Tutorials

Installation & Configuration

• Installing HeavyM & Registering a License
• Moving your HeavyM license to a new computer
• Computer display configuration

The Interface

• Overview & Navigation
• The work area
• The top toolbar
• The Mapping panels
• The Content 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
• Distorting the Output with the Warping module
• Blending displays seamlessly with the Edge Blending module [⭐ Pro]

Creating Shapes

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

The Creative Tools

• The Magnet
• The Background Image
• The Cursor

Managing Group Effects

• Adding Group effects in Faces
• Effect parameters & LFOs
• 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

• Adding & 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

• Sequence settings with Effects, Maps & Transitions
• Audio & tempo reactivity

Controlling HeavyM Remotely

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

Connecting with Other Apps

• Using NDI to share textures between apps over the network
• 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
• Display on HighDPI screens on Windows