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One of my first real attempts at effectively using OpenGL and OpenFrameworks. I incorporated additive blending, a frame buffer, binning, and fft spectrum analysis.

Music: Aphex Twin - Flim

Source: makingthingsmove.org/students/andrew

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  • gr-video 3 years ago
    very good!
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  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    thanks!
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  • seth sandler 3 years ago
    wow :)
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  • openFrameworks Lab 3 years ago
    sweet !!
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  • TU+ 3 years ago
    Cool!! kick ass viualiser
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  • Rui Madeira 3 years ago
    really beautiful :)
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  • bei 3 years ago
    very cool.
    great work
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  • Karlon Cromwell plus 3 years ago
    which program was this done in?
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  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    the motion was coded in c++ using openFrameworks and openGL. thanks everybody for the commments!
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  • troy zimmerman 3 years ago
    what a great little personality that sphere has :)
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  • Reza plus 3 years ago
    amazing.
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  • InsightVR 3 years ago
    That is pretty cool. It looks a bit like a variation on Magnetospere. Amazing as a first attempt at 3d.
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  • Vios studio 3 years ago
    really cool
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  • Frank 3 years ago
    Great work man! Music is perfect with this type of work
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  • Juhani Paaso 3 years ago
    Simply beautiful!
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  • Chris Bendel 3 years ago
    its like this video was made for it haha
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  • Félix Navas Raleigh 3 years ago
    I liked it very much at 1:30.
    It's a great visual composition that
    matchs sound and visuals effectively.
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    yea, it looks super nice when it is between being spead out and grouped together! thanks for the comment!
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  • Chris Masterson 3 years ago
    When you download the source, how do you open it?
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    you need to use a c++ IDE, code blocks on windows, and xcode on os x. you also need openFrameworks. lemme know if you need more help, and i can try to dig a tutorial up for you!
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  • Colin Trenter plus 3 years ago
    Brilliant.
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  • christian carlsson 3 years ago
    Mm nice andrew, what course are you on?
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    right now, i am an undergrad at parsons school of design in new york city studying design + technology.
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  • oh!Artem 3 years ago
    wow! Супер)) нет слов :D
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  • Fuki 3 years ago
    It's really awesome!
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  • Zach Kahl 3 years ago
    this looks very similar to itunes's new visualizer on V.8.0.2. must be done with some of the same programming. nice work, you should figure out how to get the smoke properties to add in with the spheres.
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    hey, thanks for the comment. what exactly do you mean?
  • Zach Kahl 3 years ago
    if you watch that visualizer there is an really impressive smoke effect. almost a misty fog. just thinking that its also an effect you might love to learn. are you familiar with the visualizer i am talking about? if so, pay attention to the smoke. thats all. good work!
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  • Terry B 3 years ago
    What do the numbers in the top left represent?
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    thanks for the comment!

    the number in the top left corner is the framerate at which the software that created the video was running at. it has no bearing to the framerate that the video you are seeing plays at!
  • Terry B 3 years ago
    Ah, cool. Thanks!

    I was just curious.
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  • Carmen RG 3 years ago
    that's my favorite song of aphex twin. amazing.
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  • heatX 3 years ago
    this was so good! very well done, sir.
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  • João Ruivo 3 years ago
    thats fockin cool
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  • prisonerjohn 3 years ago
    very nice!
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  • Zed Chance 3 years ago
    super, super sick.
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  • Collin Samatas plus 3 years ago
    Very nice! Lovely particles, light and shadow, camera movements and dimensionality. Nice job Andrew!
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  • eric zhu 3 years ago
    amazing!!
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  • Awesome Awesome 3 years ago
    awesome!
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  • Andre Li Pan 3 years ago
    Cool!
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  • hector miranda 3 years ago
    really nice! keep pushing...
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  • Jarhood 3 years ago
    Very Good
    One of my Fav Aphex songs.
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  • Frango Ssauro 3 years ago
    Amazing. The tail is not really smooth, but i think it's running real-time :B

    Actually, what is "binning"?
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    Binning is a method where you divide the particles into smaller 'bins' based on location, in order to reduce the number of other particles that they have to check themselves against. The source code file binner.h/binner.cpp takes care of this.
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    oh, and yep, it was running ~37 fps, hence the choppy tails
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  • evan z 3 years ago
    so cool!
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  • Sharon Emery 3 years ago
    Can't seem to be able to pull up any of the blogs. Could you tell me what I might be doing wrong? Thanks.
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    huuuuh?
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  • A Rigged Production plus 3 years ago
    Sweeeeeeeeeet
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  • Mouseplay 3 years ago
    Nice
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  • sisoylaNacha 3 years ago
    i lovet it, aphex twin is great and the videos are incredibles.
    really nice and sweet
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  • Lorena Mal 3 years ago
    Niiiice! I really enjoyed how u traduced the music! I'm sooo looking forward to work with open frameworks, congrats!
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  • Acolor 3 years ago
    gooddd
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  • Raltman 3 years ago
    yup sure way to go, do a squarepusher song next, then back to mellow with boards, then you know, ,.,,,,....
    snares,

    your welcome, spectrum it up
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    I am sure there will be more soon!
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  • Daniel Hayek staff 3 years ago
    an elegant beauty
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  • progen 3 years ago
    I've downloaded the source and tried compiling in Code-Blocks in windows and X-code in macos. It compiles...but it doesn't seem to run. Do i need a good graphics card to run it? And i noticed, force.h is an empty file.
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    Yeah, force.h is empty, it really shouldn't be there. I didn't take much time to clean the code before I posted it.

    I have noticed that the code doesn't run on many computers either. It was developed on a Mac Pro. My suspicion is that it has to do with the Frame Buffer, but I am not sure. I will ask around and see what I can figure out.

    I will keep you posted! Thanks for the comments.
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  • Treshop 3 years ago
    super
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  • Jens Heinen 3 years ago
    cool stuff
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  • hadronio 3 years ago
    that was cool... congratulations¡¡
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  • Gordon 3 years ago
    Aphex Twin and your video go hand in hand .. nice work
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  • Exothermic 3 years ago
    amazing!
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  • clixs1213 3 years ago
    This is really cool. Its kinda like magnetosphere but slightly different.
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  • Jue 3 years ago
    OMG, this is spectacular, WANT TO SEE MORE
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  • Gilbert Duran 3 years ago
    one of my fav aphex twin songs. interesting visuals.
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  • davidlumsden 3 years ago
    very cool, liked this very much.
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  • Peat Wollaeger 3 years ago
    nice and sick!
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  • Hakan Aytutucu 3 years ago
    Absolutely brilliant. what can I say? Aphex Twin and very good visuals...the result is cool; it can create a meditation if you watch carefully..
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  • archie proudfoot 3 years ago
    loving it
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  • Guðmundur Bjarnason 3 years ago
    Looks absolutely beauuutiful.

    ... Eeexcellent. ;)
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  • hayden blackmore 3 years ago
    Very nice, can we get it in HD :D ?
  • andrew mahon 3 years ago
    yeah, i will get it posted in near HD in the coming week or so..
  • hayden blackmore 3 years ago
    cheers andrew ^^

    do you know vordhosbn (by aphex twin)

    au.youtube.com/watch?v=j-ns5YKbes0&fmt=18

    it's manic, but one of my favorites.

    thanks again, and well done.
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  • Friedrich Kirschner plus 3 years ago
    very nice! Great work!
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  • Celestin de Villa 3 years ago
    genious.
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  • idFlood 3 years ago
    Love the style. It inspired me for my last video ("untitled sketch") and made me try openframework. Thanks for everything : )
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  • Ju 3 years ago
    hey...
    it's cool dude....
    i like ur style...
    yeah!!
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  • Brandon Baker 3 years ago
    Really great. And nice choice of music.
    You should really watch the video for Autechre's "Gantz Graf". Quite similar in a very good way.
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  • SOF inc. 3 years ago
    wow this is insane O.o
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  • Jonathan Martin 2 years ago
    great!
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  • Katie Gavenda 2 years ago
    heyyy, i like it. good work mahon.
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  • schmitch 1 year ago
    This is a great video!

    How did you capture the video? Is this a screen cast or did you render it in openFrameworks?
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  • FpSekond 1 year ago
    Nice video
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