Livid's software and hardware present a number of educational opportunities for students, teachers, and researchers. Livid Union VJ software is used in many Universities and higher educational facilities throughout the world. Wether for multimedia departments, VJ software classes, real-time video research, or extensions of multimedia and creative projects, Livid's products offer many possibilities for the educational and academic markets.



Here are a few possibilities for using union in an educational environment.

• Livid Union and Tactic Pro are based on Max/MSP/Jitter, one of the most widely used arts research toolsets in academia. Union provides many of the most basic components of any realtime video processing system - video input, movie playback, processing, rendering, recording, MIDI and remote control - all of which are extensible by making patches in Max/MSP/Jitter. The student or researcher can focus on process, rather than re-inventing the nuts and bolts of basic video programming.

• students, programmers, and artists can make their own plug-ins for Livid software using Livid's Elements and the provided SDK (Software Development Kit). Livid's Elements are Max/MSP/Jitter patches or collectives that can be opened in Livid Union and Tactic Pro to extend their capabilities.   To create your own Elements, you'll need to be using Max version 4.5 and, to create video effects and/or generators, Jitter 1.2.4.

• excellent demonstration tool for introducing the possibilities of real-time video, and how it differs from traditional timeline-based video production.

• video sketchpad for real-time video effects and image processing

• parametric design gives access to fine tuning and image

• Automator and Sound Trigger open up a world of algorithm and chance to the students toolset.

• incorporate into installation design for multimedia works without the need for arduous programming - ideal for the short time span of most college-level work.

• extensive MIDI implementation and customization takes the software beyond your typical VJ or real-time video software and allows for customized control for creative projects such as installations, multimedia environments, and interactive projects.

Livid offers a 25% educational discount on all software titles. Discounts are available to students, teacher, institutions and educators. For information regarding site and volume licensing, please contact us using this form.

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