Cyclops 1.1 review

Cyclops is a Max object for analyzing and tracking live video.

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 0K Developer: Cycling '74 Buy Now Price: $99.00 Updated: 06 Dec 2005

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Cyclops is a Max object for analyzing and tracking live video. Through a simple interface, you can track performers and users with a video camera and analyze greyscale and color information from the live image.
You can use the resulting Cyclops data to control MIDI, audio, video and anything else that you can do in Max.

Here are some key features of "Cyclops":
easy-to-use GUI for specifying zones, analysis modes and tracking colors
eight analysis modes (four greyscale and four color modes)
sampling mode captures color data from the image for color matching analysis
simple and efficient message output format
works with most QuickTime input hardware (video capture cards, USB and FireWire)
saves all settings with your patch
compatibility with Mac OSX (requires Max/MSP 4.2 or higher)
compatibility with Jitter, with the included jit.cyclops object.

Limitations:
30 days demo.

What's New:
Code review and cleanup.
New messages: 'videopos' and 'palpos' can be used to position windows using messages.
Bug fix: Some input devices would have their image cropped. Fixed.
Enhancement: OSX support.
Enhancement: Jitter support.
Changes to the copy protection.

Requirements:
A PowerPC MacOS computer
Max 3.5 or higher (Max 4.2 or higher required for Mac OSX operation)
Mac OS 8.6 or higher (Mac OSX 10.2 or higher required for Mac OSX operation)
QuickTime 4 or higher
QuickTime-compatible video input device
Video camera or other video source.