A new “Tagtool Mini Suitcase” is born - produced by Michael Seidl.

Tagtool Mini by Rita Bürgler

Here are a few screenshots that were created during a workshop at Node08 in Frankfurt.

We set up a Tagtool that talked to another computer running VVVV over OSC.

The input from the Tagtool was then remixed to produce different brush esthetics. Mainly we created textured quads along the path of the lines that where scaled according to the pressure and the speed of the cursor.

These images show that the Tagtool as an interface can also be used with different visual software to create interesting effects. Also they point to a refinement of the brush esthetics that we would like to incorporate into the Nodekit Tagtool patch.

Here’s a video of the talk at Breakpoint 08 held by Richard, Markus and Matthias.

For this seminar Richard wrote up a guide how to program a custom node for the Nodekit.

Props go out to the Breakpoint crew for making their seminars available!

We are happy to announce two upcoming Nodekit Events in Germany.

Breakpoint 2008, world’s biggest pure demoscene event. For the 6th time, up to 1000 creative participants from more than 30 nations are once again expected to gather in the beautiful town of Bingen am Rhein, Germany, from the 21st to the 24th of March 2008, enjoying 4 days of round-the-clock activities in arts, technology and international socializing.

Richard and Markus will give an introduction to the Nodekit, which is a node-based programming environment for interactive graphics that runs the Tagtool program. Richard, as the lead programmer, will explain the software architecture of the Nodekit and demonstrate how to program your own nodes. Markus, as the application designer, will talk about how the project evolved so far, the implications of offering the software under an Open Source licence and about the future roadmap of the project.

Saturday, 22. April 2008, 14:45
Seminar: Introducing the Nodekit - An Open-source Node-based Programming Environment for Interactive Graphics

NODE08 provides an event to the ever growing vvvv community, to get to know each other, to present, to exchange and share with a curious and interested audience. NODE08 is also part of the Luminale light art festival, which takes place at the same time in Frankfurt and will be supported by lighting art and lighting installations created by our participants.

The goal of the workshop is to communicate between vvvv and the Nodekit. We will send the data collected by drawing onto the Tagtool to vvvv to create parallel visual remixes.

Attention! Date has been changed to Thursday, 10th of April
UPDATE: The workshops take place on Wednesday, 9th of April
10am-1pm: Tagtool & Nodekit Workshop
2:30-5:30pm: Nodekit talks to VVVV over OSC Workshop

Workshop @ Planet Prozess, Berlin

Workshop @ Planet Prozess 2007