Hands-on: Creating a 3D Model in Google SketchUp
From top: a simple, accessible creation by Eoin – now just imagine this pulsing around and some effects and you’ve got a VJ project, too. And a video shows Google really is hoping to bring 3D to the masses. Visualists entering the world of ... read more.
More Vixid Mixer Hands-On: Tiago Pereira with VJX16-4
OMIRI com VIXID from mspinky23 on Vimeo. (Warning: Contains some NSFW imagery. Jaymis.) CDM's Jaymis has just gotten his Vixid VJX16-4 mixer, but we continue getting other hands-on reports from VJs. This one comes from Tiago Pereira, who's posted a video of him having some ... read more.
Hands-On: Livid’s New Ohm Controller, Custom Control Geared for Visualists
As digital musicians have realized for some time, working with computers is all about physical control. It's the difference between feeling like you're operating software and playing an instrument. So it's no accident that Jay Smith is quick to call the Ohm, a new hardware controller for visuals ... read more.
Hands-On: Livid's New Ohm Controller, Custom Control Geared for Visualists
As digital musicians have realized for some time, working with computers is all about physical control. It's the difference between feeling like you're operating software and playing an instrument. So it's no accident that Jay Smith is quick to call the Ohm, a new hardware controller for visuals ... read more.
Projection, Frozen in Place No More: ArtificialEyes on How VMS Saved VJing
It's not the lumens that count; it's how you use them. But it's easy to forget that when your projections just got blown out by lights, which someone used because they can move and your projection can't. And it's easy to get frustrated with the limitations of projection when you're ... read more.
VIDEO-SL Vinyl + Video: Beta Hands-on From DJ Steel
We're planning an in-depth test of the new visual vinyl plug-in for Serato's Scratch LIVE, VIDEO-SL, but in the meantime, one beta tester has already got his hands on it. DJ Steel puts together a pretty clear demonstration of what VIDEO-SL does and what makes it special, particularly in regards ... read more.
More Slow Motion Tests with Sony Smooth Slow Record
Since my last little slow motion test I've had plenty of quality time with my HVR-V1P, and while I wish it had a slightly more memorable model name - or even that it was printed somewhere on the unit, so I can tell people what it is when asked - ... read more.
From Comments: Rosco iCue for Projection Tips
I talked a bit last month about my woes trying to use a Rosco iCue "intelligent mirror." The short version: skip the lighting board and the lighting op / designer, and do what Jamie Jewett suggests here, via comments: I am also using a hacked I-cue with projection and am quite ... read more.
Visualist Meets Lighting: Projection with Color Scrollers, iCue Automated Mirrors
Working on digital visuals for choreographer Grisha Coleman's echo::system, I got to try some new techniques for running visuals. These were necessary experiments, so naturally we had some things that worked well, and some that didn't. (For more on the piece, see the project site; warning: auto-playing audio via Flash!) Two ... read more.
Sony HVR-V1P HDV Camera: Smooth Slow Motion Test
200 frames per second: that's the "smooth slow motion capture" speed of Sony's rather affordable HVR-V1P HDV camera. It really makes slow-motion capture accessible to the rest of us. Jaymis has been testing this mode on his new camera. Here are some early results (all the more impressive if you ... read more.
