Public BETA testing: ArKaos VJ 3.6.5

[mixta]

Yes, greetings all for 2010.

This is a bit of a sad board these days as I think we all realise we are at the end of the road with Arkaos VJ. But, as noted, Grand VJ is looking good and there is still a deal available. As noted by the previous poster the one thing that is making Grand VBJ impossible for me is the inability to render output. This is 75% of what I do with Arkaos VJ and without it Grand VJ is not a serious option. I wonder if any moderators that may wander by can give us even a rough estimate of when (if!?) this functionality will be implemented in Grand VJ?

btw: Anyone who is hanging out for Free Frame support in Grand VJ it aint gonna happen! However as Arkaos Support pointed out to me there is a free frame host in Quartz composer. I am just about to download the demo of Grand VJ 1.2 and check it out.

[artchitecture]

For immediate release

San Francisco

I would like to take a moment and sing the praises of Arkaos VJ DMX.

I have just opened a conference in SF called TVOT hosted at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. I was the Media Content Manager and responsible for managing the content that was delivered to 5 scenic window panes spanning over 55 ft of screen surface. Three 7.5 x 10 screens filled the windows of the upstage set. Two 12.5 x 10 ft screens flanked the stage.

We incorporated two DaVinci Fusion dvFusion2 media workstations with Arkaos VJ DMX to support the complex digital media delivery necessary to the success of this conference.

We used one to send 3027x768 outputs to three projectors. We did not need to blend them due to the design of the scenery. The second dvFusion2 was used to send 2560x1024 output to two projectors that flanked the triple screens behind the stage.
Both systems where controlled in simple mode from a chamsys dmx control system.

In total we developed 3 patches to drive the 250 plus visuals created from a 17g media library for this three day discussion on interactive television.

Arkaos is delivering as expected, successfully.

We are presenting at 30 to 60fps with all 8 layers combining large 3072x768 and 1080HD files all prepared in h.264 Qt.

We played movies across all 5 screens from both servers using nothing but DMX to trigger the playback and they looked synched.

We programmed the show in one 8 hour session with programmer and one 10 hour session with producer.
We handed the board to a union operator and the synth worked out of the box flawlessly.

All of the visuals were prepared in Simple DMX mode using Arkaos VJ DMX. Patches included 24 channels from a single VGA capture source for presentation of a live web jockey provided by http://www.lallylighting.com and live onscreen speaker support of PowerPoint. Each of the center three screens had visual settings for a variety of common aspect ratios and the ability to go to full screen from the VGA capture source.

An onscreen EPG or electronic programming guide was designed and rendered in Aftereffects as Photo Jpg originals and converted to jpg using QuickTime Pro as 3072x768 files. Additional movies where also created at 2560x1024 for playback on the wing screens.

Stock HD footage was obtained from Pond5 and developed into visuals for specific looks behind the each of the sessions.

Arkaos is delivering the media at the TVOT 2010 conference with visually stunning success.

We all know they are trying to phase out this program. But it hasn't been replaced or upgraded just broken apart. Please, Arkaos VJ DMX does things that the other programs do not do. Simple mode do I need anything else except when I want keystone on each layer which is much more fun than just using the master keystone for the boring task of aligning the projector and isn’t that the job of the projectionist anyway.

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[shanti]

Arkaos is DEAD!!!!

After observed that Arkaos has disappear on the site...

I was waiting for the Final of Arkaos VJ 3.6.5 to upgrade my Arkaos VJ 3.5 because they Said We gone finish it !
After a Hard Disk Crashed, need to reinstall my favorite Program but didn't have any free key!

SO after asking to arkaos to solve my problem, they Send me this:

Hello,
ArKaos is no longer selling the ArKaos VJ midi products.
Therefor we also no longer offer any upgrade of the products.
Thanks for your interest in our products

So, no advertising of the dead arkaos to their client! Nice...
I'ts gone be common in this century based on Money System That Company Who Live by their Client ! but DIDN'T RESPECT them... But in this Case, We, Customer of ArkaosVJ who didn't upgrade to GrandVJ loose their money!

SO All my Works (5 years of arkaos vj customer) on Arkaos VJ are for the garbage....
Thanks Arkaos,

PS:I think I'm gone use Resolume...

[artchitecture]

What I find most illuminating about the death of Arkaos VJ DMX or Midi is the 70,000 plus posts related to the Beta release. Seems to be the most interesting thing on this forum.

Pay attention please the people are asking for what they want.

artchitecture

[apache]

arkaos 3.6 is dead ? seriouysly ?

[artchitecture]

The button is gone there is no more Arkaos VJDMX. That is not cool.

[artchitecture]

I was just reading my earlier post where I claimed 70000 post ok that is excessive its actually 70000 views. But that still seems like an impressive number.

artchitecture

PS I will purchase more Arkaos VJDMX, if I am allowed. And I am sure I will take advantage of the uprgrade to MM2 Express, because it is an excellent value.

Performance is everthing and I don't trust MM2 to do large multi display systems at ultra high resolutions. I do trust and have successfully run 6 HD 720p signals using two matrox triplehead using Arkaso VJDMX. Please don't pull arkaos from the market it will not mean more sales for MediaMaster it wil only send me searching for other solutions to my product line.