Barco XHD-400 series User guide

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Version: 06.00

April 19, 2016

Barco Media Server: XHD-Series User Guide

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Declaration of Conformity

Barco Lighting Systems Inc.

Manufacturer's Name:

2105 Gracy Farms Lane

Austin, Texas 78758 USA

Manufacturer's Address:

Barco Lighting Systems Inc.

Distributor's Name:

2105 Gracy Farms Lane

Austin, Texas 78758 USA

Distributor's Address:

Professional Video Processor

Product Name:

Models: XHD-404, XHD-402, XHD-400, XHD-200Product Options:

We hereby declare that the above referenced product complies with the essential require-

ments of Council Directives 2004/108/EC (EMC), 2006/95/EC (LVD) and 2011/65/EC

(RoHS).

2006 + A11 (2009) + A1 (2010) + A12 (2011)EN 60950-1:

Safety:

EN 55022 (2010)

EN 61000-3-2 (2006) + A1 2009) + A2 (2009)

EN 61000-3-3 (2008)

Emission:

EMC:

EN 55024 (2010)Immunity:

Maximum Concentration Value

(by weight in homogeneous material)

Restricted SubstancesROHS:

0.01%Cadmium (Cd)

0.1%Lead (Pb)

0.1%Mercury (Hg)

0.1%Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI))

0.1%Polybrominated Biphenyl (PBB)

0.1%Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)

Kenneth S. Hansen

Compliance Engineer

May 29, 2015

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Table of Contents

Revision history ...................................................................................... xvii

1: Introduction ........................................................................................ 19

1.1 About this guide ........................................................................ 19

1.1.1 This guide ........................................................................ 19

1.1.2 Available system documentation ...................................... 19

1.2 Symbols, pictures, and fonts ........................................................ 20

1.2.1 Symbol overview ............................................................. 20

1.2.2 Picture overview ............................................................. 20

1.3 Standards and safety ................................................................. 20

1.3.1 General safety instructions ................................................ 21

1.3.2 Standards ....................................................................... 21

1.3.3 Precautions .................................................................... 22

1.3.4 Additional information ..................................................... 25

1.4 Environmental information: disposal ............................................. 25

1.4.1 Disposal of the product (Waste Electrical and Electronic

Equipment) ............................................................................ 25

1.4.2 Disposal of batteries ........................................................ 26

1.5 RoHS compliance ...................................................................... 26

1.5.1 中国大 RoHS (Chinese Mainland RoHS) .............................. 26

1.5.2 Turkey RoHS compliance .................................................. 28

1.6 Terms and definitions .................................................................. 28

2: Installation .......................................................................................... 31

2.1 Installation requirements ............................................................. 31

2.1.1 Disconnect device .......................................................... 31

2.1.2 Barco Media Server Windows

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2.1.3 X-Agora Designer GUI ...................................................... 31

2.2 Initial inspection ........................................................................ 32

2.2.1 General .......................................................................... 32

2.2.2 Unpacking ..................................................................... 32

2.2.3 Box content .................................................................... 32

2.3 Rack-mount procedure .............................................................. 33

2.4 Connections ............................................................................. 34

2.4.1 Main connections ........................................................... 34

2.4.2 Output, video capture, and genlock connections ............. 34

2.5 Powering ON the Barco Media Server .......................................... 35

2.6 Software startup ........................................................................ 35

2.7 Licensing .................................................................................. 36

2.7.1 CodeMeter Control Center ............................................... 36

2.7.2 Launching CodeMeter Control Center .............................. 36

2.7.3 XHD-Series licensing ......................................................... 37

2.7.4 XDG-100 Designer licensing .............................................. 39

2.8 Shutdown and restart ................................................................. 41

2.8.1 Software shutdown .......................................................... 42

2.8.2 Hardware shutdown ........................................................ 42

2.9 Restore ..................................................................................... 42

2.9.1 System Restore ................................................................ 43

2.9.2 Full System Restore .......................................................... 46

2.9.3 Re-creating a flash-drive .................................................. 48

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3: Hardware ........................................................................................... 51

3.1 XHD-400 series ........................................................................... 51

4: Software ............................................................................................. 55

4.1 Requirements ............................................................................ 55

4.1.1 Hardware ........................................................................ 55

4.1.2 Disk space ...................................................................... 55

4.1.3 Distributed deployment .................................................... 55

4.1.4 Network .......................................................................... 55

4.2 The X-Agora architecture ........................................................... 56

4.2.1 X-Agora Designer ............................................................ 56

4.2.2 X-Agora Agent ............................................................... 56

4.2.3 X-Agora Player ................................................................ 56

4.2.4 X-Agora Server ................................................................ 57

4.3 X-Agora Wizard—Install, Uninstall, and Update .............................. 57

4.4 Network setup ........................................................................... 61

4.4.1 Players ........................................................................... 61

4.4.2 Connections ................................................................... 62

4.5 Configuring Agent ..................................................................... 62

4.6 Launching X-Agora .................................................................... 63

4.7 X-Agora interface ...................................................................... 64

4.7.1 Parts of the interface ....................................................... 64

4.7.2 The X-Agora Designer User Guide ...................................... 67

5: Workflow layouts ................................................................................. 69

5.1 Study workflow layout ................................................................ 69

5.1.1 Layout purpose and workflow ........................................... 70

5.1.2 Viewport ........................................................................ 70

5.1.3 Scene creation workflow .................................................. 70

5.1.4 Importing 3d objects ....................................................... 73

5.1.5 Using the Projection Study Wizard ...................................... 74

5.1.6 3D objects pane ............................................................. 74

5.1.7 Displays .......................................................................... 76

5.1.8 Studies and pages ........................................................... 76

5.1.9 Exporting templates with the Content Production tool ........ 83

5.2 Programming workflow layout .................................................... 89

5.2.1 Layout purpose and workflow .......................................... 90

5.3 Outputs workflow layout ............................................................. 91

5.3.1 Outputs workflow layout .................................................. 91

5.3.2 Displays .......................................................................... 91

5.3.3 Display properties ........................................................... 93

5.3.4 Players ........................................................................... 97

5.3.5 Player properties ........................................................... 101

5.3.6 Global color correction settings ...................................... 116

5.4 Playback workflow layout ......................................................... 117

5.4.1 Playback workflow ........................................................ 117

5.4.2 Starting Players .............................................................. 117

5.4.3 Timeline control ............................................................. 118

5.4.4 Monitoring outputs ........................................................ 119

5.4.5 Monitoring performance ................................................ 119

6: Tools ................................................................................................ 121

6.1 Content Production .................................................................. 121

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6.1.1 Viewpoints .................................................................... 121

6.1.2 Viewpoint properties ...................................................... 122

6.1.3 Viewpoint template exportation ...................................... 122

6.2 Projection Study Wizard ............................................................ 122

6.2.1 Using the Projection Study Wizard .................................... 123

6.2.2 Projection Study Wizard interface .................................... 124

6.3 Standalone Visualizer ............................................................... 125

6.3.1 Initialization ................................................................... 125

6.3.2 Previsualization creation ................................................. 125

6.3.3 Navigation and control in the previsualization .................. 128

6.3.4 Supported media .......................................................... 129

6.4 X-Agora Media Encoder ........................................................... 129

6.4.1 Application preferences ................................................. 131

6.4.2 Single video encoding ................................................... 132

6.4.3 Video package encoding ............................................. 132

6.4.4 Encoding with transparency ........................................... 133

6.5 Logs ....................................................................................... 133

7: Window menu panes ......................................................................... 135

7.1 Displays pane .......................................................................... 135

7.1.1 Display groups ............................................................... 136

7.1.2 Add display ................................................................... 137

7.1.3 Display properties .......................................................... 138

7.2 Library pane ............................................................................ 145

7.2.1 Importing media ............................................................ 145

7.2.2 Media type ................................................................... 145

7.2.3 Operations on media ..................................................... 146

7.2.4 Tree view and tile view ................................................... 148

7.2.5 Importing, managing, and refreshing media .................... 149

7.2.6 Previewing media .......................................................... 150

7.3 Timelines pane ......................................................................... 151

7.4 Actions pane ........................................................................... 152

7.4.1 Lighting ......................................................................... 153

7.4.2 Outputs ........................................................................ 153

7.4.3 Particles ........................................................................ 153

7.4.4 Post-Processing .............................................................. 153

7.4.5 Presets .......................................................................... 154

7.4.6 Sound ........................................................................... 155

7.4.7 Timeline ........................................................................ 155

7.4.8 Transformations ............................................................. 156

7.4.9 Visibility ......................................................................... 156

7.5 3D objects pane ...................................................................... 156

7.6 Timeline pane .......................................................................... 157

7.6.1 Timeline playback and element-manipulation con-

trols ..................................................................................... 157

7.6.2 Manual time manipulation ............................................. 158

7.6.3 Zooming ....................................................................... 158

7.6.4 TimeCue ....................................................................... 159

7.6.5 Timeline layers ............................................................... 159

7.6.6 Keyframing .................................................................... 160

7.7 Properties pane ....................................................................... 160

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7.7.1 Timeline element properties ............................................ 160

7.8 Inputs pane ............................................................................. 172

7.8.1 Input variables ............................................................... 173

7.8.2 Connecting variables to actions ..................................... 175

7.9 Viewport ................................................................................. 177

7.9.1 Changing the number and layout of views ....................... 177

7.9.2 Camera and controls ..................................................... 178

7.10 Presets pane .......................................................................... 179

7.10.1 Creating a preset ......................................................... 179

7.10.2 Position presets ............................................................. 180

7.10.3 Calibration presets ........................................................ 182

8: Features ........................................................................................... 185

8.1 2D mode ................................................................................. 185

8.1.1 Workflow ....................................................................... 185

8.1.2 2D concepts ................................................................. 186

8.1.3 Controls ........................................................................ 187

8.1.4 2D media manipulation .................................................. 188

8.1.5 Differences from 3D mode .............................................. 191

8.2 Art-Net ................................................................................... 191

8.2.1 Art-Net inputs ................................................................ 191

8.2.2 Art-Net Outputs ............................................................. 192

8.3 Calibration .............................................................................. 192

8.3.1 Calibration workflow ...................................................... 192

8.3.2 Calibration interface elements ....................................... 193

8.3.3 General calibration ....................................................... 193

8.3.4 3D calibration ............................................................... 194

8.3.5 2D projector calibration ................................................. 196

8.3.6 Multiple-users calibration ................................................ 207

8.4 DMX control ............................................................................ 207

8.4.1 Timeline playback control mode ..................................... 208

8.5 Keyframing .............................................................................. 209

8.5.1 Animating an element's position ..................................... 211

8.5.2 Inserting keyframes ........................................................ 212

8.5.3 Tangent control ............................................................. 213

8.5.4 Keyframing and media effects ....................................... 214

8.6 Live input ................................................................................ 216

8.7 Remote mode ......................................................................... 217

8.7.1 To enter Remote Server mode ......................................... 217

8.7.2 Authentication .............................................................. 218

8.7.3 Remote Server mode limitations ...................................... 219

8.7.4 Downloading media in remote mode .............................. 220

8.7.5 Error messages .............................................................. 221

8.7.6 To exit Remote Server mode: .......................................... 221

8.8 X-Agora Agent ........................................................................ 222

8.8.1 Requirements ................................................................ 222

8.8.2 Agent interface ............................................................ 222

A Specifications .................................................................................... 225

A.1 Barco Media Server specifications ............................................ 225

A.2 Standard connection specifications .......................................... 226

B Replacing a power-cord cap .............................................................. 229

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B.1 Installing a Line Cord Cap – U.K. Only ......................................... 229

B.2 Vatic Fitter Heads Information – Danmark ................................... 229

C AMD FirePro

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Control Center .............................................................. 231

C.1 Using Dedicated Fullscreen ...................................................... 231

C.2 Setting up an Eyefinity Group ................................................... 231

C.3 Disable Eyefinity Group ............................................................ 237

C.4 Manage Eyefinity Group in Designer ......................................... 238

D EDID management ............................................................................ 241

D.1 Removing an emulated EDID through the AMD FirePro™ Control

Center ......................................................................................... 241

D.2 Removing an emulated EDID through the NVIDIA Control Pan-

el ................................................................................................ 242

E Input check ....................................................................................... 245

E.1 DVI video input check .............................................................. 245

E.2 SDI video input check .............................................................. 246

F Media Effects ..................................................................................... 249

F.1 Effects panel ............................................................................ 249

F.2 Media Effects table .................................................................. 252

F.3 Color-channel effects ............................................................... 257

F.3.1 RGB Add ....................................................................... 257

F.3.2 RGB Multiply .................................................................. 259

F.3.3 RGB Shift ....................................................................... 262

F.3.4 RGB XY Shift .................................................................. 263

F.3.5 Black and White ............................................................ 265

F.4 Color-swap effects ................................................................... 266

F.4.1 Swap Factors ................................................................. 266

F.4.2 RGB BGR Add ................................................................ 267

F.4.3 RGB BGR Multiply ........................................................... 270

F.4.4 RGB BRG Add ................................................................ 274

F.4.5 RGB BRG Multiply ........................................................... 276

F.4.6 RGB GBR Add ................................................................ 280

F.4.7 RGB GBR Multiply ........................................................... 282

F.4.8 RGB GRB Add ................................................................ 286

F.4.9 RGB GRB Multiply ........................................................... 289

F.4.10 RGB RBG Add .............................................................. 293

F.4.11 RGB RBG Multiply .......................................................... 296

F.5 Key effects .............................................................................. 299

F.5.1 Hard and soft thresholds ................................................. 300

F.5.2 Black key ...................................................................... 301

F.5.3 White key ...................................................................... 305

F.5.4 Luma key ...................................................................... 308

F.5.5 RGB key ........................................................................ 311

F.5.6 Chroma key .................................................................. 314

F.6 Other effects ........................................................................... 316

F.6.1 Contrast ........................................................................ 316

F.6.2 Hue Rotate .................................................................... 317

F.6.3 Levels ........................................................................... 321

F.6.4 Blur XY .......................................................................... 323

F.6.5 Crop ............................................................................. 324

F.6.6 Flip ............................................................................... 326

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F.6.7 Trails ............................................................................. 327

G Project settings .................................................................................. 329

G.1 Accessing project settings ........................................................ 329

G.2 Project settings in the Properties pane ....................................... 330

G.2.1 Project name ............................................................... 332

G.2.2 SMPTE .......................................................................... 332

G.2.3 Snapshots and Autosave settings ................................... 332

G.2.4 Medias Sync ................................................................ 332

G.2.5 Projection study ........................................................... 332

G.2.6 Preferences ................................................................. 333

G.2.7 Live input devices ......................................................... 333

H Supported 3D, audio, image, and video formats .................................. 335

H.1 Supported 3D model formats .................................................... 335

H.1.1 General information ....................................................... 335

H.1.2 Guidelines for exporting from common applications ......... 335

H.1.3 Using Sketchup .............................................................. 336

H.1.4 Using Autodesk 3DS Max ................................................ 340

H.1.5 Using Autodesk Maya .................................................... 344

H.1.6 Using Maxon Cinema 4D ................................................ 347

H.2 Supported audio formats ......................................................... 348

H.3 Supported image formats ........................................................ 349

H.4 Supported live inputs ............................................................... 349

H.5 Supported video formats ......................................................... 349

I Keyboard shortcuts .............................................................................. 351

I.1 Viewport keyboard and mouse shortcuts .................................... 351

I.2 Timeline keyboard and mouse shortcuts ..................................... 351

I.3 Global keyboard shortcuts ......................................................... 352

J Trouble shooting ................................................................................. 353

J.1 Barco Media Server trouble shooting .......................................... 353

J.2 X-Agora trouble shooting .......................................................... 357

J.2.1 Project recovery ............................................................ 357

J.2.2 Viewing logs ................................................................. 361

J.2.3 Restarting X-Agora Service ............................................. 361

J.2.4 Generated reports ......................................................... 361

J.2.5 Synchronizing Players ..................................................... 363

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List of Figures

1.1 Korean Class A EMC Registration ......................................................... 22

1.2 NEMA 5-15 plug ................................................................................. 23

1.3 CEE 7/7 plug ..................................................................................... 24

1.4 EFUP logo .......................................................................................... 28

2.1 Launching CodeMeter Control Center ................................................. 37

2.2 CodeMeter Control Center overview for XHD-Series license. .................. 37

2.3 WebAdmin license page for XHD-Series licenses ................................... 38

2.4 XHD-Series product codes .................................................................. 38

2.5 CodeMeter Control Center overview for XDG-100 license. ..................... 40

2.6 WebAdmin License page for XDG-100 licenses ..................................... 40

2.7 XDG-100 product codes ..................................................................... 41

2.8 Windows shutdown menu .................................................................. 42

2.9 Barco Media Server Validation screen ................................................. 43

2.10 Barco Media Server System Restore Menu .......................................... 44

2.11 Confirmation screen ......................................................................... 45

2.12 Sample Status screen ....................................................................... 45

2.13 Completion screen ........................................................................... 46

2.14 Barco Media Server Full System Restore Menu ..................................... 47

2.15 Rufus utility ....................................................................................... 49

3.1 XHD-Series server—front panel ............................................................ 51

3.2 XHD-400 server—rear panel ................................................................ 51

3.3 XHD-402 server—rear panel ................................................................ 52

3.4 XHD-404 server—rear panel ................................................................ 52

4.1 X-Agora F1 Help ................................................................................. 57

4.2 Launch the installer, and select Next ................................................... 58

4.3 Accept the license, and select Next .................................................... 59

4.4 Start the Installation or Update ............................................................ 60

4.5 X-Agora ............................................................................................ 61

4.6 Ethernet Ports #1 and #2 ..................................................................... 62

4.7 X-Agora start screen .......................................................................... 64

4.8 X-Agora Programming workflow layout ................................................ 65

5.1 Study on the menu bar ...................................................................... 69

5.2 Import 3D model ............................................................................... 71

5.3 Create a 3D object ........................................................................... 72

5.4 3D Object Properties pane ................................................................. 72

5.5 3D Objects pane ............................................................................... 74

5.6 Create a 3D Object ........................................................................... 75

5.7 New Study ........................................................................................ 77

5.8 Switch between Projection Studies ...................................................... 77

5.9 New Page ........................................................................................ 78

5.10 Visualization mode ........................................................................... 79

5.11 Heat map ........................................................................................ 80

5.12 Change to Print layout ...................................................................... 80

5.13 New note ........................................................................................ 81

5.14 Hide elements of Print layout ............................................................. 81

5.15 Edit View Styles ................................................................................ 82

5.16 Edit View Styles pop-up menu ........................................................... 82

5.17 View Styles window .......................................................................... 83

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5.18 Content Production layout ................................................................ 83

5.19 Export template ............................................................................... 85

5.20 UV export template ......................................................................... 86

5.21 UV-mapping wireframe .................................................................... 87

5.22 3D cube ......................................................................................... 88

5.23 Cube UV map—unfolded ................................................................. 89

5.24 Programming layout ......................................................................... 90

5.25 Outputs Display pane ....................................................................... 92

5.26 Display Map controls ........................................................................ 92

5.27 Outputs Properties pane for a projector ............................................. 95

5.28 Outputs Properties pane for an LED display ........................................ 96

5.29 Outputs Properties pane for an LCD display ........................................ 97

5.30 Outputs Players Map ........................................................................ 98

5.31 Player performance ......................................................................... 99

5.32 Player performance—CPU usage ...................................................... 99

5.33 Player controls ............................................................................... 100

5.34 Player Map controls ........................................................................ 100

5.35 Expandable menus of the Player Properties pane ............................. 101

5.36 Master Player ................................................................................. 102

5.37 Mismatched configuration warning ................................................. 103

5.38 Apply Output Config ...................................................................... 103

5.39 Display Disconnected warning ........................................................ 104

5.40 Advanced Player Option menu ....................................................... 106

5.41 Player Outputs ............................................................................... 107

5.42 Player Genlock .............................................................................. 108

5.43 Live inputs SDI ................................................................................ 110

5.44 Live inputs DVI ................................................................................ 110

5.45 No live inputs ................................................................................. 110

5.46 Live input mappings: Designer ......................................................... 111

5.47 Sample Live-Input Timeline .............................................................. 112

5.48 SMPTE device—Auto ...................................................................... 113

5.49 SMPTE device configuration ............................................................ 113

5.50 SMPTE signal strength gauge ........................................................... 114

5.51 MTC device configuration ............................................................... 115

5.52 Global Color control ....................................................................... 116

5.53 Playback workflow layout—Players pane ......................................... 118

5.54 Timeline controls ............................................................................ 118

5.55 Playback performance .................................................................. 119

6.1 Content Production tool ................................................................... 121

6.2 Projection Study wizard .................................................................... 123

6.3 Projection Study Wizard interface ...................................................... 124

6.4 Standalone Visualizer Wizard ............................................................. 126

6.5 Choose a browser ............................................................................ 127

6.6 Restart or Cancel ............................................................................. 128

6.7 Previsualization ................................................................................ 129

6.8 X-Agora Media Encoder ................................................................... 130

6.9 Application preferences ................................................................... 131

7.1 Window tab ..................................................................................... 135

7.2 Displays groups ................................................................................ 136

7.3 New group ...................................................................................... 137

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7.4 Add display to an existing group ........................................................ 137

7.5 Projector properties .......................................................................... 139

7.6 LCD screen properties ...................................................................... 141

7.7 Curved LCD screen properties ........................................................... 142

7.8 LED screen properties ....................................................................... 143

7.9 Curved LED screen properties ........................................................... 144

7.10 Media pane ................................................................................... 146

7.11 Media controls ................................................................................ 146

7.12 Folder operations menu ................................................................... 146

7.13 Files operations menu ...................................................................... 147

7.14 Tree view ........................................................................................ 148

7.15 Tile view ......................................................................................... 149

7.16 Media preview ............................................................................... 151

7.17 Timelines pane ................................................................................ 151

7.18 TimeCue list .................................................................................... 152

7.19 TimeCues in the Timeline pane ......................................................... 152

7.20 3D Object Properties pane .............................................................. 157

7.21 Timeline layers ................................................................................ 157

7.22 Timeline playback and element-manipulation controls ...................... 157

7.23 Time editor ..................................................................................... 158

7.24 Zooming controls ............................................................................ 158

7.25 Frame-to-frame navigation .............................................................. 159

7.26 Enable/disable Timeline layers ......................................................... 160

7.27 Video properties for a Timeline element ............................................ 161

7.28 Image properties for a Timeline element ........................................... 163

7.29 Text properties for a Timeline element ............................................... 165

7.30 Media Effects subpane ................................................................... 167

7.31 Properties pane for an input ............................................................ 170

7.32 Properties pane for an input variable ............................................... 170

7.33 Timeline properties .......................................................................... 171

7.34 Inputs pane ................................................................................... 173

7.35 Input variables ............................................................................... 174

7.36 DMX properties .............................................................................. 175

7.37 DMX events .................................................................................... 175

7.38 Moving a "blob" using its x and y positions ......................................... 176

7.39 Detecting a "blob" that will trigger a Timeline .................................... 176

7.40 Viewport ....................................................................................... 177

7.41 Views template .............................................................................. 178

7.42 List of cameras ............................................................................... 179

7.43 Add a preset .................................................................................. 180

7.44 Presets properties for a 3D project .................................................... 180

7.45 Position presets expander ................................................................ 182

7.46 Quick Calibrate .............................................................................. 183

7.47 Calibration presets expander ........................................................... 183

8.1 Create new 2d project ..................................................................... 185

8.2 Canvas ........................................................................................... 186

8.3 Displays .......................................................................................... 187

8.4 Toolbar ........................................................................................... 188

8.5 2D media manipulation .................................................................... 189

8.6 Adorner manipulation ...................................................................... 190

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8.7 Fit and Align .................................................................................... 190

8.8 Calibration workflow layout .............................................................. 193

8.9 Edge Warping workflow ................................................................... 197

8.10 Calibration pane—Manual Blending ................................................ 200

8.11 Warping workflow layout ................................................................. 202

8.12 Live Masking tool ............................................................................ 206

8.13 Enable External Control check box ................................................... 208

8.14 DMX ID (DMX major ID) ................................................................... 209

8.15 Keyframe activation ....................................................................... 210

8.16 Keyframes editor ............................................................................. 210

8.17 Eye icon in keyframes editor ............................................................. 211

8.18 Show in keyframes editor ................................................................. 211

8.19 Animated position trail .................................................................... 212

8.20 Inserting a position keyframe ........................................................... 212

8.21 Inserting a keyframe with the + button .............................................. 212

8.22 Inserting a keyframe by hovering ..................................................... 213

8.23 Tangent control ............................................................................. 213

8.24 Symmetric tangent property ........................................................... 214

8.25 Curve with non-symmetric keyframe tangents .................................. 214

8.26 Add a keyframe for a parameter ..................................................... 214

8.27 Add a keyframe ............................................................................. 215

8.28 Expanded keyframes editor with three media-effects parameters ....... 215

8.29 Keyframe Properties pane ............................................................... 216

8.30 Live input on the Timeline ................................................................ 216

8.31 Connect to Remote Server .............................................................. 217

8.32 Media Share Master Connection ..................................................... 218

8.33 Required properties ........................................................................ 219

8.34 Timeline in Remote mode ............................................................... 220

8.35 Download from Master ................................................................... 221

8.36 Agent icon in the tray ..................................................................... 222

8.37 Agent Interface ............................................................................. 223

8.38 Agent logs ..................................................................................... 224

C.1 "Create Eyefinity Display Group" ........................................................ 232

C.2 Use a new arrangement .................................................................. 233

C.3 Create the Eyefinity group ............................................................... 234

C.4 Select a group layout ...................................................................... 235

C.5 Display group complete .................................................................. 236

C.6 Eyefinity group spanning multiple screens .......................................... 236

C.7 "Arrange Eyefinity Display Group" ...................................................... 237

C.8 "Disable Eyefinity Display Group" ....................................................... 238

C.9 Two screens in one Eyefinity group .................................................... 239

C.10 Eyefinity group spanning two outputs .............................................. 239

D.1 Select AMD FirePro Control Center .................................................... 241

D.2 AMD FirePro™ Control Center display connections ............................. 242

D.3 Select NVIDIA Control Panel ............................................................. 243

D.4 NVIDIA Control Panel ....................................................................... 243

D.5 NVIDIA Manage EDID window .......................................................... 244

E.1 Vision Window output ....................................................................... 246

E.2 dREC Record module, showing "NO SIGNAL" ...................................... 247

F.1 Viewport, Timeline, and Properties panes, with Effects panel ................ 249

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F.2 Effects panel ................................................................................... 250

F.3 Effects pull-down menu .................................................................... 250

F.4 Effects panel for RGB Add ................................................................. 251

F.5 Parameter fields—sliders and values ................................................... 251

F.6 Add a keyframe for a parameter ....................................................... 252

F.7 RGB Add effects .............................................................................. 258

F.8 More RGB Add effects ...................................................................... 259

F.9 RGB Mult color-channel effects ......................................................... 260

F.10 RGB Mult color-channel effects ........................................................ 261

F.11 Different RGB Mult effects with equivalent outcomes .......................... 262

F.12 RGB Shift examples ......................................................................... 263

F.13 RGB Shift examples ......................................................................... 264

F.14 Black and White—default and invert ................................................. 265

F.15 Black and White—default and invert ................................................. 265

F.16 RGB BGR Add—swap and invert ....................................................... 267

F.17 RGB BGR Add—various levels of color swap ....................................... 268

F.18 RGB BGR Add—swap and add effects .............................................. 269

F.19 RGB BGR Mult—various levels of color swap ....................................... 271

F.20 More RGB BGR Mult—various levels of color swap .............................. 272

F.21 RGB BGR Mult—Red Multiply and Multiply Factor variations ................. 273

F.22 RGB BRG Add—swap, add, and invert .............................................. 274

F.23 RGB BRG Add—various levels of color swap ...................................... 275

F.24 RGB BRG Add—swap and add effects ............................................. 276

F.25 RGB BRG Mult—various levels of color swap ...................................... 277

F.26 RGB BRG Mult—color swap and invert .............................................. 278

F.27 RGB BRG Mult—Multiply Factor and Invert variations .......................... 279

F.28 RGB BRG Add—swap, add, and invert .............................................. 280

F.29 RGB BRG Add—various levels of color swap ...................................... 281

F.30 RGB BRG Add—swap and add effects ............................................. 282

F.31 RGB GBR Mult—various levels of color swap ....................................... 283

F.32 RGB BRG Mult—color swap and invert .............................................. 284

F.33 RGB BRG Mult—Multiply Factor and Invert variations .......................... 285

F.34 RGB BGR Add—swap and invert ...................................................... 286

F.35 RGB GRB Add—various levels of color swap ...................................... 287

F.36 RGB BGR Add—swap and add effects ............................................. 288

F.37 RGB GRB Mult—various levels of color swap ...................................... 290

F.38 More RGB GRB Mult—various levels of color swap .............................. 291

F.39 RGB GRB Mult—Green Multiply and Multiply Factor variations ............. 292

F.40 RGB RBG Add—swap and invert ...................................................... 293

F.41 RGB RBG Add—various levels of color swap ...................................... 294

F.42 RGB RGB Add—swap and add effects ............................................. 295

F.43 RGB BGR Mult—various levels of color swap ...................................... 297

F.44 More RGB RBG Mult—various levels of color swap .............................. 298

F.45 RGB RBG Mult—Blue Multiply and Multiply Factor variations ................ 299

F.46 Media layers used in Key effects ...................................................... 300

F.47 Media layers used in Key effects ...................................................... 301

F.48 Black Key—Hard threshold and Soft Threshold ................................... 302

F.49 Black Key—Invert and Mask ............................................................. 303

F.50 Black Key—transparent and opaque ................................................ 304

F.51 White Key—Hard threshold and Soft Threshold ................................... 305

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F.52 Black Key—Invert and Mask ............................................................. 306

F.53 Black Key—transparent and opaque ................................................ 307

F.54 Luma Key—Hard threshold, Soft threshold, Invert, and Mask ................ 309

F.55 Luma Key—Luma values .................................................................. 310

F.56 RGB Key—red, blue, and green as gray ............................................ 311

F.57 RGB Key—red, green, and blue colors .............................................. 313

F.58 Cylindrical coordinates—hue, saturation, and brightness .................... 314

F.59 Chroma Key effects ........................................................................ 315

F.60 Contrast ........................................................................................ 316

F.61 Cylindrical coordinates—hue, saturation, and brightness .................... 317

F.62 Hue Rotate—Hue Offset .................................................................. 317

F.63 Hue Rotate—Saturation ................................................................... 318

F.64 Hue Rotate—Saturation ................................................................... 319

F.65 Hue Rotate—varying more than one parameter ................................ 320

F.66 Levels ............................................................................................ 321

F.67 Levels—examples with a photograph ............................................... 322

F.68 Levels ............................................................................................ 324

F.69 Levels ............................................................................................ 325

F.70 Flip ................................................................................................ 326

F.71 Trails .............................................................................................. 327

G.1 Project name on the Outputs pane of the Output workflow layout ...... 329

G.2 Project name on the Viewport pane of the Programming workflow

layout .................................................................................................. 329

G.3 Window menu—Properties ............................................................... 330

G.4 Properties pane showing project settings ........................................... 331

H.1 Project properties—units ................................................................... 336

H.2 Sketchup—units ............................................................................... 336

H.3 Sketchup—export 3D model ............................................................. 337

H.4 Sketchup—OBJ Export Options ......................................................... 338

H.5 Sketchup—FBX Export Options .......................................................... 339

H.6 Sketchup—AutoCAD (DWG) Export Options ....................................... 340

H.7 3DS Max—Units setup ....................................................................... 341

H.8 3DS Max—System Units Setup ........................................................... 342

H.9 3DS Max—OBJ Export Options .......................................................... 343

H.10 3DS Max—FBX Export Options: units and axis ..................................... 343

H.11 Exporting to AutoCAD File ............................................................... 344

H.12 Maya Plug-in Manager ................................................................... 345

H.13 Maya OBJ export—default parameters ............................................ 346

H.14 Maya FBX export ............................................................................ 346

H.15 Cinema 4D—Project Scale .............................................................. 347

H.16 Wavefront Export—Scale ................................................................ 347

H.17 Cinema 4d—FBX export .................................................................. 348

J.1 Create Snapshot menu ..................................................................... 357

J.2 Snapshot Name ............................................................................... 358

J.3 Restore Snapshot menu .................................................................... 358

J.4 Restore Snapshot dialog box ............................................................. 359

J.5 Export project menu ......................................................................... 360

J.6 Export project dialog box ................................................................. 360

J.7 Import project menu ........................................................................ 360

J.8 Import project dialog box ................................................................. 361

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J.9 Help → Report ................................................................................. 361

J.10 Report Export ................................................................................. 362

J.11 Contends of compressed file ............................................................ 362

J.12 Generate a crash dump .................................................................. 362

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Revision history

RemarksDateRevision

number

Seventh releaseApril 19, 201606.00

• Added the section on

Keyframing and media effects.

Sixth releaseApril 1, 201605.00

• Added examples and explanations to

the Media Effects appendix.

• Updated the

中国大

 RoHS (Chinese Mainland RoHS)

section.

• Updated Importing media and

Importing, managing, and refreshing media

in Section 7.2, Library pane.

Fifth releaseJanuary 22,

2016

04.00

• Added much information regarding the

X-Agora software.

• Added Re-creating a flash-drive (p.48).

• Added Media Effects (p.249).

• Updated Trouble shooting (p.353).

Fourth releaseAugust 14,

2015

03.00

• Added Display properties (p.138).

• Added Timeline properties (p.171).

• Added

Encoding with transparency (p.133).

• Updated Box content (p.32).

• Updated Connections (p.34).

• Updated Displays pane (p.135).

• Updated Library pane (p.145).

• Updated Properties pane (p.160).

• Updated Figure H.12, "Media Encoder".

• Updated Keyframing (p.209).

• Updated

Outputs workflow layout (p.91).

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