The ultimate real-time video playground for macOS just got a whole lot more ultimate.
What’s changed? Oh, just the entire rendering engine.
VDMX6 is now powered by Metal, fully transitioning away from the deprecated OpenGL technology. This update not only prepares us for the future of Mac hardware and OS updates but also opens new doors for upcoming features, improvements, and even more optimizations.
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⚡️ Pedal to the Metal ⚡️
The newest VDMX is updated for Metal, with support for Touch Designer, and a whole lot more!
Built On Open Standards
We don't just make VDMX, we make the industry standards under the hood.
HAP Video
Video codec for ultra high resolution playback
HAP R
One of the first new benefits of our vdmx Metal rendering engine is we can add support for the latest addition to the HAP video codec family!
Following in the footsteps of HAP Q, we now have HAP R.
What do you need to know about HAP R?
The HAP R format creates files that are higher quality than HAP Q, with alpha channels, at about the same size.
The latest AVF Batch Exporter utility app in the Extras folder includes support for importing / exporting to the newest variation of HAP.
HAP R is more technically known as HAP 7A because it is based on the BC7 texture format.
Other developers looking to update their own software to support HAP R will find technical details of the format on the HAP Specification and the HAP in (AVFoundation framework GitHub)[ https://github.com/Vidvox/hap-in-avfoundation] pages useful in getting started.
ISF Video
Crossplatform format for interactive visual generators and effects
Does all the things
The power of a fully customizable hardware accelerated layer based video rendering engine at your fingertips.
Movie Playback
Support for standard QuickTime movies and HAP encoded media files for hardware accelerated video playback at huge resolutions.
Interactive Media
Extend VDMX with your own Quartz Composer, Vuo compositions, and TouchDesigner loaded as interactive generators, effects, and control data plugins.
ISF / GLSL
Create your own GPU accelerated visual generators and effects for VDMX with the Interactive Shader Format (ISF).
Effects Processing
Comes with dozens of standard and exotic real-time video FX that can be applied to individual layers or groups.
Sound Reactive
Powerful Audio Analysis and BPM Detection for easily syncing visuals with live music and sound.
Updated Automatic BPM Detection
Along with overhauling the rendering engine we’ve rewritten the tempo tracking algorithm completely from scratch to run natively on both Intel and ARM64 processors. No more having to use Rosetta to take advantage of this crucial feature on newer Mac hardware!
Control Data
Control data can be generated locally and sent / received with MIDI / OSC / DMX / HID to connect with other apps and hardware.
Timecode
Sync the timing of LFOs, step sequencers, and cues with other systems using MIDI, OSC, and LTC.
Versatile
Use VDMX for concert production, interactive installations, content generation, A/V routing, prototyping, and more!
Customizable UI
Arrange and style the interface to fit your needs. Design custom interface layouts with the Control Surface plugin.
Video Capture
Use any number of A/V streams received from capture hardware, Syphon and NDI sources.
Recording
Capture multiple streams of audio and video to disk simultaneously with the Movie Recorder plugin.
Multiple Outputs
Display and project the video canvas across any number of monitor outputs.
New Pricing and Plus Version
One of the top things we hear from people who want to get started in working with live visuals is the financial barrier to entry. Along with adding feature improvements we understand that one thing we can do to make our software better is to make it more accessible to everyone and anyone, so we’ve decided to set the price on VDMX6 at 99 USD.
We have also introduced VDMX6 Plus at 249 USD for users who want to extend their experience by using TouchDesigner and Vuo compositions alongside the rest of the powerful features included in the standard version.
Students, teachers, and hobbyists can apply by email for our educational discounts of 25 USD on VDMX6 and 100 USD on VDMX6 Plus.
Yes indeed, as mentioned just above, in VDMX6 Plus you can now use TouchDesigner compositions as interactive generators, effects, and control data plugins.
Note: that using TouchDesigner compositions in VDMX6 Plus requires a TouchDesigner install, and a valid paid TouchDesigner license on the same computer (Education, Commercial, or Pro) Non-commercial will not work.
Example compositions can be found on the VDMX6 dmg in the Extras folder and additional detailed information can be found in the VDMX documentation.
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