Tutorials

Installation & Configuration

• Installing HeavyM & Registering a License
• Moving your HeavyM license to a new computer
• Computer display configuration
• Automating project startup and updating remotely [⭐ Pro+]

The Interface

• Overview & Navigation
• The work area
• The top toolbar
• The Mapping panels
• The Content & Master Shaders panels
• The Sequencer

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Canvas & Output Setup

• Setting up the Canvas and launching a projection
• Configuring an advanced projection setup with multiple displays [⭐ Pro]
• Distorting the Output with the Warping module
• Blending displays seamlessly with the Edge Blending module [⭐ Pro]
• Use case: using a Datapath Fx4 to control 4 displays from only 1 output

Creating Shapes

• What are Shapes?
• Drawing and editing Faces
• Drawing and editing Masks
• Drawing and editing Players
• Shape manipulation & transformations
• Using Maps to create multiple drawings

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The Creative Tools

• The Magnet
• The Background Image
• The Cursor

Managing Group Effects

• Adding Group effects in Faces
• Effect parameters & LFOs
• Getting creative: playing with Group Effects & Shaders and building a personal library
• Using the Center to control the perspective of effects
• Group effects glossary

Managing Group Properties

• Overview of group properties & options
• Mixing groups with blend modes

Managing Multimedia Content

• Generating multimedia content with the AI Generator
• Adding and displaying multimedia content
• Using the Slice Selector to crop the input of a player
• Controlling the playback of medias
• Adding effects on players

The Sequencer

• Module 1: the Sequences
• Module 2: the Timeline [⭐ Pro]
• Audio & tempo reactivity
• Use case: using the Timeline to prepare a show timed on an audio track [⭐ Pro]
• Use case: using Audio Analysis to prepare a precise audio-reactive show [⭐ Pro]

Master Shaders

• Adding master effects on the rendering

Controlling HeavyM Remotely

• Controlling HeavyM with a Keyboard
• Controlling HeavyM with a MIDI device
• Controlling HeavyM with a mobile or tablet via OSC [⭐ Pro]
• OSC API [⭐ Pro]
• Controlling HeavyM via DMX / Art-Net [⭐ Pro]

Connecting with Other Apps

• Using NDI to share textures between apps over the network [⭐ Pro]
• Using Spout or Syphon to share textures between apps
• Playing in time with Ableton Link

Save & Export

• Collect & Save and file handling
• Exporting a project as a video file [⭐ Pro+]

Menus & Glossary

• Menus

Troubleshooting

• Making sure an app runs on the 3D graphics card
• Running in Balanced performance mode on Intel integrated graphics
• Display on HighDPI / 4K screens on Windows