hi there!

I am studying audio-visual arts and i am new in the family of "processing".
I want to make a project in which i will definetely use my camera. The point
is that i don't know much about that and i may need your help. My camera is
a sony hdv and the connection can be established by the firewire port of my
mac computer.
I am waiting for your comments, thanks in advance
Nikolas

The basic concept is, when somebody enters a black room, the camera(which will be connected to the computer) will recognize the figure, and then with the processing analyzing/understanding it, according to the height of the person, a musical instrument will be generated and be projected on the wall.

For example when a short man enters the room, a violin will appear on the wall, but if a tall man enters, a guitar or another musical instrument will be generated and projected.

I have searched the libraries and i have found ones that will probably help me but the main question, is how will the program in the processing understand the figure and how can I make a grid on the picture from the camera and give the program to understand where the person is and what instrument will be projected.

Can anybody help me to set up the code in the processing, or give ideas I can use to search alone and make it?I know it is difficult and the problem is that I have just started, as I mentioned in the previous topic, so I do not know much to develop my idea.

Thanks in advance.