Automate Your Live Production
Pixel-Perfect Mapping
Take advantage of our panel mapper view to create pixel-perfect virtual representations of your stage’s real-life LED panels! Our 1:1 resolution output will ensure your content looks just as crisp as it was made to be.
Fast and Portable
Bring Crescent Sun anywhere with ease thanks to our dongle licensing. Our compact control solution can go places others can’t–you’ll even be able to run it off of a laptop!
Lighting Console Integration
Control your video panels in Crescent Sun using our GrandMA™ profile or our fixture table. Obtain spatial visual looks that perfectly match your lights and create stage designs you’ve always dreamed of.
Generative Content
Create procedural animations in seconds with our built-in library of generators and unique control combinations. Create stunning looks that are unique for you and your show. Stack generators with our fx library to increase its potential.
3D Previz
Get plug-n-play ready from the comfort of your office or home studio. Align your pixel map and preview the output in a virtual 3D world. Create your perfect show, share it with your client, and perfect it, before even walking in to the venue.
Open Architecture
Crescent Sun works with most powerful, Windows-based laptops, towers, and rackmount computers. Buy or build the computer of your dreams for a fraction of the cost of other media servers, and upgrade your machine only when necessary. Software developers can further customize their system through creative coding using Derivative’s TouchDesigner.
Automate Your Live Production
Pixel-Perfect Mapping
Take advantage of our panel mapper view to create pixel-perfect virtual representations of your stage’s real-life LED panels! Our 1:1 resolution output will ensure your content looks just as crisp as it was made to be.
Fast and Portable
Bring Crescent Sun anywhere with ease thanks to our dongle licensing. Our compact control solution can go places others can’t–you’ll even be able to run it off of a laptop!
Lighting Console Integration
Control your video panels in Crescent Sun using our GrandMA™ profile or our fixture table. Obtain spatial visual looks that perfectly match your lights and create stage designs you’ve always dreamed of.
Generative Content
Create procedural animations in seconds with our built-in library of generators and unique control combinations. Create stunning looks that are unique for you and your show. Stack generators with our fx library to increase its potential.
3D Previz
Get plug-n-play ready from the comfort of your office or home studio. Align your pixel map and preview the output in a virtual 3D world. Create your perfect show, share it with your client, and perfect it, before even walking in to the venue.
Open Architecture
Crescent Sun works with most powerful, Windows-based laptops, towers, and rackmount computers. Buy or build the computer of your dreams for a fraction of the cost of other media servers, and upgrade your machine only when necessary. Software developers can further customize their system through creative coding using Derivative’s TouchDesigner.
Recommended Minimum System Requirements:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and up.
GPU: NVIDIA-only GPU w/ minimum 4GB GPU memory. Recommended GTX960m or above.
Processor: Recommended Intel processor w/ minimum 2.50 GHz and 4 cores or more.
Hard Drive: Minimum fast read/write SSD card. Recommended M.2 / NVMe SSD for large video playback.
RAM: Minimum 8GB RAM recommended.
Hardware Tips: If you want to improve playback performance, the most impactful hardware to upgrade is the graphics card. Go for the fastest graphics card you can afford.
Notable Features:
Advanced LED Mapping: Map thousands of video panels with individual control over each unit.
3D Workflow: Design your stage in minutes. Share it with the artist team. Program your show on the internal 3D previz.
Extremely High Performance: Drive up to three 4K displays from a laptop.
Window Output Manager: for managing 1-200 outputs.
Data Manager: Manage DMX, OSC, MIDI, Audio, and Keyboard mapping.
Generators: Digital video synths that let you create unique real-time textures.
FX Pipeline: Add a list of effects on a per-layer basis to create new and customized looks.
Video Capture: Supports using Blackmagic, NVIDIA, and some Point Grey, Datapath, and Bluefish capture cards. Plug-n-play support from Magewell and other USB capture devices.
Cue Sequencer (beta): Store presets and automation data of almost any control parameter.
HAP Support: HAPQ allows for high quality cheap playback of large video formats.
Pixel Map Generator: Allows you to create and export pixel-perfect pixel maps.
More Information: Product Overview PDF