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Hi there,

I would love to transition from using stock footage for my vjing in Resolume to create the actual footage myself.
Being a big fan of the Catmac material, I would love to know if anyone here could give me a hint where to start/what tu use to do something like this here:
https://www.resolume.com/footage/AbstractDisplacement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFVSVlr ... rt_radio=1

Best,
laurentius

laurentius wrote: Thu Sep 25, 2025 17:19 Hi there,

I would love to transition from using stock footage for my vjing in Resolume to create the actual footage myself.
Being a big fan of the Catmac material, I would love to know if anyone here could give me a hint where to start/what tu use to do something like this here:
https://www.resolume.com/footage/AbstractDisplacementSpace Waves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFVSVlr ... rt_radio=1

Best,
laurentius

Here are tools you can use—some for prototyping, others for real-time / performance:

TouchDesigner – wonderful for real-time visuals, working with shaders, feedback, displacement.

ShaderToy / GLSL / WebGL – great for writing procedural shaders, displacement, noise functions.

Processing / p5.js – good for prototyping generative visuals with code.

Blender (Eevee or Cycles) – for more 3D displacement + rendering loops which you can then re-import to Resolume.

After Effects + Displacement Map effects – useful for prototyping ideas / building footage assets.

laurentius wrote: Thu Sep 25, 2025 17:19 Hi there,

I would love to transition from using stock footage for my vjing in Resolume to create the actual footage myself.
Being a big fan of the Catmac material, I would love to know if anyone here could give me a hint where to start/what tu use to do something like this here:
https://www.resolume.com/footage/AbstractDisplacement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFVSVlr ... rt_radio=1space waves

Best,
laurentius

f you want to create something similar, you might want to start with software like Blender (for 3D displacement animations) or After Effects (with plugins like Trapcode or Red Giant Universe). Once you get comfortable with procedural textures and displacement maps, you’ll be able to make footage with the same kind of depth and movement.