HeavyM 2.14 - new tools for stunning visuals
Discover the new features of HeavyM 2.14
We’re thrilled to announce release of HeavyM 2.14! This update brings an exciting range of new features, improvements, and possibilities to elevate your visual creations.
What's new ?
3D Materials
HeavyM 2.14 takes your visuals to the next level with 3D Materials. Bring your projections to life with a rich library of realistic textures that mimic real-world surfaces like metal, wood, and glass. Enhanced with dynamic lighting and shadow effects, these materials let you craft visuals with unparalleled depth and dimension. Create stunning, immersive designs that capture attention and elevate your audience’s experience.
- Metal, wood, glass, and many more !
- Dynamic lighting and authentic shadow effects
- Animate light movements to create unique perspective effects
- Preview in real-time
Seamlessly compatible with all HeavyM effects, 3D Materials unlock endless creative possibilities for your visuals 
Learn all about it here.
50 New shader effects
We know you love new effects ! Unleash your creativity with an expanded suite of 50 new shader effects in HeavyM 2.14. From dynamic distortions and particle animations to liquid transitions and other mesmerizing visuals, these shaders transform your creations into vibrant, energetic displays.
Whether you’re designing for live performances, art installations, or interactive exhibits, this update is perfect for adding movement, energy, and flow to your visuals.
- Adjust speed, intensity, and color effortlessly
- Create custom shader appearances, save them as presets
- Randomize parameters or tweak them perfectly
- Synchronize parameters with live music
10 Languages translations
HeavyM 2.14 takes a global leap by being available in 10 languages, ensuring inclusivity and ease of use for creators worldwide. The supported languages include English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Russian.
This enhancement simplifies navigating menus, learning new features, and setting up projects, no matter where you are or which language you speak. It’s a milestone in making HeavyM a truly accessible and globally recognized creative tool, empowering users from all corners of the world.
Enhanced media management panel
The redesigned media management panel in HeavyM 2.14 makes organizing and controlling your media simpler and more intuitive than ever. These updates are tailored to creators managing complex projects or extensive media libraries, ensuring smoother and more efficient workflows. Here’s what’s new:
- Toggle between list or grid view
- Adjust the grid to display larger or smaller thumbnails
- Media names in grid view
- Keep your projects tidy with the folder organization system
- Play, pause, or manage all video files simultaneously
Full release notes
New features
- Added 3D Texture properties to shapes. Choose a texture from the built-in library of 60 lifelike materials and apply it to any face or player! Learn all about it here. (2.14.1)
- New Sources panel features: (2.14.1)
- Added the possibility to choose between 3 thumbnail sizes in Grid view
- Added the possibility to switch between Grid or List view
- Added the possibility to create folders to organize Sources
- Learn more here!
- Added 50 new built-in shaders: 18 Generative & 32 Post-processing (2.14.1)
- Added a “Displacement” parameter to the Light Source shader. This affects the rendering of a 3D Texture, giving an impression of height to its bumps and dents. This reflects on effects, which now seem affected by the asperities of the material instead of simply being blended with it, giving materials a more physically realistic aspect. (2.14.2)
Bug fixes
- Fixed the the display of the Group Effects panel when the Sources panel is extended (2.14.1)
- Fixed the display of the Sources panel when it is extended and the interface is not in fullscreen (2.14.1)
- Fixed a rare crash linked to audio on the Timeline (2.14.1)
- Fixed various crashes that occurred when HeavyM closes (2.14.1)
- Fixed a bug that caused Sources not to appear in the panel when loading a project created with a version prior to 2.14 (2.14.2)
- Fixed a case of incorrect rendering when an empty player was overlapped with a shape containing a material (2.14.2)
- Fixed a case of incorrect rendering with materials and transparency shapes (2.14.2)
- Fixed a bug that would add a material to a shape anyway when exiting the Materials Library without validating (2.14.2)
- Fixed a bug on the input of the Master Opacity value (2.14.2)
- Fixed various lingering Output issues that could occur on macOS 15+ versions (grey frame, incorrect fullscreen, incoherent behavior with “displays have separate spaces” macOS setting) (2.14.3)
- In the case of highDPI/retina output displays, HeavyM now includes two possible Destinations: the full resolution and the half resolution. (2.14.3)
- Fixed various potential startup issues on macOS (2.14.3)
- Fixed a potential issue that could cause HeavyM to crash randomly after some time (2.14.3)
- Fixed the rendering of 3D Texture Materials during Sequence Transitions (2.14.3)
- Fixed a bug in Color – Random Color effect when used in multiple Groups (2.14.3)
- Fixed a bug in Special – Corner effect (2.14.3)
- Fixed a bug in the Audio Analysis: “HeavyM Timeline Audio” would not appear as a choice if there were no other input in the list (2.14.3)
- Fixed the display of the Output Setup window that could not fit all settings in some configurations (2.14.3)
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the 3D Texture help window from appearing (2.14.3)
- Fixed a typo in english (“Ambiant” instead of “Ambient”) (2.14.3)
- Fixed a few drag & drop issues in the List view of the Sources panel (2.14.5)
- Fixed “Create Playlist from Selection” option in the Sources panel (2.14.5)
- Fixed the sending of info from the TAP button when using Ableton Link (2.14.5)
- Fixed a bug that prevented exporting as video in very high resolutions. The resulting file is now .mov/H264 up to 4k, then .mov/H265 up to 8k, then .mp4/AV1 above (Pro+) (2.14.5)
- Fixed the rendering of the post-processing shader “Convergence 2” in the canvas preview (2.14.5)
- Fixed a bug that could prevent a fullscreen output on some macOS 26 setups (2.14.5)
- Fixed a freeze that could occur while receiving DMX to control a Master Shader (2.14.5)
- Added shader thumbnail files to the Collect & Save system. (2.14.5)
- Added securities to fix possible issues at startup (2.14.5)
- Fixed stability issues in short-lived version 2.14.4 (2.14.5)
Improvements
- The state (open/closed) of Sequencer modules is now saved as a global setting. The same state will be applied on all sessions on the same computer. (2.14.2)
- Inverted the direction of the Y-axis parameter in the Light Source shader so that it’s harmonized with the rest of the software (2.14.2)
- Properties parameters that are not compatible with multiselection (for 3D Textures) are now hidden in this case (2.14.2)
- Added various improvements to the Light Source shader, giving it a more realistic-looking aspect, especially with Ambient light. (2.14.2)
- Changed the behavior of the Soft Edge on Players: it now creates a fade to transparent instead of a fade to black. So you can use it to smooth out the edges of a player! (2.14.3)
- Improved the rendering of 3D Textures and Light Sources when dealing with objects with different levels of opacity (2.14.3)
- Added the possibility to Undo/Redo the action “Remove Unused Sources” in the Sources panel (2.14.3)
- Improved drag & drop actions in the Sources panel (multi-selection in List view, drag inside Playlist, better visual cues) (2.14.5)
- Improved the update flow: if your license doesn’t grant access to a new update, you will not be prompted to automatically install it (which would cause unnecessary steps to install/uninstall.) (2.14.5)
- Added the possibility to refresh your license manually from the software, in case you have made changes to it. This guarantees changes are taken into account right away. (2.14.5)
- Magnet snap now works directly when drag & dropping a new shape from the toolbar on the canvas. (2.14.5)
- Shader thumbnails now accept the following file formats: .gif, .png, .jpg, .jpeg. (2.14.5)
Known issues
A crash can happen on MacOS Catalina if a screen is plugged/unplugged while an output window is already open – Please update to at least Big Sur if possible!