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Catalyst® V3 Media Server User Manual 11
Chapter 3:
Tutorials
The following lessons provide a quick introduction to programming Catalyst with a
lighting console. General knowledge of your lighting console is required to complete these
tutorials.
The sample content files in these tutorial lessons were selected from content shipping May
1, 2004.
Lesson 1: Still Logo on Moving Background
In this lesson you will set a movie playing on Layer 1; then, using Layer 2, superimpose a
still image of the High End Systems logo over the movie playing onLayer 1.
Set up Layer 1
1. On your lighting console, select Layer 1. Set
the Intensity parameter for Layer 1 to a DMX
value of 255(100%).
2. Set the Library parameter to a DMX value of
11. This should select the preloaded Catalyst
Library folder 011 Artbeats.
3. Set the File parameter to a DMX value of 3.
This selects the movie file numbered 003 in
Library folder 011. On the Catalyst Output 1
display you should see the first frame of movie
file 003WA 114, a pale blue image of rippling water.
4. On your lighting console, set the Play Mode parameter to a DMX value of 2 or Play
Loop Forward. The movie file will begin playing and the water will appear to be
rippling.
The Wholehog II uses eight character alpha-numeric labels to
describe values of the Play Mode parameter. For this exercise,
select plloopfw.
The Wholehog III has a Mode menu with the Play Mode parameter
options on the slotted toolbar. Select Play Loop Forward.