ETC Unison Mosaic Designer v1.11.0 - Manual (Page 78)

Unison Mosaic Designer User Manual
Live video
Displays live video on a matrix (MSC X only):
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X&Y offset - map to the top left pixel of interest on the incoming DV image
Perlin noise
Renders a smoothly-varying noise effect:
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To change a colour, press on the coloured button, select a colour and press Ok
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To move a colour, click and drag the coloured button
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To add a new colour, click anywhere on the slider where there is no button
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To remove a colour, right-click on the coloured button
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Period - the number of seconds that the noise takes to loop
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Count - the number of times that the noise should loop over the length of the preset
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X - the horizontal scale (higher numbers will produce more variation horizontally)
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Y - the vertical scale (higher numbers will produce more variation vertically)
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Depth - the coarseness of the noise
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Rate - the rate at which the noise varies
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Seed - the seed of the pseudo-random noise (copying this value to another preset will create the same
noise)
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Randomise - picks a new seed
Dynamic text
Renders a text message which can be changed at runtime:
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Colour - the colour of the text
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Period - the number of seconds that the message takes to scroll over the matrix
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Count - the number of times that the message should scroll over the length of the preset
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Text - the text to render
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Font - the font to use to render the text (see the Fonts dialog below)
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Scroll - the scroll direction of the text
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Seamless Loop - if the text is set to scroll, setting this will remove the gap between the end and the start
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Alignment - if the text is set to not scroll, this is the alignment of the text (Left, Centre, Right)
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Mirror - flips the text left to right
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Flip - flips the text top to bottom
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Invert Colour - sets either the background or the text to be transparent
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Offset - set a offset amount on the Y axis of the matrix
To configure the font used by the Dynamic Text preset, press the [...] button next to the font picker to open the
Fonts dialog:
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Select a font from the Font picker
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Press New to create a new font
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Press Delete to delete the selected font (note that you cannot delete a font that is in use in the project)
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Set the font's name in the Name property
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Use Family, Size, Bold and Italic to set the appearance of the font
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Press Ok to close the Fonts dialog
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