Quantized Triggering with the Media Bin

October 30, 2012

A short video tutorial covering quantized triggering (trigger movie or media files "on the beat" of a clock) in VDMX. Read More

Sending OSC values from sliders and other UI items

October 30, 2012

Every slider, button, or pop-up menu UI in VDMX can send OSC data to other software running locally or to other computers on your network- this video tutorial introduces how. Read More

Introduction to receiving control data

October 19, 2012

This tutorial introduces the concept of receivers, objects which allow you to receive and work with data from various sources- MIDI, ArtNet, and OSC hardware/software, as well as data sources created by other plugins and layers within VDMX.

Local Presets and Multiplexers

October 15, 2012

Local presets are per-UI item (per-slider, per-button, etc) presets- they affect only the item which they belong to. This video demonstrates how to use local presets on a slider to switch between two different LFOs, how to trigger local presets, and how to use the preset inspector to modify/mask how the preset is applied to the slider.

Introduction to receiving MIDI, OSC and DMX.

October 15, 2012

An in depth look at receiving MIDI, OSC, and DMX data to control UI items in VDMX.

The File Inspector and File Attributes

October 11, 2012

In the first tab of the Workspace Inspector you'll find the File Inspector which can be used to load, manage and edit the properties of pages and media clips in your current project. This video tutorial covers the basics of using the File Inspector to preview and adjust clip settings.

Workspace Inspectors - Presets

October 11, 2012

The goal of a workspace preset is to allow users to save a "snapshot" of their workspace: this video tutorial discusses how to use presets to create and restore setups.

Workspace Inspectors: Layers

September 21, 2012

This video tutorial covers the basics of working with layers in the Workspace Inspector in VDMX.

General Overview of VDMX

September 21, 2012

This video covers the basic application layout- the role inspectors play and how to use them, how to create a static UI, fullscreen options, etc. The goal of this video is to give a brief overview of "where things are" and how to interact with them.

Customizing the Layout of a Control Surface Plugin

September 19, 2012

The 'Custom UI' option in the Control Surface plugin allows for disabling the standard automatic layout of the user interface items.

This option is also available in many other places where automatically generated user interfaces are found, such as the source controls for Quartz Composer patches.