Awesome
awesome-vjing 
A curated list of awesome things related to vjing and visual works.
Contents
Resources
This section contains various resources on learning to create and generate visuals.
Readings
- The Book of Shaders
- After Effects tutorials by Adobe
- Max (Jitter/Vizzie) Documentation and tutorials by Cycling '74
- Inigo Quilez's website
- Respect Your VJ
- Vjing WTF is it by David Lublin
Videos
- Delicious Max Tutorials by dude837 (Contains Jitter tutorials)
- Amazing Max Stuff (Contains Jitter tutorials)
- Resolume official training
Communities, blogs and video channels
- Dephased Discord server VJing and visuals-focused Discord server
- Le Collagiste (FR) French blog dedicated to vjing
- Scanlines Great forum for visualists
- ShaderToy Shader/GLSL focused community website with embedded shader editor/viewer
- r/vjing Subreddit dedicated to VJing
- Sean Bowes Youtube channel Great tutorials and VJing industry insights
- ISF.video shaders database Contains shaders made by the community
- VDMX Tutorials: A wide range of VDMX and VJ related tutorials.
- ProjectileObjects tutorials. Various hardware/software tutorials with VDMX, Madmapper, and QLab.
Software
This section contains various software, programming languages and frameworks to create, generate or control visuals.
Editing & Motion Design
- Blender (Windows/Mac/Linux) (Free/Open Source)
- DaVinci Resolve (Windows/Mac/Linux) (Free/Commercial)
- Cavalry (Windows/Mac) (Free/Commercial)
- Adobe After Effects (Windows/Mac) (Commercial)
VJing software
- Resolume (Avenue & Arena) (Windows/Mac) (Commercial)
- VDMX (Mac) (Commercial)
- Modul8 (Mac) (Commercial)
- Arkaos Grand VJ (Windows/Mac) (Commercial)
- CoGe VJ (Mac) (Commercial)
- Synesthesia (Windows/Mac) (Free/Commercial)
- Millumin (Mac) (Commercial)
- Lumen (Mac) (Commercial)
- Quantum VJ HD (Windows/Linux/Mac/iOS/Android) (Free)
- Noisedeck (Web) (Free/Commercial)
- Analog Not Analog (openFrameworks) (Free/Open Source)
- GoVJ (iOS) (Free/Paid subscription)
- modV (Windows/Linux/Mac) (Free & Open Source)
- Magic Music Visuals (Windows/Mac) (Free & Paid)
Programming languages, frameworks and VFX tools
- Notch Builder (Windows) (Commercial)
- ossia score (Multi-platform) (Free/Open Source)
- Max (Windows/Mac) (Commercial)
- Pure Data (Windows/Mac/Linux) (Free/Open Source)
- openFrameworks (Windows/Mac/Linux) (Free/Open Source)
- Processing (Windows/Mac/Linux) (Free/Open Source)
- Pixel Composer (Windows/Mac) (Commercial)
- vvvv (Windows) (Free/Commercial)
- TouchDesigner (Windows/Mac) (Free/Commercial)
- Tooll3 (Windows) (Free/Open Source)
- Hydra (Windows/Mac/Linux) (Free/Open Source)
- Cinder (Windows/Mac) (Free/Open Source)
- Nannou (Windows/Mac/Linux) (Free/Open Source)
- Improviz (DEPRECATED) (Windows/Mac/Linux) (Free/Open Source)
- Bonzomatic (Windows) (Free/Open Source)
Tools
- TouchOSC (Windows/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android)(Commercial)
- OSC Pilot (Windows/Mac/iOSWindows/Mac/iOS)(Commercial)
- Osculator (Mac)(Commercial)
- Vezer (Mac)(Commercial)
- Mitti (Mac)(Commercial)
- Syphon Virtual Camera (Mac)(Free)
- AVF Batch Exporter (Mac)(Free)
- ISF Editor (Windows/Mac)(Free)
- Project Milk Syphon (Mac)(Free)
- GifToSyphon (Mac)(Free)
- Black Syphon (Mac)(Free)
- NDI Syphon (Mac)(Free)
- OSCQuery Browser (Mac)(Free)
- OSCQuery Helper (Mac)(Free)
- MIDI OSCQuery Helper (Mac)(Free)
- WaveClock (Mac)(Commercial)
- Loopback (Mac)(Commercial)
- BlackHole (Mac)(Commercial)
Projection Mapping:
- HapMap (Windows/Mac)(Commercial)
- MadMapper (Windows/Mac)(Commercial)
- Mapio (Windows/Mac)(Commercial)
- QLab (Mac)(Commercial)
- HeavyM (Windows/Mac)(Commercial)
- VPT 8 (Windows/Mac)(Free)
Hardware
Video synthesizers
Controllers
- Akai APC 40 Mk2 | Very useful for Resolume and other software, native Resolume layout
- Korg nanoKONTROL 2 | Small and has enough faders & knobs for controls, native Resolume layout
- Akai APC Mini Mk2 | Small and has enough pads and faders, native Resolume layout
- Livid Instruments | Legendary, no longer in production.
- FaderFox | Unique and compact MIDI controllers.
- Special Waves | Modular MIDI Controllers.
- InTech Studio GRID | Modular MIDI Controllers.
- Hercules MIDI | Inexpensive controllers for a wide range of uses.
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