Creating the object [Gem] allows me to create a gem window.

However, I still can't seem to get video from my isight or any other camera to show up.

The gem window stays black with no image. And the basic 'create-destroy-gemwin' patch keeps showing an error message when I trigger the [create] object.

GemwinMac: width - 500 height - 500
GemWindow Activate err = 0
GEM: GLEW version 1.5.0

Not sure what to do next or what i am doing wrong.

Any help on this would be great.

Thx in advance.

I originally posted this in pixel#...

have you ever worked with gem before? the gem object won't get you anywhere, you need stuff like gemwin, gemhead etc.
i suggest you work through the image examples in the manuals (access via pd browser)

Yes, this is my first attempt at PD.

I went into the help browser but the pure video patch under examples / gem / video doesn't always work. The green light on isight lights up but the patch file itself doesn't open. Something similar happens with my own patch which is utilizing pix_video. Isight is activated but no video comes through. Also, I lose the ability to quit the program or change back into edit mode.

Having a [gem] object fixes this problem however,

I read in the manuals that before Gem can work you must tell PD where to look.

I'm not really clear on how to achieve this.