Re: [PD] Pure Data FLOSS Manual Book Sprint 4-6 April 2009 in NYC and Berlin

2009-03-30 Thread Max

hey marius, derek + list,

i've done some of that already. maybe you can recycle what i've done  
for some classes.

files are here:
http://damm-net.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bewegungsmelder
i'm glad if i can help, let me know.

m.

Am 30.03.2009 um 19:47 schrieb marius schebella:


Hi,

I'd like to participate remotely somehow. I understand that you also  
want to cover Gem(?), so I'd like to propose a chapter on video  
tracking. motion tracking, background subtraction, showing how to do  
alpha masking, color tracking, I also would like to include some  
documentation of pix_opencv, unless someone else is already doing  
that, for example face tracking, but also other possibilities of  
opencv (pattern recognition).
I also think the TUIO stuff should go there (with references to  
touchlib or touché), and multiblob.


AFAIK there is no gem section yet, so I don't know if it is possible  
to do just one chapter without a general introduction to gem??


Btw, there are tons of other topics to cover...

marius.




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Re: [PD] Pure Data FLOSS Manual Book Sprint 4-6 April 2009 in NYC and Berlin

2009-03-30 Thread Derek Holzer

Hey Marius,

yes we will need an introduction to GEM. My priorities are to do simple 
stuff first. I know that might be boring, and the temptation is to run 
ahead to the more interesting stuff, but really the basics need to be 
there before anything fancy. And in a simple, introductory form. I'm 
even temped to give an arbitrary limit of no more than 10 objects/atoms 
per example ;-)


So I'd prefer to get you moving on some basics. There are a collection 
of patches that Chris Clepper sent as well as ones which I have used in 
my workshops for years that could be written up. Only after these are 
finished can we move on to project specific stuff like motion tracking.


best!
Derek

marius schebella wrote:

Hi,

I'd like to participate remotely somehow. I understand that you also 
want to cover Gem(?), so I'd like to propose a chapter on video 
tracking. motion tracking, background subtraction, showing how to do 
alpha masking, color tracking, I also would like to include some 
documentation of pix_opencv, unless someone else is already doing that, 
for example face tracking, but also other possibilities of opencv 
(pattern recognition).
I also think the TUIO stuff should go there (with references to touchlib 
or touché), and multiblob.


AFAIK there is no gem section yet, so I don't know if it is possible to 
do just one chapter without a general introduction to gem??


Btw, there are tons of other topics to cover...

marius.


Derek Holzer wrote:
FLOSS Manuals is proud to announce a three day book sprint for the 
Pure Data FLOSS Manual. This sprint will take place simultaneously in 
New York City and Berlin from Saturday 4 April to Monday 6 April.


The Pure Data FLOSS Manual:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/puredata

There are possibilities to participate in person by coming to one of 
the locations below, or remotely via the IRC interface built into the 
FLOSS Manuals editing interface. Video conferencing may take place 
between the venues as well.


To participate, create a login at the PD FLOSS Manuals page:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/login/TWiki/WebHome?origurl=/bin/view/PureData/Introduction&skin=floss2 



Discussion may also take place in the Pure Data mailing list:

http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list

If you are in New York or Berlin, please join us at these locations!

---NEW YORK CITY

* Contact:

Hans-Christoph Steiner: h...@eds.org 718 360 4872

* Location (bring ID, you'll need to sign in):

ITP/NYU Conference Room
721 Broadway, 4th Floor
NY, NY, USA
email me or call in case you can get past security: 718 360 4872

* Schedule:
Saturday: noon-midnight
Sunday: 10am-midnight
Monday: 9am-5:30pm  (if we go later, we'll be in a different room)

---BERLIN

* Contacts

Derek Holzer: de...@umatic.nl +49 176 2812 5845
Adam Hyde: a...@flossmanuals.net +49 15 2230 54563

NK
ElsenStr. 52 (2.Hof)
Berlin, Germany
+49 176 20626386
http://www.myspace.com/enka52

* Schedule:
Saturday: noon-late
Sunday: noon-late
Monday: noon-late


SOME BASIC GUIDELINES:

* This manual should address the widest possible user-base. Therefore, 
objects which are cross-platform and in Pd Extended should have 
priority over other solutions.
* Tone should be neutral and informative. Remember that humor doesn't 
always translate well! ;-)
* Our readers are assumed to have little to no background in either 
computer programming or digital signal processing, which much of the 
existing documentation takes for granted. That's why this manual is 
necessary! Please keep this in mind when explaining things.
* Please use existing the Audio Tutorials, Installing and Getting 
Started chapters as a style guide.
* Keep the chapters small and self-contained. Ideally, chapters from 
this manual could even be "remixed" into other FLOSS Manuals.
* Explain any jargon or technical terminology in-line the first time 
you use it, and direct the reader to appropriate other 
chapters/manuals when necessary.
* Please enter any new technical terms in the Glossary (we need to 
agree on global format for glossary terms!).

* Screenshots:
---Resolution? (Adam and I will work on this on Monday)
---Please upload any complex patches, and make sure to label 
screenshot with appropriate filename (see Audio Tutorials for examples)
---Please keep explanatory text in the manual rather than only in the 
screenshot, so that it can be text-searched by readers.

---Please use anti-aliased fonts!
* All the chapters are moderated by Derek Holzer & Adam Hyde. Your 
contributions will only be visible in the editing section until they 
meet these guidelines, and after that they can be published to the 
main page. Please let us know when your chapter(s) are ready for 
publishing and we'll look them over.



EXISTING CHAPTERS WHICH NEED HELP:

# DataflowTutorials

---this section needs a lot of help in terms of style and content! 
Tone is very informal, which doesn't help convey the information.
---give titles to screenshots so that readers can tell which pat

Re: [PD] Pure Data FLOSS Manual Book Sprint 4-6 April 2009 in NYC and Berlin

2009-03-30 Thread marius schebella

Hi,

I'd like to participate remotely somehow. I understand that you also 
want to cover Gem(?), so I'd like to propose a chapter on video 
tracking. motion tracking, background subtraction, showing how to do 
alpha masking, color tracking, I also would like to include some 
documentation of pix_opencv, unless someone else is already doing that, 
for example face tracking, but also other possibilities of opencv 
(pattern recognition).
I also think the TUIO stuff should go there (with references to touchlib 
or touché), and multiblob.


AFAIK there is no gem section yet, so I don't know if it is possible to 
do just one chapter without a general introduction to gem??


Btw, there are tons of other topics to cover...

marius.


Derek Holzer wrote:
FLOSS Manuals is proud to announce a three day book sprint for the Pure 
Data FLOSS Manual. This sprint will take place simultaneously in New 
York City and Berlin from Saturday 4 April to Monday 6 April.


The Pure Data FLOSS Manual:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/puredata

There are possibilities to participate in person by coming to one of the 
locations below, or remotely via the IRC interface built into the FLOSS 
Manuals editing interface. Video conferencing may take place between the 
venues as well.


To participate, create a login at the PD FLOSS Manuals page:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/login/TWiki/WebHome?origurl=/bin/view/PureData/Introduction&skin=floss2 



Discussion may also take place in the Pure Data mailing list:

http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list

If you are in New York or Berlin, please join us at these locations!

---NEW YORK CITY

* Contact:

Hans-Christoph Steiner: h...@eds.org 718 360 4872

* Location (bring ID, you'll need to sign in):

ITP/NYU Conference Room
721 Broadway, 4th Floor
NY, NY, USA
email me or call in case you can get past security: 718 360 4872

* Schedule:
Saturday: noon-midnight
Sunday: 10am-midnight
Monday: 9am-5:30pm  (if we go later, we'll be in a different room)

---BERLIN

* Contacts

Derek Holzer: de...@umatic.nl +49 176 2812 5845
Adam Hyde: a...@flossmanuals.net +49 15 2230 54563

NK
ElsenStr. 52 (2.Hof)
Berlin, Germany
+49 176 20626386
http://www.myspace.com/enka52

* Schedule:
Saturday: noon-late
Sunday: noon-late
Monday: noon-late


SOME BASIC GUIDELINES:

* This manual should address the widest possible user-base. Therefore, 
objects which are cross-platform and in Pd Extended should have priority 
over other solutions.
* Tone should be neutral and informative. Remember that humor doesn't 
always translate well! ;-)
* Our readers are assumed to have little to no background in either 
computer programming or digital signal processing, which much of the 
existing documentation takes for granted. That's why this manual is 
necessary! Please keep this in mind when explaining things.
* Please use existing the Audio Tutorials, Installing and Getting 
Started chapters as a style guide.
* Keep the chapters small and self-contained. Ideally, chapters from 
this manual could even be "remixed" into other FLOSS Manuals.
* Explain any jargon or technical terminology in-line the first time you 
use it, and direct the reader to appropriate other chapters/manuals when 
necessary.
* Please enter any new technical terms in the Glossary (we need to agree 
on global format for glossary terms!).

* Screenshots:
---Resolution? (Adam and I will work on this on Monday)
---Please upload any complex patches, and make sure to label screenshot 
with appropriate filename (see Audio Tutorials for examples)
---Please keep explanatory text in the manual rather than only in the 
screenshot, so that it can be text-searched by readers.

---Please use anti-aliased fonts!
* All the chapters are moderated by Derek Holzer & Adam Hyde. Your 
contributions will only be visible in the editing section until they 
meet these guidelines, and after that they can be published to the main 
page. Please let us know when your chapter(s) are ready for publishing 
and we'll look them over.



EXISTING CHAPTERS WHICH NEED HELP:

# DataflowTutorials

---this section needs a lot of help in terms of style and content! 
Tone is very informal, which doesn't help convey the information.
---give titles to screenshots so that readers can tell which patches 
match which images (some do this, some don't...)

---"Math": examples/discussion of [expr]???
---"Order of connecting and [trigger]": explain the patches in-line, 
rather than only in comments in screenshots (so that text is searchable, 
copy/pasteable..)
---Luka's screencaps are very aliased, to the point where you can't read 
the ~ in the object names. Should they be redone at new resolution or 
with antialiasing?

---Possible janitors: Derek Holzer, Adam Hyde

# PureGlossary

---format of object names = [italics in square brackets], must be 
formatted correctly
---format of glossary words in general text: we don't have one yet. Bold 
on first use in chapter maybe? Needs formatting all through text.


Re: [PD] Pure Data FLOSS Manual Book Sprint 4-6 April 2009 in NYC and Berlin

2009-03-30 Thread João Pais

Hi,

I can go as well. Don't know yet exactly how much time, but should be able  
to be there each day. Some details:


- is the information below about guidelines / chapters in a wiki  
somewhere? should it be? It might be better to people to organise  
themselves before the sprint starts. So that at the time of the sprint,  
the only thing to do is to run.


- I can proof things, and give the "newbie with not so much pacience for  
things that don't work" point of view - specially for ubuntu


- I can bring some documentation, in case necessary: Roads' Tutorial,  
Csound book, microsound, ... (didn't look at the floss pages yet, don't  
know if that's important)


- I can do some portuguese desserts

- I'm not bad at proofing things and making them more presentable, I  
guess. at least I don't dislike it.


- and whatever

João


FLOSS Manuals is proud to announce a three day book sprint for the Pure  
Data FLOSS Manual. This sprint will take place simultaneously in New  
York City and Berlin from Saturday 4 April to Monday 6 April.


The Pure Data FLOSS Manual:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/puredata

There are possibilities to participate in person by coming to one of the  
locations below, or remotely via the IRC interface built into the FLOSS  
Manuals editing interface. Video conferencing may take place between the  
venues as well.


To participate, create a login at the PD FLOSS Manuals page:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/login/TWiki/WebHome?origurl=/bin/view/PureData/Introduction&skin=floss2

Discussion may also take place in the Pure Data mailing list:

http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list

If you are in New York or Berlin, please join us at these locations!

---NEW YORK CITY

* Contact:

Hans-Christoph Steiner: h...@eds.org 718 360 4872

* Location (bring ID, you'll need to sign in):

ITP/NYU Conference Room
721 Broadway, 4th Floor
NY, NY, USA
email me or call in case you can get past security: 718 360 4872

* Schedule:
Saturday: noon-midnight
Sunday: 10am-midnight
Monday: 9am-5:30pm  (if we go later, we'll be in a different room)

---BERLIN

* Contacts

Derek Holzer: de...@umatic.nl +49 176 2812 5845
Adam Hyde: a...@flossmanuals.net +49 15 2230 54563

NK
ElsenStr. 52 (2.Hof)
Berlin, Germany
+49 176 20626386
http://www.myspace.com/enka52

* Schedule:
Saturday: noon-late
Sunday: noon-late
Monday: noon-late


SOME BASIC GUIDELINES:

* This manual should address the widest possible user-base. Therefore,  
objects which are cross-platform and in Pd Extended should have priority  
over other solutions.
* Tone should be neutral and informative. Remember that humor doesn't  
always translate well! ;-)
* Our readers are assumed to have little to no background in either  
computer programming or digital signal processing, which much of the  
existing documentation takes for granted. That's why this manual is  
necessary! Please keep this in mind when explaining things.
* Please use existing the Audio Tutorials, Installing and Getting  
Started chapters as a style guide.
* Keep the chapters small and self-contained. Ideally, chapters from  
this manual could even be "remixed" into other FLOSS Manuals.
* Explain any jargon or technical terminology in-line the first time you  
use it, and direct the reader to appropriate other chapters/manuals when  
necessary.
* Please enter any new technical terms in the Glossary (we need to agree  
on global format for glossary terms!).

* Screenshots:
---Resolution? (Adam and I will work on this on Monday)
---Please upload any complex patches, and make sure to label screenshot  
with appropriate filename (see Audio Tutorials for examples)
---Please keep explanatory text in the manual rather than only in the  
screenshot, so that it can be text-searched by readers.

---Please use anti-aliased fonts!
* All the chapters are moderated by Derek Holzer & Adam Hyde. Your  
contributions will only be visible in the editing section until they  
meet these guidelines, and after that they can be published to the main  
page. Please let us know when your chapter(s) are ready for publishing  
and we'll look them over.



EXISTING CHAPTERS WHICH NEED HELP:

# DataflowTutorials

---this section needs a lot of help in terms of style and content!  
Tone is very informal, which doesn't help convey the information.
---give titles to screenshots so that readers can tell which patches  
match which images (some do this, some don't...)

---"Math": examples/discussion of [expr]???
---"Order of connecting and [trigger]": explain the patches in-line,  
rather than only in comments in screenshots (so that text is searchable,  
copy/pasteable..)
---Luka's screencaps are very aliased, to the point where you can't read  
the ~ in the object names. Should they be redone at new resolution or  
with antialiasing?

---Possible janitors: Derek Holzer, Adam Hyde

# PureGlossary

---format of object names = [italics in square brackets], must be  
formatted correctly
---format of glossary words

[PD] Pure Data FLOSS Manual Book Sprint 4-6 April 2009 in NYC and Berlin

2009-03-29 Thread Derek Holzer
FLOSS Manuals is proud to announce a three day book sprint for the Pure 
Data FLOSS Manual. This sprint will take place simultaneously in New 
York City and Berlin from Saturday 4 April to Monday 6 April.


The Pure Data FLOSS Manual:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/puredata

There are possibilities to participate in person by coming to one of the 
locations below, or remotely via the IRC interface built into the FLOSS 
Manuals editing interface. Video conferencing may take place between the 
venues as well.


To participate, create a login at the PD FLOSS Manuals page:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/login/TWiki/WebHome?origurl=/bin/view/PureData/Introduction&skin=floss2

Discussion may also take place in the Pure Data mailing list:

http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list

If you are in New York or Berlin, please join us at these locations!

---NEW YORK CITY

* Contact:

Hans-Christoph Steiner: h...@eds.org 718 360 4872

* Location (bring ID, you'll need to sign in):

ITP/NYU Conference Room
721 Broadway, 4th Floor
NY, NY, USA
email me or call in case you can get past security: 718 360 4872

* Schedule:
Saturday: noon-midnight
Sunday: 10am-midnight
Monday: 9am-5:30pm  (if we go later, we'll be in a different room)

---BERLIN

* Contacts

Derek Holzer: de...@umatic.nl +49 176 2812 5845
Adam Hyde: a...@flossmanuals.net +49 15 2230 54563

NK
ElsenStr. 52 (2.Hof)
Berlin, Germany
+49 176 20626386
http://www.myspace.com/enka52

* Schedule:
Saturday: noon-late
Sunday: noon-late
Monday: noon-late


SOME BASIC GUIDELINES:

* This manual should address the widest possible user-base. Therefore, 
objects which are cross-platform and in Pd Extended should have priority 
over other solutions.
* Tone should be neutral and informative. Remember that humor doesn't 
always translate well! ;-)
* Our readers are assumed to have little to no background in either 
computer programming or digital signal processing, which much of the 
existing documentation takes for granted. That's why this manual is 
necessary! Please keep this in mind when explaining things.
* Please use existing the Audio Tutorials, Installing and Getting 
Started chapters as a style guide.
* Keep the chapters small and self-contained. Ideally, chapters from 
this manual could even be "remixed" into other FLOSS Manuals.
* Explain any jargon or technical terminology in-line the first time you 
use it, and direct the reader to appropriate other chapters/manuals when 
necessary.
* Please enter any new technical terms in the Glossary (we need to agree 
on global format for glossary terms!).

* Screenshots:
---Resolution? (Adam and I will work on this on Monday)
---Please upload any complex patches, and make sure to label screenshot 
with appropriate filename (see Audio Tutorials for examples)
---Please keep explanatory text in the manual rather than only in the 
screenshot, so that it can be text-searched by readers.

---Please use anti-aliased fonts!
* All the chapters are moderated by Derek Holzer & Adam Hyde. Your 
contributions will only be visible in the editing section until they 
meet these guidelines, and after that they can be published to the main 
page. Please let us know when your chapter(s) are ready for publishing 
and we'll look them over.



EXISTING CHAPTERS WHICH NEED HELP:

# DataflowTutorials

---this section needs a lot of help in terms of style and content! 
Tone is very informal, which doesn't help convey the information.
---give titles to screenshots so that readers can tell which patches 
match which images (some do this, some don't...)

---"Math": examples/discussion of [expr]???
---"Order of connecting and [trigger]": explain the patches in-line, 
rather than only in comments in screenshots (so that text is searchable, 
copy/pasteable..)
---Luka's screencaps are very aliased, to the point where you can't read 
the ~ in the object names. Should they be redone at new resolution or 
with antialiasing?

---Possible janitors: Derek Holzer, Adam Hyde

# PureGlossary

---format of object names = [italics in square brackets], must be 
formatted correctly
---format of glossary words in general text: we don't have one yet. Bold 
on first use in chapter maybe? Needs formatting all through text.


# ListofObjects

---incomplete, please add more libs
---maybe more discussion of externals needed as well
---formatting of object names?

# PureLinks

---always welcome

MORE CHAPTERS/SECTIONS TO DO (+ suggestions?):

* GEM (in order of importance)(Derek can provide example patches for 
much of this)
---Basic VJ mixer (2 x 
[gemhead]-[pix_film]-[alpha]-[colorRGB]-[pix_texture]-[rectangle] with 
an alpha-crossfader)(+ platform specific codec info)
---Live camera input (same as VJ mixer but with [pix_video], with 
platform specific info on USB/firewire inputs--what works & what doesn't)

---VJ effects (using the various pix objects)
---Basic 3D (that actually does something interesting, rather than just 
show a sphere or a cube)

---Basic movement tra