Motion Tech
Play with Snapchat Lenses live for VJing, music videos – here’s how
Wouldn’t it be great if you could use those wild face filters live in an AV show / VJ set / music video? Well, you can, thanks to the magic of Syphon – and this VDMX tutorial by Projectile Objects makes it easy.
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OSC to MIDI conversion and MIDI over network, with a free, open source tool
Music gear and software supports MIDI. Visual software supports OSC. You have a network and want to easily run MIDI over it. Sound familiar? Here’s a clever free tool (with open code you can also learn from) that acts as an essential tool.
Peter Kirn - March 15, 2021
DIY + Unusual Software Tech
A breakthrough AI-assisted color grading tool emerges from a VJ-Hollywood collaboration
Hollywood-quality color grading is about to get way more accessible, affordable, and automated. It’s all thanks to a fresh collaboration between experts in AI and live visual software – and studio colorists. The result promises to be a huge deal for anyone working with color in moving images.
Now you can sync up live visuals with Ableton Link
Peter Kirn - February 27, 2017
Motion Music tech
Push Pixels Harder: Open Hap Video Codec Now on Windows and Mac
Peter Kirn - June 6, 2014
Archive Motion Music tech
VDMX Adds Wondrous Shader Features – And a Spec For Adding Them to Visual Tools
Peter Kirn - December 27, 2013
Archive Motion Music tech
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