User Guide Projection Shoot-Out® Software Volume 2.
User Guide Introduction Congratulations on purchasing Volume 2.0 of the famous InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out® software. We thank you for your interest and support of this vital tool for the A/V industry. You now possess the industry’s best software product available for video and graphic display demonstration and evaluation.
User Guide Table of Contents INTRODUCTION........................................................................................1 ABOUT GREATESCAPES......................................................................4 SOFTWARE FEATURES.........................................................................6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS...................................................................8 INSTALLATION OF COMPUTER-BASED SLIDE SHOW.....................................................................
User Guide Welcome to GREATESCAPES Volume 2.0 of the Famous InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out Software combines for the first time royalty-free1 HD video, SD video, and computer graphics image shows into a three DVD ROM disc set providing unparalleled display system demonstration and evaluation support. This royalty-free1 video content is arranged into eight separate chapters, or “ESCAPES”.
User Guide web site to learn the details about their technological innovation that automatically animates their unusual musical instruments via the music score and their proprietary software. Once you understand their methods, Pipe Dream will take on a whole new meaning in 3D animation. Oh, and don’t forget to demonstrate your display system too. ANIMESCAPE (Running time: 4:53) There are times when a person just wants to listen and look at something really “cool”. This is one of those times.
User Guide SOFTWARE FEATURES Video Clips The InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out® high definition material on the two supplied HD discs is playable in most DVD players of a compatible format. Since there are a very limited number of disc players that directly play the Windows Media Video HD format, that disc is primarily intended for play on a computer equipped with a high performance DVD ROM or DVD/RW drive.
User Guide capability for which the Shoot-Out is famous. (one copy of this software must be purchased for each system to be networked.) • A full two hours of high bit-rate mp3 stereo audio files are provided to accompany the show for the creation of a professional event. Add your own mp3 files for even more music. • Tutorial articles related to the Shoot-Out are included for viewing and print as .pdf files. The user must have Adobe Acrobat loaded on their computer system.
User Guide SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Hard drive space: The hard drive space required to run the computer-based Shoot-Out slide shows is a function of the number of screen resolution files you elect to install on your system. Approximately 1.2 GB of space is needed to hold all the slide show material. Roughly 120MB should be provided for each resolution you desire to install.
User Guide OPERATION OF COMPUTER-BASED SLIDE SHOW Graphical User Interface The graphical user interface (GUI) is sized for 800x600 resolution to provide a good working resolution for features of the program operating across ten different graphics display resolutions.
User Guide Here is a summary of all the key functions that control operation of the slide show: “+” key: Advance to the next slide “-“ key: Go back to the previous slide “s” key: Stop on the current slide “a” key: Set the layout to “Photos Only” “b” key: Set the layout to “Photos and Graphics” “c” key: Set the layout to “Test Patterns” “d” key: Set the layout to “All Slides” F2 key: Go to a chosen slide F3 key: Select the next style of music (including No Music) HOME key: Go back to the first slide ESC key:
User Guide converts to “No Pop-ups” so that if you want to disable the pop-ups just click this button again. Selectively, you may enable pop-up text for certain images by searching the image in the editor window and clicking the small box in the lower right of the slide border. Clicking the pop-up box enables the text for that particular image. If the box and “Pop-Up” reference are in bold, then a pop-up text exists for that image.
User Guide Networking Multiple Systems This software can perform as both a server and a client. Up to three computers may be connected together on an Ethernet network and operate as a coordinated system for delivery of timed, simultaneous display of slide show images for a professional Shoot-Out with more than one resolution available. One network connection is allowed per serial number. A server can accept up to 2 total client connections.
User Guide OPERATION OF THE HD and SD VIDEO MATERIAL The Volume 2.0 DVDs will play in most compatible format DVD players. The HD-DVD requires an HD-DVD format-compatible player. The Windows Media Video HD disc should play in computer DVD ROM and DVD RW drives. It may play in specific DVD players that licensed the WMV-HD decoding software. The NTSC/PAL disc will play in most compatible DVD players.
User Guide Use the chapter ‘skip forward’ and ‘skip backward’ keys to move between patterns. By using your navigation keys, you may advance forward and backward among the patterns. The patterns are setup into a rotational sequence and will repeat with repeated button presses. The title of each pattern is accessed by enabling the “subtitles” button on your DVD player remote control. When the subtitle is activated, the title of the pattern will display at the bottom of the screen.
User Guide VIDEO MATERIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS InfoComm would also like to thank the following people, companies, and organizations for their expertise in producing the video material used for the montages within the InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out® Software Volume 2.0: The InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out® DVD – Volume 2.0 is produced and distributed by Extron Electronics for InfoComm. InfoComm is grateful for the role Extron Electronics has played to produce this important resource for the A/V industry.
User Guide Greenpixel Scott Bates, Digital Media Consultant/Contractor Email: scott.bates@greenpixel.com Phone: 310-804-4661 Lake Oswego, OR 97035 Office: 310.804.4661 Email: scott.bates@greenpixel.com DVD authoring, video compression, graphic design support, and video/audio mastering services for this project. Animusic P.O. Box 162107 Austin, TX 78716 Phone: 866.692.6468 Web: http://www.animusic.com Email: info@animusic.
User Guide Digital Juice Inc. 1736 NE 25th Ave Ocala, FL 34470-4854 Phone: 800.525.2203 Web: http://www.digitaljuice.com Email: customerservice@digitaljuice.com DJ’s Jump Backs HD Animated Backgrounds provided the HD Animations used in the ANIMESCAPE video chapter. Artbeats Software Inc. Box 709 Myrtle Creek, OR 97457 Phone: 800.444.9392 Web: www.artbeats.com Email: info@artbeats.com Wide range HD stock video footage library.
User Guide AUDIO TRACK INFORMATION EARTHSCAPE Chapter “Ancestral Voices” Digital Juice BackTraxx Production Music Library LANDSCAPE Chapter Part 1: “Orkestral” Digital Juice BackTraxx Production Music Library Part 2: “Heart of England” Killer Tracks, Div. of BMG Music, www.killertracks.com CITYSCAPE Chapter “Endeavor” Killer Tracks, Div. of BMG Music, www.killertracks.com TIMESCAPE Chapter “Luna Swirl” Killer Tracks, Div. of BMG Music, www.killertracks.
User Guide COMPUTER-BASED SOFTWARE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS InfoComm International would like to thank the following people, companies, and organizations for the computer-based Image show portion of The InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out Software – Volume 2.0: David Close Photographer Email: dave@davidclose.com Web: http://www.davidclose.com Various still landscape photographs. David’s biography is available in the “Tutorials” section of the computer-based image show.
User Guide LICENSE AGREEMENT SECTION By the act of opening and using this software, you agree to its license agreement below. If, for any reason, you do not agree with the terms of this license, return the complete software package and un-install any portions that you may have used on any computer. This software is intended for use as royalty-free material to be used in the private or public demonstration and evaluation of displays.
