ImproV: A System for Improvisational Construction of Video Processing Flow

Abstract

ImproV is a video compositing system for live video. It uses a dataflow diagram to represent the video processing flow and allows performers to edit the diagrams even while the video is running. Traditional live video is limited to video editing, but ImproV allows users to construct video processing flows on the fly. We present the design of ImproV and report on some actual live video performances using ImproV as preliminary evaluation in this paper.

MVEVE: A Visual Programming Environment for Creating New Visual Effects

“…Even for video processing, many systems have appeared including Cantata [7] [9], Jitter[10], VJing [11], and ImproV [12]. These systems can handle video mixing, transformation, blur, and more, and are used even for interactive art and entertainment[10] [11] [12].…”

“…Even for video processing, many systems have appeared including Cantata [7] [9], Jitter[10], VJing [11], and ImproV [12]. These systems can handle video mixing, transformation, blur, and more, and are used even for interactive art and entertainment[10] [11] [12]. From the viewpoint of programming, however, on these visual environments, users can hardly make motion-dependent visual effects mentioned above [1][2] [3].…”