Advanced Output, read live
- Uses the active Advanced Output preset
- Follows every “Save” within a second
- Rename compositions and presets freely, umlauts included
- Tells you when the clip size is off: “Set clip size to W x H”
Source plugin for Resolume Arena & Avenue 7
your_testpatternA test pattern for every slice. Automatically.
your_testpattern reads your Advanced Output and your StageFlow show and gives every slice its own labelled test image. Built for LED walls, projection and mapping, and tested where it matters: on tour.
v1.9.5
macOS · Universal
Windows · x64
FFGL · Resolume 7
Advanced Output · 3 slices● LIVE
01 / How it works
Drop it in. It already knows your setup.
No XML to load, no slices to draw by hand. your_testpattern follows what Resolume and StageFlow are doing right now.
Step 1
Add it as a source
Pick your_testpattern from Sources in Resolume Arena or Avenue 7 and drop it on a clip.
Step 2
It reads your output
The plugin uses the Advanced Output preset that is active in Resolume. Hit “Save” in Advanced Output and it follows within a second.
Step 3
Every slice gets its own pattern
Grid, cross, circles, border, the slice name and size, and a marker in the top-left corner that shows any flip or rotation at the output.
02 / Features
Everything you check before doors open.
From the first pixel map in the afternoon to the last focus check before the show.
StageFlow aware
- Finds the show StageFlow is using right now
- Otherwise picks the newest show that matches your output, or a file you choose
- Matches shows by slice IDs and recognises known locations instantly
- New location? All canvases reset to Input Map
A clean, readable test image
- Grid, cross and circles, diagonals, border, labels
- Grid, line and border width in pixels, text size
- Colours per canvas or uniform, with hue, saturation and brightness
- Orientation marker for flip and rotation
Cabinets, fields and ramps
- Cabinet grid with “column-row” numbers that stay sharp
- Full field in a fixed colour or cycling red, green, blue, white, black
- Gray, R, G, B and 8-colour ramps, smooth or stepped
- Always output at 100 %: exactly 0–255, independent of pattern brightness
Focus and alignment
- Siemens stars for focus, in the centre and optionally the corners
- Alignment grid
- Overlap zones for edge blending
Overlays that prove it’s live
- Stripe, growing circle and bouncer, each with its own colour and opacity
- Run each on every canvas, the whole comp, the whole stage or the canvas layout
- Your own logo (PNG/JPG), with size and X/Y offset relative to the canvas
03 / Layouts
Four ways to lay out each canvas.
Choose per canvas how the pattern is drawn, from a simple input map to the real stage geometry from StageFlow.
Canvas Off
The slice stays black.
Input Map
The pattern follows Resolume’s input mapping.
Stage
Grid and circles run across the real StageFlow stage, with positions, rotation and gaps.
Look
Each focal area of a StageFlow look gets a pattern at look size, so you see how content really lands: duplicated, flipped, covered or excluded.
04 / Under the hood
Light enough to leave running all night.
The static test image is only redrawn when something changes and is kept in a 16-bit buffer. Each frame only renders the moving overlays.
0.6 Wplugin power draw
−60 %GPU load vs. v1.9.1
Measured with powermetrics on a MacBook Pro 16" M1 Max, v1.9.2 and later compared with v1.9.1.
Bouncer
Yes, it hits the corner.
The DVD-style bouncer, with a built-in “TEST” sign or your own image, changes colour on every bounce. It is planned to hit a corner pixel-perfectly every 45 to 75 seconds, at least three times in five minutes, on a new random path each time.
At very slow speeds, corner hits get rarer.
05 / Specs
Requirements and download.
One licence includes the macOS and the Windows version.
| Host | Resolume Arena or Avenue 7 · FFGL source plugin, OpenGL 4.1 |
|---|---|
| macOS | Universal (Apple Silicon and Intel) · ZIP with one-click installer |
| Windows | x64 · installer, no admin rights needed |
| Optional | StageFlow, for the Stage and Look layouts |
| Tested with | Resolume Arena 7.26.2 · StageFlow 1.6.0.1136 · MacBook Pro 16" M1 Max |
| Included | Readme, changelog, EULA (English and German), third-party licences |
| Output | Plain RGB values. What you see on the wall also depends on Resolume bit depth, your computer’s video output settings and the LED processor’s calibration. |
06 / Changelog
What’s new.
1.9.5LED tools always at 100 % with ramps exactly 0–255 · 16-bit buffer · Windows build · umlauts in file paths · crash protection
1.9.4Cabinet numbers scale with cabinet size · bouncer corner hits
1.9.3Logo X / Logo Y offsets · logo size relative to the canvas
1.9.2About 60 % less GPU load through caching and a slice grid
1.9.1Uses the active Advanced Output preset · umlauts · clip size hint
1.9.0Advanced Output and StageFlow read automatically · new locations reset to Input Map
07 / Get it
your_testpattern 1.9.5
Made by a VJ who sets up LED walls and projections on tour every week. If something is missing for your show, tell me.
€2.99one-time
- macOS (Universal) and Windows (x64)
- All 1.x updates free
- Direct support from the developer
Questions before buying? info@knispel-event.de
08 / About
Tools from the road.
your_engine is the tool label of knispolowitz, a VJ who has been touring for eight years. Every tool starts as a problem on a real show: a wall that needs checking in ten minutes, a projector that won’t focus, an output that’s flipped and nobody knows why.
your_testpattern is the first release. More plugins for Resolume and software for macOS are on the way.