COLORSPACE USER MANUAL
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1. 07 os 09 10 11 test2 Image Schedule Days of Week EJM E WEC EJE Date Range None Time Limit1 None Time Limit2 None Time Limit3 None Time Limit 4 one Account one Scheduler Beta 0 9 22 Each Sign Message previously exported by the ColorSpace Composer to the Scheduler appears in the Message Files list Note You can expand the vertical space available in this list by turning off the file preview Image button or by dragging the top or bottom edge of the program form to enlarge the list box area The checkbox next to each message name indicates whether it 1s active meaning that the message will transmitted along with any scheduling information to the EMC controller Unchecked messages will not be transmitted or displayed Click on the Active button to display only Active messages in this list Each Sign Message is associated with at least one Schedule page which determines whether that message will be included in the EMC display cycle at any particular time of a given day This Schedule can restrict message play to specific days of the week and or a range of calendar dates The default is no date restrictions and the message will be displayed every day indefinitely or until removed from the Active list For each day a message is scheduled to run up to four time limits can be specified so that the message will run only during these intervals If no time limits ar2. De AAG gt m Message Text Color amp Images Effects amp Timing Italic Times New Roman Bold Italic 16 Text Color Background C Outline C Shadow Message Text UPPER LEFT Load Effect Exit Effect None v None v Horizontal Vertical Line Spacing Char Spacing 7 pe v Layer 1 Color Fill Black DI DI Lauer 2 Text UPPER LEFT K Layer 3 Text LOWER RIGHT DI Sign Color Red Pixels 128 x 64 FPS 30 Frames 90 Time 3 0 sec ColorSpace Beta 0 9 02 Scrolling Ticker Messages In addition to different phase effects such as fading or sliding a message into the frame a scrolling ticker tape option is available The Ticker check box is located directly above the Message Text box Checking this box causes a single text line to scroll into and out of the display area The Ticker function will only have the green Show phase segment displayed Right click on the layer and select Ticker Timing to adjust the speed of the ticker from 1 slow to 5 fast The phase segment will be labeled Ticker XXX where XXX is the message entered to allow for quick identification of Ticker messages from the Layer list ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page amp Phase Effects A Message Layer s horizontal dimension represents the time that the message will be displayed on the physical sign When a new layer is created it consists of a single 3 second Show phase indicated by
3. 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 24 Using Image Objects After loading an image and pre selecting the desired option settings click on the Image button then position the mouse cursor over the correct location within the Sign Window and click The image will be drawn using a default size Resize and reposition it as necessary by dragging the image and or handles as described in the Shapes section Drawing Objects Image Options java git Cre Pais es Make Solid Background Transparent Set Line Width Repeat Animation Continuously Play Animation Then Stop Display Single Frame Only In this final example the steam graphic synchronizes with the running sign s timeline ColorSpace Sign Composer Hot Jaya Animation SEE File Edit View Layer Deh AAR gt n AZ Message Text Background Decoration Drawing Objects Image Options java aif Crear Fase tes Make Solid Background Transparent Set Line Width Repeat Animation Continuously Play Animation Then Stop Display Single Frame Only J Layer 1 Gradient Fill Layer 2 Text HOT JAVA Layer 3 Decoration Sign Color RGB Pixels 128 x 64 FPS 30 Frames 180 Time 6 0 sec ColorSpace Beta 0 9 05 ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 25 Portable Message Files To send the currently displayed Sign Message to another ColorSpace user select menu option File Export As Portable Zip File This brings
4. 2009 Page 3 Basic Text Controls Any text entered into the Message Text box will appear simultaneously in the Message Viewer using the currently selected text options in the panel at the right The example above uses the default 12 point Arial font with Normal style You can change the font type size and style by selecting different values in the three listboxes at the top of the text control panel For example here is the same text using the more casual Comic Sans font enlarged from 12 to 14 points and rendered in Bold style Message Text Color amp Images Effects amp Timing Font Names Paints Style Arial Comic Sans MS Courier New Times New Roman Bold Italic Test Color Background C Outline 3 Si C Shadow Message Text MESSAGE TEXT BOX Load Effect Exit Effect None w None v J L l m J Horizontal Vertical Line Spacing Char Spacing zb j ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 4 Outline and Shadow Enhancements For a more eye catching appearance check either the Outline or Shadow options to produce the text enhancements illustrated below The outline or shadow colors can be adjusted as well as the text color ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 5 Spacing Controls The Line and Char Spacing trackbar controls let you adjust the separation between lines and characters as needed For example this 3 line Arial 18 Bold message normally would
5. This will cause the Slide Left effect to play more quickly e Reduce the green Show segment to 60 frames and Exit to 10 frames ColorSpace Sign Composer Untitled Sel File Edit View Font De AAR gt m Message Text Color amp Images Effects amp Timing Font Names Points Style Arial Comic Sans MS Courier New Times New Roman Bold Italic 16 Text Color Background C Outline Shadow Message Text MESSAGE TEST 1 Load Effect Exit Effect Slide Left FadeOut Horizontal Vertical Line Spacing Char Spacing Sign Color Red Pixels 128 x 64 FPS 30 Frames 100 Time 3 3 sec ColorSpace Beta 0 9 02 ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 9 The result is a 3 second Sign Message 90 frames total at 30FPS with a 2 3 second Load phase a 2 second Show phase and a quick 1 3 second Exit phase Click on the Play toolbar button to see this message as it would appear on an actual LED sign You can also move forward and backward through the play sequence by manually moving the trackbar pointer with your mouse The current frame and time in seconds is continually displayed on the status bar below Notice that all design controls are disabled unless the frame pointer is positioned all the way to the left Frame 0 Delay Start Phase There is another phase that doesn t display the layer at all The Delay Start phase acts as an invisible segment that shifts the beginnin
6. an object is selected use the Line Width drop down box to change its pixel width or the Select Color button to choose a new color from the standard Color Selection box To delete an object select it with the mouse then click the Delete red SV button Remember that any change can be reversed using the Edit Undo or Ctrl Z option The orientation of a Line object is determined by which Bounding Box handles are connected You must select this orientation before placing a Line object in the Sign Window Right click on the Line button and select an option from the drop down list Then re select the Line button move the cursor to any Sign Window location and click to create the new Line object It will look like one of the first four illustrations below oS ib is le ial You can now stretch thicken or change the color of the Line using the Shape control panel Adjust the angle of a diagonal line by changing the shape of its Bounding Box ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 23 Creating Image Objects Image Options The Decoration layer can also display bitmapped images imported from disk or pasted from the Windows Clipboard Disk image files of type BMP GIF ICO or JPG can be imported The Paste button will fetch any image previously copied to the Clipboard from another source such as a Web page If an animated multi frame GIF file is imported from disk the last three lines of the Image control will be enable
7. and dimensions horizontal amp vertical of a physical sign When a new Sign Message is created it will be based on the properties of the currently selected Sign Profile Profile information is saved with a Sign Message so if a Message is loaded that was created using a different Profile than the current program default the loaded Sign Message s original Profile will temporarily override the default Sign Profiles Profile Name Sign Color Pinel Width Pixel Height Reserved C Prototype Red Red 128 Ee RGE Full Color RGE 128 Bef a In the example above Profile RGB Full Color is both selected highlighted and checked The checkbox indicates which Profile will become the program default when you click the Ok button The currently selected line will be acted on by the Edit and Delete buttons Click Edit to bring the selected values down to the editing area below sign Profiles Profile Name Sign Color Pinel Width Pixel Height Reserved Prototype Red Red 128 E RGE Full Color AGB 128 B4 Profile Name Sign Color Del width Pixel Height Reserved Area FPS Ki i z pdate After editing these values click Update to save them or Reset to discard the changes The New button creates a blank Profile Enter the required values then click Insert ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 12 Color Selection A different dialog is used to select text or fill colors depen
8. file selection dialog appears This will return to the Image Fill dialog with no file selected NFL Sunday If you have not already done so right click vi within any image in a web page or other EN je scores document A popup menu should appear with a t leaders Copy option in it Click on that option to copy ver the image to the Clipboard Note if the image kings is copy protected the menu may not appear or it may not contain a selectable Copy option The Import Image dialog s Paste Image button will be enabled if an image is available on the Clipboard Click this button and the copied image will appear Then select and save any portion of this image as described previously Monochrome Sign Filter The Sign Filter button previews color images as they will appear on a Monochrome sign Tij ayer 1 image Fil Water bilies jpg E J l Bi ayer d image Fill Water lilis jpg i di A 3 name Gre 0 Sei OU xv AC Spe Locke Ce npp Sires GO x C Seedin GO AC Shape Lok Ce ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 19 Importing AVI Videos Select a background fill layer and click Import Video on the Background tab HI Layer 1 Video Fill FloridaSt Valjech avi Image Size 160 x 120 Selection 160 x 80 eh Lock Loop OFF FFS 10 Frame 1 218 Time 0 1 21 8 Click the Load Video button to select an AVI file from disk if nec
9. it anywhere below the current last item If you hold down the CTRL key while doing this the dragged message will remain in its original location and a duplicate copy will be inserted before the drop target Duplicate message items are indicated with a icon at the left This allows the user to schedule some messages to play more than once during a single cycle repetition To delete a duplicate item select it on the list and press the Delete key Sending Files to Sign To send the Schedule list to the sign use the EMC File Sending program on the laptop s Windows d esktop This may be titled EMC Serial File Sending Program or Autobaud EMZ Serial File Sending Pra xample icon of file sending program Double click on the icon Then click Go in the window to send schedules to the EMC sign Sending schedule to sign controller an IO sl 1 al sample message sch sample messages sch This sending process takes several minutes especially the more content that is being send to the sign Also after it is finished sending and closes automatically it may take a few minutes while the sign controller begins to integrate the new schedule ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 30
10. not fit within the currently defined 64 x 128 pixel sign One solution would be to reduce the font size but this would make the message harder to read from a distance Instead it can be compressed by reducing both line and character spacing to their minimum values Kreess SE ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 6 Text Alignment In all of the previous examples text has been centered both horizontally and vertically within the sign You can also align text to the left right top or bottom edges of the sign by selecting a combination of the Text Alignment buttons Horizontal Vertical a et Note the above example was created by combining two separate text layers each with its own message text and alignment combinations The use of multiple text layers within a sign message will is described in the next section Message Layers When you start a new Sign Message the program initially creates two layers Layer 1 which is a Background layer and cannot be deleted or moved and Layer 2 which is used to display any text that you enter into the Message Text box A finished Sign Message will consist of one or more layers with Layer 1 as the base and each succesive layer drawn over the preceding one There is no set limit to the number of layers you can add Usually Layer 1 will be the only Background layer with one or more Text layers above it These layers are represented by colored bars in the lower ha
11. the last frame or resize the layer itself so its time length matches the video clip which will then run exactly once Note if the video file frame rate is different than the sign rate the program will adjust the video frame rate so it runs at its original speed and duration during sign message play ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 21 Decoration Layers The Decoration layer type allows basic geometric shapes such as lines squares and circles to be placed anywhere in the sign window to be used as borders underlining or to create simple cartoon effects In addition bitmapped images such as product images or logos can be imported from disk and arranged within the sign window These can be single frame images such as BMP GIF JPG or ICO files or animated GIF sequences Use the Layer Create Layer menu to add a new Decoration layer to the Sign Message Create New Layer Sele Layer Type Layer 1 Color Fill Black O Text Message Layer 2 Text Message Background ER Decoration Set Phases H Create Layer Location Delete Layer Before Selected Layer After All Existing Layers Sign Color RGB f Drawing Objects To add a Shape object to the Decoration Layer first select a Shape button with the mouse The Select Delete Controls selected button s background will change to light blue Now move the mouse cursor to a Biles Suck any location withi
12. with the User Defined Colors dialog displayed by clicking the Edit Color List button ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 13 If the User Defined box was highlighted in the selection dialog the selected item in that dialog s drop down list will also be selected in the User Defined Color editing dialog and the Adjusted Color box will initially display that color Otherwise the highlighted predefined color from the selection dialog will be used to initialize this box Create Edit User Defined Colors User Defined Color List Adjusted Color Value D Dark Brown J Hot Fink E Moss Green Pale velo Parchment P snow shadow Insert This Color ZU CFE R 0 G 404 B 255 Lum 50 In either case the Adjusted Color Value can be modified with the Darken and Lighten buttons which change its Luminance brightness value without altering the basic color hue The Red Green and Blue slider controls can also be used to select any numeric value from 0 to 255 for these basic components Used together these RGB controls can generate any of the 16 million colors that a 24 bit RGB sign is capable of displaying Click the Insert button to add the final Adjusted Color Value as to User Defined Color list You will be prompted to supply a unique name for this color with the color s hexadecimal value such as 2CFE33 provided as the default name
13. BLAIR COMPANIES COLORSPACE USER MANUAL Rev 1b Part 33 19 13 A BLAIR COMPANIES SIGNS FIXTURES e LOGISTICS Alto ay ren 814 med Baer blaircompanies com E ee BLAIR COMPANIES SIGNS FIXTURES LOGISTICS TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview Startup ccccccccceeecceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeceesaeeceeeseeeeeeeseeaeeeeseeeeessaeeeeeeeas 3 mickey eal E ae ue 4 7 Message Layers eege 7 8 Message Effects sarttavatursancrsaehecrcioontisntietanthedunteaasnindnudiiwntheadoonasind sade anateateninuabias 8 10 DISPLAY WINGOWS psncncranoutinaensrinsanancetenionenonibesauteesenenstawia tanainncehelamcuaenautes 11 HOI Geh UE 12 El el 13 15 elo 15 EVA IO ING EE 16 18 Importing Images and Video nnnennnennnenennnnnnensnnnsreesrrrsrersnrrnrrenrrennenne 19 21 Decoration Layers Shapes Images 22 25 EXpOrINg MESSAGES cessan e ea a a 26 Scheduling Messages 27 29 SEQUENCES ceccccceeeececceeececcaeeececeeeeceeeseaeceeeseeeeeeeseaueeessaueeeesseeeeeessaaeeeessaeeeess 30 ei 6 40 gl TR CO me 9 BEE 30 ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 2 The ColorSpace Sign Composer Play Message Export to Scheduler ColorSpace Sign Composer test2 ool x File Edit View Layer ea AS Message Text Background Decoration Message Font Points Style Normal Both Italic Bold Times New Roman Text Color Color Background Color Outline Colo Shadow Color 19 zl joa s
14. The new color and name will be added to the list and will be pre selected in the previous selection dialog after you click the Ok button to close this one Note a new or existing color must be selected in this list before the Ok button can be clicked You can also Rename Delete or Modify the color value of any existing entry in the User Defined Color list Selecting the list entry will enable these 3 buttons ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 14 Full Color Example An RGB Sign Message example is included with beta 0 9 02 which demonstrates the use of multiple Color Fill Layers and Layer Windows to achieve an animated border effect ColorSpace Sign Composer Grand Opening File Edit view Font hah AQAB gt u Layer 1 Color Fill Pale Yellow K Layer 2 Color Fill Blue x Layer 3 Color Fill Red 0 K Layer 4 Color Fill Pale Yellow 10 K Layer 5 Text GRAND 35 K Layer 6 Text OPENING 35 20 L SI Sign Color RGB Pixels 128 x 64 FPS 30 Frames 150 Time 5 0 sec Importing Fonts Message Text Color amp Images Effects amp Timing Font Names 7 Points BE Comic Sans MS Courier New Times New Roman Message Text OPENING Load Effect Style Normal Bold Italic Bold Italic Text Color Background C Outline Shadow Exit Effect Horizontal Vertical Slide Left v None i Line Spacing Char Sp
15. a green segment When the message is played the text will instantly appear and be displayed for 3 seconds than blank out But two other phases can be added a yellow Load phase which tells the layer how to appear such as sliding into place from one side or fading from black to full brightness and a red Exit phase to do the opposite after the Show phase ends Either or both of these can be added but the Load phase is more commonly used To add a Layer Phase select an effect from the Load Effect and or Exit Effect drop down lists This will create a default 1 second phase segment with the selected effect already defined The default timing for each phase segment can be changed by dragging its right edge with the mouse A number on the segment indicates the current layer frame count and seconds while the status bar below indicates total frames and seconds for the entire message Double click on any phase segment to bring up a small dialog box where you can manually change the frame count The dialog also displays time in seconds as the frame count changes Here is a short exercise to illustrate layer phase effects e Start anew message and enter MESSAGE TEST 1 as two lines Change the text appearance to 14 Point Bold with the Shadow option e Select Slide Left from Load Effects and Fade Out from Exit Effects e Drag the right edge of the yellow Load segment reducing it from 30 to 20 frames
16. acing ColorSpace Beta 0 9 02 Select Fonts Import from the main menu to display the Import System Font dialog Any Windows TTF font on your PC can be imported However some fonts look better than others at LED sign resolutions so a preview window is provided that will display the selected font in any size from 12 to 36 points and supported style Fonts that are already imported into the program will not appear in the font name selection listbox When you click Import all of the font s size and style combinations will be imported Import System Font Poor Richard Parchment ParkAvenue BT Perpetua Perpetua Titling MT Playbill Pristina ProggyS quareT T Pump Demi Bold LET Quixley LET Raavi Rage Italic 1254567890 ColorSpace 0 9 22 Display As Normal Bold Italic Both ae _ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopgqrstuvwxyz Size EECH RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 15 Gradient Fill Background Layer 1 Geadient Fill Aepest 7 Fise sp E k k E Halen ow Malek ow Notes e Layer 1 Gradiant Fill Pise 0 Layer 1 Geadient Fill Klee Instead of a solid color any background Layer Window can be filled with a blend of colors using the Gradient Fill dialog Up to four colors may be set in the color selection boxes If only one color is selected it will be blended with Black Note The Gradient fill feature can only be used with full c
17. amp Images Effects amp Timing Font Names Points Style Atial Normal Both Comic Sans MS F Courier New Italic Bold Times New Roman Text Color Background C Outline CT Shadow Zi C Transparent Text Message Text TEXT Load Effect Exit Effect Slide Left Fade Out v Or select the Transparent Text option to fill the Text Message Layer with the current text color and make the text itself transparent so the background Gradient shows through Message Text Colors amp Images Effects amp Timing Font Names Points Style Normal Both Comic Sans MS E Courier New Italic Bold Times New Roman Text Color Background C Outline C Shadow Z Transparent Text Message Text TEXT Load Effect Exit Effect Slide Left v FadeQut v ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 17 Image Fill Background Under the Background button menu click on the Import Image button to select a graphic image bmp ot jpg from disk The selected image will appear in the Image Fill dialog If it is too large to fit within the initial dialog size scroll bars will appear You can adjust the dialog size until the scroll bars are gone and the entire image fits in the dialog display area E Layer 1 Image Fill Sunset2 jpg ai A dashed line bounding box indicates the portion of the image that will fit in the current backgro
18. d otherwise these will be greyed out There are 3 ways to use a multi frame image java ait e Repeat the frame sequence continuously Show each frame but stop at the last one e Display a single frame as a still image Make Solid Background Transparent Selecting the second option enables the Play button Press it to play the animation one time it will stop on the last frame with the Play button locked down Play Animation Then Stop Play Click it again to release it and return to the first frame Co Repeat Animation Continuously Display Single Frame Only Select the Single Frame option to enable the drop down list next to it Then select a frame from this list to be placed on the Decoration layer Some images have a transparent background represented in the display window by a checkered pattern This prevents the rectangular image background from appearing in the Sign Window and obscuring elements behind it If the background is opaque as in the image above you can change it by checking the Make Transparent box This will work only if the background is a single solid color and that color includes the pixel at the lower left corner of the image Also if the background color appears within the picture part of the image that picture area will be rendered transparent also Image Options Image Options java git Make Solid Background Transparent Make Solid Backaround Transparent ColorSpace
19. ding on whether the current sign profile is monochrome or full color The monochrome selector looks like this Layer 2 Text Color Layer 2 Text Color Black Black SH 100 Custom 100 75 V Monochrome sign color shades are provided in 10 increments from 0 Black to 100 For any other value select the Custom square then move the slider control to set the required brightness The Try Color button temporarily changes a text or background color on the main screen without closing the dialog then restores the original color when this button is released Click the Set Color button to make the change permanent If the sign profile is RGB Full Color clicking any Color button displays this dialog Layer 2 Text Color Dark Red Brown Olive Green Dark Green Dark Teal Dark Blue Indigo Black Orange Lime Green Teal Blue Blue Grap Dark Gray Magenta Light Orange Dark Yellow Sea Green Aqua Light Blue Violet Gray ae IST IS Fink Amber Yellow Bright Green Turquoise Sky Blue Flur Silver GIS IN User Defined an Light yellow Light Green Light Turquoise Pale Blue Lavender White User Defined Color Selection ae 000CFF R G 404 B 255 These color selections are predefined with the exception of the lower left box marked User Defined This box displays the current selection from the drop down list of user defined colors below it Any number of user defined colors can be created or modified
20. e specified the message will run each time it comes up in the EMC s queue throughout the day When setting a time limit the first step sets start time Stop time will default to 12AM Click it from the list to change to desired stop time ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 28 Multiple Schedule Pages Schedule Dags of Week 2 I I H Date Range 11 15 2007 12725 2007 Time Limit g00AM 11 00 AM Time Limit 2 1 00PM 400 PM Time Limit 3 600 PM 10 00PM Time Limit A None Account None Das of Week 5 M Iw IF DateRange 14 1 2007 14 20 2007 Time Limit 1 None Time Limit 2 None Time Limit 3 None Time Limit 4 None Message Files List All Active Messages Files Schedule View mF BP Example 16x90 eA Coffee Fresh amp Hot o UU Schedule 1 FA Dave sM tW tF s eA 1171572007 12 25 2007 D 9 00 AM 17 00 4M D 1 00 DM 4 00 PM D 6 00 PM 10 00 PM ef Schedule 2 H Dave Smt ths be 12 1 2007 12 25 2007 aH Grand Opening a D I Pepsiz4Pack Coffee Fresh amp Hot Schedule 1 Schedule 2 Days of week E M k SE E DateRange 124 172007 12725 2007 Time Lg 1 Op ID a 2 Wu Time Limit 2 oO a Wu Time Limit 3 J 3 ta Time Lirit 4 ColorSpace 0 9 22 Image This example restricts the associated message to three time limits 9am l lam 1pm 4pm and 6pm 10pm on each Monday Wednesday and Fr
21. ee Fresh amp Hot SEE File Edit view Font Dee Ades Message Text Colors amp Images Effects amp Timing Font Names i Style Ail o Fees Comic Sans MS a Courier New Italic Bold Times New Roman Text Color Background C Outline Shadow M Transparent Text Message Text COFFEE Load Effect Exit Effect Slide Left v None ei Horizontal Vertical Line Spacing Char Spacing E Layer 1 Color Fill Red 70 DI DI Layer 2 Text COFFEE DI Lauer 3 Text Fresh amp Hot K Layer 4 Text 99 90 Layer 5 Text 99 K K Layer E Text 99 70 DI v Sign Color Red Pixels 128 x 64 FPS 30 Frames 150 Time 5 0 sec ColorSpace Beta 0 9 03 This example included with the beta installation uses multiple layers and windows First the background layer window is confined to the right hand part of the sign then filled with a 70 brightness shade Then three smaller text layer windows are placed over it to contain the 99c texts which appear at separate times The left side has been split into two windows so that each can have its own text appearance and load effect Note the sign display shows Shift 6 as a cent sign and left of the digit 1 key as a degrees symbol since these are not on PC keyboards but are often needed in signage ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 11 Sign Profiles A Sign Profile describes the LED color
22. essary normally the File Open dialog will appear automatically The first frame of the selected video will be displayed with its properties listed on the Status Bar A bounding box will overlay the image to indicate the portion that will fit on the sign This box can be moved and or resized to pan or zoom to a different area but it will retain the sign s proportions unless you disable the Shape Lock option In that case the bounding box s proportions can be changed but this will cause stretching of the image in the final sign message This example assumes that the Layer Window covers the entire sign area If you have previously resized the Layer Window the bounding box will indicate its current shape fal Layer 1 Video Fill FloridaSt Valech avi mE ee Image Size 160 x 120 Selection 140 x 70 Shape Lock Gn Loop OFF FPS 10 Frame 150 218 Time 13 0 f 21 El You can Play Pause and Stop the video with the VCR type controls Lock the Loop button down for continuous replay From the Stopped position with the pointer at Frame 1 you can control video play manually by moving the frame pointer forward or back with the mouse Or click once on the pointer then use the left right arrow keys ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 20 Setting Frame Limits Layer 1 Video Fill FloridaSt YValech ayi ideo Frame Limits 35 frames 3 5s X Current video Frame ozs First Playback F
23. g of a the visible phase bar to the right This allows for multi part messages where one text layer displays disappears and is replaced by another In this example the word ONE displays initially then while it is fading out the word TWO begins to fade in to appear in its place Use the right click menu to create or remove a Delay Start phase To prevent sequential layers from overlapping in design mode you can temporarily hide any layer by clearing the checkbox to its left Use the master checkbox at the top to hide or show all layers at once ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 10 Layer Windows The boundaries of a layer s contents are defined by its Layer Window By default this window is the same size as the physical sign but for any given layer it can be resized and moved around to create a virtual sign within the physical sign area Any layer content whether background fill or message text is contained within this reduced window Text that Loads or Exits using a Slide effect will appear or disappear at the window s edge Layer Window boundaries are invisible unless the Show Layer Windows toolbar button from View menu is pressed Then the currently selected layer s window is indicated by a solid yellow line and those of non selected layers by dashed lines If a layer is hidden by clearing its Hide Show checkbox the corresponding window will be hidden also ColorSpace Sign Composer Coff
24. iday from Nov 15 until but not on Dec 25 Note that the second part of a date or time period is considered a stop value and is not included in the message display interval Click on any underlined field to select or unselect a weekday or to select a value from the clock and calendar dialogs You can add additional schedule tab pages to any message so that the message will be displayed at any given time allowed by any of its associated schedules Here a second schedule has been added to the one above using the Schedules Add New Page menu option This one allows the message to run at any time of day since no time limits were defined each Saturday and Sunday from December 1 up until but not including the 25 All message display instances resulting from this schedule are in addition to those initiated by Schedule 1 above Use the message list s Schedule View tab to display a graphic overview of all scheduling information relating to the selected Sign Message RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 29 Sequencer The Sequencer tab has a list of messages that are in the other lists and in the same order However you can re sequence this new list by dragging and dropping message names to a new position When you drag a message item and drop it on top of another one the dragged message will be moved from its original location and appear just before the drop item target To move a message to the end of the sequence drop
25. lf of the program screen Layer is at the top of this stack with subsequent layer bars placed below it allowing the layer stack to grow downward as needed If you have more layers than will fit it this area you can enlarge it by dragging down the bottom edge of the program window The previous section used two Text layers to display the words Upper Left and Lower Right using different text alignment combinations for each one Here s how to do that e Create a new message by clicking on the leftmost toolbar button if necessary e With layer 2 selected as indicated by a brighter green color enter the words Upper Left in the Message Text box This will appear centered in the sign area Click on the ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 7 horizontal left and vertical top Alignment buttons to move the text to the upper left corner of the sign e Right click on the Layer 2 bar and select Create Layer from the popup menu Set options Text Message and After All Existing Layers in the Create Layer dialog e Anew Text layer will appear and automatically be selected Type Lower Right in the text box then click on the horizontal right and vertical bottom buttons The result should resemble the example below Alternately select each Text layer and change its appearance You will see that the two layers operate independently ColorSpace Sign Composer Untitled B Fie Edit Yiew Font
26. n the Sign Window and click Open Filled Ellipse once to create the shape object Open Filled Square Each shape is contained within a bounding box used to control its size proportions and Open Filled Rectangle vane Rounded Rectangle Before creating a Line you must select its Oriented Straight Line orientation horizontal left diagonal vertical or right diagonal by selecting an option from the right click dropdown list This determines how the line will be drawn within its Bounding Box Right click Line button to select line orientation ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 22 Using Shape Objects Once a basic Shape object has been placed in the Sign Window it can be moved resized or re proportioned by dragging the entire object or any of its Bounding Box handles and further customized with the Line Width and Color controls on the Shape control panel select Color Click on any Shape object to expose its Bounding Box handles Drag its corner handles to change the size while retaining the same height width proportions To stretch the object taller or wider use the center handles at the top bottom or sides Note Square and Circle objects will always retain their original proportion they cannot be stretched To move the currently selected object hover the cursor within the bounding box until it changes to a four pointed cross shape Then click and drag the object to its new location While
27. olor RGB signs Selecting two or more colors adds each one to the blended background in the order selected Setting any selection box to No Color removes it from the blended color sequence Changing the Repeat slider value causes the color sequence to be appear multiple times Each repetition reverses the order in which the selected colors are displayed to produce a symmetrical effect For example when four colors are selected they will be blended in the sequence 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 etc The Rotate slider changes the gradient orientation from 0 to 350 degrees in 10 degree increments The allows the color blend to appear in forward or reverse order horizontally or vertically or at various angles in between ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 16 Gradients with Transparent Text Click and hold the Try Gradient button to temporarily display it in the currently selected Layer Window Click Set Gradient to close the dialog and make the change permanent H e ColorSpace Sign Composer Gradient Test Bisi File Edit View Font Message Text Colors amp Images Effects amp Timing Color Backgrounds Set Fill Color Layer 1 Gradient Fill Layer 1 Gradient Fill Layer 2 Text TEXT Rotate 140 n CO wm Co Sign Color RGB Pixels 128 x 64 FPS 30 Fra You can add a Text Message Layer over the Gradient Fill background Message Text Colors
28. or Transparent Text Message Text Ticker MESSAGE Substitution Codes Dee TEXT BOX Load Effect Eye fect Effects None None z T a kba l Horizontal Vertical Line Spacing Char Spacing zlz 3 Layer 1 Color Fill Black pacing Layer 2 Text MESSAGE TEXT BOX Messa ge Text Text S0F 3 05 _ J Alingment m Hide Layer Phase Segments Sign Color Amber Pixels 128 x 64 FPS 30 Frames 90 Time 3 0 sec ColorSpace Beta 0 9 22 vw al Startup When a new message is created using the File New menu item toolbar button or automatically at program startup it consists of two layers Layer is a Color Fill background initialized to Black and Layer 2 is a Text layer set to 100 brightness for monochrome signs or White for an RGB sign The text layer is pre selected so you can begin typing in the Message Text box immediately If you change the Text Color to Black the Layer 1 background color will automatically change to the opposite color for contrast Click on a layer phase segment to allow modification of that layer To simplify sign composition there is a button on the control panel to set the Color Fill content for Layer 1 Click on Layer 1 then the Background button then the Set Fill Color button For more complex messages with multiple background layers you must select each layer and use the Color and or Images control panel ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29
29. or each Sign Message to send to the EMC controller along with instructions telling it what days and times to run the message The ColorSpace program converts the Sign Message to this format and places the resulting file in a designated folder To export the currently displayed Sign Message to the Scheduler use the File Export To Scheduler Library menu option or just click on the blue arrow Toolbar button ColorSpace Sign Composer Coffee Fresh amp Hot Edit View Layer New Ctrl h New From Template Open Chr Save Ctrl 5 Save O5 Save Copy To Scheduler Library Import Portable File As Portable zip File Set File Image Frame Alt F4 Export Sign Message to Scheduler Launch Scheduler This will display the small dialog box illustrated above Click the Export button to complete the operation You can now start the Scheduler program by clicking the Launch Scheduler button on this dialog It can also be started by clicking the calendar Toolbar button next to the blue arrow after the Export dialog box has been closed ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 27 The Scheduler Program EB ColorSpace Scheduler K BLIES File Schedules List All Active Only Message Files Schedule View Sequencer Message Timing By Date a Bi est o CU Schedule Friday April 03 2009 gt Nighttime Daylight 12 or oz os od 0s CU eo
30. rame a Last Playback Frame Image Size 160 x 120 Selection 140 x70 Shape Lock On Loop Off FPS 10 Frame 1 35 Time 0 1 3 5 You can limit the range of frames to be displayed in the sign message Press the Frame Limits button to show the Limits box Manually move the frame pointer to the starting frame and click the Set button next to the First Playback Frame readout Then repeat this process to set the Last Playback Frame Click Ok on the Limits box to close it and save these values The Play button will now start and end animation within the preset range ColorSpace Sign Composer Football FLState VATech File Edit View Font Layer CN e RM SKI BR gt m Message Text Colors amp Images Effects amp Timing Color Backgrounds Set Fill Color Image Backgrounds Import Image Import Video Video Timing Options If Layer Show frames exceed Video frames Repeat Video until Layer phase ends Play Video once and freeze last frame Layer 1 Video Fill FloridaSt vaT ech avi O Set Layer frame count to match Video Layer 2 Text Message Sign Color RGB Pixels 128 x 64 FPS 30 Frames 201 Time 6 7 sec ColorSpace Beta 0 9 04 By default if a video clip is shorter than the Show phase of the Layer it runs in it will repeat until that phase ends Right click on the Layer and select Video Timing to display a dialog offering 2 additional options play once and stop on
31. und Layer Window Remember a Layer Window normally fills the entire sign area but can be resized and moved before you import an image You can slide this box to cover a different part of the image It can also be reduced in size which will fill the Layer Window from a smaller section of the original image The box will match the proportions of the Layer Window as long as the Shape Lock button is active depressed Image Se G40 x 400 Selections G26 x JIU Shape Lock On Layer 1 Image DI Sweet jpe Click once on the Shape Lock button to turn this proportioning feature off The bounding box can then be adjusted to any shape and size however there may be stretching distortion when the selected image area is copied to the Layer Window Click and hold the Try Image button to temporarily see how the image selection will appear on the sign layer The Set Image button permanently transfers the current selection and closes this dialog RIES Inap ae 4 ap neier be 218 hee Leeks Cal Message Text Colors amp Images Effects amp Timing Color Backgrounds Set Fill Color Image Backgrounds Import Image ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 18 Importing Clipboard Images Images previously copied to the Windows Clipboard can also be used to fill a background Layer Window Press the Import Image button then click Cancel if the Import Image
32. up a small dialog box ColorSpace Sign Composer Pepsi 4Pack il Edit View Layer Neu Ctrl M New From Template Open Chril 0 Save Chrl 5 Save s Save Copy Import Portable File s Portable Zip File E Set File Image Frame At F4 Export Sign Message as Zip File JI OTT Open Export Folder Click the Export button to combine all message components XML Font and Resource files into a single Zip file with the same name as the Sign Message This file will be placed in a My Documents subfolder called ColorSpace The Open Export Folder button will display the contents of this folder so the file can be dragged to another location or dropped into an outgoing email message as an attachment Received Portable Messages can be extracted and placed in the local program s Sign Message collection using the File Import Portable File menu option However the easiest way to accomplish the same thing is to drag the Zip file from a disk location or as a received email attachment and drop it anywhere on the ColorSpace program main form to automatically extract the received Sign Message An Import dialog similar to the one above will appear press the Close button to accept and extract the message ColorSpace 0 9 22 RIb Septermber 29 2009 Page 26 Scheduling Sign Messages The Scheduler is a ColorSpace System program that creates a sequence of hardware compatible file formats f
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