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Video projection has now become an integrated feature in most venues such as night clubs, bars and event halls; many tours and concerts now also includes a visual show. But everyone can not afford an extensive media server and a full-time Video Jockey!
Controlling a computer with ArKaos from a lighting console is now possible with ArKaos VJ DMX; it offers the ease of a simple and inexpensive setup to control both your projection screens and your light show from the same machine just by triggering ArKaos media’s and effects from your lighting console's buttons and sliders.
Thanks to the Fixture control modes, ArKaos now acts as a traditional Media Server for professional consoles such as ETC, GrandMA, Martin, Compulite etc. It is now possible to have a total control over ArKaos from the DMX controller: every parameter -that previously has to be configured with the mouse- is available directly through the DMX protocol.
The DMX support in ArKaos also greatly broadens your possibilities; for example, imagine you can now run three different visual shows on three projectors through a single DMX control machine driving three different computers running ArKaos VJ DMX!
Software vs. Hardware Media Server
ArKaos VJ is a really accessible software and it does not require avanced skills to achieve results. On the other hand, the software is so powerful that once you get to know it better, you’ll discover the possibilities are virtually endless!
All common movie formats are accepted and the graphic engine is optimized to give great results on Mac or PC. With a recent low cost computer you can playback at least two full PAL resolution movies (at least DVD quality) at the same time, with Chroma-keying on the top one and with real-time control over the movie blending. There’s no latency and no rendering delay, it is optimized to react immediately when you trigger a new layer or when you change any parameters.
Have a look at our "Light Designers" pages to learn how Light Designers can use ArKaos VJ DMX as a solution of choice to go from controlling lights and fog machines to creating impressive visual events mixing lights, cameras and on screen visual effects synced to music! Be sure to check out our "Installations" pages to read about great events and places where ArKaos VJ has been used.
ArKaos VJ offers many features such as:
- Double monitoring management
- Accepts pictures, movies, camera streaming, editable text animations, Flash animations with action script, ..
- Supports QuickTime (.mov), Video For Windows (.avi), DirectShow (.mpeg, .wmv etc..) and Flash (.swf) movie files
- 60+ real-time effects and support for additional FreeFrame plug-ins (at least 100 free effects currently available)
- Unlimited number of layers (depends on your CPU and disk speed), with many combinations (Chroma / Luma keying, addition, transparency, etc..) and position / scaling parameters for each layer
- Check out the ArKaos VJ features page for more..
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