Thanks for the fast, detailed reply, Chris -- much appreciated. Now
to actually build the composition.... ;)
best,
dan
On Sep 17, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Chris Wood wrote:
I've used it for moderately long (~5 minutes) sequences. It's capable,
but flaky. My experience of it:
Editing points is where it tends to crash. Save very regularly when
editing!
Editing multiple points is MUCH more likely to crash it than editing
single points, so do them one at a time.
The 'zoom to selection' button... it'll zoom in way too far if you
only have one point selected. This can cause trouble sometimes.
Best way to work: set the values for each point using the numeric
entry method instead of dragging it. Curve editing seems to work fine,
so drag away there.
I've not done any really complex timelines though. If you're doing
lots of complex changes over a long period you might hit issues I've
not come across perhaps. You could split it into pieces though and
drive a multiplexer to move from one part to the next.
What I have done with it: using a long, moderately complex timeline to
drive the main elements of a composition, plus other timelines turning
on and off and looping etc. to control various elements. Lots of
crashes while editing (mainly by selecting multiple points), but no
issues running the actual composition at the end.
Chris
2009/9/17 Dan Winckler <[email protected]>:
Hi everyone,
We are looking into the possibility of using Quartz Composer
(version 3 on
Leopard) to send MIDI to a lighting board to run a long (~30 minutes)
lighting sequence for an art installation. Have any of you ever
made a
long, looping sequence using the Timelines patch (that didn't crash
and set
fire to the eastern seaboard)? Since time is short, I thought I
would ask
here first to make sure it's up to the task. Thanks in advance.
best,
dan
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