As part of the Mobilise/Demobilise project we have produced three tutorial videos to show new users how to use UpStage’s on-stage player tools for the creation and presentation of their own cyberformances. The tutorials come with German, Swedish and English subtitles. You can watch them […]
tutorial
tips and instructions for working with UpStage
UpStage Introduction Video
Documentation of a presentation introducing the new UpStage.
Sending a stream with Larix Broadcaster
Development of the new UpStage platform is continuing at a fast pace and we are now testing the audio-visual streaming tool. This article explains how to send a stream from your mobile phone to UpStage, using the Larix Broadcaster app. Larix is available for Android […]
How to manually allow Flash in your browser
Recently, changes in some browsers have made it a little bit more difficult to enter UpStage stages. But don’t worry, there’s still a way in, and it’s not difficult! Here’s how to do it.
Working with Flash and ActionScript in UpStage
Over the last couple years, a group of us in Vancouver have been experimenting with Upstage avatars to see what we could discover about the limits of the technical flexibility of this platform. Suffice it to say, there’s a lot more you can do with […]
Working with pre-recorded video in UpStage
Although UpStage is a live performance platform, there are times when for one reason or another you may want to include a segment of pre-recorded video in your performance. This is possible to do by embedding your video in a Flash file; however there are […]
Technical tour: Flash programming for UpStage Avatars
Ben Unterman has been invited to do a brief introduction to some of the more complex avatars created for UpStage by the Virtual Theatre group. This will take the form of an open tour of avatars created for three different shows. The tour will begin […]
Embedding sound files in Flash avatars
Case: Little Polka Fish .Fla The Polka Fish is a little fish that plays polka on command. It was made using Macromedia Flash. In this case I have created two layers, one for the image and another for the sound. I drew the fish and […]