User Manual

Laserworld Showeditor 2015
Version 2015/1.0 2015 Page 125
After editing the showpart, the changes have to be applied through Menu ->
Showpart -> Apply. Store the showpart “figure” with a click on “Store” in the Figure
Editor. The active show is buffered in the computer’s RAM. Therefore so not switch off
the computer, or the edited data can get lost.
9.2.6. Clear Timeline
Clicking this menu item completely empties the active show timeline by deleting all
events.
9.2.7. Export Show as ILDA-File
It is possible to export complete timeline shows as ILDA files (if the appropriate rights
are granted). This menu item allows for export of Laserworld Showeditor laser show
files to the standard ILDA format. Shows in ILDA format can be shared between
different laser show control systems, as most software in the market is capable of
importing ILDA files – however many of them don’t support ILDA export. Laserworld
Showeditor explicitly allows ILDA exports.
It is important to mind these points:
 The show is exported including optimizations, color correction and geometrical
corrections. For exporting a show as ILDA-file, all options should be reset to
standard or set to maximum values (e.g. output-size).
 If the show is programmed for more than one output channel, one ILDA file is
generated per channel (a number is added to the ILDA-file name to identify the
output channels).
 The ILDA file contains 2-dimensional coordinates.
 The ILDA file can contain a color table.
 The ILDA file should be created as RGB-file. The software does not create ILDA
files with Pangolin colors!
 If the ILDA file is exported without colour-table and without RGB-data, the colors
may not be displayed correctly on the target system.
After the click on the menu item just follow the instructions.
It is recommended to set the frame rate to 25-50 frames per second, even if the
Galvo systems that are to be used for output are not able to handle this.
It is also suggested to not use any color correction when exporting to ILDA files, as
well as not to use any color shift settings for optimization. A good value for scan rate
settings for ILDA export is 30 kpps.
9.2.8. Create Show from ILDA-File
This menu item is used for importing ILDA files to the Timeline. On import, the frames-
per-second value is calculated from the number of frames of the ILDA file and the
length of the song. The ILDA file is imported like the ILDA figure import in the Figure
Editor. Further the initial framerate per figure must be set (reasonable proposal is
given), the key assignment is done and the *.heb-file for the figure (of the ILDA file) is
saved.
A show file is created with only one event on track 0. The show name, as well as
various options and settings are asked in dialog boxes.
The whole import requires the ILDA file running at a constant frame rate (fps). It is
strongly recommended to only use ILDA files that are created using the standard