FreeJ version 0.8 USAGE NOTES =============================== FreeJ offers you various interfaces to interact with. in fact, it's a completely asynchronous rendering engine which can even process javascripts. to have a tour of the capabilities, you can use the gtk-2 interface which is the user friendly clicky thing. FreeJ as a performance instrument can be lively used with the keyboard: in the web documentation there is a map of the hotkeys. Good manuality is fundamental. Manu Virtus. the console controller is shaped on hotkeys coming from the Emacs and Vi approach to a text editor. in fact FreeJ is using S-Lang to control the console, an excellent library developed as part of the Jed editor. the paragraph above recalls familiarity among unix hackers, but don't worry if you don't get it, you can still find FreeJ interesting. the text console gives you status information, listing all the layers and the filters under them, scrolling all status messages and of course letting you interact thru commands. press ctrl-h to have a quick list of them. here is a longer list: LIST OF HOTKEYS, remember: ^ means CTRL key pressed % means SHIFT key pressed S-LANG CONSOLE arrow keys browse selection thru layers and effects - and - move filters and effects up and down thru chains HOME de/activate layer, INS de/activates filter TAB to move the selected layer around the screen ! = switch on/off OSD @ = switch on/off screen cleanup ctrl-c = quit FreeJ (asks confirmation) ctrl-f = go to Fullscreen ctrl-l = cleanup and redraw the console ctrk-x = execute a script ctrl-a = move, rotate, zoom and spin the selected layer ctrl-o = Open new layer (will prompt for path to file) ctrl-e = add a new Effect to the selected layer (press TAB for list) ctrl-b = change the Blit for the selected layer (press TAB for list) ctrl-v = change the blit Value for the selected layer ctrl-j = enter Jazz mode to pulse layers with keys ctrl-t = create a text layer (will prompt for text) ctrl-y = insert a new word in the selected text layer ctrl-g = create a particle generator layer ctrl-w = start streaming to the online server and encoding to a local file in Ogg/Theora (server and filename are configured at commandline) LAYER COMMANDS HOME = hide/show layer BACKSP = turn matte off %BACKSP = white matte ^BACKSP = black matte ctrl-+ zoom in (minus and plus on the keypad) ctrl-- zoom out VIDEO 4 LINUX LAYER COMMANDS: k/m = switch up/down input channel j/n = (if TV tuner is present) switch up/down frequency tables h/b = (if TV tuner is present) cycle up/down frequencies PNG LAYER COMMANDS: k = switch blinking on/off o = control subliminal image p = stop subliminal MOVIE LAYER COMMANDS (AVIFILE): j/k = rewind and fast forward p = pause (still can seek) i = set/clear loop mark_in o = set/clear loop mark_out l = clear all loop markers TXT LAYER COMMANDS: l/r arrows = go to previous/next word in text o,p = -/+ font size, hold ctrl for bigger increase u,i = cycle thru available fonts b = blink cycling thru words in file, loop at end m,k = -/+ time on screen while blinking n,j = -/+ time off screen while blinking FILTER COMMANDS: DelayGrab filter q/w = browse the 4 delay maps a/s = -/+ blocksize Vertigo filter q/w = -/+ phase a/s = -/+ zoom speed z/x = -/+ weirdness Simura filter: the square of keys on the left: |q|w|e| |a|s|d| |z|x|c| switch thru various mirrors, being z normal state QuadTrans filter q/w = -/+ frames of the screen SquareTrans filter q/w = -/+ blocksize Water filter q/w = -/+ water density e = big splash in the center r = randomly placed splash t = rain y = whirpool in the center u = surfer d = distort surface (USE WITH CAUTION) f = calm water Cartoon filter q/w = -/+ blending a/s = -/+ border outline Nervous filter q = switch between the 2 modes VeeJay over Ethernet TIP: if you connect thru ssh you need to $ export DISPLAY=localhost:0 and be sure to have the right permission on the X server $ xhost +localhost SDL SCREEN (doesn't work in VJoE remote network control) ^f = switch fullscreen mode SPACE = freeze the whole engine ESC = quits (without confirm) TAB = on/off OSD ^TAB = on/off calibration guidelines PRINTSCR = display nice and lovely credits ctrl-s = save to file NUMPAD PLUS = increase overall speed NUMPAD MINUS = decrease overall speed PGUP/PGDOWN = select layers up and down thru the chain ^PGUP/^PGDOWN = move layers up and down thru the chain 1 = select NORMAL BLIT 2 = select BLU BLIT 3 = select GREEN BLIT 4 = select RED BLIT 5 = select ADD BLIT 6 = select SUB BLIT 7 = select AND BLIT 8 = select OR BLIT 9 = SWITCH ALPHA blend on/off 0 = SWITCH BLANK screen on/off with ALPHA blend you can fade thru values pressing ctrl-v and then moving the mouse up and down. %ARROWS = move layers around thru the screen mouse-l = drag layers around, slowly and smoothly F1 - F12 = select an available filter (enter to create it) you can browse thru loaded plugins with this ^F1-^F12 = select the filter bank from which browse filters filters are stored in 12 banks, containing 12 filters each UP/DOWN = select created filters up and down thru the chain ^UP/DOWN = move created filters up and down thru the chain DELETE = remove selected filter ^DELETE = remove ALL filters INSERT = activate/deactivate filter (filters may have their own keys to change specific parameters) SDL TIP: if you set the environmental variable SDL_VIDEODRIVER to have different rendering backends: $ export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=aalib happy hacking get in touch with the mailinglist subscribe with a mail to