Flames Samples 2 - Re:Struktr Processing

 

from the Fire & Flames series

Flames Samples - Re:Struktr Processing

 

from the Fire & Flames series

Wind Chimes Samples - Re:Struktr Processing

 

from the Wind Chimes series

Swimming Sample - Re:Struktr Processing

 

from the Swimming series

Sinking Sample - Re:Struktr Processing

 

from the Sinking series

Floating Samples - Re:Struktr Processing

 

    

from the Floating series

Fire Dance Samples - Re:Struktr Processing

    

From the Fire Dance series

At Work in the Studio

 

While working with the array of Signal Culture apps, one issue that emerges is that the apps do not directly support portrait mode aspect ratios, rather shifting everything into landscape mode. This can be disconcerting and a bit difficult to work with visually - until I remembered that my second monitor (which I use to display final output of the processing chain) can be rotated 90 degrees to be vertical. Bingo! (See above... Turn on audio.)

That coupled with the easy one click video file rotation available in MacOS Finder completes the workflow.

Using Re:Struktr app - Prayer Wheels 2

This new app from Signal Culture allows very interesting wave-form driven flicker-based transitions between two channels of video. In this example, a number of Signal Culture apps were used in tandem: Input Amp -> Proc Amp -> Frame Buffer -> Re:Struktr -> Syphon Recorder.  (Turn on audio!)

Using Re:Struktr app: Prayer Wheels

This new app from Signal Culture allows very interesting wave-form driven flicker-based transitions between two channels of video. Very powerful. In these example, sine/triangle wave driven transitions, frame buffering, and  color tinting features have been utilized. (Turn on audio!)

Using Re:Struktr app (con't.)

Footage of UTE Fire Dance combined with reaction diffusion system patterns.

This new app allows very interesting wave-form driven flicker-based transitions between two channels of video. Very powerful. In this example, sine wave driven transitions & color tinting features have been utilized. (No audio)

Some more sample processing using Signal Culture's new app Re:Struktr -> flicker warning!

 

This new app allows very interesting wave-form driven flicker-based transitions between two channels of video. Very powerful. In this example, sine & triangle wave driven flicker transitions have been increased  to a fast rate and keying & color tinting features have been utilized. (Turn on audio!)

Sample processing using Signal Culture's new app Re:Struktr

 

This new app allows very interesting wave-form driven flicker-based transitions between two channels of video. Very powerful. In this example, sine wave driven flicker transitions have been reduced to a very slow rate - like a cross fade. (Turn on audio!)

Processing Experiments: Phosphortron

Yet another signal processing option to show sample output from: Phosphrotron by Eric Souther & Laura McGough

Phosphortron is a video instrument that emulates the phosphor trails found in analog cathode ray tube (CRT) oscilloscopes and television monitors. The instrument uses a computer vision technique called frame difference, which compares the current frame versus the previous frame and analyzes change based on a threshold pixel by pixel. The trail duration function controls how long previous information stays on screen before fading away the simulated phosphors. Edge detection is utilized in conjunction with frame difference, to isolate and accentuate the outlines to loosen the raster image towards the simulated aesthetics of vector drawing.

See more about the app: https://www.ericsouther.com/toolmaking-1

Eric is also one of a pair of developers, along with Jason Bernagozzi, for the powerful Signal Culture video processing apps: http://signalculture.org/appclub.html

Here is a sample of the source footage that I have been using for processing. It will be part of an upcoming video program tentatively entitled "River Styx"...