[PD] Graphics generation

[e skogen]

I have been very happy experimenting with GEM, and I would recommend it 
to you. If you delve a little deeper you may find some of the 
capabilities you're interested in are available already.

For instance, as i recall, GEM's pix_sig2pix~ will allow you to convert 
audio data to pixels, and pix_pix2sig~ does the reverse. There is a 
great possibility for visualizations of audio with PD and GEM. You could 
generate visuals and control video with FFT analyzers for a VU meter / 
winamp vis style effect. Or trigger video with midi for more 
correlation... or write a patch that manipulates video like a sampler 
manipulates audio.. or cut up video-recorded conversations and faces 
into new languages based on voice input from the audience...

I had some brief experience with Framestein, and it was positive, but it 
seemed there was more documentation for GEM, and GEM made more sense to 
me at the time.

The feedback loop idea is interesting to me, let me know how you 
progress. I don't know much about video, but video feedback always 
seemed like an interesting effect to play with..

When you have a concept for your installation in mind, PD and GEM might 
be just the tools to realize it.

But one thing I've learned is to have the concept first, and then find 
the technology to do it. If I spend to much time looking at nice 
technologies, I never get any concepts realized! :)

Willem Paling wrote:
> Ok...this is my deal.
> I've been hanging out for max/msp and jitter to come out for windows 
> 'cos I only have cruddy macs at home.
> I finally gave up on it and have been looking at PD and what it can do 
> with graphics.  I've been getting the list digest for the last couple of 
> weeks and thought it was worth asking...
> 
> I've found Gem, Framestein and the flashserver externals...all seem 
> pretty interesting.  Is there much else out there though?  What about 
> stuff that turns images into sound so you could create some kind of 
> image generating sound => sound generating image weird feedback loop?
> 
> I don't think Gem does exactly what I want...Framestein seems like it 
> might be closer...but I can't find a hell of a lot of documentation to 
> be sure.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions?  I kinda want to be able to make 
> installations with an audio interface...controlling a screen which would 
> probably be playing back from a bank of video clips...hmm...not a very 
> good definition there...I don't completely know what I want to do =).
> 
> Any pointers would be joy!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Willem
> 
> 
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