PRG Mbox Studio Manual v3.7 - Manual (Page 4)

IV MBOX ® STUDIO USER MANUAL
Application Window
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Setup .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Setup: Control ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Setup: Window Mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 31
Setup: Fullscreen Mode ...................................................................................................................................................... 32
Setup: Rendering................................................................................................................................................................. 34
Setup: License..................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Setup: Texture Size ............................................................................................................................................................. 34
Setup: Screen Selection (Screen Arrangement) .................................................................................................................. 34
Setup: Network.................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Setup: Video Inputs ............................................................................................................................................................. 35
Setup: I/O Module ............................................................................................................................................................... 36
Setup: Options .................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Setup: Media Log (Media Errors)......................................................................................................................................... 37
Heads Up Displays (HUDs)
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Using the HUDs .......................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Display Devices
Connected Display Devices and EDID ....................................................................................................................................... 40
Enhancing Mbox Performance
Recommended Practices ........................................................................................................................................................... 41
Chapter 4. Advanced Features
3D Objects and Digital Gobos
About 3D Models and Digital Gobos (Objects)........................................................................................................................... 44
Lighting ................................................................................................................................................................................ 44
Vertex Array Files (Compiling) ............................................................................................................................................. 44
Normalization....................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Creating Custom Digital Gobos.................................................................................................................................................. 46
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Scale-To-Fit vs. Arbitrary Fit................................................................................................................................................ 46
Creating a Digital Gobo with Adobe Illustrator CS5 ............................................................................................................ 46
Animated Digital Gobos.............................................................................................................................................................. 51
EuroFlag (005) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 51
TV Screen v1.4 (006) ........................................................................................................................................................... 52
Fisheye (007) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Fit To Screen (008) .............................................................................................................................................................. 52
MultiScreen Gobo (009)....................................................................................................................................................... 52
Drawmodes
Using Drawmodes ...................................................................................................................................................................... 53
The Stencil .................................................................................................................................................................................. 54
Layer Blending Modes
Using Layer Blending.................................................................................................................................................................. 57
Layer Copy
Using Layer Copy ....................................................................................................................................................................... 58
Text Files
Support for Text Files.................................................................................................................................................................. 59
Audio
Audio Output Features................................................................................................................................................................ 60
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 60
External Audio Tracks (Associated AIFF Files) .................................................................................................................... 60
Embedded Audio Tracks (in QuickTime Movies)................................................................................................................. 61
Synchronization
Timecode Synchronization (Timecode Sync Playmode) ............................................................................................................ 62
Layer-To-Layer Synchronization ................................................................................................................................................. 65
Kiosk Playmodes ........................................................................................................................................................................ 66