Joris has been busy again, this time a great video tutorial on how to synchronise and control Avenue from Live using MIDI. Also checkout the written tutorial for step by step instructions.

Markus from projektionsareal.org wrote us about his latest project: Deine Heimat [Your Habitat] which he did together with artist Stefan Strumbel. Checkout the video below. It's almost winter so it's getting a bit cold now to drive around in an open car with a projector sticking out the back but it sure looks like a lot of fun.

Unlike graffiti you're leaving no permanent damage to any buildings so this might actually be legal? I wonder if you can get a ticket for projecting light in public space. Do you have any experience with this? We'd love to hear from you.

[blip]http://blip.tv/play/q0GBsesIAg[/blip]

On other "gray" areas in graffiti, Alexandre Orion from Sao Paulo creates urban images by cleaning walls.

Lucas Dittebrand posted a nice video on YouTube demonstrating how to create a perfect mask in Photoshop that can be loaded in Resolume so the video only shows though on the objects on the wall. Very nice trick!

here's a little guide:

The resolution of the second screen should be the resolution of the output in resolume (e.g. 640*480).

In photoshop you create a file with the same resolution (transparent or black background)
drag the window to the second screen.
press "F" two times to go into full screen mode and hide the rulers if visible (cmd+R).

Choose the pen tool "P" and select "shape layers" in the bar at the top (first button).
I usually choose red as the foreground/shape color.
Now draw one square with the pen tool. if you draw a second shape, a new layer will be created automatically.
with the shapes it is possible to fine tune the squares, if you didn't put the corners exactly. Just use the direct selection tool "A".

When finished (delete the background layer and ) save the file as transparent png.

Now load this image as a mask on the composition in Resolume.

Awsome!

We're very excited and proud to release 2 new footage packs made by Dan Wiseman. These 2 releases really set a new benchmark for our little footage shop, it doesn't get much better than this. Checkout AndroidDreams and CosmosFabric.


CosmosFabric
Step inside the inside - into a place where the laws of the universe twist and bend, where you can catch a glimpse of the very fabric of the cosmos..


AndroidDreams
After rewiring a broken test subject from the 1970's we were able to retrieve the following video images...

Now in it's 3rd installment, Electrology 3 by VJ Micology channels the high energy of electro house music. The Perfect Stone by topherZ is an ecstatic immersion in the deep beauty of the natural world. 100% Organic visuals.

We have not released any footage in a while because Avenue requires our full attention, but now we finally took some time to prepare the releases that piled up. Checkout NeonGlow by VJ Mikkel, PeepShow by Chromosoom and Numbers & NeoRave by German VJ team ZOOZOOZOO.

Numbers by ZOOZOOZOO


NeoRave by ZOOZOOZOO


NeonGlow by VJ Mikkel


PeepShow by Chromosoom

Do you have an NVIDIA video card in your computer? We have a Resolume beta for you to try some experimental texture rendering that makes Resolume run a lot faster on NVIDIA cards. It works great on our hardware but we need some more testing on different video cards before we release this to the mainstream. So if you have an NVIDIA card and would like to test a new Resolume beta then [s]please email us: mail@resolume.com[/s] Let us know what NVIDIA card you have and we'll send you a beta. Thanks! UPDATE: Our mailbox has flooded so beta testing is now closed. Thanks for your massive response!

Beer and laptops! On Thursday 22nd October we'll be in club Sugar Factory for the Amsterdam Dance Event. The festivities start at 15:00 with the SHARE AV Playground, then Ableton Masterclasses showing MaxForLive followed by a party until 5 in the morning.

So bring your laptop, show us what you are doing with Resolume and we hope to drink a beer together on thursday. See you in Amsterdam!



More details on the 365MAG website:
http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=news&recnum=5834

15:00 - 19:00: SHARE - Audio Visual Playground
Sign-up artists: SHARE: http://www.shareamsterdam.com
Tickets 5 euro + free UDG DJ BAG

19:00 - 00.00: 365LIVE! Masterclass with ABLETON, BEN LIEBRAND AND FRANÇOIS K
Tickets 8 euro + free UDG DJ Bag: http://www.beatfreax.nl
Door-sale: 10 euro

00.00 - 05.00: MIKO Loves WAVE MUSIC & FORWARD WITH FRANÇOIS K
Tickets: 10 euro: http://www.beatfreax.nl
Door-sale: 14 euro

You have never seen him but you have heard his voice if you saw the latest Resolume Flash Features video. Who is this mysterious man I hear you ask? ;-) Besides making great Resolume demo videos Joris will start to lend a helping hand with email support on support@resolume.com and on the forums he is known as goto10.

So go ahead and send an email to support@resolume.com and ask a difficult question. Like, How many Jigawatt does it take to travel back to the future?

No this is not a déjà vu, these are actually ANOTHER 2 new SOURCE footage releases. MICROTECH.2 by Rebel Overlay refines and expands on the original release. Get very technical with expanding cubes, crisp beat-locked animations, flowing tracers and fluid bodies. Invaders dance, they jiggle, they attack. Get blasted with retro-tastic lazer energy patterns.

MICROTECH.2 by Rebel Overlay


Invaders by Pointless Creations