Hi Derek Thanks for the reply - to follow on from your info, can I create the "database" in PD or would I have to use some other program and then read from that using PD ?
Cheers Donal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Holzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Donal Carey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Object to store images and movies. > If you are using GEM, then look at [pix_image], [pix_film] and > [pix_movie]. You'll need to develop some sort of rudimentary "database" to > catalog and access the images and clips, of course... > > best, > d. > > Donal Carey wrote: >> Hi >> This is my first post to the list so I'll do a quick intro and >> backround. My name's Donal Carey and I'm currently studying for a Masters >> in Multimedia Systems in Trinity College Dublin (Ireland). >> I'm starting work on a PD project for use by DJ's in a live performance >> context. The basic premise of the project is that the PD patch will >> select and display media (still images & video) automatically based on >> the tempo and complexity of the music. So at the start of the performance >> when the music is minimal the patch will select and display only black >> and white still images, as the tempo and complexity increases the patch >> should start displaying black and white videos also. After a certain >> threshold is reached the patch should display only colour videos. >> Hopefully the effect will be that as the night progresses and the music >> gets faster and more complicated the images displayed should move from >> B&W stills into B&W video and from there into colour video, all >> automatically of course. >> My question is, is there a PD object (like an array) that will store >> these sets of media for me? >> Thanks and regards >> Donal >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > -- > derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: > http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista > ---Oblique Strategy # 70: > "Feedback recordings into an acoustic situation" > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
