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Resolume seems to be the standard for professional VJing. Any free alternatives, for Mac?

by brcmthrowaway 3y ago

jarrell_mark 3y ago
Less straight forward but game engines can be used as VJ software. Unity, Godot, Unreal
- ttjjtt 3y ago
  can you share any pointers on where to get started with this, ie using game engine for artistic video generation? i've seen it accomplished but never found any resources on how to achieve it.
  - BodyCulture 3y ago
    Install and start programming, then art will come.
  - vdmo 3y ago
    Join VJ Union on FB or vjun.io and we help you . Been doing this for decades ;)
  - sumnole 3y ago
    Unreal has a particle generator that is used sometimes in art videos.
eth0ws 3y ago
With some limitations, you can play with TouchDesigner which is the other major VJ utility. https://derivative.ca/download https://derivative.ca/download
manuelflara 3y ago
I use Resolume for fun on a Mac, and I couldn't find any decent alternative. I also use HeavyM, which is pretty good, also on a Mac and cheaper, but while it does support VJ use case, it's more designed around projection mapping. Piece of advice: if you want to buy Resolume (and I do recommend it, it's fantastic): the only discount they do all year is on Black Friday, 50% off. So that is THE day to buy a license. And if you happen to be a student or teacher of a related field (or know anyone who is), you can get an additional 50% on that, and buy it for 25% of the total price.
martijntje 3y ago
If you don't care about watermarks, you can try out Resolume for free indefinitely.
poyu 3y ago
Not exactly VJ, but could be used for it. https://openframeworks.cc https://openframeworks.cc
lsde 3y ago
There's Vimix for Linux and Mac (no windows binary yet), and it's great! https://github.com/brunoherbelin/vimix https://github.com/brunoherbelin/vimix
- BodyCulture 3y ago
  You need MIDI for this type of software to have a sane automation of events.
nzoschke 3y ago
I’m working on a new VJ app here: https://vizlab.app/ https://vizlab.app/ It connects to pioneer gear and changes visualizer patterns and loops and shaders in sync with the music structure. It uses canvas and webgl so you can write your own JavaScript to control things. There will be a free and open source version. Thanks for your patience, I’m working down the Show HN checklist as we speak.
- vdmo 3y ago
  Post the announcement when it's ready at https://vjun.io https://vjun.io we help you promote it further xx
  - neuromute 3y ago
    I was about to ask if it would be ok to do the same for my web-based VJ app Hydra, but it looks like you found it already! Thank you, it’s most appreciated!
- neuromute 3y ago
  Interesting! In my spare time for the last couple of months I’ve been working on a web-based VJ tool/toy. Nearing v1.0.0, which I hope to release in a week or so. I was considering submitting a Show HN post too when it hits that point, but didn’t know if there was much interest on here. Turns out there is! For anyone who is interested, the app I’ve been working on can be found here -> https://hydra.virusav.com https://hydra.virusav.com It’s FLOSS and the repo is here -> https://github.com/n3uromanc3r/hydra https://github.com/n3uromanc3r/hydra Weirdly earlier today (prior to seeing this post) I considered starting a sister project to hydra that allows you to build a mixer and visual pipeline using a node-based system instead of the more rigid standard mixer setup.
  - brcmthrowaway 3y ago
    Someone needs to code all the modifications, can it be controlled by MIDI
    - 3y ago
secretsatan 3y ago
There used to be Quartz Composer and associated plugins, add ons and tools built by various people, but sadly, Apple dropped support for this wonderful tool as they moved away from OpenGL I learnt a lot from using that, eventually writing my own project mapping apps.

Resolume seems to be the standard for professional VJing. Any free alternatives, for Mac?

jarrell_mark 3y ago

Less straight forward but game engines can be used as VJ software. Unity, Godot, Unreal

ttjjtt 3y ago
can you share any pointers on where to get started with this, ie using game engine for artistic video generation? i've seen it accomplished but never found any resources on how to achieve it.
- BodyCulture 3y ago
  Install and start programming, then art will come.
- vdmo 3y ago
  Join VJ Union on FB or vjun.io and we help you . Been doing this for decades ;)
- sumnole 3y ago
  Unreal has a particle generator that is used sometimes in art videos.

eth0ws 3y ago

With some limitations, you can play with TouchDesigner which is the other major VJ utility. https://derivative.ca/download https://derivative.ca/download

manuelflara 3y ago

I use Resolume for fun on a Mac, and I couldn't find any decent alternative. I also use HeavyM, which is pretty good, also on a Mac and cheaper, but while it does support VJ use case, it's more designed around projection mapping. Piece of advice: if you want to buy Resolume (and I do recommend it, it's fantastic): the only discount they do all year is on Black Friday, 50% off. So that is THE day to buy a license. And if you happen to be a student or teacher of a related field (or know anyone who is), you can get an additional 50% on that, and buy it for 25% of the total price.

martijntje 3y ago

If you don't care about watermarks, you can try out Resolume for free indefinitely.

poyu 3y ago

Not exactly VJ, but could be used for it. https://openframeworks.cc https://openframeworks.cc

lsde 3y ago

There's Vimix for Linux and Mac (no windows binary yet), and it's great! https://github.com/brunoherbelin/vimix https://github.com/brunoherbelin/vimix

BodyCulture 3y ago
You need MIDI for this type of software to have a sane automation of events.

nzoschke 3y ago

I’m working on a new VJ app here: https://vizlab.app/ https://vizlab.app/ It connects to pioneer gear and changes visualizer patterns and loops and shaders in sync with the music structure. It uses canvas and webgl so you can write your own JavaScript to control things. There will be a free and open source version. Thanks for your patience, I’m working down the Show HN checklist as we speak.

vdmo 3y ago
Post the announcement when it's ready at https://vjun.io https://vjun.io we help you promote it further xx
- neuromute 3y ago
  I was about to ask if it would be ok to do the same for my web-based VJ app Hydra, but it looks like you found it already! Thank you, it’s most appreciated!
neuromute 3y ago
Interesting! In my spare time for the last couple of months I’ve been working on a web-based VJ tool/toy. Nearing v1.0.0, which I hope to release in a week or so. I was considering submitting a Show HN post too when it hits that point, but didn’t know if there was much interest on here. Turns out there is! For anyone who is interested, the app I’ve been working on can be found here -> https://hydra.virusav.com https://hydra.virusav.com It’s FLOSS and the repo is here -> https://github.com/n3uromanc3r/hydra https://github.com/n3uromanc3r/hydra Weirdly earlier today (prior to seeing this post) I considered starting a sister project to hydra that allows you to build a mixer and visual pipeline using a node-based system instead of the more rigid standard mixer setup.
- brcmthrowaway 3y ago
  Someone needs to code all the modifications, can it be controlled by MIDI
  - 3y ago

secretsatan 3y ago

There used to be Quartz Composer and associated plugins, add ons and tools built by various people, but sadly, Apple dropped support for this wonderful tool as they moved away from OpenGL I learnt a lot from using that, eventually writing my own project mapping apps.