77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno

[Sundog]

This is a pretty interesting idea. I would like to see this on a large screen.

Light Paintings

[rostasi]

It's nice.

A couple of things about it:

It's too bad that it can't be run as

something separate on your DVD player.

It is software for your computer only,

so the larger your monitor, the better.

Also, after I got it, I thought that the music would be generative as well,

but there isn't any music except if you simultaneously play the

enclosed mp3 (31m:16s). So I just run my own program.

There are 5 "speeds": slow to extremely slow

On the quickest speed, this is the difference after 5 minutes:

You can still see traces of the left image in the right one.

The phrase "77 Million Paintings" is a bit misleading because there are not

77 million separate pictures, but a figured potential for that many through overlaps.

Rod

(now that I've seen the explanation at the above website,

one should know that the images may not change at the rate shown.

I'm guessing that it may have to do with either a faster computer that was

used or it's for a quicker demonstration)

Also: I'm still getting the impression (from the website and some reviews)

that there is suppose to be sound - generative even -

but I'll be damned if I can figure out how to do it.

Edited November 11, 2006 by rostasi

[Sundog]

Thanks for the feedback. One of my computers which I utilize as a digital music server is hooked up to a 52" HD display. This appears to be an interesting alternative to the itunes "visualizer" function which I've grown to pretty much hate at this point.

[rostasi]

Man! 52 inch display!

Hell yeah!

I'm gonna reinstall this baby 'cause I know that sound is involved.

I've got about 8 iTunes visualizers,

but none move as slow as this.

Sometimes I use software that does close to the same thing as this Eno thing,

but it uses any video that you care to use.

I have a video folder of things that I've done

and I have the software randomly choosing excerpts from it

in order to create new pix that move. They go from highly pixelated

images to clear multiple scenes:

[rostasi]

Research tells me that the audio is generative only on G5 Macs and Windows PCs.

[Sundog]

Sometimes I use software that does close to the same thing as this Eno thing,

Is that software commercial-off-the-shelf or a custom application?

[rostasi]

It's custom.

Probably not much use for it with the general public.

[7/4]

Research tells me that the audio is generative only on G5 Macs and Windows PCs.

I've played mine a few times and it didn't seem like to me. Did it say this in the book?

[rostasi]

Yeah, if you check near the back of the book,

it states that G4s won't produce the audio.

Bummer...Anyway, I'll be upgrading soon.

[7/4]

I see. I wish he'd use new music.

[rostasi]

You should just make or add your own.

Nearly always the best way to handle such things I think.

[7/4]

In that case, I rather be collaborating with someone other than Eno!

[Sundog]

Just picked this up last night and loaded it on to my computer. Looks good on a big screen although I have to view it in a 4:3 aspect ratio (31" X 24"). Cool idea! I paired the images with some Fripp soundscapes and the results are nice.