#MILLUMIN 2 FORUM SOFTWARE#
Admittedly this is partly because Millumin reminds so much of video editing and compositing software – which brings a whole bunch of fine-tuned expectations – and sets an unfair benchmark – relatively new software made by one person could hardly be expected to match the resources and foundations of established editing and compositing software. Room for improvement? There are lots of little user interface quirks that could be removed / better designed. Example nice touch? Drag and drop a clip onto a timeline, then drag the end of it to auto-loop as long as you need. Most VJ software will show a timeline / playhead for each clip – but much more rare is a capacity to place many clips along a timeline, and easily add cue points, and easy linear arrangements. The Magic Key is : maintain it to multi-select and snap items Features?Ĭontrol of time / sequencing: Millumin’s key-framable timelines will be warmly familiar to everyone who has used video editing software, and tends to find such functions missing within VJ software. Import this Composition into the Dashboard + switch between complex compositions easily.ħ. – Also like AE – includes adjustible keyframes – change opacity, position, scale or rotation change over time to specific values.Ħ. – includes ability to play compositions within compositions ( like nested compositions in After Effects) Create a Composition, then organize your media in time with keyframes In the Library, manage your files, Syphon servers and inputsĥ. Change blend mode, add effects, transitions and more from the Properties PanelĤ. Use the Workspace toolbar to move, map, warp, mask … to rotate and scale the layers directly in the workspace.ģ. Drag-and-drop files from Finder to the Dashboard, and click on the cells to play themĢ. QLab is probably it’s closest competitor, with the strengths and weaknesses of each meaning one or the other will suit your workflow better.ġ. It’s a unique recipe – while there are other apps that offer more advanced portions of what Millumin does – eg Vezer‘s sequencing and timeline options, or Madmapper‘s mapping controls – there’s nothing else that quite manages to do what Millumin does. In other words, Millumin provides good control over time (sequencing) and space ( compositing and mapping). Aside from the time-based controls, it’s also a pretty effective piece of mapping software – which includes a built in capacity to edge blend between projectors. Millumin will especially be of interest to those seeking to sync media in tightly curated shows eg syncing video with important theatrical cues, conference cues, or a specific sequence of events in a music show. While there are a lot of real-time video tools and specialities available, Millumin’s great strength is as over-arching software – and providing useful ways for co-ordinating and controlling other software ( eg triggering and manipulating clips inside VJ software, and recompositing, mapping and sequencing that video with Millumin, easily jumping between very complex compositions).
In part, Millumin is possible because of today’s easy re-routing of video between applications (thanks to software such as Syphon on mac and Spout on PC), which has enabled some developers to focus on specialty areas, and allowed others to provide ways of usefully integrating different parts of a video workflow. “Millumin manages video on stage for theaters, video mappings and interactive installations”Īs real-time video software continues to evolve, we’re starting to see some really thoughtfully considered applications – such as Millumin, by Philippe Charaund, software dedicated to “create and perform audiovisual shows”.
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