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visual guidance is a blog collecting retro and vintage music videos from the net, a huge ressource for vj-material indeed!

http://visualguidanceltd.blogspot.com

here the 20 most viewed:

http://visualguidanceltd.blogspot.com/
2007/09/20-most-popular.html

The rise of the net gives birth to a huge archive of retro video material, to be used in electro music videos. not to mention kraftwerks avantgarde style was first, some of them are really neat; i picked some:

Drexciya - “Devil Ray Cove”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ti13Mu1KW4

Bochum Welt - “Robotic Operating Buddy”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr4uDxUR8Y4

The Tuss - “Rushup I Bank 12″:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBwUJMZNOgQ

WC Olo Garb - “Disco King School Rebel”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdrlp2oVcw0&feature=related

WC Olo Garb - “Krew [Blood]“:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npZTxSZjW28

*thanks hc, too!*

exhibitions, performances and workshops around the topic visuals, music and live performance, if you are in vienna, go there!

exhibition: 19.jannuary to 10.february 2008
lineup: many many acts, see timetable on the website

http://www.soundframe.at

modeselektor rock, so its about time for a post on them:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iM3nNdvJwic
“my mosquee” is a track by modeselektor, the visuals are from the VJ-label “pfadfinderei”. this track was released on a collaboration work between the two, its called labland and is available on dvd:

http://www.amazon.de/Pfadfinderei-Modeselektor-Labland-Designstudio/
dp/3899551044/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1200220772&sr=1-1

here is a small clip of the dvd

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OupIGj195Bg&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uy_ckdkaM7g&feature=related
“Rock Paper Scissors”, modeselektor & pfadfinderei live concert

here is an interview with the guys in 3 parts:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wQy0ZdwHMys&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=59XDh12wK04&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c-rFgFvYhgM&feature=related

david sent me some very interesting vids from “knife”, who produce neat minimal music and stunning visuals, live and in their videos

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VrjwqXwyzNU
Heartbeats. we know this song from the first sony bravia ad - the original song is from the fist knife album “deep cuts”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kCqTsZwDi5k
Silent Shout. same name as the album title, interesting how the live show and the video correspond:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c7EYiFzNohU

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UNZxW6C4BNg
Pass this On live. from the first album “deep cuts”

the live-visuals were made by andreas nillson, which was also responsible for most of the videos

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SU1JrMS45RQ&feature=related
stunning live-performance in a tv-show, with the characters of the original music video

the video for “marble house” is completely different, made with stop motion animation
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-WhQ5TiBHVk

an album including a live dvd can be found here:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000L43OJ4/

*thanks david*

this set is from 1981 (!), amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOX2mnMeUQ

uva did visuals for massive attack and others, now they´re hitting the galleries

http://www.uva.co.uk/

starting from 1 to z, every word is represented by an image

http://thevisualdictionary.net/

a huge ressource for collage works, a huge ressource of scanned vinage medical and anatomic drawings and engravings

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/

sketchcast is a simple online-app that lets you draw presentations and record them, so you can replay these presentations from anywhere on the web - clever!

http://sketchcast.com/

via drawn

a very interesting blog dedicated to animation

http://www.fpsmagazine.com

they have a very interesting contest running there, so be part of the movie:

http://opensourcecinema.org/

via boingboing

http://vvvv.org //for pc

http://www.garagecube.com/modul8 // for mac

http://www.arkaos.net/software/vj_description.php //pc or mac

motiondive http://www.digitalstage.net/en/ //pc or mac

http://www.textmachine3d.com // for pc

http://www.vj-software.de/index_de.php?n1=products&n2=fxserver_de //for pc or mac

http://www.robotfunk.com //pc or mac

http://www.vidvox.net/  für mac /*thanks julian*

nice hints, off mainstream graphic books:

http://www.youworkforthem.com

nice reel, pretty analogue website too:

http://www.petpunk.com/

via bd4d

a very interesting article on rotoscoping, a technique to generate drawn film from prerecorded footage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping

Generally, the entry for traditional animation sums it up quite pretty:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_animation

Here the method of “cell animation” is explained

a search engine which searches various image databases for free pictures

http://yotophoto.com

*thanks mario*

a huge ressource of media material, anyone can contribute:
http://commons.wikimedia.org

doctor macro offers color vintage movie posters in high resolution for download too!

http://www.doctormacro.info/Movie%20Star%20Pages/Film%20Noir%20Posters/
Film%20Noir%20Posters.htm

http://www.widewhitevoid.com/

*thanks daniel*

by Dan Goodsell (aka Grickily)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/60585948@N00/sets/1499962/

via bb

flickr images that are free to use in your designs:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/collageimages/pool/

the new version of resolume comes with a new feature: video feedback. it is now possible to apply feedback-circuits to videos, and, interestingly, apply effects to the feedback. check out the possibilities of this stunning new feature here:

http://www.resolume.com/support/manual/tutorial-feedback.html

http://www.cycling74.com/products/jitter

Jitter is part of MAX MSP: “In use worldwide for over fifteen years by performers, composers, artists, teachers, and students, Max/MSP is the way to make your computer do things that reflect your individual ideas and dreams. Max/MSP is a true cross-platform system compatible with both Mac OS X and Windows XP. ”

Jitter is the Video Component of MAX MSP:

“Jitter extends the Max/MSP programming environment to support realtime manipulation of video, 3D graphics and other data sets within a unified processing architecture.

Because Jitter, like Max/MSP, is generic in nature, it offers unlimited possibilities for creative exploration. Whether you are interested in video processing, interactive art, teaching new media, or data visualization, Jitter offers both high and low level tools for working in exciting new ways.

Jitter abstracts all data as multidimensional matrices, so objects that process images can also process audio, volumetric data, 3d vertices, or any numerical information you can get into the computer. Jitter’s common representation simplifies the reinterpretation and transformation of media. And with Jitter 1.5, many types of data can be processed on the GPU, leveraging the massively parallel computing power of today’s latest graphics cards.”

a huge list of sites offering free stock photos

http://www.graphicsngraphicdesign.com/
freestockphotos-graphicdesigners/

http://pstutorialsblog.com/?p=44

http://www.imagecatalog.com 

http://www.eye-con.tv

http://www.zoozoozoo.net

http://www.pfadfinderei.com

http://www.impulskontrolle.de

http://www.sehvermoegen.de

http://www.blauton.org

http://www.giraffentoast.de

http://www.blackdata.org

//edit: plus:

http://www.aufderlichtung.de/ 

http://www.eyefatigue.de/ 

http://www.audiovisualizers.com

http://www.vjcentral.com

FreeFrame is the open-source cross-platform real-time video effects plugin system designed for use in VJing applications

for a list of applications that support freeframe plugins klick here.

http://freeframe.sourceforge.net/downloads.html

resolume

http://www.resolume.com/

arkaos

http://www.arkaos.net/

flowmotion

http://www.robotfunk.com/

resolume is a vj-software tool, a tool for mixing video in realtime
on the website you can find a linkpool to various free download sites for short video clips

http://www.resolume.com/footage/footage.php

for buying or sharing:

http://www.audiovisualizers.com/library/cdrs.htm

one of the oldest, but most complete sites about graffiti

http://www.graffiti.org/