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In-Browser, All-JavaScript Motion Tracking? Believe It, Says Firefox 3.1
I may have to eat my words — here’s something I didn’t imagine being possible any time soon. It’s extremely processor-intensive computer vision, happening in a video stream, all with JavaScript worker threads. That is, this is possible because the next version of Firefox, version 3.1, allows for multiple threads processing the video instead of [...]
Weekend Inspiration: Cheap Camera + Free Blender Software = Motion in Hours
For further proof that you can make footage in Blender, here’s an example whipped up by Troy James Sobotka. Troy’s approach is one familiar to a lot of us: grab the simplest camera possible, go shoot something, go make something. I think it’s part of what I find appealing about the world of live visualists [...]
Blender Video Editing: Yep, Your Free 3D Powerhouse is an Editor, Too
Life is short. You find yourself having to absorb the work techniques of a lot of different software. And some of those divisions — between vector and pixels, 3D and 2D, motion and stills — look increasingly old-fashioned. Since the early 90s, we’ve seen a succession of software try to bridge those gaps. But for [...]
The $7 Motion Graphics Conference Heads to Boston
MGFest, the Motion Graphics Festival, continues its multi-city tour March 5-8 (next weekend), on its way to Boston / Cambridge, Massachusetts. The whole conference is just US$7 for all the events. Here’s a quick look at the schedule and highlights:Screenings: if you’re ready to see motion reels on a big screen instead of YouTube, there [...]
Learning Processing Hands-on Workshop in Cambridge, MA
If you’re in the Boston area, I’ll be teaching a one-day workshop on Processing. Think a day-long intensive on learning to program visuals in the free environment.Visual Programming with ProcessingI’m going to try to get through as much as possible in the early part of the day so I can assist with projects later on. [...]