Star Wars Hologram Effect for iChat and PhotoBooth

Ok Thanks For The Support

Alright folks, there is at least one person still checking this forum, so I'll release my latest hologram effect as soon as I get home! Remeber to bug MR about putting up a dedicated link for iChat effects!

lallenlowe


EDIT: ok, ok I hear you guys, I will post a screenshot along with the actual effect as soon as I get home from work! Thanks for all the support guys! By the way, what do you guys think of my effects? they're the first things I've done in quartz composer.

lallenlowe
 
Screenies Coming

ok, ok I hear you guys, I will post a screenshot along with the actual effect as soon as I get home from work! Thanks for all the support guys! By the way, what do you guys think of my effects? they're the first things I've done in quartz composer.

lallenlowe
 
New Effects Here, Ready To Go

Ok guys,
Here is my first complete effects pack, including the new Hologram with Scanning bars. Please download them, tell your friends, tell other macrumors people. And tell me what needs to change, I'll work on it, and the release an "Allen'sSuperPack2.0" ok? I really do need feedback on how to make these better!
 

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Hi Allen,
you're doing some great stuff here.

The Star Wars hologram with scan line looks great but I think the scan line itself may be too thick.

Have a look at the end of this clip:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=C8HYd5CA8Do

It's a really good reference (sorry, couldn't find an english version on youtube).
 
lallenlowe: People haven't stopped, they just don't have much to talk about. I'm pretty sure there's been some websites set up and mentioned in this thread where you can submit them. I'd love to see them put up here on MR though, my MacBook should be arriving in a couple of weeks :)
Thanks for the good work.

Missed a load of posts, thanks for them.
 
Wahey I just noticed that one of the people who did amazing things with Quartz Composer when Tiger came out, has started up again due to the new features in Leopard. I highly recommend his work for those wishing to play, and for those wishing to understand more about the world of Quartz Composer. So far he hasnt converted all his old effects to be Leopard iChat etc compatible, and Im not sure he's yet tried the background-removal stuff that makes the effects on this thread possible, but keep an eye on his site, he can do some amazing things. He's done an iTunes Visualizer too which I havent tried yet.

http://www.samkass.com/blog/index.html
 
I didn't notice it mentioned anywhere, so I will right now. It appears that to get the effects listed in PhotoBooth's list of effects you don't have to edit the plist, but just ensure that there are sets of 8 effects in the Composition folder. It appears that PhotoBooth requires there to be a full page of effects before it will show them in the effects list. If you don't have an even 8 just make copies of another effect until you do.

- Chris

EDIT: Oh, and as far as removing a backdrop image, it's not really necessary, just drag another image on top of it if you don't want it.
 
Yes Yes Yes!!!

brewno said:
Next will be the matrix effect... ;)
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omg that would be wicked, if anyone out there has some skillz in quartz please try and make that, and also is quartz composer on the computers as standard? or do you have to buy it, i cant seem to find it.

thanks to all the people who made these effects, there wicked
 
Hey Allen,
Thanks so much for uploading the pack - I appreciate it!! :D

Although I don't actually know anyone who uses OSX (hence, no iChat friends) ... :(
 
halfscottishguy said:
omg that would be wicked, if anyone out there has some skillz in quartz please try and make that, and also is quartz composer on the computers as standard? or do you have to buy it, i cant seem to find it.

thanks to all the people who made these effects, there wicked
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Quartz Composer is on the Leopard DVD, you just need to install the additional stuff (XCode) to get it.
 
TheStu said:
Quartz Composer is on the Leopard DVD, you just need to install the additional stuff (XCode) to get it.
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yea i found it but thanks. i've already started fiddling around, i've made some ichat effects, but there only distortion type effects, nothing special
 
lallenlowe said:
Ok guys,
Here is my first complete effects pack, including the new Hologram with Scanning bars. Please download them, tell your friends, tell other macrumors people. And tell me what needs to change, I'll work on it, and the release an "Allen'sSuperPack2.0" ok? I really do need feedback on how to make these better!
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Your effects rocked, loved what you did with the hologram effects and they worked out much better than the past ones. Keep up the good work is all I can say, really impressed.
 
Why I Think It Was Pulled

Hey guys, it's me. I think I may know why they pulled the original hologram effect. My Brothers Father-in-law is an Apple developer and had a developer copy of leopard not too long ago. I was over at their house one day and he showed me the hologram effect. IT WAS SOOO SLOW! I'm serious, it barely even worked, I think it was trying to do too much at once, and the frame rate was like 5 a sec. It was really horrible even on a really fast machine, and I doubt Apple wanted people to be disapointed with that, so they just left it out altogether.


lallenlowe
 
lallenlowe said:
Hey guys, it's me. I think I may know why they pulled the original hologram effect. My Brothers Father-in-law is an Apple developer and had a developer copy of leopard not too long ago. I was over at their house one day and he showed me the hologram effect. IT WAS SOOO SLOW! I'm serious, it barely even worked, I think it was trying to do too much at once, and the frame rate was like 5 a sec. It was really horrible even on a really fast machine, and I doubt Apple wanted people to be disapointed with that, so they just left it out altogether.


lallenlowe
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okay, but then it's not your fault ey ;)
 
lallenlowe said:
I was over at their house one day and he showed me the hologram effect. IT WAS SOOO SLOW! I'm serious, it barely even worked, I think it was trying to do too much at once, and the frame rate was like 5 a sec. It was really horrible even on a really fast machine, and I doubt Apple wanted people to be disapointed with that, so they just left it out altogether.
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Can any dev testify to that?
 
This is great stuff

I'm new to MBP's and Leopard, I've been following this forum since page 1. I love all the effects you are finding. Keep up the good work and if you can find the moving mouth effect I would be greatly amazed!!
 
d wade said:
this stuff is so cool works great for me!

cant wait for matrix effect!!
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ok,ive been fiddling around wiht quartz, ive made 8 effects, there not all perfect yet, but i will post them when they are and when i figure out how. i know how to make the matrix effect (i think) but i need a looped clip of falling matrix code, and im not aple to make that, if anyone out there is could they please upload it to this forum, (and if its made in quartz that would be best) then i can edit it and make the flowing matrix code effect.

thanks all.

p.s. how do i upload stuff to this? and will i need to bundell or compress them?
 
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