[PD] Gem cubes as video mask

[slimboyfatboyslim]

hey,

I think there're ways to mask the video (either live or prerecorded) 
with cubes or particles generted by Gem.

I've tried pdp2Gem + Gem2pdp and of course, it's super dark.

apart from this method, is there any way to do that?

Cheers,
SFS

sara kolster wrote:

> Hey Annie,
>
>> of course, pix_video (either USB or FW will work)
>
>
> Thanks. I'll try.
>
>>>
>>> I would like to combine the Gem-graphics [mostly 1px-lines] and a 
>>> live-input from a camera, preferably a firewire cam. Otherwise a 
>>> usb-wecam could be an option as well. The Gem-2-pdp bridge isn't 
>>> really an option, since this seems to be 'buggy' or too much for CPU.
>>
>>
>> you can generate your 1-px lines as 2d planes and mapped your live 
>> video as texture.
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>
> I now did it with the rectangle object and had a draw-line-message 
> connected to it. Is there another way of creating just 1px lines; i 
> don't know exactly what you mean with 2d-planes.
>
> Another issue i have is that i cannot move my gemwindow, how do I set 
> the properties for that window? A posdim message, doesn't work. [I 
> couldn't find the helpfile for the gemwin in the Gem-documentation.]
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Sara
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