Lecture 2-4-14

Project Dimensions for the “Show" Computer:
6400x1024 pixels
4:3 x 5
Windows format, so beware for Mac freefames and such

We will learn tag of credits eventually: our final project will be a movie in .png format and then we will learn scrolling credits.
  -On the ground floor in Norman, there are two MacIntosh Labs to use programs for credits

Different layers types:
            Additive
            Transparent
            Opaque

Isadora Core

Go through freeframes plugins and effects
            (remember: some just don’t work)

Segmented patch cords: connect the objects together and make sure they look neat.
            Don’t forget to Grid+ Snap on Grid
Double click and search

PLUGINS we went over in class (basically all of them):


FREE FRAME

More importantly:

·      Luminance key
·      Video Inverter
·      HSL adjust- saturation
·      Dots

Other kewl stuff, remember?

·      Backdrop Key
·      Bloom                        Does well with color
·      Burn
·      Chromium
·      Fish eye:                    Great for transitioning effects
·      Gaussian Blur            In real time is too much (Use the freeframe of Gaussian blur aka                                                                    GaussianBlur)
·      Halftone                     Does not work on windows, use “dots” instead
·      Kaleidoscope             Try not to overuse it (poppin’ Molly joke)
·      LumaOffSet               Unusual
·      Mulitvid                     Is kewl
·      PanSpinZoom            Is also kewl (showed us a bunch of youtube vidz he did on it)
·      Refraction                  Nice for transitioning: Google:  Mark Rothko- minimalist artist
                                               -   Use both PanSpin and Refraction
·      Slide
·      Posturize
·      Smear                         Great for transitioning too
·      Static                          Great when it’s big- it’s cool when it goes away,
                                                   turning into something else
·      Solarize                      Like chromium
·      TimeWarp                  Use with number (wave generators)

GENERAL VIDEO

·      Alpha Mask                You NEED to know how to use it
                                                  -Do a tutorial on how to make an alpha mask
·      Text/ure
·      Edge
·      Eyes                            Really for tracking
                                                 -Motion tracking is essential, you’ll need to know it for the final
·      Slit Scan w/ wave generator
·      Scanner                      Kewl as well
·      Video Noise               Same as static (doesn’t even need a vid) = Looks good if you attach to a                                                   panner then you can pan the noise
·      Shimmer

Palindrome; a technique where you end where you start (loop enable effect in movie player)

*Blurs (i.e. motion blur) look better after the effects because if it is blurred beforehand, the colors don’t know where to stick. Think of it like an audio compressor.
            U also want to do blurs in pre-production
                       
How do you randomize parameters?
            With generators; i.e. wave generator then attach to parameters

How to record out of Isadora?
             Output-> Compression Settings-> Standard settings: photo-jpeg (cross platform: important)
             Quality-best.
                     -Recordings should be about 20 seconds
After you make recordings, you can import them back into Isadora as videos and you don’t need the plugins anymore

*Don’t worry about the 3D stuff on Isadora

Maya

Mapping textures on objects:

·      Use the basic shapes polygons, press 6 to shade (fill in object) -> select object -> use automatic Mapping icon for the shape you have
·      Open Windows-> UV Texture Editor
·      Take a UV Snapshot: square 512x512,  and save as .png format
·      Bring it into photoshop (or whatever foto editor), and add texture to the image via layers
- Turn off the map while doing textures otherwise they’ll show up
·      Export as .png then upload back into Maya
·      Export as an .obj
-   In the plug-in manager select the .obj export
-   Then in export selection, export as .obj export

HOMEWORK:

Blog: Isadora- Explore freeframe plugins and effects, then describe whateva the f the do.

4 Videos:
            3 Different Freeframe plugins videos
1 Kaleidoscope Wars: Everyone has to do a kaleidoscope and we’ll see whose
is best. Don’t forget to save.
Upload the videos to videopong.net
            *Appropriating footage is an objective to your midterm project

Do a tutorial on how to make an alpha mask (via searching google)
For gimp:
            https://archive.org/details/booki-gimp           
            http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-layer-alpha-add.html
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCziSTNJgQ (if u want)

Quartz Composers is only for MacIntosh, if you want to use it for your show, you have to record them out.
            http://www.quartzcompositions.com/phpBB2/ 

Midterm due before Spring Break: 3-5min Dance composition, design of final piece, patches and ideas

 tneally@ufl.edu ->dewd who wants to do a group and noes stuff already (cause he was in the class previously)