Ortelia Set Designer User Manual
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1. Introducing Ortelia Set Designer COrtlia Set Designer is a 3D interactive tool for designing and discussing theatre sets It assists designers directors and actors in the decision making process and encourages users to develop a more profound understanding of the set being designed or discussed Ortelia Set Designer has been created specifically with theatre professionals educators and students in mind Ortelia Set Designer enables users ta accurately design real or conceptual sets in their own theatre as well as to custom build theatre spaces Ortelia Set Designer users can test their ideas before actually moving to set production a design can be saved for later editing or shared with others Using this application theatre professionals can share their ideas and work with peers Students can submit their work for assessment Teachers can assess a student s work and add feedback in the form of notes and queries System Requirements The following hardware and software configurations are recommended for running Ortelia Set Designer Operating system Microsoft Windows xP SP3 Microsoft Vista Microsoft Windows 7 Macintosh and Linux operating systems are nat supported Hardware Recommended minimum of 2Gb of RAM Intel Core 2 Duo or Quad Core processor ar above DirectX 0 and above capable graphics card with a minimum of S12Mb graphics memory we recommend Nvidia graphies cards see belo2. tthe angie ight cone of the Tight beam St the Intensity of the current selected ight Ta watts Sette fous of the currently selected Tat Rotation Tate the carrey selected ight about Ts projection FEY c Te postion of tre Bar doors of re current Doors selected light Note Same lights do nat have barn doors and this function wil nat be availabie Position St the postion af the individual bar doors Rotation Tate the carey selected ahs barn doors Ambient Sethe ambient ight of he theatre space House tights The Tools Tab The tools tab gives users access to tools for creating and editing measurements notes and time of day ETP Seti tine of day based onthe embedded geoaraphe Tsction of the theatre Note This functional i any useful where the theatre spoe is exterior or where the Space allows extemal ight bleed Create Create a distance measurement in mm AT ERE rcccurementsore savea when a design 1s saved Delete Measurement EAER E and place o natotion A notations are saved when a design is saved Ground View the theatre fram ground Tevel ia Tet persan view Top View te theatre from a top Dawn view 3 The Theatre Workspace The Theatre Work Space is where users can design a set All aspects of set and lighting design are carried out within this 30 workspace The selected theatre space is displayed and users navigate within the space to place props lights et u Keyboard functions a
3. Colours All lights can be assigned colours and used in conjunction to mix colours To assign a colour to a light Select the light either by clicking an it with the LMB or select it from the Asset List under the Window menu Note Be sure to have the Lights Tab enabled With the light selected choose a colour from the colour bar toon the right by clicking with the LMB and dragging the cursor to the colour you want ii Once the desired colour is selected select the shade of the colour from the colour shade box on the left by clicking with the LMB and dragging the cursor to shade you desired Colour shades or currentsolected Colour Saved Colour ii The Light will change colour to reflect your choice iv To save a colour and apply to other lights individually click the Save button The saved colour will appear in the Saved Colour box V Click on the light you wish to colour with the LMB then click on the Saved Colour box The selected surface will change colour to reflect your changes Many lights have shutters or barn doors Each individual shutter barn door ean be moved in and out as well as rotated to a limited degree using the slider controls provided Controls are accessed through the Shutters Barn doors section ofthe Lights tab 2 Note The amount of overlap between lights of different colours combined with Angle Intensity and Focus will influence the
4. colours and tones generated when mixing different coloured lights Glossary a Appendix Adding a external theatre to the Theatre List There may be instances where you need to add an external theatre file to you list of saved galleries The following steps will guide you through the process 1 Locate the theatre file you would like to add The extension will be ort for example MyTheatre ort 2 You need to copy this theatre file to the spaces folder in the Ortelia Set Designer program folder Typically this will be C Program Files x86 Ortelia Set Designer spaces 3 The next time you start Ortelia Set Designer you theatre will appear in the lst 1 Help and Support Support Options Website httpy ortelia com orelia virtual set designer Emaii Please allow 24 hours for support requests to be answered Contact Detalls Ortelia Interactive Spaces PO Box 3129 Newmarket 4051 Queensland Australia ORTELIA
5. Ortelia Set Designer User Manual ORTELIA CURATOR Table of Contents Introducing Ortelia Set Designer System Requirements 1 Operating system 2 Hardware Minimum Graphics card specification Getting Started Installing Ortelia Set Designer Activating and Deactivating Ortelia Set Designer The Ortelia Set Designer Interface The File Menus 10 The Design Work panel u 2 The Design work panel in detail u 4 The Lights Tab 2 5 The Tools Tab 2 The Theatre Workspace 3 Keyboard functions and Navigating Keyboard functions Directional Keys 14 Mouse Functions Selecting objects looking around 14 6 Moving and Turning 15 7 Switching between 1st Person 3D view and Top down orthographic view 1s Workflow Setting up the Theatre a7 8 Loading and Importing Theatres a7 3 Setting the Time of Day a37 10 Measuring Distances lB 11 Creating and editing Notations 19 Placing and manipulating Props 20 12 Placing Props 20 13 Moving Rotating and Scaling Props 2 Lighting 14 Available light types 24 Creating and Adding Lights 26 15 Ambient Theatre Light 27 Editing Lights and Mixing Light Colours 27 16 Cone Angle 28 17 Light Intensity 29 18 Light Focus 29 19 Rotation 29 20 Assigning and Mixing Light Colours 30 21 Shutters and Bam Doors a Glossary Appendi 22 Adding a external theatre to the Theatre List 34 Help and Support as
6. also be visible There are three key areas within the environment These are 1 The File Menus The Design Work Panel ll The Theatre Work Space The Design 10 The File Menus The lle menu consists of four menu items with each menu having its own drop down The menu items and their drop down are detailed below The ile menu gives users access to commonly used commands New Create a new set design on Open an existing set design save Save the current set design ERM Save the current cet design wth anew name Loadspace load theote space EEE Toke a screenshot ofthe current view in the work orea exit Tt the Ortelia Set Designer The Views menu allows users to switch between 3D view and Top view of the theatre space Ground Susiches tos person 3D ew w Swiches fo the Top Down ew The Display menu allows users to turn displayed items within the theatre on off by checking ar un checking items in this drop down list Props awe props Lights Haw ie ais Measurements Sion hide measurements Notations Show Fie Notations The Window menu gives access to the Design panel and the Settings panel D Tans the Design wark panel on Ft has been cased PEREG Opens the Asset Ls to view and select curent props and lahisin the scene ERS Opens the Graphics Quay stag Graphies quay set to medium with shadows on By default Improve performance by t
7. here you clicked IV To add notes or access a note click the notation icon with your LMB V The Notation panel will appear po v type your notes inthe text area of the notation panel Vil Click Save to finish adding text and close the window To delete a notation Click on the icon ofthe relevant notation The Notation Panel will open M Click the Delete button The notation will be removed from the exhibition Note Make sure to save changes regulary 20 Placing and manipulating Props Ortelia Set Designer uses drag and drop functionality to place props To place props you must have either the Props tab enabled Placing Props 1 Click on the thumbnail in the props tab with the LMB to apen the Props library 1 Select a category or sub category of prop from the dropdown list Note You ean also search for a prop using a keyword inthe Search dialogue box Ii Select a prop from the list of available props by clicking on it withthe LMB Nate You can leave the prop library window I open or close it by clicking on Done IV Click on the Place button in the Props tab and move your mouse cursor into the 3D space The prop will be attached to your mouse pointer and will track over the surfaces your a a VL To remove a props from the theatre space Select it with the LMB and click the Remove button Repeat this procedure for as many props as your require Note You can continue to naviga
8. iming the cursor will track over props in real time To aim the light through a prop to a point behind it it Is advised to switch to Top view for accurate positioning Vi Clickan the point you want the light to aim at with the LMB z You can now adjust a variety of parameters associated with the light type such as colour angle of the light cone the intensity of the light and the ire focus ofthe light ete Note A ighe shat is highlighted in red is the active ight you are working on Note When a new ight is created it wil defaut to the curently selected light as a starting point You can change the ight type and parameters at any time Note You can continue to navigate and ook around while placing props by holding down the RMB and moving the mouse as well as moving with the move keys In the direction you wish to go To select a light click on it with the LMB The following image sequence illustrates the procedure outlined above wy Note Lights ore computationally expensive The number of lights you can have in one design wil depend on the graphics card hardware you have Refer to the recommended hordware section of this manual If you are experiencing performance issues as you add lights itis recommended that you reduce the graphics quality and turn of shadows in the Settings ment Ambient Theatre Light The ambient light of the theatre can be adjusted usi
9. ination with the directional keys to turn corners and look around The figure below demonstrates moving forward in the 30 environment while using the mouse to steer a OR didean Hold down the Right Mouse Button while moving Hold down either the Up Arrow key orthe Whey and ile Switching between 1st Person 30 view and Top down orthographic view When placing and positioning props it is often useful ta switch fram a Ist person 30 view Ground toa top down view Top This aids in accurate placement of props m Top down view Top To zoom in and aut in Top view simply seroll with the mouse scroll wheel To pan sideways in Top view click and hold down the scroll wheel while moving the mouse in the direction you want to pan There are two ways to access the views these ae Through the Views file menu Through the Tool tab in the Design panel In addition to the 1st person and top down view the default theatre comes with 7 preset views from within the theatre Predefined theatre views are accessed through shortcut keys The shortcut involves holding the CTRL Key are pressing the numbers 1 through to 7 on your keyboard These are defined below 1 Workflow The following section describes the tools used to curate an exhibition Setting up the Theatre Loading and Importing Theatres Ortelia Set Designer comes pre loaded with a default theatre The first time you ape
10. ionality of the Tools tab allows users to measure distances within the theatre space Measurements are stored in the saved set design file L To measure a distance cick on the Create button in the Measurements section of the Tools tab 1 Ared box witha crosshair Inside will appear attached mesaromens iba to your mouse pointer UL Click on the first point of your measurement with the ume IV Move the mouse to the end point af the measurement As you move the mouse the distance from the starting paint in mm will be displayed V Click again with the LMB to complete the measurement The following example illustrates the process of creating a measurement Click the first point of using the Us Move the mouse to the endpoint ofthe measurement and The completed measurement showing the distance in mm To delete a measurement L Select the measurement you want to delete with the LMB IL The measurement line will turn red when selected IN Click the Delete button in the measurements section Creating and editing Notations The notation functionality of the Tools tab allows users to add notes within the theatre space Notations ae stored in the saved exhibition file To create a notation rato Click the Create button in the Notations section of the Tools tab p 1 Click with the LMB on point you want to place the b IIL A notation icon will be placed w
11. m 12 50 degrees PARBS 1K Plano Convex 25 A narrow spotlight designed ta provide o hard beam edge The FRESNEL SPOTUGHT pronounced Frer 2l provides odjustabie beam spreads from SPOT to FLOOD about 15 70 deg ain one fiture This fiture produces a directional beam with a very soft edge ton Parabolic Alumine Refectar Very narrow angle Tow voltage PAR lamps Beam spreads are very narrow and range from approximately 5 to 10 degrees Parabolic Alumina efector PAREA 1000 wat PAR can tange frorn very norrow to wide flood A simpe box housing containing a lamp and reflector behind a plana convex lens Moder units range from 300 to 2000 watts Provides a circular beam pattem wich a sharply defined hard outer edge A streamlined box flood with similar lighting characteristics 26 Creating and Adding Lights Enabling the Lights tab allows users to create add lights within the theatre space Lights are stared in the saved exhibition file L Tocreatea light click the Create button ll Click on the Type dropdown to select the type of light UI Move the mouse cursor into the theatre environment The light will be attached to the mouse pointer IV Click with the LMB where you would like to anchor the light V Move the mouse pointer to the point you want your light to aim to gt You will notice that the light now follows the mouse Note When a
12. n 2 To move move rotate or scale in all directions at once iL place the mouse cursor in the center of the handles ii The center will turn yellow fi Click and hold with the LMB and move your mouse side to side v The prop will either move in all three axis at once following the mouse pointer rotate in all axis at once or scale globally in all three axis cops can be placed on any surface including on other props The placement tool tracks the surface of each object it encounters Lighting a The following section describes the tools used to create and manipulate lights Available light types COrtelia Set designer has a number of in built common theatre lights these are Light Type Default Box Flood Elipsoidal Fixed Focal Length Elipsoidal Zoom Description Example A simpe default ight of na particular specication Atypical Beam Light produces a very narrow intense beam af ht wih avery soft edge An enciased igh source Ta a box wth on open Side Provides a wide even distribution of light over a large area Typical beam spreads range from 70 150 degrees TELLIPSOIDAL REFLECTOR spatignt provides a narrow directional Beam with a hard edge ttis able to provide a sharp focus and has a fied focal length TILIPSOTDAL REFLECTOR Spotig provides a narrow drectianal beam with a hard edge tris able to provide a sharp focus A adjustable facal length ranging fro
13. n the application the default theatre work environment will be displayed If you have your own theatre it can be loaded using the command Load Space from the Fie drop down menu m Click Load Space a dialogue box will appear listing the available galleries in your collection Select your theatre and click the Lead button To importa new theatre follow the procedure above to open the Load Theatre dialogue box Click the Import button if you have a Ortelia theatre file Open dialogue box will appear and you can navigate to where your new theatre is located oS Select the theatre and click Open to continue Note The import routine does not import the external theatre space to the Theatre list You wil need to import the theatre each time you want to use it To add a theatre to your list of galleries refer to the Appendix The Tools tab provides a variety of functions for setting up your theatre fora new set desig EE setting the Time of Day you r theatre is an open air venue or has windows entrances to the outside the Time of Day function is useful for testing the effects of incoming light and the resulting shadows The geographic location of the theatre is embedded the theatre model and the time of day slider will take this into account In the following example four separate times are tested Midday Measuring Distances The distance measuring funct
14. nd Navigating There are a number of methods for interacting and moving around inside the Ortelia Set Designer 3D A combination of keystrokes and mouse buttons can be used to navigate Keyboard functions Directional Keys Both the arrow keys and the W S A D keys can be used as directional keys to move around the environment 9 Arrow key alow the folowing movement Forward Up arrow Backwards Down Arrow Left Left arrow and Right WSAD keys allow the following movement Forward W key Backwards 5 Key Left A Key and Right D Key eft Mouse Button LMB This button isthe action button You can use it to select objects in the theatre and complete input actions such as check boxes Right Mouse Button RMB This button is used to rotate about the environment Hold the RMB down and then move your mouse sideways to rotate about Use this in combination with the direction keys to move freely around the environment For example you can simply use the forward and backward directional keys to move in those directions while holding down the RMB to steer Note This is a very effective and efficient way to navigate the 3D environment Hint You can travel faster through the 3D environment by holding down the SHIFT key while moving 15 Moving and Turning Use either the arrow keys or the W S A D keys to move forward backwards or pan sideways Use the RMB in comb
15. ng the Ambient slider at the bottom of the Lights tab Fy To adjust the ambient light House Lights of the theatre Click on the sider i F with the LMB and drag it to a level of ambience required Taw Ambien Fian Ambient Uge Editing Lights and Mixing Light Colours The lighting functionality in Ortelia Set Designer allows you to colour lights in an infinite combination In addition the light controls relevant to each light type allow for a high degree of variability This section describes how to edit light parameters and mix light colours In all the examples described below are light has been placed an one wall and aimed at the adjacent wall as shown in the example below cit point Cone Angle Cone angle of lights can be adjusted using the Angle slider Note As the cane angle increases the intensity of light wil drop off as the light is spread over o greater area Intensity brightness of lights can be adjusted using the Intensity slider Note As the brightness increases the soft edges of light wil sharpen Focus sharpness of lights can be adjusted using the Focus slider Note As the focus increases the soft edges of Bight wil sharpen Some lights can be rotated about their projection axis This functionality is particularly relevant to lights with ellipsoidal lenses and barn doors EJ Rotating along the axis of projection Assigning and Mixing Light
16. reen you can choose the destination folder you would like to install to You can choose the default location or a destination of your choice Once you have chosen your destination click Install The Ortelia Set Designer Installation will begin When the Installation completes click Finish to close the installation window After you have installed Ortelia Set Designer you can start it by accessing the Ortelia Set Designer shortcut in the windows Start menu or the desktop shortcut Activating and Deactivating Ortelia Set Designer When you purchased Ortelia Set Designer you were issued with a license number and password Important Note Keep your license number and password in a secure location as you will need them if you deactivate your license on one computer and re activate it on another In order to use Ortelia Set Designer you will need to activate your license The fst time you start Ortelia Set Designer you will be prompted to activate the license Note You will require an internet connection in order to activate your license Besure to have your license number and supplied password ready Activation is a one time only operation unless you choose to deactivate your license on a specific computer and reactivate it an another The first time you start Ortelia Set Designer the sereen shown here will appear asking you to activate your new license 1 Cik on Activate Ortelia Set De
17. signer 2 Gick on Activate Ortelia Set Designer Online ORTELIA em 3 Enter the supplied License number and password and 4 Orelia Set Designer will communicate with the lick Continue Heensng server ORTELIA 5 f your icense and password are valid you wil see Activation Successful Gick Continue to start Orelia Set Designer Should you wish to transfer your license to another computer you will first need to deactivate the license on your current computer and then reactivate on another that has Ortelia Set Designer installed To deactivate your license go to the Ortelia Set Designer Start menu Dreja Sat Desgner 1 Click on Deactivate License O desea ucence oe A dialogue box will appear prompting you verify O omelia Set Designer deactivation G vote IIL Once the license is successfully deactivated you will receive a confirmation dialogue You can now follow the activation procedure outlined above to reactivate the license The Ortelia Set Designer Interface To start Ortelia Set Designer go to the Windows start menu and navigate to the Ortelia Set Designer menu Click on the Ortelia Set Designer link with your Left Mouse Button LMB Note tood time wil depend on the hardware configuration you are using Refer to our recommended hardware configuration above Upon loading you will be placed inside the default theatre or last theatre you used The Design work panel will
18. te and look around while placing props by holding down the RMB and moving the mouse as well as moving with the move keys in the direction you wish to go The following example illustrates the procedure outlined above n t a Props position can also be fine tuned using the numerical inputs provide the props can be moved in any direction To fine tune the position of the props on the wall Moving Rotating and Scaling Props Props can be translated rotated and sealed either interactively with manipulator handles ar with numeric input The move rotate and scale tools are grayed out until such time that a prop is selected To select a prop Inthe scene click on it with the LMB The prop will be highlighted with a yellow bounding box The move rotate and sale buttons and input boxes will now be enabled Click on the corresponding button to either mave rotate or scale A manipulator relevant manipulator will appear on the model as shown in the examples below Individual axis handles Numerical input Individual buttons to enable tool Individual axis To move rotate or scale the selected prop interactively follow the procedure below L Place your mouse pointer over the axis that you want to work in li The selection handle will turn yellow Click and hold with the LMB and move your mouse side to side iv The prop wil respond by being moved rotated or scaled in the select axis directio
19. urning shadows off and reducing graphics quality n The Help menu gives access to the help features and the About screen Reference Manual Opens this help documentar a POF Web Go to the Orta website About Apalicaton credis and version namber The Design Work panel The Design work panel is divided into four individual tabs that allow access to categorised functionality The work panel tabs are summarised below Props Teak Jor placing and manipulating Props Lights Teal for creating placing and modifying igts Tools Tea Jor creating and diting measurements noter and time of day Theatre Theatre specifie controls The Design work panel in detail Props The props tab allows users ta place props in the scene and manipulate them eS Eor the current selected prop and provides access to the prop library Piace a prop on a surface Taman a prap from the scene Piace a props on a wall or surface Mive a prop nal directions using the mouse oF with direct numerical input Rorate a pop i alldections using the mose or with drect numerical input ERIE BT aldre WaT He OURS OF wT direct numerical input 2 The Lights Tab The lights tab gives users access to a variety of advanced lighting functions Place the curently selected ght ats anchor paint is he currently selected TORE Delete the currently selected ight Select the type of iat from the dropdown Tst
20. w Important Note Ortelia Set Designer leverages many of the latest developments in graphics cards technology Specifically the interactive environment utilizes Microsoft DirectX Shaders Shader Model 3 support and above Your graphics ard should support Microsoft DirectX 9c and above to ensure that your environment will display correctly The following graphics cards are a minimum specification required to run Ortelia Set Designer Minimum Graphics card specification ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series and above 512Mb Memory and above NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series and above 512Mb Memory and above Note We do not recommend the use of integrated motherboard graphies cards It ls highly recommended that a stand alone graphics card be used Getting Started Installing Ortelia Set Designer Important Note t s highly recommended thot you have Administrator privileges when installing Ortelia Set Designer Locate OrteliaSetDesignerSetup exe run the file by double clicking it using the Left Mouse Button It is recommended thot you exit all your other running programs When you run the setup file you will see the following window Windows Vista Windows 7 You may see a User Account Control message In this case allow the setup to run by licking Ves The following screen willbe the License Agreement You will need to click i Agree in order to proceed with the installation of the software Following the component selection sc
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