Isadora- lesson log

MIDI controlled- 'Musical Instrument Digital  Interface'
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Ways of interfering with the digital world
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All about the creative throughput into action

Generative Visuals

Other programs
Resolume, VDMX, GoGe, Modul8, Arkaos Grand VJ

Marco Tempest: The electronic rise and fall of Nikola Tesla

Beeple- free videos

Isadora concepts: play- control- output

Movie player projector
File- Import media
drag video into space
To see the video- output- force stage preview

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Right click- Actor control split→ can connect this to MIDI
(to bring editor up)

Stage preview
button
slider

Click on Number in editing area & drag it into main area
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button to visible (on movie player)→ (on/ off)
dial to speed (on movie player)
fader to intensity (on projector)

right click→ disable edit mode/ enable edit mode
(if it goes black then turning it back on, manually do it in the main area- turn the 'visible' setting to on)

Double click on button→change momentary to toggle to make button continuously work

Double click an actor to change parameters e.g. height

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Mapping

Double click on projector

Click on output/ input etc until its split

Left side chooses a section & the shape

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Right shows what you're projecting

to go round different shapes

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use different shapes on top of the video/ image

to get projector to display what you make:

output- stage setup- choose the stage display that's the screen 

Video mixer to blend 2 videos together before mapping