Hello peoples of the world. I am a lagger. A big fat lagger. I have been performing and working so much, that I haven’t had much time to connect and put out a new build. There are a couple things looming that I will try to release in the next couple months:
Onyx 3.0.8 (AIR / File support / Auto Thumbnailer) — there is an issue with plugins, and I’m trying to resolve this.
Onyx 3.1 (MIDI/auto file conversion)
Stefano Cottafavi has done amazing work with both of these, but I haven’t been able to sync up with him yet to integrate them into the builds. I apologize.
I’m sorry for not keeping you updated, and I know the build of 3.0.6 is broken for Mac. The 3.0.8 build will fix this.
Please be patient — as it seems these days I have a life (how exciting).
Daniel Hai
I will be performing live video at MonkeyTown on Wednesday, February 13th at 8pm. If you’d like to see what an upcoming build of Onyx can do, please join us at this show. I will be performing with all live capture recording — playing with props, and other fun stuff. The music will be done with my crew in San Francisco — definately the music will be top notch.
For more information, visit: www.404404.com
3.06
- Added Module support and RTMP support (can run a client in memory, email the list for more info)
- VLC Module created by Steffano Covati (runs movies from the VLC server)
- Added window states into the settings.xml
- Added filters:
- Ray of light is a simple feedback / re-draw with scale
- PassThrough is a high-pass or low pass filter
- EdgeBlend is an edge detection filter
- Added keyboard macros: F1 - F12 — more coming soon
- Buffer display loops the last half second of playback
- Echo Display adds an echo to the display
- Lots of general enhancements and bug fixes
Note:
There is currently an issue loading FLVs on Windows. There will be an update when we can get a resolution for it.
I just added a new community discussion forum, feel free to ask questions or comment about Onyx, or your new dog, or what happened to you after your morning run. http://www.onyx-vj.com/forum/
Onyx 3.0.5 is now available online only. The Windows and MAC releases will be put up on the web soon. This was originally going to be a small release, but it ended up being bigger than I thought it would be (as usual).
Here is the list of new features:
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Fixed the output display so that it didn’t look so pixellated
I was noticing in my performances that the output was extremely pixellated. This should look a lot better and smooth now.
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Created cross-fader functionality for mixing between layers
I got a lot of e-mail surrounding a cross-fader. I’ve added this in — but it might be a little hard to figure out. You first have to assign each layer to the A or B channel (you’ll see the buttons under the filter drop-zone). Once you’ve selected a channel, you can then move the cross fader and it will dissolve correctly. Even cooler than this, you can apply a transition to the crossfader — so you don’t always have to just dissolve between layers.
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Added font and text support
I’ve been meaning to get around to this for a while — you can now load fonts into Onyx, and use them in your custom movies. I created a basic text SWF, open up the beta, open up BasicText in the swf_custom folder. Click [EDIT] on the text control to edit the text, and you’ll see that the text shows up. For added fun, I added a typewriter button that will make the text enter in over time. I added just 5 fonts, if you want to get deeper with it — open up BaseFonts in the OnyxModules/plugins/ directory. You will also notice a new ControlFont control type.
- Cleaned up the user interface
I cleaned up the user interface quite a bit, layer transitions, global tempo settings, and mix file saving are all within the same window. The global display will also display at the correct spot upon opening Onyx as well.
- Added a couple new transitions, and custom movies
I added a Pixellate Transition and a Repeater Transition. For you developers, this shows you how you can use a custom filter to apply to a layer via a transition.For those of you who have seen the Video Painting post, you can now play with that yourself. Load swf_custom/LayerDraw into a layer, then use the layer drop down to select a target video to paint with. Then, hold down the control key, and click and drag the mouse in the layer preview area. You should see it draw to the video.
I fixed tons of bugs and began re-designing the site — hopefully it looks better to you guys. I’m going to be adding more videos to the homepage, and hopefully some user mixes, as well as adding more information and documentation.
On another note, Onyx surpassed the 35,000 download mark!
While I re-design the site. Who knew wordpress skinning was such a pain in the ass. Onyx 3.0.5 will be released in conjunction with the redesign, hopefully be finished tomorrow.
This is a experiment with video painting — I am by no means a painter, this is just a proof of concept. (it only took about 5 minutes to write the custom movie)
Just for fun:
http://www.onyx-vj.com/download/Onyx-VJ.air
Drag and drop your swf’s and flv’s into the user/video folder, launch Onyx, and mix your own video now.
Enjoy.
2 New Tutorials have been created to highlight some of the features of Onyx 3.0.3 –
Tutorial #1: Basic Controls - Loading Video, Filters, and Camera Feeds
Tutorial #2: Basic Controls - Tempo Filters, Global Tempo, Transitions, Audio Visualizers
These can be found on the Video Tutorials Page. You’ll notice in the demo I’m using some filters not found in the build, there will be an update later this week to add more filters, effects, transitions, and visualizers. There will be many more tutorials, tutorial 3 will be about saving mix files, advanced features such as the loop machine, and how transitions and mix files can be used to create seamless visuals. Tutorial 4-6 will be about extending the core to easily create your own filters and effects, also, will highlight ways you can use the Onyx API to create installations, or other projects.
And please, pardon my speaking capabilities :).
Onyx 3.0.3 Beta is released!
Loads of new features, and video tutorials (finally) will be coming over the weekend. We finally got the MAC projector hammered out too for all you mac folks. Go download it now at: Onyx Downloads. Please submit bug reports to the google tool. Enjoy!
- The Onyx Team (Daniel Hai, Tim Thompson, Stefano Cottafavi)
3.0.3: FEATURES
Changes:
- All tempo filters can be turned on or off through a global setting (if they do not use tempo, they’ll be timer based)
- Tempo filters can also now be muted
- Addition of Tempo beats 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1. Can sync tempo to specific beats.
- Mix files can now save display controls and filters
- Layers now have an anchor point for rotation or scaling
- Display properties of saturation, threshold, contrast, and brightness can now be affected
- Visualizers can now be loaded in independant layers or through MP3 files
- Ability to change certain settings (blend mode order, window locations, filter orders, key mapping)
- Addition of new custom movies:
- Layer copy — copies another fully rendered layer
- Loop Machine — copies the display output for 10 seconds into a layer
- Addition of Windowing Buttons (click to open/close windows)
- Addition of some new filters (need your help!)
- Better performance
- Addition of a memory consumption graph
- Tons of bug fixes and debugging tools