[PD] Mouse Control...

[dmotd]

hi simon and welcome to the pd community.. 

it's a decent question and you will no doubt get a number of different 
responses.. 

depending on your system you have a few options: gem, pdp or gridflow, which 
all cover the imaging section of your question. gem however is probably the 
most appropriate as it covers both the 3D and the interactive part in one. 
gem allows you to interact with image, video and GL primitives in a 3D 
space.. it also covers input and depending on how you require live imagary to 
be captured you have varying levels of control, for example there is 
[pix_blob], which describes the average mass (gravity) of movement in terms 
of X+Y (which sounds like what you're after), there is [pix_hit] which allows 
you to describe parts of the image grid which trigger when the input passes 
through, or there is [pix_dump] which outputs the incoming pixel grid as a 
list which you can process with your own math. 

as for your camera, it should be supported by gem, but DV support can be a bit 
sketchy on some platforms.. 

gem is part of the pd-extended build which runs on many systems.. 

this is a fairly broad answer to a broad question, i hope it helps..

dmotd


On Monday 16 March 2009 22:53:18 Simon Ball wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I'm having trouble realising an idea. I've got the software running (mac
> book pro) and managed to play with some of the examples, however I am new
> to PD, so bare with me!
>
> I'm trying to generate a composition of images that float in 3D space. I
> want the images or layers to move and rotate towards areas of a screen
> where movement is detected. I don't need to track specific points of
> motion, simply to judge where movement is taking place. I think this will
> involve reading frames and analysing changes in pixels. Does that make
> sense?
>
> I plan to use a mini DV camera to run this, on a high contrast background,
> although I've seen a similar method of recording movement with a webcam and
> processing, which worked pretty well. (
> http://vimeo.com/1948430?pg=embed&sec= - tracks changes in pixels, although
> I'm not sure how).
>
> I assume that this will involve some sort of trigonometry to move images
> towards points where motion is detected, although I'm not sure how to apply
> this in PD. Also, how to I generate a floating effect, much like 'easing'
> does in animation software. And can this work with 3D, mapped images in PD?
>
> I hope thats clear, if a little broad, let me know you need any further
> info.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions/solutions.
>
> Simon
>
> Simon Ball