VDMX5 VJ App Beta for Mac Chugging Along, Adds New Render Engine
It may be called a beta, but that hasn't stopped VDMX from being a favorite in big live gigs. Here is powering przemion's rig in Amsterdam. VDMX5 may be "perpetually in beta", but oh, what a beta it is. The latest version includes some major breakthroughs, a new render engine, lots ... read more.
Apple: Updated Santa Rosa MacBooks, MacBook Pros Speedbumped
Apple slipped in some almost silent updates last night to its portable line: MacBooks have been updated to come pre-installed with Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5), and sport Intel's Santa Rosa chipset. This provides frontside bus speeds up to 800Mhz (up from 667Mhz), and includes a new integrated graphics chipset, ... read more.
Onyx, Free + Open-Source Flash VJ App, Adds Features and Mac Support
Onyx, the lovely open and extensible Flash-based live visualist tool, now runs on Mac as well as Windows. (Next stop, since it's built in Flash: Linux.) And the latest build has some great new features: Snap to tempo, tempo-synced filters Build your own TempoFilters Mutable bitmap filters "Mix files" for saving multiple layers and ... read more.
Premiere, Encore Back for Mac; First Mac Parity Since 2003
Windows-only no more. Final Cut, get ready to rumble. On the eve of Macworld Expo, Adobe has announced it's finally restoring feature parity between the Mac and Windows versions of its Production Studio suite. That means Premiere Pro, its video editing app, and Encore DVD, its DVD authoring package, will both ... read more.
MacBook, MacBook Pro, Boot Camp, and Video Output: Mixed Results?
In October, we covered evolving support issues for Apple, Boot Camp Beta, and video output from Windows on Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. Boot Camp is still in beta, but it is widely used, and people understandably want to know if they'll be able to output from Windows to ... read more.
Modul8 2.5 Mac VJ App: Intel-Native, Hardware-Accelerated, Filters, Multiple Projectors
In a crowded field of VJ apps, Modul8 stands out as the app Photoshop lovers would want to use onstage. A fully extensible modular compositing system lets you combine images with per-pixel transparency -- now, more attractive and better-performing than ever thanks to anti-aliasing and hardware acceleration. Live visualists get one ... read more.
Flash to the Future: Flash Player 9 Arrives, ActionScript 3.0 Reading, Future of FLV
Out of the lab, and into the world: Flash 9 is now official and no longer beta. Flash Player 9 Linux is still in beta, but coming. (I'll be really interested to do some Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux benchmarking. Linux as a deployment platform has some real appeal.) I'm personally finding that ... read more.
Boot Camp Won’t Support S-Video, VGA Video Output on Windows
Suddenly, that dual-booting Mac isn't looking like such a value: Boot Camp Beta 1.1: VGA adapters, Mini-DVI adapters are not supported Reader Robotkid notes S-Video won't work, either. So, in review, if you want to boot your new MacBook into Windows XP, all will be fine -- unless you happen to need to ... read more.
Boot Camp Won't Support S-Video, VGA Video Output on Windows
Suddenly, that dual-booting Mac isn't looking like such a value: Boot Camp Beta 1.1: VGA adapters, Mini-DVI adapters are not supported Reader Robotkid notes S-Video won't work, either. So, in review, if you want to boot your new MacBook into Windows XP, all will be fine -- unless you happen to need to ... read more.
MacBook Pro 2 for Visualists: Dream VJ Combination
The Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros are here, and even if you're a Windows user, these machines deserve a look. See Create Digital Music for the full once-over, but here's my short list for why the MacBook Pro has appeal for the VJ/visualist/live visuals person, particularly for the intensive requirements ... read more.
