This document provides an overview of visual performance (VJ'ing), including controlling visuals through video clips, animation, generative elements, visual effects, and layering. It discusses VJ software options like Resolume and Modul8 that allow playing and manipulating clips, as well as more generative/modular options. Hardware mixers and controllers are also covered. The document provides suggestions for creating, buying, and stealing visual content and recommends downloading software demos to get started in visual performance.

1. VISUAL PERFORMANCE

2. WHAT IS VJ'ING?
CONTROLLING VISUALS
With a soundtrack

3. VIDEO CLIPS
Make
Buy
Steal

4. ANIMATION
Flash
files
Control
variables

5. GENERATIVE ELEMENTS
Visuals generated from
code and data

6. VISUAL FX
Apply effects
to clips, layers,
and entire
compositions
FX are like realtime photoshop
filters or audio plugins

7. LAYERING
Clips are played
on layers and
combined in
realtime
You can even move them around in 3D space!

8. VJ SOFTWARE
Ware all your money is $pent!

9. Resolume
DJ STYLE Arkaos
Modul8
Focused on playing and manipulating
existing clips

10. MODULAR
VDMX Isodora
Blend of existing clips and generative
FX. Lots of tinker ability.

11. Max/Msp+Jitter
GENERATIVE Quartz Composer
Processing
Generating visuals from code, data
and FX

12. HARDWARE
Toys!!!

13. MIXERS
Costs ~$400 - $2000

14. CONTROLLERS
Translator
Software
MIDI
USB VJ
Software
OSC
Midi keyboards/
controllers
Computer Keyboards/Mice iPhone / iPad Lemur

15. CONTENT
Where does I get it?

16. MAKE IT These are free!!!
Video/Visual FX Animation software Generative content
software like like Flash, Toon tools that can save
Premiere, Final Cut, Boom, and 3D code/patches like
Vegas, After Effects, animation apps Quartz Composer,
and Motion Processing and
PureDat-

17. BUY IT
Buy looped clips individually or in packs online*
* if you wanna play the same crap as everyone else...

18. STEAL IT
Beware the copyright police!!!

19. HOW TO GET STARTED
• Download demos of the software
• Play around till you decide what you like
• Hack anything you can into a controller!
• Be awesome.

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