Park Royal Studios for a 3 day stills shoot.
Friday, 29 April 2022
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Now with added projections
Given up working on the river for a while to concentrate on honing my projection skills, which have sat idle for far too long..
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Friday, 24 December 2021
Accurate Projection Mapping
Accurate Projection Mapping..
There are 3 main ways to do accurate projection mapping.
The very expensive way - a LIDAR laser scan of the building and a 3D based media server such as Disguise
The difficult way - drawing onto the building through the projector with an app like photoshop - usually means being outside all night
and then there is the way I do it..
Work from a photograph taken from the projector position.
I invented this approach myself back in the days when I used to do building projections with slides and needed to get it right first time every time. Sometime in the early 1990s if I remember rightly.
So here’s a brief walk though of the latest mapping project that I did for EMF onto a town hall in the UK
First, photograph the projection surface from the projector position
To get this photo, I had to put the camera on a light stand and wind it up to 20ft - the final position of the projector on a scaff tower in the square..
I then pop the photo into photoshop and make a template that acts as a map for all the content and I also use to generate a line up for the individual projectors. In this case using a 1920 x 1080 pixel template that matches the native resolution of the projector.
Then you just do all the content - I drop the .psd template into after effects and do everything there..
finally I generate a lineup - using the original photo + find edges, invert & levels. which is projected back onto the building to bring the projected image into a perfect fit for the actual building..
Of course there is bound to be a small amount of final adjustment but it’s usually just an inch or so off - all down to manufacturing tolerances in projector lenses, accuracy of projector placement and so on. I use Resolume Arena for playback. On this particular job the lower centre was off by around 4" so it just needed a tiny nudge in advanced output. If you can't afford Resolume, take a look at Qlab, which is free so long as you don't save, or you can rent it by the day.
here’s the end result..
Playback Resolume Arena
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Aylesbury Court House - Xmas 2021
Finally regained my video content mojo finishing a 5 minute bespoke vid for EMF that runs dec-early jan
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Bye Bye Boaters
All things shall pass, and my delightful sojourn as a Lock Keeper on the Upper Thames has come to an end for now.
I have to say it was a thoroughly enjoyable time and a simply delightful way to spend the summer.
Even though the job is gone, I still have the occasional money spider hanging from the brim of my hat and I can always find a swan to talk with should I have the need...
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Saatchi Gallery - Holotronica
Yet another gig - soon be into double figures...
It was odd in a lovely sort of way to be away from calling in boats and wrestling with geese and be back doing something that is second nature to me.
I pulled at least 6 rabbits out of hats on this one..
Friday, 27 August 2021
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Almost did some work
Had a projection job whose success hinged on the English ball kicking team winning which they didn't. So that was that. Probably just as well as it was raining..
Monday, 22 March 2021
EA
Taking a 6 month break from not doing anything for a whole year.
I'll get to wear a uniform and I won't have to say 'would you like fries with that'..
Monday, 1 March 2021
Vaxed
The best part of two days in bed with a high fever after a dose of the AZ vax.
Not an ideal way to spend a weekend.. Oh hum
Sunday, 27 December 2020
2020 - Greatest Hits..
Sadly, like most people in showbiz there wasn't much in the way of great achievements for deepvisual in 2020.
Beyond having Covid in Jan and not even knowing what it was.
If anything special happens, I'll let you know.
Friday, 18 December 2020
The Orb - live
Back with my boys for a live stream event.
Oh how I've missed my job...
Special guest appearance by Stuart Warren-Hill on live holograms
Thursday, 10 December 2020
Sunday, 15 November 2020
Friday, 6 November 2020
Wind Turbine
Sunday, 1 November 2020
Sunday, 18 October 2020
23 weeks later...
Oh my..