I was recently hired to do a show involving video along with our DMX lights and music. Our program allows us to sync everything together and I am "so-so" when if comes to editting video (and music) but my biggest problem is lack of video to work with. I am not too picky with what the video is of, what I am mainly looking for is just fun, bright, eye-catching visualizations (similar to what plays on your computer when you play music through Windows media player or something similar), also some video of rolling clouds, water, space, stuff like that. Does anyone know where to obtain this type of thing. Are there websites that have free (or cheap) video clips? Is there an inexpensive program that I could buy with a large selection. Please help me out here. Thanks

What do you plan to display the video on? Why not just use Windows Media player and choose a very colorful visualization? As far as getting the video to work and be in sync with everything else. I use Elation Compu Ware Pro. It has a timeline for the DMX and the audio and the video so they are all in perfect harmony. I plan to add projectors to my show soon and will be able to instantly add video to my act.

To find some video that you can use just search for "Open Source video" and "open source movies" in your favorite search engine. There are quite a few libraries out there. Just be sure you are not using something without proper permission.

WINAMP.com, they are called Visualizations. They are also FREE.

Digital Juice has looping videos called Jumpbacks. They range from abstract, to things for weddings to techincal, sci-fi, fantasy, sureal, sportcast shows, you name it.
They are broadcast quality. We use several in our promo video as well as in our live show.

http://www.digitaljuice.com/products/pro......p;pvid=2

This one is all future tech...
http://www.digitaljuice.com/products/pro......;pid=113


There are other companies that also make looping video segments, but Digital Juice is the best.

Kevin

We already have the ability to sync the video with our lights and music. It will be rear projected on a 12 foot diameter circle above the stage. We are also editting in movie clips and intros with words therefore it would be much easier to have all the video already editted instead of just openning Windowns Media Player and watching the visualization. Thanks Kevin for the Digital Juice info. That is what we are looking for. Any other suggestions are still welcome. Like I said we have very little money to work with so any free or cheap downloads are what we are looking for. Thanks