#VDMX5 TUTORIAL HOW TO#
#VDMX5 TUTORIAL PATCH#
#VDMX5 TUTORIAL PLUS#

#VDMX5 TUTORIAL PATCH#

Next we’ll add an Audio Input patch so we can interact with our composition.Ĭonnect the ‘Volume Peak’ output to the ‘Height’ input on the Cube.

Change it to 10 and observe it slow down. Change the Duration of your Interpolation from 1 to 0.1 and watch it go freakishly fast. Now the Interpolation patch is counting from 0 to 360 (using decimals in-between for a smooth output) and we’re using those numbers to change the Y Rotation on the cube. This tells the Interpolator what values we want it to output.Ĭonnect the Result from the Interpolation patch to Y Rotation on Cube. In the Inspector for the Interpolation patch, choose a Start and End Value of 0 and 360, respectively. Next we’re going to bring in an Interpolation patch which will provide some automated control. Pick a new color and observe the changes in your viewer. Change Attenuation to 0.1 to smooth out the lighting, and play around with the Light 1 XY and Z Position to see how it affects the composition.Ĭlick on the color box next to Light 1 Color to bring up a color wheel. Click ‘Edit Parent’ to return to our Root Patch.īack in our Root Patch, click on Lighting and press Apple-i to bring up the Inspector. In Tiger, you may have to click on the ‘Hierarchy Browser’ to see this.

In Leopard, you’ll see the above breadcrumb trail letting you know that we’re inside the Lighting Patch, which is inside the Root patch of our composition. Double-click on the Lighting patch and press Apple-V to paste your Cube back inside. Select the cube and press Apple-X to Cut it to your clipboard just like you would with a Word Processor. The squared edges of this Lighting Environment patch tell us that we can put other patches inside of it. Our previous two patches, which are both Renderers, have rounded edges. Type ‘lighting’ into the patch search, then drag and drop a Lighting environment into your composition. Let’s add some lighting to flesh out the look. We can recognize that the Cube is three-dimensional, but it’s hard to tell, and not very pleasing to look at. Hold down the Shift key for faster rotation. This is because Rotation is measured in degrees, so to go all the way around once, we need to increment from 0 to 360. You’ll notice that the changes we’re making are very small. Now let’s play with the X Rotation property. Let’s reset these values to 0 by typing directly into the fields. To change the values, you need to click and hold on a dial, and the move the mouse in small clockwise circles to raise the value, and counter-clockwise circles to lower it. Spin the dials to the right of the text fields labeled X Position, Y Position and Z Position and watch how the cube moves around in space.

Now let’s play with the X, Y and Z positions of the cube. Type 0.25 into the Width, Height and Depth fields. The cube is a little too big to work with, so we’ll take it down in size. This is where we can hand-adjust all the aspects of our Cube. Select the Cube and press Apple-i to bring up the Inspector. Type ‘cube’ into the search field, and then drag the patch into the Editor. Drag-and-drop the Clear patch to the Editor. Type ‘Clear’ into the search field to drill down to the patch we want. In Tiger, this is always open, and called the Patch Library, found anchored to the left side of the Editor. In Leopard, we need to open the Patch Creator. The icon will be different depending on whether you’re running OS X 10.5 or 10.4.įrom the File menu, choose New Blank (or simply ‘New’ in Tiger). In this Quartz Composer tutorial, We’re going to make a 3D cube that responds to our voice.įirst we start up Quartz Composer. Quartz Composer: Lighting 3D Cubes and Moving them with Audio Input from momo_the_monster on Vimeo. Let us know if you create anything wild with this as its basis.

#VDMX5 TUTORIAL PLUS#

We’ve got step-by-step instructions, plus a video. With QC support in the upcoming VDMX5, you could drop this into a VJ set with traditional clips, as well. Our friend Momo walks us through a basic tutorial on simple 3D and audio processing, which you could easily apply to more complex ideas.

#VDMX5 TUTORIAL HOW TO#

If you’ve been intrigued by all this talk of Quartz Composer, the free visual creation software that ships with Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5, here’s your chance to actually learn how to do cool stuff with it.

Vdmx5 tutorial