Come back at home for holidays...

...and this is the scenario today, Nettuno (Rome) 12th December 2007......WOW!

Demoreel 2007 - Software engineer

sliBase - v0.1.1

Update:

• LIVE input added
• leave clear the filename to use the live-input capture

Download here (requires WindowsXP, Maya8.5)

sliBase - v0.1

Commands list:

sliCmd_loadBASS
This command loads an audio file of various format (MP3,xm,mod,wav,ecc) listed in the BASS Library input file format specification and allows to modify any attributes of any objects in the Maya scenes, only in "preview" mode.
The preview uses the IDLE maya status to computing, so if you try to rotate the scene, the preview stops and then restart after you release the mouse or stop the rotation (or zoom, or any other actions in Maya scene).
The archive contains:

• sliBase.mll v0.1
• sliBase_loadBASS.mel
• this is the MEL script to manage sliCmd_loadBASS command
  
• GstNGob.xm
• an audio sample created by me with FastTracker v2.0 for DOS. An old remix of a Commodore-64 game named Ghost'n'Goblins
  
• BASS.dll
• This is the BASS Library I used to create this plugin. Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Ian Luck. All rights reserved. Check the site for more information.
  

Download here (requires WindowsXP, Maya8.5)
How to use it:

• Load the plugin from Plugin-manager
• Drag and drop the MEL script into Maya to load it
• Create a scene you want
• Put data into sliBase_loadBASS interface using:
• Load-button to load the audio file
• Root's name to insert the base name of the objects to animate (for example, pCube if you have objects in scene named pCube1, pCube2, pCube3, and so on)
• Max objects to define the maximum number of animated object (for example, if you have 20 objects named pCube1 to pCube20, put 20 in this textfield)
• Attribute to define the attributo to animate during the preview (for example the scaleY attribute of the selected objects)
• Scale to define the scale factor
  
• Click on PREVIEW button to see the plugin in action
• In this version you can't save the animation.

See the following video for a videotutorial

sliBase - wiimote and maya, a flight simulator

this video shows how to use a wiimote in maya to simulate a flight with my library.

sliBase - Maya and realtime audio capture (BASS library)

another ability for my sliBase library.
you can import an mp3 file and associates any objects attributes to the values from the mp3 file.

sliBase - Maya, wiimote and GlovePIE

another video example of my sliBase library.
Now with the wiimote attached ^_^

sliBase - Maya OSC Plugin with GlovePIE

this video shows how to use GlovePIE in my sliBase Maya OSC plugin.
In this example I used a mouse as input-device, but you can use anything else just like Wiimote or joystick or datagloves (look at the inputdevice in GlovePIE ;) ).
enjoy ^_^

Youtube version
quicktime lowres version (4mb)
avi highres version (40mb) (I did it with Snagit, maybe you need a codec...mmm)

if you can't see the code in the video, just look here :)
sendOsc ("localhost",57110,"/slibase","x "+Mouse.x+" y "+Mouse.y)

Soon in downloads section! stay tuned ^_^

sliBase - Maya OSC Plugin

Finally, I did it! ^_^
this is the GUI



and this is a video to show how it work.
In the video you can see how I change the OSC channel (slibase in maya-plugin) and how I can use my MCV with this plugin.

sliBase - MCV video2

this time, I tried to apply the MCV to a IKhandle on the GeneriRIG... enjoy

sliBase - added motioncapturevideo in Maya

Another tool I added in my sliBase library.
I've developed a MotionCaptureVideo in Java at the University of Rome Torvergata and now I connected this MCV to a polyCube into Maya. My MCV in Java talks with Maya using OSC Protocol on the ethernet. (in this video, my two laptop are connected in wifi mode).
This is the first step for an home-made motioncapture system. Stay tuned ;)

slibase 02

boxes generator from an image. This is the pre-engine for my CityGenerator (coming soon)

slibase 01 - extended

using compute method and IDLE event I can modify geometry in realtime with my sliBase library

sliBase 001

a plugin to try some event in Maya using C++.

is this my life?

io:"buongiorno..."
diego:"buongiorno...guarda che sole oggi!"
io:"beh, alziamoci e godiamocelo..."
diego:"eh gia...non è da tutti i giorni il sole qui a Londra"

si, da ieri sono arrivato a Londra. sono 24 ore che sono qui (quasi) e per la maggior parte ho dormito :)
bellissimo... sto in una casetta con Diego, un amico di Roma che lavora qui in Framestore-CFC, e penso di stare qui finchè rimane anche lui poi cerchiamo casa insieme da qualche parte (se la convivenza funziona :) dehihi)
la casa è un soggiorno con due letti, piu una cucina e un bagno. essenziale e posizionata benissimo!!! ^_^
stiamo vicini a Regent Park...
vabbeh, adesso usciamo a prendere un po di sole e a fare fotine... a dopo! :)