Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

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marcoantonio
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Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

Post by marcoantonio »

Hi,
Is there a way to tie strobing to BPM?

I'm missing a simple strobe effect I can adjust to BPM's - something so basic, still not there...
I know there's a Timeswitch plugin for 3.3, but although you can vary the frequency, there is no link between such frequency and the music playing - as far as I know.

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Also, back in 2.4 there was the 'previous' timeswitching functionality, also tied in to BPM - which was great, since I could synch all three layers to different frequencies, and leave it play for a while by itself. That way it showed the different layers, *in synch*, one after the other, without me having to do anything.

There is no way of doing this currently - the timewswitching simply isn't synched, and I can't find any way of doing it!

ridiculoid
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Re: Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

Post by ridiculoid »

'Sources' tab > FFGL Sources > Stroboscope. You can set the frequency to be driven by BPM - does this help?

marcoantonio
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Re: Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

Post by marcoantonio »

hmm.. nope, missing.
Only shows Feedback / Gradients / Solid color.
I've looked for FFGL 1.5 but can't find anywhere to download them - only to develop them.

I've scoured the web for plugins to no avail (for Mac, specially).

So... I might have to create a Flash animation that 'blinks' then... use a video clip as a strobe instead. Not ideal...

ridiculoid
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Re: Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

Post by ridiculoid »

Hmmm, I guess someone else might know why it's not showing... it was in the base install for 3.3 and earlier versions. Are you running 3.3.1? Maybe it got dropped...

marcoantonio
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Re: Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

Post by marcoantonio »

Nawp, testing 3.0 on a Mac...

Strobe is present in 3.3, but still not synched to BPM.

Still no idea how to find/install FFGL 1.5 plugins. Are they simply not available, and only come bundled?

Joris
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Re: Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

Post by Joris »

There's been quite a few request for a BPM synced Timeswitcher, so I've made a feature request ticket for it. We can't give any promises on when it will be done, but thanks for letting us know what you'd like to see implemented!

Joris

MyxoBrain
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Re: Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

Post by MyxoBrain »

Hello Joris

i think i am in the good post:

i would like to strobe on a BPM basis: I want to see the video for a few milliseconds on each beat.
How could i do that?
I don't want to use an opacity with "composition beats", because it will not strobe but fade out...


Thanks!

Joris
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Re: Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

Post by Joris »

Take a look at MultiStrobe from 1210 Visuals: http://www.1210visuals.net/index.php?op ... &Itemid=59

MyxoBrain
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Re: Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

Post by MyxoBrain »

Already done, but the bpm sync doesn't work... (i am not the only one according to the comments on your link...)

Joris
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Re: Strobe effect - so basic, still not quite there?

Post by Joris »

I see.

Well, in that case you can either ask Rene from 1210 if he can fix it, or perhaps someone on this forum would like to make a plugin for you?

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