How to increase efficiently with good practices – Resolume Arena Tips!

Hi Vjs, how messy is your project that your girlfriend wants to breakup with u ?
Your family leaves you?
Your agent gets suicidal??

Meh i understand we can get messy sometimes
But keeping everything visually sorted is very essential to increase our productivity
So in this video, i will try to share some tips, might sound long way, but a shorcut in workflow at the end

Hi my name is zunayed sabbir ahmed
I have been using resolume for little over a decade
“So trying to compile few tips that might help advanced user,
and make lives easier for begginers”
This video is about resolume arena 7
If you are new to this software, start here, then come back immidiately

Lets start with opening resolume
We are gonna continue from our last tips, called advanced camera plotting
“let me make sure we’re in default mode,
so that its a good starting ground”
to do that view>layout>default

“First lets make all the features visible
that we needed almost all the time”
such as – output>show FPS- its your best friend
Show hardware stats-> this keeps your head cooler
Few more options are great use, such as – show FFT gain, show help, undo toolber,
Speaking of undo toolbar, it is not that long resolume introduced undo option.
Only VJs who have been using resolume before that, might understand why i;m getting emotional right now

let me clearly breakdown my workflow into two gross category
When i’m in studio, planning and plotting visuals for gigs, i need certain window in certain ways
in Live, the situation is different, i might be standing far from screen

And you can also rearrange window and save layouts in the latest resolume
To save layout, lets go to view>layout>save

Lets say we will make a layout for studio works
“For experiementing in the studio, i might need
Auto pilot,
files,
composition,
Slices”
“Also for planning and designing,
i would prefer larger space for clip, layer and composition,
but might not need to see it at the same time”
Lets say, we dont have any work with audio in this project
“So if i hide audio, almost one third of peremeters will be hidden,
making our lives less complicated”
“Lets also hide the features less needed while working,
like transport control,
transition,
beatlooper”
Lets save this layout as studio work

“For performance, i would need
Transport control
transition,
cue points,
dashboard,
beatlooper”

“if planned right, i wont be needing few options while performing,
so lets hide items such as
composition,
files,
slices, “
“Since, for live performance,
I might not be able to pull my eyes closer to the screen while performing”
So let me arrange the windows as per my preference
Lets save it as performance Layout

Again let me remind you, these are just MYWAY of working, suggesting you to find your comfy zone as well!
transition
Did you know, resolume allows u to color clips and layers
So lets color our clips
“This might look like a VJ OCD
but trust me, these tiny practices get you more focused
while you are live, dealing 10 other external things,
mostly which are annoying and nothing to do with the VJ!”

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Thumbnails are very essential for organizing a show
How essential? lets say if you die in the middle of the gig! atleast the sound guy can run the show!

“we can change thumbnail to specific things
getting your performance focused
to the art side of u”
“the update shortcut, at whatever the situation is
after using effects and things,
press ctrl + shift + T or command + shift + T”
To change thumbnail to an external art, lets say we can add a camera, change its thumbnail to something that looks like a camera

Here’s a project we worked, where we did our thumbnails properly
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