[FRIAM] ** tomorrow ** Demo Series: Friday May 19th 3p-5: Drew Trujillo

[Giles Bowkett]

Wow -- I can't believe I didn't see this. After Effects and Flash,
sounds like it must have been a very interesting presentation.

On 5/18/06, Stephen Guerin <stephen.guerin at redfish.com> wrote:
> ** reminder, tomorrow ***
>
> NM Visualization Demo Series
> upcoming lecture
>
> SPEAKER: Drew Trujillo (aka Dr Woohoo)
>
> WHEN: Friday, May 19th, 3p - 4:30p
>         light snacks will be available
>         group may self-organize for drinks and appetizers afterwards
>
> WHERE: Intel Innovation Center, Rio Rancho (see directions below)
>
> ABSTRACT:
> Color Analytics inherits properties from statistical analysis with the
> objective of visualizing large data sets to gain a better understanding of
> the color palette of the object being analyzed.  In The Mod: Color Analytics
> <http://www.inthemod.com/inthemod.html>  is dedicated to understanding the
> color palettes and hidden relationships of (in)famous paintings by using new
> features in Flash 8 as well as a custom library of Color Analytics. After
> reducing the color palettes from hundreds of thousands of colors down to
> several hundred, the data is visualized in a 2d HSV color space and the
> palettes are downloadable for you in formats compatible with Flash,
> Processing and After Effects.
>
> The presentation will focus on the inspiration and evolution of the Color
> Analytic software and the results it has rendered - as told through the eyes
> of hundreds of thousands of pixels.  It is at the pixel level that all of
> the drama and chaos of their world unfolds... and with the help of the
> software, it is my hope that we can discover the harmony and a greater
> understanding of the color palettes of these well-known paintings through
> the use of data visualization techniques.
>
> The second part of the presentation will focus on analyzing audio properties
> (base, mid, treble, amplitude, frequency, custom Cue Points of a measure(s))
> via hacks/custom scripts in After Effects Pro 7, exporting the keyframe data
> out as an XML file and importing/parsing and mapping that data to the
> properties of MovieClips and BitmapData Objects in Flash 8 using custom
> Flash Extensions - some of which are not publicly available.
>
> BIO:
> Drew Trujillo, aka Dr. Woohoo (translation: serious fun), is fascinated -
> maybe even obsessed - with the idea of twisting, stretching and distorting
> how we express ourselves creatively by using the digital tools we have
> available to us or creating new ones. To Woohoo, creating new applications,
> hacks or solutions to problems that hinder creativity is his way of  playing
> with digital silly-putty. Woohoo is currently in pursuit of: forming a
> tighter two-way relationship between After Effects and Flash; creating an
> Visual Effects Expert System that can generate over 16 million unique motion
> visual effects with the ability to learn; creating In The Mod: Color
> Analytics which analyzes and finds relationships between the color palettes
> of (in)famous paintings; brushes.paints.stencils., an application that
> emulates natural media, records the paint sessions to an xml file, attaches
> unusual behaviors to the paint drops and either plays them back in real-time
> or renders them out for broadcast tv, film or print.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> Driving Directions to Intel Innovation Center
>
> >From Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ)
>
> 1. Start going toward the Airport Exit on Sunport Loop SE - go 0.3 mi
> 2. Sunport Loop SE becomes Sunport Blvd SE - go 0.9 mi
> 3. Take ramp onto I-25 North toward Downtown & Santa Fe - go 10.3 mi
> 4. Take exit #233 onto N Pan American FWY NE toward Alameda Blvd. - go 0.3
> mi
> 5. Turn on Alameda Blvd. [NM-528] - go 4.2 mi
> 6. Continue to follow NM-528 North - go 2.0 mi
> 7. Arrive at the intersection of 19th Ave SE and NM-528 [becomes Rio Rancho
> Drive in Rio Rancho]
> 8. Turn east on 19th Ave
> 9. At the stop sign turn left on Intel Drive
> 10. Drive passed the parking structure on your right.
> 11. Turn right towards a 5-story office building [RR5] with 3 tall flagpoles
> out front.
> 12. Park in the visitor parking area (marked with signs) close to the RR5
> building
> 13. Walk into the RR5 lobby and call Tom Greenbaum from a white lobby phone
> at extension 3-4425.
>    If calling from outside Intel you can reach Tom at his office phone (505)
> 893-4425 or cell phone (505) 352-4525.
>
>
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Giles Bowkett
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