New Set “Audioptics” and Free VJ Loop “Coilights”

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Set of VJ Loops for Live Visuals - Audioptics (HD)

We’re ending 2014 on a high note with a one last fun release! Audioptics is a set of 10 seamless BPM synchronized visuals inspired by audio meters, analyzers, and waveforms. These VJ loops were created at 120 BPM and can be beat matched to any tempo in your visuals software.

To give you a feel for “Audioptics” we’ve made a new, free 120 BPM VJ loop called “Coilights” available for download now!

→ Audioptics (Set)
→ Coilights (Free VJ Loop)

Happy holidays and happy new year to all of you. Thanks for making 2014 a special year for all of us at DocOptic. Cheers!

Live Visuals Session // 111814

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These live visuals were composed of 3 separate layers. The 3D pyramid layer serves as an animated backdrop that provides constant movement in the composition. Its color has been shifted using Hue effects. The stringy light particles were added (using the Add blend mode) on top with its brightness/levels parameter linked to the low frequencies of the audio. The image is mirrored vertically using a Lighten blend mode to make it appear as if it was duplicated rather then blended. The abstract flower visual has a shifted Hue to blend with the other visuals in the compositions and vertically mirrored with the Lighten blend mode as well.

To better flow with the music, preset audio reactive effects were triggered on cue to change the mood of the composition on the fly. You can see how this technique was used in Resolume by viewing this tutorial.

Visuals used in this session:
• DOC007 Hyper Shrub (Cosmic Garden)
• DOC000 Light Splatter (Freebies)
• DOC010 Violetras (Dream Fields)

Resolume Preset FX – DocOptic Effect Clips

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Resolume Custom Effect Clips Preset – 11 DocOptic FX (Free) | DocOptic

5 Audio Reactive and 6 Custom Effect Clips for Resolume Arena and Avenue 4. This preset composition contains effect clips for easy triggering. Place these effect clips above layers you’d like to affect for additional eye candy. Techinques for dynamic effect clips are covered in our tutorial Resolume: Dynamic Effect Clips.

↓ Download DocOptic Custom Effect Clips Composition for Resolume Arena 5 & Avenue 4

Resolume Tutorial: Dynamic Effect Clips

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This Resolume tutorial for Arena 4 & 5 and Avenue 4 goes in depth about the inner workings of Effect Clips: how you can use them dynamically and expressively, how they affect your visuals according to layer order, what the two Effect Clips settings do, how to stack effects like presets to recall different looks, and various tips & techniques to trigger them in a live setting.

↓ Download the custom Effect Clips (Composition) in this tutorial

Music in this tutorial by:
Optic and 00Genesis.

New Visuals Release “Dream Fields”

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Live Visuals / VJ Loops - Dream Fields

The DocOptic team brings you another set of seamless visuals/VJ loops called Dream Fields. Add color, texture, and depth to your live visual compositions and audiovisual projects. By using these visuals with color changing and transformation effects you can manipulate and layer these many different ways.

→ Dream Fields (Set)

We hope you have as much fun tweaking these visuals live as we did creating them.

Blackmagic Disk Speed Test

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Utility - Black Magic Disk Speed Test | DocOptic.com

Platform(s): Mac

What is it?
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test is a Mac utility used to quickly measure and certify your disk performance for working with high quality video.

How does it help me as a VJ or Video DJ?
The Blackmagic Disk Speed Test application for Mac is a great way to measure how your hard drives handle high definition, high resolution video. For any VJ, this is important information since many are blending and triggering multiple VJ loops and clips during their sets. With this app you can gauge the performance of your drives to get an idea if your system is up to par. Our recommendation is to use an SSD drive for some of the best performance available currently.

→ Download Blackmagic Disk Speed Test from the Mac App Store for Free

Live Visuals Session // 111414

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The live visuals in this session consist of three layers. The top layer has circular objects mirrored, with an audioreactive opacity slider set to trigger on mid audio frequencies. A multiply blend mode was used. Second layer is a glowing connection loop kaleidoscoped and set to react to audio by shifting the cloned geometry towards the center on low frequency hits. Final layer is a looped background that is influenced by the first layer’s blend mode when the audioreaction occurs. Originally posted on Instagram.

Visuals used in this session:
• DOC004 Perpetual Pulses (Kinetic Shifts)
• DOC005 Point Process (Hard Edges)
• DOC010 Julius Mids (Dream Fields)

Live Visuals Session // 110514

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3 layers of live visuals: top two are multicolored animated textures using Darken (top), Multiply (middle) blend modes at full opacity. Third layer is a group of mirrored 3d quad shapes that inherit a nice blend of the colors from the top two. Originally posted on Instagram.

Visuals used in this workout:
• DOC002 Quadra (Polyphonics)
• DOC010 Cool Bows (Dream Fields)
• DOC010 Wow Pow (Dream Fields)

Live Visuals Session // 110314

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In this session, the live visuals were made up of 3 layers. The background layer is a looped field of color and texture. On top are two layers with audioreactive opacity. First is a group of geometric shapes transforming along with a spherical liquid object that disperses and rejoins. Some blur and glow effects were applied to enhance the contrast of layers. Originally posted on Instagram.

Visuals used in this session:
• DOC005 Fragmentilized (Hard Edges)
• DOC010 Cyan Whispers (Dream Fields)