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Creating Workspace Presets

September 19, 2012

For more complex projects that have lots of scenes, Workspace Presets can be used to change the entire layer / plugin setup at once. This tutorial covers the basics of creating and restoring these presets. 

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In Plugins, Basics, Layers Tags Workspace Presets

MIDI (and OSC and DMX) setup by detect

September 19, 2012

A first tutorial in working with MIDI, OSC and DMX, syncing a slider.

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In Basics Tags DMX, Sliders, OSC, Data-Sources, MIDI, ArtNet

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.

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In Plugins, Basics, Video Tutorial Tags Control Surface

Using the Simple Player template

September 19, 2012

Templates are a fast way to get into VDMX without learning how to build a project completely from scratch. In this tutorial, how to load the most basic example template, a basic single layer setup with an FX chain.

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In Basics, Getting Started Tags Media Bin, Templates, Transitions

Audio Analysis Basics

September 19, 2012

An introduction to using the audio analysis plugin to create sound reactive control data.

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In Plugins, Basics Tags Data-Sources, Audio Analysis

Saving and Loading Section Presets

September 19, 2012

The Local Preset UI object is a standard control in VDMX and is found in a lot of different places to quickly save and restore settings.

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In Basics Tags Local Presets

Outputing in Fullscreen Mode

September 19, 2012
Outputting to one or more displays or projectors in Fullscreen Mode. Read More
In Basics Tags Fullscreen Mode

Layer Perspective Correction Mode Basics

September 19, 2012

An introduction to using the perspective correction (quad) mode in the layer composition controls.

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In Basics, Layers Tags Crop, Projection Mapping, Perspective Correction, Quad Mode

Fading Between Layers with the Two Channel Mixer

September 18, 2012

Creating fades, auto-fades and transitions between layers with the two channel mixer plugin.

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In Plugins, Basics, Layers Tags Auto Fade, Opacity, Two Channel Mixer, Transitions

Recording Movies To Disk

September 18, 2012

​Capturing the output from a layer as a Quicktime movie or still image with the Movie Recorder plugin.

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In Plugins, Basics Tags Movies, Images, Recording

Making Quartz Composer FX

September 18, 2012

Making custom FX for VDMX using Quartz Composer.

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Tags Quartz Composer, FX

Preview Windows

September 18, 2012

​Adding a preview window and setting its source video stream.

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In Plugins, Basics, Layers Tags Preview

Syphon Output

September 18, 2012

​Publishing video streams to other applications using the Syphon Output plugin.

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In Plugins, Basics Tags Syphon

Applying a Mask to a Layer

September 18, 2012
Applying an alpha channel mask to a layer. Read More
In Basics, Layers Tags Alpha Channels, Masking, FX

Layer Composition Basics

September 18, 2012

How to set the composition settings for a layer including its blend mode, opacity, source and destination coordinates.

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In Basics, Layers Tags CoreImage, Crop, Quartz Composer, Opacity, Transitions, Blend Modes

Visual FX Basics

September 18, 2012

​Adding FX to a layer and using local FX chain presets.

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In Basics, Layers Tags CoreImage, FFGL, Quartz Composer, FX

Media Bin Basics

September 18, 2012

The Media Bin plugin handles loading, organizing and triggering clips.

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In Plugins, Basics Tags Media Bin, Built-In Sources

Built-In Sources

September 18, 2012

Built-In Generators are sources that can be loaded directly on a layer without using a media bin.

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In Basics, Layers Tags CoreImage, Built-In Sources, FFGL, Live Inputs, Quartz Composer

Video Inputs Basics

September 18, 2012

Working with live inputs such as DV, HD capture cards, and cameras.

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In Basics, Inspectors, Video Tutorial Tags Media Bin, Live Inputs

Movie Playback Basics

September 18, 2012

Getting started with loading and playing back movies in VDMX.

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In Basics, Video Tutorial Tags Codec, Movies
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