3D’s MIDI moment: Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA rally around OpenUSD
The scene format that began its life at Pixar Animation Studios is poised to become a standard for all things 3D – scenes, but also tools, data, and workflows. And yes, that could make this into 3D’s...
View ArticleSynapseRack is a customizable, patchable PC VJ tool made in Unity
This is the way: SynapseRack is a fully customizable, layer-based live visual tool, complete with modular nodes and HAP and MIDI support. Now in beta, it costs ¥12,000 for a full version - just over...
View ArticleResolume 7.17: easier recording, more copy & paste, and more
Resolume continues its update churn - and expands its ubiquity as the go-to live visual tool. New in 7.17: a new recording panel with more features, expanded copy and paste, Akai APC Mini MK2 support,...
View ArticleLearn to connect TouchDesigner to Bitwig – and make visuals for music
If you're ready to make visuals for music using Bitwig Studio and powerhouse dataflow 3D/generative tool TouchDesigner, we've got free videos and a free workshop today. Yo dawg, it's a modular tool for...
View ArticleTouchDesigner Experimental build is hot: ProRes, Leap Motion, more upgrades
To see what's in store for the audiovisual / generative-interactive 3D powerhouse TouchDesigner, look at the bleeding-edge "experimental" build release notes. And there's a ton here - just a few...
View ArticleHere’s the current fix for ridding yourself of the macOS Orange Dot
Wait, Apple may be reading this - uh, my mistake. Did I say there was a workaround? No, no, that orange dot on the menu bar belongs there, and if it's screwing up your live visual projection, hey,...
View ArticleCaptivate is a free, open source visual synth and DMX lighting tool
This live visual newcomer is off to a promising start: live DMX lighting, generative visuals (with video and photos), MIDI control, Ableton Link - and it's free and open source. It's coded in...
View ArticleLivecoding meets Max meets OpenGL: free GLRepl for Max
Take a Max patch and add easy livecoding for it. Work with anything you want, commanding Max from the keyboard - including powerful OpenGL, Jitter, JSON, and JavaScript functions and customization....
View ArticleFree Cables visual tool update – and building a custom video mixer
Cables (cables.gl), the powerful, completely free, browser-based, node-patching generative graphics tool, adds custom Ops and more in its February update. Even better, if you're looking for how to work...
View ArticleResolume 7.19: Quick Search, workflow improvements, rotate text
Leading the live visual world, Resolume Arena/Avenue continues to keep up its brisk update cadence. This latest version lets you search for stuff Spotlight-style, speeds up workflow, and oh yeah, you...
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