Designer Manual 3.8 Owner manual
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MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL V
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 73
Scale-To-Fit vs. Arbitrary Fit ............................................................................................................................................... 73
Creating a Digital Gobo with Adobe Illustrator CS5............................................................................................................ 73
Animated Digital Gobos.............................................................................................................................................................. 78
EuroFlag .............................................................................................................................................................................. 78
TV Screen v1.4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 79
Snow v1.2............................................................................................................................................................................ 80
Tunnel v1.1.......................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Flag v1.0.............................................................................................................................................................................. 81
Ring Stripe........................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Stripe Ring........................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Fisheye ................................................................................................................................................................................ 82
CylinderScreen.................................................................................................................................................................... 83
MultiScreen Gobo ............................................................................................................................................................... 83
Fit To Screen ....................................................................................................................................................................... 84
Animated Textures
Using Animated Textures (Animations)....................................................................................................................................... 85
Layer Copy
Using Layer Copy ....................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Drawmodes
Using Drawmodes ...................................................................................................................................................................... 87
Drawmode 16 - Orthographic View............................................................................................................................................ 88
The Stencil.................................................................................................................................................................................. 89
Layer Blending
Layer Blending Modes................................................................................................................................................................ 92
Special Effects
Decay.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 93
Fog ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 94
Text Files
Support for Text Files ................................................................................................................................................................. 95
Audio
Audio Output Features ............................................................................................................................................................... 96
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 96
External Audio Tracks (Associated AIFF Files).................................................................................................................... 97
Embedded Audio Tracks (in QuickTime Movies) ................................................................................................................ 97
Audio Volume Control................................................................................................................................................................. 98
Layer Opacity Volume Control (Method 1) .......................................................................................................................... 98
Discrete Layer Volume Controls Using Art-Net (Method 2) ................................................................................................ 98
Synchronization
Timecode Synchronization (Timecode Sync Playmode) ............................................................................................................ 99
Linking Files to Timecode (Method 1) ................................................................................................................................. 99
TC DMX Controls .............................................................................................................................................................. 101
Using Timecode Sync Playmodes .................................................................................................................................... 102
Receiving MIDI Timecode ................................................................................................................................................. 103
Setup for Timecode Input.................................................................................................................................................. 103
Layer-To-Layer Synchronization ............................................................................................................................................... 105
Playmodes
Kiosk Playmodes...................................................................................................................................................................... 106
Playout Playmodes................................................................................................................................................................... 106
Alignment Rectangles
Using Alignment Rectangles .....................................................................................................
............................................... 107
Effects and Transitions
Effects and Transitions with Additional Input Files ................................................................................................................... 109
Adding Custom Effects or Transitions ...................................................................................................................................... 110
Projection Mapping
Overview................................................................................................................................................................................... 113