Posts Tagged ‘Japan’

Image Mashups using Jitter

After my previous post, Jitter Kaleidoscope and other Cool Effects, I decided to spend some more time with the Peter Elsea Tutorials and see how else I could mashup my photos. His tutorials on the [jit.repos] object gave me a lot to work with, and for those who are more mathematically inclined, I’m sure these simple examples could be taken much further.

For this set of photos, I incorporated the [jit.qt.effect] into my patch. This object allows you to access real-time quicktime effects. In this case, I used two [jit.repos] objects, each preforming some kind of processing on separate photos that then get fed into the two [jit.qt.effect] inputs.

I think it is important to remember that there are many different effects and parameters within the [jit.qt.effect] object. These pictures are only a small example of a few. Although, I am using photos, any of these effects could be used on a video signal as well, which I would love experiment with as soon as I can get my hands on a video camera.

On the other hand, performing various layers of effects on large picture sizes (1440 x 900 on my 15″ macbook pro) used up quite a bit of processing power. I had frequent crashes. I’m sure there could be ways to better optimize my patch, but for now this is what I have to show for myself.

***Click on the Images or the Gallery Link at the Bottom of the Page for larger Pictures***



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Japan’s Minorities

Japan's Minorities Book Cover

When I saw this book on the rack at Kinokuniya I just had to buy it. Japanese culture insists upon it’s homogeneity and the importance of everyone being the same, however once you look slightly below the surface you find this isn’t always the reality. It’s no secret that people even go as far as changing family records at their local town hall, and private investigators are often hired by large companies to check the validity of potential employees lineages. For some reason this dynamic absolutely intrigues me.

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