Teachers can also use these as starting points for lesson plans on teaching real-time visual techniques in their own classrooms and workshops.
Additionally each section includes links to tutorials covering specific topics in more detail and assignments that you can use to test yourself on your knowledge. This set of lessons provides basic introductions to help you get started with learning everything related to the world of video.
While these ideas are usually demonstrated with VDMX a lot of the underlying techniques are generally translatable to other software and hardware used for video and lighting production. With this in mind we've started to put together a new “Introduction to Video Fundamentals” curriculum that focuses on teaching the basic knowledge needed to get started with working with visuals. You can use any DirectX capture devices like a webcam, a video capture card and your own screen output to get live video in Lightjams.Since the first introduction of our new blog almost a year ago the number of topics covered has grown to include a wide variety of subjects to the point you could almost prepare an entire course on VJing and live video production from our collection of tutorials. This is perfect to use small VJ video loops. Videos automatically loop without noticeable pause or delay. The video playback speed can be continuously adjusted via the master speed and all sub-master speed sliders. The transcoder also optimizes the video playback performance by resizing the videos, selecting an appropriate bit rate and removing the audio tracks.
Pixel Driver Component: There are a number of libraries out there that drive pixels by bit banging, this was not an option, I wanted to use the UART so I wouldnt have to worry about timing. If you don't have the proper video codec enabling you to directly play a file, you can use the included video transcoder to quickly convert it. The DMX protocol does limit the number of channels per universe to 512, and with each pixel taking 3 channels, we are limited to 170 pixels per universe.
Install these free video codecs and you're good to go: LAVFilters. Name it! For images: BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF (also animated), TIFF, etc. On a Pixie4, you can send data to 4 strands of pixels on different props or 4 strands of a tree with a Pixie16, you can do the same thing, but with 16 strands. The number after the pixie tells you how many different segments of smart pixels you can use. Supported media: video and image files, DirectShow compatible video capture devices (most USB cameras and capture cards), MJPEG and JPEG video network streams.Ībout every video and image formats are supported. You can buy a Pixie16, Pixie8 or Pixie4, or a Cosmic Color Pixie2 controller. Once loaded, you can trigger, transform and mix them in countless ways in real-time. You can load up to 64 media files from your hard drive and from live video sources. But why stop there? You can use the video hue, saturation and intensity attributes to control the pan and tilt of your moving lights! 64 Media Bins However two long-term trends force the Gephi dev team to reconsider its future: computer infrastructures are moving away from true multiplatform software to web-based interfaces, and Java is moving away from user interface development to server-side computation. This is also called pixel mapping and Lightjams is great at it. Despite a number of issues, the situation was considered relatively satisfying. One popular usage is to show videos on a LED wall. The main goal is use your media to control the lighting fixtures, from RGB LEDs and simple dimmers to complex DMX moving heads. Live video input is also supported, letting you use any video capture cards, cameras and even network video streaming. Simply select files from your computer hard disk and you're ready to go. Looking for an easy way to use videos and images to control your DMX lighting? Here it is, a fully integrated media server right inside a lighting software.