Lanterna

Plugins for Resolume
Arena and Avenue 7
macOS and Windows

For galas, conferences, theatre, concerts and festivals. For the cue that has to land.

  1. {01} Text 69 €
  2. {02} Particles 69 €
  3. {03} Slides 39 €

Plugins for Resolume, made for live events.

Name titles from a spreadsheet, countdowns, sponsor tickers, particles for the big moment and live photo walls. Activate once, then run offline.

Ran the final gala of the Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2026, operated by the person who builds the tools. One public show so far, hours of running, no crashes.

01

Lanterna Text

69 €

Everything your show has to say on screen, in type that stays sharp at any size. Names come from a spreadsheet, times count themselves, and live values arrive over OSC.

You get askedYou do

  1. 01

    “We need name titles for all 14 speakers.”

    Put the names in a spreadsheet and save it as CSV. Every row becomes a lower third. Next speaker: one click or one MIDI button.

  2. 02

    “Can we show a countdown to doors?”

    Enter the time and write “Doors open in {timer}”. It counts down by itself, to a time of day or to a date.

  3. 03

    “The sponsors should run along the bottom.”

    Switch to Ticker. Names crawl at a steady speed with soft edges, read from a text file you can still edit during the show.

  4. 04

    “Put the live voting results on screen.”

    Write {osc:/votes} into the text. Whatever your show control sends to that address appears immediately.

Try the three most common requests

speakers.csv Every row becomes a lower third

Speaker OneKeynote

  1. Speaker One, Keynote
  2. Speaker Two, Panel host
  3. Speaker Three, Award presenter
Doors open in {timer} It counts down by itself

Doors open in

sponsors.txt Still editable during the show
Main sponsor · Drinks partner · Light and sound · Venue · Media partner ·

Drawn in your browser with sample data to show the idea. Inside Resolume, Lanterna Text renders this on your output.

  • Outlines grow outward and never eat into the letters
  • Title lists from text or CSV files that reload on save
  • Clock, countdown, stopwatch, counter
  • Ticker and credit roll
  • 13 looks, 3D extrusion, text on a path
  • Four animators, all driven by one slider
  • Text Fill: letters filled with the clip underneath

Lanterna Text One-time payment, two computers, 14-day refund, via Gumroad

69 €

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02

Lanterna Particles

69 €

A full particle system on the GPU. Start from a preset, set your colours, and fire it from a column, a MIDI button or the beat. Particles FX grows particles out of any clip, your logo included.

Less than 0.1 ms of CPU time per frame – your CPU stays free for video playback.

You get askedYou do

  1. 01

    “We need something big when the winner is announced.”

    Load Spark Shower, set your brand colours and fire a burst from a column or a MIDI button.

  2. 02

    “Something calm behind the keynote, please.”

    Use Form Wave: a field of particles that keeps moving slowly on its own, for as long as the talk runs.

  3. 03

    “Can the logo dissolve into sparks?”

    Put Particles FX on the logo clip. Particles are born from its bright pixels and take its colours.

  4. 04

    “Make it react to the band.”

    Bursts follow the kick drum through Resolume’s audio analysis. Size and speed can follow any frequency band.

  • Bursts on a button, on the beat or on the kick drum
  • Gravity, wind, turbulence, vortex
  • Bounce off floor and walls, sparks on impact
  • Trails, motion blur, depth of field
  • 13 presets as a starting point

Lanterna Particles One-time payment, two computers, 14-day refund, via Gumroad

69 €

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03

Lanterna Slides

39 €

Point it at a folder and it plays every picture in it. Photos added during the show come up next. Full-size camera files load fast and stay sharp, without the moiré you get from scaling them in Resolume.

You get askedYou do

  1. 01

    “Show the photographer’s pictures while the party’s still going.”

    Point Slides at the folder the photographer saves to. Every new picture plays next.

  2. 02

    “The images come straight from the camera, 24 megapixels each.”

    Slides decodes them at exactly the size you need, in the background, so nothing stutters and nothing shimmers.

  3. 03

    “Can it look like a photo wall?”

    Switch on Scatter: pictures land in random spots with a frame and a shadow, several at a time.

  • Watch Folder: new photos play next
  • Camera JPEGs and RAW files, any size
  • Timer, beats or manual
  • Sorted by name, date or shuffled
  • Fades with blur, slow pan and zoom
  • Photo wall with frames and shadows

Lanterna Slides One-time payment, two computers, 14-day refund, via Gumroad

39 €

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Questions

01Does my show computer need internet?

Once, to activate the licence. After that the tools never connect to anything, so the show computer can stay offline.

02How many computers can I use?

Two at a time, usually the one you program on and the one you run the show on. Moving a licence to a new computer takes a minute.

03Can I try before I buy?

Yes. The demo does everything and shows a small Lanterna mark until you activate. Test it in your own show file.

04Does it run on Windows?

Yes. Every tool runs on macOS and Windows, and each has a demo to test on your own machine first.

05I’m a VJ. Will it work for me?

Yes. Every parameter follows the BPM, the timeline, MIDI or OSC like any Resolume effect. The event features are there when you need them.

06Can I get an invoice for my company?

Yes. Gumroad sends a receipt by email, and you can add your company details at checkout.

Anything else? Write to hello@lanterna.live. The person who builds the tools answers.

Buy once.
Run offline.

  1. Try

    Download the demo. It does everything and shows a small Lanterna mark.

  2. Buy

    Pay once through Gumroad. The licence key arrives by email.

  3. Activate

    Paste the key into the Lanterna Activator. One key covers two computers.

  4. Go offline

    From now on the tools never need the internet again.

On show night

Proven live
Ran the final gala of the Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2026, operated by the person who builds the tools. One public show so far, hours of running, no crashes.
Stays offline
After activation the tools never connect to anything, so the show computer can stay off the network.
Leaves the CPU alone
Lanterna Particles: Less than 0.1 ms of CPU time per frame – your CPU stays free for video playback.
Resolume 7
Arena and Avenue, FFGL 2.
macOS and Windows
Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, and Windows. Every tool is tested on both systems.
Updates
Free within a version.
Refund
14 days, no questions asked.

Pick your tool

  • TextName titles, countdowns, tickers, credits, live data69 €BuyDemo soon
  • ParticlesSparks, trails, snow and swirls for the big moments69 €BuyDemo soon
  • SlidesPlays a folder of photos, new pictures first39 €BuyDemo soon

One-time payment, two computers, 14-day refund, via Gumroad. Works on macOS and Windows.