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Return to the Source is a collection of Freeframe video effects plugins that generate video.
To install the plugins you will need to first check if your host program accepts source plugins. If it does copy
the plugins from the "source" folder into the appropriate folder with your host program (ie: c:\resolume\plugins\source).
You will also need to copy the two syz_iso plugins from the "effectors" folder into the
freeframe plugin folder as these are not source plugins.
If your host does not accept source plugins you will need to copy all the plugins from the "effectors" folder to
the freeframe folder of your host program
You will also need to copy freeimage.dll and the Syzygy_plugin_data folder into the same folder as the executable file
for your host program for the grower plugins to work
If you have any problems with the plugins, have any ideas for variations of these plugins, or simply want to let us know how you are using them, please email us at freeframe@syzygy-visuals.co.uk
Please read the software license at the bottom of this file
There is no difference in the effect itself, just how it is applied. Source plugins do not need a video clip
to be playing in order to generate the video. Some hosts accept source plugins directly. As some do not, we have
also formatted the plugins so that they can be used with a video clip as any normal effect would be.
In this case, the video clip will not be seen as the effects will overwrite it with a black background (although
a host program may allow you to fade the effect in and out, allowing the video to be mixed with the effect).
If your host accepts source plugins we would suggest that you use these rather than the effector plugins as they
are likely to be more efficient to run.
You will need to look in the help files to find out about this, and to check where to place them. If your host program does not accept source plugins it will not stop you from using these plugins as you can simply use the effector versions instead.
You can find some examples of abstract and non-figurative video that Syzygy Visuals has made in our portfolio at
I Stock Video.
All of these abstract clips have been generated using only freeframe plugins in either ffrend, Resolume or Flowmotion.
You will probably need to combine the source plugins with other freeframe effects (see www.freeframe.org for links to other
plugin creators) to create video. Once you have some things worked out you can start using these plugins with
host programs to generate video live, and begin to create some kind of software video synthesiser.
We have used flowmotion to do this, running it alongside video players, vjamm or resolume, to create abstract content
on the fly using only freeframe effects. This has been successfully stable over whole nights (10 hours).
We feel that this plugin pack, used with other effects has exciting potential for the creation of video.
Generates a Sin Wave pattern
Animating the Phase parameter has the same effect as using the speed parameter (which is set to 0 by default)
Generates a line which moves up and down the vertical axis along a sin wave based curve.
Try combining this effect with petewardens panspinzoom on difference mode - play with the decay setting and different rotation settings for some interesting effects.
Generates a line with direct control over it's position and colour.
Use petewardens panspinzoom to rotate the line, just try not to loose track of which way is up and down!
Generates a jagged lightning style line.
Combine a slow speed setting with our exposure effect to create a northern lights style video
Reveals a graphic flower or plant pattern
Generates a star field pattern moving from the background to the foreground
Generates a star field type pattern moving from the background to the foreground
Use the Projection K parameter along with size to create bigger stars
New stars are drawn when old stars leave the screen so if you have regular clusters they will continue
to appear. To get more a more random appearance, set the Projection K figure higher.
Generates a star field pattern using strips
Generates a two colour gradient/ramp background
A simple shape generator that can generate 2D shapes from triangles to circles.
Generates an isometric 3D cube.
This is not a source plugin. This generates isometric 3D squares, coloured by the original video and floating at a height defined by the luminance value of the pixels from the original video.
There's no anti-aliasing in this plugin, so use one of petewarden or intrinsic's blurs to smooth edges if you don't want a jagged look.
This is not a source plugin. This generates a grid of isometric 3D columns, coloured by the original video and with a height defined by the luminance value of the pixels from the original video.
There's no anti-aliasing in this plugin, so use one of pete warden or instrinsic's blurs to smooth edges if you don't want a jagged look.
Please respect these terms, which are designed to give you as much freedom as possible in how you use the plugins, while protecting our rights as software developers.
If you would like to redistribute the plugins in any way, or would like to use the plugins with multiple users in an educational environment, please contact us