GarageCUBE Modul8 V2 Digital VJ Software

Modul8 V2 Digital VJ Software description:

The Modul8 2.6.1 VJ Software Package is a revolutionary MacOS X application designed for real time video mixing and compositing. It has been designed for VJs and live performers.

Modul8 is software designed from A to Z for performance and real time video. It has been adopted by hundreds of users looking for a tool that is extremely responsive, flexible and easy-to-use. Used in domains as diverse as veejaying, contemporary art, live performances, theater and video production this software has proven its worthiness in hundreds of projects around the globe by an incredibly active user community.

Above all Modul8 is a user interface designed in every detail for real time video performance. It possess a flexibility that will satisfy novices as well as advanced users. Based on a layer metaphor found in many common graphics editing software Modul8 allows for intuitive real time video composition. Each change can be seen immediately in the composition making this tool the ideal software for spontaneous improvisational creativity, interactive installations or live performances.

Modul8 takes full advantage of your hardware be it a G4 PowerBook or a MacPro QuadCore. Modul8 is optimized for PowerPC and Intel processors. Thanks to its multi-threaded architecture Modul8 can fully leverage two or four processors as easily as it works on a G4. Modul8 will also take full advantage of the GPU and shaders of your video card to attain flawless quality and outstanding performance in your final composition.

Transform your computer into a genuine multi-projection system with 7 outputs plus one for the user interface. When we say multiprojection we’re not talking about linear repetitions of the same composition. With Modul8 you determine exactly what region of the composition is sent to which projector or screen. For ultimate flexibility, Modul8 recognizes most Quicktime codecs as well as any graphical format you can imagine

The Main Features of the Modul8 2.6.1 VJ Software Package Include:

• All main functions available on one single panel for optimal accessibility
• Up to 10 different layers, each one containing its own settings, effects, media
• Move, copy or re-order the layers
• Full midi support (three mapping modes: active layer, per layer, per layer and layer set). Link any midi message to any element of the user-interface
• Advanced multiple-output panel allows you to do very flexible multiple projections
• Media panel allows you to drag and drop your media files
• Univeral application optimized for Intel and PowerPC
• Supports almost all 2D media including all quicktime codecs, live video capture, flash 5 animation and all the most common 2D image formats
• Mix layers together with progressive transparency
• Two real-time blur filters
• Two real-time brightness filters
• Flexible noise filter (on color or alpha-channel)
• Three-dimensional matrix transformer
• Apply sound input curves to the three-dimensional patch
• Global logical record that let you records hours of mix at no CPU and disk space cost
• Render the logical record to a quicktime movie
• Direct capture mode allowing you to render to a quicktime movie while you are mixing
• Change the speed and the play direction of your movie
• Set the loop mode type of your movie : normal, loop or ping-pong
• Spatial transformation of your movie on three different axis allowing perspective, scale, rotation, translation, etc
• Link the automatic effects to the sound input
• Live video capture that can be used just as any other media type
• Movie scratch module
• Flexible BPM with midi clock support, tap, etc. that can be routed to nearly any Modul8 functionalities
• Advanced module architecture lets you extend the feature set of Modul8
• Integrated module editor lets you create your modules straight from inside the application
• Interface-builder lets you build your own user-interface to customize Modul8 with full midi/keyboard mapping support
• Script editor allows you to test your work in real-time : change your script, see the result in the composition
• All rendering, compositing and transformation is done using the GPU of your graphic card
• The application is fully multithreaded to avoid latency between video decompression and GPU rendering. Multi-threading has been carefully balancing to obtain optimal performance on single processor machines and multi processor machines
• Mechanism to pre-buffer critical area of the movie to lower as much as possible latency between loops, media swaps, etc
• All the animations and effects are time based : faster is your machine, smoother is the animation
• Minimum system requirements : MacOS 10.4.8 (Tiger) or higher (Leopard), Quicktime 7.1.3 or higher, G4 1 ghz or higher processor (modul8 is universal), AGP or PCI-EXPRESS 3d accelerated video card with at least 64 Mbytes of VRam (Pci-express video cards is needed for multiprojection), Minimum of 1GB of RAM.