Poll : Would KVR benefit from a video forum?

[pekbro]

hmm i see the pre-built mainbow option for $253 and free shipping. (from that link)

[guitarzan]

Oh yeah, I see see it now… the Select a Flavor option oddly. $254.19 for me for some reason.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1005042852 ... 2993752929

[vurt]

hmm i see the pre-built mainbow option for $253 and free shipping. (from that link)

ah i didn't click through, watched the video, he said kit, didn't mention "or i do prebuilt for a bit extra" which they usually do if it's available.
silly me for assuming!

[guitarzan]

Steve Pavlovsky of Liquid Light Lab does an in depth walkthrough of his setup for a planetarium light show:

https://youtu.be/a5mmIrycIGY

[whyterabbyt]

Got the last bits(*) today to construct a raspberry-pi based PAL-output 'video sampler'

https://github.com/cyberboy666/r_e_c_u_r

(*)already had a pi3, and camera, sdcard, usb stick etc, but the XPT2046 3.2" 320x240 touchscreen that i had plugged into it didnt really want to work with the recur image as it was, and ive already faffed around enough for my liking with two other pi projects this week, so I just so I bought an 3.5" 480x320 touchscreen replacement (£15), as that's the baseline for the build. Elegoo brand, it was cheapest.

the only other thing i had to buy for this was a stupid cheap USB (£8) keypad, and also make up a TRRS-to-composite video cable.

the USB stick I was using was 128Gb, but the software seemed a bit fussy with it so reformatted it into a 16Gb partition for now, and threw on some of those totally-f**ked-up british public information films from the 70s. everything seems to work pretty well now, but gotta say, Alvin Stardust is still creepy AF.

still need to :
test shaders and feedback
test the live camera input, then see if I can get a USB camera working instead of the pi camera
label the USB keypad
work out how to fly the thing properly
oh, and make up a case for it...

might think about making up a basic midi controller for it too.

[vurt]

nice! apart from the alvin stardust bit, obviously

i have a dvd of all those.
they're no less scary as an adult, im never swimming in a pond or getting a frisby off a pylon

[whyterabbyt]

still need to :
test shaders and feedback

watching a couple of the dev's videos helped considerably on working out how to access these!

label the USB keypad

done, but i need to modify the keymap for now, as one of the keys i need is normally 'num lock'
probably going to have to set this up on the network to do that.

work out how to fly the thing properly

those videos sure helped, more than a few things I wouldnt have sussed there.

might think about making up a basic midi controller for it too.

looks like the dev did a couple of variants on something similar themselves, and have PCBs and open source schematics/designs, so that's handy... and as a result now Im thinking about building the 'simple' version, _recurBOY, as well...

https://underscores.shop/product/recurboy/

[whyterabbyt]

Thought this might be interesting to some folk, an open source 'motion graphics' package, of the node-based flavour ie sorta Reaktor-for-moving-stuff. Meets my minimum spec for consideration, ie Spout support. Thought I knew of most of these packages, but this one slipped under my radar.

Windows-only, I think, at present.

https://tooll.io/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zvzX0fZ8sc

[Shabdahbriah]

Oooo... That looks like some serious fun. Will def investigate further.

There are some new features in Blender 4 worth checking out also.

https://youtu.be/l_vnAz0Yo8w

[SuitcaseOfLizards]

Thanks for the fish option!

Still happy with Visual Studio DaVinci Resolve. May end up moving to After Effects, although I'm thinking mixing 2D animation (Moho Debut) with VS could open up possibilities without joining the Borg Collective.

Getting coffee to read through everything here, though. Some interesting stuff.

*edit*

After grovelling through a significant portion of all this (3 cups of coffee later), I'd say there seems to be enough interest to keep a dedicated video forum active. I'd be there, for sure! I've dabbled in animation and VFX since I was in game devc, played with 3D Studio (DOS and Max), Lightwave, Maya, and Houdini.. using these tools for visualization seems like mt next obsession (like I need one!). Given the state of streaming, adding an interesting video for a YouTube presence seems like a good path forward. I get more hits on my lame-ass YouTube videos than my Bandcamp site, le sigh.

Lets make it happen, Cap'n!

[Double Tap]

VFX are doing their Christmas giveaway again:

https://actionvfx.lpages.co/vfx-mas-sale-2023/

[whyterabbyt]

New version(s) of NestDrop coming.
Also, if you paid for the previous version (Midnight I think?) there's a new Midnight Pro version, prior purchasers should have got an upgrade email with details, not sure if they're on the website yet...

There's a YT video up about V2 from a couple of days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCGLHLvUmXM

YT video gives the following:

V2 features as

KEY FEATURES
⇒ Up to 4 video decks with Spout at the same time
⇒ High rez output: 4k+ @ 60fps
⇒ Live preview and static thumbnails of presets
⇒ Auto-change presets based on beat detection
⇒ Search for presets by name
⇒ Easily map your own hotkeys
⇒ Mark your favorites with 5 colors of stars
⇒ Create multiple queue windows
⇒ Includes curated library of 1900 presets
⇒ Color change and LFO
⇒ And a lot more!

The upgrade email listed this:

Midnight V2 vs Midnight PRO

Midnight V2 brings a lot of new controls such as:

Faster Preset loading (4x faster)
Audio channel selection (left, right, stereo)
Gain for different audio bands (Low, Mid, High)
Control over 5 additional time variables (Wrap, Horz/Vert motion, Stretch, Wave)
Control over 12 color setting (Brightness, contrast, Hue, Luma Key, Alpha, etc.)
Advanced Strobe + LFO
Using more than one MIDI controller
And more …


Midnight PRO includes all those plus support for:

ASIO
OSC
Ableton Link
NDI output

[vurt]

i could do with a good camera.
id like something that i can use away from the studio, with a reasonably good picture quality (my webcam is potato)
slow motion and other fancy stuff is nice, but not essential (im not sure id look any different in slomo)

[Uncle E]

i could do with a good camera.
id like something that i can use away from the studio, with a reasonably good picture quality (my webcam is potato)
slow motion and other fancy stuff is nice, but not essential (im not sure id look any different in slomo)

iPhone 15 Pro

[pekbro]

Hmm i wonder if the 11th gen Core I5 will be better than my old Core i7 Haswell for Davinci. Not had much luck running that with
Haswell.