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1. Static O If you are in an MA session Connect LED is green met and change the settings of one or more parameters the changes work directly on the grandMA video machines and the master of the session normally the desk 14 2 Softedge Settings Controlling of the Softedge parameters takes place on the following page ic grandMA Video Admin View Help o With the first start of the application all located Softedge Layer are Connect presented one upon the other First arrange the Layers in that way as the projectors are arranged in reality Therefore drag the Layer green rectangle by pushing the left mouse button down and drag it to the desired side depending on what side the projector shows its image in reality Now the Softedge Parameter can be controlled via the mouse TOT Tec tora y B Ethers TO D 97297 Waldb ttelorunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 67 The following example shows the settings for a softedge projection with two video beamers when the overlapping edges are dimmed with a greyscale To control these settings the layers must be arranged side by side in the admin application Therefore drag the left layer by holding the left mouse button down beneath the right layer e grandMA Video Admin View Help Connect Static
2. Etc MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 43 10 Effects To explain the effect engine it is illustrative to imagine grandMA video as a model of a several movable cameras where every camera looks at a layer object like a 2D plane or a 3D cube In these examples an image may be a texture picture or an avi Layer Effects Dimmer Dimmer function To facilitate fading between different layers the dimmer controls the transparency of an object If the dimmer is O the object is transparent and the projection is invisible If the dimmer is full the object is opaque and you can only see the front layer front Z position ColorMix CM1 CM2 CM3 Tint the output with the CMY Cyan Magenta Yellow color mixer VObj 3D Objects Select an 2D or 3D object on which surface the to image or video is shown VObj I Pool Selection of the Pool One Pool can contain up to 255 images or videos VObj Images Choose the image or video from the selected Pool Example with 8bit values 0 255 or in Dimmer 128 50 Dimmer 255 100 Color 255 255 255 Color 255 255 0 Type 14 Type 47 cross_med xob sphere_med Index Name 3 9 o Autui Size
3. error nnne 16 different fixture layers 36 Disable Dialogs riter enne 34 E Edit VIEW EE 37 E A excuses ee 44 Export Content and Show 30 Export System Information 73 F FA 10 FEES 71 File Format of LED Panels 63 FIEIS be 33 FOH Features oorr rrr err rn nnn 31 fOUH BE Lou dos ctos cucumber A ee 16 TOS widen ec einen 34 FUILSCFEEN ae 36 Fullscreen View nunnnnnnnnnnnnananannnananannnnnnenn 41 G grandMA video Admin 67 Graphical Mee gees 57 GEO VIeOW EE 58 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de I Image LiDFaly uun ans 42 43 IMage aoo BM p ieee 37 Import Content and Show 30 Installation ee eese een nnn 9 14 IP18 IP adressen ee 11 1 a EEA E E EA ET 48 K Keyboard Shortcuts 70 ee 49 Keystone Layer e oeeeee n 49 Keystone Settings ntes 69 L Layer content Images Videos 37 Eayer ENOCIS aia 44 Layer properties uuu 20 Layer VIC Win ege 37 LED Panel Examples 64 LIDA ES ires oce rbi deeg
4. prr may pne ta Den WPlayer Begin 51 oj IVPlayer End 52 2551 Wimage X Split 53 128 image Y Split 54 128 Vimage X Offzet 55 128 Wimage Y Offzet 56 128 Wimage lt gt X Image lt gt 255 Image Y Imageot 255 VObjsct 3D Objects s9 2 WPosition X Pos 60 IWPozition Y Pos 61 WPosition Z Pos 62 IVPozition PScale 63 WRotation X Rot 64 VRotation Y Rot 65 VRotation Z Rot 66 Iv Scale X Scale 67 IV Scale Y Scale 68 IV Scale Z Scale 63 IVRotation lt gt X Rote No Video 125 2551 Wimage Y Dffser 161 Wimage lt gt XImageot VImagec Ylmageo 255 VObject 3D Objecte t6 el IVPozition X Poz 165 128 VPozition Y Pos 166 130 VPozition Z Pos 167 128 VPozition PScale 168 128 V Rotation X Rot 163 128 WRotation Y Rot 170 116 VRotation Z Rott 128 IV Scale X Scale 172 128 128 128 255 WScale Y Scale 173 IV Scale Z Scale 174 WRotation lt gt X Rote VRotationc Y Rote WRotation lt gt Z Rot WPosition lt gt X Pos lt gt IVPozition lt gt Y Posol 255 WPosition lt gt ZPeso 255 w No Video Layer 3 Fixture ID 3 VImage Y Offzet 31 125 y Wimage lt gt X Image lt 255 Vlmagec Y Image lt gt 255 WObject SD Objecte Se 17 VPozition X Poz 35 128 IVPozition Y Poz 36 124 VPozition Z Poz 31 128 action PScale 38 128 VRotation X Rot 33 128 VRotation Y Rot 100 128 VRotstion Z Rot
5. Channels Key Corr X and Y are for the distribution of the picture content in X and Y direction The resulting output image for this distorted Keystone Layer looks like the image beside MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 55 13 Pixelmapper The Pixelmapper allows the presentation of the video output to a DMX matrix DMX data are send directly from the grandMA video PC via Ethernet using the Artnet protocol The LED wall can be configured individually using several LED panels from different manufacturers oimilar to the desk fixture types the attributes of the LED panels are defined in text files located in a folder of the grandMA video PC The operating on the desk is analog to the operating of a video wall The following example shows a test image mapped on a 20 x 20 LED wall Test image original Mapping on a 20 x 20 LED Wall 13 1 Pixel Mapper Operation 13 1 1 Menu The enabling of the Pixelmapper is done via the menu entry Pixelmapper Pixel Mapper nee Enable Enabling of the Pixelmapper If this entry is selected a new Enable tabbed window appears for the configuration and display of the Art Met Out Mode mapped images and videos nu Art Net Out Mode Switches to the art out mode like the Artnet O
6. EM mn Lesvesavi 1024 x 768 Len 73s Fps 30 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 44 Layer Effects Example with 8bit values 0 255 or in VObj Darkness Darkness 128 50 96 Darkness 255 100 96 Control the Brightness of an image or video In opposite to the Dim channel that works on the transparency of the object type this channel works on the brightness of the image or video that is shown on the surface VObj DIT owitch is off and two owitch is on and two Dark is Transparent images are selected images are selected with with Dim 100 Dim 100 This switch causes that the black values of the image will be switched to transparent For example a grey plane will be half transparent if the switch is set Only the m is Both images or videos are visible mixed VPosition X Y Z Pos Scale X 50 Y 50 X 25 Y 25 Z 50 Z 25 Positioning of the projection object in X Y Z direction Position Scaling for modifying the x y range V VRotation X Y Z X 40 Y 60 Z 50 X 40 Y 40 Z 40 Rotate the projection object around the X Y and Z axis VPosition lt gt X Y Z X 50 Y 50 X 60 Y 60 Z 50
7. Ess ae Content Handling If you change the content mo 7 for example Avi1 2 Avi2 the actual output can stop short because the new Sch Mines content has to be loaded To avoid this the priority of the render thread can be increased Certainly the loading time decreases Windowed Mode 7 Output Ratio Keystoning Blademode Changes the direction of the keystone edges similar to blades 5 Preview Render Keystone in Preview C Render Softedge in Preview Iris Resolution Resolution of the iris in the Master Layer FOH Features If this button is checked two additional buttons appear at the toolbar One button serves the Blind Programming preview The other button manages the dongle license that is connected via the Network So the use of a multilicence dongle for several applications is possible Windowed Mode Settings for the Preview and Multi Preview Output Ratio Set the aspect ration to Automatic default setting 16 9 4 3 etc If the Pixelmapper is enabled the size of the output area can be set here see 13 1 5 Status Bar Preview Ratio Setting for the ratio W H for the Preview windows Her you have the possibility to generate a complete image if several grandMA video applications generate one image via Softedging Render Keystone Softedge in Preview In spite of the fact that several grandMA video applications e g at layer 1 and 2 produce one resulting image that is displa
8. 255 es je nes a cues no Philips Tolicar Dro 320x240x32 9 Steam F Available Devices Na Device Philips ToUcam Pro Camera Video e gt Device 9 Stream e Filters d Crossbar MY TV Tun Eigenschaften von Philips ToUcam Pro Leistung Regler O ie ist OK k rn Vollautomatisch m qualitat Bildregler Helligkeit MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de Hilfe Betriebsarten Schwarz und Wei E A4 Spiegelbild V m Gegenlicht kompensation D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn In this dialog up to 4 different Video In devices can be assigned Every Video Capture Device supported by Windows can be used as input source for grandMA video Available Devices All recognized Video Capture Devices are listed in this selection bar By selecting one device this will be assigned to the Video In source and is available for grandMA video gt gt Additional options to restart drivers in case of synchronization faults Device If a Capture Device with a driver is installed its property dialog will be opened after the selection of this button In this dialog the device specific properties of the manufacturer can be managed The following example shows the property dialog of a webcam If no devic
9. LIGHTING User s Manual Version 5 9x Copyright 2002 2008 MA Lighting Technology GmbH The reproduction and distribution of the documentation and software and the use of its contents is subject to written authorization from MA Lighting Technology GmbH Trademarks Windows 2000 Windows XP and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp QuickTime and the QuickTime Logo are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries QuickTime BluffTitler is owned by the Dutch company Outerspace Software and is protected by international copyright laws You agree to treat BluffTitler like any other copyrighted material All other names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Welcome to grandMA video Thank you for placing your trust in this product This manual will provide all the necessary information for you to get the best out of your software The grandMA video software is subject to continual development It is therefore possible that the entire information printed in this manual is out of date Up to date information can always be found in the current readme txt file on the CD or the downloaded program disks You can download the actual software version via the internet at www malighting de We need your help If you have wishes or suggestions please send us an e mail tech support malighting de or visit our forum www ma share net
10. Looking forward for a good cooperation Your grandMA video team MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 2 Contents 1 What is grandMA We Te KEE 6 VI Lag cfe c m 6 FUNCIONS And RE 7 Video ahd made IDEAL ctas 7 2 System requirements 8 2 1 Recommendations for the target system ueuuuuunonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 8 3 Copy protection USB Dongle oooncconncicnnncicocncccocncoconnccnnancnnnnnnnnannnenancnenannnnns 8 Ml ies LLE Lo A PR 9 4 1 Installation of the grandMA video Application ooooocccconnnnnnccccnnnannncnnnnnanononnnnnannnnnnnnnnrrenananas 9 4 2 Installation of the Apple QuickTime Platform c cceceeeeeeeeee esee eee nennen nnn nnn 9 4 3 Installation of the MPEG2 Code une a aaa 9 44 Installation of the Video Libraries c eee ceee eere Leee n leen nenne nnne n nnns 10 4 5 Version of grandMA desk or grandMA onPC off line esses 11 4 6 IP Addresses m 11 4 6 1 How to set the IP Address of bebe 11 462 Anne IP Address username 12 5 Communication with the grandMA Desk Series 12 5 1 Connection with
11. are included Import Content and Show Imports an ecd file that contains the show and all included content videos and images View Content Export File Opens a window with information about the ecd file Save Save the current file under the given name shown in the title Save as Save the current show file ped with a new name Recent file list These menu entries represent a list of the files edited previously A mouse click in that list opens the file Exit Leave the application 9 1 2 View Status Bar owitches the Status Bar on off Standard Toolbar Switches the Toolbar on off Dialog Bar Switches the Dialog Bar on off System Monitor Opens a window with system monitor information messages MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 30 9 1 3 Settings Options Opens a dialog with the following options Options Main Ill Options Minimal Layer Distance Set the minimum distance between layers an BR Driver IBS Dual Core especially for planes to avoid artifacts Mar K Muli Preview KS video In For example if two planes are on the same Misc Level the images show artifacts because Minimal Layer Distance 0 05 none of them is in the foreground Content Handling Balanced recommended v
12. This capture gives a brief description how to operate with the grandMA video application To give you a sense of achievement grandMA video is delivered with a short demo file New ped that gives a survey of the possibilities of manipulation If you carry out this example the video application starts a master session and transfers its show to the connected desk or onPC Attention Consider that the actual desk show will be overwritten if you carry out this example So please start a new empty show on the desk as described For the following steps a grandMA desk or the grandMA onPC should be connected Without the connected desk or onPC editor you are able to do the setup of the ped Projector Engine Document file where the used pictures and videos are stored but you cannot control the resulting output via the desk 8 1 Step 1 Start master session and connect to the desk e Start the connected desk or onPC with an empty show Backup Load Show New Show e At Tools MA Network make sure that no session is running If not stop the session with Leave Session e Then start grandMA video e he default show new ped will be loaded Q If no MA session is found this is indicated by a grey LED MA Network Create a new session by opening the network dialog click on MA Network and then click the Create button MA Network The Master state will be indicated by the blue LED framing the M Now you ca
13. 1 38 1 33 1 35 1 33 1 42 1 45 i 1 453 LEZ 1 55 1 58 i 1 50 1 53 1 56 1 539 i 1 51 1 54 1 57 1 60 B1 1 64 1 67 1 70 1 73 1 62 1 65 1 52 1 71 1 74 1 63 1 66 1 65 1 782 1 75 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 57 13 1 3 Pixel Mapper Grid View Via the menu entry Pixelmapper Grid View you can switch to the Grid View of the Pixelmapper Output Multi Output Pixel Mapper video Layer Index Universe Offset x Y Rot Paneltype Mame 1 1 1 0 125 m 0 875 m 0 000 Sao ale PM Fixture 0 S 1 76 0 375 m 0 875 m 0 000 5x5 25cm PM Fixture 1 3 1 151 0 625 m 0 875 m 0 000 5x5 5cm PM Fixture 2 4 1 226 0 875 m 0 875 m 0 000 5x5 5cm PM Fixture 3 5 1 301 0 125 m 0 625 m 0 000 5x5 25cm PM Fixture 4 6 1 376 0 375 m 0 625 m 0 000 5x5 25cm PM Fixture 5 E 1 451 0 625 m 0 625 m 0 000 5x5 25cm PM Fixture 6 8 2 14 0 875 m 0 625 m 0 000 5x5 25cm PM Fixture 7 J d og 0 125 m 0 375 m 0 000 ro Zoch PM Fixture 10 e 164 0 375 m 0 375 m 0 000 oxb z5cm PM Fixture 9 11 e 239 0 625 m 0 375 m 0 000 Sxb z5cm PM Fixture 10 12 e 314 0 875 m 0 375 m 0 000 7 oxo z5cm PM Fixture 11 13 383 0 125 m 0 125 m 0 000 SEET PM Fixture 12 14 2 4
14. 1 Video In 2 Video In 3 To get more detailed information about the single items you can change the view to the Report Mode via the context menu with the right mouse button Report Made v Thumbnail Mode Output Multi Output Video Layer Images Images 3D Objects 3D Objects Mame Slot Dimension Fp5 Length Size Modified Index Mame Ho Image j SE Colour Test steple 1 1024 768 2 3 MB BEEN m Colour Test bmp 2 1024 768 2 3 MB OF 223405 p pem B Horizontal Lines b 3 1024 758 2 3 MB 07223405 pm B Lines and Circles 4 1024 768 2 3 MB OF 723 05 WS Lines and Circles 5 1024 758 2 3 MB 07223405 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 37 To assign folder to a Channel Function click with the left mouse button into an empty column The following dialog appears After selecting the entry a browser window appears where you can navigate Insert Channel Function From Directory to desired folder Channel Functions After the selection of the folder the name is taken as a name for the Channel Function as shown in this example Videos You can change Channel Functions the name via the context menu with the right mouse button The entries Items of the Channel Functions can be edited
15. 11 v Object Image 12 1 Player Playmode 13 z v Player Index 14 Bl Player Speed 15 EH Player Begin 15 o Player End 1T ass ima elita 1281 E Master Layer Master 1 Fixture ID 8 Bramllris 237 Control Commands 235 Keystone Layer Keystone 2 Fixture ID 8 Eep Corr X Corr 2 34 Keu Corr Y Carr 2 35 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de www malighting de This Layer can use several 3D Objects from the library to represent images and videos One grandMA video application can contain up to 6 Video Layers for images and videos One grandMA video application can contain only one Master Layer This layer represents a total view on all other layers It serves the shapers and iris effects and the position of the camera VCamera X Y and Z for the resulting output image A control channel offers remote controlled PC shut down Switch to the Fullscreen View One grandMA video application can contain several Keystone Layers Switching between these layers is done with the select box in the status bar nbn mH This layer represents a total view on all other layers to realize the keystone effects eMail info malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 21 Softedge Layer u Softedge 2 Fixture ID 13 One grandMA
16. 2 B 60 po Layer 4 ideo 4 2 B 113 EE EE Layer 5 Video i 5 2 BJ178 Me Layer amp Ee 6 2 B 237 uu Y deo Keysto ideo H 2 B 296 E Video Master Video g 2 B 316 D ITT Mew A layer in grandMA video is analog to a Fixture in the grandMA desk So if you use for example 6 layers 6 fixtures are patched and shown in the Fixture Layer of the desk In this example a second Fixture Layer named Video2 has been added for a second grandMA video application with one Master Layer named Master 2 and three Video Layers named Layer 2 1 2 3 Fixture Layer o qM Mame Type ID Ch ID Fix Patch Mast Func Pan Func Til Till Swap DMX Pan DHX Master 2 o 8 EL dE PPM LAE S MEE Layer 2 1 3 BF S T l Layer 2 2 B 10 664 f LI Layer 23 1 1 31 amp ji231 0 DE MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 23 8 Quick Guide
17. 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 78 F Capture Video E pons Advanced Frame rate Frames Sec ctl match speched frame rate Capture method Auta 110 C3 Auto no time limit C Manual ia EA sec s S elmgs es E wf 2 Device control Batch Auto naming File Save to Production Library Folder Medis Library Force to use preview mode Properties e eigene dateien video capture Batch Settings Total 1 task s Reel name untitled Location e V igene dateien videa capture File name vident avi M ark in ool 10171 361 2e era zz le Mark ot 00 io 18l KA Safe frames O Frames BH Mark n Mark out File name un 00 10 16 02 de 8 13 Preview Add Delete Delete All amp e elgene datelen ideo capture vided e Start the recording by hitting OK Recording starts You can observe the current status of the capture process in the status bar in the lower screen area e Now you have your first clip ready for editing MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de eMail info malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 79 After the capturing has been fi
18. 5 Tt rei 0 E 40 9 6 AA Aet d 41 97 SAUS Bal ER OS LIESS 41 9 8 Managing of video content with the grandMA desk eese 42 9 9 Video and Image Library Examples eccieeee eee eeee rennen nennen nennen nnn 43 UNE Ou e Sui ii 44 10 1 COLO KEVIN O rt X 50 INE io Via ee eg erstere 51 11 1 Example for the Splitting of an HD Video cooonnnnccconnccnncccconcnnconccnnnanccnnnnnnannonnnnnnarorennaannnns 52 11 2 Example for Splitting a Video with Ulead Media Studio Pro 7 53 UMEN C cule eec 55 13 JPrixelmapDQLF eege eege 56 13 1 Pixel Mapper Operati pee eer S 56 A A zl ON ER NER 56 13 1 2 Pixel Mapper Graphical View 57 13 1 3 Pixel Mapper Grid View 58 13 1 4 Pixelmapper Toolbar eire E ne ERE a dees e eege geen 59 e ol UA enn E O een ee 59 13 2 SETUP OF an LED c 61 13 3 File Format of LED Panels muni dai ceci 63 19 9 ees 64 13 4 Armet E TU e E 66 14 grandMA video Admin Video Controlling Application 67 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 4 14 1 14 2 14 3 15 16 16 1 16 2 17 18 19 20 Video Devices SeN S E
19. F fled s d Cte MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 54 12 Keystoning If a beamer projects parallel to the plane of projection the image is a right angled plane If the beamer is shifted horizontally or vertically the right angled projection gets trapezoid This effect is called Keystoning Distorted Projection Original image tilt upward This effect can be minimized by using the Keystone Correction Keystone Correction recalculates the image that it is shown right angled independent of the position of the projector Therefore the pixels must be compressed and the image is made smaller Pay attention the Keystone Correction always causes a compression of the projected image This causes a loss of quality of your projection This correction is done in the Keystone Layer oz NENNEN i For every edge of the image 1 4 Keystone 2 Fixture ID 8 there exist two control channels Shapert1A 228 Shaper 11A Shaper 14B With Shapert1B 223 these channels the edges can be An moved in horizontal and vertical Zhiperl 26 231 Shaperl 34 232 direction Zhaperi 3B 233 hiper 4 234 hiper 4B 2 35 Eey Corr X Corr 236 Ken Corr T Corr 251 haperd 14225 so shaperi 16223
20. Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 81 rae MAP WS Pa e Click in the timeline above the video tracks When you hover with the mouse pointer a bit above the video tracks the pointer will turn into a little star If you press the mouse button now and move the mouse you will move the play head on the timeline The upper left preview window will change now because it always shows the video directly under the play head O Preview CES M M aan apo 02 00 1 Sec TC 00 00 04 00 Ji e Reduce the length of the clip to the right duration You know now how to view your clip in the video editor It s very likely that the clip is not have the right length anymore Changing the length duration is very simple Move the mouse pointer over the right edge of the clip The mouse pointer will change into a symbol of two little arrows MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 82 Timeline m T amp m CE M b 00 00 02 00 Left click the mouse button and drag the edge of the clip toward the beginning of
21. Z 50 Animate continuous moving of the projection object in X Y and Z direction VRotation lt gt X Y Z X 50 Y 50 X 50 Y 50 Z 50 Z 60 Animate continuous rotation of the object around the X Y and Z axis MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 45 Layer Effects Example with 8bit values 0 255 or in VScale X Y Z X 50 Y 50 X 50 Y 30 Z 50 Z 50 ef N Vimage Split X Split Y Split X 0 Split Y O oplit X 2 Split Y 2 ocale the dimensions of the object in X Y Z direction oplit the image or video in X and Y Vimage Offset X Offset Y Offset X 0 Offset Y 0 Offset X 50 Offset Y 0 oplit offset of the image or video Vimage lt gt X Y X 50926 Y 50 Z 50 X 60 Y 50 Z 50 Animate continuous scrolling of the image or video on the object MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 46 VPlayer Playmode Frame 100 Frame 200 Ed for Frame Index Select a angie frame picture with the Index channel Play Starts the Video once forward fro
22. av 3 SEE XgrandMA Video contents ALightingXBlack 5 Blue Tendrils avi 4 ESE SgrandMA Video content MALighting Blue Te 6 Bubbles avi 5 ESEXgrandMA Video content M ALightingXBubble Z Bubbles avi b MEAgrandMA Video content MALightingxBubble e To browse for a new image push the Edit button at the desk then select the image that has to be changed at the desk The upcoming window allows browsing for the new entry directly on the PC drive All files are previewed as an icon beneath the tree view Media Preview Search on 192 1581 1 for BHP 7 JPG AVI E grandMA Video contentkM ALightng Hame DIR 10 0 7 6 MB 10 0 Autumn Leaves avi 185 MB 10 0 Black and white avi 29 3 MB 10 0 Blue Tendrils avi 11 4 MB 10 0 Bubbles ar 1 MB 10 0 Bubbles2 ar 28 2 MB 10 0 Cartoon Smoke ar 10 4 MB 10 0 cinema flickeravi 45 MB 10 0 clouds 5wirl avi 141 MB 10 0 s mm mm vd Mh B um dk GUAE Projector Preview e After selecting the image or video file it is inserted into the layer MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 42 9 9 Video and Image Library Examples The following page shows some examples from the library of SL chmaps yulkbe coda colar dria ocur vil dl rra Cars
23. be set via the menu entry Settings wrong Options Main Output Ratio The setting Automatic is recommended To play a simple video file on a screen you should use the layer object Plane r xob Objects with the ending r xob adapt automatically to the aspect ratio Ratio of width height e g 16 9 of the used image or video MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 72 16 2 Export System Information To facilitate service inquiries we need specific information about your system configuration This information can be provided via an information file as follows a Press the Check button in the toolbar Check E Result of Plausibility Structure Check No Errors detected Plugins erity the essential Plugins exist Import2DGraphics dll found Import3DDXF dl found ImportExport3DS dll found Texture Memory Checks used Memory for Textures 0 Textures not initialized Memory Used 14 44 MB Used 3D Driver No Warnings Texture and Gobo Links Checks all Texture Links Used 40 asetzen In the Strucure Check dialog push the button Export Select Export File Name Speichem s Lokaler Datentr ger C E Dokumente und Einstellungen Programme IL WIN
24. en The softedge borders of the overlapping ranges can be controlled for every E beamer with the mouse via the buttons The grey button below this serves the distribution of the greyscale While moving the mouse the result can be checked directly at the projection MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 68 14 3 Keystone Settings Analog to the softedge settings the admin application also controls the keystone settings centrally To control these settings layers must be arranged side by side inside the grandMA video application Therefore drag the layers holding the left mouse button down and drop them to the right position e grandMA Video Admin IE View Help e Connect Static Now the keystone settings for several projectors can be controlled simultaneously via the blue buttons While running over the button with the mouse the involved channels are marked red 50 The activity of the button is signalized by a bright fringe Keystone Button Effect Description Simultaneous movement of the upper left edges in X and Y direction Simultaneous movement of the lower left edges in X and Y direction Layer 1 Layer 2 Simultaneous movement of the adjoining edges in X and Y direction on both keysto
25. fve Object l Pool 11 V Object Images 12 vPlayer Playmode 13 VPlayer Index 14 BE VPlayer Speed 15 ane VPlayer Begin 16 WPlayer End 17 Vimage X Split 15 Vimage Y Split 13 VImage X Offzet 20 BS Image Y Offzct 21 Wimage lt gt X Image Wimage lt gt Y Image lt gt L 255 ol ass 255 255 SI ol 5 2 0 128 H 0 255 128 255 255 Object SD Objects 24 ol No Video Layer 4 Fixture ID 4 Wimage Y Offzct 126 Wimage lt gt X Imagec Wimage lt gt Y Imageo VPozition X Pos 130 WPosition Y Pos 131 VPozition 2 Pos 132 YPosition PScale 133 YRotation X Rot 134 YRotation Y Rot 135 VRotation Z Rot 136 V Scale X Scale 157 YScale Y Scale 135 WScale Z Scale 133 WRotation lt gt X Rote WRotation lt gt Y Rote WRotation lt gt 2 Rot lt gt WPosition lt gt X Pos WPosition lt gt Y Pos lt gt L No Video VY Object 3D Objects 1 WPosition lt gt Z Pos lt gt 255 v 128 255 255 13 132 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 255 255 255 255 255 Layer 5 Fixture ID 5 Master 1 Fixture ID 8 VCamera X Pos 226 125 IVCamera Y Pos 221 128 IVCamera Z Poz 228 128 Shapert 14 223 o Shapert 1B 230 m Shaperi 24 231 0 Shaper 2B 232 0 IShapert 34 233 0 IShapert 3B 234 0 Shaper 44 235 0 Shaperl 4B 236 0 Beami lriz 237 255 Layer 2 Fixture ID 2
26. grandMA Video comes with a licensed software package BluffTitler With BluffTitler you can create spectacular 3D text animations and export them as AVI All TrueType fonts installed on your computer can be used For further information consult the BluffTitler documentation The BluffTitler license is an MA Lighting OEM licence which is only valid together with a valid grandMA video licence It is not allowed to redistribute any license keys BluffTitler End User License Agreement Before installing this software carefully read the following terms and conditions Installing BluffTitler indicates your acceptance of this agreement Ownership of BluffTitler BluffTitler is owned by the Dutch company Outerspace Software and is protected by international copyright laws You agree to treat BluffTitler like any other copyrighted material Evaluation Version demo version The evaluation version of BluffTitler may be freely distributed as long as no charge is made by you for such redistribution excepting for nominal fees for the distribution media There are no restrictions with regards to copying transferring or otherwise distributing the evaluation version in its complete and original form The latest version of the evaluation version can be found here http www blufftitler com BluffTitlerSetup exe You may put the evaluation version on the coverdisc of your magazine Licensed Version full version Upon payment of the license fee and you
27. l e if a new session is founded by the grandMA video all data in the desk will be overwritten If more than one console visualizer or onPC editor is connected to the network the connections to the equipment will have to be properly assigned The communication between consoles visualizer video applications and onPC editors takes place in sessions A session has only one founder This is e g the master On connection the founder transfers its data fixture types to the slaves From then on all session members are synchronized and have equal rights If a fixture is edited in the slave the change is reflected in the master and vice versa Devices not assigned to any session are not in the list If you press the Invite Button you get a list of these MA devices MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 16 A Session always has a master and up to 31 Slaves i e max 32 devices For example a slave can be another MA desk an NSP a grandMA Offline application or a grandMA video application So up to 31 grandMA Video applications can be operated simultaneously at one desk In the Sniffer mode more video sessions are possible because similar to the Artnet protocol the video server is only receiving data The network confi
28. output MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 59 1 25 m In this example the output area amounts 1 25m x 1 0 m with 25 x 20 pixel Ara 1 25 1 00m v Dutput Output 1 25x20 Pixel v There are used only 16 panels 5 x 5 LEDs The middle stripe is not equipped with LED Panels and is not used 1 0 m MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 60 13 2 Setup of an LED Wall An LED wall consists of several LED panels that are arranged in a grid The LED wall in the following example exists of 4 5x5 LED panels with 25 RGB canals each Therefore every panel needs 25 x 3 75 DMX channels In the example each panel is assigned to an own DMX universe Panel 1 Panel 2 Universe 1 Universe 2 DMX Chan 1 75 DMX Chan 1 75 Panel 3 Panel 4 Universe 3 Universe 4 DMX Chan 1 75 DMX Chan 1 75 To configure the LED wall there are two possibilities A y E 2 YU t3 S SA v Save Connect Check Artnet Out Fixt Layer Blind Dongle Preview Multi Preview Pixel Mapper 5x5 25cm P
29. session and connect to the e t d Pn 24 Status Barnes suisse 41 streaming dialog 33 Structure Check eode inur apa enden 36 System requirements 8 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Phone 49 9 31 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 9 31 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de T TOO EE 36 Troubleshooting 71 U USB Dongle ont ent 8 V Version DISTO Vii iaa 35 Version of grandMA desk or off line onPC OE MEINE UE 11 12 14 VIEO EE 32 VICO eege 21 Video EIDIary ie reins 42 43 VICO LON ER En 75 W ge e e CN 67 e www malighting de e eMail info malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 89
30. tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 33 Options Disable Dialogs D Videon IRR Fikel Mapper If some dialogs bother you disable them Disabled Dialogs Di Driver Ki Dual Core Ki Main in this dialog Action Question Varning Por REI name difference detected Document Mame will be changed to Show p ad Save Ae As Save wvill Save will change Showname Continue Showname Continue Save will change Showname Continue Show Modify while connected Continue Options Driver Driver Select the display driver for the Il Options video output p Main DI Multi Preview Ei Video In The Default setting is Primary Ee Disabled Dialogs Driver Ee Dual Core Display Driver Device HAL 3 HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer for the best performance Mode 1024 x FED x 32 Display RGB Emulation i e you can use this if you have trouble with the graphic card Mode Select the resolution and the color depth Width x Height y color depth in bits Options Pixel Mapper This Option is only visible if the menu entry Pixelmapper is enabled Unit Unit of the LED panel dimensions and for Ki Disabled Dialogs M Driver WE DualCore Kj Main the configuration of the LED walls in the Di Multi Preview Di Video In Pixel Mapper Pixelmapper Units Lenght Meter ArtNet IP Setting of the cofigured IP address RE see 4
31. the clip When you release the mouse button you have reduced the length of the clip It will stop now at the new end You can do the same with the beginning of the clip e f necessary Move the clip back to the beginning of the videotrack It is likely that you have now some spare room at the start of your clip because you reduced its length Drag the clip to the very beginning of the video track and drop it there Notice that the clip will snap to the beginning of the video track e Copy the clip and place the copy at the end of the original Hit CTRL and left click the clip Drag it into the second video track Vb and place it there Now you have created a copy of the original clip Adjust the clip so that it starts approximately 3 seconds before the original clip ends A cross fade effect could later be placed in the area where both clips overlap each other MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 83 Production Library bergangseffekt m z C bergangsef emm G E Al 3 Alle Sg 3D 9 Aufbauer Drehen By FIX E Film 1 leiten E Rollen EN Schalen 23 Schieben Ea Strecken j Fat Rtl ai e Place a cross fade effect between both ere Drag the effect into the video track area Crossfade effects can on
32. the desk Master Slave If the console and video application are connected you can determine via the Network LED whether the application runs in master or slave mode The master usually the console holds the current show data 6 1 Desk Connection When you launch grandMA video it tries to connect to a session with the same ID The four possible states of the connection are indicated by the button in the toolbar Q The LED is grey MA Network No connection to a session exists or the allow to invite flag is off The LED is red Q At least one Session was found on the Network grandMA video is not member of a M Mebwork Session Maybe that the Allot to invite switch is not set or the Session ID is different G The LED is Green with an S MA Network GrandMA video has joined a session as slave The LED is orange O Grand MA Video is in the Sniffer mode this is a simple receiver mode Connect In opposite to the slave mode no session data will be exchanged with the desk O The LED appears blue with an M MA Network GrandMA video has the Master function of a session The creation of a session with grandMA video can be used to transfer all data of a ped file grandMA video format to a desk or onPC If the loading is completed the desk automatic becomes the master and grandMA video gets the slave ATTENTION With the start of a new session Create the session founder overwrites all data of the other members
33. the grandMA desk 2202000002 nnn000nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnn 12 5 2 Connection with the grandMA onPC off line software 14 5 3 Preferred Operation Mode Screen Layout eeeeeeee eee 14 6 erte management sisas 16 6 1 Desk Connection arruina 16 6 2 Principle function AA AM ge 19 6 3 Eayer propere E 20 6 4 Predefined Constellations PED Files zaa220002022aa20000nnannnn0nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 22 7 Several grandMA video applications in one grandMA show 23 8 QUICK Gulden ee MESE EE NEUE EU EIE M M UM 24 8 1 Step 1 Start master session and connect to the desk 24 8 2 Step 2 Controlling Images and Videos via the MA desk 26 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 3 9 1 Mentee EE 30 9 1 1 lle cocti yq Ee 30 A S 30 SEC S ge EE 31 9 1 4 miri ilo ETE TET 35 Sen EE o A H 35 MEER Vereor t oo 36 O53 O A ee 37 9 4 Layer View or e De 37 9 4 1 Image Pool Layer content Images Videos eene 37 GE E EE ODIOS ee ee 39 9
34. video application Camera X Pez 868 can contain several Keystone Camera Y Paz 263 Layers Camera 2 Pas 2T0 i Shaper 1A 2T1 Switching between these layers is Shaper BIETE done with the select box in the Shaperd 25 213 Shaperl 26 274 Softedge ID Shaperl 3A 2T5 status bar Shaperl 3B 276 Shaperl 4A 271 Shaper 4B 2T amp These layers represent a total view on all other layers and realize the soft edging i e the seamless cross fading to show one image with several projectors Therefore the channels of the shapers are used similar to the blades of the master layer 6 4 Predefined Constellations PED Files With the installation of grandMA video the most common constellations are installed These are available via the menu entry File Open in the folder New If a grandMA video application is started and a new show is created via File New the application loads the configured file New ped Other predefined shows can be loaded via File Open from the folder New These files contain the following configurations Filename Description in folder New Master Control Layer Will be loaded via File New Projection of 6 Layers without Softedging Projection of 6 Layers with Softedging for up to 4 projectors new softedge ped iv Keystone Softedge qM MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail inf
35. 0000 Dimensions 3 6m X 2 8m PHYS HEIGHT LED 4 000000 anta _LED_IS_ROUND 1 A EEN _LED_SHIFT_Y 1 EE LED SHIFT X 0 pl ccc LAYOUT EE _COLS 36 TEC D ME DN _ROWS 28 D px Mt CM ee te _DELTAX 1 Ud Me Du M n tgp ha c eL O O _DELTAY 1 at tate N DIRECTION 1 ESQ teta LLL EL ee teuer _MEANDER 0 LE e LL nn I e rU DI ML EE EE _ CHANNELS CONUM UM ER EM D MR P O REPEAT 168 xd mn E Ee e m UM oe VALUE LED UNIT HEPEAT 8 Patch _ VALUE NONE REPEAT 1a Dee E BG SE VALUE LED UNIT m e Ee ra mE ve m EE EE SO d E pe s E E a ET s MET _LED_UNIT ee ee Ee l zem Be Ee GEZ mE E VALUE RED oo Bebe Es VALUE GREEN eebe bebes pe _ GE ul EE VALUE BLUE m 190 1 m ees 1 4z amp zs 12T MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 64 LED Panel unusual patching _LEDTYPE _NAME Crazy Patch WIDTH 80 000000 HEIGHT 80 000000 PHYS WIDTH 80 000000 PHYS HEIGHT 80 000000 PHYS WIDTH LED 5 0 PHYS HEIGHT LED 5 0 LED IS ROUND 1 LAYOUT 8 x 8 LED Panel with strange DMX Patch COLS 8 _ROWS 8 _DELTAX 1 _DELTAY 1 _DIRECTION 0 _MEANDER 0 _CHANNELS _LEDUNIT 0 _LEDUNIT 3 _LEDUNIT 6 _LEDUNIT 9 _LEDUNIT 12 _LEDUNIT 102 _LEDUNIT 99 _LEDUNIT 96 _LEDUNIT 27 _LEDUNIT 24 _LEDUNIT 21 _LEDUNIT 18 _LEDUNIT 15 _LEDUNIT 105 _LEDUNIT 108 _LEDUNIT 1
36. 10 M UL get nee 16 Master ET 21 Master Layer Control 48 Master Layer Effects 48 Menu Bar os 30 MPEG2 nee 9 72 Multi Preview 40 multilicence dongle 31 multiple lichense 36 N network license Een 36 P Pixel MADDEF ees e itio oot retorica ais 34 Pixel Mapper Menu 35 e Ee 56 Pixelmapper Toolbar 59 E e E 37 Predefined Constellations PED Files 22 PrFEVIEW anne ah eohnesehsnee 37 Principle function diagram 19 Program surface e ooen enn 29 Q QUICK ge EE 9 R release notes osna 35 S Scieen Layoul un an 14 SESSION an 16 e www malighting de eMail info malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 88 Session ID t 22m dico ud 17 Several grandMA Video applications in one grandMA show oe eee nnn 23 Ep me 48 shut down the PC via the desk 48 SIaVE 16 17 Eege ee 17 terre e TEE 16 Sorledge oue GERS 49 Softedge Lay 22 49 Softedge Settings 67 SofledglNdg a nee 51 55 Start in Full screen 2 coena 34 Start master
37. 101 128 WScale X Scale 102 IVScale Y Scale 103 IWS cale Z Scale 104 WRotation lt gt X Rot VRotationc Y Rot VRotationc 2 Rotel VPositionc XPozor Pos ition lt gt Y Pozo VPozit itiono ZPozO 128 128 128 255 255 255 255 255 2551 v No Video Layer 6 Fixture ID 6 I vryer Begin wy Mi VPlayer End 132 ass i VImage X Split 133 123 VImage Y Split 194 128 AB Vimage X Offs et 135 1231 ad image Y Offzer 196 128 255 255 26 128 128 125 ter 128 116 mei 128 128 128 255 vl pe Ylmage lt gt X Images Vimage lt gt Y Image lt gt VObject 3D Objects t WPos ition X Pos 200 IVPozition Y Poz 201 VPozition 2 Poz 202 IVPozition PScale 203 I VRotation X Rot 204 VRotation Y Rot 205 VRotation Z Rot 206 Scale X Scale 207 WScale Y Scale 208 WSeale Z Scale 203 VRotationc X Rote IVRatationes Y Rates No Video The example above shows all 6 layers with several 3D objects and the resulting output picture Also the output signal is squeezed in the lower part via the master layer and a shaper covers the lower right part Layer 1 Fixture ID 1 Horizontal Lines b Colour Test bmp Colour Test teple No Image Squarez Squares fine bmp e e e Linez Lines Circles and Circles and Videoln 1 Videoln ideoln3 Wideo In 4 Lines and Circles Wertical L
38. 11 etc MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 65 13 4 Artnet Panel Simulator The Artnet Panel Simulator is a useful tool to visualize date received via Artnet as an LED panel The Panel Simulator is copied with the installation program into the following directory C Program Files MA Lighting Technologies grandMA video EA grandma Artnet Panel Simulator exe If you need this tool more often draw a shortcut on your desktop by dragging it on the desktop holding the right mouse button down The program can be started by a double click de Artnet Panel Simulatur Ale E File View Properties Artnet Panel Simulator Visualization of grandMA video data received via Artnet This shows a simulation of a 20 x 20 pixel LED panel with squared LEDs The program visualizes data received via Artnet after the start like an LED panel The properties of the panels are described in the chapter above 13 3 File Format of LED Panels The parameterization of the program is done via the menu entries File File Open Selecting of the LED panel description file xxx txt These files are located at C Program Files MA Lighting Technologies grandMA video Data NEW PANELS View Artnet Receive Grid Representation of the receive
39. 3 Close I Layer 4 Close S The column Name shows all configured layers of the show file new ped In the columns beside all available effects for this layer are listed Now we ll see how to control grandMA video via the desk Preview e Click on the Preview tab of grandMA video to watch the resulting output preview If you prefer a Fullscreen view apply the Fullscreen button in the Lee toolbar back with the ESC button Fleiurs le Values m presets EM e Select a layer and open the IET Name DIOGO BER a ee dimmer El Mal bull No Norm 128 l u selected image for the layer Gl Input Range 0 to 255 z If you want to change the image or video 9 for the layer scroll through the image selection with the encoder wheel or B select the image or video from dialog after clicking on the image entry m Coarse D r m Ej Grid Bmp B Oval Circle n Huader Bmp F r m d d i P P y j i SE Hadial Bmp D Slot Bmp 5pm graph B E Spiral Bmp Ej Clouds_Jpg EN Dote Metall Bulle yecat Star Bmp B Tnangle Em e Wash Emp E Circles Co MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 26 For example if you select the image Dots colored bmp
40. 6 2Artnet IP Address for the output of 2222 LAN Verbinduna 255 0 0 0 DMX data via the ArtNet protocol within the E B Pixelmapper Show fps Shows the actual Framerate in Frames per Seconds in the output window Show Video Info preview Fullscreen Display of additional information like a timeline and the actual frame in the Preview and Fullscreen View Image Video Preview Display of the selected Image or videos in the Multi Preview Start in Full screen The application always starts in the Fullscreen Mode MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 34 9 1 4 Pixel Mapper Enable Enabling of the Pixelmapper If this entry is selected a new tabbed window appears for the configuration and display of the mapped images and videos Art Net Out Mode Switches to the art out mode like the Artnet Out button in the toolbar Graphical View Shows the output of the LED panels in a graphical view Grid View Shows an overview grid of the connected LED panels Show LEDs Display of the LED panels in the graphical view Show LEDs while moving or rotating Display of the LED output while positioning the panels Show DMX Address Shows the DMX addresses of the panels Show Grid Displays a grid Show Pea
41. 64 0 375 m 0 125 m 0 000 5x5 25cm PM Fixture 13 15 3 27 0 625 m 0 125 m 0 000 5x5 5cm PM Fixture 14 16 3 102 0 875 m 0 125 m 0 000 5x5 5cm PM Fixture 15 This view offers an overview about all used LED panels All values can be edited directly in the grid oelected panels are displayed bold A double click opens a property dialog of the selected panel Panel Properties PM Fixture 4 gt Panel Type Mame Channels Metrics Position a m Position m Rotation Patch Universe OMS Address MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 Ga cn fo Ss CENE uar Art Net Port 0 0 301 Cancel D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de e www malighting de eMail info malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 58 13 1 4 Pixelmapper Toolbar S After turning on the pixelmapper the Fullscreen button changes his function into Hir Artnet Out view The functionality of the button is analog to the Fullscreen button i e Artnet Cut after activation corresponds Return on the keyboard the monitor shows the general view of all configured LED walls t3 Ped D An additional toolbar for Pixelmapper operations Select Mew Panels Delete Zoom ko Fit appears F3 If this button is selected single LED fixtures can be selected to arrange them inside the LED wall or show their at
42. 67 ae Eed e E 67 Een dl Te E 69 XA deler lgo KE Ten dei TC 70 FAQ and Troubleshooting E 71 Software Questions nidad 71 Export System Information 73 EIERE eege eege 74 Appendix How to create a Video Loop 75 VVT Le Sii 87 RIS 22 GE 38 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 5 1 Whatis grandMA video grandMA video is a software based media server for both still and moving images that is fully integrated into the grandMA lighting control system An affordable software solution for controlling live accessing and altering video still images and 3D objects in real time Fully optimized for off the shelf PC hardware but also complete solutions including server hardware and moving video lights available All videos still images and 3D objects can be scaled positioned tiled colored and manipulated directly from any grandMA console including Content Browser Six layers with full effects capabilities for high resolution projections e g XGA 1 024 x 768 pixels One master layer for shaper effects iris effects and PC remote controlling Layers for keystone effects Layers for softedge effects Straightforward set up and configuratio
43. DOWS b an Type a file name with the extension nfo arandMA video nfo L E J Dateiname grandMA video nfo qj Date 3 Export System Information WE Export System Information should require 1 or 2 minutes The close CA Button will be enabled if the export is done XZ The information is compiled in a file This takes approx 30 60 seconds Call MSInfo32 O Systeminformationen EIER Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Extras Hilfe System bersicht C GRANDM 2 NFO into Object Hardwareressourcen Import2D Graphics dil found OK Komponenten Import3DDXF dll found Additional to the system Softwareumgebung ImportE port3D5 dl found E Intemeteinstellungen information grandMA video ABL e Rei information are assorted MA Lighting e grandMA Video The resulting file nfo can be is c opened with the Windows edis standard information e application and be evaluated Path Information Network Devices Fixture Types Object Links Content File Links Dongle L eid Irre O ucher Suche schlie en C Nur ausgew hlte Kategorie durchsuchen _ Nur Kategorienamen durchsuchen MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 73 17 BluffTitler
44. MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 17 Video Capture Captura AA pi Fast Rewind Fast Forward Go ip a specdied portion in the curent video Click the Record Button in the Control Panel Recording will not start immediately First a dialogue window pops up where you can set some parameters Important at the beginning are e The name and local path of the video file you want to save e The recording method Auto with time limit records the video from the inpoint for the specified amount of time Auto no time limit records the video until you stop it by left clicking the mouse or hitting ESC device control you can specify when the recording shall start and when it should stop by setting an inpoint and outpoint You can also configure batch capturing For our example we choose device control because we had already set the in and outpoints Remember Another window opens with parameters for the recording Check the name and the path of the file Make sure that there is only one clip in the lower area of the window the one which you set up MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone
45. PC off line software Please make sure that the program version of the grandMA onPC software meets the specifications described in 4 5 Version of grandMA desk or grandMA onPC off line Both applications grandMA video and the grandMA onPC can work on the same PC or you can use two PC s connected via Ethernet e Start the grandMA onPC and load a show Backup Load Show e Start a new session at the grandMA onPC MA Network Connections Start New Session e Start the grandMA video application grandMA video searches for a running grandMA onPC session wit a unique ID If the session is found grandMA video connects automatically with this session and loads the current show If you do not get a connection to the desk make sure that grandMA video doesn t run a master session 5 3 Preferred Operation Mode Screen Layout To get a direct access to the channel sets of the fixture layers we recommend the smart view VObject 4 3D Object 4 e oth E Dimmer Color Video Hie VPositian Rotation V5cale Vimage image lt gt VPlayer E ji i u 3D Objecte I Pool Images Alpha DIT The Smart View offers a clearly arranged summary about the layer content and objects All important functions can be assessed via short keys MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de U
46. Q Q i E zi KR E O T et Dir ES T Mew Open Save Connect Check Fullscreen video Blind Dongle K D D y New Create a new empty grandMA video file Mew CH Open Open a stored video file ped or import the content and show file ecd Open E r Save Save the current file under the given name shown in the title Save Note To reduce the file length the button Save only saves the ped TA file that contains the layer setups and the grandMA show To save the content too video files and images you must choose the Export Content and Show entry In the upcoming dialog you can choose a filename to save the content and the show in one file with the file extension ecd MA Network Shows the actual network state or opens the MA Network dialog as Q described in 6 1 Desk Connection M Network ra Structure Check Performs a structure check about all resources used in the actual M grandMA video show file and shows the results in a dialog For example if the Chec application has received a setup from the desk but some images are not available on the hard disk you get an error report with the missing images E E Full screen Artnet Out Switches into Full Screen or Artnet Out view 7 T You can also use the Enter key on the keyboard to switch into the full screen Fullscreen Artniet Cut mode Leave the full screen mode with the ESC button E Fixture Layer Selection of the Fixture Layer appropriate t
47. ZB Layer 3 Video 3 BGT Layer 4 Video 4 2 BJ121 Layer 5b Video 5 2 BJI8l m Pa Pre Layer 5 Video 6 2 BI241 Keystone 1 Video 7 2 B 301 Keystone 2Video 8 2 B 321 Keystone 3 Video 39 2 B 341 Keystone 4Video 10 2 B 3561 Master 1 Video 11 2 B 381 Softedge 1 Video 12 2 B 382 Softedge 2Video 013 2 B 404 Softedge 3Video 14 B 426 Softedge 4 Video 15 Z B 448 Layers for a video show can be arranged for your requirements on the desk You can find them in the fixture library at the entry MA LIGHTING One Fixture Layer can contain multiple Keystone and Softedge Layers In this case the application offers a Softedge ID selection box in the status bar Through this one video show can control several grandMA video applications with several Softedge and Keystone Layers For every grandMA video PC an individual Softedge ID is selected soltedge ID So each projector shows his individual Softedging and Keystoning for this show MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 20 The different Layer Types have the following meanings Video Layer Layer 1 Fixture ID 1 Object PooI
48. al Lines bmp pa Dies cb Size 1024 x 768 Size 1024 x 768 Size 1024 x 768 Size 1024 x 768 ines Ci Squares fine bmp Squares bmp Vertical Lines bmp Test Image ipg o e p Video In 2 videoin Video In 3 videoin Video In 4 videoin Video In 2 Video In 3 Video In 4 From Library Dongle OK User lt Administrator gt Mode Normab visual Layer 6 Control auer Fixture Type lt Video Layer with 6 Layer As already known from other applications the program surface is divided into several parts Menu bar Toolbar Video Layer Overview window for images and Output videos of the channel functions Multi Output or the LED panels in the Pixel Mapper Pixel Mapper Preview window for the selected image or video Status Bar MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 29 9 1 Menu bar d File View Settings Pixel Mapper Help Like in several other Windows application you can store and recall files and adjust the settings of the program 9 1 1 File New Create a new empty file Open Open a video show file ped Export Content and Show Exports an ecd file that contains the show and all included content videos and images Note The resulting file may be very large because all videos and images
49. aldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 38 9 4 2 Layer 3D Objects The tab Type shows the projection objects of the layers In the simplest case a layer contains a 2D plane object This is a canvas were images or videos are shown like on a TV screen But this screen mustn t be flat You can use 3D boxes cones or other 3 dimensional objects to render your images or videos You can delete an entry via the context menu with the menu entry of the right mouse button or the Del button of the keyboard Preview Video Layer i Pool Type yg Flanemr ob box ob Planer ob box sob 9 y Co om A SSS cylinder 15 xob cylinder 3z xab A cross wob cylinder _16 0b cylinder 24 sob Note If you use objects with the extension r like Plane r xob the aspect ratio of the object fits automatically to the aspect ratio of the texture Ratio of width height e g 16 9 So we recommend using this object Plane r xob for the easy projection of videos 9 4 2 1 Creation of customized 3D Objects xob 3D objects in grandMA video are defined in a specialized MA format xob This format can be created with the vizualizer grandMA 3D grandMA 3D can be downloaded free via the MA Homepage www malig
50. aldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 51 this file must be extended by n blank number whereby n is a number that corresponds to the number of the softedgelp Sede 1 Y Example If the name of the original file is Flowers mov the four applications try to find the files Flowers 1 mov Flowers 2 mov Flowers 3 mov and Flowers 4 mov corresponding to the four Softedge layers If the files don t exist the original Flowers mov will be taken This mechanism works for images jpg bmp as well as for videos avi mov 11 1 Example for the Splitting of an HD Video To reduce the amount of data when playing a high resolution video the staple should be separated into several lower resolved videos Example An HD video is projected with 4 video beamers a z LA a tam g A E y k a e D D gp P In the simples way we create 4 Softedge Layers move the cameras to the appropriate tiles and assemble the resulting image via Softedging This solution will stress the PC with a high data rate of the video file because only approx 25 of the data is used for every video engine So first the video should be separated with a video program into 4 smaller files Now every video engine can process the smaller video and the data stream will be reduced to a minimum Th
51. ape which contains your video material into the camera Rewind the tape to the start if necessary e Connect the camera with an i link wire to the FireWire port of your computer To transfer the video material with the best possible quality from the tape to the computer make sure that your computer has a FireWire adapter e Switch your camera to Playback Mode Every camera has two main operational modes One is for recording and is often called the camera mode The second mode is the playback mode This mode is for watching your video in the camera or capturing transferring it to an external device If you have any problems regarding the handling of your camera you should look at the user operating manual for your camera e Start the Ulead Video Capture software current version 7 0 Ulead divides the functions of capturing and editing video into two applications The module which helps you to transfer the video material onto your hard drive is called Ulead Video Capture You can find it in your start menu under the entry for Ulead Video Editor ca BEY Audio Editor 7 0 Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 101 Burn disk images e Speed ree d Read Me rr ACD Systems d ch Video Capture 7 0 na Video Editor 7 0 e By now you should see an image of your tape in the main preview window If this isn t the case just click the play button in the control panel in the lower screen area Make sure that preview mode is active You can find it u
52. apture Cards can support two the PCI Express Extreme Here we only have the SDI Inputs Does this work with possibility to choose one video from the Decklink driver grandMA video As mentioned if there is a card that supports two interfaces via the driver we ll support this Live Input BM DeckLink Card Enable the Watchdog Settings Options Video Stream freezes Capture card sufficient mean the card that does not support HDTV bus type is irrelevant No administration rights To work with grandMA video without administration rights you have to arrange the administration rights by the administrator on the installation path e g C Program Files MA Lighting Technologies grandMA video System crashes or stocks The Widows XP Service Pack 2 must be installed Problems with content browsing Open the properties of the network card settings via the desk and set Rx Checksum Offload to disable default enable Video cannot be shown Maybe codec problems see 4 3 Installation of the MPEG2 Codec Not all available codec s are installed per default with the Quick Time Player installation Timing problems with Dual Core The use of Dual Core processors can cause timing processors problems Please use the actual drivers of the processor manufacturer If you have further problems set the switch via the menu entry Settings Options Dual Core Aspect Ratio of the output image is The aspect ratio can
53. atus bar are also active 9 4 Layer View or Edit View YMA Mi Video Layer In this view you can edit the content videos and images and the objects of the layers Normally all layers of the grandMA video file contain the same content By selecting the Video Layer tab this view is activated 9 4 1 Image Pool Layer content Images Videos GrandMA video comes with a huge library containing images gobos and video clips This content is copied within the installation process into several folders oimilar to the magazine of a slide projector such a folder behaves like a slide magazine Up to 255 folders can be assessed directly from the desk The different images and videos of a folder correspond to the Channel Sets of the desk and can be assessed from there Items can be deleted via the context menu with the menu entry of the right mouse button or the Del button on the keyboard Output Multi Output Video Layer Images 3D Objects Index Name 0 AF Standard E A A MALighting Colour Test stepless b Colour Test bmp 1 Size 1024 x 768 Size 1024 x 768 EA No Image Colour Test steple Colour Test bmp A gt nt Lines Circles and Col Lines Circles and Col Squares fine bmp Size 1024 x 768 Size 1024 x 768 Size 1024 x 768 Lines Circles and Lines Circles and Squares fine bmp Video In 1 videoin Video In 2 videoin Video In 3 videoin ge Se Se vient In
54. ave to make sure that the right entry for your camera is set under menu setup device control In most cases this will be one of the DV cam drivers You can see information about the selected driver in the info field under the dropdown menu Device Control Current device MS 1384 Device Control v Mone MCI device control E MS 1394 Device Control Description MICAOMY Device Control TI 1394 Device Control VLAN device control Timecode offset Supports OY card Now will explain the simplest procedure capturing one video clip e Recording a single video clip This is the easiest way to capture a single clip from tape to your hard disk e Wind your tape to the position where your clip starts Give your clip some extra space at the start head and the end tail because it will be safer for later editing to have a bit of overhang at the ends of the clip From the position where your clip should start looping wind the tape back approximately three seconds You can trim the parts you don t want to see later in the video editor very easily You can see information about your position in the clip in the lower screen area If you want to jump to an exact time just go to menu jump to and enter the time you want to jump to Now that you have found your start position click the inpoint button to mark the starting point Repeat this step for the stopping point of your clip Click the button for the outpoint of the clip
55. ay wedges at the borders of the image Position and distribution of the grayscale are controlled by the grandMA desk with each two channels Left Tile Right Tile K a E Beamer 1 Beamer 2 Softedge ID Softedge ID Softedge controlling of the left image Softedge controlling of the right with Shaper 14A 14B image with Shaper 12A 12B Projection of the complete Image The following example shows the functionality of the Softedge control channels Softedge Layer Softedge Layer Softedge Layer Shaper 12A 0 96 Shaper 12A 100 96 Shaper 12A 100 96 Shaper 12B 096 Shaper 12B 096 Shaper 12B 5096 Automatic Selection of Files if the Image or Video is splitted Because in case of softedging every beamer only shows a part of the complete image it makes sense to tile the whole image into several single files So the amount of data can be reduced relevant first of all if a video is processed For example if a video file is projected with 4 beamers the original data stream can be reduced to ca 1 4 mind the overlapping borders For this case grandMA video offers a functionality for the automatic assignment of the single filenames to the appropriate Softedge layers To every softedgelD the appropriate splitted file is assigned by the program The assignment is controlled by the filenames For every softedge layer a single appropriate file must exist The name of MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 W
56. cations described in 4 5 Version of grandMA desk or grandMA onPC off line For communication you have to connect the PC with the grand MA console or another PC running the onPC editor You can do this directly with a patch crossover cable with two RJ 45 connectors Peer to Peer connection with crossover cable MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 12 If you use a network with a hub or a switch connect the PC with a regular patch network cable to the hub or switch e Connect the cable to the desk Start the desk and load a show Start a new session at the desk MA Network Connections Start New Session Start the grandMA video application with New document The application automatically connects to the desk and receives the data of the current show If you do not get an automatic connection to the desk you can invite the grandMA video to the desk session or join the desk session from the grandMA video application via the network dialog MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 13 5 2 Connection with the grandMA on
57. ck on the radial button USE FOLLOWING IP ADDRESS e Click OK once you have entered your required IP address This may prompt an error box to appear telling you that a SUBNET MASK is required however when you click OK you should see a default SUBNET MASK 255 255 255 0 has already been input and you can just click OK to leave it MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 11 4 6 2 Artnet IP Address The Artnet Standard needs a class A IP address beginning with 2 for example 2 2 2 2 and a subnet mask 255 0 0 0 This address can be added via the Windows dialog Advanced TCP IP Settings Advanced TCP IP Settings E E elsi IP Settings DNS WINS Options r F addresses ME Further information about the Artnet protocol under O Artistic Licence UK Ltd www artisticlicence com 5 Communication with the grandMA Desk Series Notice that the DMX channels have to be patched to communicate with grandMA video Auto Patch qt A77 On The simplest way of patching is to set the switch Auto Patch in the dialog Create New Fixtures or Channels to On at the desk or the Offline Create 5 1 Connection with the grandMA desk Please make sure that the program version of the grandMA desk meets the specifi
58. cts can be manipulated in multiple ways and in the same intuitive manner as a lighting fixture is manipulated from the grandMA console MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 6 Functions and Features At its most basic level grandMA video allows for the control of several moving images and high resolution images simultaneously Videos and still images can be combined mixed and controlled using any grandMA console like a regular multi parameter fixture For this six layers are available plus several master layer with keystone and blade effects and additional layer for soft edge controlling In addition grandMA video offers the possibility of choosing any three dimensional object as a surface for video or still images Cubes cylinders spheres extruded logos or any other three dimensional shape can be textured with complimentary images or videos The position and orientation of these three dimensional objects are fully controllable from the grandMA console You could start with a cube rotating and progress to a three dimensional logo flying around but from then on you are only limited by your imagination Each image or video that is used at the same time requires a layer Since the brightness of each layer is controllable it is pos
59. d data in a grid Panel Visualizer Representation of the received data as LED panel Properties Options Setting of the Artnet IP address as described in 4 6 2 Artnet IP Address MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 66 14 grandMA video Admin Video Controlling Application package All grandMA video detected inside the MA Net can be controlled centrally T This additional application is installed also with the grandMA video installation RW grandMAvidea Admin V a this program On starting the application it is checked if a video session is found inside the MA Net If a session is found grandMA video Admin joins as slave All identified video devices are listed in a grid view The most common settings of the video devices can be controlled from here 14 1 Video Devices Settings The following example shows two video applications found in the MA Net and their settings mc grandMA Video Admin View Help Y Connect ottos notebook2 192 168 1 7 8 video 1 vi vo No Start in Fullscreen No Show FpS No Allowe Invite Yes Min Layer Dist D 0 05000 o Automatic Fullscreen Ratio Content Handling v Balanced recommended Iris Resolution w 90 EIS Sle ME RIE SIE Ivl lt lt lt
60. ddress of the PC must be equal to the first three numbers of the desk for example PC 192 168 0 10 Desk 192 168 0 5 The last number of the IP address must be unique in the complete network Please don t use the automatic distribution of IP settings as offered by Windows because this IPs doesn t fit the requirements Two network cards installed no Select the IP address belonging to the network card communication with the console attached to the grandMA desk oee 6 1 Desk Connection or the MPEG 2 codec Generally if a video a can be shown with the QuickTime Player it also can be shown with grandMA video Video codec s Hecommended Video Codec s At the moment we get the best results with the Cinepak Additional codec s are available at o www apple com quickti Cannot find the connected Check the IP Settings grandMA desk See 6 1 Desk Connection http www apple com quicktime Fullscreen mode does not work The Fullscreen mode requires the dongle Ba Fullscreen shuts off Disable the screensaver and power management ra A pelo lll Software The MS firewall that comes with SP 2 makes no e d si problems After the installation you must allow grandMA 9058s COMMECION video and onPC the access to the network Third party firewalls and anti virus software must be configured If this doesn t help the programs have to be disabled or de installed Note that in this case the virus protection etc do
61. deleted or renumbered via the context menu with the right mouse button Brune br Heart Blue avi Ze Data of the selected item like size framerate and length are shown below the name of the item After the selection of the item its preview is shown in the preview window at the lower left side of the screen o H M H oblea Length de Foo 25 Size 1024 x 768 10242768 Fo Lens ds Dimensions 9 4 1 1 Inserting customized Videos and Images To insert your own images click with the left mouse button into an empty Folder or Channel Functions field and navigate in the upcoming dialog to the folder where the images and videos are located This can be an external drive After the selection of the folder and confirming with OK it will take a while until the images are shown because grandMA video has to build a so called thumbnail little image for every item Therefore each file has to be opened and searched for a usable picture Note that the drive and the connection offer the necessary transfer rate to supply grandMA video with data Because the presentation area of the images and videos behaves like a normal Windows browser you also can copy the files into the shown directories by dragging them from your file browser and drop them into grandMA video These images and videos are added to the channel sets MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 W
62. deo Preview shows a rotating cross with the new texture Instead of a simple texture you also can map a running video on the 3D Object Feel free and change other parameters This is the best way to see how grandMA video works MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 28 9 Program surface After starting the program the following dialog will appear on the screen Application Start Load last Document in 1 2 Seconds Press Cancel for escape Automatic the last used document will be opened or if you cancel a new empty document is created The surface should look like this erandMA Video lt not stored gt k E x ad File View Settings Pixel Mapper Help 0 li N 9 p 9 BJ New Open Save Connect Check Fullscreen Video Output Multi Output Video Layer Images 3D Objects Ss ns in EN Colour Test stepless n Colour Test bmp Horizontal Lines Seng Lines and Circles fine D tar me er ee es bmp Size 1024 x 768 Size 1024 x 768 Size 1024 x 768 Size 1024 x 768 Colour Test steple TD T Test bmp Horizontal Lines b Lines and Circles nern and Circles gt gt mE x RS B 2 2 mm D el Lines Circles and Col Squares fine bmp Squares bmp Vertic
63. e TE O Gesamtes Projekt 9 Yorschaubereich Dateiname C Nicht quadratisches Piselrendern durchf hren Nach Erstellen wiedergeben Dateityp fe uick Time Filmni i Schnelles Bender SENGES Schlusselbilder Quick Time Filmdateien S 24 Bits 1440 x 1080 25 B S sselbild ar Zuschneiden Feldreihenfolge A MPEG 4 Video 24 Schlusselbildrate 75 Que ea 24 Bit Integer 22 050 KHz 1E THG HO Yiia 10004 1m _ In Produktionsarchiv speick ar Bl Zuschneiden Unten 1602 AE Vollbidbreite 1440 Originalgr e beibehalten Yallbildh he 1080 MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 53 The resulting file is a separate video with the new resolution ef TA ADSTIRNO ipii RH Deeg Tib Da HER ges ch Huef Tat ABD ase Fame PEGA Video 120 540 15 7 MA Finat PEGA dea DH a EDG 1ET a um Gerard fig Endisi Sees 23 SIE E Genin A Ena Siam 20 E Pete 2500 Ane DU Alcala by Bee ieee vegan Werkesigdg rat Ges erc prm funda Deene DI E Dptsssprie 2p IM KL TENE Daa A D RA SE AN T ES P Mis dd IDE T j Yi Dm 7 von 1440x1080 aufiB03603 lum UT fe NH 1 Vb li mi IET u Giusbktar e E j
64. e property is available nothing happens e www malighting de eMail info malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 32 Stream If a Capture Device with a driver is installed Eigenschaften FRET TTT Datenstromformat Videoformat Komprimierung its streaming dialog Will be opened after the Reger Locum selection of this button Sa A ER In this dialog the device specific streaming Farbspektrum komprimierung Porc ei properties of the man ufacturer can be D 3 me managed The following example shows the Ausgabegr e Qualit t 0x4 v property dialog of a webcam If no device property is available nothing happens Filters Choose Filters Between Capture Device and the output Available Fiters several filters can be inserted With these filters the output can be distorted coloured or MA DelnterlaceBob deinterlaced MA MakeRed MA Troubles Note As a rule these filters are offered by grandma video and the operating system Also additional Filters of 3 party providers can be used if they are registered The registration can be done similarly to an OCX with the program regsvr32 Cancel Crossbar TV Tuner Opens a manufacturer dependent dialog for the installed video in device MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline
65. e resulting videos now have a resolution of 800 x 600 and overlap by 80 pixels for the X and 60 pixels for the Y direction MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 52 11 2 Example for Splitting a Video with Ulead Media Studio Pro 7 To demonstrate how the splitting of a video file can be done this example gives a brief introduction by using the video software Ulead Media Studio Pro 7 Other applications work similar Sorry for the german application surface The project settings Projekteinstellungen Dateiname Projektdauer 00 01 23 00 Dateiformat bearbeiten Microsoft AYT Dateien Frojektoptionen PAL 25 B S Globale Filter Lberlagerungsspur en 3 Microsoft Ay Dateien 24 Bite 1440 amp 1080 25 B S Feldreihenfolge A Li nkamprimiert Interleave von Audio Fur jedes 1 Bild PCM 48 000 kHz 15 Bit Stereo Beschreibung Verwendete Dateien Leth hd videa clip 1080 wmv Create video file Videodatei erstellen Speichern Gs RAIDT Light iL y DEVELOPMENT Ij simpleplayersdi win DEVELOPMENT ALPHA EI splitt 800x600 mov 5 Eigene Dateien E splitt 1440 1080 mo Misc C MoviePlayer Video Speicheroptionen Lj Setups Du mem
66. esn t Work To configure your firewall enable the Remote Call TCP Port 7003 in your Firewall Options Bad Performance Disable virus checks on the content files like AVI IMG or MOV files Change the Device Settings from RGB Emulation to HAL Settings Options Driver Content Browsing from desk Check the IP address same subnet and configure or doesn t work disable the firewall Properties of Hardware Interface disable Checksum Offload in the advanced Setting of the Network Adapter Black output screen May be your graphics board has too less memory MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 71 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 O 8 9 esch esch N A 64 MB or less and you are using a high display resolution e g 1400 1050 Reduce the screen resolution DMC channels are not patched No Output without Desk Flag is checked Dimmer Grandmaster Blades closed 3D Object moved out of focus or wrong scaled Keystoning parameter stupid No valid Fixture Layer Output device for example a Beamer doesn t support the high resolution Video Capture Cards If the card works with the Windows Direct Show this The Decklink Blackmagic SDI should work We have tested the small SDI In card and C
67. full responsibility for the selection of BluffTitler to achieve your intended results and for the installation use and results obtained from the product Limited Warranty Outerspace Software does not warrant that the functions contained in BluffTitler will meet your requirements or that the operation of BluffTitler will be uninterrupted or error free You are advised to test the evaluation version before purchasing the product to see if it meets your requirements Liability In no event will Outerspace Software its employees agents or distributors be liable for any damages suffered by you or any third party resulting from the use of BluffTitler Our entire liability without exception is limited to the purchase price of BluffTitler If you have any questions concerning this agreement write to Outerspace Software info outerspace software com Postbus 12441 1100 AK Amsterdam the Netherlands MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 74 18 Appendix How to create a Video Loop This is a short tutorial on how to create a video loop with the software Ulead Video Editor Let s assume that you just returned home from a trip and now want to create a loop from one of your recorded scenes on our tape Video capture e Insert the t
68. guration can be managed by the Desk Connection dialog oranda Network Item Type Streaming Session ID Sessions a TESTSHOW 192 158 1 55 GMA Ultra Remark If the session entry appears in red the streaming version is wrong You have to update the software Settings en Pe With the gt gt button you can expand the dialog IP 132 158 1 2 LAN M erbindung 255 255 255 0 The upper part of the dialog shows the active sessions and their members in a tree view The session master is printed bold GrandMA video is printed green Create a new session GrandMA video creates a new session as master This function is used for example if a show exists as ped file grandMA video Format The show with all data is sent to the slave It must not be loaded via disk to the desk If the loading is completed the desk automatic becomes the master and grandMA video gets the slave Join as Slave Join the selected session as a member usually as slave After that data of the desk is transferred to the grandMA video Join as Sniffer Join the selected session as a sniffer i e the Video application is only receiving data similar to an Artnet receiver application If you change settings in the Video application no data is sent to the desk Leave Session Leave the session gt gt Expand the dialog view Settings Session ID Every session in the grandMA network has a unique ID Only members with this ID ca
69. hat you see a plain black rectangle instead of your clip A good standard choice is the cinepak codec This codec is a bit older and cannot compete with the image quality file size ratio of modern codecs but it has some advantages 1 An acceptable image quality which comes with a reasonable file size 2 Cinepak is installed on every Windows system by default That means that in 99 995 of all cases your clip will be playable on any Windows computer So we decided to use the Cinepak codec for our example Choose the codec in the codec settings You can find them under the third tab AVI The default settings for the cinepak codec are ok for us We also recommend the Apple Photo JPEG and Motion JPEG Speic Video Save Options ui Video Editor General Al Compressor EES one DV video Encoder type 1 DV Video Encoder type 2 MJPEG Compressor D Cinepak Codec by Radius Datei 2 Intel Indea R Video AS il SH Intel FM Codec Microsoft ALE Date Microsoft Video 1 TechSmith Screen Capture Codec Sav Indeo videa 5 10 Mie Intel Indeo Video 4 5 JAB Microsoft MPEG 4 Video Codec v1 Biel Microsoft ME D A Video Codec v2 p VF31 9 Compressor Microsoft Windows Media Video 3 B n Dim 521LDadec EE Abbrechen Hite You can set the output size of the video under the second tab General Switch to User Defined and enter 1024 x 768 to adjust the size to the resolution of a video projector In the data track dropdown men
70. he beam shapers the resulting image can be masked variable with four shapers each with 2 channels Master Layer Iris Beam1 Iris 100 Beam1 Iris 50 96 Beam1 Iris With the Iris function the output picture can be covered wit an iris Master Layer Control Multi Output Fullscreen View Control The Control channel of the Master Layer is used to switch to the Fullsreen View or to shut down the PC via the desk These functions are available as buttons in the Smart View No Operation Shutdown Shutdown PC Restart Restart PC Fullscreen Fullscreen Mode Windowed Windowed Mode Sniffer Mode Sniffer mode Slave Mode Slave Mode Enter PM Start Pixelmapper Leave PM Leave Pixelmapper MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 48 Keystone Layer Effects Keystone Layer Shaper 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B All layer views are mixed up to one view for the main camera Each edge of this view can be moved towards the opposite edge to generate a keystone effect Keystone Layer Key Corr X Corr Y Corr If a picture is projected distorted on a surface a perspective correction is necessary to distribute the content on the surface correctly Therefore the distribut
71. hting com 3D objects created with other programs can be converted with grandMA 3D into the xob format Please note that the amount of polygones affects the performance because for each polygone the projection has to be calculated The lower the number of polygones the better the frame rate e Build your 3D object and export it as 3D Studio Object 3DS e Import the object with grandMA 3D vie File Import Objects e Export the object by selecting it in the object tree with the right mouse button and then select Export Object within the context menu Objects created in this way can be added to the Channel Set via the context menu of the right mouse button MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 39 9 5 Multi Output This View allows an overview of all layers their effects and the resulting output Output Multi Output video Layer Keystone 1 Fixture ID 7 EA AA EEE EEE FEN Shapert 141216 o Shapert 1B 217 o Shaperi 24 215 ol Shapert 2B 213 ol Shapert 3A4 220 74 Shapert 3B 221 ol Shapert 4A 222 EM IShapert 4B 223 1 IKey Corr X Corr 224 128 Key Corr YCorr 225 G i assi BH VObject Alpha 6 ENTE Object OT 7 HEU Geier CMS Colors cmas t ColorMi CM3 10
72. ine Bearbeiten von PAL Type 1 Ai deo B and Always show this dialog box MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 80 e Import the previously created clip You can import clips by double clicking one of the video tracks in the timeline A file open dialog will appear in which you can select your clip When you open the file the window will disappear and the clip becomes glued to your mouse pointer Place this clip at the beginning of the first videotrack Va Ei Video Editor Untitled nt em l ol Tal em io E ld M HH e E e Fla Ed View Search Inset Cip Window Help Switch EC Ge bed dao a o ECKER E d IC H Fin gp On Omg 60000500 Gomm 061200 001400 00001600 ph al ZER san P CT SS d ij o SI A Oy O35 cs 5 3 23 DN D s E ay Al e Doubleclick the clip in the timeline The clip will appear in the source window This is as its name indicates the video source from which you will work and not the clip which will be created by editing the it MA Lighting
73. ines bmp MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de A RE M ar Ke Dimmer Dim 0 255 Ps el Diarknezz 5 EEH Ob DIT T oi Colorkeiz cmi 255 ICelerMix CM 2 3 25 RB ColorMis CM0 255 M po l Posl 11 1 Ob images Du Player PIaumods 15 2 Player Index 14 D IVPlawer Specd 15 128 Player Ecgin 16 D Player End 17 255 Img Split 13 128 Img Split Y 13 128 Bee Offset X 20 128 mg Offser Y 21 128 imac x 22 255 vimge gt T 23 SCH Obj 30 Objectsi24 0l 228 Lines and Es images directly Test Image pg mouse D 97297 Waldb ttelorunn www malighting de The content of each layer is shown in a small window The control beside allows to watch and manipulate the effect values If a video runs on the layer a progress bar below the window shows the state the name and the actual time of the video in seconds A mouse click on the effect allows the direct input of values or opens another dialog to select for instance For continuous value entries you can hold the mouse button down and change the values by dragging the eMail info malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 40 9 6 Fullscreen View This view uses the full screen to show the video output There are several ways to switch into the full screen view Ei e Select the Ful
74. ion of the picture content can be manipulated in X and Y direction Softedge Layer Effects Softedge Layer 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B If several projectors should show one common image the borders must be cross faded For every border one channel for the position and one channel for the dispensation of the black wedge exists This example shows a soft edging for the left border of the image MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Example with 8bit values 0 255 or in 96 X Corr 0 96 Y Corr 2 O 96 1A 0 1B 30 2A 0 2B 0 3A 30 3B 0 4A 0 4B 0 X Corr 75 96 Y Corr 0 96 Example with 8 Bit Values 0 255 or in 96 Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de e www malighting de 1A 0 1B 0 2A 50 2B 0 3A 0 3B 0 4A 0 4B 0 eMail info malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 49 10 1 Color keying This technique makes it possible to draw images with transparent colors A Color Key is when you choose a certain color in the image to be transparent GrandMA video attaches two conditions to use the color keying technique for an image e he transparent color of the image is defined as 255 0 255 R G B i e you have to paint the transparent areas exactly with this color e The name of the image must have the extension oCh For example Mask CK BMP Note We recommend usi
75. k or onPC software version Desk version 5 54 in x Me MA Lighting I ii saam CH tet rm The grandMA onPC software can run on the same PC or on an external PC connected via Ethernet 4 6 IP Addresses IP addresses are what allow the internet and most modern networks to work It s a way of identifying a computer by a unique set of numbers an IP address An IP address is made up of a set of four numbers Each number can have a value between 0 and 255 Your PC and the grandMA must have their respective IP addresses set up correctly The first three sets of numbers must be the same and the last set must be different For example GrandMA console IP address 192 168 0 5 PC with grandMA video IP address 192 168 0 10 To setup the IP address of the desk please refer to the grandMA user s manual 4 6 1 How to set the IP Address of the PC Please note if you are already part of a network please check with your network administrator before changing your IP settings you may not need to and before connecting any device such as a lighting console to an existing network Windows XP e START CONTROL PANEL NETWORK CONNECTIONS e Double click on LOCAL AREA CONNECTION e Select INTERNET PROTOCOL TCP IP from the list of protocols e Click on PROPERTIES In the properties window you will see either your existing IP address or a selection that says OBTAIN AN IP ADDRESS AUTOMATICALLY In the case of the latter e Cli
76. k Color Crosses Display of the color changes in the Output Area Show Render Background Display of the complete image also the areas that are not covered by LED panels Update Background Updates the background of videos slows down the performance Slow Artnet Out while Editing In the edit mode the Artnet output is slowed down to get a better performance for the editor Patch by dropping a new Panel Opens a patch dialog after the dropping of new panels Call Area Output Editor Opens a dialog for creating new area output configurations In this dialog several configurations for output areas can be definden 9 1 5 Help Help lt F1 gt Opens the help window About Shows the about box with the current version number Also you get the version information of the installed QuickTime In the lower part of the box you can find the license information In the about box under the entry File you can find the release notes Version history FAQ Opens a document with the Frequently Asked Questions Show Release Notes Opens the release notes document MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 35 9 2 Toolbar The toolbar contains several buttons that are related to the general operations of the program d L
77. like monitors and can take the shape of any geometric form This takes place on so called Layers Every Layer output feeds a virtual camera The virtual camera outputs can be mixed up to a resulting video output Every layer has its own magazine containing emitting 3D objects Every layer has its own magazine containing videos images and masks The number of layers can vary in dependence of the complexity of your show If the grandMA video is invited in a session by the desk every layer behaves similar to a fixture The application receives the amount of layers and every layer magazine is assembled with several images and videos These are indicated by their relative paths and names If a layer 3D object or the content of a magazine is changed within grandMA video the changed properties are immediately taken up by the desk Several grandMA video applications are shown in several Layers on the MA desk The following diagram shows a principle structure with 4 layers GrandMA Video principle function with 4 layers QASERERERSESERRSRSHEHERERSKSTERERRRRHRRRRRRERRHRERESTERRERSSETESERERHERRERSERTRRRRRREERRRSRERHAERRRRRRHERRRSREEHERFRRSARRRRRRERRRERRRSRHERRERRSERRRRRRERRHESEAEHERSSTHEHEERRHAERHERRSEBhnVWR RHEEEMEEMEREHRSTEVENESRHUEEARESAHERERRETETTRA D H Hub Or Switch Ethernet Move XYZ Effects Control i t l tile select v color start Video Out l E key frame Layer Mixer 3D Object Move
78. lscreen button from the toolbar Fullscreen Hit the Enter key on the keyboard The Enter key switches into the Fullscreen View ESC switches back Use the Master Layer control channel on the grandMA desk to switch remote controlled into the Fullscreen View If the application should always start in the Fullscreen View choose the menu entry Settings gt Start in Fullscreen 9 7 Status Bar The status bar offers an overview about the system status MN enne Uem cmn Animated Ari D Viousl Layer O Connal Le 0 Ho Fare Type telected Mae 1 Dees Shows the status of the dongle Mode lt Normal Mode Blind Programming or Normal User lt Administrator gt User rights Restricted or Administrator Animated Avis O Shows the number of animated avis in the current show pla Shows the total number of Video Layers Softedge ID 2 lfashow contains more than one Softedge or Keystone Layer the appropriate ID for this video machine can be selected here Example An image with a resolution of 2000 x 768 pixels has to be projected with two beamers via Softedging Therefore two images with 1024 x 768 and two grandMA video applications one for the left and one for the right image are used Both applications use the same show The left application uses the Softedge ID 1 for controlling the right side and the right application uses the Softedge ID 2 for controlling the left Softedge side Softedge contr
79. ly be placed in the transition effects track Place it right into the area where both video clips overlap The crossfade effect will adjust its own length to the length of the overlapping area automatically You now have created a soft crossfade from the end of the first clip into the beginning of the second Mischen Mosaik A window pops up and gives you more options to configure the crossfade effect But we are happy with the default settings right now Just click OK Notice that Ulead Video Editor computes the manipulated video frames each time you use an effect on the clip This can lead to a short delay because you must wait until the application has finished rendering the new frames e Reduce the length of the second clip Reduce the length of the second clip until its end meets the end of the first clip The whole movie is now as long as the first clip MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 84 Ba oe g Be lan 20 00 00 Cr But what is the difference now 1 01 18 d 00 00 0 2 DU mnt he The clip now will crossfade into its own beginning For that we needed the copy Now the clip is ready for a loop playback Save the project e Comp
80. m the beginning to the end Play Loop Starts the video endless looped forward from the beginning Play Reverse Starts the video once backward from the end to the beginning Play Loop Reverse Starts the video endless looped backward from the end Bounce Run forward from the beginning and reverses at the end endless Stop Stops immediately Pause Pauses Resume Continues after Pause even with Bouncing or Looping Loop Index Plays the loops inside the index frames set at Frame Index Begin and End Play Index Plays the video from the indexes frames at Frame Index Begin and End Loop Index Reverse reverse like above Play Index Reverse reverse like above MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 47 The Master Layer Keystone Layer and Softedge Layer effects manipulate the complete output signal Master Layer Effects Example with 8bit values 0 255 or in Master Layer Camera Pos X Pos Y Pos Z X 50 Y 50 Z 50 X 46 Y 52 Z 54 All layer views are mixed up to one view for the main camera This imaginary camera can be moved to show only parts of the whole image So several applications can be connected together to project a huge image Master Layer Shaper 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B With t
81. met Effects Layer Magazines ez o D WAT MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 19 6 3 Layer properties For a better overview shows can be arranged in Fixture Layers on the grandMA desks E g the conventional lights can be separated from the multi functional fixtures and video engines In the example below you see a show in the Fixture Layer named New Device Layer with two VL 2000 W and two VL 1000 A Fixture Layer Name Qty ID Cha New Device Layer EW Lee Name Type ID ChalD Fix Patch Mast wL2000W 1 L200 16 2 B J4 0 wL2000W 2 L200 17 2 B 485 10004 18 01 O 10004 2 10004 19 30 20 According to this example for every grandMA video show an own Fixture Layer is created This Layer accepts several Video Layers These Video Layers can be combined to meet your requirements In the following example the Fixture Layer with the name Video contains 6 Video Layers 4 Keystone Layers 1 Master Layer and 4 Softedge Layers Fixture Layer _ Mame Oty ID Cha 15 LI 15 video Fixtures and Channels in Layer lt lt lt gt gt gt Name Type ID ChalD Fix Patch MastiFunc Pan Func Tilt Swap DMX Pan DMX T Layer 1 Video 1 1 A 381 Layer 2 Video 2
82. n invite the desk or onPC to the MA session erandMA Network Item Type Streaming Session ID 2 Sessions Testsession TESTSHOW athlon3500 192 168 1 2 8 GMA Video m e Expand the network dialog with the gt gt button Settings Session ID Allow Invite Session Name Password IP 132 168 1 2 LAN Verbindung 255 255 255 0 e Open the next dialog with the Invite button MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 24 Invite Station Station Ip athlon2800 132 158 1 1 E4C ultralight Show Download Note GrandMA video can create a session as a Master If a desk joins into this session the desk will become the master and grandMA video will become the slave All show data on the desk will be overwritten e Select the station to be invited and confirm with OK The show data of grandMA video will be transferred to the desk This is signaled on the desk with a bar From now on the desk becomes the master of the grandMA session and grandMA video joins as slave o This is indicated by the green LED S GrandMA video had joined the session as slave MA Network vii MA Network Connections Active Network Sessions Stations in Network Session Ss 3 Status IP Ver
83. n take part in this session Session Name Input or display for the name of a session MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 17 Password If a password is required for the session you can enter it in this field IP Use this listbox to choose an IP address for network communication If there is more than one IP available e g multiple network cards installed select the IP address which is linked to the grandMA desk Allow Invite If the switch is on grandMA video can be invited to a session Invite Opens a dialog showing all connected MA members desks and onPC in the network You can invite new members via the dialog MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 18 6 2 Principle function diagram The following pattern demonstrates how data is processed If you connect the grandMA video to an MA desk you can compare the result with some slide projectors remote controlled by an MA desk In contrast to a slide projector the slides are not projected on the screen The screens or 3D objects are active light emitters
84. n that utilizes bi directional communication with the grandMA console grandMA video is an integrated part of the grandMA network session Instant live access to any kind of image 3D object or video including content preview in your presets Extensive media library included Video In feature to fade in live videos Synchronization of videos via MA network Blind Programming support Pixel Mapper to control several LED walls via Artnet Artnet Panel Simulator Main Features grandMA video is a software based media server for the grandMA range of lighting control consoles lt uses a Windows PC to facilitate the control of video and still images directly from any grandMA console and runs on readily available PC hardware As fully integrated part of the grandMA network system grandMA video is not just triggered via DMX This has many advantages On the one hand a minimum of setup and configuration is required due to bi directional communication between the console and the grandMA video software On the other hand the grandMA console allows for direct access to the server content browser and previews the content as thumbnails in the preset The grandMA video software enables a console operator to control and alter videos still images and three dimensional objects in real time from a grandMA lighting console Three dimensional objects can be textured with video clips or animated images Videos still images and three dimensional obje
85. nder menu view MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 75 FE video Capture Capt be Su Help VS ld Lee Jar bel ve Center ren rog Same a EL EIL r3 pmi iaia ravala m E sb E If you still see no image of your video you have to make sure that your recording plug in is configured correctly You can do this under menu setup recording plug in Common types are Ulead VFW Recording Plug in for Adaptec PAPI 1394 capture adapters Ulead DirectShow Recording Plug in for TI 1394 capture adapters Ulead DV Recording Plug in for other types of DV capture adapters MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 76 Change Capture Plug in E Current capture plug in Ulead DirectShow Capture Plug in 6 Ulead DirectShow Capture Plug in Ulead DS MPEG Capture Plug in h Windows Media Format Capture Plug in Ulead DYD YR Plug in MICROM MPEG Capture Plug If your settings are correct but you still see no image and many or all of the control panel elements are not active you h
86. ne layers Simultaneous movement of both boarders in X or Y direction on both keystone layers MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 69 15 Keyboard Shortcuts The common shortcuts ee mtn Fullscreen Mode Shift Mouse Select several objects from the first selected to the last Ctrl I Mouse Add object to the selection with the mouse Oo gt La oa y Mm Please note that possible installed drivers for example for graphic cards affect the keyboard shortcuts as well D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 70 Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de 16 FAQ and Troubleshooting Should you have any problems with the application you can refer to the frequently asked questions below 16 1 Software Questions Nr 1 problems with the communication Check the TCP IP settings PC desk Is a network card installed Is the TCP IP protocol configured The TCP IP subnet mask of the PC must be equal with the subnet mask of the desk for example 255 255 255 0 2 3 4 The first 3 numbers of the IP a
87. ng the BMP format for color keying images The compression of other formats may cause fraying effects at the transparent boarders The following example shows a typical result of a Color key mixture Picture1 Picture 2 with Colorkey Resulting picture uitar bm Picture1 Picture2 Additional conditions for Colorkeying Images Filename Consequence XYZ CK AUTO jpg Always the color of the first pixel in the upper left corner is taken as key color XYZ CK255000255 jpg The 9 digits after the oCh are used as RGB value for the key XYZ CK 255 0 255 jpg The key RGB values are the numbers in XYZ CK BLACK jpg The key is defined as text in XYZ CK WHITE jpg XYZ CK RED jpg XYZ CK GREEN jpg XYZ CK BLUE jpg Otherwise Value RGB 255 0 255 is the key color for the mask MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 50 11 Softedging Softedging or Soft Edge Blending is a technique to split a complete picture into several smaller tiles Therefore the margins of the flanking edges overlap Inside the overlapping range both images show the same content but with decreasing brightness to the boarders GrandMA video supports this technique for videos and images This is realized via four controllable grayscales gr
88. nished a message window pops up which informs you about the result of the process Usually everything is fine so you can just close the window Batch Log E Eigene DateientWideo Capture batchlog Please click the lt Recapture gt button to re capture any files with Emors Capture to file eegene dateien vvideo capture videl avi Settings In 00 10 16 02 Out 00 10 18 19 normal speed Message No frames were dropped Close Clear save If you open the folder where you saved your clip file you should find an avi file This can be depending on the length of the clip rather big because it is uncompressed video e You can quit Ulead Video Capture now Video editing e Start the software Ulead Video Editor A window will pop up first asking what kind of project you want to create Choose DV PAL 25 B S Audio 48 kHz Hew Edit file format Microsoft AVI files v Existing project templates EI i Properties Previous Settings DY NTSC 29 97 B S Audio 48kHz PAL 25 B 5 DV PAL 25 B 5 Audio 48kH saber ra iae DV 16 8 NTSC 29 97 B S Aldo 48kHz Icrasart ateien DY 16 3 PAL 25 B S Audio 48kH2 24 Bits 2208 576 4 3 25 BYS Frasentatians videa 30 B S Indeo Geet ele mee Prasentationswideo 20 B S Indea DV Audio PAL 48 000 kHz 16 Bit St CD ROM Video 30 B S Cinepak el zen i Z K x CO ROM Video 20 6 5 Cinepak Description Benutzen Sie diese Schablone beim Onl
89. o Application The installation is divided in several parts the installation of the program and additional software and the library installations The installation of grandMA video Apple QuickTime and MPEG2 Codec are necessary video libraries and BluffTitler are optional So the amount of data is reduced if you want to update the program only You must do the installation procedure for the grandMA video program and the additional packages separately The actual version of the video application can be downloaded from the Internet Internet downloads Please extract the downloaded file into a temporary folder and run the Setup VIDEOxxx exe program CD DVD version The installation program should start automatically after inserting the grandMA video CD If not you can run the installation exe program from the root directory Note You should have administration rights to install the program To work with grandMA video without administration rights you have to arrange the administration rights by the administrator on the installation path e g C Program Files MA Lighting Technologies grandMA video Before you install a new version of the program please be sure that you have un installed any old versions You must un install the application from the control panel under add remove programs It s not sufficient to just delete the files 4 2 Installation of the Apple QuickTime Platform To play QuickTime movies mov with g
90. o malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 22 7 Several grandMA video applications in one grandMA show Several grandMA video applications can be provided with one desk simultaneously For each grandMA video application one fixture layer is created on the desk A grandMA video application is working in the MA Net and is identified via the fixture layer name All PCs running grandMA video with the same fixture layer name will grab what they need out of the data stream and show the same show with the same content Several video fixtures configured in the desk can be selected in the grandMA video application via a drop down menu Fisture Lauer Example with one connected grandMA video application in one Fixture Layer xure Leer A 5a zm e ei y n Dee We ei ei We ei Fixtures and Channels in Layer Mame Type ID ChalD Fix Patch h ge Pan Func Tilt Swap DMX Pan DMX T Layer 1 Video 1 1 41 398 A A A A Layer 2 Video 2 Ar OS Layer 3 ideo 3
91. o the given name at the desk a If you use different fixture layers you can switch between these layers by selecting the bb specific layer within the box The following buttons are enabled if the FOH Features in the Options Dialog are enabled o Blind You can take or reject the Blind Preview from the desk by selecting the o ll appropriate check buttons If the Blind Preview is active the button gets blue Note The m Blind Preview only can be watched in the Preview not in the Fullscreen mode Q Dongle You can take or reject the grandMA video license from a dongle that is Zeg connected to the MA network So if you only want to watch the video output in the Preview select reject and you can take the free license for another engine If no license is found the button is red If a license is found and used by the machine the button is green If alicense is found and rejected the button is grey MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 36 9 3 Preview Preview This view offers a preview of the resulting output video If you enter the tab grandMA video receives the commands from the desk and shows the resulting output but in opposite to the Fullscreen view the menus the toolbar and the st
92. oft Windows XP operation system SP2 e Microsoft DirectX version 9 or above e Actual grandMA console software or grandMA onPC 2 1 Recommendations for the target system To setup a grandMA video system with a good performance all components should be well suited to each other For example to present a video in PAL quality a great amount of data has to be handled To imagine the amount of data that has to be processed we give a short example for a simple PAL video Resolution 768 x 576 pixel 25 fps frames per second 24 bit color depth 768 x 576 x 25 x 24 265 420 800 bps bit per second That means ca 33 MByte second have to be streamed to the output card for only one uncompressed PAL video e One important unit of measurement for the system speed is the CPU speed and its adjustment to the main board chipset The speed should be above 2 GHz and the chipset must be optimized for the CPU type to reach a high data throughput We do not recommend a preferred manufacturer A 64 Bit CPU type will not improve the performance A dual processor system will not improve the performance too e To increase the drive speed we recommend a RAID array Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives configuration of two or more hard disks with RAIDO level 0 configuration RAIDO writes data across the drives in the array one segment at a time This configuration is also referred to as striping Striping offers high I O rates since read wri
93. olling of the left image is done with Shaper 14A Softedge controlling for the right image is done with Shaper 12A Layer 1 Layer2 Shaper 14A gt gt Shaper 12 A MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 41 9 8 Managing of video content with the grandMA desk To change the arrangement of images and videos or to change the objects in the Channel Functions you must not even leave the desk place You can browse by means of the desk surface on the PC hard disk in your directories for images videos or 3D objects and arrange your content in the Channel oets The simplest way to change the layer content is to use the Smart view Sp DE RR e Push the Edit button at the desk and then the image that has to be changed In the upcoming Values inside Function Block dialog the image is selected Name Hange Visualize Subfuncton Physical Standard O 255 Gobo Wheel Wheel 1 MALighting O 255 Gobo Wheel Wheel 1 D _OPOOoL High D Clipz1 O 255 Gobo Wheel Wheel 1 _OPOOL 2 values Inside Functional Block MALighting Mame Hange Auto No 1 Ho Image O 2 Autumn Leaves avi 1 E AgrandM Video contentiMALighting Autumn 3 Autumn Leaves 2 avi 2 MEAgrandHA Video contentM ALightings Autumn 4 Black and white
94. or the visualization The file construction is similar to the fixture description file of the desk The LED panel file describes the physical dimensions of the panel the optical visualization and the dimensions of the LEDs as well as the DMX channels and the patching order The file is structured hierarchically as a tree with single blocks The blocks are described within They contain tags Keywords or marks beginning with a _ A tag is followed by a set value Bock TagNam LU Description Sample po LNAME Displayed title ofthe LED Panelastext 5x5 25cm LED IS ROUND Flag for the visualization of the LED 1 BENE Other appe x im ei DE Other appearances may follow At the moment only circular or square LED SHIFT X 1 2 Shift the first line column right and the See the LED SHIFT Y second line column left sample 1 gt Shift the first line column up and the below second line column down curtain Te _LAYOUT ROWS Amount of LED rows _DELTAX Counting direction for patching 1 right to left _DELTAY Counting direction for patching 1 top down 1 down to top DIRECTION Patch order 1 first Y then X _MEANDER Not supported yet Ms REESEN _CHANNELS _REPEAT Count how often the following value is repeated Here Value LED UNIT 25 times _ VALUE Patch rule for channel or following tag that is described in the following While patching this list i
95. pper ox5 25cum 9 43 25 n H TT 9 25 m 5x5 1 5x5 25c Evenled txt Simple Meter txt n LED Ext 55Q SSR 220 Et 20x20 txt LED Panels are defined similar to dimmer or multi function spots via fixture type text files These files are located on the video PC in the default path C Programm Files MA Lighting Technologies grandMA Video Data NEW PANELS Here the properties of the LED panels are defined as a Fixture Types in single text files PanelName txt In the left edge of the window all configured LED panels in the default directory are shown If a panel is selected in the lower part a detailed view of the panel is shown in the upper part A pop up menu right mouse click offers possibilities for other operations Delete and the navigation Launch Explorer Insert Folder Update ER e Wm If an entry is selected in the overview a detailed view of the LED panel with its measurements appears in the upper picture window Via the context menu right mouse click you can select additional views like the detailed view or the overview about the DMX channels Detailed view of the LED Panel DMX channel allocation of the LED Panel El File C Progra PEE e 1 4 1 7 1 10 1 13 1 5 1 8 1 11 1 14 e 1 6 1 dde 1 15 i 1 13 1 22 1 25 1 28 1 20 1 23 1 26 1 23 1 18 1 21 1 24 1 27 1 20 1 31 1 34 1 37 1 4 1 43 1 32 1 35
96. r LED panels SE ls Channels per Panel bs of the DMX Channels per Panel 75 channels per panel Patch Universe Address of the first DMX universe zi for patching Universe DMX Address DMX start address of the first r RH panel Dives Address D al Panel Offset Distance between the start addresses of the single panels SE SS For example With the offset of 512 for each Panel Offset panel a new DMX universe is taken This SSES happens because the DMX universe range reaches from 1 to 512 The following example shows the distribution of the DMX addresses on the DMX universes DMX 1 Panel 1 Universe 1 512 DMX 1 Panel 2 Universe 2 ANA AQ MAA XV LLLLLELLELELEELEEELLLELL UELELELELELELELEELELLEL 1 5 x 5 RGB LED Panel 75 1 5 x 5 RGB LED Panel 75 75 DMX Channels 75 DMX Channels f DMX Startaddress 1 4 e DMX Offset 512 lt MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 62 13 3 File Format of LED Panels The properties of an LED panel are specified in a text file e g 5x5 25cm txt This text files are located in the folder C ProgramFiles MA Lighting Technologies grandMA video Data NEWPANELS Parallel to the text file exists a bitmap bmp with the same name in the folder f
97. r acceptance of this agreement Outerspace Software grants you a non exclusive non transferable license to use the full version of BluffTitler Each licensed copy of BluffTitler may either be used by a single person who uses BluffTitler personally on one or more computers or installed on a single computer used nonsimultaneously by multiple people but not both You turn the evaluation version into the licensed version by entering your own personal license keys into the dialog that is displayed after selecting the menu item settings enter license keys and clicking the ok button You can return to the evaluation version by clicking the Transfer button in the same dialog Restrictions You may not use copy modify or transfer BluffTitler or the documentation or any copy in whole or in part except as expressly provided for in this agreement You may not redistribute any license keys You may not disassemble or reverse compile BluffTitler You may not use BluffTitler to promote violence terrorism drugs criminal activities racism or discrimination Redistribution You have to contact us if you want to bundle BluffTitler with your own software or hardware product Termination This agreement and your license to use Bluff Titler will automatically terminate without notice if you fail to comply with any provision of this agreement Upon termination you shall destroy all copies and license keys of BluffTitler Selection and Use You assume
98. randMA video you have to install the QuickTime platform QuickTime enables your computer to handle Video graphics sounds sprites text VR panoramas animation and content streamed over the internet The installer lets you choose the QuickTime software you want and places the appropriate locations on the computer For further installations choose the QuickTime Updater in the QuickTime folder The QuickTime platform installation is available on the installation DVD and will start automatic within the installation process 4 3 Installation of the MPEG2 Codec To play MPEG2 coded movies with grandMA video you have to install this licensed Codec For this purpose start the installation program DWINQuickTimeMPEG2 exe MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 9 4 4 Installation of the Video Libraries The libraries contain video clips images and gobos Hence it is a huge data package So the installation of the video libraries is distributed on several DVDs The following libraries exist Name Description Size SET 1 MALIGHTING MASKS 57 MASKS 1024 768 128 MB MALIGHTING TEXTURES 304 TEXTURES 1024 768 87 7 MB MALIGHTING CLIPS 1 91 Videos 1024 768 Particle Illusion Clips 1 45 GB MALIGHTING CLIPS2 26 Videos 1024 768 cinema Video
99. ress and export the clip You can export the finished clip under menu file create video file Enter a path and a name for your file in the next dialog Video Editor projekt 01 dvp File Edit View Search Insert Clip Window Mew Open Restore Close Save Save AS Save Project Template Smart Package Data Rate Analysis Create Convert Media Player Select Device Control MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de Ctrl M Cir O D Erl Chrl 5 yideo File P 2 Audio File n e Multiple Files EDL File www malighting de eMail info malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 85 In the options section you can choose a specific compression codec which will reduce the size of your video file significantly though causing some loss of quality This will help you to maintain constant playback without delays during which the video player would have to wait for new data You have to make a compromise here You can get really good codecs which offer both very good image quality and very low file size However these codecs are often not free for commercial use The DivX codec belongs in this section But you cannot expect that this codec will be available on the target platform of your video The worst thing which can happen is t
100. s No Session Name Showfile Unconnected lig Gtandah 192 168 1 4 5 200 1 GMA Video 1 NONAME athlon2800 Standal 192 168 1 1 E4 5 200 Local Connection Setup Station IP Addres arme Session Name GMA Video 1 Station Name Session Password pa optional Station Priority Norma Session Mode Remote Invitation Enabled Actual Status Local Station Remote Station MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de You also can join the session via the desk or onPC Therefore select the Tools button on the desk and open the MA Network dialog Select the Active Network Session and click on Join Session The show will be transferred to the desk and the desk will become the master of the session if it was created from grandMA video eMail info malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 25 8 2 Step 2 Controlling Images and Videos via the MA desk Now you have assess to the images and videos arranged in the demo show of grandMA video The surface of the touch screen should look like this Fixture Sheet Values amp Presets E Auto Auto sorted by Numbers LE d Col Rows id Name Dimmer ee Vos Type mage AUS Darkn X YZ X Y 7 Close MW ss Ma bull Nos Norm 128 2 Layer 2 Close E 3 Layer
101. s 2 93 GB MALIGHTING CLIPS3 33 Videos 768 576 nature Videos 1 25 GB MALIGHTING CLIPS4 35 Videos 768 576 nature Videos 2 15 BG DFDESIGN 33 Videos 640 480 QMOV 2 88 GB IDYLLHANDS 34 Videos 640 480 QMOV 605 MB HIGH D CLIPS1 15 Videos 1024 768 2 19 GB HIGH D CLIPS2 14 Videos 1024 768 2 03 GB HIGH_D CLIPS3 17 Videos 1024 768 2 19 GB HIGH_D TEXTURES 40 Images 1024 1024 textures 6 92 MB DHA 1021 Images 1024 768 52 6 MB DHA Black White Gobo Library MALighting Ideas 7 Videos 768 576 misc Videos 368 MB Sum 18 3GB MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 10 4 5 Version of grandMA desk or grandMA onPC off line The Version number of the desk must fit to the version number of grandMA video You can find the version number of the grandMA video application in the Aboutbox via the menu entry About About erandMAY deo The corresponding desk version is shown in brackets behind the grandMA video version Uz e version 5 040 The first two digits of the desk version n n must be identical with s this number o 57447 Otherwise the communication with the desk is faulty Desk Version n nxx n n represents the version streaming number of the desk software This number should correspond to the des
102. s processed For each detected VALUE LED UNIT a new LED UNIT is inserted The amount of COLS multiplied with ROWS complies with the number of SUBBLOCK entries If VALUE NONE there is an DMX gap mM CO EAS LED_UNIT A AAA LED UNIT VALUE Function description of the channels _VALUE Valid values _ VALUE CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW RED GREEN BLUE WHITE La QQ gt MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 63 13 3 1 LED Panel Examples Because LED Panels can take different shapes here some examples In the simplest case LEDs are numbered continuous LEDTYPE _ NAME 5x5 25cm WIDTH 25 000000 l HEIGHT 25 000000 5 X 5 LED Matrix PHYS WIDTH 25 000000 PHYS HEIGHT 25 000000 PHYS WIDTH LED 4 0 88 8 25 m U PHYS HEIGHT LED 4 0 LED IS ROUND 1 _ LAYOUT _COLS 5 _ROWS 5 _DELTAX 1 _DELTAY 1 F DIRECTION 0 _ MEANDER 0 _ CHANNELS _ REPEAT 25 VALUE LED UNIT LED UNIT _ VALUE RED VALUE GREEN _ VALUE BLUE LED Curtain LEDs have an offset in Y direction _ LEDTYPE NAME Ett LED curtain with 3072 channels and offset in PHYS WIDTH 360 000000 Y direction This offset is described by the PHYS HEIGHT 280 000000 LED SHIFT Y 1 tag PHYS WIDTH LED 4 00
103. ser s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 14 To configure a Smart View follow the following instructions e Click on the empty touch screen to call the Create a Window dialog e Select the Smart button e Inthe upcoming Smart window press the yellow button left above e Inte Smart Window Options dialog select the Enable Direct Select buttons Preset Feature Attribute To create the Group buttons carry out the following instructions e Press the Setup key at the desk e Push Auto create at the touch screen e Set the Select entry in Video Layer and Video Master to Yes and press Create single Groups only e Change into the Smart view and resize the smart window to get space for the group buttons e Click into the blank area and select Groups in the upcoming dialog The result should look like this Dimmer Color Video D YObject VPosition VRotation VPositionc Rotations V5cale Vlmage Vimage VPlayer T ET E 3D Objects amo Images Alpha DIT MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 15 6 Data management This section describes how data is managed by the desk and the application The setup of the application can be done independent from
104. sible to cross fade from one video image to another by cross fading from one layer to another By controlling and mixing the output of the grandMA video software your grandMA console has become a video mixer Video and Image Library grandMA video comes with an library containing images gobos and video clips This library contains over 50 video loops and over 1 000 licensed high resolution gobos from renowned designers Over 300 textures and a number of special Video files complete your new design tool box Content from other providers and videos and images you have created yourself can easily be added to the system grandMA video supports avi and mov files and all required codec s are installed as part of the installation process JPEG images and standard Windows bitmap images bmp rle dib as well as CompuServe images gif are also supported MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 7 2 System requirements e IBM compatible PC or notebook with at least 2 4 GHz processor with at least 512 MByte RAM e Ethernet card with 10 100 MB e Highspeed 3D graphics card with hardware acceleration with at least 64 MByte video memory and 1024x768 pixel resolution or above e 2 GByte available disk space on hard disk e Micros
105. te operations may be performed simultaneously on multiple drives e The next eye of a needle in the system is the graphic card Use a state of the art graphic card with at least 64 MByte memory and fast hardware acceleration 3 Copy protection USB Dongle grandMA video is protected against unauthorized copying with an USB dongle electronic key You can use the software without any restrictions without this dongle but the output signal will be disturbed with a bouncing water sign and the Fullscreen view switches back after a while For the use of several grandMA videos in one network the use of one multi license dongle is possible o0 only one dongle connected to one PC in the network provides all applications with the necessary licenses Also have a look at 9 2 Toolbar MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 8 4 Installation The installation is divided into several parts e Installation of the grandMA video application Program CD Installation of the Apple QuickTime platform Program CD Installation of MPEG2 Codec for the Apple QuickTime platform Program CD Installation of the additional BluffTitler Software Program CD Installation of the grandMA video libraries Content DVD 1 3 4 1 Installation of the grandMA vide
106. the preview window shows this image Now you can test the effects and see how the change of a value on the desk affects the resulting output in the grandMA video preview window We will see how this Texture looks on a 3D Object Select the Foreground Object at the desk Fixture Sheet Yalues amp Presets cort AA sorted by Numbers numm Dimmer ColorMix p Vbi BEN Dim a e CH2 CHS ie Jmage Dark 15 Darkness B Mask _ L dots_ No Normal Fg Object Input Range 0 to 255 RC 0SS M IEDIUM XOB UD daa gn aaa mE a 1 ce Select the C di E E E E elect the Cross medium oft Deactivate j Mask Plane Y Box Large I Box Medium Y Box SmallX Cone 16 Lj Cone 16 M Cone 16 S Cone 32 L Cone 32 Mj Cone 32 5 The resulting output in the Preview looks flat because you are looking perpendicular on the 3D cross So let s rotate the cross MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 27 Therefore enter values unequal to 128 into the Object Animation fields HS dini NE d Mixture sheet values amp Pres SOTA ea e netzt Mot Ir 1 er E EE EE EG GE Stop 165 186 cum RATE Layer 2 Ge il Layer 3 The Result in the Vi
107. tions to avoid problems such as Tendonitis Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or skin irritation e akea 10 to 15 minute break every hour even if you don t think you need it e f your hands wrists or arms become tired or sore while working stop and rest them for several hours before playing again e f you continue to have sore hands wrists or arms during or after play stop working and see a doctor MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 87 20 Index COCO Ne 2 2 en er 30 PED TEE 22 XOD EE 39 3 SD el E 39 3D objects customizing 39 A ARNO Pia Ete a 34 Artnet IP Address ene 12 Artnet Out Mode e eene 35 Art Net Out Mode 35 Artnet Panel Simulator 66 Aspect Te EE 39 72 B Blind Preview eere nnne 36 BIU T HUGE ai 74 C Capture Device ioci ebe 32 COJOFK OVINO Eti PRI S 50 Controlling Images and Videos via the MA DESK NE 26 CODY protection EE 8 customized IMAGES 38 customized Videos 38 D Data management serene 16 Desk Connection
108. tributes via a right mouse click Select ES Multi Create Modus If a rectangle is drawn up while holding the right mouse button down in the right window this rectangle will be automatically equipped with the New Panels necessary number of the selected panels See 13 2 Setup of an LED Wall P Delete the selected LED panel Delete fe si Zoom the right render window to fit zoom to Fit oom Eo Fit 10 an Or individual zoom in of the original size 13 1 5 Status Bar After enabling the Pixelmappers via the menu entry Pixelmapper Enable two additional fields appear in the status bar Area 1 0 500 Bm v Output 1 1010 Pixel T The general output of grandMA video is done now via the Ethernet protocol Artnet instead of the graphic card of the PC Therefore the physical dimensions of the LED wall Area and the number of pixels Output can be set Area Here the physical width and height of the LED wall is determined This must not conform to the whole size of the LED Panels So e g only sub ranges of the general view of the LED Panels can be set The units are set via the dialog of the menu entry Options Pixelmapper Output Mapping of the whole output to the Artnet output range The output range is defined in n x m pixel Example The physical dimensions of the source picture must not confirm to the whole size of the Panels The LED Panels can picture for example only a sub range of the whole
109. u switch to only video because you usually drop the audio track Save the file with the chosen settings Good luck MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 86 19 Warnings SEIZURE WARNING Some people about 1 in 4000 may have seizures or blackouts triggered by light flashes or patterns such as while watching TV or playing video games even if they have never had a seizure before Anyone who has had a seizure loss of awareness or other symptom linked to an epileptic condition should consult a doctor before working with the application Parents should watch when their children while using the program Stop working immediately and consult a doctor if you or your child has any of the following symptoms Convulsions Eye or muscle twitching Loss of awareness Altered vision Involuntary movements Disorientation TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SEIZURE WHEN WORKING WITH THE PROGRAM 1 Sit or stand as far from the screen as possible 2 Use the smallest available screen 3 Do not work if you are tired or need sleep 4 Work in a well lit room 5 Take a 10 to 15 minute break every hour REPETITIVE MOTION INJURIES WARNING Working with the application can make your muscles joints or skin hurt after a few hours Follow these instruc
110. ull the wished LED Panel from E 3 m gt the left field holding the left mouse button down into the output area To move the panels you can use the arrow keys Arrow key moves 1cm Arrow Key 4 Shift moves 5 cm Arrow Key Ctrl moves 25 cm E Eu 9969 so t 5x5 1 5x5 25c EvenLed txt Simple Meter txt LED Ext 550 SSR 20x20 txt 20x20 txt MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 61 N t3 x A Select New Panels Delete Zoom to Fit Preview Multi Preview Pixel Mapper 5x5 25cm Or choose the button New Panels in the tool bar and draw a rectangle while holding the left mouse button down Draw from the upper left down to the lower right corner diagonally The area will be filled automatically with the necessary amount of panels TT 3 25 rni HMe 98 0 25 nm H After lifting the mouse key you are requested to patch the panels This happens in the following dialog 550 SSR 20x20 txt 20x20 txt For each panel a DMX university a start address and an offset to the next DMX address must be assigned Insert Panels 5x5 25cm P Panel Count Numbe
111. ut raphical view n button in the toolbar Grid view Grid View Shows the LED Panel data in a grid Show Led s Grapical View Shows the LED Panel as a graphic Show DMY Address Show LED s Preview as an LED grid Show DMX Address Shows the DMX addresses of the panels E E Color Crasses sai Do d pes eg ba Show Peek Color Crosses Marks the LED borders Show Render Background Show Render Background Display of the complete image also Slow Art Net Out while editing the areas that are not covered by LED panels Eua DIE S newiPanal Slow Artnet Out while Editing In the edit mode the Artnet output is slowed down to get a better performance for the editor Call AreafOutput Editor Patch by dropping a new Panel Opens a patch dialog after the dropping of new panels Call Area Output Editor Opens a dialog for creating new area output configurations After the activation of the Pixelmapper via the menu entry Pixelmapper Enable an extra tabbed window Pixelmapper appears The general output of grandMA video is done now via the Ethernet protocol Artnet instead of the graphic card of the PC E Pixel Mapper MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech supportO malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 56 13 1 2 Pixel Mapper Graphical View Preview Multi Preview Pixel Ma
112. yed in the preview the keystone and softedge effects can be enabled in this preview MA Lighting Technology GmbH Dachdeckerstr 16 D 97297 Waldb ttelbrunn www malighting de eMail info malighting de Phone 49 931 49 79 4 0 Fax 49 931 49 79 4 29 Hotline tech support malighting de User s Manual grandMA Video V 5 9x Page 31 Options Multi Preview Gi Disabled Dialogs Driver Es Dual Core Di Main Multi Preview Di video In Channels Controlsize Mode Small O Medium Large Ox 8 Bit O 16Bit Show Channel in Control Channels Show Extended Information Options Video In This interface allows the input of a live video stream It is realized via the Microsoft Direct Show mechanism WW Options Controlsize Sets the size of the controls in the Multi Preview Mode values in 96 8 Bit values from 0 255 16 Bit values from 0 65535 Show Channel in Control Shows the DMX channel inside the control in Channels Opens a dialog to choose the shown channels Show extended Informantion Animates the channel controls if values are changed ll Video In 1 4 FR Disabled Dialogs BR Diver Dual Core Ban B MutiPreview ia Video In Video In 1 Video In 2 Video In 3 Video ln 4 X Available Devices Available Devices 2 i Available Devices Na Device nvidia WOM Video nVidia WDM Video Capture universal we Bar dS 32

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