Resolume Arena 5.0.1 & Avenue 4.5.1 Updates
"Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." - Eric Raymond
Arena 5 got a LOT of eyeballs since its release just 6 weeks ago. Many of you upgraded to Arena 5 and put it in front of crowds big and small, lighting up screens and LED pixels worldwide.
There were no MAJOR bugs in Arena 5.0.0. and Avenue 4.5.0. Nobody's cat caught fire, no laptops melted, nobody got hurt. But there are always small bugs in software and we're happy to now release Arena 5.0.1 & Avenue 4.5.1. These updates fix a few bugs, just to keep you sailing as smoothly as possible.
Download and Enjoy!
Merci beaucoup Emeric Delavaud for the French translation! Köszi szépen Gergo Fischer for the Hungarian translation. Grazie mille Daniele Penna for the Italian translation. Mulțumesc foarte mult Daniel Radutu for the Romanian translation!
Release Notes
[NEW] Variable DMX output delay
[NEW] Variable DMX frame-rate
[FIXED] Arena can crash when an output is removed
[FIXED] Windows Desktop Scaling causes wrong resolution on Display 2
[FIXED] Crash on selecting BlackMagic output resolution in advanced output
[FIXED] Problems when saving to Cyrillic chars in documents folder
[FIXED] Open Fixture Editor via Arena Menu
[FIXED] Fixture gamma has no effect on the output data
[FIXED] Quartz Composer sources flash rapidly
[FIXED] Advanced output GUI does not like non-latin characters
[FIXED] Soft-Edge not initialized correctly after startup
[FIXED] Blur effect broken when applied to clip
[FIXED] A clip set to 'play once and eject' should not eject the incoming clip during a transition
[FIXED] Show the layer name in the Slice input dropbox of the Layer Router
[FIXED] Regular Mask renders black instead of transparent
[FIXED] Alt drag to duplicate a Slice does not work on input tab (does on output)
[FIXED] When clicking *but not dragging* the rotation handle outside the bounds of the slice, the slice is deselected
[FIXED] Capture card output settings aren't saved in advanced output preset
[FIXED] Comp name gets updated before Save As... dialog is confirmed
[FIXED] Move Midi clock sync indicator to statusbar
[FIXED] Don't apply composition bypassed to output of virtual screen
[FIXED] Advanced output loses focus when mouse is moved over browser panel
[FIXED] Advanced Output mouse over help often says Switch to this Deck
[FIXED] Buggy polygon slice behaviour
[FIXED] Changes in Fixture Editor are not updated in Input Selection when advanced output was closed during editing
[FIXED] When the fixture input is dragged outside the input canvas the pixel data shown is not black
[FIXED] In preferences the dmx input output list always jumps to the top on adding or removing IOs
[FIXED] The New Output button in DMX preferences is only active to the middle of the button
[FIXED] Can't CMD-D slices or masks when in OutputTransform > Edit Points
[FIXED] If you hold ALT after you started a drag snapping doesn't work
[FIXED] Enable 'Bring forward' and 'Send backwards' for multiple slices
[FIXED] Edit slice name on single click
[FIXED] Multi select Bypass in slice list
[FIXED] Multi select Popup Menu in slice list does not work
[FIXED] Multi select by dragging does not work on second screen
[FIXED] When Screen name is changed it is displayed correctly in the list but not in the header above it's params
[FIXED] Add duplicate option to popup when multiple slices are selected
[FIXED] Advanced output on PC does not pick up changes in resolution in the screen selection drop down
[FIXED] Delay on DMX input preview
[FIXED] Dead-lock when renaming 2 or 3 screens after each other
[FIXED] Weird behaviour when bypassing multiple selected slices at once
[FIXED] Slice Selection Bugs
[FIXED] If you have selected a folded screen you can't select slices (of other screens) by clicking in the input editor
Resolume Blog
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Highlights
New Footage: Don't Call it a Comeback
We've been very busy with the release of Res 5. So busy that we had to put the footage label on a slow burner for a while. Now we're happy to announce that we're back, and in style.
Feeling cramped by the SD PAL resolution that you thought was the bomb in 2008? We've added the option to easily upgrade your packs to a higher resolution. Log in to your account in the shop to see all your upgrade options: https://resolume.com/shop/account.php
Joris has been working his magic with Resolume's sources and effects again, and he pulled the elusive Radarize out of his big bag of tricks. Of course the Resolume composition is included.
Get Radarize, *exclusively* on Resolume Footage.
VJ Hummer always has a distinct visual style, and Characters is no different. These loops are made for walkin', and that's just what they'll do.
Get Characters, *exclusively* on Resolume Footage.
And when Artificially Awake drops a release, you know it's nothing but quality. Abstract is a swiss army knife of different styles and looks.
Get Abstract on Resolume Footage.
Feeling cramped by the SD PAL resolution that you thought was the bomb in 2008? We've added the option to easily upgrade your packs to a higher resolution. Log in to your account in the shop to see all your upgrade options: https://resolume.com/shop/account.php
Joris has been working his magic with Resolume's sources and effects again, and he pulled the elusive Radarize out of his big bag of tricks. Of course the Resolume composition is included.
Get Radarize, *exclusively* on Resolume Footage.
VJ Hummer always has a distinct visual style, and Characters is no different. These loops are made for walkin', and that's just what they'll do.
Get Characters, *exclusively* on Resolume Footage.
And when Artificially Awake drops a release, you know it's nothing but quality. Abstract is a swiss army knife of different styles and looks.
Get Abstract on Resolume Footage.
Resolume Arena 5 Point Ooooh
It’s been 4 years since we introduced Resolume Avenue & Arena 4. In those 4 years we released many many updates which brought a lot of improvements, effects and new features. It was time for something new, and we are proud to present to you: Resolume Arena 5.
We looked at the most important features that needed to be improved and this was clearly video mapping in Arena. Video mapping has taken the world by storm the past few years. We wanted to make this even easier and even more flexible with Resolume Arena 5. With Arena you can take on any size mapping project. Projecting on DJ booths and cars and buildings, as well as pixel mapping giant stages like Ultra. Projection mapping has gone from an artsy curiosity to a requirement in the toolbox of all VJ's.
Zoooooomin
With stages becoming bigger and LED resolutions going up it’s now easier to get everything pixel perfect by zooming in to your slices as far you need to make the final adjustment.
Undo (yes really)
In the advanced output you can now undo (and redo) all your actions. This is incredibly handy because video mapping can become quite complex and is not always an exact science. Sometimes you need to fiddle the sliders until it’s pixel perfect. You can now work on a complex mapping with the ease of mind that you can always go back in time, like Doc & Marty.
Polygon slices (poly what?)
This new way of video mapping is so innovative we even had to think of a name for it ;-) We’re calling them Poly Slices. Draw any shape you want and then warp each individual point. Triangles were just the beginning, young grasshopper.
Snapping
Slices and points will jump into place when they get close enough. So you don't need to find that sweet spot twice.
Slice masks
You can now apply a mask to one specific slice by using the new input masking. You can even draw your own shape from scratch.
Multi Select
Lasso your slices like a cowboy and herd them dawgies to the corral in one mighty swoop.
Led There Be Light
You can now start thinking outside the (box) screen because you can now send your pretty little pixels to DMX fixtures. Let them light up in any color, at any time, in sync with your visuals. Better improvised synchronisation between music and visuals is the very first reason why we started on Resolume all those years ago. It’s a very logical step to add the lights to that as well. This way your shows are even more coherent and integrated.
Output via BlackMagic Devices
Those fancy BlackMagic capture devices can not only bring images into Resolume. With Arena 5 you can also output via BlackMagic devices. This way you can easily output to another screen on a laptop that might not have multiple outputs. And output to professional SDI connections without having to buy a special expensive videocard that has SDI outputs.
Spout
Spout is the Windows equivalent of the hugely popular Syphon on the Mac. It allows you to output and input visuals from one application to the other, all in real-time. So create a sketch in Processing and send that to Resolume or send the Resolume output to the virtual Spout webcam and stream that to YouTube. Spout opens a lot of possibilities because there is already so much other Spout compatible software. Checkout their website.
Pricing
New Arena 5 license: 799 Euro
Upgrade Arena 4 to 5: 269 euro
Upgrade Avenue to Arena 5: 500 euro
New Avenue 4 license: 299 Euro
Log in to your account to purchase your upgrade today.
Avenue?
Because most of these major new features are media server related and only in Arena there is no major update for Avenue. So you can continue to use Avenue 4 without a paid upgrade.
Grace Period
If you bought Arena 4 after September 1st, just contact us and we'll upgrade you to Arena 5.
Much, much, more
Besides all these major new features we have also fixed many small bugs and made many minor improvements. Read below for the full release notes or hit the download!
NEW - AV set and demo footage
NEW - Fixture editor
NEW - Virtual screen routing
NEW - Drag and drop output presets
NEW - Modifiers galore
NEW - Input slice rotation
NEW - Opacity and Bypass toggles on Layer Router
NEW - Preview available as source for Layer Router and Slices
NEW - Create slices and masks by drawing
NEW - Screen output delay compensation
NEW - Screen output opacity & color correction
NEW - Screen folding
NEW - Slice flipping
NEW - Slice Top & Left coordinates
NEW - Slice color correction
NEW - Slice force black background
NEW - New interface colours: Minty Pinky
NEW - Redesigned toolbar for better read- and click-ability
NEW - Windows large address aware for better memory management
NEW - 8 pixel grid on output
NEW - Improved crosshairs
Bug fixes
FIXED - Support more than one webcam of the same type on PC
FIXED - After re-locating a Source, Flash or QC file, any parameter changes are reset to the default value
FIXED - When toggling Mask 1, all other Masks toggle as well
FIXED - BPM Clock pause and resume flips out when using midi clock
FIXED - Audio Clip set to play once and playmode away continue does not restart when finished
FIXED - Multiselect reset param doesn’t work when you click on name
FIXED - Noisy effect: Interpolate does not work until show UV is turned on and off
FIXED - DeckLink device with no inputs causes other devices not to load
FIXED - BPM set audio clip not responding to pause/BPM after deckswitch.
FIXED - BPM Synced parameter also occasionally flashes last 'frame' on Resync
FIXED - Blend Modes are not correctly displayed on Layer Panel
FIXED - Deadlock: Opening preferences with cmd + , while audio is playing and apc40mk2 is turned on
FIXED - DMX Invert no worky on buttons
FIXED - Retrigger and Continue modes are very confused on AV clips
FIXED - A clip set to 'play once and eject' should not eject the incoming clip during a transition
FIXED - Midi Note piano shortcut on slider should respect min value
FIXED - Add Close button to Timeline popup
FIXED - BPM pause doesn’t work for audio clips that are active but in other deck
FIXED - Mask drag, drop and copy not functioning properly
FIXED - A clip set to 'play once and eject' should not eject the incoming clip during a transition
FIXED - When retriggering the incoming clip in a transition, the outgoing clip should not restart
FIXED - Cross-fader position is not saved in composition
FIXED - Mapping ccs to Crossfader
FIXED - Source duration spinner jumps to min and max when dragged
FIXED - Check for illegal characters in savefile name
FIXED - Alpha on a JPEG? What kind of witchcraft is this?
Upgrade FAQ
I have a Res Avenue 4 license but there’s no Avenue 5! Do I need to upgrade to Arena 5 to get the new stuff?
No. Avenue 4.5 is a free upgrade for anyone with a Avenue 4.x license. It has all the bug fixes and comes with native Spout support.
I have a Res Arena 4 license but Arena 5 is a paid upgrade. Do I have to pay for bug fixes?
You don’t. If you don’t want to upgrade to Arena 5 just yet, Arena 4.2.2 is a free upgrade for anyone with a Arena 4.x license. It has all the bug fixes of Arena 5, just not the fancy new Advanced Output. Download Arena 4.2.2 for Mac and PC.
I just bought Arena 4 last week and now you bring out an update. This sucks!
Don’t worry. If you bought Arena 4 after September 1st, just contact us and we’ll give you an Arena 5 license, no questions asked. If you feel we’ve treated you unfairly in any other way, just drop us a line and we’ll work something out.
What about feature X ?1?!?!. You said it was coming in Res 5. I really need feature X! I can’t live without feature X!
Yeah, that sucks. We wanted to pack so much more features in this release. As it turns out, putting all of that in and getting it stable, would mean you’d have to wait another 2 years for the next version. And we couldn’t let you wait that long. So just make awesome shows with all the cool new stuff that’s in Arena now, and we’ll continue working on all the other things.
We looked at the most important features that needed to be improved and this was clearly video mapping in Arena. Video mapping has taken the world by storm the past few years. We wanted to make this even easier and even more flexible with Resolume Arena 5. With Arena you can take on any size mapping project. Projecting on DJ booths and cars and buildings, as well as pixel mapping giant stages like Ultra. Projection mapping has gone from an artsy curiosity to a requirement in the toolbox of all VJ's.
Zoooooomin
With stages becoming bigger and LED resolutions going up it’s now easier to get everything pixel perfect by zooming in to your slices as far you need to make the final adjustment.
Undo (yes really)
In the advanced output you can now undo (and redo) all your actions. This is incredibly handy because video mapping can become quite complex and is not always an exact science. Sometimes you need to fiddle the sliders until it’s pixel perfect. You can now work on a complex mapping with the ease of mind that you can always go back in time, like Doc & Marty.
Polygon slices (poly what?)
This new way of video mapping is so innovative we even had to think of a name for it ;-) We’re calling them Poly Slices. Draw any shape you want and then warp each individual point. Triangles were just the beginning, young grasshopper.
Snapping
Slices and points will jump into place when they get close enough. So you don't need to find that sweet spot twice.
Slice masks
You can now apply a mask to one specific slice by using the new input masking. You can even draw your own shape from scratch.
Multi Select
Lasso your slices like a cowboy and herd them dawgies to the corral in one mighty swoop.
Led There Be Light
You can now start thinking outside the (box) screen because you can now send your pretty little pixels to DMX fixtures. Let them light up in any color, at any time, in sync with your visuals. Better improvised synchronisation between music and visuals is the very first reason why we started on Resolume all those years ago. It’s a very logical step to add the lights to that as well. This way your shows are even more coherent and integrated.
Output via BlackMagic Devices
Those fancy BlackMagic capture devices can not only bring images into Resolume. With Arena 5 you can also output via BlackMagic devices. This way you can easily output to another screen on a laptop that might not have multiple outputs. And output to professional SDI connections without having to buy a special expensive videocard that has SDI outputs.
Spout
Spout is the Windows equivalent of the hugely popular Syphon on the Mac. It allows you to output and input visuals from one application to the other, all in real-time. So create a sketch in Processing and send that to Resolume or send the Resolume output to the virtual Spout webcam and stream that to YouTube. Spout opens a lot of possibilities because there is already so much other Spout compatible software. Checkout their website.
Pricing
New Arena 5 license: 799 Euro
Upgrade Arena 4 to 5: 269 euro
Upgrade Avenue to Arena 5: 500 euro
New Avenue 4 license: 299 Euro
Log in to your account to purchase your upgrade today.
Avenue?
Because most of these major new features are media server related and only in Arena there is no major update for Avenue. So you can continue to use Avenue 4 without a paid upgrade.
Grace Period
If you bought Arena 4 after September 1st, just contact us and we'll upgrade you to Arena 5.
Much, much, more
Besides all these major new features we have also fixed many small bugs and made many minor improvements. Read below for the full release notes or hit the download!
NEW - AV set and demo footage
NEW - Fixture editor
NEW - Virtual screen routing
NEW - Drag and drop output presets
NEW - Modifiers galore
NEW - Input slice rotation
NEW - Opacity and Bypass toggles on Layer Router
NEW - Preview available as source for Layer Router and Slices
NEW - Create slices and masks by drawing
NEW - Screen output delay compensation
NEW - Screen output opacity & color correction
NEW - Screen folding
NEW - Slice flipping
NEW - Slice Top & Left coordinates
NEW - Slice color correction
NEW - Slice force black background
NEW - New interface colours: Minty Pinky
NEW - Redesigned toolbar for better read- and click-ability
NEW - Windows large address aware for better memory management
NEW - 8 pixel grid on output
NEW - Improved crosshairs
Bug fixes
FIXED - Support more than one webcam of the same type on PC
FIXED - After re-locating a Source, Flash or QC file, any parameter changes are reset to the default value
FIXED - When toggling Mask 1, all other Masks toggle as well
FIXED - BPM Clock pause and resume flips out when using midi clock
FIXED - Audio Clip set to play once and playmode away continue does not restart when finished
FIXED - Multiselect reset param doesn’t work when you click on name
FIXED - Noisy effect: Interpolate does not work until show UV is turned on and off
FIXED - DeckLink device with no inputs causes other devices not to load
FIXED - BPM set audio clip not responding to pause/BPM after deckswitch.
FIXED - BPM Synced parameter also occasionally flashes last 'frame' on Resync
FIXED - Blend Modes are not correctly displayed on Layer Panel
FIXED - Deadlock: Opening preferences with cmd + , while audio is playing and apc40mk2 is turned on
FIXED - DMX Invert no worky on buttons
FIXED - Retrigger and Continue modes are very confused on AV clips
FIXED - A clip set to 'play once and eject' should not eject the incoming clip during a transition
FIXED - Midi Note piano shortcut on slider should respect min value
FIXED - Add Close button to Timeline popup
FIXED - BPM pause doesn’t work for audio clips that are active but in other deck
FIXED - Mask drag, drop and copy not functioning properly
FIXED - A clip set to 'play once and eject' should not eject the incoming clip during a transition
FIXED - When retriggering the incoming clip in a transition, the outgoing clip should not restart
FIXED - Cross-fader position is not saved in composition
FIXED - Mapping ccs to Crossfader
FIXED - Source duration spinner jumps to min and max when dragged
FIXED - Check for illegal characters in savefile name
FIXED - Alpha on a JPEG? What kind of witchcraft is this?
Upgrade FAQ
I have a Res Avenue 4 license but there’s no Avenue 5! Do I need to upgrade to Arena 5 to get the new stuff?
No. Avenue 4.5 is a free upgrade for anyone with a Avenue 4.x license. It has all the bug fixes and comes with native Spout support.
I have a Res Arena 4 license but Arena 5 is a paid upgrade. Do I have to pay for bug fixes?
You don’t. If you don’t want to upgrade to Arena 5 just yet, Arena 4.2.2 is a free upgrade for anyone with a Arena 4.x license. It has all the bug fixes of Arena 5, just not the fancy new Advanced Output. Download Arena 4.2.2 for Mac and PC.
I just bought Arena 4 last week and now you bring out an update. This sucks!
Don’t worry. If you bought Arena 4 after September 1st, just contact us and we’ll give you an Arena 5 license, no questions asked. If you feel we’ve treated you unfairly in any other way, just drop us a line and we’ll work something out.
What about feature X ?1?!?!. You said it was coming in Res 5. I really need feature X! I can’t live without feature X!
Yeah, that sucks. We wanted to pack so much more features in this release. As it turns out, putting all of that in and getting it stable, would mean you’d have to wait another 2 years for the next version. And we couldn’t let you wait that long. So just make awesome shows with all the cool new stuff that’s in Arena now, and we’ll continue working on all the other things.
New Footage Releases: Light and Dark
These three release have us picking sides in the eternal battle between light and dark and the soul of our audience.
Hybrid Visuals gets in touch with his inner Sith. Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
Get FerroCious VJ Loops by Hybrid Visuals *exclusively* from Resolume VJ Footage
Ican Agoesdjam follows the path to the Light Side of the Force.
Get HiddenSun VJ Footage by Ican Agoesdjam *exclusively* from Resolume VJ Footage
And Catmac is always on the road to enlightenment.
Get Inferno VJ Footage by Catmac *exclusively* from Resolume VJ Footage
Hybrid Visuals gets in touch with his inner Sith. Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
Get FerroCious VJ Loops by Hybrid Visuals *exclusively* from Resolume VJ Footage
Ican Agoesdjam follows the path to the Light Side of the Force.
Get HiddenSun VJ Footage by Ican Agoesdjam *exclusively* from Resolume VJ Footage
And Catmac is always on the road to enlightenment.
Get Inferno VJ Footage by Catmac *exclusively* from Resolume VJ Footage
Touring Latin America - Viaje Tour Ricardo Arjona
The Viaje Tour Ricardo Arjona has been called the most successful latin tour in 2014-2015 by Pollstar and Billboard, with an attendance of more than 1.7 million people.
The man behind the visuals on this tour is Camilo Mejia, also known as VJ Bastard. Read more about what he has to say on the touring experience below.
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Read more about Camilo at his website: http://www.vjbastard.com or check out his work on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/visualbastard
The man behind the visuals on this tour is Camilo Mejia, also known as VJ Bastard. Read more about what he has to say on the touring experience below.
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We have been touring for a year using Resolume with no issues. We've been to Argentina (8 cities, 25 shows and we're going back for at least 5 shows more in November), Mexico (16 cities, 35 shows), Uruguay, Paraguay, Panama, Costa rica (2 shows), Chile (7 shows), Puerto Rico (5 shows), USA (13 cities, and we're going back next month to 8 cities), Ecuador (3 cities), Venezuela (5 cities), Guatemala (2 shows, 3 cities), El Salvador, Honduras (2 cities), Nicaragua, Colombia (5 cities) and we are waiting for the confirmation of the Europe tour.
I have been using Resolume since 2.4.1, and have a good 15 years of experience playing with video.
I was called for this tour in May of 2014 as visualist and video engineer. We made rehearsals for a month in Mexico, during which we decided that the perfect system for our tour would be Resolume Arena.
First of all is the stability. I've played HUGE clips from 2gb to 70 or 80 gb, with no issues, so I know i will not have any problem with that. Because we don't run with a backup signal, that's a serious point.
Second of all we have a lot to stuff in our tour. Props (cars, trains, bikes, chairs…), back line, consoles, screens, and everything is travelling with us. As you may notice the screens of the tour are huge, and it is the first thing that we prepare for the show. Build up time is around 4 hours for the screens alone. With other systems it's easy for things to go missing, so the portability is really important for us.
The set up for the show that we use for the tour consists 436 modules of 6mm pitch LED screens. Resolume runs on a MacPro 12core 2,7Ghz /dual gpu with 64GbRam DDR3 with 1TB of storage, and 2 GPU Fire Pro d700 AMD of 6gm of VRAM.
The outputs are set up 1 for the main screen, 1 for the “leeds” or totems by the sides, 1 for the backing for the musicians (moving door), and 1 for the tunnels. The full comp is made for 2115 px X 1080 px, with no scalers, Folsoms or anything, I go straight to the processors with dual links and that's it.
I play the show with an Akai APC40 (older version) and some of the songs had SMPTE sync sent from Pro Tools. A Blackmagic capture card is used to capture an HD-SDI signal that is used in some cues to show the musicians and other live shots.
Read more about Camilo at his website: http://www.vjbastard.com or check out his work on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/visualbastard
New Footage Releases: Supersized
Just when you thought you were running out of clips, we've got you covered with three supersized releases.
STV in Motion does it like IHOP, with a pack of clips ready for stacking and layering.
Get FutureTribe by Stv in Motion from the Resolume Store
Raw Designs goes big like the Whopper with the first 4K release!
Get UberWeapon by Raw Designs from the Resolume store
And Laak drops another Happy Meal with no less than 99 loops of 3D goodness.
Get 3D Essentials by Laak from the Resolume store
STV in Motion does it like IHOP, with a pack of clips ready for stacking and layering.
Get FutureTribe by Stv in Motion from the Resolume Store
Raw Designs goes big like the Whopper with the first 4K release!
Get UberWeapon by Raw Designs from the Resolume store
And Laak drops another Happy Meal with no less than 99 loops of 3D goodness.
Get 3D Essentials by Laak from the Resolume store
Rocking Out and Getting Your Geek On: Negrita!
We spoke with Marino Cecada, an italian visual designer who has been doing some out of the box work for various pop and rock acts. Where most rock shows visually rely on simple live camera registration, Marino uses Arena and some custom FFGL wizardry to take things to the next level.
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Tell us about yourself
I live and work in Italy, and since 2006 I have been working in the video production business, in the beginning as a cameraman and editor. In 2007, together with 2 colleagues, we worked on our first visual project for concerts: it was the "Soundtrack" tour for Elisa, a famous Italian singer.
There were no live cameras for that tour. We had PVC screens on which our videos were projected. Each video was done especially for each song (track). During the years, I have been more and more attracted by video art and, generally speaking, everything regarding video production in the music and concert world.
Some of the first interactive video installations I made were with Quartz Composer. I used it to work on musical videoclips and collaborated on other tours in which I have always supervised the visuals and recently also direction and broadcast.
Then, in 2012, while preparing for a tour in the US with Il Volo, my colleague Steve Sarzi proposed to work with Arena. I never heard about it, but after using it with Steve for a couple hours, we had already set the basics for the project I had in mind and most of all, it worked! I was impressed by how fast and easy the software is to use. Also, it immediately read SMPTE signals which was extremely important as I usually work with pre-made videos which are synced.
Tell us about your last work
The last job was for Negrita, an Italian rock group that has a 30 year long career. For spring 2015 they had an indoor stadium tour in mind. The lighting and stage designer, Jo Campana, conceived a very essential stage: the background was made of three big LED screens, 5,60 meters tall and 4,20 Meters wide, occupying 16 meters in length.
Because of the importance given in terms of space, a lot of the show was centered on what was happening on these screens. The idea we had was to mainly use live footage and to exclude tracks with simply a video in the background. The live images had been conceived as a graphic element in support of the set/scenic design, so the important thing was that what we were filming had to be processed and filtered to give a different interpretation for each track.
Being a live broadcast, the result was a sequence of live videos that followed the dynamics and the energy of what was going on on stage. No pre-created video could have given the same feeling. The only part we left unprocessed was the very last song, in which all the lights were turned on and the show came back to a more "earthly" environment.
Tell us about the video system you used
To realize what we had in mind, Telemauri , which is a video rental company Steve and I closely work with, gave us 3 cameras with cameramen, three remotecontrolled cameras plus some small ones which were placed on stage, one of which on the drum set.
All cameras were routed into a ATEM switcher, which was extremely versatile. Thanks to it we could independently control 4 SDI and 4 other input signals to the computer with Arena.
What came out of Arena, went directly to a video matrix and consequently to the screen. Our output was a single full HD signal, the mapping of the three screens were directly done on Arena, deciding what should go on each screen. I prefer to keep some of the controls of Arena in manual mode, like the master fader for example, so we connected a Samson Graphite MF8 controller to the computer.
Have you used particular effects?
One of the aspects that made us choose Arena towards other more "prestigious" media servers, is that through FFGL we could develop our own plugins. In fact, also in the previous tour, Elisa's "L'Anima Vola" we created some plugins to make a choreography of the singer moving on stage, while on the screens her movements were repeated several times to create a trail.
Elisa tour 2014
Another plugin I enjoy, which has been developed together with Davide Mania (an FFGL programmer I have been working with for years) we named ScrumblePict. I often use it, and it allows us to have copies of the signals without having to use more of Arena's clip slots . These copies can be moved, rotated, scaled and cropped, allowing to always create different templates.
Elisa tour 2014
Biagio Antonacci tour 2014
Could you show us some of the graphic styles used for the show?
As I mentioned, I very much enjoy working with image decompositions, so in this tour we also got busy with breakdowns and recomposing the signal that came through the switcher.
Negrita live, example of the ScrumblePict effect.
For other tracks, we took advantage of the edge detection and pixel screen effects.
Another fantastic aspect of Arena is the possibility to use DXV files with the alpha channel. In this way we can create moving masks for live inputs.
Negrita live, mask with alpha channel and live inside
More info and other works and productions at http://www.editart.it
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Tell us about yourself
I live and work in Italy, and since 2006 I have been working in the video production business, in the beginning as a cameraman and editor. In 2007, together with 2 colleagues, we worked on our first visual project for concerts: it was the "Soundtrack" tour for Elisa, a famous Italian singer.
There were no live cameras for that tour. We had PVC screens on which our videos were projected. Each video was done especially for each song (track). During the years, I have been more and more attracted by video art and, generally speaking, everything regarding video production in the music and concert world.
Some of the first interactive video installations I made were with Quartz Composer. I used it to work on musical videoclips and collaborated on other tours in which I have always supervised the visuals and recently also direction and broadcast.
Then, in 2012, while preparing for a tour in the US with Il Volo, my colleague Steve Sarzi proposed to work with Arena. I never heard about it, but after using it with Steve for a couple hours, we had already set the basics for the project I had in mind and most of all, it worked! I was impressed by how fast and easy the software is to use. Also, it immediately read SMPTE signals which was extremely important as I usually work with pre-made videos which are synced.
Tell us about your last work
The last job was for Negrita, an Italian rock group that has a 30 year long career. For spring 2015 they had an indoor stadium tour in mind. The lighting and stage designer, Jo Campana, conceived a very essential stage: the background was made of three big LED screens, 5,60 meters tall and 4,20 Meters wide, occupying 16 meters in length.
Because of the importance given in terms of space, a lot of the show was centered on what was happening on these screens. The idea we had was to mainly use live footage and to exclude tracks with simply a video in the background. The live images had been conceived as a graphic element in support of the set/scenic design, so the important thing was that what we were filming had to be processed and filtered to give a different interpretation for each track.
Being a live broadcast, the result was a sequence of live videos that followed the dynamics and the energy of what was going on on stage. No pre-created video could have given the same feeling. The only part we left unprocessed was the very last song, in which all the lights were turned on and the show came back to a more "earthly" environment.
Tell us about the video system you used
To realize what we had in mind, Telemauri , which is a video rental company Steve and I closely work with, gave us 3 cameras with cameramen, three remotecontrolled cameras plus some small ones which were placed on stage, one of which on the drum set.
All cameras were routed into a ATEM switcher, which was extremely versatile. Thanks to it we could independently control 4 SDI and 4 other input signals to the computer with Arena.
What came out of Arena, went directly to a video matrix and consequently to the screen. Our output was a single full HD signal, the mapping of the three screens were directly done on Arena, deciding what should go on each screen. I prefer to keep some of the controls of Arena in manual mode, like the master fader for example, so we connected a Samson Graphite MF8 controller to the computer.
Have you used particular effects?
One of the aspects that made us choose Arena towards other more "prestigious" media servers, is that through FFGL we could develop our own plugins. In fact, also in the previous tour, Elisa's "L'Anima Vola" we created some plugins to make a choreography of the singer moving on stage, while on the screens her movements were repeated several times to create a trail.
Another plugin I enjoy, which has been developed together with Davide Mania (an FFGL programmer I have been working with for years) we named ScrumblePict. I often use it, and it allows us to have copies of the signals without having to use more of Arena's clip slots . These copies can be moved, rotated, scaled and cropped, allowing to always create different templates.
Could you show us some of the graphic styles used for the show?
As I mentioned, I very much enjoy working with image decompositions, so in this tour we also got busy with breakdowns and recomposing the signal that came through the switcher.
For other tracks, we took advantage of the edge detection and pixel screen effects.
Another fantastic aspect of Arena is the possibility to use DXV files with the alpha channel. In this way we can create moving masks for live inputs.
More info and other works and productions at http://www.editart.it
Summer VJ Footage! VJSurvivalKit3, Cyantific & Voyage
Here is a load of ammo for your busy summer festival season!
Even when mixing at breakneck speeds, 1 minute is not enough to show the full range of this pack. 100 (!) loops with a mix of 3D, 2D, glitch, tunnels, abstract, masks and loads more.
VJSurvivalKit3 VJ Footage by Laak
Minimal, rhythmical and abstract loops are a dime a dozen these days. But Ican Agoesdjam always has the eye for detail and composition to rise above the rest. These loops are killer and will add that extra touch to any set or stage.
Cyantific VJ Footage by Ican Agoesdjam
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain Ghosteam speaking. We are ready to take you on a voyage. Where it leads, none knows for sure. But isn’t the journey always more important than the destination?
Voyage VJ Footage by Ghosteam
Even when mixing at breakneck speeds, 1 minute is not enough to show the full range of this pack. 100 (!) loops with a mix of 3D, 2D, glitch, tunnels, abstract, masks and loads more.
VJSurvivalKit3 VJ Footage by Laak
Minimal, rhythmical and abstract loops are a dime a dozen these days. But Ican Agoesdjam always has the eye for detail and composition to rise above the rest. These loops are killer and will add that extra touch to any set or stage.
Cyantific VJ Footage by Ican Agoesdjam
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain Ghosteam speaking. We are ready to take you on a voyage. Where it leads, none knows for sure. But isn’t the journey always more important than the destination?
Voyage VJ Footage by Ghosteam
Quick Tip: Hue Rotate and Hue Scale
Use Hue Rotate on your layers or on the composition to keep your colors in check.
Not only will your stage look better, your light guy will thank you as well. Sticking to 1 or 2 primary colors is the first step in working together with light and laser to create a better show.
Resolume 4.2.1 Free Maintenance Release
"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance."
Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus
We don't particularly like doing maintenance either, it always takes longer then expected. But we know you will enjoy a more stable Resolume. So with version 4.2.1 we managed to control ourself and just did maintenance. No shiny new toys, just the all important maintenance. Hit the download!
[FIXED] BlackMagic Intensity (Pro) jumps to 0x0 resolution after moving clip or reloading
[FIXED] Thumbnailing fails on short clips
[FIXED] Clip sometimes shows last frame on resync
[FIXED] Retrigger and Continue modes are confused if clip start offset is set in preferences
[FIXED] Continue on clip with in and outpoint no worky
[FIXED] Comp Midi map shortcuts for Clip Transport BPM Sync /2 and *2 are not saved
[FIXED] Window background color black instead of White
[FIXED] DXV 3 compression memory leak
[FIXED] Instant crash with non clean aperture DXV3 file
[FIXED] DXV 3 No Quicktime FFmpeg fallback no worky
[FIXED] Transitions don't work on PC with DXV3HQ files and sources with alpha
[FIXED] QuickLook plugin prevents files from being deleted
[FIXED] QuickLook plugin breaks Photo Jpeg thumbnailing
[FIXED] Solid Color effect jumps to pink on 1.0
[FIXED] Some plugins crash on start
[FIXED] Some plugins have memory leaks
Enjoy!
The Resolume Team
Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus
We don't particularly like doing maintenance either, it always takes longer then expected. But we know you will enjoy a more stable Resolume. So with version 4.2.1 we managed to control ourself and just did maintenance. No shiny new toys, just the all important maintenance. Hit the download!
[FIXED] BlackMagic Intensity (Pro) jumps to 0x0 resolution after moving clip or reloading
[FIXED] Thumbnailing fails on short clips
[FIXED] Clip sometimes shows last frame on resync
[FIXED] Retrigger and Continue modes are confused if clip start offset is set in preferences
[FIXED] Continue on clip with in and outpoint no worky
[FIXED] Comp Midi map shortcuts for Clip Transport BPM Sync /2 and *2 are not saved
[FIXED] Window background color black instead of White
[FIXED] DXV 3 compression memory leak
[FIXED] Instant crash with non clean aperture DXV3 file
[FIXED] DXV 3 No Quicktime FFmpeg fallback no worky
[FIXED] Transitions don't work on PC with DXV3HQ files and sources with alpha
[FIXED] QuickLook plugin prevents files from being deleted
[FIXED] QuickLook plugin breaks Photo Jpeg thumbnailing
[FIXED] Solid Color effect jumps to pink on 1.0
[FIXED] Some plugins crash on start
[FIXED] Some plugins have memory leaks
Enjoy!
The Resolume Team