I recently did some VJing for the first time, with dubstep producers/composers Dusk & Blackdown, and absolutely loved it. The preparation of all the visuals for 22 tracks/90 minutes of music was an absolute killer, and I had motion-graphic-tunnel-vision for over 3 weeks, but loved every moment of it. Being up there on stage performing with some amazing musicians was a treat, and the opportunity to finally cross my two creative loves ‘graphics’ and ‘music’ was a real joy.
During the prep of all the visuals, I stumbled across the amazing plug-in from Noise Industry/FX Factory called Synthesizer, and put it to work on several of the track visuals that needed more intensity (see below). What turned out to be a very interesting effect, was the interaction of Synthesizer with typography. I used this for one of the track’s visuals called “Ridge”, but did further experimentation afterwards, and here are the results! Let me know what you think. You can see a broader set of stills from my VJ work with Dusk & Blackdown here.
The Noise Industries/FX factory plugin looks like the Quartz Composer plugin “Rutt Etra” (named after early video artist Bill Etra). And if I am not mistaken, the creator of the Quartz Composer plugin has recently started working for Noise Industries. Hmm…
Nice work…
Thanks for your comment. That’s very interesting. I’ll check out Rutt Etra… as you say, perhaps it morphed into Synthesizer.