Hey,
the problem I have, I want to use one video input, double the the image, do two seperate manipulations on it and then combine the two back into one image using gem. If I make two connections from pix_video I get a flashing screen, if I make two gemheads and try to call up the same source, gem thinks I'm trying to make a new video channel.

any ideas?

thnx in advance

wimmm

you could try plugging your pix_fil into [pix_buffer_write array 1]. that way you could start each separate chain with [pix_buffer_read array 1], so you manipulations and then render them. I don't know if this is the best way though... perhaps splitting the render chain after the [pix_film] with a [trigger a a] and then a [separator] just after that.

thanks nestor, I'll try that. I'm curious if it will work with a live video input. Can a separator split a gemlist?

grtz

there's [separator] for OpenGL stuff and [pix_separator] for PIX stuff, as explained in the help patch for [separator].

Usually for 3D stuff I use it like:

[gemhead]
[t a a a]
[separator] [separator] [separator]

but I don't know if that's exactly how it should be.

pix_separator isn't in the documentation browser for some reason. Works like a charm though.

Thanks.