video jockeying

[shogunviper]

I'm starting to get into VJing, and I was wondering if anyone knows the best app to use to produce videos that focus on and manipulate a central object rather than epileptic screensaver styles. Many apps only do the latter. i.e. best guess as to how the VJs for Beatmania invest in hard/software?

Videos that inspired my shifting tastes were Ixion, Soliton Beam, Acid Vision...

hmm I just noticed those are all L.E.D. songs.

[K0LD]

As far as I know, that type of VJing is done by rendering 3D graphics in programs like 3D Studio Max or Maxon Cinema 4D. Your best bet would probably be to start there and play around with them for a bit.

3DS Max info:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...&siteID=123112

Cinema 4D info:
http://www.maxon.net/pages/products/...ewinr10_e.html

As far as free alternatives go, you're pretty much on your own there. I don't know of any offhand.. ^_^;

[shogunviper]

many thanks =)