i new @ using processing , opencv, please bear me. have posted question on both stackoverflow , on processing forum reach wider audience , find solution -- apologies if looks if carelessly cross posting, not intentions. i have been working on light installation using arduino , processing. capturing people using face detection webcam , opencv, , translating light installation working off 16x32 led matrix panel. light installation response of amount of spectators viewing lights , being recorded @ same time - idea more people being recorded generate greater display of flickering lights, , when no 1 viewing/being recorded, lights not flicker. i have managed opencv detect faces , output arduino display on lights, can lights flash more intensely when people not being detected, rather when being detected. therefore, lights working in reverse, , flicker more when no-one being detected, , less when there people being detected. i have attached both processing , arduino code reference,...