June 18

Raining again in NYC. Good thing we are working indoor. It as rained almost everyday with possibly three exceptions over the last two weeks.

We spent the morning learning how to create our own actors and control panels in Isadora. The ability to create actors allows you to streamline processes. For example, you need to be able to calibrate the thresholds of a camera to be able to use it as a sensor. By pulling the existing actors needed to calibrate the levels into a new single actor allows you to quickly set up a patch.

Control Panels create a visual user interface made up of button, sliders, and bins that allow the user to run an event without having to access the actors directly. By creating a Control Panel, you are able to safe guard certain attributes and connections from being changed while giving the needed controls to the user.

In the afternoon we further explored various tracking methodologies and spent time working on our final projects. After careful thought about how I wanted the audience to interface with my project and what I wanted them to walk away with, I streamline the project down and simplified the triggers. I am much happier with the project now. It works, is fun, and utilizes both visual and sound sensors, as well as live video in a way that is appropriate to the piece.