online
resource links
Visit
our MySpace
page - the heavy Networking goes on there cos it's easier
than updating the site. Or MyTribe
- same kinda thing.
vj
resources - community
VJCentral.com
- Hundreds of hardware and software reviews and a warm,
helpful community supportive of all levels of VJ from
newbies to expert level. Their vjforums.com
is especially helpful.
ProjectorCentral.com
- find out about any digital projector on the market,
compare specs etc.
Software
VJ - compare all the major VJ softwares available.
Awesome resource - so simple, and yet so useful.
NoTV.com
- VJ loops, DVDs of 'visual music', a feast of material
from a number of the world's best VJs. Based in the Netherlands.
audiovisualizers.com
- another great place to see other VJ's work, swap loops,
research VJ hardware & software etc. The intro page
truly sucks, but the site's packed full of useful info.
Addictive.com
- aka Addictive TV. Produce the must-see Mixmasters series
of VJ showreels. UK based
vj
resources - software
See
also software page from our
workshops
SoftwareVJ -
Great site to compare different VJ softwares.
VirtualDub.org
- Video editing freeware that we prefer to expensive programs
like Premiere. It's easy to use and runs really smoothly
on our WinXP machine. For example we can scroll frame
by frame with the Mouse, and set additional mouse buttons
to '50 frames forward' etc. The range of filters developed
by a network of freeware supergeeks is awesome.
Resolume.com
- Excellent VJ software. After giving a bunch of different
VJ programs a decent trial, we settled on this one as
the best match for our needs. At about $300 it's very
good value for money, and pretty stable. They also have
a page full of links to the best VJ content available
on the web.
Freeframe.org
- Some are free, some perhaps should be called Payframes...
Freeframe Plugins are natty little effects add-ons that
work in a bunch of programs such as Resolume, After Effects,
Premiere etc. Inde developers rock!
Sygyzy
Freeframe Effects - Developer of some of our favourite
Freeframe Plugins. Some are free, but the "Hold On,
Wait a Minute" pack is definitely worth the $50 or
so if you use still images in your VJ sets. Eg, for basic
functions like fading between stills that, sadly, Resolume
can't (yet) do by itself. Also home of the wacky Pop Art
filter Warhol - cunningly hidden for free in the demo
pack for their Chromatic Aberrations Pack.
inside-us-all.com
- Our favourite Payframes :) These are just THE best Freeframe
Plugins if, like us, you like to seriously crapify your
footage. For 70 Euros you can get a pack of over 20 Plugins
that, for example, turn your perfectly good, clear 3CCD
video footage into the most grungy, badly-synched pixellated
mess that you've seen since the 1980's when you were using
a coathanger as an aerial on your cheap TV.
Tucows
@ Arach.net.au - The Perth server (and our trusty
recommended local ISP) where you can download lots of
programs such as Winamp, the freeware music visualiser
that you need to use the Milkdrop Plug-in.
ElectricSheep.org
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Our computers do....
Also, creator of the Electric Sheep, VJ Spot's excellent
DVD is definitely worth the purchase price: spotworks.com
Milkdrop.co.uk
- this is a Winamp Visualiser Plug-in that requires a
pretty good graphics card and fast computer to run well,
but looks a hundred times better than older-style music
visualisations. And it's FREE! If you can't afford a VJ,
get this for your club or party.
TreyHarrison.com
- new 3D rendering program by an inde developer that's
definitely worth a try. Only currently available as a
beta-test on application, Salvation looks
very promising. I think we'll be adding it to our (small)
repetoire of programs we actually USE on an ongoing basis.
You can even 3D-ify video files, and it's very easy on
the RAM. Unfortunately, will currently only run on WinXP.
vj
resources - content
Archive.org
- the Prelinger archives is an invaluable resource. Thousands
of old ads, short movies, showreels etc. Free to the public!
There are also full Feature Films - public domain and
available online for free, even including such well-known
movies as Reefer Madness and Night of the Living Dead.
Edison
Motion Pictures - similar to above, a huge range of
historical footage.
The
American Memory Collection - even more of the above!
An awesome service provided by the US Govt in the name
of preservation of vintage films.
SpaceTelescope.org
- the European site for the Hubble Space Telescope. Great
animations, free for public broadcast.
Audiovisualizers.com
- Great resource, especially their content-exchange system.
You give one demo reel of VJ loops, you get 15 back! Or
you can just buy the content. They're also the definitive
place to read VJ software reviews.
Altavista.com/video/
- Search the web for video files by subject. Of course,
then ask the content owners for their permission to use
it for VJing :)
other
vj's
perth
melbourne
Thanks
to the weekly Plug n Play, and the fact that they have
a VJ club and ACMI, Melbourne really is producing Australia's
best VJs.
jean
poole - aka Sean Healy, founder of the Electrofringe
Festival, now a key player in the documentation and contextualisation
of the live video performance scene in Australia.
dpwolf
- his blog's a great insight into the Melbourne VJ scene.
Along with Jean Poole, really key in helping live video
performance art to gain credence as a legitimate artform
in Australia.
sydney
Severed
Heads - legend of the Aussie AV scene Tom Ellard.
I'm sure he's sick to death of his big 1980's hit "Dead
Eyes Opened" but we remember it fondly and he's still
AWESOME live.
nine09.net/spook/
- Sydney-based international jetsetter type VJ with a
very pretty site - great hardware section.
morphvisual.com
- very active in the international VJ scene, does huge
gigs and is an all-round nice guy.
tesseract
research laboratories - legendary in the Aussie AV
scene. Like us, they're a couple who collaborate with
others. They're also more interested in innovative arts-based
projects than limiting themselves to being Club VJs. Whereas
we do 'Video Painting', they do 'Screen Sculptures'. They've
been performing live visuals since 1997!
brisbane
musiqforpleasure.com
- featuring the friendly Jaymis who
likes our glitch clips
united
kingdom
lucidhouse.com
- another Resolume VJ whose work we just love.
united
states
forwardmotiontheater.org
- organisers of New York's legendary Eyewash.
wetcircuit.com
- Supastah VJ Holly Daggers
spotworks.com
- Scott Draves - creator of Electric Sheep
spain
solu.org
- Mia Makela, Finnish VJ and video artist, based in Barcelona,
Spain.
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local
(Perth, Western Australia) links
music
- loungerama.com
- Looking for a DJ for your party in Perth? Jim does
great bollywood and nu-jazz DJing in particular.
- martianmethod.com
- a fab new way to sell your music online without those
pesky record companies calling the shots.
- retroactive
events - Very cool underage events in Perth, Western
Australia
- musicaustralia.org
- lots of resources about Australian music, archival
information etc
- inthemix.com.au
- dance music info for all around Australia
- the
dwarf - Aussie online gig listings.
AV
hire, lighting, etc
Staging
Connections - Lighting, events and stage management
etc in Perth, throughout Australia and Asia. Generous
sponsors of the 2006 Perth
Massive. We did the West
Coast Eagles event at AGWA
with them.
Austage
- We worked with them on the 2006
WABAPA Awards at the Art Gallery of Western Australia,
and couldn't have asked for a for friendly, collaborative
and professional AV supplier.
AAA
Productions, who we also worked with at WABAPA.
C&C
Productions - Lighting, rigging and stage management
for large-scale events in Perth
illusion
lighting - Excellent for private parties in Perth,
good rates and great to work with.
events
management
Staging
Connections do a great job of managing events both
large and small, both in Australia and throughout the
Asia-Pacific region.
Neill
Gladwin - we worked with freelance Event Director
Neill on the fabulous WABAPA
event and enthisiastically recommend him to anyone looking
to organise an event in Australia.
other
resources
ettrick
audio visual
- Grant Ettrick is a master with repairing audio equipment
and vintage electronic doodads. Did a much better job
of repairing our broken Fairlight CVI than the company
who charged us three times as much. He really knows his
stuff, and has an awesome collection of vintage audio
equipment of his own.
stateproaudio.com.au
- "Meeting your PA and other pro sound needs in Perth"
Toll
Priority - the couriers we use and recommend. Got
our monster projector from Sydney to Perth quickly, safely
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