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Resolume

Resolume is asoftware programmefor thatlive youvisuals. You use it to mix, trigger, manipulate and output video in real time during performances, installations, club nights, events or presentations.

In practice, Resolume works like an instrument for visual media. You can use for making all kinds of visual outputs such as:

  • Livelayer video mixing
    • clips,
  • Projectionloops, mapping
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  • Synccamera feeds, generative sources, and effects; control them live with a mouse, keyboard, MIDI controllers, or OSC. It is widely used by VJs, audiovisual performers, media artists, and designers who run projections or LED withscreens visuals
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  • Live camera input processing
  • Audio Visual playback
  • Microphone inputs and sound responsiveway.

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    Arena

    Arena is Avenue's big brother. Just like Avenue, it's built fromchoose the ground-up'No withFootage' visual performance in mind. So it has the same features as Avenue. 

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    Resolume Wire

    Wire is a modular node-based patching environment to create effects, mixers and video generators for Arena & Avenue. So it's more of an extension of the other programmes but now you can make your own visual effects or clips, but using node-based blocks and connect them together.

    Wire is included in Arena and Avenue installers. (HKU students: it needs a separate license, wo do not provide)

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    Let's get started! 

    you can download the Resolume software via their website, there is a free trial.

    You can always use the software without a license and save your project, but without a license you will always have both an audio and visual watermark in your project.

     HKU students are able to work with various licensing options, contact a HKU Blackbox manager to find out more about this.


    Resolume Basic Tutorial

    you can find all kinds of tutorials about how to work with Resolume via their website https://resolume.com/training










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