ArKaos VJ 3.6.1 Release Notes
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1. Cancel ArKolor allows you to alter the color from your visual by defining which RGB component of the input is going to be used for each component of the output It also lets you easily achieve classic effects such as Posterization and Solarization Using the presets you can select pre defined effects such as Solarize Posterize etc Each of the presets has one parameter that can be controlled either using a hard coded value or a MIDI controller Using the custom mode you can define how each of the components of the output is going to be generated For each component you have the following choice e Component source the basic input component used e Factor a multiplication factor applied to the source component e Quantize allows quantization of the resulting values in steps The value entered corresponds to the number of bits dropped from the source A value of 0 leaves the source unchanged no quantization and a value of 8 gives only two level of output The smooth filter allows post filtering using a 3x3 filter box ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 21 C Light Blur Quick Transition Co Strong Blur Long Transition Custom Delay C Constant Controller Feedback C Constant Controller Cancel 5 Standard Mode only effects description The Motion Blur effect described in the User Guide at page 132 has been updated we ve added a custom mode with the following parameters e Delay applies sampling to the2. The overlay display mode behaves the same whether you are running ArKaos VJ in HW Mode or in Standard Mode However in HW Mode the performances will be better in DirectX exclusive mode so it is recommended to deactivate the Overlay display option if you do not need to switch to other applications i e a MIDI sequencer software while running ArKaos VJ in fullscreen 17 Interface enhancements e Improved deinterlacing better quality and optimization Mac e ArKaos hides the mouse pointer on the second monitor Windows e Latch Display the layers that are latched are now displayed in red just like the ones that are triggered e Easy Latch by pressing the left Shift keyboard key or the Ctrl key on the Macs or the MIDI sustain pedal before triggering a layer you can now set that layer in Latch mode without having to open the visual info window and check the Latch option this will set the layer in Latch Mode and keep it running until you trigger the key again e Importing multiple visuals on the keyboard in one drag you can now drag amp drop a selection of visual files pictures and movies on the ArKaos virtual keyboard ArKaos will map all of them on the keyboard following the order from the MIDI keyboard layout e Improved DMX Fixture Patch view DMX version only 18 Bug fixes e Mac Core Image gamma shift problem colors were modified when applying a Core Image effect to a visual e Mac Flas
3. Style Simple Background Darkened visual Pos Controler Pas Controller Width Constat Height Constant Zoom Constat High Quality Zoom slower Cancel ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 iz lg 40 30 5 Allows you to create reflections of your original visual by flipping it around a vertical and or horizontal axis In manual mode you can define the reflection axis either by specifying a position percent of screen width or using MIDI controllers The automated mode flip flops the visual at the specified speed either along the x axis the y axis or both axis The zoom factor allows you to zoom in your visual from no zoom 0 to 10x 100 Allows you to define an area in your visual that is Zoomed while the visual continues to play on the rest or the screen You can define the position and size of the part of the visual you want to expand as well as the desired zoom factor Each of these options can be set to a constant value or a controller The style combo box selects the visual aspect of the zoomed area Rectangular target Circular target Smooth circle etc while the background setting defines how the non zoomed area will be played Selecting hi quality zoom will apply bi linear filtering after zooming the visual Page 23 6 FreeFrame effects HW Mode amp Standard Mode 6 1 What is FreeFrame FreeFrame is an open source cross platform plug
4. Constan C Comiroler j Trans pareince Comstard Ti Bh 2 Cord names T Distortion camel Caid ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 18 Availability HW Mode The Neon effect highlights the visual edges and blurs them to give some kind of a glowing effect The parameters are Blur Factor Co Cen shan S ia ave F Edge Highlight sets the glow intensity Edge Highlight O Constant g l e Blur Factor defines the number of blur 2 Conrolier i passes the higher this parameter is the Timan bigger highlighted the edges will be z C taei 0 o Invert allows to replace the visual by the edge detected or to add the edges to the original visual Availability HW Mode Turns your visuals into cartoons by detecting the edges making them black and applying quantification to reduce the number of colors Mala Simpie X Two different modes are available Parameter C2 Constant ino 2 Controller Simple simple quantification of the colors in i o E your visual you can control the depth number THigh Gualey cance Ck of steps values for each R G amp B component e Change Colors lets you tweak the colors depending on the parameters you specify rE Availability AN contrast Standard Mode HW Mode This Standard Mode effect has been updated to be available in HW Mode also its description can be found in the User Guide at page 128 4 Availability E Transition Standard M
5. and password you entered in our online shop database when you bought your software o The Machine ID of the computer you want to generate a serial for e Surf to http www arkaos net myarkaos your personal user information management interface e On the page click the Login to your profile button in the left menu e Enter the e mail password combination you used when you bought your license on our online shop and submit the form e Once logged in select the Orders Serials option in the new menu on the right e On the page will be listed all your orders and or your existing software serial numbers and purchase key codes if any click the link Click here to generate a new serial under the product you need a new serial for e You will then be asked for the Machine ID code Your serial number will be sent to you by e mail as soon as you submit the form and it will immediately appear on your screen under your product Introduction and Registration Page 2 4 2 2 If you have not purchased the software from www arkaos net If you have purchased the software from a shop or another web site and have never register as an ArKaos customer on www arkaos net you will first need to register the Purchase Key code that you found in your software box and create an ArKaos customer account e Prepare all the info you will need o The Machine ID of the computer you want to generate a serial for e Surf to http www arkaos net myarkaos e O
6. in 3 different categories e Opaque visuals keys containing a visual and possibly an effect which completely fills the screen e Transparent visuals keys containing a visual and possibly an effect with a compositional ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 27 copy mode i e Transparency Addition etc a mask i e Chroma Luma keying or Alpha From Source or a custom position size e Effects keys containing only effect Using the automation setup dialog you can select the number of cycles beats that each category of layer will be played for as well as the number of simultaneous layers to be played for each of the last two For the Opaque visuals category there will always be only one playing in the background You can set the number of cycles the visuals should be displayed before triggering the next one For movies you have an additional option allowing to play them until their end rather than follow the number of cycles specified If the Randomize option is not selected layers will be played according to their order on the MIDI keyboard If the option is activated the Automation randomly selects the next layer to play 11 Automatic Screen Fade option This option allows ArKaos to automatically fade to a given colour when no layers are running rather than continuously display the last frame You can select deselect this option from the ArKaos Startup dialog in the Edit Preferences ArK
7. in system designed towards real time video effects for VJing applications The project home page is http freeframe sourceforge net There are hundreds of FreeFrame effects available from a wide range of developers most of them can be found on the FreeFrame web site If you re a developer thanks to the FreeFrame SDK you can even design your own effects and use them in ArKaos Additional FreeFrame effects can also be purchased from the ArKaos web site at http www arkaos net effects_pack 6 2 Managing your FreeFrame effects The FreeFrame effects are stored in a structure of folders on your hard drive by default in the ArKaos VJ installation folder in the FreeFrame Plugins folder If needed this FreeFrame folder can be overridden for example if you want to share FreeFrame plugins from other applications Use the FreeFrame setup dialog in the menu Edit Preferences FreeFrame setup to tell ArKaos VJ where is the folder containing the FreeFrame effects FreeFrame effects can be sorted in subdirectories of the main FreeFrame folder if you have a lot of effects installed using subdirectories will make the process of selecting an effect easier in the FreeFrame effects dialog box ArKaos VJ comes with a bundle of effects developed by Pete Warden These effects have been tested and should be stable in any condition They are available in Standard Mode and in HW Mode 6 3 How to use FreeFrame effects in ArKaos VJ To use FreeFra
8. input so that only one frame out of n is used If n equals 1 all frames will be used if n equals 2 one frame out of two will be used and so on e Feedback specifies how strong the motion blur will be by defining the movie frames accumulation A value of 0 gives no blur at all and a value of 100 will result in accumulating all frames giving a nearly static image Both parameters can be controlled using values or MIDI controllers These effects were added in ArKaos VJ 3 5 and under the form described here are only available in Standard Mode for earlier effects in Standard Mode please check the User Guide i AGE Controllers h Position Controllers Size Controllers Rotation Controllers R G 5 x ri x Y x T Cancel ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 S x M i co mj j D The 3D Surface effect allows you to precisely control the position scaling rotation in space as well as the RGB balance of a visual through the controllers Its the Standard version of the 3D Surface shader effect available when in HW Mode therefore its not accelerated has a different dialog box and less parameters Page 22 E i l Mirror effect Availability Standard Mode w Y anuel eek els C Conans Sri E Mr fe Curlew ler TA C Cuns aill fe Curr ler u 4u rmatiz I lonzonta a Ve cal ceed E nns smt E T E Cante ler E oom fC usla u C C oulrul er u
9. locate your Machine ID Code The Machine ID is an 8 capital letters code e g UGTEDLTG generated by ArKaos VJ This code is unique and is used to generate a final serial number which will only work in combination with your computer s Machine ID code When you launch the application for the first time it will run in Free Level mode and you will be Introduction and Registration Page 1 presented with a Registration screen with 4 different options choose the fourth one If you want to continue trying the software The software will launch in demo mode and open a default Synth file Navigate to the Serial Activation window through the software s menus EDIT PREFERENCES REGISTRATION Screenshot of the Serial Activation window with the Machine ID Serial Acotiuation Your machine ID AAOMGODM Name Company E Mail Serial Number E J 4 2 Generating your final serial number Once you have your Machine ID code ready there are two different ways to get your final serial number depending on the fact that you purchased your software on our web site www arkaos net or not i e in a shop on another web site etc 4 2 1 If you have purchased the software from www arkaos net You have registered as an ArKaos customer when you placed your order and your software license has immediately been added to your customer profile on our web site e Prepare all the info you will need o The e mail
10. mixing and effects application are computed in the Graphical Processor Unit the GPU is the processor from your graphic card as opposition to the CPU Computer Processor Unit which is your computer s main processor using special algorithms designed towards image processing We call this feature the HW Mode HW stands for Hardware 2 2 Advantages e All image processing is done through the GPU the CPU has more time for other heavy processing such as video decompression this result in a much better frame rate and visual smoothness e All video treatment is accomplished in full resolution and benefits from a hardware texture filtering which makes the pixel artifacts disappear even with low resolution videos which greatly increases the image quality e ln DMX Fixture Mode DMX version only it is now possible to rotate zoom and change the color for each layer in real time Frame rate optimization in HW Mode If you feel that ArKaos is running slowly when in HW Mode resizing the preview window to a smaller dimension may result in increasing the frame rate and thus the performance in a noticeable way 2 3 Supported graphic cards The HW Mode will not be available if you don t have a graphic card supporting the Pixel Shaders II technology The most frequent supported cards are listed below but other models may be available or may be released in the future if you re planning to purchase a new graphic card to use the HW Mode
11. on each face Parameters e Rotation X rotation speed e Rotation Y rotation speed e Tiling visual texture size e Light position rotation of the light 30 3D Surface The 3D Surface effect allows you to precisely control the position scaling rotation in space as well as the RGB balance of a visual through the controllers Its the same as the 3D Surface effect available in Standard Mode except that this one offers more parameters Parameters e Red Level red color level e Green Level green color level e Blue Level blue color level e Pos X horizontal position e Pos Y vertical position e Size X horizontal scaling e Size Y vertical scaling e Rotation Y rotation around Y axis ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 11 l Peet 3D Objects Five different floating 3D objects are available to map your visuals e 3D Plane e 3D Cube e 3D Sphere e 3D Cylinder e 3D Donut Taurus They all have the same set of parameters Parameters e Size object size e Rotation X object rotation speed e Rotation Y object rotation speed e Tiling texture size visual e Light Position light source rotation around Y axis e Light On Off enable or disable lighting 4 3 2 In category Video Basic threshold effect makes your visual looks like it comes out of a copy machine Parameters e Threshold set the minimum pixel luminosity under which it will be black and over which it will be white A basic RGB effect allowing to modify the
12. or copy paste your serial number in the corresponding field then click the Ok button don t press your J 6 keyboard s Return key Attention e Be sure to enter the serial number exactly as you received it capital letters and dashes no numbers e Ensure you haven t left any blank space or carriage return before in or after the serial number in the text field this sometimes happens when copy pasting 6 Getting support for registration Our support team is at your service if you have any problem registering your software or if you are lost with the registration system please contact us Support is free and most of these requests are resolved straight away Have a look at Chapter F in this document we have listed the different options to contact us and get support Note that registration issues will be resolved faster if you provide your registered customer e mail address your Purchase Key code or a serial number and your computer s Machine ID code Introduction and Registration Page 3 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 1 What s new In ArKaos VJ e Universal Binary Mac Intel compatibility e43 new Shader effects in HW Mode e Multi screen Soft Edge capability e Bug Fixes 2 HW Mode Hardware Acceleration in ArKaos VJ 2 1 New video engine ArKaos VJ 3 5 1 introduced a new video engine taking advantage of the capabilities from the latest hardware accelerated graphic cards In this mode all video treatment
13. the visual a5 i p NK o b BJ E i fe j i Directional Blur Applies a directional blur to your visual Parameters e Level defines the level of blur applied to the visual e Direction sets the rotation axis of the blur The Ascii Art effect applies a set of pre defined ASCII textures to your visual depending on the pixels luminosity It s the same as the Ascii Art effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Texture select the texture to use for processing e Texture Size defines the texture scaling e Transparency defines the mix level between the processed picture and the original visual 4 3 3 In category Transitions The visual is appears in a circle with the background around Can be used as transition by assigning a Fade In value to the Size parameter Parameters e Size defines the circle size e Fade sets the smoothness of the circle edges ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 14 The visual is mapped on a cube rotating and approaching until full screen It s the same as the Turnix3D effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Time sets the time the cube will take to reach full screen The visual comes from the left right top or bottom of the screen and scrolls until full screen It s the same as the Scroller effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Mode sets the origin of the visual left right top or bottom e Time sets the time the visual will take to reach ful
14. will notice some changes in the Effects list compared to the Standard Mode 2 5 1 HW effects and Shader effects These effects fully benefit from your graphic card s hardware acceleration capabilities they are available when in HW Mode and their icons have a red border HW Effects were added to ArKaos VJ at version 3 5 1 and Shader effects at version 3 6 you will find a description of each of these effects further in this Release Notes document 2 5 2 Standard effects and FreeFrame effects When in HW Mode some of the Standard ArKaos effects and all the FreeFrame effects remains ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 5 available Their icons have a blue border Since these effects are not optimized for the HW Mode they will be processed by your main CPU However once the effect has been applied to your visual the result is sent to your graphic card and therefore it will still benefit from the hardware texture filtering giving a better result and faster than the same effect and visual combination if used in Standard Mode These effects must be associated with a visual placed on the same key they can t be used alone on a key i e to apply the effect to a visual from another key pressed simultaneously 2 5 3 HW incompatible effects Standard effects which are incompatible with the HW engine will not be shown in the Effects list when in HW mode 2 5 4 Opening in HW Mode a Synth made in Standard Mode Some changes automatically occur if you op
15. EA r Esih ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 25 8 1 Features explanation 8 1 1 Movie Speed e Constant Speed set a constant movie playback speed percent e Speed Controller assign a MIDI controller to the movie playback speed e Position Controller assign a MIDI controller to scratch the movie during playback e Constant Speed forward backward ping pong playback e Controller Speed forward backward same as above but with MIDI controlled playback speed new e Follow BPM the movie speed will be adapted so the loop duration is a multiple of the tempo The number of beat the loop will take to be played is the parameter called ratio If you set 1 the loop length will be the time between two beats If you triggered the loop on the beat it will always be at the beginning on the beats If you triggered the movie between two beats it will always be at the beginning between two beats e Follow BPM Forward Backward same as above but it plays the movie forward then backward 8 1 2 Movie Loop e Play All Frames play the entire movie e Play Selected Frames play the frames between the two selection cursors new e Select Frames With Controller you can assign a MIDI controller to the beginning of the loop and another to its width new e Random Fragment each time the loop is finished another start point is selected randomly in the movie It makes the movie jump to another point The parameter Duration
16. Release Notes ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Table Of Contents Introduction and registration 1 About this document 2 Iwo different ArKaos VJ versions MIDI and DMX 3 About your license 4 Obtaining your serial number from the ArKaos web site 4 1 Preparing your Machine ID code 4 2 Generating your final serial number 4 2 1 If you have purchased the software from www arkaos net 4 2 2 If you have not purchased the software from www arkaos net 5 Using your final serial number in the software 6 Getting support for registration ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 1 What s new in ArKaos VJ 2 HW Mode Hardware Acceleration in ArKaos VJ 2 1 New video engine 2 2 Advantages 2 3 Supported graphic cards 2 4 Standard Mode or HW Mode 2 5 Effects compatibility with HW Mode 2 5 1 HW effects and Shader effects 2 5 2 Standard effects and FreeFrame effects 2 5 3 HW incompatible effects 2 5 4 Opening in HW Mode a Synth made in Standard Mode 2 5 5 Is it better to use Standard effects or HW effects 3 Core Image Mac OS X Tiger HW Mode only 3 1 What is Core Image 3 2 How to use Core Image effects in ArKaos VJ 4 Shader effects HW Mode only 4 1 What are Shader effects 4 2 Setting up the parameters 4 3 Shader Effects description 4 3 1 In category 3D 4 3 2 In category Video 4 3 3 In category Transitions 4 3 4 In category Artistic 4 4 Other HW Effects description 5 Standard Mode only effects description 6 FreeFrame effec
17. ack screen Oo White alternatively flashes the visual and a white screen oO Invert alternatively flashes the visual and the visual with inverted colors e Background alternatively flashes the visual and the layer in background e Speed defines the stroboscope flashing speed e Shape O Square no transition between the flashes O Sin smooth transition between the flashes Larsen Simple Simple Larsen effect using feedback see User Guide page 100 using size and rotation with constant transparency Parameters e Size larsen square size e Rotation larsen square rotation ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 16 Larsen effect with different presets applying borders around the visual Parameters e Preset larsen direction e Size larsen square size e Transparency larsen square transparency K Larsen Full Larsen effect with full control on the feedback parameters Parameters e H Size larsen square horizontal size e Size larsen square vertical size e Rotation larsen square rotation e Transparency larsen transparency Detects the edges between areas appearing in your visual and reveals them by contrast Parameters e Edge size defines the size of the edges e Threshold the minimum local contrast value to consider an area to be an edge _ Digital Noiz Experimental effect altering the visual luminosity in various ways depending on the parameters Parameters e BW On Off switches between grayscale or c
18. allows you to set the length of the loop e Random Destination the movie starts playing at a random point in the movie then goes to a random destination forward or backward When it reaches this new point it goes to another destination and so on This is all done with the movie playing smoothly there is no jump 8 2 Controller resolution To allow a very fine resolution with the position controller option all values are now read from high resolution controllers A high resolution controller is the combination of 2 classic controllers You will need to add 32 to the controller number to compute the number of the second controller example high resolution controller 7 is the combination of controller 7 and 39 If you just use a classic controller 7 to drive the position of a loop the system will work fine but you just will not benefit from the extra resolution provided by the controller 39 9 Remote Patch selection Changing Patch through DMX or MIDI Program Change will now display the newly activated Patch and focus on it ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 26 10 Automation amp beat detection options 10 1 Tempo BPM options TE User Heat Deiecilon O From Audin inpui D i Gompensaton l Mom MID Time Gili e Piom Mamial bijil Generate Comtroflers 7 amd Generate Keyboard Events Peal Prato M Avo change ymile M Apio change Patches Change afer neconds You can now set the tempo with a TAP function li
19. alue a controller MIDI or DMX different oscillators and fade in fade out functions Screenshot of the Shader FX setup dialog SIAC Cs a Sl Effect 30 Plane Size Constant al IG 100 Rotation Controller 1 Rotation Controller 2 Tiling Constant 4 0 Light Position Trt his 500 00 Light Onuf Constant Off 7 Cancel ok The name of the effect you are setting up appears on top of the window below the banner All the available parameters are listed on the left and you can modify their settings on the right Of course the parameter names may be different depending on each effect 4 2 Setting up the parameters From the popup menu next to each parameter name select the way you wish that parameter to be feeded e Constant the parameter will have the constant value defined by the slider position e Controller the value will be feed by the selected MIDI or DMX controller e Fadeln Ms the value increases from minimum to maximum value in the given time e FadeOut Ms the value decreases from maximum to minimum value in the given time e Osc Ms the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum value according to a sine shape whose period is given in millisecond e Triangular 1 the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum values according to an upward sawtooth shape whose period is given in milliseconds e Triangular 2 the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum value
20. aos Startup menu through the Automatic Fade option Screenshot of the ArKaos startup dialog box Arkaos activation preferences When the Arkaos engine is actrated IY Display file loading information Fill the screen with this color Automatic fade preferences E Automatically fade the screen Fade speed ms 500 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 28 12 DV Output through FireWire If your computer has a FireWire connection you can use it to send the ArKaos output to an external Digital Video device such as a DV camera or a hardware mixer This option is particularly useful to record your performances exactly as they are projected A setup dialog is available from menu Edit Preferences DV Output that allows you to activate deactivate the DV output and to select the device on which you want to send the video stream Note that most camcorders must be set to VTR mode in order to receive the ArKaos output as video stream and be able to record it Screenshot of the DV Output setup dialog on PC DV Output Setup F Active Device 1 Sony DV Device MSDV Setup Cmca Screenshot of the DV Output setup dialog on Mac DV Output Setup rd Active Output FireWire He E Mode HH 7 Domensions 720 Resolution v2 Refresh Rate Pixel Type Cancel Ok T F a 12 1 Important note about delay e There is a delay in DV output which depends on your computer s speed This is not due to ArK
21. aos but to the process of compressing and sending the video stream through FireWire e Sending the video output from ArKaos to an external device requires a processing that can slow down the rendering process of ArKaos This should not be noticeable on recent computers but could decrease performances on slow machines ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 29 13 Visuals format compatibility updates 13 1 About Adobe Flash support On a PC ArKaos now plays Flash files without using QuickTime but directly through the Macromedia Flash Player this means that you can now play in ArKaos Flash swf files made with the latest version of Macromedia Flash On a Mac however ArKaos still plays Flash animations through QuickTime which currently only support Flash format up to version 5 13 2 Video For Windows DirectShow support PC only Unless you want to play QuickTime mov files ArKaos VJ no more requires you to install Apple QuickTime on your computer Since version 3 0 2 Video For Windows avi files and DirectShow mpg mpeg asf wmv files video file formats are supported For example if you installed the DivX codec on your PC you will be able to play DivX movies in ArKaos VJ 13 3 Important note about movie file compression e QuickTime will still be required to play QuickTime movies mov and use the QuickTime Effects effect in Standard Mode e The codec format resolution of your video files is very important to avoid using to
22. aphic cards There is no restriction on the screens position in ArKaos You can make an horizontal display one screen next to the other or vertical display one screen on top of the other 14 5 Output resolutions The Synth output resolution can be defined in the Synth info dialog box from the menus Synth Get Synth Info you can chose between pre defined resolutions for single screen output or define a custom resolution i e for widescreen or multiscreen output a Pre defined resolutions Several pre defined resolutions are available to accommodate a single full screen output with most common display sizes 480p 852x480 16 9 720p 1280x720 16 9 576p 1024x576 16 9 SXGA 1280x1024 HDTV b Custom resolutions A Custom resolution entry has been added to the list of pre defined resolutions available in the menu it will allow you to manually enter the output resolution necessary to generate a visual output adapted at widescreen or multiscreen projections e Example to display ArKaos visuals across two video projectors with an acceptable quality you would need at least 2 x 720x576 this means a 1440x576 horizontal or a 720x1152 vertical resolution 14 6 Monitors setup for widescreen or multiscreen projection The User Guide explains how to setup a second monitor to display the ArKaos visual mix page 26 for PC page 39 for Mac but here we want to use several monitors for output and we can
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24. bration 24 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 2 2 2 28 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 34 36 39 40 40 41 41 16 Overlay display PC only 17 Interface enhancements 18 Bug fixes Support Information and Contact 1 Solutions 1 1 ArKaos Users Forum 1 2 Knowledgebase articles 1 3 Trouble Ticket System 2 Distributors and resellers 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 43 43 Introduction and registration Thank you for having purchased our software 1 About this document This document explains the changes between ArKaos VJ 3 0 MIDI which is fully detailed in the user guide on your computer in your ArKaos VJ installation folder and the current ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 2 Two different ArKaos VJ versions MIDI and DMX ArKaos VJ is available in 2 different versions MIDI and DMX which are included in the same software installer but are enabled or not depending on the license code you have purchased Chapter B in this document describes all the features available in ArKaos VJ MIDI which are also common to ArKaos VJ DMX A specific documentation about ArKaos VJ DMX with extensive information configuration instructions and in depth description for features which only apply to that software version is also available at the end of this document or if you have purchased the DMX version boxed as a second printed manual 3 About your license Your sof
25. d Gace Pra 1 ilat Morka on NADIA eet eee ANGT 1 Dea Morker on HVIDLA GeForce E600 GT IDEEN HAAAON i Calor gusi E i Caler quit Less J kie Highiii 32 bi Lett J Me Highest 22 bo m ata a a a ae 1208 bp ZIM piesis a n tortie Hemttestwet _Achered_ n soe Co cem e In this case the resolution is 2560x1024 because we used two 1280x1024 screens 5 Once you have achieved this setup and closed the display settings window by clicking Ok you can launch ArKaos VJ and select your virtual monitor from the Monitors Setup dialog box ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 35 b ATI graphic cards Setting up Horizontal or Vertical Span with ATI graphics cards is done through the ATI Catalyst Control Center that you can launch from Windows program menu or from the ATI icon in your system tray next to the clock in the task bar Horizontal Span 1 Once the ATI Catalyst Control Center window is open to setup a simple Horizontal Span select the Basic mode then click Next i ATi CATALYSTS Central Cemer Bme i TERA eRe Welcome to thr ATi wee OATICATALYST Control Center ATEGO ETEM Whal quid you hie bo ure O Base E any Setup wiradi and Quick Settings Pioi both sepie malae and Duck Setiegs for charging our dipi getup and othe common basin Advanced L Adee you So pondguee ai ol he many saae tirgs of poa AT papii Ld
26. e i shown on both deeplaget Tht E utelul when pring pretent yioris Hoortal Stretch Dive leauge cecchieg it Hrelchad r iii in ihep baie a Haga cheplay Settings se the same for both duplas 5 You will end with a single display spanning horizontally over two monitors you can now launch ArKaos VJ and select your virtual monitor from the Monitors Setup dialog box ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 3 Vertical Span 1 To setup a Vertical Span select Advanced instead of Basic on the ATI Catalyst Control Centre first screen then click Next 2 Select the Displays Manager section in the tree menu under the Graphics Settings tab you will see your monitors listed Graphi Adapher 1 AADEOM S600 SERIES ALI7I5 Ereim a Gipsy setur Ciecriog 1 Daki 2 h 1 E Tie a Fr ee Pane Brisk x Cre i P i 5 T ia mn m re a T ae e ae hoe eae nt E mn m m I Attached deeplags cunendy d 3 Right click on your secondary monitor and select the option Stretch Desktop 1 vertically onto monitor in the menu Of course you can also setup an horizontal stretch from that menu 4 Close the dialog box by clicking Ok you can now launch ArKaos VJ and select your virtual monitor from the Monitors Setup dialog box ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 38 14 8 Monitors setup under Mac OS X From the Apple menu open the System Preferences and select Displays once in the Display
27. ee further in this document allowing seamless edge blending between the two projections 14 3 Multiscreen The multiscreen setup uses the same system as for the widescreen but to end with different visual mixes displayed on separate screens ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 31 This time the visuals position and size settings must be set up in your ArKaos Synth so that they appear on each half part of the projection which corresponds to each screen Attention Widescreen or multiscreen setups require to output in high resolution and therefore a recent powerful graphic card is necessary a setup including 2 screens each in 1024x768 will require ArKaos to output in 2048x768 which will use a lot of CPU and GPU resources The HW Mode inArKaos VJ is especially adapted to this since it distributes the workload on the CPU and the GPU allowing ArKaos VJ to easily reach higher output resolutions with a decent quality see chapter 2 in this Release Notes document if you graphic card cannot run ArKaos VJ in HW Mode the result may be very slow especially if your computer also have a slow processor CPU 14 4 Connectivity case studies In order to explain the different options to setup ArKaos to produce a widescreen or multiscreen projection with several displays lets examine some common case studies a Case 1 Dual head graphic card If you only have a dual head graphic card and use each of its output to send the visuals to a screen in order t
28. en in HW Mode a Synth that was created in Standard Mode or in a version of ArKaos VJ prior to 3 5 1 e ArKaos VJ will detect in your Synth all the effects that have an HW optimized equivalent and it will update these effects on the Synth e All the icons from effects which are HW incompatible will still appear on your Patch but pressing the corresponding key will not trigger the effect it will only trigger the visual on the key if any 2 5 5 Is it better to use Standard effects or HW effects We made the above conversion system to ensure that you can still open your Patch in Standard mode later and use the old effects if you wish with the HW Effects the ones with a red border around the icon and avoid as much as possible using Standard Effects the ones with a blue border Once again HW effects perform faster and produce a much higher visual quality Finally it will ensure an easy transition of your creations to future ArKaos VJ versions However if your graphic card is HW compatible it is strongly recommended to work 3 Core Image Mac OS X Tiger HW Mode only 3 1 What is Core Image Core Image is a library of optimized video effects introduced by Apple in Mac OS X Tiger these effects are pre installed in your system and can be used in various applications More information about the Core Image technology can be found on the Apple web site at http www apple com macosx features coreimage If you have a Macintosh runn
29. hText problem when activating a FlashText visual after modifying its text parameter the first frame sometimes displayed the previous text ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 42 Support Information and Contact ArKaos Users Forum ArKaos Support Centre http forum arkaos net http support arkaos net 1 Solutions As always our support team is ready to help you if you should encounter any problem upgrading to the new version 1 1 ArKaos Users Forum If you just want to discuss with other ArKaos VJ users share tips and experiences about our products or third party software hardware etc Our Users Forum is the place to be This is not the place to request for help see below 1 2 Knowledgebase articles Our online Support Centre features a FAQ Knowledgebase where a solution to the most common registration configuration problems has been posted 1 3 Trouble Ticket System Our online Support Centre also features a Trouble Ticket System which allows our team to receive your support requests and follow up the resolution of your problem as well as eventual future issues We strongly recommend that you register for an ArKaos Support Account free on our Support Centre in order to be able to check the status of your trouble tickets post replies to our team or create new trouble tickets directly from our web interface Our support team answers your requests during office hours CET on week days we do our very best to answer your
30. ing the latest Mac OS X or at least OS X 10 4 Tiger and a graphic card allowing ArKaos VJ to run in HW Mode you can now apply any of the 73 Core Image effects to your visuals or camera inputs and control it real time just like the other effects 3 2 How to use Core Image effects in ArKaos VJ To use Core Image effects in your Synth drag the Core Image wrapper effect icon located in the Video effects tab of the Effects window on a key from the keyboard like you would do for any other effect ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 6 The Core Image wrapper icon i Then double click on the effect icon on the key it will open the effect setup dialog box The dialog will allow you to select an effect category select an effect in the category and configure it The names for all available parameters are displayed in the dialog each of them can be either set to a fixed value using the slider assigned to a MIDI controller or set to any of the following variable values e Fadeln the value increases from minimum to maximum value in the given time e FadeOut the value decreases from maximum to minimum value in the given time e Oscillator the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum value according to a sine shape whose period is given in millisecond e Triangular 1 the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum values according to an upward sawtooth shape whose period is given in milliseconds e Triangular 2 the value osci
31. ke on many music sequencers To set the tempo manually select From Manual Input in the Automation dialog box and click two times on the bottom of the dialog box the black zone with the waveform The time between the two clicks defines the new tempo You can also use the right shift key to trigger TAP function The Generate Keyboard events should be turned on if you want to use Automation to launch your visuals automatically and off if you just want to have the movies you launch manually synchronized to the BPM or with the defined TAP function 10 2 Intelligent Automation mode In versions prior to 3 5 ArKaos VJ did not consider the content of each key It only triggered them to the tempo according to the maximum number of layers defined in the preferences This new intelligent system gives much better results even when the patch was not especially intended to be played with the Automation mode It is also useful in different specific cases for example it becomes really easy to setup a set of movies to play one after the other randomly or not using simple transition effects between each movie Screenshot of the Automation setup dialog te Automation Setup Opaque isuals Play foe F cycles M Play mass until ihe end Tranepared Visuals Play for lit cycles Number of layers j Efiecis Play for Cys Mumier of layers j l Fandomizo Cantel ak The system now differentiates the keys to trigger
32. l screen The visual appears flat at the center of the screen and stretches until full screen Parameters e Mode horizontal or vertical e Time sets the time the visual will take to reach full screen Shutter The last layer displayed is mapped on a plane which rotates across a central axis revealing the new visual on the other side Its the same as the Shutter effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Mode sets the rotation axis Horizontal or Vertical e Time sets the time the plane will take to rotate completely Fade to black This effect fades the image in or out Its the same as the Fade to black effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Time sets the transition time ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 15 4 3 4 In category Artistic a Waveform Draws the waveform from the computer s audio input Parameters e Mode o Fill the waveform shape is completely filled with selected color o Draw the waveform shape is drawn according to the with defined e Width defines the width of the waveform when in Draw mode Red level e Green level e Blue level To get the color changing over time assign the red green and blue parameters to oscillators with different length i e 5000 5600 and 5900 will result in a long color change cycle Stroboscope Stroboscope effect with different modes and controllable speed Parameters e Mode o Black alternatively flashes the visual and a bl
33. levels of each of the 3 colors Parameters e Red Level e Green Level e Blue Level ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 12 The Pop Art effect applies a set of pre defined Pop Art textures to your visual depending on the pixels luminosity Parameters e Texture select the texture set to use for processing e Texture Offset defines the offset of the textures from the selected set e Textures Size defines the scaling of the textures from the selected set The mirror effect allows you to create reflections of your original visual by flipping it around a vertical and or horizontal axis Parameters e Horizontal Pos horizontal center of the mirror e Vertical Pos vertical center This effect splits the image into three layers one for each of the three components red blue and green You can then choose to either have the layers merge or divide It s the same as the Irisation effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Offset offset between the color components e Rotation rotation of the color components This effect inverts the colors of an image and makes them negative For example black turns into white and vice versa It s the same as the Invert effect available in Standard Mode No parameters Allows you to control hue and saturation of your visual Parameters e Hue e Saturation ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 13 Applies an uniform blur to your visual Parameters e Level defines the level of blur applied to
34. llates between the minimum and maximum values according to a downward sawtooth shape whose period is given in milliseconds Once you have selected your desired effect and defined its parameters close the dialog box by clicking the Ok button Your Core Image effect will now play as configured on that particular key You can use as many Core Image effects as you like configure a different set of options for each occurrence simply by using the wrapper on other keys Screenshot of the Core Image effects setup dialog Core Image Calegory Generater H Effects l sunbeams B inputTime Fade Out a 1000 00 inputStriationContrast l Constant HH 1 38 InpuctriatianStrength Constant HH 0 50 inputa triaionRadiu Constant Ez z ame r 7 458 inputSunladius Constant HH F 40 00 inputCalar Rec Constant HH s 255 00 InpulCulo Green l Canstant H a 127 50 iInpurColor Blue mahal ES f 0 00 input enter X Constant HH 90 00 inpulCenler Y Canstant HH 50 00 i Caner J i TR i j L are ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 7 4 Shader effects HW Mode only 4 1 What are Shader effects ArKaos VJ 3 6 has added 43 effects to the HW Mode these effects specifically use the Pixel Vertex Shader technology available in recent graphic cards They are all using the same Shader FX dialog box which is designed to allow a high customization of each effect all the parameters can be assigned to a constant v
35. me plugins use the FreeFrame wrapper effect icon C PR SOUR CE CROSS PLATFORM REAL TIME IDES EFFECTS PLUGIN SYSTE located in the Video effects tab of http wifreeframe sourceforge net the Effects window Select Folder Selaci Effect Metalmage Congtant Gontralle First drag the wrapper effect icon on Size si z He the keyboard like you would do for Do ul anew Base sO E gt fs any other effect Then double click Off the effect icon on the key to open Cheap And Nasty a ae E E the effect setup dialog box Wot used mG a a C 4 Select Folder if needed select the Not used e a E directory where your FreeFrame effects are located fe 4 c e Select Effect all the effects in the d f E e selected folder will be listed in the Not used aj E menu select the one you wish to use on that key Cancel ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 24 6 4 Setting up the effect parameters ArKaos supports a maximum of eight parameters for each FreeFrame effect Parameter names are displayed in the dialog box and each of them can be either set to a fixed value using the slider or assigned to a controller If you have loaded effects with more than eight parameters they should work in ArKaos VJ however you won t be able to change any parameter value further than the first eight Once you have selected your effect and defined its parameters close the dialog box by clicking the Ok b
36. n the page click the Register purchase key button and enter on the page your Purchase Key code composed of capital letters and dashes that you found in your software box and submit the form e You will be asked to fill in your customer profile once you have entered your personal information click the Create button at the bottom of the page then click the Continue button if all the fields were filled correctly e On the next page enter your computer s Machine ID code and submit the form e Your Orders Serials page will appear with your Purchase Key code and the serial number corresponding to your computer That serial number will also be sent to the e mail you specified in your customer profile Later you can go back to the My ArKaos zone http www arkaos net myarkaos with the e mail and password combination you specified in your customer profile to generate new serial numbers from the Orders Serials page depending on your license 5 Using your final serial number in the software e Launch the application by double clicking its icon e In the Registration dialog box that appears select the third option If you have received a serial number for this computer If no dialog box appears get to the application s Serial Activation window from the menu EDIT gt PREFERENCES gt REGISTRATION e Fill in the required information in the Serial activation window and type in
37. o compose a widescreen or multiscreen setup obviously you have no more monitor available to display the interface and control the software b Case 2 Dual head graphic card single head graphic card Adding a supplementary graphic card to the setup described above will allow you to use it with your desktop monitor in order to display the ArKaos VJ interface and control the software while using the dual head graphic card and its two outputs for the widescreen or multiscreen ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 32 c Case 3 Dual head graphic card multi display upgrade Using an external hardware multi display upgrade such as the Matrox DualHead2Go allows to split one video output into two separate signals the DualHead2Go is a palm sized box that sits outside of your system and has one VGA input and two VGA outputs This system allows computers with a dual head graphic card to use one graphic card output for the software interface and the second graphic card output to send the visuals splitted to two different screens thanks to the hardware multi display upgrade This very affordable solution will also fit perfectly with most modern laptops d Other possible combinations e Dual head graphic card with each output splitted in two with a DualHead2Go you would have a 4 screens setup e Matrox also provides a TripleHead2Go multi display upgrade allowing a setup with 3 screens e Of course other combinations may be possible with different hardware or gr
38. o much CPU power and allow fast rendering especially for high quality playback to scratch movies or use backward playback functions when preparing your movie files for scratching purposes or use of other loop controls you should set one key frame on each frame ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 30 14 Widescreen amp Multiscreen presentation 14 1 Introduction In a common VJ setup a computer with two video outputs is generally used one output for the desktop monitor to display the interface and control the software and another output which receives the result of the visual mix That second output is generally a video projector a large screen or a hardware video mixer In this case you will be using only one output to display your final mix after having defined where you want ArKaos to send it and at which resolution 4 3 or 16 9 For this kind of basic setup please refer to the chapter Setting up the displays in the User Guide page 24 for PC page 35 for Mac ArKaos VJ offers custom output resolution settings allowing to create multiscreen or widescreen setups controlled through a single computer running ArKaos 14 2 Widescreen A widescreen setup results in one large visual mix spanning across several screens placed next to the other This is achieved by generating a single ArKaos projection in a large resolution which spans across several screens If you plan to use two projectors as outputs we ve added a Soft Edge option s
39. ode HW Mode This Standard Mode effect has been updated to be available in HW Mode also its description can be found in the User Guide at page 149 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 19 3 Availability W J Directional Transition Standard Mode HW Mode This Standard Mode effect has been updated to be available in HW Mode also its description can be found in the User Guide at page 146 7 Availability F J Filter Standard Mode HW Mode This Standard Mode effect has been updated to be available in HW Mode also its description can be found in the User Guide at page 154 Availability Standard Mode HW Mode a This effect replaces the Video Split Noe Nae effect described in the User Guide at page 135 Number of Subscreens It has been enhanced to allow the speed of sub screen update to be controlled either by a constant value or by a MIDI controller Horizontal Subscreens artical Subscreens Refresh Mlode f Running Subscrean Update C Constant Controller C Update All Simultaneously C Frantic Updates Cancel ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 20 p f Availability _4 ArKolor Standard Mode HW Mode f Preset Special Fx Parameter C Constant i00 3 f Controller C Custom Components routing Factor 0 500 Invert Cluantize 0 3 Red from IR 100 w o M On Green from E 100 w o l On Blue from B 100 o o M On W Smooth Filter
40. olors e FX Preset select between 5 different noise patterns e Speed defines the noise animation speed ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 1 4 4 Other HW Effects description Contrary to the Shader effects described previously these effects each have their own settings dialog box They were added in ArKaos VJ 3 5 1 for earlier effects in Standard Mode please check the User Guide A Availability Bumpy Surface HW Mode The Bumpy Surface effect creates a tridimensional feeling on your visuals The effect processes an edge detection on the Laghi position input visual then uses these edges to create a Honzonat O Coretan s S bump mapping texture The light will react on this E Corral texture as if your visual was in 3D artical O Coretan m S o EENS You can define the X and Y position for the light ae its intensity and color mixing It is also possible Light Intensity Constant sy control the light position in real time C Comiralher Coig mixing Constar i O Comrades J Availability HW Mode of each of them and replaces them with the image defined in the effect presets by using shieli Aiari z You can define the resolution of the grid its Rasoltion mixing transparency with the original image Honzrena E Constard g and the separation of the color components C Conirolar 7 Vertical O Ciis a Try this effect on a A camera input the a RE results are impressive Colors displacement
41. only select one entry in the ArKaos Monitors Setup dialog box this is because ArKaos only outputs one large visual mix no matter across how many displays you plan span that visual 14 7 Monitors setup under Windows It s your graphic card that must be set up to create one virtual display covering two physical displays in other words it will create one large display that your system will recognize as being one single monitor although it will in fact cover two displays through two physical outputs This is called Horizontal Span or Vertical Span depending on the display orientation you will select ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 33 As an example we will explain the different steps to configure a virtual display over multiple screens with nVidia and ATI graphic cards Other graphic cards may be capable of achieving such a setup and the configuration settings should not be too different from the ones explained below otherwise please refer to your graphic card s manufacturer documentation Finally it is important to setup these options before launching ArKaos VJ since it will try to detect your displays during the startup a nVidia graphic cards 1 In the Windows Control Panel open the Display Properties window and go to the Settings tab Generally you will see a classic dual monitor setup such as the one below Taj S j pii Themes Deskiop Screen Saver Sppeeence Bergi Drege rene meee bp ee the peel srg O
42. otion blur effect on the output Repeats the visual several times on the screen Similar to the Video Split effect in Standard Mode but allows to control the texture size ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 9 Parameters e Level increase it to reduce the texture size Repeats the visual on a plane moving across the screen Parameters e X horizontal speed e Y vertical speed e Altitude size of the textures Screen Room Places the camera inside a rotating sohere composed of visuals Parameters e Size size of the cube e Rotation X cube rotation speed e Rotation Y cube rotation speed e Rotate Light light source rotation speed RotoZoom Creates a constantly changing pattern by repeating and rotating the image which is also zoomed in during the pattern It s the same as the Infinite Zoom effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Rotation Speed e Zoom Speed Plane Rotation Makes two planes rotate with the visual mapped on it Parameters e Rotation Y rotation speed e Tiling texture size visual ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 10 The visual is mapped on two planes scrolling above and below the camera Its the same as the Plane effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Speed plane movement speed e Rotation plane rotation speed e Altitude the distance between the planes and the camera e Tiling texture size visual The camera is placed inside a rotating cube with the visual displayed
43. ping area defined between 2 and 50 of one screen size e Curve fade to black curve value allowing to fine tune the luminosity of the overlapping area compared to the rest of the picture For configurations where all the screens are in use and thus where you can t have access to the software interface while the fullscreen display is activated the Width and Curve parameters can also be modified through keyboard shortcuts e Ctrl Shift LEFT ARROW decreases the soft edge width e Ctrl Shift RIGHT ARROW increases the soft edge width e Ctrl Shift DOWN ARROW decreases the soft edge curve e Ctrl Shift TOP ARROW increases the soft edge curve On a Mac press Apple instead of Ctrl 15 3 Calibration Below are the common steps to setup a widescreen with Soft Edge in ArKaos VJ provided that you have correctly setup your system and your graphics card driver parameters as explained earlier in this document 1 Launch ArKaos 2 Setup the number of horizontal and vertical screens and the soft edge settings in the synth info dialog box from the menus Synth Get Synth Info 3 Import a picture appropriate for calibration and activate it for your convenience a calibration picture has been installed in the ArKaos VJ installation folder on your hard drive 4 Launch the fullscreen mode Ctrl A or Apple A in ArKaos At this point you should have the picture displayed on the two beamers with the soft edge effec
44. pocket i W Dont show the page again Nae You can choose betwen Hasi Ea and Quick of Advanced ot ory lire Click Hest to carinis AT CATALYST Control Cemer Birch Wh e akl Tou Like ja Dea Select an E sap Setup Wired on Gack Settings then chck Go Fary Setup Wiranta Quick Settings nbormation Cerber Dick on the Go button to mar the Wizard pj Thr teed ed tee ps ough all the Hap to pet up your deda conhgurston in your oem o feelerences Uo to 5 deprimas b voted 3 In the Available Display Devices list select which one is your primary monitor then click ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 36 Next Available Dizolep Devicns Tou oan thoes pour compute deskiop on one on move displays al fhe came bre The loiro deplay desce are conmected fo wo AT graphs product Wech vaadid pou he bo use China Man Diray Choose Second Ditmar Analog Monitor i 00715 J tAli7i5l Anaing Mondor Arvo Moio DELL EF FO JOELL EF 0p E Hone Next Desktop Mode Selection The derkiop mode selector val determing how thea computer desktop te chown on poe duplaps Select a desktop mode Extended Deskop Cwini haj The deskiop it extended to pour second deplay Sethings can be se independerthy for each display Tres ie Aak whales POU wane lo waich vdeo of ork on pou compa wath mme oon dor mulige wander Cyne The fame detkhop imag
45. s according to a downward sawtooth shape whose period is given in milliseconds Once you have set up the effect parameters validate your settings by clicking Ok ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 8 4 3 Shader Effects description All the shader effects described further are available in HW Mode only They have been added in ArKaos VJ at version 3 6 Even though some of them appears to be the same as other Standard Mode ArKaos effects they have in fact been completely re coded to benefit from the Hardware Acceleration For earlier effects in Standard Mode please check the User Guide 4 3 1 In category 3D The ripple effect deforms the picture with a circular pattern It looks like a water wave which grows from the centre Parameters e Wave Level height of the waves e Wave Size width of the waves e Wave Speed speed of the waves To apply simple transformations on the visual Parameters e Rotation 90 CW 90 CCW or 180 e Horizontal Flip on off e Vertical Flip on off Classic tunnel effect with a lot of parameters Parameters e Speed defines the speed at which the camera is traveling inside the tunnel e Tiling defines the number of times the visual is tiled inside the tunnel e Light position allows to rotate the light source in the tunnel e Curve zero generates a straight tunnel higher values increase the curving e Orientation if the tunnel is not straight it defines the curve rotation e Transparency adds a m
46. s window go to the tab Arrangement It is very important here to ensure that your monitors are represented in the same position as they are positioned physically you may need to drag the monitors around with your mouse to place them correctly In this case the primary monitor is placed to the left of the secondary monitor AAR lt Show All il Display Arrangement Color To rearrange the displays drag them to the desired position To relocate the menu bar drag it to a diferent display Mirror Displays Once your monitors are placed in the desired position you can close the Displays window and launch ArKaos VJ ll In ArKaos VJ open the Monitors Setup window from the menu Edit Preferences Monitors and select from the list the entry corresponding to the top left monitor on your multi screen display III When you will launch the full screen mode in ArKaos VJ the engine will create a borderless window at the dimensions that you have defined as custom resolution in the Synth Info dialog box that window will start from the top left corner of the screen you have selected in the ArKaos VJ Monitors Setup window at step ll To have it correctly soan across your two monitors it is important that they have been positioned as they should at step and that your Synth custom resolution corresponds to the addition of the resolution from each of your two monitors i e two 1280x1024 screens placed next
47. t 5 Place the beamers correctly so that the edges blend seamlessly area are superposed 6 Adjust the Curve parameter to obtain the desired luminosity on the overlapping area ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 41 16 Overlay display PC only Until ArKaos VJ 3 0 2 ArKaos was only using DirectX exclusive mode to display in fullscreen This mode was the best way to avoid synchronization lines but the inconvenient was that it was not possible to switch to another application while ArKaos was running in fullscreen DirectX was simply closing the fullscreen display ArKaos VJ 3 0 2 introduced a new fullscreen display option the overlay display This option is now enabled by default since it is supported on all recent graphic cards Using the overlay display mode is the only way on Windows platforms to obtain a fullscreen display without synchronization lines and without the drawbacks of the DirectX exclusive mode If your graphic card doesn t support the overlay display mode ArKaos will pop up a message when you will activate the fullscreen and it will start a fullscreen display with synchronization lines In this case to get a professional quality display you will need to disable the Use Overlay option which will switch to ArKaos DirectX exclusive mode or change your graphic card The overlay display can be deactivated by unchecking the Use Overlay checkbox in the monitor settings dialog box through the menu Edit Preferences Monitors
48. to the other will need a 2560x1024 custom resolution You should also disable the option Try to set monitor resolution and pixel depth in ArKaos VJ s menus Edit Preferences ArKaos Engine ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 39 15 Soft Edge 15 1 Introduction To create a large screen by combining several video projectors it is important to be able to seamlessly blend the edges between each projection This can be achieved through the use of the Soft Edge option it creates an overlapped area on the border of each screen with a fade to black Here is an original image a nice view of Prague s skyline And here s an example of what would be displayed with a two beamers setup 2560 180 2220 piiris 1865 The areas to blend are displayed in the middle of the visual positioning the beamers so that these two areas are superposed will re create the original picture without any visible separation in the middle of the visual ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 40 Of course it s highly recommended to use two identical projectors 15 2 Setup Enable Soft Edge in the Synth info dialog box from the menus Synth Get Synth Info Screen Depth Colors M Timnuranda F Fillions F Use Soll Edge Horizontal J Vertical fi Width aj _ 14 92 Cure al Ej 33 73 Parameters e Horizontal Number of screens horizontally e Vertical Number of screens vertically e Width width of the overlap
49. trouble tickets within one business day 2 Distributors and resellers Our distributors and resellers are also at your service if you would like to request information in your language advice on additional hardware or software solutions or quotes for a particular configuration etc A complete list of distributors and resellers for ArKaos VJ MIDI and ArKaos VJ DMX can be found on our web site at http AWwww arkaos net shop distributors php Thank you very much for your interest in our products we hope you will enjoy using this version as much as we enjoyed creating it The ArKaos Team The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of ArKaos S A No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by ArKaos S A All product and company names are TM or trademarks of their respective owners ArKaos S A 2007 All rights reserved arkaos wuwu uw arkaos net
50. ts HW Mode amp Standard Mode WO wo WD NNa gt A A N OO WWW DAD DWMWHWAanartkHt ff HA A 6 1 What is FreeFrame 6 2 Managing your FreeFrame effects 6 3 How to use FreeFrame effects in ArKaos VJ 6 4 Setting up the effect parameters 7 Position amp Size settings with effects 8 Movie Loop control 8 1 Features explanation 8 1 1 Movie Speed 8 1 2 Movie Loop 8 2 Controller resolution 9 Remote Patch selection 10 Automation amp beat detection options 10 1 Tempo BPM options 10 2 Intelligent Automation mode 11 Automatic Screen Fade option 12 DV Output through FireWire 12 1 Important note about delay 13 Visuals format compatibility updates 13 1 About Adobe Flash support 13 2 Video For Windows DirectShow support PC only 13 3 Important note about movie file compression 14 Widescreen amp Multiscreen presentation 14 1 Introduction 14 2 Widescreen 14 3 Multiscreen 14 4 Connectivity case studies a Case 1 Dual head graphic card b Case 2 Dual head graphic card single head graphic card c Case 3 Dual head graphic card multi display upgrade d Other possible combinations 14 5 Output resolutions a Pre defined resolutions b Custom resolutions 14 6 Monitors setup for widescreen or multiscreen projection 14 7 Monitors setup under Windows a nVidia graphic cards b ATI graphic cards 14 8 Monitors setup under Mac OS X 15 Soft Edge 15 1 Introduction 15 2 Setup 15 3 Cali
51. tware box comes with a Purchase Key code which you must keep in a safe place because it is the proof that you own a license and can be needed in the future to obtain upgrades However that Purchase Key code is not yet the final serial number that will register the software on your computer you will need to create that serial number after you have installed the software this is explained on the next page If entered in the Serial Number text field in the software s Serial Activation window the Purchase Key also works as a sort of temporary Serial Number extending the application s trial period from 21 to 60 days This gives give you more time to generate your final Serial Number it s also a good way to use your software on a temporary computer e g on stage during a tour on a friend s computer on a computer that you rent etc For your convenience we have described on the next pages an easy way to get a final serial number for any computer directly from our web site The ArKaos VJ user manual also describes the other registration procedures available Finally be sure to read the last chapter of this document where you will find all your options to get support if you should encounter any problem with the use or the registration of our software 4 Obtaining your serial number from the ArKaos web site 4 1 Preparing your Machine ID code Once the latest version of the software is installed on your computer you will need to
52. utton Your FreeFrame effect will now play as configured on that particular key You can use as many FreeFrame wrapper effects as you like and configure a different set of options on each key 7 Position amp Size settings with effects In versions prior to 3 5 if there was an effect on a visual the result was always displayed on the whole screen even if you had changed the size and position settings in the layer visual info setup This limitation was made to save performance but as computers are getting much more powerful this limitation has been removed from the software 8 Movie Loop control The movie loop control lets you change the way a movie is played allowing a very precise selection of the frames you wish to play in a way that no other software can reproduce The possibilities are e Movie synchronization to BPM e Forward backward playback with constant or MIDI controlled speed or through BPM sync e Selection of a loop within the movie e Definition of the looping zone using MIDI controllers e Two different random looping available with or without BPM sync Screenshot of the improved Visual Info dialog box Hobie daidi Candis 0 WHEE pend oe eter AE age i TEE Furi 1 LE Creat T Lirit preity Fier Typa Liane fwi lock Limiti aanigri x Cuis 2 Jmk He Filer rab iseinrd Cone i n i i Dop Winds Saare Capy birma Saeed fc F ic Mai E lcii pap Lop E i eo
53. you should first check the documentation from the manufacturer and see if it supports Pixel Shaders Il e nVidia GeForce starting from the model 5200 SE XT e ATI Radeon starting from the model 9550 SE ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 4 2 4 Standard Mode or HW Mode The first time ArKaos VJ starts on a computer it will check the GPU s capabilities and determine if it supports the HW Mode or not e f the GPU is compatible ArKaos will automatically enable the HW mode and load the set of HW compatible effects in the different tabs from the Effects window e A logo ArKaos VJ HW will be displayed at top left of the Synth window when in HW Mode aa F i e f the GPU is NOT compatible you can not benefit from the HW Mode s hardware acceleration on that computer ArKaos VJ will start in Standard Mode and load the set of effects that were available in ArKaos VJ up to version 3 5 e The logo ArKaos VJ alone without HW will be displayed in the Synth window Mode However if for any reason you need to switch back to the Standard Mode you can do so by unchecking the option Use Hardware acceleration if available through the i If you have a HW compatible GPU it is recommended to use ArKaos VJ always in HW menus Edit Preferences ArKaos Engine When the application start Activate the engine full screen When activating Arkaos 2 5 Effects compatibility with HW Mode When using ArKaos VJ in HW Mode you
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