Very cool Michael—I imagine QC would be useful for your line of work. I just tested created an app with Kineme’s QuartzBuilder to stream video into a borderless floating window and it seemed to work OK in 10.6, including in full screen. It may prove useful in knocking out quick apps for you. http://kineme.net/product/QuartzBuilder
Although I wasn’t able to have the QC control the window size, which is probably due to some mistake of my own, but possibly due to this feature breaking in 10.6. I’ve emailed one of the Kineme guys. re: Video in Keynote, I *believe* that the video input is disabled in some uses of Quartz Composer, for example when rendered online, for safety. /Keith. On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Michael Sime <[email protected]> wrote: > or am I just a moron who can't figure it out for himself.... > > I use a variety of packages to make screen imagery for movies & tv > shows....director, flash, keynote(!!) FCP, af/x & the like....anything from > a web page to a email to a news program to, well, just about anything you > might see on a computer screen or a TV...yeah, I'm the guy that allows he > cops to zoom in on a license plate from 2 blocks away with a camera in an > ATM...we also did this ( & got some geek flack for it) > http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/screen-grabs-ugly-betty-meets-mutant-laptop/ > > one overriding factor in creating stuff for computer screens is that > whatever plays, must play full-full screen (no menu bar or windows of any > kind) > > ergo, we use keynote (a lot) to make full-screen 'desktops' & whatnot, > showing whatever it is the actor is pretending to do.... > > so here's where QC comes into play & the reason for my question after > lurking for awhile.... > > we created a QC program to simply take a video stream from the firewire > input & make it float over a 'desktop'....basically making a 'iChat', but > without the iChat interface (see link above)...we also use it to simulate a > photographer feeding a photoshop-esque-type screen with a live feed from a > digital still camera.... > > this worked like a charm in Tiger, but seems to have died in Leopard > > perplexing to say the least...dunno if we missed a memo or are just missing > some no hook or somesuch > > any ideas from this esteemed group? > > and while we're at it, what would REALLY make my entire week, wold be if > someone could explain to me why the live input gag saved a quicktime won't > work once embedded into a keynote...cuz if I could get THAT to work it would > be just, just, just....really, really cool > > Thanks in advance > > Mike > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael Sime <[email protected]> > Video Schmideo! <www.videoschmideo.com> > Visual Alchemy, LLC <www.visualalchemy.tv> > --------------------------------------------------------------- > It's not the time it takes to take the takes, > it's the time it takes BETWEEN the takes, > that takes the time to take the takes. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/songcarver%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
