Astral Back On Track With Avolites AI & Catalyst Media Servers

With the arrival of an @Avolitesmedia AI server it time for us to get out heads down & indulge in some light therapy in the form of video mapping.The plan is to pick up where we left off & gain as much efficiency with the help of @avolitesltd as we did with the catalyst media server last spring. The first task is to map a stage set ready for the Event production Show Later this February.

 Then we going to try & the building mapping we promised last year before we embarked on the London Pleasure Gardens distraction- & if that isn’t enough to keep us occupied then we hope to video map second set for the stand with a Catalyst Media Server. Once we’ve launched the lot at the Event Production Show, we’ll be concentrating  on promoting ‘guerrilla projection for under  1K’ &’ building mapping in 24rs’ prior to transferring to Confex.

astral design

AM-PM astral media

architectural lighting & projection mapping

architectural lighting & projection mapping, a set on Flickr.

More Video Mapping Projects for a AM-PM

Now that LPG is firmly in the past we’re are picking up the reins again at AM-PM.

There are several projects on the go: Alex has had a server up at Pinewood filming for an unnamed high profile movie. Then there’s a stage show with panoramic projection mapping under discussion & an experiential event in the offing.

Whenever there’s down time available its full steam ahead with the mobile video mapping truck conversion- more updates soon, & with luck next week well get a chance to start tying that in with the launch of ‘video mapping in 24hrs’.

millennium wharf for fun?

Can we light it up for London pleasure gardens?

So most people know that I'm acting as Lighting director at London Pleasure Gardens. I'm on a mission to spruce up millennium wharf as a bit of a teaser for marketing LPG. I'd take silo D, but the land there is being treated. power not withstanding we are going to try & light it up an get a bit of animated branding up there to tease on a few marketing deals for the LPG team all on an absolute shoe string!
That means it's not strictly going to be mapping, although we do have a few mapping projects lined up at London Pleasure Gardens. it'll be a static architectural lighting installation utilising some element of mapping in it's creation.

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And they are off!

Projection mapping a building in 24 hrs. work has started about lunch time, a modicum if content has been created from scratch & mapped to a basic structure in about 1hr, the signs are good, we have windows chasing, & spinning etc I was keen to look at some basic animation techniques & see if we can create an interactive video mapped building. This
Phone grab is the first try & was done in 20mins! Basic & yes, the top half is not there- but that's the point- to make it accessible we need to avoid expensive media systems & specialists- check on wednesday for the compleat product there's a lot of potential here- we managed to produce fairly convincing content in 20mins with no wireframe & no after effects
We are going to have another bash on Wednesday, this time a full day - the target will be a recognisable mapping with some branding & more custom animation work on the building.

Animate a building in less than an hour

To map a building in 24 we need a powerful server that can manage content quickly & some subject specific content. So one of today's tasks is to animate the building as part of the arsenal for the final product. Along side that we will design the playback system for the server to make it playable.

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video mapping for stage sets a hit!

Projection mapping for stage sets.

Video mapping for stage sets was a huge success this week @ #lawtechfutures many thanks to Mo & Darren for opportunity. Now we move on to architectural video mapping in 24hrs. watch this space.....