[PD] agenda for upcoming book sprint?[GEM sprint]

[ydegoyon at gmail.com]

ydegoyon at gmail.com wrote:
> that's where the joke is,
> that floss manuals cover
> software that should also run on windows
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> yes, you've always been a joker man,
> you know that
sorry i that seemed agressive,
i just meant you're a reactionary force,
cos don't document ardour, supercollider
and others if they don't run on windblows ...

anyway i wouldn't read it

gute nacht!

sevy
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> xiaoo,
> sevy
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> Derek Holzer wrote:
>> Hi guys,
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>> As the "facilitator" of this project, I will post a list of sprint
>> targets quite soon.
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>> GEM section is definitely on my list, however I do want to keep to
>> things which are both included in PD-Extended and are cross platform.
>> For now, this excludes PDP and Gridflow. Maybe if someone wanted to make
>> a separate section which includes installation/configuration info
>> (following the template in the Install chapters of the existing Pd FLOSS
>> Manual), then a section on one of these might be relevant. But as they
>> are both essentially Linux only, by virtue of either being uncompilable
>> or nearly unusable on other platforms, I'd rather keep focus 
>> someplace else.
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>> As for GEM, I'd like to see some stuff on the following (in order of
>> priority):
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>> 1) Basic VJ mixer (2 x
>> [gemhead]-[pix_film]-[alpha]-[colorRGB]-[pix_texture]-[rectangle] with
>> an alpha-crossfader)(+ platform specific codec info)
>> 2) Live camera input (same as VJ mixer but with [pix_video], with
>> platform specific info on USB/firewire inputs--what works & what 
>> doesn't)
>> 3) VJ effects (using the various pix objects)
>> 4) Basic 3D (that actually does something interesting, rather than just
>> show a sphere or a cube)
>> 5) Basic movement tracking w/ [pix_blob]
>> 6) GEM/video optimization/troubleshooting tips (see Troubleshooting
>> section of existing Pd FLOSS Manual)(Chris Clepper, are you in the 
>> house?)
>>
>> I have some tutorial patches which could be used as the basis for most
>> of this, let me know if you are interested.
>>
>> Full target list coming soon, I'll make sure to include this GEM 
>> section.
>>
>> best,
>> Derek
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>> marius schebella wrote:
>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
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>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> I hope I am not jumping the gun or stepping on anyone's toes. I 
>>>> just wanted to open up the discussion about what people are 
>>>> planning on working on during the upcoming book sprint. Currently, 
>>>> I am pretty open to topics, but I was thinking that 
>>>> Gem/PDP/Gridflow could really use a section. There are lots of 
>>>> examples for them, but they lack a good intro to the concepts.
>>>
>>> I am in for a gem sprint.
>>> marius.
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