Documentation

Installation

1. Extract the downloaded .zip.
2. Quit Resolume (Arena and Avenue).
3. Double-click Install.bat. It creates Extra Effects\FX Suite for Arena and Avenue.
4. Start Resolume and search FX in the Effects panel.

Manual install: copy the .dll files from the plugins folder to Documents\Resolume Arena\Extra Effects\FX Suite.

If Windows blocks a file: right-click the .dll → Properties → Unblock.

To remove: run Uninstall.bat.

Where to apply the effects

An effect only processes the content of the level it sits on: clip, layer, group or composition. Placed on an empty layer, it doesn't see the layers below.

Effect clip (effect dragged into a clip slot, input “Layers Below”): works with every plugin. For plugins that cut the image (Panels, Blinds, Grid, Frame, Dots, Scroll and Strobe in Blackout mode), keep Background on Black — with Transparent, the layer below shows through the holes and it looks like nothing happened.

On a layer or group: applies to what's in it. Here Background: Transparent is handy to see another layer through the holes (e.g. Panels arches revealing a second video).

On the composition: affects everything going to the output — good for Strobe or an overall TV FX.

Auto Reveal FX goes on the lyrics clip (NDI/capture), before other effects.

Mosaic, Collage, Layers, Thermal and Cinematic work straight on the camera, no background removal.

Tips

• Progress, Intensity and Amount work great mapped to a MIDI fader.
• BPM Timing options follow the composition BPM and tap tempo.
• Any parameter can be animated in Resolume itself (timeline, BPM or ping-pong).
• Lyrics via NDI: set Holyrics or SPresenter to white text on black (or with alpha) and no background image.

Panels FX

Cuts the video into panels (rect, rounded, ellipse, diamond or window arch). Each panel can have its own height (Variance + Seed). Speed scrolls panels sideways; Morph animates the heights, free-running or BPM-synced (MorphSync). Background: Black fills the holes with black (needed for effect clips); Transparent lets the layer below show through.

Blinds FX

Blinds transition. Progress opens and closes (0 = closed, 1 = open). Angle rotates the stripes; Order sets the sequence (together, wave, from center, random) and Stagger the delay between stripes. Timing: Manual (drive Progress with a fader), Loop, or BPM (1 bar, 2 beats, 1 beat). Background: Black fills the holes with black (needed for effect clips); Transparent lets the layer below show through.

Grid FX

Splits the screen into tiles (Columns × Rows) that appear in wave, diagonal, center-out, random or checker order, scaling, fading or both. Gap and Roundness shape the grid. Progress and Timing work like Blinds FX. Background: Black fills the holes with black (needed for effect clips); Transparent lets the layer below show through.

Frame FX

Rectangular mask with an independent radius per corner (RadiusTL, TR, BL, BR) and an inward soft edge (Feather). Width, Height and Pos place it. Invert makes a vignette; Fill switches between masking the video and drawing a solid color. Background: Black fills the holes with black (needed for effect clips); Transparent lets the layer below show through.

Scroll FX

Tiles the video (TilesX × TilesY) and slides it in any direction, free or BPM-synced. Mirror flips tiles to hide seams; Gap adds spacing; Zoom scales. Background: Black fills the holes with black (needed for effect clips); Transparent lets the layer below show through.

Mosaic FX

Repeats the whole image across many screens. Layout: Columns (columns of copies scrolling up, down or alternating — Speed, Stagger, free or on the BPM), TV Wall (screens of varied widths stacked like bricks — SizeVar, Seed) or Grid. Gap, Radius and Bezel shape the screens; Variation gives each one its own zoom and framing; Shuffle reshuffles on the BPM in a cascade (Cascade); Fill Slice shows a piece of the big image; TintAmount colors everything.

Collage FX

Lines and Thickness draw straight black lines that split the screen; each piece shows the image in high contrast (Contrast) with one treatment: photo, halftone dots (Dots, DotSize), stripes (Stripes, StripeSize), flat gray (Flat) or inverted (Invert). Seed picks the layout and Shuffle changes it every beat, bar or 2 bars. Hue and Saturation tint it. Works straight on the camera; if the person comes cut out, Outline draws a white sticker outline.

Layers FX

Stacks the same image in up to 3 layers: an enlarged, blurred background (BackZoom, BackBlur, BackX/Y, BackOpacity), a middle one (MidZoom, MidX, MidOpacity) and a front one inside a frame (Frame: None, Rounded, Arch, Circle — FrameW, FrameH, FrameX, FrontZoom). Blend mixes the layers (Screen = double exposure); Drift slowly moves the background; Hue and TintAmount make it one color.

Thermal FX

Works straight on the camera, no cutout needed. Palette: Thermal, Infrared, Neon or Custom (HueA/B/C); Contrast and Shift pick which part of the image gets each color. Glow and GlowSize create the blown-out glow. Trail keeps previous frames to leave a ghost trail behind movement (DriftX/DriftY make it drift to one side). Grain mimics sensor noise; Mix doses the effect.

Cinematic FX

For the live camera (IMAG). Bloom and Halation make highlights glow like film (BloomSize and Threshold control what and how much); Contrast applies an S-curve; Grade cools shadows and warms highlights; Warmth and Saturation adjust the tone; Vignette, Grain and Letterbox (black bars) complete the look. Mix doses the effect.

Dots FX

Turns the image into a grid of dots (circle, square, diamond, lines) or pixels. Size sets the cell, DotScale the dot size, Halftone makes dots follow brightness, Mono makes it B&W, Gain boosts brightness. Background: Black fills the holes with black (needed for effect clips); Transparent lets the layer below show through.

TV FX

CRT curvature, scanlines, rolling bar (RollSpeed), RGB shift, color bleed, tracking errors, noise and vignette.

Strobe FX

Strobe and flash: white, blackout, invert or color. Free (Rate in Hz) or BPM (1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1 bar). Duty sets the on-time; Decay replaces the hard cut with a smooth fade. Shape: full screen, vignette or frame. Hold keeps it on, great mapped to a button. Background: Black fills the holes with black (needed for effect clips); Transparent lets the layer below show through.

Auto Reveal FX

Goes on the lyrics clip (NDI/capture), before other effects. It compares each frame with the previous one and, when the lyrics change, animates the entry with nobody touching a fader: Reveal picks Fade, Rise, Blur, Wipe, Zoom or Flash; Duration and Ease set the timing. Sensitivity tunes detection: fixing one letter doesn't trigger, changing the slide does. Output Keyed outputs the lyrics on a transparent background, ready to sit over your video. Hold disables the animation. Tip: turn off the Holyrics/SPresenter slide transition, or every frame of the fade counts as a change.