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I am completely new to MAX and i am trying to complete a final project for class. What i am simply trying to do is have the program adjust volume/pitch/velocity depending on where i place my hands on the screen.

Right now, I have a video matrix that splits my video into a 4X4 matrix. I used the left most column to detect the grey values presented and as they change, i initiate a slider change. So when my hand is in the bottom left box, slider moves to 10, i move up a box, slider moves to 20 and so on. The problem i am having is that the grey scale values are NOT consistent. I have to adjust each value whenever i change rooms i am in.

My question is, is there an easier approach at doing this? preferably tracking a specific color, and depdending on where it is positioned on screen will trigger the slider to move up or down. I provided a screen shot of what i have so far.. I also have seem many videos on youtube with individuals doing something very similar to me. Clicking buttons and adjusting things just by moving their hand to a specific object.

I am completely new to MAX and i am trying to complete a final project for class.  What i am simply trying to do is have the program adjust volume/pitch/velocity depending on where i place my hands on the screen.
Right now, I have a video matrix that splits my video into a 4X4 matrix.  I used the left most column to detect the grey values presented and as they change, i initiate a slider change.  So when my hand is in the bottom left box, slider moves to 10, i move up a box, slider moves to 20 and so on.  The problem i am having is that the grey scale values are NOT consistent.  I have to adjust each value  whenever i change rooms i am in.

My question is, is there an easier approach at doing this? preferably tracking a specific color, and depdending on where it is positioned on screen will trigger the slider to move up or down.  I provided a screen shot of what i have so far..  I also have seem many videos on youtube with individuals doing something very similar to me.  Clicking buttons and adjusting things just by moving their hand to a specific object.

motion-tracking-help

Hey - it saves a lot of time, for both you and us, if you search around the forums for similar threads. These kind of topics tend to rise up very often (colour tracking, or mapping movement to sound etc).

https://cycling74.com/forums/colour-tracking

https://cycling74.com/forums/jitter-colour-filter

Also the tutorial on the [jit.findbounds] object would be very helpful too (tutorials are generally quite helpful).

https://cycling74.com/forums/colour-tracking
https://cycling74.com/forums/jitter-colour-filter

Also the tutorial on the [jit.findbounds] object would be very helpful too (tutorials are generally quite helpful).


Motion tracking help