DMX camera control

Hi Katie-

Below are my notes from the last time I did this. Some things may have changed since then (both for Eos & d3):

To create a camera view patch any channel as a dimmer (channel 41 in this example) and give it a position. To control the position & rotation you then patch a "Scenic Element Moveable" (channel 42 in this example), and nest the dimmer inside the SEM in Augment3d.

In d3, you need two OSC control layers for your camera - one for position, and one for orientation. Each with 3 variables: the respective X, Y, and Z values.

The rotation value for X should have 90 added to it, as the light homes pointing straight down, while the d3 camera homes forward. You can either do this in d3 or Augment3d.

After you do that, you can control the position and rotation of the light by sending the following OSC commands to Eos:

/eos/user/98/newcmd/Chan/42/X_Focus/%1/Y_Focus/%3/Z_Focus/%2#

/eos/user/98/newcmd/Chan/42/X_Orientation/%1/Y_Focus/%3/Z_Focus/%2#

Thank you sktusing  for that excellent write-up.

To answer the focal depth portion of the question: Currently Augment3d has no focal depth set as we are not using any depth of field visual effects presently (v1.0.0-1.2.0 at time of post).

Hi Both,

Thanks for the camera POV info. I thought there was a camera fixture in the pipeline as well? We know about the fixture POV method, but its quite fiddly.

Thanks,

Katie

Hi Katie - What do you mean by fiddly?

Hi Katie,

We are not currently planning on having a camera control as a channel in Eos as there are issues with how that would function in a multi-user environment. See:  Augment3D Camera as Eos Channel

There probably would be a fairly straight-forward solution to this which would be to be able to assign a camera channel to a user. The alternative option is probably just to be able to control the camera position natively via OSC, and that can already be targeted to a user.

dsmurfin we can take this offline, but I'm not sure this is the way to go.

You need to have a nomad or similar running augmented, and not as a tether, so that you can have the channel selected all the time whilst you program on the desk.

perhaps a simpler workaround would be to be able to hold fixture POV whilst programming without having to have the channel selected.

KatieP said:

You need to have a nomad or similar running augmented, and not as a tether, so that you can have the channel selected all the time whilst you program on the desk.

Yeah. Following along with "Augment3d is not a visualizer, it's a programming tool", this makes sense.

KatieP said:

You need to have a nomad or similar running augmented, and not as a tether, so that you can have the channel selected all the time whilst you program on the desk.

Yeah. Following along with "Augment3d is not a visualizer, it's a programming tool", this makes sense.