chron78 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I just came across this forum and thought I'd mention some software I wrote called Graffiti Desktop. Basically it takes images or drawings and turns them into "graffiti" on your computer screen and then paints visualizations on them that move to the computer's sound. (uses Winamp plugins). For instance, a picture of a wall with graffiti on it: the program will transform it into a canvas, outlining the detail of the picture leaving everything else transparent. Then it plays Winamp visualization plugins "inside" the canvas. Hard to explain, but screenshots are at the website.. http://www.chronware.com (its freeware) Please give send me some feedback on it.. contact@chronware.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamblersGrin Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 so im pretty drunk and just watched napoleon dynamite for the first time and no wi see this. i think theres some sort of cosmic relationship between napoleon dynamite and your site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 m: adn that was only a month ago d: ! m: tahs soo unhealthy m: i think i'm going to die d: no way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 is this worth d/l? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosoner Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Originally posted by GrimeyLife1@Jan 24 2005, 07:40 PM is this worth d/l? Quoted post while i didnt find it really useful for anything, i did have fun playing with it for a minute. although i never figured out how to make it interact with the sound playing in winamp -edit- figured it out, but it didnt add any more entertainment really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffie Crave Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 graffiti and windows xp dosent go together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chron78 Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 ive never seen napoleon dynamite.. about the sound.. you dont need winamp playing.. it works off any sound. this software is kinda cool as an assistant to psychotropic drugs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 good job. always entertaining to play with new software like this. you gonna develop it out further?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chron78 Posted January 26, 2005 Author Share Posted January 26, 2005 I'm trying to think of some things to do with it.. It kinda fits in the category of "generative art", which is just a buzzword for computer generated "art". I'm interested in the mental processes of visual imagery and sound. When I listen to music I'm always creating an MTV-like "video" in my head. Letting music visualizations play on top of specially shaped canvases adds another dimension to them, and I'm really just experimenting with the concepts of art, music, and visualizations. I decided to throw it all together in a package and release it.. I guess there are all kinds of possibilities.. I started out just reverse-engineering the Winamp protocol for the hell of it 5 years ago, then went on from there. A lot of graffiti (most?) has text involved.. And the message is put out in an artistic way that conveys maybe even more information than the letters themselves. Ultimately im interested in how the mind works and studying/exeperimenting with different forms of communication... the idea of visual imagery "inside of text" and inside of other images seems really cool.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 binaural/aesthetics is an interesting topic. glad you found 12oz. hopefully you'll stick around and get inspired. it might be neat if you could hook up with some of the artists such as joker, kema, etc and do a little project for a winamp plugin...visualizations, i mean. those cats seem to be mad busy, but you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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