Cyclops (video tracking for Max) beta 2 available

From: Eric Singer (eric@ericsinger.com)
Date: 05/29/01


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New public beta version now available!

Cyclops is a Max object which receives and analyzes live video input. 
It can be used to track motion, colors and grey level from a video 
camera or any live video feed.  Cyclops receives input from a 
QuickTime video input source (such as a video capture card, USB or 
FireWire video input), analyzes the video frames and outputs messages 
based on the image analysis.

Cyclops is a major upgrade to the VideoIn object. Cyclops adds color 
support, a graphical user interface and editing features, a better 
zone numbering system and saving of video and object settings. It 
works properly with PPC machines (and in fact, is PPC-only) and with 
most QuickTime input hardware.

Cyclops release version will be available for sale in June.

For more information, go to http://www.ericsinger.com

To download Cyclops public beta, go to 
http://www.ericsinger.com/Downloads/Cyclops.1.0b2.sit or
http://www.ericsinger.com/Downloads/Cyclops.1.0b2.sea.hqx

To download the Cyclops User's Guide only, go to
http://www.ericsinger.com/Downloads/Cyclops.pdf


System requirements:
- PPC Macintosh
- Supports OS 8.5 through 9.1
- QuickTime video input device
- Max

new/fixed in 1.0 beta 2
- added 'zonexy' message for creating and moving zones
- added 'changemode' message for outputting on change only or on every frame
- added 'bangmode' message for outputting normally or on bang only
- added response to bangs, for use with 'bangmode'
- added 'clear' message to clear all zones
- added 'nosave' message to disable saving settings
- added 'maxzones' message to allow for more than 256 zones
- added 'diffthresh' mode, like 'thresh' mode but for difference values
- added 'sync' output message to report end of analysis/end of output
- added 'savemode' message to control saving of settings
- fixed problems with error reporting
- fixed problem with color matching modes outputting wrong color values
- fixed
- changed drawzones/drawgrid functions so zones and grid are always drawn
when video is stopped
- changed info outlet message format to prefix messages with message name
- changed documentation and help file to reflect additions and changes



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