The Syphon Recorder beta was released earlier this week. This is a new app in the Syphon family for OSX and it does exactly what it sounds like: it records video from any Syphon abled application and it also records sound from your source of choice.
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Must-see lecture/discussion in Stockholm
This is a must-see lecture/discussion in the series From another point of view about the moving image with Torben Meier, Daniel Bergmann and Quayola.
Real-time motion tracking with Isadora + Kinect
We did a similar experiment when the Swedish VJ Union gathered for our January Tech Show & Tell session. It wasn’t as advanced and beautiful as this experiment and we had no naked volunteers.
A national film treasure
The gates of a national film treasure opened today: The Archival Film Collections of the Swedish Film Institute. About 300 movies dating as far back as 1897 has been digitized and put up for public viewing on the web site.
iMixHD 1.0 is here
The first version of iMixHD by VJ Fader and VJ Leo has just been released. This software controls the TvOne 1t-c2-750 dvi mixer that we have been raving so much here on the blog. We were lucky to try the beta which had pretty limited functionality and now the guys have added some more controls.
The DVI mixer revisited
Read the most resent news about the DVI mixer that lets you mix video from two computers in HD resolution as well as wide comps for the the DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go screen expansion units. I’ve been talking to Toby Harris that has been working on a hardware addition to this mixer called the D-Fuser as well as VJ Fader who has been working on a software solution for controlling the mixer via MIDI.
Transfett joins the union
We’re proud to welcome Transfett to the Swedish VJ Union. Together with KubKub they are the Swedish VJ Union’s representation in south Sweden. You might have seen the Mille’s “Crysteena” video that has been circling the net the last few weeks – that’s some splendid video mapping singed by Transfett.
An interview with Legoman (AntiVJ)
An interview with Yannic Jaquet (Legoman) from Anti VJ and musician Thomas Vaquie about the St Gervais video mapping project (via VJ France).
Robyn releases audio-visual site
Swedish pop wonder Robyn released a very creative audio visual web site earlier this week.
Find the right VCR with Marko
If you are in the market for a VCR for your old school VJ set you should consult our friend Marko from VJ Finland*. He is a true expert.