping with 1D/2D modes and edge controlFD Domain Warp Feedback — Warp + hue shift feedback loop (needs video input)FD Domain Warp Generative — Self-generating geometric warp feedback (no video input)

ubik-fd-glsl-pack.zip
GLSL Reference

@eva said:

Will it help to add a scaler or should I change the videos outside of Isadora?

 Re-exporting your media at a lower resolution then using that lower-res content in Isadora is less load-intensive for Isadora than scaling the content in real time inside Isadora.

I just posted an update to my DX – Cube2LUT – ColorGrading user actors (demo file).
It now includes a user actor that allows you to CREATE a 64^ CUBE LUT via 8 color inputs.
These basically allow you to remap colors within the grade to a new range

Please give it a try (requires a Pythoner virtual environment is setup, and numpy and cv2 are installed)
I see this has had a few hundred downloads, but I haven't received any feedback. I'm happy to continue to make updates to these tools if they are proving useful to you.

@wotrombone said:

Are there other ways to fade into the next scene with  a jump actor that use those times? is there a way to automatically grab those times?

You could also just use one of the different Jump actors (for example Jump By Name) and set your fade times in the Jump actor. I usually don't use the Scene fade times and use jump actors instead. This might be a lot of work depending on whether you've already got a bunch of cues programmed. 

Generally, I use a Background actor renamed to "#CUES" and put stuff like the Jump Macro you've built in there. Then I put that Background in the same place in every Scene (generally top right) so that I know where it is in any given Scene and, since the Background actor has been renamed to "#CUES", I can use the hashtag list to jump to it easily if I need to find and edit it.

I tend to make a template Scene with the stuff I need most often and just copy-paste that Scene when I need to create a new Scene, then modify the copy. It'll already have whatever Jump actor I'm using with a default timing of 3 seconds in it, so that I don't need to manually set that every time and only need to change that number if I want a different fade time for a specific Scene.

@woland said:

You’re already in the beta program so you should have access to the new beta and new audio actors. Have you tried working with any of those?

 I have not tried them, but will check it out. I was interested in VCV for things like envelopes with attack, sustain, release, sequencers,various modulators etc. Working with VCV when doing audio reactive work offers up all kinds of weirdo ways of analyzing and using audio-as-control. It also puts the "brain" in one spot and allows me to use the OSC outputs in Isadora, Touch, Processing etc. 

The goal of this set of actors it to help developers collect and package complex project files with a range of linked files.
So, this User actor doesn't collect your media. Nothing listed in the media bins will be collected, doing that can be done via: TROIKATRONIX : ISADORA - DX – PY – Collect_Media
This actor, searches the binary of your Isadora file to find linked files that are harder to see/find. For example the data file for the data array actor will be listed.
Current file types it will find: ".izz", ".txt", ".py", ".srt", ".oni", ".json", ".csv", ".xml", ".js" [I just fixed a bufg with .js files, so that isn't in the user actor yet.]
If you link other file types let me know. Right now this looks inside javascript for read() and include() calls, and will 'find' those files if they are not dynamically created [eg, this fails : read(basePath + "file.txt") ]. It does NOT attempt to find linked files within Pythoner code. The options Python offers here is far to broad.
Currently the JSON and Report, only provide the Scene name that each file is used/located in. I would like to extend this later with a breadcrumb path to help navigate into user actors if the file path is internal, as well as, adding the Q# alongside the Scene Name. 

@jfg said:

Why do you have to copy the addresses you have obtained back into the inbox?

 This was simply to make it clear what is being done. I am happy to change this later. Really there are 2 primary actors inside. By making you copy the path, you have more control over running each on 1, another file (doesn't need to be the active Isadora file), 2 re-running either function independently.. but I am not married to the approach.

@bootzilla

No problem :)

Hi Everyone, 

If you live in Quebec City consider joining us (Myself and Hugh Conacher) for our shows at Mois Multi - Festival international d’arts multidisciplinaires et électroniques!

February 12 and 13th:  https://moismulti.org/programm...

Here is the trailer:

We will be in Montreal afterwards from Feb 14th to 21st if there are any Isadora related events of performance with tech folks who would like to connect - reach out!

Best, 

Frea

@jfg said:

You need the absolute value to switch between 0 and 1. Without it will switch between -2/+2

 You can also go into the property inspector and change the min and max of the 'speed' input from -2 to 2 > 0 to 1. Then you can connect a Toggle to it directly.

@tarox

Additionally, taking a look at the timing logic from this example file of mine might be helpful for understanding more about how to do this kind of thing: https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/random-media-random-duration/

@tarox

Any news on this issue from your side?

See also:

https://community.troikatronix.com/post/40886

https://community.troikatronix.com/post/51632

a bit dated but the concepts are helpful: https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/5467/body-mapping-with-isadora

@dusx
Hi Ryan, I've not used Get Media Index, I think the combination of those 2 and a bit of maths might do what I need.... thanks

@woland

Ok thank you very much

I somehow madd a work around but I will try and go back. Im sorry I was in the middle of production.

Thank you so much so far!

All the best

Eva

@dcmp

I would be happy to put something together for you. Please just try to describe what You are trying to accomplish clearly so I can put this together in a useful way for you.
Is there a specific part of the video you want to control the lights? What is the light effect you are trying to get?

@wedkim

(Again, just posting this for the benefit of others who may run across this thread in the future)

I got in touch with the lovely folks at Rokoko, and they've now added a tutorial to their website on how to connect Rokoko Studio Live with Isadora: https://support.rokoko.com/hc/en-us/articles/42904491647889-Livestream-to-Isadora

@wedkim

(Again, just posting this for the benefit of others who may run across this thread in the future)

I got in touch with the lovely folks at Rokoko, and they've now added a tutorial to their website on how to connect Rokoko Studio Live with Isadora: https://support.rokoko.com/hc/en-us/articles/42904491647889-Livestream-to-Isadora

TextEdit has the possibility to set the background to dark, then set the text color to white, and you can also speak the text if you want.

I have added a "contrast adjust" actor because the TextEditor background appears not totally black in Isadora. 

if you can work with a second monitor for TextEditor it is very confortable

TexEdit:

Best regards, 

Jean-François 

Hi Wholand, 

Ah thanks, I will try that:)
Have a great dayEva