Comments on: Video DJ software for live-adjusting speed/hue/brightness/etc.?

Question: Video DJ software for live-adjusting speed/hue/brightness/etc.?

jruckman — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:34:40 -0800

I need to find software that will let me tweak the speed, hue, saturation, brightness, etc. of videos live -- and any other effects but those are the basics. Mac or PC.

I've got gigabytes of solar satellite footage from the TRACE satellite that I want to mix live w/ a DJ -- tweaking the speed and bursting the saturation and hue in sync with music. The key here is live tweaking -- not post-production software like Adobe Premiere or Final Cut. Thanks in advance for the insight!

By: knowles

knowles — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:36:15 -0800

ArKaos might be what you're looking for for VJ-type things with live tweaks. Mac or PC, keyboard or MIDI control, demo available to see if it's up your alley.

By: RichardP

RichardP — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:41:47 -0800

Maybe VDMX5 (Mac OS only)?

By: lia

lia — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:43:45 -0800

Jitter!

By: tehgubner

tehgubner — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:31:53 -0800

You might try Quartz Composer - it came with my Mac, and it probably came with yours. You can definitely tweak video playback or live video on the fly with it. Just search for "Quartz Composer" in spotlight, then check out this tutorial from Apple.

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:30:49 -0800

MPlayer is a cross-platform (mac/Windows/Linux) movie player, and has keyboard controls, including speed, hue, saturation, brightness etc.

By: Gyan

Gyan — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:07:32 -0800

The KMPlayer.

By: revmitcz

revmitcz — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:54:27 -0800

Quicktime has this feature built-in. Open the QT player, hit Command/Ctrl-K and voila! There's Brightness, Color, Contrast, Tint and live playback speed controls (forwards AND backwards, even)

It's a lo-fi solution, but chances are - you've already got it.

By: jruckman

jruckman — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:44:33 -0800

ArKaos and VDMX5 are amazing. Jitter looks interesting but I can't figure it out just yet. Thanks!