ashpri Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 We have a venue whose ceiling will be completely projected. The content creator has recommended Dataton. However, my research into Dataton indicates that it is purely a playback software. Is this correct? ---- There may be nights where we will invite a VJ to come and they will likely use resolume. Is there a way to incorporate a live VJ into a Dataton installation? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member SFluster Posted September 22, 2017 Member Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 You can take the output from resolume as an input or number of inputs into watchout using capture cards. The LIGHT nightclub at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas works exactly like this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Leong Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 We have a venue whose ceiling will be completely projected. The content creator has recommended Dataton. However, my research into Dataton indicates that it is purely a playback software. Is this correct? ----- There may be nights where we will invite a VJ to come and they will likely use resolume. Is there a way to incorporate a live VJ into a Dataton installation? No. Dataton is a company that produces many other related things: http://www.dataton.com One of these is Watchout, a multi-screen production and display software using the Windows OS (recommended Windows 7). Watchout can do compositions rendered live via the gpu (unlike, say, Adobe After Effects). However, though live, effects compositing are limited unlike After Effects. Watchout, with a capture card(s) installed (Datapath, Magewell, or Decklink), can composite the live capture into a presentation and send that out to the Displays in real time. The normal procedure would be to capture the output of the VJ's laptop using a capture card installed in the Watchout Display PC with the appropriate port connector (VGA, HDMI, SDI). If the Watchout Production PC does not have a capture card, use Thumbnail to represent the capture, scale and position the capture in the Stage Window, and send the info and control data to the Display PC. If the Watchout Production PC has a capture card, then the VJ's output will have to be sent to both Production and Display PCs via a splitter. Another alternative is to have a multi I/O Matrix Switcher selecting between Watchout Display PC outputs and the VJ's outputs and send those to the projectors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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