LaserCam: A brand new live webcam to laser projection application

DZ · 03-03-2010, 08:08

Hey drlava, nice job! The ripple is a very cool feature.

**hobbybob** · 03-03-2010, 09:50

Bought it yesterday. Have tried it with Webcam Max (a webcam emulator) works perfectly.
Also the software buying part, receiving a key is a flawless and quick process with Dr Lava.
Thanks, will try it some more this weekend.

**drlava** · 03-05-2010, 23:28

Originally Posted by Pangolin

I will grant you color ripple is not in the present version of VST, but QS has that and, if we incorporate this into QS then it will be an automatic feature.

As for soft-color, this is built into LD2000 (has been since, ummm.... 2000). It has worked its way into a varity of programs, in one form or another...

Bill

I won't belabor the specifics but the features that you are equating these things to are not the same. I welcome users of VST (edit: or any other tool) to relate their experiences in comparison to what has been shown here. Feedback is great and the path to moving forward.

Thanks, everyone for your support! This is for you

**santanas** · 03-06-2010, 20:58

Hi, What is the interface to the easylas or Mamba input? I do want this for club use and weddings. Tell us more about it if you can, Thanks John H

**drlava** · 03-07-2010, 01:44

Originally Posted by santanas

Hi, What is the interface to the easylas or Mamba input? I do want this for club use and weddings. Tell us more about it if you can, Thanks John H

Hi, this software can send frames directly to your easylase card for projection. Also you can save *.ild files for playback in Mamba.
Here is a screenshot of the DAC selector:

Hope that answers your question!

**santanas** · 03-12-2010, 08:03

Hi Again. I just received Lasercam and I have a good signal to laserwith scanner working fine but no color out? what am I doing wrong? I did set everything to 256 ILDA but only running a green Laser. Any one know? Thanks John H

**drlava** · 03-12-2010, 12:31

Hi Santanas, PM sent. If you are saving the ILDA files with 256 colors but your show software expects to load ILDA files with only 64 colors, chance are you will get the black result.

**santanas** · 03-12-2010, 12:35

Hi Again. I did have it on black and green but it works on a color laser but not my green only yet? John

**drlava** · 03-12-2010, 12:44

I see. Right now it does not send a signal on the I channel (assuming you are using this channel), so you should temporarily move your green modulation to the green channel of your controller until this is added.

Thanks for the feedback, I'll add it soon and send you an update.

**santanas** · 03-12-2010, 12:49

Hi, I do not understand the Chanels, Do i find this on the lasercam software? John

**drlava** · 03-12-2010, 12:56

The channels I'm referring to are on your DAC output: R, G, B, I. Just hang on for a little bit and I'll hook you up with a new version.

**santanas** · 03-12-2010, 13:01

Hi Again, Thanks John H PS,
"So much to know and so little time in life to get it "

**santanas** · 03-13-2010, 14:03

I Got it working but Webcam in slow motion not real time? I have a Dual core laptop windows7 and when web cam running without Lasercam it is fast but Lasecam is slow? What am i doing wrong? Thanks John H

**Laser_Kiev** · 03-13-2010, 20:51

Excellent, drlava!!!
Real time - where we go.
Cool!

**300EVIL** · 03-13-2010, 21:22

WOW! This looks really good. I'll have to order and try myself.
Nice work Andrew!

**drlava** · 03-15-2010, 10:06

Hi John, are your CPU cores at 100%? Is the camera display window operating at a low frame rate? You can turn the detail slider down to relieve some of the load for your CPU. The movie in the original post was taken with a 4GHz i7 machine with about 30% cpu core load on 2 cores.

**santanas** · 03-15-2010, 12:57

Hi Doc, and thanks for the heads up. I am still working on the live part. I will play with the controles and see if I can adjust the speeds. I am not as refined on computers as some to adjustments and alotments. But I do know the tecks here at the VA Hospital where I work at. Thanks again for the info. John H

**drlava** · 03-23-2010, 02:54

Sent out an email to users for update 1.0.6 with new features, improvements, etc.. Enjoy and thanks for your feedback!

**Dr Laser** · 03-27-2010, 02:22

Andrew this is awesome.

**ckilgore1** · 03-31-2010, 04:00

Originally Posted by drlava

Glad youall are liking it! It's certainly fun to use and amazing see yourself and others in laser. Right now LaserCam technology is all about live video, no avi file loading option; however I've tried pointing the camera at videos playing on the monitor and even the tv and the results are suprisingly good. So you could always do that.

Also, if you have the need (such as FB3-only owners) you can run this without any DAC and use the Record to ILDA File feature, then load those files into your playback soft.

Am I understanding correctly that the "Record to ILDA File" is a feature of this software. If so it seems that once the video is captured by this software, it has the potential to play through most any playback software? Is it relatively user friendly? The price seems almost too good to be true.

**drlava** · 03-31-2010, 14:16

Originally Posted by ckilgore1

Am I understanding correctly that the "Record to ILDA File" is a feature of this software. If so it seems that once the video is captured by this software, it has the potential to play through most any playback software? Is it relatively user friendly? The price seems almost too good to be true.

That is correct. LaserCam can record to ILDA files so that any laser show software can use and integrate them. As far as laser software goes, I'd consider LaserCam user friendly, yes. Support is there, too. Any operation questions you might have once you get into it I can answer over PM or the phone.

**buffo** · 04-07-2010, 11:38

Originally Posted by drlava

Any operation questions you might have once you get into it I can answer over PM or the phone.

I'll vouch for this personally. Andrew has no problems walking people through the use of his software. If you're having problems, give him a call! He'll get you up and running.

I've played around with LaserCam a good bit, and I have to admit that it has a lot of potential, especially for people who don't have any other alternative for real-time video tracing. At only $50 for the intro version, it's money well spent in my book!

One thing though: It really does need a dual-core processor to run correctly. Thus far I've been unable to test it under full load, because the only dual-core machine I have does not have a free PCI slot for my QM-2000 controller.

However, even on a single-core machine, you can still save frames to ILDA in real-time and then play them back later. So it's still usable as a frame-creation tool even if you've only got a single-core CPU. With a little creativity, some dark clothing, and a white sheet hanging behind you, I think it would be fairly easy to create lots of custom laser show content. (Now if only I had the time....)

Adam

**drlava** · 04-27-2010, 15:00

Hi, thanks Adam. There is a new 1.0.8 update that reduces the CPU load while displaying live frames with your projector, along with a few other bugfixes and enhancements.

**buffo** · 04-27-2010, 15:42

Cool - I'll have to give that a shot this weekend.

Thanks for continuing to develop this, Andrew!

Adam

**loopee** · 04-28-2010, 13:45

Here’s another use for LaserCam

Quick and easy logo tracer, save the frame then edit it to remove the unwanted stuff around the logo

The example below it from a pack of batteries

Lasercam Logo.jpg

Drlava, could be a worthwhile adding a one shot capture button to save a single frame to file.

BTW, if anyone is looking for an exceptional web-cam, the Microsoft Lifecam Cinema HD is brilliant with really good low light capabilities.

This one
MLC-HD.jpg

Troy

PS. drlava, great work on the software

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