LIVIDINSTRUMENTS

Union is built around the idea that video creation should be spontaneous and created in real-time. Livid’s Video Engine allows for complete real-time control of all your multimedia content. Union’s hundred of effects, movie triggering, live feed manipulation, advanced modules, and numerous performance enhancing tools turn the process of creating video into a robust real-time multimedia authoring experience.

Union brings together the processing power of personal computing with powerful software to create an all-in-one video-mixing studio. Union replaces expensive hardware and antiquated technology to allow your creativity to smash through any technical roadblocks.

Using the Clip Grid, thousands of QuickTime clips can be triggered and controlled on the fly, for effortless mapping and organizing of your entire multimedia library for real-time performance.

Use up to two live video or camera feeds via FireWire. Manipulate the live source with real time effects, keying, mixing, and 3D mapping.

Beat matching allows you to synchronize Union to an external MIDI source. Union’s Beat Matching feature allows musicians and DJ’s to synchronize your external MIDI and other source devices seamlessly.

Automate entire performances with this unique module. By randomizing frequently used settings, The Automator allows Union to virtually « play itself ». Great for automated show control and « video jukebox » functions.

Union has hundreds of effects that can be applied in real-time to produce totally unique compositions. Effects can be manipulated with the keyboard or mapped to MIDI controllers for greater precision. Easily save effects into presets for future use, which can then be run individually or in combination with other effect presets. Experience infinite variations on a single image with just a turn of a knob.

Livid’s Video Engine is OpenGL accelerated and takes advantage of this with its unique 3D effects allowing you to mix map and compose in a familiar environment.

MIDI integration is at the core of Union. Clips can triggered and cued with MIDI notes, effects can be mapped to sliders, knobs, wheel, and just about any device that sends MIDI data. Through the software interface Union unites all your existing gear, expanding the possibilities of performance.

Key source colors and luminance to instantly add into a live feed or play movies on top of one another. Union lets you pick your values by simply clicking on the output and controlling the transparency with the twist of a dial. You can also use « blue or green screens » like special effects houses do to place your source against a completely different background or environment.

Alpha masks or transparent shapes can be added to the output, either for unusual compositing or blocking out parts of the image. Source files for the mask image can be still images or QuickTime movies. The « Top Mask » feature allows you to mask the final output, perhaps most useful in creating non-rectangular projections.

Present your compositions full screen utilizing OpenGL acceleration. Output to a second monitor using Composite, S-video, VGA, or DVI.

System Requirements
• Macintosh G4 400Mhz
• OS X
• 256 MB of RAM

*Mac version only currently available. Windows version coming in 2005