I am familiar with the history of max and PD. I used PD/GEM 3 years ago and was not very happy with the video functionality at the time. Based on the response from everyone It seems like I should definently take another look at it.
We try to offer open source alternatives to all software here at the Digital Media Design program and PD is the open source alternative that we offer to max. So yes it will be introduced. We are using Max/Jitter due to the installed base of support and the well documented video tools. It is also a question of having students dive right in, or fight with a poorly documented and poorly considered user interface. Max is a clunky environment in my opinion and has some major UI problems, but PD seems much less intuitive, more difficult to use, and the documentation leaves alot to be desired. Maybe I should be asking if there are any PD practioners in Wellington that could be a tutor. Any out there? thanks for the comments, Morgan Quoting Damian Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Students will have blogs where they will be posting their research >> and progress throughout the course. I've got some links on the page >> to some good resources for max/msp as well as quartz composer. We >> will also have a public performance/presentation of the final >> projects at the film archive in october. I'll post that to the >> list as we get closer. >> >> I'm not sure how many Jitter users are here in Wellington, but >> there are a few people that specialize in MAX/MSP for audio. >> >> The max environment can be quite daunting, but there are lots of >> great resources out there as well as the built in help system. > > is any time being given to PureData? PD is functionally identical to > Max/MSP but is open source and free to download and use. The manual > leaves something to be desired and the GUI isn't as nice as Max, but it > does the trick. > > -- > damian stewart | +44 7854 493 796 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > frey | live art with machines | http://www.frey.co.nz _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
