Open Tech Space

Learn to Make Interactive Video with your Mac!

June 20, Noon – 3pm. At TechShop. Free.
Reserve your space on Yahoo Upcoming
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2776974/

We are very lucky to have Surya Buchwald (also known as Momo the Monster — http://mmmlabs.com) teaching a Quartz Composer workshop.

Quartz Composer (QC) is a free, powerful but easy-to-use visual programming language for the Apple Macintosh that can create and manipulate amazing video and graphics in real time. This workshop will take you from starting the program for the first time to building your own interactive scene controlled with a gamepad. You’ll learn how to teach yourself QC, and meet others with whom you can collaborate and troubleshoot. No programming experience necessary.

For more information about QC, see: http://developer.apple.com/mac/articles/graphicsmedia/quartzcomposerinleopard.html
To play with an interactive video piece (written by Surya), go to http://momopro.com/stage/qc/ — click and hold your mouse on the video and move it around to control the video.

Required:

• Macintosh computer running 10.5 (Leopard). Anything from a G4 iBook to a Mac Pro tower will work.
• Gamepad (Mac-compatible). We recommend the Logitech Dual Action (either Apple Only or USB), which looks like a Playstation controller and can be purchased for $20 at Fred Meyer (or $22 at Radio Shack, $25 from Best Buy). You can use any USB controller or joystick, but this one will be the easiest with which to follow along.
• XCode -  This can be installed from your System DVD that came with your computer – it used to be called ‘Developer Tools’. It will install the components needed to develop software on your machine, including our Quartz Composer program. After installing, do a system update.

Immediately following the QC workshop, from 3-6pm, we will have a meeting of the NorthWest AudioVisualists, a new group of artists, musicians, animators, and video jockeys, which will include live performances using QC. See http://nwav.org for more information.

Sunday June 14, 1-5pm
Techshop Electronics Lab
$35 (includes materials)
RSVP and pay at http://tempusdictum.com/tdproducts.html (Workshop: Fabrication 14JUN09 Techshop)
If you have any questions, email Don Davis – don@tempusdictum.com

Have you ever wanted to lay out and create your own printed circuit board? Then this inexpensive course is for you. This is a focused workshop on fabrication that will take three designs and follow them all the way to physical circuit boards using commonly available chemicals and the freeware version of Eagle PCB design (download).

You should bring a laptop and any small designs you are working on. You will leave with enough materials to etch your own circuit boards, with the exception of chemicals that you can buy from any hardware store.