PRG Mbox Studio Manual 3.9 - Manual (Page 5)

MBOX ® STUDIO USER MANUAL V
Playout........................................................................................................................................................................................ 54
Restart ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 54
3D Objects and Digital Gobos
About 3D Models and Digital Gobos (Objects) .......................................................................................................................... 55
Lighting................................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Vertex Array Files (Compiling) ............................................................................................................................................. 55
Normalization ...................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Creating Custom Digital Gobos.................................................................................................................................................. 57
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 57
Scale-To-Fit vs. Arbitrary Fit ............................................................................................................................................... 57
Creating a Digital Gobo with Adobe Illustrator CS5............................................................................................................ 57
Animated Digital Gobos.............................................................................................................................................................. 62
EuroFlag .............................................................................................................................................................................. 62
TV Screen v1.4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 63
Fisheye ................................................................................................................................................................................ 63
Fit To Screen ....................................................................................................................................................................... 63
MultiScreen Gobo ............................................................................................................................................................... 63
Animated Textures
Using Animated Textures (Animations) ....................................................................................................................................... 64
Drawmodes
Using Drawmodes ...................................................................................................................................................................... 65
The Stencil.................................................................................................................................................................................. 66
Layer Blending Modes
Using Layer Blending ................................................................................................................................................................. 69
Layer Copy
Using Layer Copy ....................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Text Files
Support for Text Files ................................................................................................................................................................. 71
Scripts
Using Scripts with Mbox ............................................................................................................................................................ 72
AppleScripts ........................................................................................................................................................................ 72
Shell Scripts ........................................................................................................................................................................ 72
More Information ................................................................................................................................................................. 73
Audio
Audio Output Features ............................................................................................................................................................... 74
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 74
External Audio Tracks (Associated AIFF Files) .................................................................................................................... 74
Embedded Audio Tracks (in QuickTime Movies) ................................................................................................................ 75
Audio Volume Control................................................................................................................................................................. 76
Layer Opacity Volume Control (Method 1) .......................................................................................................................... 76
Discrete Layer Volume Controls Using Art-Net or sACN (Method 2) .................................................................................. 76
Synchronization
Timecode Synchronization (Timecode Sync Playmode) ............................................................................................................ 77
Linking Files to Timecode (Method 1) ................................................................................................................................. 77
TC DMX Controls ................................................................................................................................................................ 78
Using Timecode Sync Playmodes ...................................................................................................................................... 79
Setup for Timecode Input.................................................................................................................................................... 80
Layer-To-Layer Synchronization ................................................................................................................................................. 82
Alignment Rectangles
Using Alignment Rectangles ...................................................................................................................................................... 83
Effects and Transitions
Effects and Transitions with Additional Input Files ..................................................................................................................... 85
Projection Mapping
Overview..................................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Pixel Mapping
Overview..................................................................................................................................................................................... 86