Sat 15 & Sun 16 July 2006 - Northbridge (Revelation)
OR Sat 22 & Sun 23 July 2006 - Fremantle
(Revelation) OR Sat 30 Sept 2006 - Newcastle (Electrofringe)
Is
there anything I can do to prepare?
Sure! Although don't install the Resolume trial as it's
only 15 days, and you don't want it running out during
the workshop.
You
could download a fair few of these from the web, but for
the convenience of workshop participants, we'll be giving
you CDs to keep with all of the software you need for
this workshop (and a whole lot more).
Wherever
possible, we have sourced Freeware for you to use. Some
commercial programs, however, are definitely worth the
purchase price if you decide to get serious about Video
Painting or VJing when you finish this workshop. For this
reason, we've included a 15 day trial of Resolume, a program
developed independently by two VJ/Programmers in the Netherlands.
The
reason that we've mostly included software for PCs (and
some of it will only run on Windows XP) is because the
Freeware
development community rarely use Macs and it's expensive
to develop cross-platform (and these guys are doing the
work for free...).
The
Programs and other resources on the Workshop CDs include:
Things
you'll use in the workshop
Free
Trials of Commercial Software:
Resolume.com
– (Fully-functioning 15 day trial of v2.0). VJ software
for mixing clips, applying Freeframe effects. DO NOT LOAD
THIS on your PC until the workshop, or you won't be making
best use of the trial period. The online
manual for Resolume is worth referring to - we won't
have time to cover everything in one weekend.
Freeware:
VirtualDub.org
– (v1.6) Basic linear video editing software. Very
simple to use. You can apply effects, although at this
stage it doesn't support Freeframe Effects. It's no real
substitute for Premiere, Vegas or FinalCut Pro, but it's
simple, useful and FREE. An older version, 1.5 will open
and edit VOB files (ripped from DVD) so we'll also include
that.
Ligos
Indeo codec - we use the latest (commercial) version
of this codec as it resizes footage well, and does a really
good job of compressing footage while maintaining quality.
Unfortunately, it only works on XP and the latest version
costs money. An old version 5.1 was free, and is still
available from www.free-codecs.com
Freeframe.org
– despite the name, not all Freeframes are actually
free. The ones we'll include, however, are. They'll work
with Resolume, Wax, as well as mainstream programs like
Premiere and After Effects. See the website for more details
and instructions on how to use them with your favourite
program.
GridPro
- Mac-only VJ software from VidVox, can use Freeframes.
AVmixer
Pro - Really straightforward Mac or PC VJ software.
Also has a freeware AV Sequencer that's Mac or PC.
FlixPro
- From On2 Technologies - great tool for vectorising video.
Not cheap, but it's also really good for making video
files into Flash format for serving on the web.
Wildform
Presenter - Great screen capture, and can also be
used like Powerpoint with an export to Flash format -
ie, perfect for doing Flash format tutorials and other
presentations for the web.
Freeware:
A
DVD Ripping Program to be provided at workshop.
Midvid
Codec - a free codec made by VJs for VJs. We tried
it a long time ago and had a bit of trouble with it crashing
Resolume, but haven't tried it with the current version
of Resolume.
Jashaka.org
– a freeware compositing program – sort of
like After Effects. Works on PC, Mac and Linux.
Picasa
– Google's image editing and organising package
from picasa.google.com
Gimp.org
– Freeware graphics editing program – like
Photoshop, only free.
OpenOffice.org
– Freeware competitor of Microsoft's Office. Includes
Writer (like Word), Impress (like Powerpoint), Calc (like
Excel), and more.
Photocopier
- Stick something on your scanner, hit a button and it
comes out your printer. Easy! nicocuppen.com/download.php
FontViewer
- I like Protaxis BestFonts, available from protaxis.com/products/bestfonts.html
- very useful for categorising my fonts and finding them
again.
