Step 1: get MaxMSP to start color-tracking objects!
Had my first check-in for my #capstone project today: Dr. Hamel and I discussed how the project should be more of a flexible tool that can be experimented with and performed on rather than a rigid piece limited to its programming. We're approaching it in steps and the first is to get it to start #colortracking objects! #babysteps #tabletopinstrument
Questions: What are my limits? How many instances/colors can be tracked at once? What colors are tracked better? How large do the objects need to be in order for them to be detected for tracking? Is it possible to track multiple instances of the same color?
I'll be looking at the cv.jit objects as well as other objects to try to answer these questions!
Next week: experiment with a webcam!
How can you track colors without any eyes? Next week, we'll see how the tracking of colors works with a Logitech C 920 HD webcam. Its panning and zoom can be controlled in software!
Data Structures
Eventually, we'll need a data structure to contain all of the information of the locations of the various colors. We discussed the use of either (x, y) values or an underlying grid that colored objects can be found within. The nodes object also shows potential for colors influencing each other. #data #grid #nodes
Steaks and Permanent Colors
We're going to keep in mind the possibility of have lasting streaks of paint or resulting visuals but it'd be much more complex to do this for now as these colors are permanent and ever-changing (vs. moving fixed-size colored objects). #potential #paint #colorfulmess
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