EffecTV: an old-school real-time video effect processor.
SimuraTV
Description
The origin of SimuraTV is "SimuraEffect", a VJ (Video Jockey) tool I made in 1995. Color effect and image mirroring are all of SimuraTV.
Control
Alphabet keys controll the color effector, and numeric keys controll image mirroring. Color controlling:
| Key | Result |
|---|---|
| Q, A, Z | blue |
| W, S, X | green |
| E, D, C | cyan |
| R, F, V | red |
| T, G, B | magenta |
| Y, H, N | yellow |
| U, J, M | white |
| I, O, P, K, L | unclassified |
| <Space> | normal |
Each color effect has different effect level. For example, Q is weakest blue, while Z is strongest. (Bug: This key mapping is designed for US keyboard layout and does not reflect your keyboard setting.)
Mirroring:
| Key | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | no mirroring |
| 2 | left based |
| 3 | right based |
| 4 | down based |
| 5 | down left based |
| 6 | down right based |
| 7 | upper based |
| 8 | upper left based |
| 9 | upper right based |
Using keypad is comfortable.
How to play
Play like VJ with techno music.
Type M with mirroring effect, then shoot the monitor with the video camera. It makes very complicated fractal image when you tilt the camera.
Author
Kentaro Fukuchi
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Ken Inoue, the author of "TV_TOWNS", a video effector software for Fujitsu FM-TOWNS.