One of the video-art greats passed away recently – RIP Bill Etra, who leaves behind a huge legacy for his work at the intersections of art and technology. Below, Bill Etra demonstrates the functions of the Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer. (1974) New … Continue reading
by j p, September 19, 2016 0 comments
Warning: playing around long enough with 2D billboards and sprites (to display images) inside Quartz Composer, will eventually lead you to a third dimension. Fear not, inept explorers before you have survived, and they’ve even left some string at the edge of the cave: … Continue reading
by j p, April 16, 2012 0 comments
Previously: Learning Quartz Composer Part 1 And Then: More babysteps with Quartz. I set about trying to make a split-screen effect quartz effect which would replicate any video 9 times within the same screen. (This was to fulfil a request for someone … Continue reading
by j p, May 5, 2011 6 Comments
What is it? Quartz Composer is a versatile visual programming environment ( mac only +needs either tiger or leopard to work), that enables complex compositions to be created without writing a single line of code. Any mac running 10.4 or … Continue reading
by j p, April 15, 2010 1 Comment
“It’s like someone who understands and values technology and the Internet was elected President.” David Weinberger ( Small Pieces Loosely Joined, Everything is Miscelleanous, hyperorg.com) Extraordinary week, seeing U.S.A. and the rest of the world embrace Barack Obama’s claiming of … Continue reading
by j p, November 7, 2008 5 Comments