User Manual

Laserworld Showeditor 2015
Version 2015/1.0 2015 Page 114
can also be used to force the color brightness to a certain smaller range which can
increase brightness (but negatively impacts on the fading behaviour).
The Min scrollbars specify the minimum modulation voltage for the laser source,
meaning the voltage where the laser source starts with it’s minimal output power
(threshold). Set this scrollbar just slightly below this threshold to be able to blackout
the laser source. Properly configuring the threshold helps the laser sources with
reacting to control signals more quickly.
The Max scrollbars specify the maximum modulation voltage for the laser source. This
setting limits the maximum brightness of the color channel.
The scrollbars in between work similar to those of the “parametric middle” in a sound
mixer. The horizontal scrollbars determine the position of the on and off of an
interpolation point. Use these scrollbars in between to set a nonlinear response curve.
TTL lasers: If a laser source can only modulate in TTL (on/off), the TTL-box must be
checked. This results in all brightness values being put out with full intensity.
8.10.5. Area “Projektor Brightness” – Safety Zones, Beam Attenuation
“Audience Zone”: Two Safety Zones can be specified in Laserworld Showeditor: These
are areas where the laser output power is reduced. This feature is usually used to
reduce the output power in the close audience are to stay within the MPE although
the laser itself has more power. Overhead beams usually don’t require further power
reduction (see your local laser regulations!) so the safety zone is a good way of only
reducing a part of the laser output and maintain the ability to shoot aerial effects
with full power.
It is suggested to project a grid test pattern when setting up the safety zones to be
able to immediately see the results of any adjustments.
“Soft Border”: The soft border setting controls the behaviour of border softening /
fading for the projections.
“Global Brightness”: This allows for setting the global brightness for the laser, affecting
all color sources to the same extent. Settings in the Safety Zones always refer to this
setting, so if the global brightness is reduced, this also reduces the relative power
reduction for the safety zones.
Tab “Reset Settings” 8.11.
This tab provides different kind of reset options for restoring the default values:
8.11.1. Button “Reset Settings”
A click on this button resets all software settings to standard values.