Introduction To The Software; Basics - Numark NuVJ Handbuch

INTRODUCTION TO THE SOFTWARE

In this section, we will take a quick tour of the software and explain some key concepts to its operation. We
highly recommend reading this section – it will give you a good overview of NuVJ's functionality, as well as
teach you some fundamental concepts of video mixing.

Basics

NuVJ allows you to mix videos and images in real time in a very intuitive way. It is built around a
DJ-deck like setup where you have two playback decks and can mix the output of the decks using a
mixing slider.
This setup is reflected both in the software interface and on the controller: deck A is represented
by the left area of the main panel, while deck B by the right side and the mixer and master effect
controls are in the middle, as shown in the following graphic:
On each deck zone, you can see a series of squares. These are called 'cells' and are placeholder
for video clips, images or flash files (we'll globally refer to them as 'clips'. Each deck can play one
cell at the time.
To assign a clip to a cell, simply drag and drop any image or video from the file browser located on
the left most side of the interface or directly from the explorer/finder window. Once assigned, you
can then click on the cell to trigger it or, alternatively, press the corresponding pad on the NuVJ
controller. By starting a cell in each deck, you can see each of them playing in their respective
preview window and see the result of the mixing in the central window. Move the mixing slider
either using the mouse or the crossfader on the controller to see the mixing balance change in the
preview window.
Movie A
Video
Mixer
Output
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Movie B