Isadora Native v002 Rutt-Etra Effect

josharoo4

donated. Bill was a hero.

vjw

Did it! Thanks for the opportunity.

vjw

Does this plugin only work with the updated version 2 ?

Skulpture

Should work on both as far as I am aware. Are you ruining version 1?

crystalhorizon

@neoesum click on the little arrow up on the first post of this thread

vjw

@Skulpture

Am running Izz version 2.5.2 on a Win8 computer, but haven't bought the upgrade. The test file doesn't run the plugin, nor allow me to replace the actors that the message says won't work and need to replace. Attaching a screenshot, but it doesn't show the red won't work symbol.

Thanks

vjw

@Skulpture Version 1 of the Rutt-Etra? Yes; I've not seen another version for Windows.

DusX

@vjw
Did you download the plugin from the link listed by Mark above, and install it to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\TroikaTronix\Isadora Plugins\

vjw

@DusXYes, I did. Just checked again and it is there.

Videosmith

@mark just donated. really lovely to read about his work.

timeg

Thought I had signed up when mark first posted this. no matter just donated $15 and ready to play!!!!!

gogoj

Hello, I had download v002 Rutt-Etra plugins and drop it in to /Library/Application Support/TroikaTronix/Isadora Plugins/, but i can't find it out in isadora 2.5.2. can you tell me how to use it ? thanks a lot !

Michel

@gogoj

Did you only put the Macintosh file into place or the "v002 Rutt Etra for Isadora v1.0" folder? It has to be only the plugin itself.

Best Michel

eight

@mark I understand the 3 requires 64 bit architecture, while the plugin linked above in this thread is 32 bit. I have downloaded the source code for the plugin from github, in order to try to compile its 64 bit version, but the repo is missing some dependencies, like IsadoraLib.a.

Is there any info on this plugin vis-a-vis Isadora 3?

Woland

@eight

Coming soon!

vjw

@wolandYay! I miss it.

Demetri79

RE- RUTT for isador 3.. its missing the smooth paramater like the old version had.. which was essential to me.. it smooths off the sharp edges of the z extrude.. is it possible to put that back in.. or maybe add another actor after the output if not?

mark

@demetri79 said:

its missing the smooth paramater like the old version had

Well, unfortunately, I did not write this code, Vade did. He was kind enough to let us port it if we asked for a donation to Bill Etra's partner, since Bill had passed away and she was on fixed income. Bottom line: I'm not sure how to change this plugin to give you what you want.

But exactly what parameter are you talking about? Here's a side-by-side of the old QC plugin and Isadora's version

Isadora has 'antialiasing' which is the same as 'Element Antialiasing'. Isadora has 'normal smooth' which is enabled if 'calc normals' is on; this is the same as 'Vertex Smoothing' in the QC plugin. So when it comes to things that are missing, as far as I know, we're not missing anything.

Maybe you can help me by being more specific?

Best Wishes,
Mark

Demetri79

@mark yes the Vertex smoothing is the parameter from the old version I am referencing.

Demetri79

@mark

Does the normal smooth reshape the spikes from z extrude for you like the v2 did? its not working for me at all and wondering if that is a bug or what is going on. this is the most important effect i use for every project i do and really need this working. It drastically (and beautifully) reshapes the sharp points that extrude from the z dimension.. so that you can have a more bubbly look rather than spiky look. I tried every permutation of changing all the other parameters on or off and then adjusted the normal smooth and got no visual results at all? that parameter just doesn't work on my end:(