Building plugins
The ISF Shader device is the easiest way to use ISF shaders with Videosync. If however you wish to create a custom user interface for a shader, read on!
The Plugin Software Development Kit (SDK) allows you to build your own image effects and generators with
- An interface in Max For Live (M4L),
- An engine in GL Shader Language (GLSL),
- Following the Interactive Shader Format (ISF) standard.
This lesson is a step-by-step tutorial that describes working with the SDK. It will not cover GLSL or Max programming, but should allow you to start experimenting even if you are not familiar with those languages. It does assume some experience with programming in general.
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To build Videosync plugins, you need an active license of Ableton Live with Max For Live.