general blending

[pjwassermann]

Is there a possibility of setting up VJ in such a way that there is always a soft blending between every video and still that gets triggered?

For soft music all these hard cuts are too hectic.

I don't want to set a fade effect on every key as there are already other effects assigned.

I hope I made my question clear, thanks in advance.
pjwassermann

[vjwest]

I'm a newbie wandering around trying to work out the most productive way to use the Arkaos site - just spotted your very interesting post (about image dissolve on control)

I too would like to use more soft blends (dissolves) between selected stills or video. It would be doubly nice to be able to vary the rates of dissolve

On shows I have produced in the past i've use 16 and 32 second dssolves on certain imagery. I love them (in the right place)

Your original post was some time ago - so i hope someone will be willing to help.

Perhaps there is a way that Grand VJ can be configured to perform this selective "image dissolve on" (i would like to be able to assign a rate of dissolve to a key on a midi keyboard)

Cheers
Paul

[knowhood]

Which modes are you using for Arkaos? I am using it with an SGM Pilot 2000 DMX Controller and have set the scenes to change in fade times which make my visuals dissolve and fade concurrently.

[nick c]

That is the thing guys, you have to use a controller for that.

eithere dmx or midi controller. depending on what version you have.

i my self have dmx versions, which is the way i am used to useing arkaos (LD).

if you do not have dmx version, look through the midi post.
and the are a lot of videos on utube, for arkaos.

cheers