Resolume Advanced Output | LED Screen Mapping | Quick Start Tutorial 

There are lots of different software options for creating these, here are a few: Dvizion AE template: www.dvizion.net/portfolio/led-pixelmapper/ StageTool: aescripts.com/stagetool/ Red Dot Logics Pixel Perfect LED: reddotlogics.com/software/ Pixl Grid Generator: www.pixl.live/ BlinkingThings Pixel Mapulator: www.blinkingthings.com/ Chaser Pixelmap Export: hybridvisuals.nl/chaser/try/

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Good day, Thanks all. I have a question. If I have a screen that is not receiving signal. It not even marking, "no signal". What might be the problem?

Thank you, I appreciate you saying that! Thats very kind

Nice work Michael! Thats awesome. Glad to hear that. YOU rock 🤘

Hell yeah, hopefully this can help even more people get set up

The legend himself! Thank you, that means a lot coming from you. Just taking what you and the rest of the community have done for me and passing it along to the next ones.

@@SeanBowes yes! Cause knowledge is the one thing we can give to others while also keeping it )) So thrilled to hear that I'm a part of the reason you're on to this mission. Now your videos are inspiring me in feedback loop, this is too awesome.

I also shared this tut on the dedicated "Resolume Tutorials" FB group and would love if you could share there future Resolume tuts you make.

Will do! I actually joined that group with that idea in mind and apparently forgot I had done that lol

NDI is probably your friend here, look into that if you havent already

Awesome! Good luck

Thanks!!

Hell yeah! Good luck 🤘 have fun!

Thanks for watching Andrew!

You are very welcome

Of course! Hope this gets you up and running. If you have any questions along the way, hit me up!

Thanks for watching!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad it helped!

Thanks so much! I may have more advanced paid content or workshops someday, but for now it is free 🤑

Glad to hear that!

Hi I have a question when I enter in the image of the stage with its correct dimensions into resolute do I need to change the output dimension as well so I can see the entire stage image on my screen before slicing and adding visuals?

Great question. Yes, your Output size should match your Pixel map size. This is usually a standard video signal dimension like 640x480, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1920x1080, or 3840x2160. Something like that. Your input and composition size can be different than your output size in order to fit all of the slices in their 'physical' arrangement and does not need to be a standard ratio if you don't want it to be.

Hi sean, How i get dimensions of led screen as u shows in timeline 2:10 onword.

Thanks for the reply.

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Thank you! Yes feel free to speed these up as much as you like. Sometimes its hard to walk and talk at the same time lol

I didnt create this one, it was provided by the LED Techs. But there are a few programs you can use. I think this one was made with Red Dot but Im not certain Dvizion AE template: www.dvizion.net/portfolio/led-pixelmapper/ Chaser Pixelmap Export: hybridvisuals.nl/chaser/try/ StageTool: aescripts.com/stagetool/ Red Dot Logics Pixel Perfect LED: reddotlogics.com/software/ Pixl Grid Generator: www.pixl.live/ BlinkingThings Pixel Mapulator: www.blinkingthings.com/

@@SeanBowes Thank you so much bro!!

Interesting question. First, get the physical specs for the screen dimensions in feet or meters, as well as the pixel dimensions, then you can get a good idea of the physical size of things you are designing digitally. Then, creating some sort of pre-visualization environment to test your ideas as you create them is helpful. This is a mockup of the stage with a human reference, all to scale, to test your ideas. You can do this type of thing in after effects, or in a tool designed for it like depence, or in a realtime creation tool like notch or unreal as kind of a middle ground. Using realtime tools for the entire workflow could be helpful as they can be very flexible and adjustable, but this is also possible with rendered content and planning and choreography. Scheduling rehearsal time and time for changes is important in this type of project. Lastly, creating your assets with some breathing room, and utilizing layers with alpha that don't break the edge of the render for key elements that need to align, so that you can rescale and reposition them easily onsite when things inevitably change last minute lol.

You can totally just get the dimensions and locations of each panel and type them in. This is just a more visual way to communicate that info and confirm that its correct when your slices line up to the guide image, and it is what is commonly used.

@@SeanBowes Sweet, I am working with 5 cube columns with 4 panels on each side so it is a lot of slices !! I am going to try and get the pixel map file from the supplier. Thanks again!!

Sometimes you need to rearrange them so that they all fit within the canvas of the processor, which is usually a standard video size like 1920x1080. In this case our total width is too wide to fit within that size if we arrange them as they are in reality. Regarding the mask: The screen will see the extra content. LED tiles are rectangular so to make curves you need to use masks.

Check the mask settings and try flipping the Invert checkbox. You may need two masks, one to form the outside of the 0 and one to knock out the center hole. Remember that order matters, so move them around until it works properly. Testing it out now, this is what works for me using output masks: set the small hole mask on top, with invert unchecked. Under that, the larger circle mask with invert checked, and under that, the slice(s) you want to mask. Hope that helps!

What’s good dude! Haha yeah it was a good example because it has horizontal, vertical, and masks. And was one of the shows I just did before making this lol

Yes if your processor is doing scaling that could cause a difference. Usually you dont want to use scaling on the processor if you are doing mapping

If you have your advanced output Input and Output maps set up properly, and you have assigned your Screen to a Display in Advanced Output, you should see something on screen. If you see nothing, there may be a connection issue between you , the processor, and the wall. If you see your output but it is not looking correct, that means something is wrong about your mapping and your slices are in the wrong position compared to what the LED processor is looking for. You can tell if this is the case because you see some of your slices but they are not lined up perfectly. You may also have Scaling on in the LED processor which makes changes to what you send it before it sends it to the wall. This makes it look like your output map is squished or stretched on the wall. so check out the settings for your processor and see if thats the issue. Sometimes using the Test Pattern (Output>Show Test Card) Can help you see what is wrong.

Yes that is correct, this is the step that happens in the media server (resolume) to prepare output for what the processor is looking for. I have had a video about programming in novastar for a while, but that isnt the part of the process I am usually involved with so it has been difficult to coordinate all of the things I need to make a proper video. I have got this question a few times though so I will work on making it happen! Thanks for the suggestion!

Hey! Yeah so follow the instructions on this video - first setting up the slices in the output map to match the pixel width and height of the screens. Then on the input side adjust them to match the physical arrangement of the screens in real life. This will mean that the 6mm wall will probably need to be scaled up because it’s pixels are spaced further apart and therefore relatively larger in physical space. You can use math to scale it up proportionately, and then always check and adjust it by eye on site so that it looks correct.

Hey Dennis, each slice is not usually an individual processor. You can have several 'slices' per 'screen' in Resolume's advanced output, and each Screen is assigned an output on the VJ Computer, which goes to a processor. What happens after that depends on the capacity of your processor and its outputs, and how it can handle the amount pixels contained in the cabinets you are using. You are correct that you should not use the scaler on the processor because we are doing pixel to pixel mapping with our Advanced Output in Resolume. I have plans to make some content about what happens between the computer and the LED wall soon!

Hey @@SeanBowes Thank you for breaking that down. I Confused myself a little there. I relaize where the slice sits in the "output tabe" doesnt dictate whats on that slice. The location of the slice in the "input tabe" does. I am just having a hard time imagining how this screen is wired. IDK. I just need to play around more with slices. Most of my work consist of deploying standard 16:9 format screen or very close to that. We use a scaler to fit the output from the screen and thats about it. Hey i want to thank you agian for your Time, Effort and Engery in creating these videos. They are very helpful to god knows how many people.

Thats exactly right. Input samples the content, Output re-arranges it to what the processor is looking for, which is communicated by creating a Pixel Map image. The wiring is a whole other thing that I can hopefully get into with a Novastar Basics type of video soon. Scaler totally works in those scenarios where you are just fitting 16:9 to a nearly 16:9 wall. Props to you for expanding your knowledge to be ready for other scenarios! Great questions too, thanks for asking for clarification.

make 3 layers with your cotent. make the 3 mappings. in advanced output; selectt input layer * for each slice/mapping. map midi control (ctrl+shft+m) to master to fader on each layer, or use mouse to control.

@@zoolog2012 thanks bro!

Nova is how you map the LED processor to set up the screens. The mapping in Nova is the Output Map pixel map you reference in resolume. Resolume is used to map the content to that pixelmap using the input map and the output map. For simple screens you may not be doing much, but for complex screens it is essential

There are situations where that might be the case, especially if your slices fit in your output map the same way they are arranged in reality and don’t need to be rearranged and packed together to save space. The input map is where the slices are told what section of your composition canvas to sample and sent to screen. So arranging them as they are in the real world there allows content to span across the screens in a logical and cohesive way.

Under Edit Points mode in Advanced Output you can add subdivisions to your slices and adjust the points to warp your content to curved shapes. If you are working with domes you may need specialized tools like NEST Fulldome

Check the pinned comment, I list a bunch of options for software that creates pixel maps

I do have a video about it coming soon too. You need to know how the processor is set up and what panels you are using, and then enter that information into the software, and it generates the pixel map image

For 6-8 outputs, check out this article resolume.com/support/en/lots-of-outputs

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LED processor like Novastar

use slice transform on the layer

I didnt create this one, it was provided by the LED Techs. But there are a few programs you can use. I think this one was made with Red Dot but Im not certain Dvizion AE template: www.dvizion.net/portfolio/led-pixelmapper/ Chaser Pixelmap Export: hybridvisuals.nl/chaser/try/ StageTool: aescripts.com/stagetool/ Red Dot Logics Pixel Perfect LED: reddotlogics.com/software/ Pixl Grid Generator: www.pixl.live/ BlinkingThings Pixel Mapulator: www.blinkingthings.com/

Hey Maria, that’s awesome! The best format for Resolume is DXV codec. But you can easily convert to DXV from ProRes or other formats using the ‘Alley’ program from Resolume. The mask is best done on site. If you are creating mapped content from the start, it might be helpful to have a ‘bleed’ or extra content outside the mask area just in case that needs to adjust. But you can decide to be very precise with pixel values to get it perfectly symmetrical in the design phase. In the menu on the top left of the Advanced Output window, there is an option to Export to SVG which will export a vector file that can be brought in to Illustrator or after effects to use as a design guide. Hope that helps!! Hit me up on Instagram. I’d love to see what you’re working on

The process is quite similar. You need Resolume Arena to do it. Set up your two projectors so that they overlap a little, set up your two slices so that they are arranged and overlapping in the same way. On the input side, arrange those two side-by-side slices over your video content. You can use edge blending on the slices if you need to soften the seam a bit. Look up Resolume Edge Blending, there are good tutorials out there about this process and resolume has a section in their manual about it.

@@SeanBowes thank you so much!

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Yes the Output Map in Resolume corresponds to the configuration in Nova LCT

If there is an LED tech who set up the wall, but will not give you the pixel map, you will have to use trial and error on site to figure it out. Plug in, see what size the output is, and Move and scale slices until they fill the screens properly. If you are responsible for setting up the LED processor, try to find out what brand it is and read the manual for setup instructions. But you will be able to set up the map however you like with the processor.

@@SeanBowes What happens is that the one who is going to configure the screen and project the visuals will be me, there will be no technician who will send me the outmap for that! What I will do is use the pixels of each LED panel which is 128x128 pixels to calculate and divide the slices. Since it is a 4*3 meter screen, it is 1024x768px. If the screen is full I just need to make a slice and place it on the top left in the output, but if it is the central screen with strips on the sides I have to make more slices. So my doubt is more than anything in which way I have to place those slices on the top left part in the output, considering that I know the measurements of the screen, since each panel is 128x128. The doubt arises because I have read that in the output the processor takes the top left part, so how can I do that? Or just place all my slices freely but to the top left part in the output?

@@nestormartinez5291 in that case you have total control of that decision. You can place them wherever you like, as long as it fits within the standard output size you selected to send to the wall. Pushing everything into the top left is just a guideline for efficiency and it’s where the 0,0 point is of your canvas.

@@SeanBowes Thanks a lot!!!

Hey David, you need Arena to access all of these features

Yes, That is correct. This feature is one of the main differences between the two versions

@@SeanBowes thanks Sean, appreciate the confirmation 💪🏼

Great question! I think the image I show of the stage makes this unclear. Because LED only comes in square panels, there actually are panels that exist outside of the curved truss. The image I showed had it masked already, sorry that wasn’t clear! I hope that helps.

This is the image I should have used, it shows the actual LED panel area and how it relates to the pixel map. You can see there are some jagged edges that need to be trimmed with a mask to make them fit the window shape www.dropbox.com/s/gkapx9yadcgy6rw/StageImage.PNG?dl=0

Yes advanced output is mostly an Arena version feature

Check the comments, I just pinned one where I answer this question and share a bunch of software options 🤘

What version of resolume are you using?

@@SeanBowes I’m running the latest version of Avenue.

@@yaylifelabs avenue does not have the full set of advanced output features that Arena does. If you think what you’re seeing is a bug, contact Resolume support. They’re pretty helpful with resolving issues.

@@SeanBowes thank you. i appreciate your help. Cheers!

This process is for LED panels. For LED strips you will need to use a different DMX fixture workflow. I don’t have a video about that yet. But check out this page for info on that process. resolume.com/support/en/dmx

@@SeanBowes thank you!

Puedes usar un capture card como un Magewell USB Capture HDMI 4K Plus, o puedes usar NDI. Los dos pueden transmitir un video de una PC a la otra. Entonces, buscas el "Source" por el Capture o NDI y lo pones en una clip. Espero que puedes comprenderme! Necesito practicar mi espanol :) You can use a capture card like a Magewell USB Capture HDMI 4K Plus, or you can use NDI. Both can transmit a video from one PC to the other. Then look for the Source for the Capture or NDI and put it in a clip slot.

@@SeanBowes soy la misma persona 🇨🇴, voy a ponerlo en práctica y te aviso ( a mí me toca ver los vídeos con subtítulos 😭) pero gracias por tu contenido es de mucha ayuda 🙏

necesito crear un canal en espanol... pero primero necesito aprender espanol :P

@@SeanBowes jajaja si primero aprende español ganarás una gran audiencia, sabes tengo 18 años trabajo en una empresa que realiza eventos y me dieron la oportunidad de trabajar con las pantallas LED estoy empezando de cero, que concejo me darías para mejorar ( aparte de ver todos tus videos :p)

That is a problem. Have you contacted Resolume support?

Yep, masks are the answer. Look in the properties panel of the mask for Invert to get it to cut out a hole mask instead of cropping inside the mask. There are input masks and Output Masks (add those from the + button you use to add slices). You may need a combination of masks and mask types to achieve your goal if you are cropping the outside and making a hole inside.

@@SeanBowes and what are the differences between input and output masks? Btw, is there someway for me to contact you if I need specific helps?

@@carolinaromani7589 they are applied to either the slice itself in the input map, or added to the stack in the output map. Also applied at different points in the process, so input maps are able to be seen in the slice, like in slice outlines. Output masks are applied to the output, so after the slice is calculated. I try me best to get to questions here. Instagram DMs are usually pretty responsive. Or you can get a 1-on-1 session from my website and book an hour with me if you’d like.

The screen is in the middle of two screens. All the OTHER screens are getting signal and showing stuff EXCEPT THST SCREEN IN THE MIDDLE. What you think may be the problem?

There are a lot of variables. Take a deep breath, think rationally, and Go step by step down the signal chain to verify that you are sending and receiving signal, have power, and your settings are correct every step of the way. Try swapping things that work (outputs, cables, dongles) from a screen that does work to the one that doesn’t to see if one fixes it, then replace that cable.

Ok. Thank you for such. Let me I going to try it now. Thank you again.

They are usually on the pixel map image somewhere. In this case they are on the top corner of each slice. Width and height are printed in the center. If you’re talking about the mask points, some math might be involved. Add your left value and width to get your right edge, and add your top value and your height to get the bottom edge.

@@SeanBowes Thanks 👌

Yes whoever provides the LED and sets it up will provide the processor. If the venue has a permanent LED install, they have a processor set up for it. If you or the venue rent one for your artist, the LED vendor will provide one.

Great question! You create a slice or select one that you want to change, and then simply start typing the numbers on your keyboard. Do not click anything in the parameters section. press spacebar or enter to go to the next value. Enter them in this order: Left, Top, Width, Height. I hope that helps!

@@SeanBowes Thank you very much I did a recent test and it worked perfectly thank you very much

Hey! I saw an order come through from your email last night, but shoot me an email through the contact form on my site if you are still having issues. Thanks!

There are many uses for a Test Card with LED walls and projection as well. The color spectrum and black to white gradient are used to check if your colors are looking correct and your black and white levels are correct. The square grid is used to make sure your image is correctly proportioned and not stretched or squished. The circle is used for the same reason. The circle, diagonal lines, and grid are also used to make sure your image is aligned across different screen sections correctly. And the sweep is used to make sure the panels are synced and there is no delay, tearing, or other weird things happening with animation moving across the screen. Some test cards have other features, for example photographs to make sure skin tones look nice. Overall they are a tool to isolate and test that different aspects of your image (color, gamma, dynamic range, scale, position, rotation, frame rate) are being displayed properly.

Are you moving them on the Input Tab of the Advance Output? Hard to say exactly what might be off if thats not it. Shoot me an email if you still need help

@@SeanBowes I’m moving them in the input tab. I will shoot you an email

@@SeanBowes tried sending an email, but it wasn’t going through

Sorry about that, I’ll check that out. In the meantime shoot me a quick DM on Instagram and we’ll get connected

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Definitely not the best option out there, but you should be able to run some basic shows with that. You have support for one external display via thunderbolt, and it meets the minimum specs for Resolume, but not much more than that.

Ok, Thanks a lot :)

No, full advanced output functionality is an Arena feature

like ticker tape text? try the text animator source

There is a link in the description for 1-hour 1-on-1 zoom lessons. Please make a note of the specific things you hope to learn about in the booking form so I can make the best use of our time. Thanks!

Check the pinned comment I have a bunch of links there to software for making pixel maps. The input map is decided by the resolume operator, the Output Map or pixel map for the processor is decided by the LED Processor programmer. Put those coordinates into any of those softwares and it will generate the pixel map image for you

I am not sure what you are asking. You can purchase resolume here: resolume.com/shop/

Check the pinned comment, I replied with a list of a bunch of options

Exactly like this video, but create two screens and place the appropriate slices on their respective output

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HDMI from resolume to the LED Processor (Novastar, bromoton, etc) Processor to the wall via Ethernet data cables. Where are you running into trouble?

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