Re: [animata-users] iPhone -> parameter space interpolation (in Max) -> Animata

hi Marian, this has been discussed recently on the list. there are a couple of messages about osc in the list archives, for example this one: http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/pipermail/animata-users/2008-November/96.html best, gabor > Hi there, > > thx for great programi would like to c

Re: [animata-users] Tutorial on Animata and OSC (Pure Data & Max/MSP)

hi Matti, > http://originalhamsters.com/blog/2008/12/15/animata-osc/ thanks for the great osc tutorial. it was really needed. i added it to the animata tutorial page. > btw, would it be possible to change the /layervis OSC command from > boolean to integer? i tried to fix this, and committed the

Re: [animata-users] tutorials

> Can you add narration to make the tutorials clearer? i'm sorry, but i don't think we will have time to add narration to the tutorials in the near future. on the other hand, feel free to ask questions if something is not clear. gabor ___ animata-users

Re: [animata-users] Animata on PPC Mac?

> Look for the thread with title "Animata build for Mac OS PPC" and follow the > steps. you can find mathieu's thread here: http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/pipermail/animata-devel/2008-March/09.html and a more recent one: http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/pipermail/animata-devel/2008-December/00

Re: [animata-users] camera & isadora

hi mikel, > - HOw to connect a camera to animata and if is possible to recognize > objects as eysweb do... you cannot connect a camera to animata directly, you need an external program for that. > Is it possible to connect it by midi or osc to isadora? i'm not familiar with isadora, but you can

Re: [animata-users] camera & isadora

hi William, > is there any Mac OSX program like eyesweb to connect a camera to > Animata? unfortunately i am not aware of any program besides eyesweb that is capable of body tracking. we are planning to write one, because this issue frequently comes up here. best, gabor __

Re: [animata-users] Where to start

hi Gabriel, > tutorial. Where i can find it information or tutorial about animata try this: http://animata.kibu.hu/tutorials.html best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/cgi-bin/

Re: [animata-users] Dem bones - A question about scaling

hi Gavin, > I can make a set of joints in Animata follow the correct trajectories > but when I create a model everything suddenly confuses my poor brain. the root of the problem is that eyesweb tries to fit the skeleton joints to whatever the camera sees. for example, if your camera sees only on

Re: [animata-users] Animata + MIDI help

hi aron, you have to convert your midi messages to osc. > controll the bones/joints via MIDI, i was thinking about making some > patches in PD or Max, but i dont realy know where to start. check out the max/pd osc tutorial by matti: http://animata.kibu.hu/tutorials.html#other best, gabor _

Re: [animata-users] Struggling to install Animata on Ubuntu 8.10

hi Maeve, > scons: Reading SConscript files ... > Checking for C++ library m... no > error: 'm' must be installed! check the contents of the config.log file in the animata directory. it shows what went wrong. usually the problem is not with the math library, but something else. gabor ___

Re: [animata-users] could be animata on haiku os?

> could be animata on haiku os? if haiku has fltk (http://fltk.org/) then probably yes. gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/animata-users

Re: [animata-users] Save like video file-animation logic

hi Gabriel, > I guess i must use a screenrecording? at the moment yes, we also use screen capture to record videos. > This paradigma of animation logic is a new creature r is used or based > in some another software or etc? bence came up with the idea that got refined during the development of

Re: [animata-users] wiring it up

> 2 videos of Animata working with Live, Reason, Processing, a Korg > MicroKontrol and lots of string: nice! thanks. gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ani

Re: [animata-users] Animata help file

hi Michael, > I looked at the installed files and could not find the Help file or > files. unfortunately the help files do not exist yet. try to check out the tutorial videos at http://animata.kibu.hu/tutorials gabor ___ animata-users mailing list anim

Re: [animata-users] hmm

> weird how if you combine bones in certain ways that length changing leads to > rotation, isn't it... yes, kind of a hidden feature :). as far as i know, the simplest way to achieve this is to make a rectangle with 2 diagonals, and change the length modifier of one of them. gabor ___

Re: [animata-users] Articles instead of user manual

> Are there any articles or write-ups that explain or illustrate the not yet, but just try it out and feel free to ask questions here if you get stuck. it's really not that difficult if you get the hang of it. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing lis

Re: [animata-users] some silly animata'd nonsense

> http://grimaceworks.com/blog/307_Screencast+4 funny, thanks Michael. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/animata-users

Re: [animata-users] alright, hold onto your hats...

hi Michael, > I've ported Animata's rendering engine over to Java so that Animata scenes > can be combined with other stuff in Processing. this is excellent! thanks. gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lis

Re: [animata-users] question

hi marian, > how can i move image(vertex with triangles) to the front or back? please check out our tutorial here: http://animata.kibu.hu/tutorials.html#rigid the display order of the triangles depends on the creation order, the latest is drawn last, so it will be on the top. so make your body tr

Re: [animata-users] PPC user

hi, > So I wondered if there is a PPC version of animata was available anywhere? this issue comes up frequently here, and it seems we have to get hold of a ppc machine to solve this. i keep your informed about the progress. gabor ___ animata-users mail

Re: [animata-users] davinci codex

hi Roberto, > There is no osc in the program that you put online to download. the binary download of animata supports osc. the svn version has more advanced osc commands, but you don't have to compile that to use osc. > So I try to use the " sound input java" in processing but I receive > from

[animata-users] animata ppc version released

i managed to borrow a ppc computer for a couple of days and compiled a package for ppc macs. please test it, and let me know if you find any problems with it. thanks. http://animata.kibu.hu/download/animata_mac_ppc-0.004.dmg best, gabor ___ animata-user

Re: [animata-users] animata ppc version released

thanks for the quick feedback. i'm glad it works. i'm a bit concerned about the osc messages, make sure to test that also. gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listin

Re: [animata-users] animata ppc version released

> originalhamster.com with max msp 5 and everything worked great.. great! thanks for the feedback. gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/animata-users

Re: [animata-users] animata

> i am very new to animata. i just found out about it and it's great! > but i have a few questions. I'm a mac user and have no idea about > coding or anything. i was wondering how i could add sound to the > animations. you either add them later in a video editor software or record it together wit

Re: [animata-users] Eyesweb errors

> Initializing patch "oscmon_WDM_video_input" (system, > WDMVideoinput_device) not found i'm not sure what the problem is, but maybe this is related: http://eyw.free.fr/viewtopic.php?p=207 hope it helps, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users

Re: [animata-users] ...a problem of recording...

hi Rene, > must give to the file. I use to write ".nmt" for the extension. But .nmt is fine > when I load this file, I have only the vertices, the triangles, the > bones, the movment, but never the image on which I have worked since > the beginning. try to copy the image next to the nmt file. be

Re: [animata-users] ...thank you, Gabor, for your answer...

hi Rene, > : what is the use of "animata_soundinput.exe" file for Windows, and > how this file must be used. What are the different handlings needed it is described in this earilier post: http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/pipermail/animata-users/2008-April/22.html best, gabor _

Re: [animata-users] exporting animation and full screen output

> Is it possible to export animation as png/jpg stills or movie? we use screen capture programs at the moment to do this. for example snapz pro for mac. > I am using Animata on Intel Mac. Is it possible to switch output > window to fullscreen mode? click on the output window and press space. best

Re: [animata-users] TUIO, Multitouch, and Animata

> I was wondering what it would take to control Animata with a multi-touch it's not that difficult, we did it about a year ago. you need to have an application between the tuio software and animata. use v0.004, because it can send joint positions. gabor ___

Re: [animata-users] RST

> Hi, I have such a file. I have attached it. If that doesn't work (never done > that to a list before). You can email me directly. You can run this in it's also available from the animata site at: http://animata.kibu.hu/download/oscman_WDM_video_input.eywx best, gabor

Re: [animata-users] RST

hi sahAl, > I managed to load the EyesWeb v4 legacy stuff and then v5. > The patch opens, but gives me an *" Error intializing the EyesWeb Execution > Engine"* probably you have to set up your camera correcty in eyesweb. i hope this helps: http://eyw.free.fr/viewtopic.php?p=207 > I have a camera

Re: [animata-users] trouble with svn-install

> Could a kind person please, please guide me through the process? I severely this command from the command line works fine for me: svn checkout http://animata.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ animata-read-only as far as a i know there was a maintenance sometime these days, maybe that made the checkout

Re: [animata-users] trouble with svn-install

> know which commands to fire off in order to import/compile/install it. Like you need to install the fltk development package, and scons. if this is done, type scons in the main animata directory and it should compile. if you get stuck you can check the related posts in the list archive: http://w

Re: [animata-users] trouble with svn-install

> fltk and scons are working properly, but how do I download the source in > order to even HAVE a local animata directory? using the svn command i sent earlier. it downloads the animata source tree. gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lis

Re: [animata-users] How to perform after rigging?

hi Lars, > way to puppeteer the skeleton from within animata? Do I need to use another you can do this under the skeleton tab. you can move the joints, bones manually. it is also possible to automatically change the length of the bones. these are quite simple, but also very limited. if you want mo

Re: [animata-users] Full screen in Animata

hi Greg, > screen. And if so, is it possible to get rid of the window bar at > the top? MAC OS X here... click on the output window and press space to go to full screen. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.

Re: [animata-users] specific camera & hardware setup

> Could you please tell me what kind of camera you used with eyesweb on > Reverse Shadow Theatre? Was it a webcam? Or videocamera? Eyesweb i don't remember the exact model, but it was a firewire dv cam. i'm trying to look it up the details for you. > has not worked at all with my JVC camera and

Re: [animata-users] my first communication

hi, i assume you would like to record your work as a video. at the moment it is only possible by using screen capture software. you can do this for example with fraps in windows, snapz pro in osx, or glc in linux. best, gabor > *Hi,Greetings to you.Last night I worked with animata and satisfied.

Re: [animata-users] specific camera & hardware setup

> trying to look it up the details for you. the camera was a panasonic nv-gs150. it's good, because it's not fully automatic, you can set the light parameters manually, which makes the human posture detection easier. gabor ___ animata-users mailing lis

Re: [animata-users] Animata used in my new animation

hi Matti, > Thought you guys might be interested in this. I just completed a new > animation and Animata played a really big role in the production. congratulations. looks really awesome. we were thinking how you did the blinking of the characters? is it done in animata also or is it post proc

Re: [animata-users] Animata used in my new animation

> Ok, got fltk installed but when running scons --app from animata-read-only i > get this: are you on a mac? if you installed fltk from macports you can try changing these lines in src/SConscript: if STATIC: flags = env.ParseFlags('!fltk-config --cxxflags --ldstaticflags --use-images --use-

Re: [animata-users] Lighting system in Animata?

hi Matti, > I was wondering if it would be totally impossible to implement some > sort of a lighting system in Animata? Something like you have in it is not impossible, but we haven't really found any reasons to implement lighting yet. since we are using planar surfaces lighting effects would look

Re: [animata-users] Converting Animata with Flash and ActionScript

hi Marta, > I would like to animate hand-drawn animation (very simple) and then I would > like to somehow > transport the animation to Flash and add some interactivity with ActionScript unless using a video recording of your animation made in animata is ok with you, i don't think there's an easy

Re: [animata-users] Converting Animata with Flash and ActionScript

> And how can I convert the .nmt file to the other format? unfortunately i don't think you can do that. the only solution as i can see is to record the screen while animata is playing your animation, then use this recorded video in flash. if this easy solution does not work for you, i'm not sure y

Re: [animata-users] Converting Animata with Flash and ActionScript

> So is it possible to record animation in Animata? at the moment it is only possible by using screen capture software. you can do this for example with fraps in windows, with snapz pro in osx, or with glc in linux. > Is it possible to record animation with transparent background? i don't think th

Re: [animata-users] crash on enabling OSC in layers

hi Ali, > i'm getting a repeatable crash when trying to turn on OSC for all joints in > one of my layers. hopefully fixed in svn now. thanks for the bug report. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lis

Re: [animata-users] possible to save OSC state?

> would it be possible to save the OSC-on/off state of joints in a sketch? this feature was very quickly added when we were experimenting with animata on a multitouch table, and we forgot to save the osc state. now it is done in svn. best, gabor ___ ani

Re: [animata-users] other Question

>why i can't open the example file .nmt on animata? i'm not sure. what is your operating system? try to copy the example folder next to animata if nothing else helps. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu

Re: [animata-users] any way to control layer depth/scale/move with OSC?

there is /layerpos name x y and /layerdeltapos name x y for moving the layers. depth and scale have not been implemented yet, but they have been on our list for a long time. we just have to find some time to do it. gabor ___ animata-users mailing list a

Re: [animata-users] addressing specific layers with OSC?

> has the idea of using OSC's nested addressing to address components in > different layers? interesting idea. > it seems to me that now every joint in the entire thing has to have a unique > name; two joints can have the same name, so they both receive the message. also it is possible to send mes

Re: [animata-users] Q: how to use Mousetrap to send OSC to Animata?

hi Lars, > Since I'm not much of a programmer, I have looked for alternatives to using > PureData or Processing to create and send OSC messages to Animata. I have > found a neat utility called > MouseTrapthat can > translate mouse/keyboard input into OSC

Re: [animata-users] possible to save OSC state?

> however, animata doesn't seem to send any OSC until i select the joint, turn > its OSC OFF, then turn it ON again. sorry, fixed in svn. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/c

Re: [animata-users] animata control via processing

hi Lars, there were two problems with your code. you should listen on port 7111 instead of 7110. you were sending and listening on the same port which does not work. the other problem is that you should add the name of the bone to the message like myMessage.add("knee"). new OscMessage("/anibone kn

Re: [animata-users] OSC bundles possible?

> i'm working with an application where i'm sending a LOT of joint > position data to animata thru OSC. unfortunately the osc code is not very effective to handle a lot of messages. i think bundles are handled by the osc library. i am planning the rewrite the osc code, and make it more efficient. u

Re: [animata-users] having a couple of probs

hi, > first, if i save a nmt scene it doesn't save the image with it just the mesh this is 'normal' animata behaviour. you need to copy the image next to the nmt file. > second, if i want to compile the latest svn, is there a windows tutorial > available? i'm not a programmer. can someone send m

Re: [animata-users] large screen full screen

> i learned the hard way that animata doesn't go fullscreen if the 2nd screen > is, say, 3072x768. > is there a hard coded limitation? as far as i know there is no hard coded limitation in animata. maybe fltk cannot detect the screen size properly. what does animata do when you try to go to full

Re: [animata-users] having a couple of probs

> mansteri osc blog post. but i get tis if i try and load it. ERR> > Error loading patch "C:\downloads\oscman_WDM_video_input.eywx": The > item specified was not found in the collection. ERR> Class identifier > (ClassID) of the searched item was > "{3897339F-60B4-11D4-A28A-CF461A886A4A}". any ideas

Re: [animata-users] Keyboard shortcuts?

> Is there a list of keyboard shortcuts? In particular are there short cuts > for scale and move? While creating vertices and triangles it would be > helpful to zoom in to have more detail to work with. Is this possible? you can use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. you can move the camera by ho

Re: [animata-users] Compiling svn revision 49 failed on Ubuntu Hardy Linux x86_64

hi Ralf, this issue on googlecode might help you: http://code.google.com/p/animata/issues/detail?id=38 best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/animata-us

Re: [animata-users] Animoitu liike (Animated Movement)

hi Matti, > My new project http://mansteri.com/2009/10/animoitu-liike/ Animata was > very heavily involved once again. this is awesome! congratulations! best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.ki

Re: [animata-users] animobil

hi Igor, your request is forwarded to kitchen budapest. they should contact you shortly. gabor Igor Crnkovic wrote: > Hi! > > I know this is not list for Animobile but I'm looking for contact. > > My excuses for offtopic. > > I teach Media technology and Stop-motion animation at School of >

Re: [animata-users] problem with processing

hi laura, > class not found expection: rwmidi.rwmidi i'm not familiar with the animata processing library, but it seem you are missing the rwmidi library (http://ruinwesen.com/support). best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.ki

Re: [animata-users] how to control animata with osc?

> i know some of the OSC messages but where exactly do we find full > documentation of animata's OSC name space? Matti's tutorial covers all of the osc messages i think: http://mansteri.com/2008/12/animata-osc/ gabor ___ animata-users mailing list anim

[animata-users] animata 004 win download

hi, the newest animata win32 binary is uploaded to the website. http://animata.kibu.hu/downloads.html sorry for the delay. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/cgi-bin/mailman

[animata-users] animata 004 osx binary

hi, also uploaded the latest binary for osx intel: http://animata.kibu.hu/downloads.html it was compiled on osx 10.5.8, so probably it won't work on 10.4. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.ki

Re: [animata-users] animata 004 osx binary

> thanks for animata. What about 004 for Linux? Are sources available? sure, you can use the svn: http://code.google.com/p/animata/source/checkout or the latest release tarball: http://animata.googlecode.com/files/animata_004-091218.tar.gz gabor ___ an

Re: [animata-users] help install on windows

hi Sebastien, > - and now I have "scons-1.2.0" installed in "C:\Python22" did you build the project? in the animata directory type: scons to run the software, type ./animata in the build directory. it might not work if you start animata from windows explorer, because of the required cygwin dll

Re: [animata-users] Fugure interaction with the scene?

hi Andreas, > and interact with the floor like the figures in the following video: this would require collisison detection and animata cannot do that at the momemnt. sorry. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest

Re: [animata-users] Fugure interaction with the scene?

> In this video http://vimeo.com/706938 > the figure seems to walk in the floor. we were using human posture detection and set the y-coordinate of the puppet according to the detected body position. the layers were matched so it looks like walking on the floor, but it's not. gabor _

Re: [animata-users] how to import export from animata?

hi Beatritze, > how you export and import data from animata? I will like to animata is not compatible with other animation or video packages. import is not possible. export is not implemented either. we use screen capture applications to export the animation to video. best, gabor _

Re: [animata-users] layers

hi thea, > is there a description somewhere on how to make layers? probably the best you will find is our 3d tutorial video: http://vimeo.com/2131417 best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenb

Re: [animata-users] Fwd: some informations

hi antonio, > how can i set the opacity of a layer? (for example to make the effect in > your temple example) there's an alpha slider in the layer tab. > is there a way to play fullscreen the output window? click on the output window and press space. > or (if yes you cannot answer the first 2 qu

Re: [animata-users] Xbox Kinect -> OSC -> Animata

hey Tony, awesome work! congratulations! best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/animata-users

Re: [animata-users] Xbox Kinect -> OSC -> Animata

> can this be compiled to run on mac? I'm unclear and sorta noob when it comes > to building software. as far as i know it uses openni, which has not been ported to mac, yet. although they are working on it. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list an

Re: [animata-users] Xbox Kinect -> OSC -> Animata

> I think OSCeleton should compile fine in osx using the same Makefile as > linux. If anyone tries it out I'd love to hear about your success :) i tried it, but since the NITE middleware has not been released for mac yet, i failed. best, gabor ___ anima

Re: [animata-users] Full screen on a second monitor for projector?

hi, > Loving Animata, but is there anyway to get full screen on a second monitor? click on the output window and press space. > Is there syphon support? no, sorry. best, gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http:/

[animata-users] lists move

Dear Animata users, The Animata e-mail lists will be migrated to Google Groups from the Kitchen Budapest server soon. - Gabor ___ animata-users mailing list animata-users@lists.kitchenbudapest.hu http://lists.kitchenbudapest.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [animata-users] lists move

We will slowly subscribe everyone, although it might take some time, because Google has limitations on the number of people we can add in a time period. This is the group link if you are eager to subscribe yourself: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/animata - Gabor

[animata-users] lists migrated

Hi, We have migrated the animate-users and animata-devel e-mail lists to Google Groups. You should have received a welcome message. If you haven't please visit this page and subscribe manually: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/animata You can find the old list archives here: ht