For this mini project I was inspired by Not Tonight and Party Hard as well as modern retro games. I used the camera and mic to create a pixel tracker and a sound checker to switch the music. I used no copyright sounds because last time I got copyright claims for my meme remix which I accept since those original videos were not mine.
As seen I used a pixelater attached to a face tracker and also used a clap to signify a music switch. It is random at the moment which is fine, but I would really like to increment the songs in order to gain some control. I used a cat video from Max for a beginning and an end which is triggered with a space press. Below is a demonstration of myself messing around with the project and trying to compare different pixelation dancing. The farther my face is to the camera, the more pixelated I become.
Sound was not working from my microphone that well but towards the end you can see my claps were switching the tracks. Also when my face is not detected it goes to a 3 x 3 pixel screen which I used purposely to add a beat to the music. Moving my hand fast in front of my face did not disrupt the recording but turning the head and covering my face normally broke the face tracking. Also dancing while sitting and keeping a still head was much harder than I anticipated. I used many videos and I will put a link to the playlist that was used as video collection.
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The pixel effect you used really keeps your attention throughout the vid! Can you only stop the music from playing by doing that hand motion at the end? or is there another trigger?
The cat video is outside the choosing algorithm and is caused by a spacebar press. It is used to silence the audio videos in order to stop the music whenever an unexpected clap comes in.
This is very well done to me and I like the presentation a lot!
This is really cool, do you think it’d be possible in Max to make the background stay pixelated even when your face gets close to the camera?
I think it would be possible if a sensor is put on the background as well as one on the face area. The pixels currently adjust to the face, as seen by the hands being pixelated when head was back. I think it would be an interesting concept and I do think it is indeed possible.
The handclap starting over a previous song is a very practical application. Also, the pixel effect seems to provide an anonymity where almost anyone could perform.
Your project was really fun to watch! The clap seems very useful for it’s application