Dan Chelger is a filmmaker and audiovisual teacher. Videologies1, his first released pack is made entirely using analog gear: video synths, video bended gear and custom circuits. This makes the loops unique and impossible to replicate in the digital environment.

OWK Crew dropped a new pack called Robo-Face which is all nice and cute, like a baby RoboCop.

Unit44 continues the saga of Enter and he just released its fifth chapter Enter5. Check it out!


Videologies1 by Dan Chelger


Robo-Face by OWK Crew


Enter5 by Unit44

We're very happy to hear you all really like the new clip renderer and recording improvements that we released a couple of weeks ago in version 7.2. Today we're releasing version 7.2.1 that has redesigned dialog windows and fixes a bunch of bugs.


Fix List
#13737 Clip with ProRes 4444 + alpha reverts alpha type setting
#13739 This ProRes clip with alpha displays differently on mac and windows with premultiplied alpha
#14165 Playing h264 in random can crash
#13824 Position field on Clip playhead doesn't show selecting paused clip again
#13920 Scaling / sampling in the Advanced output lets pixels bleed
#14001 Slice transform in mask mode lags a lot after ASS changes
#14098 Long fixture names overlap a lot in Advanced output
#14005 Crash waking the machine from sleep with NDI clip loaded
#14184 renaming Fixture parameter to same name as another one, renaming it again changes different channel name
#14198 Crash clearing capture clips
#14346 7.2.0 can hang with advanced output open on windows
#14020 Moving group below itself, layer order can change in group
#14349 Can't move group below a layer below
#13478 Alpha channel support for HD-SDI outputs with BMD capture cards
#14354 Multiple inputs on AJA Kona 4 show glitchy
#14361 DataPath boards not loading
#14362 Popups & menus getting stuck sometimes
#14355 Alley, Crash trying to convert with an unsupported file in the list
#14378 Rendering a paused clip, the render gets the first clip frame instead the one at the paused position

Download
Select "Check for Updates.." in the Avenue or Arena menu and it will self-update. Or just checkout the downloads page.

With version 7.2 we're making Resolume a bit more useful for content production rather than live performances because ... well you know why. So you can now render clips to file with Resolume. Record straight to DXV or ProRes. And Alley can now convert to ProRes and Motion JPEG. ProRes video playback is also much improved. There are 2 news effects: Pixel Blur and Bloom. And the interface text is now rendered with the Noto Sans font.



Clip Renderer
To make Resolume a bit more useful in your studio for creating content rather than live shows you can now render your clips to disk! Go crazy with sources, shapes, text, add as many effects you like and when you are happy with the result you can render it to a file and share it anywhere you like. Check it out. You'll find it in the Clip menu: Render to File. Read all the instructions in the Clip Renderer support article.

Recording Improvements
You can now record straight to DXV 3 or ProRes and it will record at the frame rate set for the composition. All versions of DXV 3 and ProRes are supported so this means you can now preserve alpha in your recordings when you use DXV 3 Normal or High Quality with Alpha or ProRes4444. You'll find these settings in the new Recording tab of the Preferences and we updated the Recording support article with instructions.

ProRes & Motion JPEG Conversion in Alley
Alley can now not only convert to the DXV 3 codec but thanks to a licensing deal with Apple, Alley can now also render to all flavours of ProRes on both macOS and Windows. And we also added good old Motion JPEG conversion.

Improved ProRes Playback
Playback of ProRes encoded video files is now much much faster so you can actually VJ in pristine image quality using ProRes.

New Effects: Pixel Blur & Bloom
The standard Blur effect in Resolume is built for speed but to do this it needs to sacrifice some image quality. Most of the time it's good enough but sometimes you just want a pixel precise blur just like you have in Photoshop. Resolume now has a picture perfect blur and it's called Pixel Blur. Check it out, it's gorgeous but not as fast and the standard Blur so choose your weapons wisely.

To make a Bloom effect you need a pixel perfect blur and lo and behold, we have this now so we also created a Bloom effect, just because we can. No not just because we can but because it makes your footage look all nice and glowy on the outside, and that makes us feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.

NDI Updated to version 4.5
NDI inside Resolume is updated to the latest version and we managed to fix a few minor bugs so streaming with NDI to OBS should be running nice and smooth.

New Interface Font - Noto Sans
Noto Sans is now used in the Resolume interface. This font supports more characters and has a more consistent look on Chinese and Japanese. The Noto Sans font is also included in the installer so we're not dependent on what macOS or Windows ship with their operating systems anymore. Noto Sans is an open source font made by Google. Thank you Google, we love you, we hate you, we need you.

Hotfix July 8th
#14047 Crash on startup after clean Nvidia driver install

Fix List
#14108 Groups are lost opening a composition with groups
#14188 External effects set to default preset show "Missing" blend mode
#13977 Menus behave weird with touchscreen
#14030 Denon tracks sometimes are not connected on startup, or when connection to the player is lost
#14033 Denon clips in new deck can get laggy and cause crash
#14045 Crash moving external effect opacity fader on composition before transform with no clips playing
#14061 AV clip in BPM sync flashes random frame hitting resync
#14062 A(V) BPM Synced clip set to "bpm" instead of "beats" mode does not resync and pause.
#14086 Timeline animation doesn't restart on audio parameters
#14104 Param on random, Speed = 0 used to jump around, doesn't jump any more
#14109 Lumiverse output target IP is lost importing ASS preset from Windows v6 to v7
#14110 Assigning additional parameters to dashboard changes dashboard position
#14124 Memory leak with playing clips, switching decks
#14178 Dropdown style multi option selector shortcuts have empty mode on creation
#13887 NDI with 0% alpha between windows machines has artifacts
#14035 NDI naming double space (you might need to reconnect your NDI stream)
#13783 AJA Kona HDMI no worky

Download
Select "Check for Updates.." in the Avenue or Arena menu and it will self-update. Or just go to the downloads page.

We welcome to the label toomuchlag, a Swiss motion artist based in London. His first pack OBSIDIAN has a golden, ominous look ideal for chill sets or blasting beats.

VJ Galaxy drops another story telling pack meant to make us feel like nothing makes sense anymore. Check out Dytopia, the story of a world ready to disappear.

Last but not least, Tomika is taking us to the basics. To the ABC of Vj'ing. To the Vj's best friend: the tunnel. Everyone, please meet TUNNELLED.

OBSIDIAN by toomuchlag


Dytopia by VJ Galaxy


TUNNELLED by Tomika

As you all know due to the coronavirus the whole events industry is flat on its back right now. We’re now 3 months into this and it’s still unbelievable that something so catastrophic could happen to all of us at the same time all around the world.

Live-streams and virtual stages or even drive-inn raves are OK for now but it’s not the same. This is not why you became a VJ. You want to be at a show, big or small, in front of a live audience to enjoy the music and provide the live visuals. We were not born to stare at a little screen all day, we want to go out and experience real life.

Of course Resolume is also hit by this. Our software and footage revenue is at an all-time low, but, we’re all working from home and Resolume development is continuing. We know many of you are hit way harder and some of you have literally not done any gigs since March. This is why we want to share the pain and try to help where we can. We’ve extended all Resolume 7 licenses by 3 months for free on July 1st so you do not have to renew your license anytime soon.

We can’t wait for things to get back to normal. Let’s hope we all can start doing what we love again very soon.

Stay Strong,
Team Resolume

P.S. You do not have to do anything to get the 3 months extra on your license. Just start Avenue or Arena on your computer with an internet connection and it will automatically refresh its license. You'll see the new expire date on the Register tab of the Preferences. This also works when you use a dongle to manage your license.

Are we out of the Woods yet? We were just asking the same question as Unit44.

Kongfoo Motion is taking us on an intergalactic travel with the first stop on Galactucity.

And RAW Designs is as romantic as ever, he wishes everyone to make Deepsilk2, not war.

Woods by Unit44


Galactucity by Kongfoo Motion


DeepSilk2 by RAW Designs

Resolume is always in development and often we browse through the requests in the New Features section of the forum. We love to learn from the community and see how popular certain feature requests are.

For this reason we've added a vote option in the New Features section. You can now upvote a request topic. This way we get a better sense of the most popular requests in our community. Don't worry that we will only look at the top 3, we're still reading all your posts and your ideas frequently end up on our feature request wall in the office.

Tristan Gieler is back with a delightful sci-fi story. Where did everyone go? And what is pulsing in the Fog and Smoke?
On a scale from 1 to Summer Vibrant how vibrant is going to be your summer? Ican Agoesdjam is predicting a pretty vibrant one, you'll "just" have to get creative about it.
Kinghts guarding the LuCastle by day and illegally raving by night. This is the short version of the story told by Luminator. The rest you'll have to discover yourself!


Fog and Dust by Tristan Gieler


Summer Vibrant by Ican Agoesdjam


LuCastle by Luminator

This friday we'll be doing something new! We're introducing the Resolume Classroom. The Resolume Classroom will be a monthly live stream that takes a deep dive into one specific theme regarding Resolume and VJ-ing.

In this first episode we'll discuss color. From basic concepts like channels, alpha and palettes all the way to applying color theory, color harmony and color effects. Like a real classroom, you'll be able to ask questions as we go.

STVinMotion is the globe-trotting company of Steve Kislov and Nadya Abra. They produce footage packs and tutorials while traveling the world. We caught up with Steve to talk about his work, visuals, tutorials and travels.

Steve hosted a workshop on our Youtube channel. The footage used in the workshop can be found here and the masks used can be found here.



Batman has a great origin story, what’s yours?

I’m originally from Israel. In 2000, after travelling and losing myself at the best psytrance festivals around the world, I returned to Israel to find out that a highschool friend (VJ Masterdamus) was VJing and creating better visual experiences than what I saw at some of the top festivals abroad. I started helping him out, just out of sheer enthusiasm.

When he suddenly relocated to Australia, I had to choose if I wanted to let VJing go or become a VJ. Easy choice! I bought Masterdamus’s computer and he taught me how to create VJ content through video calls. Together, we performed at some of the best psytrance festivals abroad - the circle was completed, VJ STV was born.

The next step in my journey was STVinMotion which I founded together with my partner Nadya Abra. When we decided to leave Israel in favor of a nomadic lifestyle we added the "inMotion" to the name, symbolizing the motion of visuals and the motion of travelling from place to place.

I have retired from actively performing - in favor of focusing my attention on content creation and teaching. You could say that these days we perform vicariously through VJs who use our content.


Vunk Concert, Romania. Live Visual by Bobo Visuals

Can you tell something about your creation process? How does a loop pack come to be?

I get inspired by seeing artworks by others. Browsing Instagram or Pinterest and seeing beautiful art can really light my brain on fire. I’m an avid collector. I arrange what I like into themed boards (say, Jungle or Aztec).

When it’s time to create our next VJ pack we have themes and references already lined up. We search for an overlap between what we want to create and what VJs need. The key is making content that has the strongest impact on the audience.

We take the inspirational material and we start brainstorming about what we can make.
We look at the results as if this was a puzzle - looking for connections. The visuals have to connect conceptually and visually. The clips should tell a story and be pleasing to compose. Next, we create a couple of loops, take them into Resolume and see how they mix. We move elements around to see how they compose and react to effects. We try to have a good blend of Background Clips and Element Clips that can be mixed by the users.

From here on it’s an iterative process. We create more loops and try them in Resolume. This process is repeated until the VJ pack is complete.

From a technical perspective: We use mostly Element 3D inside After Effects. We sometimes use Illustrator for design, Cinema 4D for hard surface modeling and Daz3D for characters - all are imported into Element 3D (as paths, OBJs & OBJ Sequences) and are composed there for the final render.


Steampunk Show by ULA Projects, Russia


You guys are living nomadically, how does this influence your content?

We travel slow, spending a couple of months in each location so we can soak the place and ambiance.We expose ourselves to the local artwork and customs. It changes our point of view and evokes inspiration. Travelling is an experience that takes us out of our comfort zone, it forces us to adapt ourselves to the environment and be flexible. The challenges we face help us grow and continue changing. When we reach a new place we meet new people and culture, cuisine and music.

For example, the OrnaMental VJ pack was inspired by Indian Mandalas that we saw locals painting with colorful powder in front of their doors. The Cyborgasm VJ pack idea came while practicing Vipassana Meditation in Thailand and realizing that our reactions to the world are kinda automatic - we might already be cyborgs!


We see eastern theme's, steampunk, architecture, symbolism and tribalism in your content. With this you set yourself apart in a VJ-world where abstract visuals are dominant. How did this come to be?

Having themes in our packs is a deliberate choice and its purpose is to create a stronger experience. When a VJ mixes visuals, one after the other, the audience searches for a connection between them, a story and a meaning unfolds. When all the visuals are abstract, there’s no story or connection between the visuals and after some time the viewer might become indifferent to the show.

We want VJs to become an integral part of any event by introducing themes and providing interesting content thus becoming valuable artists rather than those who fill the void on the screens.”


Steve's Expanse video is showing off some travel-inspired content


You have a great YouTube channel with a wealth of knowledge. Why did you start making tutorials?

I started making VJing tutorials because users of our content were not making the most out of it - not layering and compositing it the way we were envisioning it. I realized that not everyone shares my vision and has the same knowledge.

When I released the first OrnaMental VJing tutorial, it became very popular - the enthusiastic feedback from viewers made me realize that people are craving for this kind of knowledge and that it makes a positive impact on their performances and careers. I enjoy sharing what I’ve learned throughout the years and helping other VJs to grow and acquire new skills. Of course, seeing the visulas we created fulfill their purpose is a huge part of it, too.

I created a Facebook group that is dedicated solely to Resolume Tutorials. Everybody is welcome to join it, learn from the tutorials there and contribute by sharing tutorials that you made yourself.


Awesome Resolume tutorial by STVinMotion

Thank you Steve for the interview. Make sure to check out the STVinMotion website and YouTube channel. They also regularly show their workproces on Instagram and Facebook