An OpenToko workshop on Max/MSP/Jitter will take place in DeWar at Kleine Koppel 40 in Amersfoort on May 15th from 11:00 till 17:00.

“Max is an interactive graphical programming environment for music, audio, and media widely used by media artists and music performers around the world. It provides an user interface, timing, communications, and MIDI support. In addition to the endless interaction and automation possibilities of Max, Jitter (Max´s video environment) allows the user to generate and manipulate video and matrix data processing real-time, and is a useful tool for VJ´s, video artists and 3D animators.” (See Max/MSP/Jitter website: www.cycling74.com)

Some examples of works made with Max/MSP/Jitter

• Daan Brinkmann – LINES http://youtu.be/N-DzqYTM7Lk
• Zachary Seldess – A Head of View http://vimeo.com/6053905
• Aircord Lab – N-3D a http://vimeo.com/13389710
• Vectral – Evolution 2 http://vimeo.com/22477868

Workshop
The objective of this workshop is to provide the participants with the fundamentals of Jitter video processing techniques. Basic video mixing and effects (brightness, color manipulation, alpha blending), as well as interactive processes like color and movement tracking (computer vision), mouse interaction, or simply how to connect a (web)camera to feed images.

Please register here for the workshop.

Target groups
This workshop is aimed at designers, artists, students, VJ/DJs, programmers teachers and anybody related to media (art) who are interested in learning the basics of this widely used software. People with knowledge of other programming languages or software will find this workshop useful as a intermediate step to apply their existing knowledge into this new program.

Tutor
The workshop is given by Beatriz del Saz, a visual artist involved in the creation of 3D videos and installations with Max/Jitter and other programming environments like GLSL shaders and OpenFrameworks. She is particularly interested in the combination of image and music.

Participation & costs
If you’re interested to attend please bring a laptop with Max /Jitter installed. Please note that Max /Jitter is not a free software, however, it is possible to try the demo version (download here) during 30 days.

The cost for the workshop is up to you. You can choose how much the knowledge is worth to you. There will be a honesty box for your cash donations. You can also ask for a bill if you don’t want to pay cash. There is a limit of 20 participants for the workshop so please register here.

Notes

http://www.beatrizdelsaz.com/opentoko_workshop.zip

t – create toggle button
b – bang
cmd+E or cmd+click switch between locked/edit mode
m – message
i – number
f – float numbers
c – comment
p or double click for the other objects
n – new object
j – create a jitter object
cmd+I inspector
alt+dragging is duplicating
cmd+Y align
alt+click on object shows help
cmd+m show Max window
cmd+t show font dialog of an object

- there are max objects / jitter objects / msp/dsp objects for signal processing
- clicking or dragging with ‘cmd’ on a control in editmode you can edit the value
- objects: metro, print, umenu (dropdown), pack, pak
- metro 1000 will output a bang every one second
- difference between pack and pak is that pak automatically updates output. pack only when there’s a change on the left inlet.
- max werkt van rechts naar links. je trigger gebruikt (‘t’ object)
- choose object from long list: new object and press on ‘=’ sign left of object box.
- / is always resulting in an integer even with two floats as input. use / 0.1 (or something else) for float output
- cmd+K hide on lock (for objects or wires)
- p object can make subpatch in your patch
- bpatcher can include subpatches from other files

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Jitter
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j – create a jitter object
- jit.pwindow for patcher window
- jit.qt.movie for movie file

Photos from the workshop

An OpenToko workshop on VVVV will take place in DeWar at Kleine Koppel 40 in Amersfoort on May 3rd from 17:00 till 22:00.

“vvvv is a graphical programming environment for easy prototyping and development. It is designed to facilitate the handling of large media environments with physical interfaces, real-time motion graphics, audio and video that can interact with many users simultaneously. Responsible for its development is the vvvv group. vvvv is free for non-commercial use.”

Please register here for the workshop.

Workshop
Participants are receiving a basic but intensive  4/5 hour vvvv treatment. The objective is to review the basic functions, and fundamentals to make their own audio visualisations, students will be taught in a nutshell how to analyze music, create assets, animate them in real time according to music, and export their results. The program incorporates parallel thinking when creating a patch, which tries several paths to get from point A to B, resulting in experimentation and new results.

Target groups
People targeted are designers, artists, students, Vj/Dj’s , programmers, teachers  and media related workers who want to make a dive into real-time graphics, visual programming is easier to approach to people who work in media or visual related departments. People with existing programming skill can join and learn about an alternative way to code.
Skills gained by taking this workshop:

• visual programming basics
• audio analyzing basics
• Incorporate new tools into traditional media

Tutor
The workshop is given by Enrique Arce, a mixed-media performer that explores constantly what can be achieved when merging code with different artistic disciplines or expressions.

Participation & costs
If you’re interested to attend please bring a laptop with VVVV installed (download it from vvvv.org). Windows is preferred but VVVV also runs in Bootcamp on a Mac.

The cost for the workshop is up to you. You can choose how much the knowledge is worth to you. There will be a honesty box for your cash donations. You can also ask for a bill if you don’t want to pay cash.
There is a limit of 20 participants for the workshop so please register here.

About OpenToko.org
“Get inspiration or technical help for your own creative projects, and share your tinker tricks with others.”

OpenToko.org  is a knowledge sharing community, set up around a series of open workshops in the field of art and technology. For each OpenToko a topic is set and speakers are invited to share their knowledge and experience in that field. As a location we choose the workshop of one of the participants. Everybody is welcome and everybody should share the knowledge they have, which doesn’t mean you have to know a lot to join. However, if you let us know the topics about which you know something, we’ll ask you to teach (part of) a OpenToko workshop next time.

We are not a funded organisation. We ask you to make a donation for what the knowledge you have gained from the workshop is worth to you.

OpenToko was initiated by Rick Companje, Diana Wildschut and Harmen Zijp.
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