Pixel Addicts

Motion Graphics

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Pixel Addicts Motion Graphics Department is here to guide our clients through both the Design and Production process, having created and produced product launches, image campaigns, show openers, original content for corporate events, and on-air promotions for clients such as British Telecom, Ross Lovegrove, MTV and QTV.

Specializing in the “Design Driven Creative Package”, Pixel Addicts’s Directors and Artists use animation, visual effects and live action to collaborate with clients, from concept to delivery, producing work that is visceral, innovative, and diverse.

Our creative solutions are met through a co-operative process with our clients whilst constantly challenging ourselves to develop great images and unforgettable visuals ensuring that the brand and concept are brought to life to its fullest potential.

Our work exists at the intersection of graphic design, contemporary culture and narrative storytelling.

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[Pixel Addicts Motion Graphics]

Products

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RELEASE DATE:
SEPTEMBER 2008 - PLASA, LONDON
1ST INSTALLATION:
MATTER MUSIC VENUE, 02 ARENA, LONDON

Addict Media Server

Pixel Addicts are proud to present the Addict Server the worlds first user friendly, re-programmable media server using the Salvation AV engine. The system features a purpose built media controller with motorised faders, a quick scan jog wheel and T-Bar and a toughened 19″ touch screen. The unique tactile control surfaces enable the user to quickly navigate through the dedicated pages of the interface which are tailored to the users natural workflow. The user is able to see and design all aspects of their event or show in the visualiser before, during and after the event in real time. These features combined with node-based re-programmability make it the most flexible media server on the market.

The user reprogrammable engine within the Addict Server has the capacity to control multiple HD/PAL outputs, output custom aspect ratio footage, map/warp any 3D surface (Architectural Video Mapping), provide audio reactive content, Master / slave to other Addict servers or DMX based show control systems, control moving head projectors, playback any media format & synchronise to time code input.
The Addict Server is the production solution to create immersive AVL (Audio, Video & Lighting) environments, giving you ultimate creative freedom with the technical capability to fully synchronise and control all aspects of your event production.

FOR MORE INFO ON THE ADDICT MEDIA SERVER PLEASE CONTACT:
INFO@THEPIXELADDICTS.COM OR DAVE@THEPIXELADDICTS.COM

Freeframe Video Effects

Over 50 of the video effects made & used by inside-us-all in their live performances are now packaged for purchase by any video dude who fancies twiddling them. The pack is now avaiable for OSX & XP/Vista. Supported by the following live video performance tools & compositing packages compatible with freeframe.

To purchase the latest plugin pack please paypal €75 [euros] to plugins@inside-us-all.com and state which version you require, OSX or XP/VIsta. Once payment is recieved your personal download url will be promptly mailed to you.

Bear in mind each plugin has multiple adjustable parameters which can be attached to a variety of input methods. Once you’ve installed the plugins you decide what the effect does, so these are just previews of some of the possibilities.

Also please note some of the plugins are available seperately from resolume.

FlowerTastic

Turn your live video into flowers, over 25 beautiful plants & flowers from around the world have been coded into this plugin. Full on Flower Power! Click the image on the right for a full res preview.

Addictive TV II

The only slight draw back with the origional Addictive TV effect was it was only single channel. So we made a version which supports multi channel input, although at the moment the multi channel mixer effects are PC only. Click the image on the right for a full res preview.

Fully Customizable Hex Mask System

Anyone sick of 4:3? Using a combination of 4 Freeframe effects Inside-us-all have expanded on the previous fixed layout hexagon screen effects. Now the user can use multi channel mixing of up to 10 hexagons of any size in any layout. Click here for an example pic from a show

Binarise

Turn your video into digital data. The matrix has turned the digital data stream into a huge cliche’. But we still feel the conversion of video into a digital data stream has conceptual mileage in this digital age we live in. We are confident this effect is going to be different enough to not make the viewer scream “arrrgh not more matrix!” Click the image on the right for a full res preview.

Trip

The result of a winter months research project on location in Goa ;)

PanelTastic

Flipping panels which reveal the image as they spin. Its possible to configure the panel size, mix mode and spin speed. See below for details of the multi channel version which flips between two input images.

Fully Customizable Circle Mask System

Another opportunity for the user to break away from 4:3. Inside-us-all have been performing with various screen shapes for many years using this plugin to distribute the image data around the screens.

Meta Mix

We were asked many times to make a plugin which allowed the user to insert a 2nd channel of video into the meta image technique we exploit in many of our plugins. Its finally possible with this mixer effect.

Panel Mixer

Flipping panels which reveal the 2nd input image as they spin. This is a mixer effect version of the Paneltastic effect described above.

Old Film

A much requested plugin which takes an input image and uses configurable Scratches, Dust, Vignettes & Colour effects to make an old style film look.. Think 16mm, 8mm etc.

Dominoe Slider

I think we nicked this idea from the title sequence to ‘Dominoe’ hence the dodgy name. Its possible to configure the size of the ‘dominoes’, the position, the mix mode & the density.

Rect Random

This idea was inspired by a certain phone companies recent ad’s with a montage of facial phone cam shots stuck together. Its an enhancement of the previous Rect Field effect with the addition of a zoom factor for the rectangles.

Hexagonalise

More hexagons.. We’re still pushing the hexagonalism movement!

Dominoes

Similar to Dominoe Slider and Rect Field, think of it as a cross between the two effects. Its also possible to configure the mix mode which allows the whole input image to be slotted into each dominoe.

Moleculize II

Turn your splodge into molecules - a meta image style effect but with the individual molecules animated, works well in combination with Colour Persist from the v1.7 plugin pack.

Aero Bubbles

Inspired by the Aero ad campaign in the UK, this filter turns video into bubbles. Probably our favourite effect of all time! There are many settings for different types of bubbles including 3D bubbles, glowing bubbles & flat outlined circles, etc.

Rebelle

Simulating the now legendary video sync adjusting unit, the rebelle. This plugin was made during the AVit US conference in 2003 with the guidance of noise enthusiast & multiple rebelle owner levLhed.

Lego

How many of us used to play for hours with lego bricks when we were young? I used to be addicted to the stuff, with that addiction still burning away i decided to create a filter that turns video into lego.

Hex Map

After we made ‘Hex Elements’ [see below] we had many requests for a version without the periodic table notation. So here it is, turn your video into hexagons. Did someone mention the hexagonalism movement?

Aero Cubes

After ‘Aero Bubbles’ we decided we had to do cubes too for those of us with a preference for sharp edge, clean looking visuals, this one comes out really nicely, and also utilises a good range of adjustable parameters for overlay modes and Cube/Square types.

Scanner

Inspired by high tech robotic scanning effects seen in films like terminator, this effect scans the scene whilst zooming in and out and taking readings. imagine the effect with live crowd footage. As used recently by APT visuals on tour with Def Leopard.

Pixelate

Creates a TV close up type effect, similar to TV Pixel in vegas 5 & 6.

Hex Elements

The periodic table was the stuff of nightmares at school, but if you want to give your video a scientific looking edge, inserting a few hexagonal periodic table elements might just do the trick.

Beat Swap & 1/2/4 Bar Swap

4 mixer plugins which swap between layers at between 51 & 149 BPM either on the beat or on 1/2/4 bar intervals of a 4 bar beat [input mix at 1 = 51 BPM
& 99 = 149BPM].

Persist

Similar to frame echo, except infinite echo is possible without any slow down.

Edge Enhance

A standard technique with a bit of a twist, gives some really nice effects with a bit of tweaking.

Moleculize

Another scientific style one except this time its illustrative molecular structures which take the colour and shape of the video.

Frame Echo

Inspired by the after effects plugin ‘echo’ although optimised for performance. This filter draws the active frame with a configurable history of previous frames, giving a nice trail effect.

Rect Field

The popularity of interacting & overlayed layers has recently been very high in motion graphics. Heres a filter which automates and randomizes that layering.

Interlace Distort

Another distortion effect, simulates re-filmed TV style interlacing with an adjustable scrolling speed, intensity, size & direction. good fun when attached to a beat or a midi knob.

Grid

A configurable pitch & intensity grid. great for re-introducing a sharp tech edge to a low res or badly compressed video.

PinP

Zoom in and and pan around an image, great for focusing on mullets & beards

ESP

Extra Screen Position - like picture in picture except with a lateral stretch. We use it to position a ’seperate screen’ infront of a DJ booth/artist’s table when it overlaps the screen.

Split Screen

Divides the screen into top half or bottom half, enables you to use 2 screens stacked vertically on top of each other as one big screen if using two synced sources.

Quad Display

Takes a normal [4:3] video input and divides it into the correct format for a 4 screen video wall controller [16:3]. configured in a row of 4 screens. with a parameter to adjust vertical sample position.

Multi Scroll

Designed for a 4 screen video wall controller, enables the content to be scrolled laterally across the 4 screen output. please note, output is paused in the demo video for ease of illustration.

Side Scroller

Designed to slide video content off the screen in either direction and simultaneously in from the other side. This is great for multi screen installations as it can make the canvas of a repeated output look like one big image.

Auto Invert

A simple invert except it doesn’t invert if the resultant image is mostly white. Stops those ugly white outs on an inverted image with varied content.

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Showreels

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[Pixel Addicts Reel]

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[Pixel Addicts Animation & Motion Graphics]

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Pixel Addicts VJ Mix
[Mix By Inside-Us-All, Number #1 VJs Worldwide]

Portals

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Here is quick access to our other web portals:

Inspiring

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[Jamm For Bread Event Promo]

Downloads

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Addict Media Server

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Welcome to the Pixel Addicts website.

We are a UK based production company who focus on video installations for sites & events which demand the very latest technology.

About Us

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Pixel Addicts offer performance and interactive visual installations and solutions for event organisers, promoters, and selected corporate clients.

Contacts

Mark Calvert - Production Director
mark[@]thepixeladdicts[.]com

Dave Green - Technical Director
dave[@]thepixeladdicts[.]com

John Munro - Creative Director
john[@]thepixeladdicts[.]com

Ralph Lambert - Creative Director
ralph[@]thepixeladdicts[.]com

James Woodward - Sales Director
james[@]thepixeladdicts[.]com

Bruce Selkirk - Camera Operations Manager
bruce[@]thepixeladdicts[.]com

Pixel Lab_
2a Pellatt Grove, London, N22 5PL, UK

Installations

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The Pixel Addicts installation portfolio has developed through their excelled commitment and abilities in club and concert land. Their creative solutions to avoid standard aspect ratio screens and surfaces inspired the team to produce custom software and hardware solutions for masking HD and PAL video content.
Beside this code based solution, the team also gathered unprecedented skills at screen and surface manufacture and design, enabling them to produce the most cutting edge installations.

Their recent projects has seen involvement with: Festival Stages, Clubs, Concerts, Corporate Events and more recently they have honed their skills into gallery, exhibition and museum work.

The team has worked all over the world including:

Israel, USA, Serbia, South Africa, Japan, Australia, Asia, Europe and Birmingham.

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[Dissonanze 08 - Palazzo Dei Congressi, Rome]

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[Younger Brother Live - Brixton Academy, London]

Inside Us All

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INSIDE-US-ALL

VOTED NUMBER #1 VJ’s IN THE WORLD
[DJ MAGAZINE'S 2007 INTERNATIONAL VJ POLL]

Recent Shows:

01.05.08 - Jamm For Bread, UK
09.05.08 - Dissonanze, Italy
10.05.08 - Stir, UK
29.05.08 - Sunrise Festival, UK
05.06.08 - Trees For Cities Fashion Show, UK
27.06.08 - Glastonbury Festival, UK
27.06.08 - Loft, Barcelona, Spain [Microchunk]
04.07.08 - Life Festival, Ireland
11.07.08 - Balaton Sound Festival, Hungary
18.07.08 - Glade Festival, UK
25.07.08 - Secret Garden Festival, UK

Upcoming Shows:

16.08.08 - Loop Festival, UK [VJ for Midfield General & The Bays]
18.09.08 - Matter Live Music Venue, 02 Arena [VJ residency]
31.10.08 - Shpongle Live In Concert, UK

Text taken from DJ Magazine, October 2007.

Proudly spending the last few years creating some of the most immersive visual environments the music industry has experienced, Mark Calvert, Ralph Lambert and Dave Green are known internationally as Inside-Us-All.

Their highly original screen installations merge with self-tailored content, often charged with social and political commentary, leaving no-one indifferent. Coming of age in the Midlands as skateboarders, as VJs they have managed to keep an air of variety and continuous growth, gathering an impressive broad portfolio and client list.

Their ability to work across a range of scales and genres has brought them to the attention of event promoters like Twisted:Live at Brixton Academy - London, Glastonbury Festival - UK and the Dance Arena at Exit Festival, in Serbia. In the same breath, they have solidified ongoing gigs with the Synergy Project, mixing up on screen global awareness issues with club culture, to create London most respected forward thinking event.

Now hovering between London and Brighton, the Inside-Us-All team are expanding their activities to permanent and semi-permanent installations, under their new umbrella company Pixel Addicts. They hope to create a balance between their live performance commitments with major festivals in Europe and international bookings with Microchunk

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[Inside-us-all - VJ Mix]

[Inside-us-all - Exit Festival, Serbia (Microchunk)]

[Inside-us-all - Morcheeba Live, Secret Garden Festival, UK]

[Inside-us-all - Global Gathering (Microchunk)]

[Inside-us-all - ABC Venue, Glasgow, Smirnoff Caberet]

[Inside-us-all - picking up the Diesel-U-Music - Vj Award]

[Edirol / Roland Support Inside-us-all with the V440 HD Mixer]

[Inside-us-all - Exclusive VJ set at the National Theatre - London]

[Inside-us-all - Glade Festival, UK]

[Inside-us-all - Folktronica - London]

[Hexagon Movement Continued]

[Inside-us-all - Secret Garden Party Festival, 2008]

[Inside-us-all - Younger Brother - LIVE, Brixton Academy]

[Inside-us-all - Lou Rhodes [Lamb] - LIVE - Shepherds Bush Empire]