Instead of flashing all slices at the same exact time, you can create a chase sequence across your stage.
Once you master the basic setup, you can use Resolume's internal routing and modifiers to create complex variations. 1. The Chaser Effect (Sequence Strobing)
Create multiple slices representing a left-to-right physical orientation of your LED panels.
For touring VJs and lighting designers, triggering slice strobes via hardware provides the tactile feedback necessary for live music improvisation. MIDI Mapping (Akai APC40, Novation Launchpad)
Traditional strobing involves applying a strobe effect to an entire layer, composition, or video clip. While effective for general impact, it lacks spatial precision. slice strobe resolume
By leveraging Resolume’s advanced Output Transformation system, you can turn complex LED layouts into dynamic, blinding strobes that are perfectly synchronized with your visuals and music. What is a Slice Strobe in Resolume?
For complex projection mapping projects involving multiple surfaces, you'll want precise control over which slices receive strobe effects and when. The strategy involves:
When combined, Slice, Strobe, and Resolume become a formidable trio, empowering artists and designers to create truly innovative and captivating visual experiences. By slicing video content into manageable parts, applying strobe effects to create a sense of tension or energy, and manipulating the visuals in real-time using Resolume, designers can craft a unique narrative that complements and enhances the performance.
Drag a Solid Color source from the Sources tab into an empty clip slot on a dedicated "Strobe Layer." Set the color to pure white (or your desired strobe color). Instead of flashing all slices at the same
notes) to achieve a high-speed strobe effect across the physical stage. Method 2: Utilizing the Envelope and Layer Effects
There was a moment—a minor glitch, a mis-synced clip—that turned the controlled staccato into revelation. The slice that should have mirrored an overhead shot instead looped a single frame: a hand mid-gesture, frozen like a semaphore. It repeated and repeated, each repetition slightly shifted in hue and scale, until the hand became a warning, a ritual, a benediction. People began to interpret: is it a call? a push? a reaching for what’s beyond the booth’s plastered glass? Sometimes art is an accident and the audience, hungry for story, insists on narrative.
The slices don't align with my LED screen mapping. Solution: Use Slice Transform within the Advanced Output. You can right-click a slice in the Output Matrix and add a Strobe effect just to that specific screen slice . This allows you to make one monitor strobe while another stays solid.
and sync the layer opacity to the BPM, stepping the beat down to for a perfect on-beat pulse. The Chaser Effect (Sequence Strobing) Create multiple slices
Instead of using a single large slice for the whole screen, duplicate and cut your input selection into multiple smaller slices (e.g., four vertical columns or a 4x4 grid).
A isolates the flashing effect to precise physical zones of your stage design. By alternating high-contrast visual data (such as solid white blocks and transparent alpha space) across specific slices, you turn your video surfaces into dynamic, rhythmic lighting fixtures that sync perfectly with the music. Method 1: The Chaser and Linear Clip Approach
Change the animation type to a or Sawtooth waveform so the white block cuts instantly from one slice's input coordinate to the next. Speed up the master BPM or the clip's beat loop parameter (
When the lights came back up, the audience was left stunned and disoriented, but exhilarated by the experience. Maya and her team had succeeded in creating a true masterpiece, one that would be remembered for years to come.
A single vertical "reading head" zooms across the screen, strobing rapidly.