stagemonkey1000 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I am looking for a fancy clock to project on the cyc for a show. I would like the hands to move during scenes. Does anyone either have a picture of what I am looking for or an idea of how to accomplish this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Depends how fancy you want it - the usual way of doing this is with a clock gobo rotator. Search DHA Lighting for 'clock gobo'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagemonkey1000 Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 I was acutally going to digitally project it, but I can't find an image to use or how to make the hands move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpcaddy Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 You could create a flash animation or something similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sah1510 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Have you found an image which is close to what you are looking for? Also, what software do you have at your disposal (i.e. After Effects, Photoshop, Flash etc.)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Moderation: I've changed the topic title to something a touch more descriptive.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 PowerBasic comes with a sample clock program, that is fairly easy to bodge about with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakefraser Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 If you're looking for an analogue clock, the BBC have conveniently produced some vector flash clocks of their television clocks from years gone by. Click here to have a look - a little tinkering in flash should allow you to customise things to your heart's desire while maintaining the clock mechanism. FYI, it uses the computer time as its time source. Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadcast_techie Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Click here to have a look - a little tinkering in flash should allow you to customise things to your heart's desire while maintaining the clock mechanism. Only trouble is that BBC tend to copyright all of their work, annoying isn't it? Kris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakefraser Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 It is in a section of their website no longer under development (albeit the content is rather iconic and recognisable) but if you know flash well enough, you could just extract the coding required to make your own design work in a similar fashion, and there are only so many ways to actionscript such a system, something BBC cannot copyright. But I await to be corrected on the last bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRW Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I was in the British Library in London the other day and noticed they had a projected analogue clock behind their information desk. No idea who made it or where it is from, but it would seem such things do exist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Optikinetics do a projector clock gadget thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadcast_techie Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 ... you could just extract the coding required to make your own design work in a similar fashion, and there are only so many ways to actionscript such a system, something BBC cannot copyright. But I await to be corrected on the last bit! The fact it's not updated does not mean it does not have copyright. Perhaps a quick read of http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/ , in particular section 4:You also agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any bbc.co.uk content except for your own personal, non-commercial use. To save you the reverse engineering, why not just look here: http://www.entheosweb.com/Flash/analog_clock.aspIf you need to be able to set the time then I'm sure google will help...Kris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakefraser Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 The fact it's not updated does not mean it does not have copyright.That was not the implication I intended, but "derivative work" covers the design and that swf file specifically as far as I am concerned - like I said, you can't copyright actionscript... otherwise the copyright on webpages would extend to the HTML, which AFAIK doesn't happen. Oh, and it occured to me you can't normally extract things from swf files very easily, so that tutorial would be your best bet. I'm fairly certain Mathmos also did a clock projector device, I recall seeing one several years ago in someones home; not sure if they still make it - eBay perhaps? Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_the_LD Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Panto I was doing had a clock projected. 3 source fours - one with the clock face - static gobo. One with hour hand and one with minute hand. Each of the lanterns with hands in had a gobo rotator, thus allowing the hands to turn I thought it was clever anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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