Resolume 6 needs to phone home every 30 days to check if its registration is still good. This is so you no longer need to contact us for help with broken or lost computers. You can just manage your license online, whenever you need it, even when it's the middle of the night in The Hague and we're all sleeping. Most of you never noticed because Resolume verifies your license automatically during startup.

But some of you noticed. We made a mistake by not clearly informing you about this change. So, 30 days after Black Friday, of course right during Christmas, a few of you got an unpleasant surprise when Resolume went into demo mode midshow. That sucks. The show suffered and that should never happen. We messed up and we apologise.

On this release, we've addressed this by letting you know right when you register. Also, you now get a warning on the toolbar after 15 days offline use. 5 days before your license expires, you get a pop-up during startup. You still need to go online, but at least you get ample warning when your license is about to expire.
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Also, we fixed a big bug with Blackmagic cards showing black and no magic. This was a big one that a lot of you reported since the 6.0.0 release. We finally figured out there was a color space problem on the Intensity 4K and Ultrastudio 4K series. In other news, we now own pretty much every box that Blackmagic ever made.

For the rest, we fixed a lot of UI and workflow problems, as well as a truckload of minor crashes. Keep sending in those crash reports because they help a lot!

Now hit that download or Check for Updates... in the application.

Fix List
Registration expires without warning
Blackmagic devices capture black
Resolume hangs when you accidentally quit while MM is copying
'Select Specific Deck' shortcut button missing
Bypassing fixture doesn't mute DMX output
Composition fader no worky work with Art-Net
Layers above one below masking layer in a group, don't show in group output
Connected clip state on APC 40 doesn't update on deck switch
Cannot quit Resolume during autoupdate on PC
GIFs with alpha show white where they should be transparent
Fader Start doesn't work with Master Slider
Default Key Shortcut settings are missing S for Scale and P for position for adjusting clip parameters
Default MIDI Shortcut APC40MK II - "Session" button breaks the workflow, makes Resolume go spastic.
By Position is the new default on layer and group shortcuts
By default "Update clip panel on external triggers" should be ON. Just like v5
Delay effect stutters
When clip is set to pickup mode and play once and hold, and previous clip has played til it's it should start at the beginning again
BPM Clip set on "Play Once and Hold" doesn't continue when you set it back on "Loop"
Files panel keeps refreshing in windows user's folder root when resolume is maximized
(Re)Trigger Selected Clip no worky
This Group column shortcuts are lost on composition reload
Crash launching clips with StingySphere effect
Error initializing Art-Net with adapter that doesn't exist
DMX Prefrences tab gives the option to output 17 (0-16) universes while only 16 (0-15) are possible
DMX monitor shows incoming artnet from different device if localhost is selected
Multiple midi-clock devices possible in preferences, this is wrong
Opacity animation jumps on clip start when clip was previewed on disconnect
Mouseover for preset buttons no worky
Mac; Opening Composition with Multiple decks; get renamed back based on folder instead of saved state by user.
Watermark not applied on dmx output
Custom Names on Group Dashboard Dials reset to Parameter name after closing the program or changing compositions
Dragging a panel from a panel group above the group creates empty space under dashboard
Particle System, Wind and Gravity Parameters stay at 0.0
Adjusting brightness/contrast or colors on a screen screws up fonts and points in Advanced Output
OSC output uses a lot of cpu

Everybody likes new toys for Christmas right? Here is our new little toy; Alley. It's a super quick and efficient video player for previewing your video files and soon also for converting your videos. Consider this version a preview of what's to come, now it's a viewer, we're working on the conversion and that will be available in an update early 2018.


Download Alley for both Mac and Windows

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Team Resolume

After just releasing 6.0.0, there's 6.0.1 already? Yes, here it is! Although we haven't found any huge showstoppers in 6.0.0, there's always improvements to be made. So we keep this truck on rolling.

We like JAY-Z. We gotta keep it movin'....

On to the next one
On to the next one
On to the next one
On to the next one

Download 6.0.1


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Fix List
10084 Slice transform effect Black BG switch doesn't make effect/BG black with bypassed slices
10064 Color/hue of Colorize effect from R5 composition is not imported correctly into R6 colorize effect
10063 Apphang accessing clip with missing track from R5 imported composition
10058 Auto mask effect breaks original alpha
10031 Twisted effect Twirl rotates the opposite direction as in R5
10030 Tunnel effect's far end tunnel point is closer than texture
10029 Tile effect's parameters work inverted compared to R5
10024 Mirror quad effect flip y works inverted compared to R5
10013 Freeze effect Y parameter freezes from Bottom on R6, in R5 it freezes from top
10008 Cube tiles effect flips texture upside down on tiles
9756 Pickup mode for animated params only works on Opacity
9559 Crash when opening ASIO device
10095 Brightness effect is not converted correctly from 5 to 6
10079 Multiple BMD cards in a system capturing black with R6, work with R5
10025 Radar effect trail and angle inverted in R6 compared to R5
9991 Wrap around soft-edge is no worky on R6, works in R5
7799 Slice transform cuts texture when dropped on clip by default
2392 GUI help
10159 BeatLoopr UI incorrect
10158 Importing Large JPEG & PNG (32000pixels wide) makes Resolume crash
10155 Group audio meters display the same as the composition audio meter
10117 Preferences are reset when opening 6.0.1 build after 6.0.0 build and vice versa
10077 Remove . (dot) from beginning of font names
10048 'Paste effects' removes destination clip's original effects
10046 Custom OSC output stays visible
10026 Stingy Sphere effect launch/init freezes rendering
9987 Artnet Error: WSASendMSG is not availible 10022
9958 Spout Video Source is Missing Alpha Type setting
9929 Clip / Layer / Group bypass & solo not applying fades on audio
9912 Deck can have no clips in hard to find case
9895 Fix pressing enter opening a random menu after opening a composition
9657 Preferences - Clip start offset not working
9587 Clip launches with last direction when comp direction pinned
9473 Metronome and FFT gain can overlap, if you have panels on the right

After almost 2 months of beta, here is the final Resolume Avenue & Arena 6.0.0. Download is now open to everybody. Come and get it.

Thank you all for your feedback! Thanks to you we have been able to find and fix a lot of bugs and we think this version is ready for prime time.

This version can now open compositions from Avenue 4 and Arena 5. Simply select Composition > Open... from the Menu. Browse to ~/(My)Documents/Resolume Arena 5/compositions/ or ~/(My)Documents/Resolume Avenue 4/compositions/ and select the composition you would like to open. Double check if everything is working correctly. 99% of all your old composition settings should work just fine in version 6 but some things are not transferrable.

Please continue to send us your feedback. Because v6 can update itself we plan to release minor updates much more often. We have already started on 6.0.1...

We're soldiering on towards the final 6.0.0 release, here is Beta 3. Again, many crashes have been fixed, bugs squashed, pencils sharpened. Perhaps it's time for you to try this version on a gig?

Please log in to your account and download Beta 3. Let us know on the forum how it goes!

It's less then two weeks since we released Resolume 6 Beta 1 and here is Beta 2! In this version we fixed a lot of crashes and made many improvements. Please log in to your account and download this second Beta. Let us know on the forum how it goes!

Thank You!
When we released Resolume 6 two weeks ago, we must admit, we were quite nervous. But we were overwhelmed by all the positive response from so many of you! It's so nice to see your enthusiasm for something we have worked so hard on for so long. Brenton March sums it all up with his top comment on Facebook: "YOU DID IT! you fixed EVERYTHING! the media manager alone makes me smile so hard, but all the other stuff, the custom UI, the new grouping system, wow. and 64 BIT!"

And we love how sometimes the little things matter the most. Cosmowe says on the forum: "OK...I'm done!.....the scrollbar is Midi mappable!!!!! :-)" And Nils Voges comments on Facebook: "wooohooo 'next-button'! major improvements! thank you!"

Ryan Whitmer expressed his joy with this gif:

Thank you all for making us smile and glow with pride :-)

Quartz Composer Removed
It wasn't all fun and giggles last week, unfortunately we had to make the difficult decision to remove Quartz Composer playback from Resolume 6. Quartz Composer was causing a lot of bugs and crashes that are impossible for us to fix because it's really not made to be used in a multi-threaded rendering application. Apple has abandoned Quartz Composer for years already so these problems are not going to be fixed. Of course Quartz Composer playback is still in trusty old Avenue 4 and Arena 5 and it will always stay there.

Ooh boy are we ever excited to finally show what we have been working on for years now: Resolume Avenue and Arena version 6. This is by far the biggest release we have ever done. It has a completely rewritten video rendering engine that is an order of magnitude faster than the previous so you can play more layers, higher resolution video and thus bigger stages.



Checkout the video to see the highlights of version 6 and checkout the What's New page for more details.

Beta
Because there is so much new it still has a few rough edges but we could not wait any longer we wanted to share this beta with you now. We need your help in the coming months to find the last few bugs and give us feedback. Together we'll tame this beast and have it ready for main stage as soon as possible. It's available for all Resolume customers so please log in to your account and hit the download.

Buy Now! (limited time offer)
Buy Resolume now because only now you get both Arena 5 AND Arena 6 for the price of one. Or Avenue 4 AND Avenue 6 for the price of one. This offer applies while Resolume 6 is in beta, so don't wait too long. Did you buy Avenue or Arena in the past couple of weeks? Contact us and we'll work something out.

Ladies & Gentlemen! Please update your Resolumes. We have released Arena 5.1.4 and Avenue 4.6.4. These new versions fix a few crashes and iron out some wrinkles. Nobody likes a wrinkled Resolume while they're VJ-ing, so hit that download.

Resolume Arena 5.1.4 & Avenue 4.6.4
[FIXED] Crash when triggering clip before deck is loaded
[FIXED] Crash when contextual menu is open and active layer is switched
[FIXED] Crash when switching decks during transition
[FIXED] Desktop is shown for a moment when using cancel to exit the advanced screen setup
[FIXED] Invert toggle on AutoMask effect broken
[FIXED] Transition Mixer dropdown doesn't update when creating a new composition
[FIXED] MulitTask mixer no worky on 5.1.3 OSX10.10
[FIXED] Right clicking parameters in the advanced output changes their range to -1.0...1.0
[FIXED] Request for RGBAW color space in DMX fixtures
[FIXED] Right clicking a slice parameter resets it's value but does not apply it to the slice
[FIXED] Crash: Rotate a polygon slice in output map like a mad man
[FIXED] Distorted image when using odd sized image as a mask
[FIXED] Multiple point selection dragger gets perspective after dragging a perspective handler on a slice

It's January 26 now this so it's probably too late to late to wish you all a happy new year, but, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here is the first Resolume update of 2017. It has mainly fixes in the Advanced Output and some SMPTE timecode fixes.

Download and enjoy that zen moment of staring at a slowly moving progress bar. If you're in a hurry then download the installer without any demo footage, it's much smaller so it wil download faster. You'll find it in the dropdown menu at the bottom of the downloads page.

Resolume Arena 5.1.3 & Avenue 4.6.3
[FIXED] SMPTE value in status bar not working when SMPTE is set to 29.97 fps
[FIXED] High SMPTE Offset values are not picked up by GUI when SMPTE is set to 29.97
[FIXED] SMPTE offset calculation is broken when using 29.97 drop-frame timecode
[FIXED] When slices are snapped to the edge of the comp, edge blend wraps and gets applied on wrong part of slice
[FIXED] Disable Snap toggle button no worky for polyslices and output masks
[FIXED] Clip In and Outpoints can get reset on composition reload
[FIXED] Still image duration not remembered after switching deck
[FIXED] Slice snapper snaps to a weird snap result
[FIXED] Mask corner point selection cycles to other slice or fixture when clicked
[FIXED] Can not load an output preset when you've never saved an output preset
[FIXED] Output preset name doesn’t get updated after opening preset and cancel
[FIXED] Undo breaks the transformer widget's outline
[FIXED] Multitask transition has a single flash of white on the right texture halfway through the transition
[FIXED] Audio track that needs to be relocated, still shows codec info and duration
[FIXED] Polygon slice "match input shape" works normalized, it shouldn't
[FIXED] Slice name sometimes has outline.
[FIXED] Problems with Japanese font rendering

Enjoy!
Team Resolume

Since the big Arena 5.1 and Avenue 4.6 release we have released two micro updates. They're not small enough to win a Nobel prize but we're happy to do the maintenance and give you a more stable Resolume.



Arena 5.1.1 & Avenue 4.6.1 Micro Update:
- [FIXED] Master Fader & Composition Fade Out broken when using the output menu
- [FIXED] Solid Color Effect Show Image parameter not working
- [FIXED] Spout via Advanced output not working

Arena 5.1.2 & Avenue 4.6.2 Micro Update:
- [FIXED] Crash during startup
- [FIXED] Advanced screen setup and outputs not working in OSX 10.8 and lower
- [FIXED] Bezier outlines rendering is broken
- [FIXED] Certain blend modes still show white
- [FIXED] SVG output does not take into account perspective warping
- [FIXED] Crash when creating and deleting a fixture on Windows

We now offer installers that do not include example footage so your download is much smaller & quicker. You'll find this link in the Other Version dropdown on the download page.