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ArKaos VJ 3.6.1 Release Notes

1. 0 0 255 Movie is playing at normal speed Channel C13 C14 Function X Position X as a 16 bits value Range Steps Description Def Value 0 0 65536 Left position of the screen 65535 Right position of the screen Channel C15 C16 Function Position Y as a 16 bits value Range Steps Description 1 11 111 Def Value O0 Top position of the screen ogee 65535 Bottom position of the screen Seine Channel C17 Function Horizontal Size Range Steps Description 1 1 Def Value rr O0 Size is 0 of the output screen Size is 100 96 of the output screen Channel C18 Function Vertical Size Range Steps Description Def Value NEMA O0 Size is 0 of the output screen one Size is 100 of the output screen Channel C19 Function Text Index Text to associate to the flash effect Range Steps Description Def Value NENNEN 0 255 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 14 Channel C20 to C25 Function E1 E2 E6 Def Value E1 First parameter of effect E2 second parameter of effect E6 sixth parameter of effect 5 2 ArKaos Full Fixture mode 5 2 1 Properties e n layers are available from 1 to 8 e A single layer is using 43 DMX channels e When mapping a single layer the channels are called C01 to C43 5 2 2 Channel functions Channel C01 Dimmer Transparency of the layer when C08 is 0 3
2. 0 255 Vertical position for lower right corner 0 o ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 20 6 Effects presets amp parameters 6 1 HW Mode vs Standard Mode Since the effects set is different when ArKaos VJ runs in HW Mode the effect presets available from your DMX console in Fixture mode will be different The effect category and index have not changed for all effects that are compatible with the new HW Mode However it is possible that the programming you made in your DMX console will not give the same visual result in HW Mode if you have used incompatible effects since they have been removed from the effects set To keep the compatibility you should either edit your programming to remove incompatible effects either deactivate the HW Mode and switch to Standard mode 6 2 Standard Mode 6 2 1 3D Effects category Effect name sd Parrama Description 1 j 3D Surface Rotation Rotation X Rotation Y Rotation X Rotation Y Redlevel O 0 3D Surface Rotation and RGB Red level Green level Blue level Rotation speed E2 3 Infinite Zoom E2 Zoom speed E1 opeed E1 Plane double ES mem E EM opeed Curve opeed Distance Plane 2 E1 Speed Distance i E2 Speed Plane 3 Distance Angle scrolling speed Tiling Tile scrolling E1 E2 Particles In Out a ia 5 ar ocrolling speed Tiling O Symetric Tile Scrolling Animation speed H Particle size
3. ArtNet is a public domain DMX protocol developed by Artistic Licence This is the first public domain DMX through network protocol and it is compatible with several DMX consoles and lighting devices manufacturers have formed the ArtNet Alliance more can be found on Artistic Licence s web site at http www artisticlicence com If your DMX controllers does not have native ArtNet support you can purchase converters such as the Up Lynx UK Using a computer to send or receive ArtNet DMX data requires nothing more than a basic Ethernet network adapter b DMX USB Interface If your DMX controller does not support the ArtNet protocol you can use a DMX USB interface it is a DMX USB widget that can be used to send and receive DMX from a computer two different versions are available e Enttec Open DMX USB PC Only Its the simplest and cheapest way to communicate between your PC and your DMX controller Enttec DMX USB Pro Mac or PC recommended The DMX USB Pro widget developed by Enttec is PC amp Mac compatible and benefits from a hardware buffer to guarantee the stability of the DMX signal received it also provides a convenient DMX THRU connection to easily include ArKaos on your DMX line Compared to the Open DMX USB widget above it also significantly reduces the delay Check out the Configuration chapter further in this document to see how to configure DMX communication in ArKaos VJ DMX through a DMX USB interface or through the
4. Channel C05 Function Associated effect Range Steps Description 1 1 1 1 Def Value O0 No effect associated 0 255 First effect Second effect EMEN E Channel C06 Function Copy mode Range Steps Description Def Value 32 63 Addition 0 191 64 95 Substraction 96 127 Multiplication 128 159 160 191 Channel C07 Function Mask mode Def Value Steps Dx 96 127 Chrominance Band Reject 128 159 Chrominance Band Pass 160 191 Alpha from source Channel C08 Function X Luminance Chrominance center Def Value 0 255 0 255 Center of the luminance chrominance filter Channel C09 Function Luminance Chrominance width Range Steps Description 1 1 1 1 Def Value 0 255 0 255 Width of the luminance chrominance filter Channel C10 Function Luminance Chrominance smooth Range Steps Description 1 1 1 1 Def Value 0 255 0 255 Smooth parameter of the luminance chrominance filter ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 13 Channel C11 Function Movie speed control Def Value Movie is stopped 128 Movie is playing at 2X speed Movie is playing at 4X speed Channel C12 Function Movie speed control Range Steps Description 1 1 1 1 BDef Value C11 is speed control 0 255 32 63 C11 is speed in forward backward mode 64 95 C11 is speed in Ping Pong motion Steps
5. cancel The main difference between ETCNet2 and other implementations of DMX over ethernet is that you can have 65536 DMX channels In the console set the same channel as the one where ArKaos VJ is listening as you defined in the ArKaos VJ DMX preference dialog To benefit from the MSEX on the Congo console you must associate the ArKaos layers to the right heads numbers Please refer to the Congo software documentation for this simple manipulation The ETCNet2 protocol is using ethernet to send informations between the ETC console and ArKaos VJ therefore you need to have an ethernet network connection between the console and the computer running ArKaos VJ however you don t need the change the tcp ip settings on your computer to allow it to speak with the ETC console ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 6 4 DMX Control modes 4 1 Control modes overview There are two very different ways to control ArKaos from a DMX controller We call them the Simple mode and the Fixture mode Anyone that is used to lighting design and yokes knows what a fixture is But the Simple mode may be unfamiliar to light designers Both control modes have advantages and drawbacks and some low cost DMX consoles will not be compatible with fixtures The Simple control mode has been developed to be compatible with any DMX controller It provides a very simple way to include video in a DMX light show and it doesn t require precision faders Working this way you conf
6. ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 28 Index Effect name Parram Description 25 Mirror 36 Sepiatone a TT 2 AsciiArt Ascii BW 28 AsciiArt Square BW AsciiArt Pixels BW emn i AsciiArt Bubbles BW MES i AsciiArt Bubbles Color ona 32 AsciiArt Sguares Color IS iiArt BubblesHand BW SCII ubblesHanda i eint Janes Resolution X HalfTone Bubbles ee are Resolution X HalfTone Cross ET Resolution X HalfTone Squares MESE eT ae oe 6 3 3 Transition Effects category Index Effect name Param Description 5 D Transition Star LES E2 6 Shutter Slow ee Shutter Fast NENNEN NENNNMNMNMNMMgMgMggseesE ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 29 Index Effectname Param Description JJ 8 SwmoerietFas O O SS s sSworietSow S 710 ScrollerRightSiw Cmn SeolerRigntFas OO 7312 Scroller op Slow SSS s SwolerTpFas 14 HSlideSlow o o jo oo 15 HSlideFast o S 4 ooo 16 VSlideSlow J S O 17 VSlideFast qoo poo 18 Tumixfs S poo 19 Turin 2s 20 Tumix s S Jo Jo 6 3 4 Artistic Effects category Index Effect name 1 Param Description 1 kaeo 2 Kao n EN _ o anru EN 9 FiteSmon 10 Fitertdeg ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 3
7. N N A m 6 2 Standard Mode 6 2 1 3D Effects category 6 2 2 Video Effects category 6 2 3 Transition Effects category 6 2 4 Artistic Effects category 6 2 5 FreeFrame Effects 6 3 HW Mode 6 3 1 3D Effects category 6 3 2 Video Effects category 6 3 3 Transition Effects category 6 3 4 Artistic Effects category ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Medialon 1 Description 2 Setup in ArKaos 2 1 Medialon Server setup dialog 3 Setup in Medialon 3 1 Asimple interface to control ArKaos VJ 3 2 Connection settings 3 3 Communication with ArKaos 3 4 Strings example 3 5 ArKaos commands 3 6 Return messages 21 21 22 24 24 25 26 26 28 29 30 31 31 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 33 34 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX 1 Description ArKaos VJ DMX allows you to assign visuals camera inputs effect parameters etc To the sliders and buttons of a DMX console and have full control over your visuals and effects from the console Different DMX control modes will allow ArKaos to get the best out of your DMX controller These modes are Simple Control Tiny Fixture and Full Fixture This implementation offers much more flexibility than most hardware media servers while lowering your costs since most recent low cost computers are capable of playing high quality video 1 1 New features in version 3 6 1 e Support for the ArKaos LED Mapper extension e Per layer keystoning through a new DMX fixture ArKaos Maxi Code optimi
8. j EM O Directional Blur Applies a directional blur to your visual Parameters e Level defines the level of blur applied to the visual e Direction sets the rotation axis of the blur The Ascii Art effect applies a set of pre defined ASCII textures to your visual depending on the pixels luminosity It s the same as the Ascii Art effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Texture select the texture to use for processing e Texture Size defines the texture scaling e Transparency defines the mix level between the processed picture and the original visual 4 3 3 In category Transitions The visual is appears in a circle with the background around Can be used as transition by assigning a Fade In value to the Size parameter Parameters e Size defines the circle size e Fade sets the smoothness of the circle edges ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 14 The visual is mapped on a cube rotating and approaching until full screen It s the same as the Turnix3D effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Time sets the time the cube will take to reach full screen The visual comes from the left right top or bottom of the screen and scrolls until full screen It s the same as the Scroller effect available in Standard Mode Parameters Mode sets the origin of the visual left right top or bottom e Time sets the time the visual will take to reach full screen The visual appears flat at the center of
9. ArKaos Startup menu through the Automatic Fade option Screenshot of the ArKaos startup dialog box Arkaos activation preferences When the Arkaos engine is activated Iv Display file loading information Fill the screen wrth this color Automatic fade preferences E Automatically fade the screen Fade speed ms 500 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 28 12 DV Output through FireWire If your computer has a FireWire connection you can use it to send the ArKaos output to an external Digital Video device such as a DV camera or a hardware mixer This option is particularly useful to record your performances exactly as they are projected A setup dialog is available from menu Edit Preferences DV Output that allows you to activate deactivate the DV output and to select the device on which you want to send the video stream Note that most camcorders must be set to VTR mode in order to receive the ArKaos output as video stream and be able to record it Screenshot of the DV Output setup dialog on PC DV Output Setup F Active Device 1 Sony Dv Device MSDV Setup Cancel Screenshot of the DV Output setup dialog on Mac DV Output Setup v Active Output FireWire H4 Mode H4 Domensions 720 Resolution 2 Refresh Rate Pixel Type Cancel Ok T F a 12 1 Important note about delay N e There is a delay in DV output which depends on your computer s speed This is not d
10. E1 Animation speed E2 Particle size Animation speed Particles Aspheroids USER 12 Particles Drop In Water 13 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX U Q Q D NO N 14 ET Animation speed Particles Tunnel Particle size Orbital speed PSpheroius Wale Revolution speed Orbital speed AEpASIOIUS symphony Revolution speed PlanetWorks Animation speed Tunnel Simple speed Animation speed 19 Tunnel Full Control Opacity 20 3D Box Rotation 1 Rotation 2 Galactic Scrolling NE Ni E1 E2 Speed 22 Distance WavingFlag 6 2 2 Video Effects category Index Effect name ss Parrama Description E1 JRed v RGB Levels E1 Red v 2 RGB Shift ET Red 3 RGB Saturate Hue Shift On Off 6 Stroboscope poo poo 8 Old Film 9 Solarizaton E1 jLevl 0 Solarization Inv Color FX Split 2X2 NENNEN NNMNNNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMgMg237 c ctNSN Split 4X4 DNE Split 8X8 poo po Split 2X2 Subscreen Updates Split 4X4 Subscreen Updates ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 22 index Effectname Param Description Motion Blur S9 Contrast Luma E2 High levels 20 Contrast RGB E2 _ High levels 21 Horizontal Blur 2 Vertical Blur E1 Level 3 Ascii Art Ascii Art Small E1 Transparency Ascii Art Ascii Art Medium E1 Ascii Art Ascii Art Big E1 6 Ascii Art Small Pixels E1 Transparency N NIIN O1
11. HW Mode amp Standard Mode WO UOO WD NNa a A N O O CO CO O O OO OO Occ OO ER ff HA A 6 1 What is FreeFrame 6 2 Managing your FreeFrame effects 6 3 How to use FreeFrame effects in ArKaos VJ 6 4 Setting up the effect parameters 7 Position amp Size settings with effects 8 Movie Loop control 8 1 Features explanation 8 1 1 Movie Speed 8 1 2 Movie Loop 8 2 Controller resolution 9 Remote Patch selection 10 Automation amp beat detection options 10 1 Tempo BPM options 10 2 Intelligent Automation mode 11 Automatic Screen Fade option 12 DV Output through FireWire 12 1 Important note about delay 13 Visuals format compatibility updates 13 1 About Adobe Flash support 13 2 Video For Windows DirectShow support PC only 13 3 Important note about movie file compression 14 Widescreen amp Multiscreen presentation 14 1 Introduction 14 2 Widescreen 14 3 Multiscreen 14 4 Connectivity case studies a Case 1 Dual head graphic card b Case 2 Dual head graphic card single head graphic card c Case 3 Dual head graphic card multi display upgrade d Other possible combinations 14 5 Output resolutions a Pre defined resolutions b Custom resolutions 14 6 Monitors setup for widescreen or multiscreen projection 14 7 Monitors setup under Windows a nVidia graphic cards b ATI graphic cards 14 8 Monitors setup under Mac OS X 15 Soft Edge 15 1 Introduction 15 2 Setup 15 3 Cal
12. Transparency Transparency N 7 Ascii Art Medium Pixels E1 Transparency Ascii Art Big Pixels E1 Ascii Art Small Squares E1 Co JE Transparency CO Iransparency 0 ITI 1 E1 E2 E1 E2 E1 E2 E1 E2 E1 EZ Ascii Art Big Color Squares Transparency X Axis Y Axis X Axis Y Axis H Displacement V Displacement 41 Mirror Stretch 42 Mirror Cut 43 Delirium Circular H Displacement V Displacement Delirium Plasma H Displacement no V Displacement Delirium Ripple s 6 Wave 4T Target Square Position E1 Target Square Position amp Size US HOD Height ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 23 Index Effect name Param Description i o ok E sd Target Square Lines Position amp Size Width Height 51 Target eee cen X Position Y Position Target Circle Position amp Size Width Height 6 2 3 Transition Effects category Transition effects does not have definable parameters Index Effectname S Index Effectmame 1 1 9 ScrollerUpFast 6 2 4 Artistic Effects category 1 Kaleidoscopet J J JJ O e E1 Spectrum Shape White E1 Translation E1 Spectrum Shape Red E1 Translation Earthquake Level Translation Spectrum Shape Black Spectrum Shape Green E1 Translation ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 24 Description E 1 Translation 10 Spectrum Shape Blue 11 opect
13. dedicated to ArKaos and you will Patch ArKaos fixtures from DMX channel 1 Priority mode HTP or LTP o The default value is HTP which mean Highest Takes Precedence That means that layer 1 will always be behind layer 2 which will be behind layer 3 etc The order in which you start ArKaos layers has no effect on the result o LTP Latest Takes Precedence means that when you start an ArKaos Layer it starts over the layers already running The advantage is that even if you have a visual running on your highest layer you can start another video layer over that one The drawback is that if you take a snapshot of parameters and recall them the visual result may not be what you had when storing because it depends on the order in which you started the layers e Position Smooth Level A o This parameter will help you get smooth changes on the position size and rotation of the video layers even when the lighting desk doesn t send many DMX frames per second For instance imagine you recorded a cue stack in the desk to move a sponsor logo around the screen The position parameter is always changing and the value for position parameter is always changing If the desk sends 30 DMX frames per second and ArKaos displays 60 frames per second without this option the position of the video layer will be the same for two frames then it will move the it will be the same position for two frames etc Remark All DMX channels assigned for ArK
14. kl pap Lop E i eo EA l kairh ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 25 8 1 Features explanation 8 1 1 Movie Speed e Constant Speed set a constant movie playback speed percent e Speed Controller assign a MIDI controller to the movie playback speed Position Controller assign a MIDI controller to scratch the movie during playback e Constant Speed forward backward ping pong playback e Controller Speed forward backward same as above but with MIDI controlled playback speed new e Follow BPM the movie speed will be adapted so the loop duration is a multiple of the tempo The number of beat the loop will take to be played is the parameter called ratio If you set 1 the loop length will be the time between two beats If you triggered the loop on the beat it will always be at the beginning on the beats If you triggered the movie between two beats it will always be at the beginning between two beats e Follow BPM Forward Backward same as above but it plays the movie forward then backward 8 1 2 Movie Loop e Play All Frames play the entire movie e Play Selected Frames play the frames between the two selection cursors new e Select Frames With Controller you can assign a MIDI controller to the beginning of the loop and another to its width new e Random Fragment each time the loop is finished another start point is selected randomly in the movie It makes the movie jump to another point The paramet
15. ArtNet protocol c ETCNet2 protocol ETCNet2 is the protocol used by the ETC Congo and Congo Jr consoles It will be available in the ArKaos VJ DMX Preferences if you have purchased an ArKaos VHJ DMX ETC Edition license 2 Interest of DMX Video projection has now become an integrated feature in most venues such as night clubs bars and event halls many tours and concerts also includes a visual show But everyone can not afford an extensive media server and a full time Video Jockey Controlling a computer with ArKaos from a lighting console is now possible with ArKaos VJ DMX it offers the ease of a simple and inexpensive setup to control both your projection screens and your light show from the same machine just by triggering ArKaos media s and effects from buttons and sliders from your lighting console Thanks to the Fixture control mode ArKaos acts as a traditional Media Server for professional lighting consoles such as ETC GrandMA Martin Compulite etc This mode allows a total control over ArKaos from the DMX controller every parameter that previously has to be configured with the mouse becomes now available directly through the DMX protocol The DMX support in ArKaos also greatly broadens your possibilities for example imagine you can now run three different visual shows on three projectors through a single DMX control machine driving three different computers running ArKaos VJ DMX ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 2 2 1 Softw
16. Medialan server setup Active Port default 1005 1005 Local machine IP numbers intormation pedro 182 158 1 35 pedro 192 166 175 1 The ArKaos VJ Medialon provides a dialog box to specify which TCP IP port the server will listen to and activate deactivate the application It can be accessed through the Edit gt Preferences gt Medialon menus Once activated you can launch Medialon with the TCP IP Client plugin to connect to the ArKaos server and send orders 3 Setup in Medialon 3 1 A simple interface to control ArKaos VJ As an example the nex page presents the interface we have made for you to help you start controlling ArKaos from Medialon It must be loaded in Medialon Manager and it is designed to control only one computer since only one IP address can be entered but it would be very easy to create a list of addresses allowing you to create complex installations with more computers You could also add multiple virtual MIDI keyboard on the interface one for each computer ArKaos VJ 3 6 Medialon Page 32 This interface implements all the orders you can send to ArKaos and provide a Custom Order text area which allow you to type manually your orders You can enter several orders separated by and send them in one time 3 2 Connection settings First enter the IP address and the TCP port of the computer running ArKaos as set in the ArKaos Medialon Server Setup Dialog Box then click Open Conn
17. Red Level Green Level e Blue Level ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 12 The Pop Art effect applies a set of pre defined Pop Art textures to your visual depending on the pixels luminosity Parameters e Texture select the texture set to use for processing e Texture Offset defines the offset of the textures from the selected set e Textures Size defines the scaling of the textures from the selected set The mirror effect allows you to create reflections of your original visual by flipping it around a vertical and or horizontal axis Parameters e Horizontal Pos horizontal center of the mirror e Vertical Pos vertical center This effect splits the image into three layers one for each of the three components red blue and green You can then choose to either have the layers merge or divide It s the same as the lrisation effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Offset offset between the color components e Rotation rotation of the color components This effect inverts the colors of an image and makes them negative For example black turns into white and vice versa It s the same as the Invert effect available in Standard Mode No parameters Allows you to control hue and saturation of your visual Parameters e Hue e Saturation ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 13 Applies an uniform blur to your visual Parameters e Level defines the level of blur applied to the visual NH i d I b a W
18. VJ Release Notes document or at the ArKaos VJ User Guide arKans vi Table Of Contents ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX 1 Description 1 1 New features in version 3 6 1 1 2 New features in version 3 6 1 3 How does it works a ArtNet protocol Mac or PC b DMX USB Interface c ETCNet2 protocol 2 Interest of DMX 2 1 Software vs Hardware Media Server 2 2 ArKaos VJ main features 3 Configuration 3 1 Using the ArtNet protocol with ArKaos Mac and PC 3 2 ArtNet setup dialog box 3 3 Setting up your Enttec Open DMX USB device PC Only 3 4 Setting up your Enttec DMX USB Pro device on a PC 3 5 Setting up your Enttec DMX USB Pro device on a Mac OS X Only 3 6 Using the ETCNet2 protocol with ArKaos Mac and PC 4 DMX Control modes 4 1 Control modes overview 4 2 Simple control mode 4 2 1 Controls description 4 2 2 Sample configuration setup 4 2 3 Simple control mode keyboard view 4 3 Fixture control mode 4 3 1 Presentation 4 3 2 Setting up the parameters 4 3 3 Checking your setup 5 Parameters description 9 1 ArKaos Tiny Fixture mode 5 1 1 Properties 5 1 2 Channel functions 5 2 ArKaos Full Fixture mode 0 2 1 Properties 5 2 2 Channel functions 5 3 ArKaos Maxi Fixture mode 5 3 1 Properties 5 3 2 Channel functions 6 Effects presets amp parameters 6 1 HW Mode vs Standard Mode CO CO CONN NNN OTT GT AF A A c ONI NNNYNP GEA O d ak ak ak od k k cm osi ca a O CO CO an ci ION ND O
19. and activate the next previous patch of the same Synth Example SelectNexPatch 0 yO SelectNextPatch SelectNextSynth SelectPreviousSynth Select and activate the next previously opened Synth Example SelectNextSynth O oelectNextSynth TapTempo 4 Send this event two times to set the tempo Depending on your computer speed Description and your network use the tempo will be more or less precisely defined Example TapTempo 5 24 O TapTempo 3 6 Return messages If the order was not lexically correct ArKaos will return Error Required event identifier Found string abcd which will be displayed in the answer text area at the bottom of the example interface If another error occurred ArKaos will display a contextual error message If the command is correct ArKaos will echo back the command processed followed by succeeded ArKaos VJ 3 6 Medialon Page 35 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of ArKaos S A No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by ArKaos S A All product and company names are TM or trademarks of their respective owners ArKaos S A 2007 All rights reserved o i Veose LULL orkaos net
20. in Simple control mode Patch DMX Patch O DMX Denn KUS n jo mAr o ML te TU pa p SN DX Patch O Dork 4 3 Fixture control mode 4 3 1 Presentation The DMX Fixture control mode has been developed to allow the control of ArKaos VJ from high end DMX consoles Using this mode ArKaos behaves like a traditional media server The Simple mode can also be used with these consoles if it better suit your needs A fixture corresponds to one layer If you want to use n video layers in ArKaos you have to create n fixtures on your DMX console You can control up to 8ArKaos layers depending on your reguirements and the number of DMX channels available on your console Screenshot of the DMX view in Fixture mode Patch Patch 1 DEG me roris ROS To accommodate to various situations the ArKaos fixture control mode provides three fixtures e ArKaos Maxi the complete fixture New in VJ 3 6 1 this fixture includes all the parameters including keystoning the difference with ArKaos Full All existing parameters for video layers are accessible through this fixture movie amp effect selection dimmer position scaling movie loop keystone etc This fixture uses 51 DMX channels e ArKaos Full The only difference with ArKaos Maxi is that it doesn t include keystoning This fixture uses 43 DMX channels e ArKaos Tiny a smaller fixture using only 25 DMX channels The extensions available for the hardware accelerated e
21. movie that you have imported in ArKaos should now be selected on the layer 1 e Set the Dimmer channel to 100 and the first movie will appear 5 Parameters description This part will explain each parameter of the fixture as well as their default values Dimmer intensity transparency of the layer If the Copy mode is different from Transparent the transparency is not available in which case the intensity of the layer will be full when the channel value is non zero Visual Category picture movie live camera Flash text Visual Index Index of the visual in the selected category Set it to zero to have no visual if you want to apply an effect on the global output on the last layer for example e Effect Category There are 5 categories 3D effects Video Transitions Artistic and FreeFrame Effect Index Index of the effect in the selected category Effects are listed in the Fixture Effect Presets document e Copy Mode Transparent Addition Subtraction Multiplication Minimum or Maximum This defines how the layer is blended with the background ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 10 e Mask Mode None Luminance Band Reject Luminance Band Pass Chrominance Band Reject Chrominance Band Pass amp Alpha from source If you select Alpha From Source ArKaos will use the alpha channel that you can store in a 32 bits BMP or a movie file e uminance Chrominance center sets the center of the luminance ch
22. out of n is used If n equals 1 all frames will be used if n equals 2 one frame out of two will be used and so on Feedback specifies how strong the motion blur will be by defining the movie frames accumulation A value of 0 gives no blur at all and a value of 100 will result in accumulating all frames giving a nearly static image Both parameters can be controlled using values or MIDI controllers These effects were added in ArKaos VJ 3 5 and under the form described here are only available in Standard Mode for earlier effects in Standard Mode please check the User Guide I RGB Controllers v Position Controllers Size Controllers Rotation Controllers R G B x Y X Y X Y Cancel ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 S M al CI ep up e C The 3D Surface effect allows you to precisely control the position scaling rotation in space as well as the RGB balance of a visual through the controllers Its the Standard version of the 3D Surface shader effect available when in HW Mode therefore its not accelerated has a different dialog box and less parameters Page 22 OM 5 l Mirror effect Availability Standard Mode e Y anuzl EPI C Fnnaznt 53 na fr Curlew ler E TA C urie snl fe Curntlru ler u 7 ajozmatiz lonzonta ca Ve Cal ceed e nna ant E T C Cante ler E oom A amp C usla u C C nlrul er u Style Simple
23. uou Pra IL ilat Morka en NADIA CP ca ANGT 1 Dea Morker on HVIDLA GeForce EO GT IDEEN Pko lani i Calor ausi E i Color quil Less 3 kosa Highui 22 bli Leti g e Highest 22 bi m oni lna an P 1280 bp ZIME pisk PUES n tortie Temtieshest J iehoreni z IC NEG Lo J cmm tmm In this case the resolution is 2560x1024 because we used two 1280x1024 screens 5 Once you have achieved this setup and closed the display settings window by clicking Ok you can launch ArKaos VJ and select your virtual monitor from the Monitors Setup dialog box ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 35 b ATI graphic cards Setting up Horizontal or Vertical Span with ATI graphics cards is done through the ATI Catalyst Control Center that you can launch from Windows program menu or from the ATI icon in your system tray next to the clock in the task bar Horizontal Span 1 Once the ATI Catalyst Control Center window is open to setup a simple Horizontal Span select the Basic mode then click Next i AUT CATALYSTS Central Center Back d ROPA ER ET Welcome to thr ATi m pb JEVA ATICATALYSTS Control Center BE im ETEM Whal quid you kke En use Q Base Easy Setup wiradi and Quick Seltingal Prorvateu both sepie asselance and Duck S fra fior changing your dipi setup and othe common tasta Advanced P d filer you So conbguig sl ci te
24. video loop e220 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 1 Channel C18 C19 Function Pan Position X as a 16 bits value Steps Description Def Value o Oo Left position of the screen 32768 65535 Right position of the screen Channel C20 C21 Function Tilt Position Y as a 16 bits value Steps Description Def Value O0 Top position of the screen 39768 65535 Bottom position of the screen Channel C22 C23 Function Position Z as a 16 bits value Range Steps Description 1 Def Value 0 Nearest position puse 65535 Farest position Midas Channel C24 C25 Function Horizontal Size as a 16 bits value Range Steps Description BDef Value 0 Size is 0 of the output screen ie aa 65536 Size is 100 96 of the output screen clea Channel C26 C27 Function Vertical Size as a 16 bits value Range Steps Description Def Value 122 0 65536 O0 Size is 0 96 of the output screen 85536 65536 Size is 100 of the output screen Channel C28 C29 Rotation X in HW mode Range Steps Description 1 1 BDef Value 882768 Channel C30 C31 Function Rotation Y in HW mode Range Steps Description 1 BDef Value 882768 Channel C32 C33 Function Rotation Z in HW mode Range Steps Description Def Value 82768 Channel C34 Function Redle
25. 0 a Postion Bumpy Surface Neon Neon Inver 6 3 5 FreeFrame Effects Index Effect name Param Description Ur NET IE Ee E2 D 3 FF BackLight FF Gaussian Blur Blur Level FF Radial Blur 6 FF Vectorize Color Filter Size FF Vectorize BW Filter Size KE idis E2 E2 9 FF Posterize 10 PFBum S a lee Chromium E2 Red FF Directionnal Blur TE TT oe FF Glow Ji TT E1 se SS EN Sye SOS E2 Style Ef Angle 1 FESIE E2 Angle2 ES Width Emmi Height FF Rect Distort FF Time Slice ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 31 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Medialon 1 Description ArKaos VJ is compatible with Medialon Manager show control software through a special ArKaos VJ Medialon license You can now automate a visual performance for a whole event with Medialon Manager show control software sending orders directly to ArKaos through the network When enabling Medialon compatibility in ArKaos VJ you activate a server that listens to network input Medialon Manager can then send Low Level TCP commands in order to drive our software all effects and features of ArKaos VJ are then available to Medialon To use the Medialon features in ArKaos VJ you will need to have a workstation with the Medialon Manager show control software more information about this software can be found on the Medialon web site at http www medialon com 2 Setup in ArKaos 2 1 Medialon Server setup dialog
26. 1 If the copy mode is not Transparent C01 is just triggering the layer Range Steps Description Def Value 0 255 0 127 Layer start when the value is different from 0 10 Channel C02 Function Type of Visual Range Steps Description Def Value Visual is a picture 32 63 64 95 96 127 Visual is a Flash Text Channel C03 Function Index of visual Description Def Value I Second visual Steps 0 mam ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 15 Channel C04 Function Effect category index Range Steps Description o gt o gt o 3D Effects 32 63 ere 64 95 96 127 128 159 Reserved to future developments Channel C05 Function Associated effect Range Steps Description Def Value 0 Noeffect o er First effect Second effect oe i B Channel C06 Function Copy mode Range Steps Description 32 63 Addition 0 191 64 95 Substraction 96 127 Multiplication 128 159 160 191 Channel C07 Function Mask mode Range Steps Description 1 1 1 Def Value 32 63 Luminance Band Reject 0 191 64 95 Luminance Band Pass 96 127 Chrominance Band Reject 128 159 Chrominance Band Pass 160 191 Alpha from source Channel C08 Function X Luminance Chrominance center Def Value 0 255 0 255 Center of the luminance ch
27. 5 1 HW effects and Shader effects These effects fully benefit from your graphic card s hardware acceleration capabilities they are available when in HW Mode and their icons have a red border HW Effects were added to ArKaos VJ at version 3 5 1 and Shader effects at version 3 6 you will find a description of each of these effects further in this Release Notes document 2 5 2 Standard effects and FreeFrame effects When in HW Mode some of the Standard ArKaos effects and all the FreeFrame effects remains ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 5 available Their icons have a blue border Since these effects are not optimized for the HW Mode they will be processed by your main CPU However once the effect has been applied to your visual the result is sent to your graphic card and therefore it will still benefit from the hardware texture filtering giving a better result and faster than the same effect and visual combination if used in Standard Mode These effects must be associated with a visual placed on the same key they can t be used alone on a key i e to apply the effect to a visual from another key pressed simultaneously 2 5 3 HW incompatible effects Standard effects which are incompatible with the HW engine will not be shown in the Effects list when in HW mode 2 5 4 Opening in HW Mode a Synth made in Standard Mode Some changes automatically occur if you open in HW Mode a Synth that was created in Standard Mode or in a version of ArKaos
28. 84 IP mask 255 0 0 0 Matthieu 194 166 1 14 Cancel Ok N Important Ensure that no Firewall is preventing your computer to receive data from the network 3 3 Setting up your Enttec Open DMX USB device PC Only The drivers for the Enttec Open DMX USB interface can be found on the ArKaos VJ installation CD more recent drivers may be released in the future on the Enttec web site at http www enttec com For more information about this interface you can also check out the Enttec support web site at http www enttec com support center Once you have set up the drivers connected the Open DMX USB interface and rebooted your computer you can start ArKaos VJ and select the Enttec device in the DMX Setup Dialog box If the Enttec device installation was not successful or if the device is not correctly connected to the computer you will see a message Warning the selected device is not available on your computer 3 4 Setting up your Enttec DMX USB Pro device on a PC The Enttec DMX USB Pro device is compatible with the Virtual Com Port VCP supported on most Windows XP versions without additional driver If ArKaos cannot find your device you will have to install the Enttec DMX USB Pro drivers The drivers can be found on the ArKaos VJ installation CD more recent drivers may be released in the future on the Enttec web site at http www enttec com Once you have set up the drivers connect the Enttec DMX USB Pro interf
29. Background Darkened visual Pos Controller f Y Pos Controller Width Constat Height Constant Zoom Constat High Quality Zoom slower Cancel ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 lg 40 96 30 536 5 536 Allows you to create reflections of your original visual by flipping it around a vertical and or horizontal axis In manual mode you can define the reflection axis either by specifying a position percent of screen width or using MIDI controllers The automated mode flip flops the visual at the specified speed either along the x axis the y axis or both axis The zoom factor allows you to zoom in your visual from no zoom 096 to 10x 10096 Allows you to define an area in your visual that is zoomed while the visual continues to play on the rest or the screen You can define the position and size of the part of the visual you want to expand as well as the desired zoom factor Each of these options can be set to a constant value or a controller The style combo box selects the visual aspect of the zoomed area Rectangular target Circular target Smooth circle etc while the background setting defines how the non zoomed area will be played Selecting hi quality zoom will apply bi linear filtering after zooming the visual Page 23 6 FreeFrame effects HW Mode amp Standard Mode 6 1 What is FreeFrame FreeFrame is an open source cross platform plug
30. IDI key of index 48 with a velocity of 20 KeyState 48 0 This will stop the visual corresponding to the MIDI key of index 48 ControllerState controller_num value Sets the MIDI controller controller num to the specified value Description The controller num is a number between 0 and 127 The value is a number between 0 and 127 Example ControllerState 7 12 HighResolutionControllerState controller num value sets the high resolution MIDI controller number controller num to the specified value The controller num is a number between 0 and 31 The value is between 0 and 16384 Example HighResolutionControllerState 7 10230 Description ArKaos VJ 3 6 Medialon Page 34 Command Fullscreen value Description Tells ArKaos VJ to activate deactivate full screen display Fullscreen 1 Activates full screen display Fullscreen 0 Deactivates full screen display Command AllNotesOff Description Stops all running events Example AllNotesOff Command Automation value Description Activates or deactivates Automation mode Automation 1 Activates Automation mode Automation O Dectivates Automation mode SetFlashText MyText DeSCHDHOn Set all FlashText layers of current patch to the text passed as parameter with P MyText Must be used with quotes if the specified text contains spaces Example SetFlashText Hello World SelectNextPatch SelectPreviousPatch Select
31. Mac Flash Text problem when activating a Flash Text visual after modifying its text parameter the first frame sometimes displayed the previous text ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 42 Support Information and Contact ArKaos Users Forum ArKaos Support Centre http forum arkaos net http support arkaos net 1 Solutions As always our support team is ready to help you if you should encounter any problem upgrading to the new version 1 1 ArKaos Users Forum If you just want to discuss with other ArKaos VJ users share tips and experiences about our products or third party software hardware etc Our Users Forum is the place to be This is not the place to request for help see below 1 2 Knowledgebase articles Our online Support Centre features a FAQ Knowledgebase where a solution to the most common registration configuration problems has been posted 1 3 Trouble Ticket System Our online Support Centre also features a Trouble Ticket System which allows our team to receive your support requests and follow up the resolution of your problem as well as eventual future issues We strongly recommend that you register for an ArKaos Support Account free on our Support Centre in order to be able to check the status of your trouble tickets post replies to our team or create new trouble tickets directly from our web interface Our support team answers your requests during office hours CET on week days we do our very best to a
32. P function like on many music seguencers To set the tempo manually select From Manual Input in the Automation dialog box and click two times on the bottom of the dialog box the black zone with the waveform The time between the two clicks defines the new tempo You can also use the right shift key to trigger TAP function The Generate Keyboard events should be turned on if you want to use Automation to launch your visuals automatically and off if you just want to have the movies you launch manually synchronized to the BPM or with the defined TAP function 10 2 Intelligent Automation mode In versions prior to 3 5 ArKaos VJ did not consider the content of each key It only triggered them to the tempo according to the maximum number of layers defined in the preferences This new intelligent system gives much better results even when the patch was not especially intended to be played with the Automation mode It is also useful in different specific cases for example it becomes really easy to setup a set of movies to play one after the other randomly or not using simple transition effects between each movie Screenshot of the Automation setup dialog te Automation Setup Opaque Visuals Play foe 21 cycles Play moves until ihe end Trarreparerd Visuals Play for lit cycles Number of layers j EHecis Play for C poles Murter of layers PRFandeomizn Cancel CIE The system now differentiat
33. Release Notes ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Table Of Contents Introduction and registration 1 About this document 2 Iwo different ArKaos VJ versions MIDI and DMX 3 About your license 4 Obtaining your serial number from the ArKaos web site 4 1 Preparing your Machine ID code 4 2 Generating your final serial number 4 2 1 If you have purchased the software from www arkaos net 4 2 2 If you have not purchased the software from www arkaos net 5 Using your final serial number in the software 6 Getting support for registration ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 1 What s new in ArKaos VJ 2 HW Mode Hardware Acceleration in ArKaos VJ 2 1 New video engine 2 2 Advantages 2 3 Supported graphic cards 2 4 Standard Mode or HW Mode 2 5 Effects compatibility with HW Mode 2 5 1 HW effects and Shader effects 2 5 2 Standard effects and FreeFrame effects 2 5 3 HW incompatible effects 2 5 4 Opening in HW Mode a Synth made in Standard Mode 2 5 5 Is it better to use Standard effects or HW effects 3 Core Image Mac OS X Tiger HW Mode only 3 1 What is Core Image 3 2 How to use Core Image effects in ArKaos VJ 4 Shader effects HW Mode only 4 1 What are Shader effects 4 2 Setting up the parameters 4 3 Shader Effects description 4 3 1 In category 3D 4 3 2 In category Video 4 3 3 In category Transitions 4 3 4 In category Artistic 4 4 Other HW Effects description 5 Standard Mode only effects description 6 FreeFrame effects
34. VJ prior to 3 5 1 e ArKaos VJ will detect in your Synth all the effects that have an HW optimized equivalent and it will update these effects on the Synth e All the icons from effects which are HW incompatible will still appear on your Patch but pressing the corresponding key will not trigger the effect it will only trigger the visual on the key if any 2 5 5 Is it better to use Standard effects or HW effects We made the above conversion system to ensure that you can still open your Patch in Standard mode later and use the old effects if you wish with the HW Effects the ones with a red border around the icon and avoid as much as possible using Standard Effects the ones with a blue border Once again HW effects perform faster and produce a much higher visual quality Finally it will ensure an easy transition of your creations to future ArKaos VJ versions However if your graphic card is HW compatible it is strongly recommended to work 3 Core Image Mac OS X Tiger HW Mode only 3 1 What is Core Image Core Image is a library of optimized video effects introduced by Apple in Mac OS X Tiger these effects are pre installed in your system and can be used in various applications More information about the Core Image technology can be found on the Apple web site at http www apple com macosx features coreimage If you have a Macintosh running the latest Mac OS X or at least OS X 10 4 Tiger and a graphic card allowin
35. ace and reboot your computer Start ArKaos VJ and select the Enttec device in the DMX Setup Dialog box If the Enttec device installation was not successful or if the device is not correctly connected to the computer you will see a message Warning the selected device is not available on your computer 3 5 Setting up your Enttec DMX USB Pro device on a Mac OS X Only On Mac OSX you will have to install the FTDI VCP Virtual Com Port drivers The drivers can be found on the ArKaos VJ installation CD more recent drivers may be released in the future on the Enttec web site at http www enttec com If the Enttec device is not correctly connected to the computer you will see a message Warning the selected device is not available on your computer ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 5 3 6 Using the ETCNet2 protocol with ArKaos Mac and PC If you have a license for ArKaos VJ DMX ETC Edition the DMX Preferences dialog box in ArKaos will have ETCNet2 preselected in the Use device menu LDA SETUP PI DDDRE NE meme Use Dea lon sew C Simpie Mode OM Channel Mapping Fest Channel L st Channal immaers p iz Certrolars i4 o o 3 o Patch Selection B nk 3 J Sequence Trigger 4 Foure Mode amp rkaosFull 43 ch First DIM channel 1300 Mumibar of layers a i8 Pnonty Mode fe MTP Highest Takes Pracadence T LTP Latest Takes Precedence Position Smooth Laval o 0 255
36. alog in the Synth menu Effect Parameters E1 E2 E6 Controls parameters of the effect presets most effects only are using one or two controllers The effect parameters are described in the Fixture Effect Presets document Keystone parameters X1 Y1 X2 Y2 X3 Y3 X4 Y4 controls the position of the 4 corners of the layer These 8 channels let you correct the transformation that you want when a video projector is not perfectly in front of the surface it displays on ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 11 5 1 ArKaos Tiny Fixture mode 5 1 1 Properties n layers are available from 1 to 8 e A single layer is using 25 DMX channels e When mapping a single layer the channels are called C01 to C25 5 1 2 Channel functions Channel C01 Dimmer Transparency of the layer when C08 is 0 31 If the copy mode is not Transparent C01 is just triggering the layer Range Steps Description Def Value 0 255 0 127 Layer start when the value is different from 0 Channel C02 Function Type of Visual Def Value Steps Visual is a picture 32 63 64 95 96 127 Visual is a Flash Text Channel C03 Function Index of visual Range Steps Description Def Value 0 JNovsud ZA O DUE ed Second visual Channel C04 Function Effect category index Def Value Steps ore 96 127 128 159 Reserved to future developments ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 12
37. and a white screen o Invert alternatively flashes the visual and the visual with inverted colors e Background alternatively flashes the visual and the layer in background e Speed defines the stroboscope flashing speed e Shape o Square no transition between the flashes o Sin smooth transition between the flashes Larsen Simple Simple Larsen effect using feedback see User Guide page 100 using size and rotation with constant transparency Parameters e Size larsen square size e Rotation larsen square rotation ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 16 Larsen effect with different presets applying borders around the visual Parameters e Preset larsen direction e Size larsen square size e Transparency larsen sguare transparency k zl Larsen Full Larsen effect with full control on the feedback parameters Parameters e H Size larsen square horizontal size e V Size larsen square vertical size e Rotation larsen square rotation e Transparency larsen transparency Detects the edges between areas appearing in your visual and reveals them by contrast Parameters e Edge size defines the size of the edges e Threshold the minimum local contrast value to consider an area to be an edge LE Digital Noiz Experimental effect altering the visual luminosity in various ways depending on the parameters Parameters e BW On Off switches between grayscale or colors e FX Preset select between 5 different noise pat
38. aos must be contiguous It means that the second layer must be patched to the DMX channel that follows the last DMX channel used by the first layer For example if you use the ArKaos Full 43 channels and you want to control 4 layers if you patch the first ArKaos layer on channel 65 the second layer have to be patched on channel 65 43 108 the third on channel 151 and the fourth on channel 194 As the fourth layer ends on channel 237 DMX channels 237 to 512 will not used by ArKaos ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 9 4 3 3 Checking your setup Once you made your setup you can start working This part will describe simple steps to check that your DMX setup is working You must have a file opened in ArKaos Have a look at the User Manual to understand how to manage files import media etc With the fixture everything is controlled from the DMX console except monitor settings and resolution cf User Manual Create a new file and drag amp drop some visuals from your file browser to the Visuals Database When a file with visuals is opened follow these steps on your DMX console to get a media to appear on the screen e Set the visual category channel to movie DMX value between 32 8 64 e Set the visual index the default value is 0 which means that no visual is selected on the layer Setting the Visual Index channel to 1 will select the first visual in the selected category Since we just selected the movie category the first
39. are vs Hardware Media Server ArKaos VJ is a really accessible software and it does not require advanced skills to achieve results On the other hand the software is so powerful that once you get to know it better you ll discover that the possibilities are virtually endless All common movie formats are accepted and the graphic engine is optimized to give great results on Mac or PC With a recent low cost computer you can playback at least two full PAL resolution movies at least DVD quality at the same time with Chroma keying on the top one and with real time control over the movie blending There s no latency and no rendering delay it is optimized to react immediately when you trigger a new layer or when you change any parameters ArKaos VJ lets you define a custom output resolution that will allow you with most graphic cards and on both Mac and PC to output your visuals on multiple screens i e different visuals on separate Screens or on a wide screen i e a large visual on several screens next to the other with a Soft Edge option for seamless blending between the screens 2 2 ArKaos VJ main features Double monitoring management e Horizontal or vertical multiscreen amp widescreen presentation with Soft Edge from a single computer Accepts pictures movies camera streaming editable text animations Flash animations with action script e Supports QuickTime mov Video For Windows avi DirectShow mpeg wmv etc a
40. ation speed e Rotation Y rotation speed e Tiling visual texture size e Light position rotation of the light Eli 3D Surface The 3D Surface effect allows you to precisely control the position scaling rotation in space as well as the RGB balance of a visual through the controllers It s the same as the 3D Surface effect available in Standard Mode except that this one offers more parameters Parameters e Red Level red color level e Green Level green color level e Blue Level blue color level e Pos X horizontal position Pos Y vertical position e Size X horizontal scaling e Size Y vertical scaling e Rotation Y rotation around Y axis ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 11 za ERI 3D Objects Five different floating 3D objects are available to map your visuals e 3D Plane e 3D Cube e 3D Sphere e 3D Cylinder e 3D Donut Taurus They all have the same set of parameters Parameters e Size object size e Rotation X object rotation speed e Rotation Y object rotation speed e Tiling texture size visual Light Position light source rotation around Y axis e Light On Off enable or disable lighting 4 3 2 In category Video Basic threshold effect makes your visual looks like it comes out of a copy machine Parameters e Threshold set the minimum pixel luminosity under which it will be black and over which it will be white A basic RGB effect allowing to modify the levels of each of the 3 colors Parameters e
41. ct one entry in the ArKaos Monitors Setup dialog box this is because ArKaos only outputs one large visual mix no matter across how many displays you plan span that visual 14 7 Monitors setup under Windows Its your graphic card that must be set up to create one virtual display covering two physical displays in other words it will create one large display that your system will recognize as being one single monitor although it will in fact cover two displays through two physical outputs This is called Horizontal Span or Vertical Span depending on the display orientation you will select ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 33 As an example we will explain the different steps to configure a virtual display over multiple screens with nVidia and ATI graphic cards Other graphic cards may be capable of achieving such a setup and the configuration settings should not be too different from the ones explained below otherwise please refer to your graphic card s manufacturer documentation Finally it is important to setup these options before launching ArKaos VJ since it will try to detect your displays during the startup a nVidia graphic cards 1 In the Windows Control Panel open the Display Properties window and go to the Settings tab Generally you will see a classic dual monitor setup such as the one below E Lad a p Themes Deskiop Screen Saver cppesanes Bergi raj dre rene icons bp nisle ite Nerad srg ol voir mon
42. dge effect 5 Place the beamers correctly so that the edges blend seamlessly area are superposed 6 Adjust the Curve parameter to obtain the desired luminosity on the overlapping area ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 41 16 Overlay display PC only Until ArKaos VJ 3 0 2 ArKaos was only using DirectX exclusive mode to display in fullscreen This mode was the best way to avoid synchronization lines but the inconvenient was that it was not possible to switch to another application while ArKaos was running in fullscreen DirectX was simply closing the fullscreen display ArKaos VJ 3 0 2 introduced a new fullscreen display option the overlay display This option is now enabled by default since it is supported on all recent graphic cards Using the overlay display mode is the only way on Windows platforms to obtain a fullscreen display without synchronization lines and without the drawbacks of the DirectX exclusive mode If your graphic card doesn t support the overlay display mode ArKaos will pop up a message when you will activate the fullscreen and it will start a fullscreen display with synchronization lines In this case to get a professional quality display you will need to disable the Use Overlay option which will switch to ArKaos DirectX exclusive mode or change your graphic card The overlay display can be deactivated by unchecking the Use Overlay checkbox in the monitor settings dialog box through the menu Edit Preferences M
43. e 6 3 1 3D Effects category Index Effectname Param Description 1 Infinite Zoom IDEM Speed O OO speed 3 3D Sphere NoLight KA a 3D Cube NoLight 3D Cylinder NoLight m ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 26 3D Donut NoLight 3D Plane NoLight Index Effectname Param Description Rotation X 3D Sphere Light Rotation Y s Light Position Rotation X 3D Cube Light Rotation Y Light Position Rotation X 10 3D Cylinder Light Rotation Y Light Position Rotation X 11 3D Donut Light Rotation Y Light Position Rotation X 12 3D Plane Light Rotation Y Light Position Cube Inside Rotation X u l E2 Rotation Y 14 Screens Rotation X Rotation Y Tile Scrolling 1 Scroll X Scroll Y Scroll X 16 Tile Scrolling 2 Scroll Y Altitude 17 Plane Simpi Ame Rotation Speed 18 Plane Full Rotation Speed Planes Rotation Rotation Speed 7 an ii Pe dapes ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 27 Index Effectname Param Description 23 Tunnel Full 6 3 2 Video Effects category Index Effect name Param Description 2 RGB Shift 3 RGB Saturate TA Gmyede 5 met a 6 Swboscoe preme a a E2 Rotation 8 OdFim Seo o 9 TSolarization Et iea O o 13 Spite O TOSS 14 Spt 4 O Ct 15 sptexa Do c9 Contas mid 3o contes m mmm ems H
44. ection If the connection is successful Connected ArKaos is displayed in the Received Frames message board and the Connection light turns to green if the connection failed the light will stay red Once you re connected each action on the interface will be sent to ArKaos MIDI notes On Off MIDI controllers All Notes Off Synth and Patch Selection Sequencer Start Stop File Loading FlashText definition Fullscreen activation amp Automation Start Stop 3 3 Communication with ArKaos ArKaos receives orders through the Medialon Low Level TCP IP Client Using strings you describe actions to be done by ArKaos 3 4 Strings example To activate ArKaos full screen send the string Fullscreen 1 e To open an ArKaos file LoadFile C ArKaos Files LastEvent kos Note that the double quotes or simple quotes are required since the path contains spaces e To set the MIDI controller 12 value to 127 ControllerState 12 127 In the interface that we provide for Medialon each button and slider is linked to a Step based task that will send the string to ArKaos VJ through the Low Level TCP IP Client SendFrame function Let s use for example the MIDI controller O slider task steps e Step 0 sets the arkaos event string variable value to the desired order with a Manager expression Arkaos event string ControllerState 0 slider controller O Status e Step 1 uses the Low Level TCP IP Client Send Frame fu
45. er Duration allows you to set the length of the loop e Random Destination the movie starts playing at a random point in the movie then goes to a random destination forward or backward When it reaches this new point it goes to another destination and so on This is all done with the movie playing smoothly there is no jump 8 2 Controller resolution To allow a very fine resolution with the position controller option all values are now read from high resolution controllers A high resolution controller is the combination of 2 classic controllers You will need to add 32 to the controller number to compute the number of the second controller example high resolution controller 7 is the combination of controller 7 and 39 If you just use a classic controller 7 to drive the position of a loop the system will work fine but you just will not benefit from the extra resolution provided by the controller 39 9 Remote Patch selection Changing Patch through DMX or MIDI Program Change will now display the newly activated Patch and focus on it ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 26 10 Automation amp beat detection options 10 1 Tempo BPM options TE x Use Heat Deiecilon From Audin Input bey Campensastan l Fram MID Time Code e Fram Mamiial knjmil Generate Comtroflers 7 amd Generate Keyboard Events Baal Fiatin C dun change svmiha C dudo change Patches Change afer em ondzi You can now set the tempo with a TA
46. er to compose a widescreen or multiscreen setup obviously you have no more monitor available to display the interface and control the software b Case 2 Dual head graphic card single head graphic card Adding a supplementary graphic card to the setup described above will allow you to use it with your desktop monitor in order to display the ArKaos VJ interface and control the software while using the dual head graphic card and its two outputs for the widescreen or multiscreen ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 32 c Case 3 Dual head graphic card multi display upgrade Using an external hardware multi display upgrade such as the Matrox DualHead2Go allows to split one video output into two separate signals the DualHead2Go is a palm sized box that sits outside of your system and has one VGA input and two VGA outputs This system allows computers with a dual head graphic card to use one graphic card output for the software interface and the second graphic card output to send the visuals splitted to two different screens thanks to the hardware multi display upgrade This very affordable solution will also fit perfectly with most modern laptops d Other possible combinations e Dual head graphic card with each output splitted in two with a DualHead2Go you would have a 4 screens setup Matrox also provides a TripleHead2Go multi display upgrade allowing a setup with 3 screens Of course other combinations may be possible with different hardware o
47. eriod is given in milliseconds Once you have set up the effect parameters validate your settings by clicking Ok ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 8 4 3 Shader Effects description All the shader effects described further are available in HW Mode only They have been added in ArKaos VJ at version 3 6 Even though some of them appears to be the same as other Standard Mode ArKaos effects they have in fact been completely re coded to benefit from the Hardware Acceleration For earlier effects in Standard Mode please check the User Guide 4 3 1 In category 3D The ripple effect deforms the picture with a circular pattern It looks like a water wave which grows from the centre Parameters e Wave Level height of the waves e Wave Size width of the waves e Wave Speed speed of the waves To apply simple transformations on the visual Parameters e Rotation 90 CW 90 CCW or 180 e Horizontal Flip on off Vertical Flip on off Classic tunnel effect with a lot of parameters Parameters e Speed defines the speed at which the camera is traveling inside the tunnel e Tiling defines the number of times the visual is tiled inside the tunnel e Light position allows to rotate the light source in the tunnel Curve zero generates a straight tunnel higher values increase the curving Orientation if the tunnel is not straight it defines the curve rotation e Transparency adds a motion blur effect on the output Repeats the
48. es the keys to trigger in 3 different categories Opaque visuals keys containing a visual and possibly an effect which completely fills the screen Transparent visuals keys containing a visual and possibly an effect with a compositional ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 27 copy mode i e Transparency Addition etc a mask i e Chroma Luma keying or Alpha From Source or a custom position size e Effects keys containing only effect Using the automation setup dialog you can select the number of cycles beats that each category of layer will be played for as well as the number of simultaneous layers to be played for each of the last two For the Opague visuals category there will always be only one playing in the background You can set the number of cycles the visuals should be displayed before triggering the next one For movies you have an additional option allowing to play them until their end rather than follow the number of cycles specified If the Randomize option is not selected layers will be played according to their order on the MIDI keyboard If the option is activated the Automation randomly selects the next layer to play 11 Automatic Screen Fade option This option allows ArKaos to automatically fade to a given colour when no layers are running rather than continuously display the last frame You can select deselect this option from the ArKaos Startup dialog in the Edit Preferences
49. ftware box comes with a Purchase Key code which you must keep in a safe place because it is the proof that you own a license and can be needed in the future to obtain upgrades However that Purchase Key code is not yet the final serial number that will register the software on your computer you will need to create that serial number after you have installed the software this is explained on the next page If entered in the Serial Number text field in the software s Serial Activation window the Purchase Key also works as a sort of temporary Serial Number extending the application s trial period from 21 to 60 days This gives give you more time to generate your final Serial Number it s also a good way to use your software on a temporary computer e g on stage during a tour on a friend s computer on a computer that you rent etc For your convenience we have described on the next pages an easy way to get a final serial number for any computer directly from our web site The ArKaos VJ user manual also describes the other registration procedures available Finally be sure to read the last chapter of this document where you will find all your options to get support if you should encounter any problem with the use or the registration of our software 4 Obtaining your serial number from the ArKaos web site 4 1 Preparing your Machine ID code Once the latest version of the software is installed on your computer you will need to
50. g ArKaos VJ to run in HW Mode you can now apply any of the 73 Core Image effects to your visuals or camera inputs and control it real time just like the other effects 3 2 How to use Core Image effects in ArKaos VJ To use Core Image effects in your Synth drag the Core Image wrapper effect icon located in the Video effects tab of the Effects window on a key from the keyboard like you would do for any other effect ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 6 The Core Image wrapper icon i Then double click on the effect icon on the key it will open the effect setup dialog box The dialog will allow you to select an effect category select an effect in the category and configure it The names for all available parameters are displayed in the dialog each of them can be either set to a fixed value using the slider assigned to a MIDI controller or set to any of the following variable values e Fadeln the value increases from minimum to maximum value in the given time e FadeOut the value decreases from maximum to minimum value in the given time e Oscillator the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum value according to a sine shape whose period is given in millisecond e Triangular 1 the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum values according to an upward sawtooth shape whose period is given in milliseconds e Triangular 2 the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum values according to a downward sawtooth shape w
51. hose period is given in milliseconds Once you have selected your desired effect and defined its parameters close the dialog box by clicking the Ok button Your Core Image effect will now play as configured on that particular key You can use as many Core Image effects as you like configure a different set of options for each occurrence simply by using the wrapper on other keys Screenshot of the Core Image effects setup dialog A Core Image Calegory Cenerater EI Effects sunbeams FJ inpurTime Fade Out a 1000 00 inputStriationContrast Constant HH 1 38 InpuctriatianStrength Constant HH 0 50 inputfdakstrianionRardii Constant Ha z ai r 7 458 inputSunladius Constant HH i m 40 00 inputCalar Rec Constant HH 255 00 InpulCulo Green l Constant H a 127 50 inpurCalor Blue mahal FH f 0 00 input enter X Constant HH ma SU inpulCenler Y Canstant HH 0 00 i Caner j Cle i j L3 are E ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 7 4 Shader effects HW Mode only 4 1 What are Shader effects ArKaos VJ 3 6 has added 43 effects to the HW Mode these effects specifically use the Pixel Vertex Shader technology available in recent graphic cards They are all using the same Shader FX dialog box which is designed to allow a high customization of each effect all the parameters can be assigned to a constant value a controller MIDI or DMX different oscilla
52. ibration 24 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 28 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 34 36 39 40 40 41 41 16 Overlay display PC only 17 Interface enhancements 18 Bug fixes Support Information and Contact 1 Solutions 1 1 ArKaos Users Forum 1 2 Knowledgebase articles 1 3 Trouble Ticket System 2 Distributors and resellers 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 43 43 Introduction and registration Thank you for having purchased our software 1 About this document This document explains the changes between ArKaos VJ 3 0 MIDI which is fully detailed in the user guide on your computer in your ArKaos VJ installation folder and the current ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 2 Two different ArKaos VJ versions MIDI and DMX ArKaos VJ is available in 2 different versions MIDI and DMX which are included in the same software installer but are enabled or not depending on the license code you have purchased Chapter B in this document describes all the features available in ArKaos VJ MIDI which are also common to ArKaos VJ DMX A specific documentation about ArKaos VJ DMX with extensive information configuration instructions and in depth description for features which only apply to that software version is also available at the end of this document or if you have purchased the DMX version boxed as a second printed manual 3 About your license Your so
53. igure the visuals and effects parameters within the software the same way you would configure them for MIDI and fade them in and out using dimmers You can also assign DMX channels to Patch selection If you set the value of a DMX channel assigned to a Patch selection over 50 the corresponding Patch will be selected The Fixture control mode works like other media servers and therefore requires quality controllers with precise DMX values for visual or effect selection To allow a user friendly experience ArKaos VJ provides a DMX view which is different whether you select Simple mode or Fixture in the DMX setup dialog box 4 2 Simple control mode Within the simple mode you can assign DMX channels to control different functions in ArKaos All devices need to provide 512 DMX channels to ArKaos 4 2 1 Controls description e Dimmers Activates the layer visual effect and sets its transparency o Moving the dimmer associated to a layer will trigger it when above the value of 32 and increase gradually its opacity when reaching towards 255 Controllers These channels are used to control real time effect parameters such as movie transparency movie speed contrast etc o You can assign a maximum range of 128 DMX channels for the 128 controller values Patch Selection Banks This channel is used to access different Patches A Patch in ArKaos is a virtual keyboard o You can access 10 Patches If the DMX channel selected i
54. in system designed towards real time video effects for VJing applications The project home page is http freeframe sourceforge net There are hundreds of FreeFrame effects available from a wide range of developers most of them can be found on the FreeFrame web site If you re a developer thanks to the FreeFrame SDK you can even design your own effects and use them in ArKaos Additional FreeFrame effects can also be purchased from the ArKaos web site at http www arkaos net effects pack 6 2 Managing your FreeFrame effects The FreeFrame effects are stored in a structure of folders on your hard drive by default in the ArKaos VJ installation folder in the FreeFrame Plugins folder If needed this FreeFrame folder can be overridden for example if you want to share FreeFrame plugins from other applications Use the FreeFrame setup dialog in the menu Edit Preferences FreeFrame setup to tell ArKaos VJ where is the folder containing the FreeFrame effects FreeFrame effects can be sorted in subdirectories of the main FreeFrame folder if you have a lot of effects installed using subdirectories will make the process of selecting an effect easier in the FreeFrame effects dialog box ArKaos VJ comes with a bundle of effects developed by Pete Warden These effects have been tested and should be stable in any condition They are available in Standard Mode and in HW Mode 6 3 How to use FreeFrame effects in ArKaos VJ To use FreeFrame pl
55. k the Register purchase key button and enter on the page your Purchase Key code composed of capital letters and dashes that you found in your software box and submit the form e You will be asked to fill in your customer profile once you have entered your personal information click the Create button at the bottom of the page then click the Continue button if all the fields were filled correctly e On the next page enter your computer s Machine ID code and submit the form Your Orders Serials page will appear with your Purchase Key code and the serial number corresponding to your computer That serial number will also be sent to the e mail you specified in your customer profile Later you can go back to the My ArKaos zone http www arkaos net myarkaos with the e mail and password combination you specified in your customer profile to generate new serial numbers from the Orders Serials page depending on your license 5 Using your final serial number in the software e aunch the application by double clicking its icon e n the Registration dialog box that appears select the third option If you have received a serial number for this computer If no dialog box appears get to the application s Serial Activation window from the menu EDIT PREFERENCES REGISTRATION e Fill in the required information in the Serial activation window and type in or copy paste your serial number in the corresponding field the
56. locate your Machine ID Code The Machine ID is an 8 capital letters code e g UGTEDLTG generated by ArKaos VJ This code is unique and is used to generate a final serial number which will only work in combination with your computer s Machine ID code When you launch the application for the first time it will run in Free Level mode and you will be Introduction and Registration Page 1 presented with a Registration screen with 4 different options choose the fourth one If you want to continue trying the software The software will launch in demo mode and open a default Synth file Navigate to the Serial Activation window through the software s menus EDIT PREFERENCES REGISTRATION Screenshot of the Serial Activation window with the Machine ID Serial Acotiuation Your machine ID AAOMGODM Name Company E Mail Serial Number E J 4 2 Generating your final serial number Once you have your Machine ID code ready there are two different ways to get your final serial number depending on the fact that you purchased your software on our web site www arkaos net or not i e in a shop on another web site etc 4 2 1 If you have purchased the software from www arkaos net You have registered as an ArKaos customer when you placed your order and your software license has immediately been added to your customer profile on our web site e Prepare all the info you will need o The e mail and
57. many svalatke tirgs ol goa ATI graphics Ld L product e Bl Dont show the page again Nae You can choose betwen Pac IE am and Quick or Advanced ot ory lire Click Hest lo continu E ATI CATALYOTA Control Center Biek Wwnhal w edgkd Tou Like ja Da Select an E say Setup Wired on lack Settings then chck Go Fary Setup Wiranta Quick Settings jinformaton Cerber Dick on the Go button lo dar the Wizard pj be teed eli take qoa frough sli the dept to pet up your deda corizarstari In your oem queleences Uo lo 5 stepa may be voted 3 In the Available Display Devices list select which one is your primary monitor then click ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 36 Next Available Dizplap Devices Tou can thoes your compute deskiop on one or moie displays si fhe came bre The loiro deplev desce are conmected to ucar ATI graphs product Which vaadid vou ke En use China Mar Diray Lhooss Second Display Q Analog Monitor i 4 1715 J tal 17151 Q Analog Mondor CI ug Mani DELL EF FO DELL E7706 e Hone Next Desktop Mode Selection The derkiop mode selector val determing how thea computer desktop iz chown on poe delaj Select a desktop mode Extended De Lia rest Mince The deskinp is extended lo your second deplay Setting can be se independently er each display This it use when you wan lo esich video pi ork on pou compa wath m
58. n Your FreeFrame effect will now play as configured on that particular key You can use as many FreeFrame wrapper effects as you like and configure a different set of options on each key 7 Position amp Size settings with effects In versions prior to 3 5 if there was an effect on a visual the result was always displayed on the whole screen even if you had changed the size and position settings in the layer visual info setup This limitation was made to save performance but as computers are getting much more powerful this limitation has been removed from the software 8 Movie Loop control The movie loop control lets you change the way a movie is played allowing a very precise selection of the frames you wish to play in a way that no other software can reproduce The possibilities are Movie synchronization to BPM e Forward backward playback with constant or MIDI controlled speed or through BPM sync e Selection of a loop within the movie Definition of the looping zone using MIDI controllers Two different random looping available with or without BPM sync Screenshot of the improved Visual Info dialog box Herinrta daidi IC entes n vice pend oe lem Zz ID O STE TEE Furi 1 LI Creat T Lear pirtr Fiter Tips bud fwi gt lock Lisrrii i v aaniani x Conia 55 Jmk He Filer wb 17 zinri gt Cone i nsi i Cogry Winds Saare Caps birma Saeed te F ic Pali E las
59. n see further in this document allowing seamless edge blending between the two projections 14 3 Multiscreen The multiscreen setup uses the same system as for the widescreen but to end with different visual mixes displayed on separate screens ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 31 This time the visuals position and size settings must be set up in your ArKaos Synth so that they appear on each half part of the projection which corresponds to each screen Attention Widescreen or multiscreen setups require to output in high resolution and therefore a recent powerful graphic card is necessary a setup including 2 screens each in 1024x768 will require ArKaos to output in 2048x768 which will use a lot of CPU and GPU resources The HW Mode inArKaos VJ is especially adapted to this since it distributes the workload on the CPU and the GPU allowing ArKaos VJ to easily reach higher output resolutions with a decent quality see chapter 2 in this Release Notes document if you graphic card cannot run ArKaos VJ in HW Mode the result may be very slow especially if your computer also have a slow processor CPU 14 4 Connectivity case studies In order to explain the different options to setup ArKaos to produce a widescreen or multiscreen projection with several displays lets examine some common case studies a Case 1 Dual head graphic card If you only have a dual head graphic card and use each of its output to send the visuals to a screen in ord
60. n click the Ok button don t press your J 11 keyboard s Return key Attention N Be sure to enter the serial number exactly as you received it capital letters and dashes no numbers e Ensure you haven t left any blank space or carriage return before in or after the serial number in the text field this sometimes happens when copy pasting 6 Getting support for registration Our support team is at your service if you have any problem registering your software or if you are lost with the registration system please contact us Support is free and most of these requests are resolved straight away Have a look at Chapter F in this document we have listed the different options to contact us and get support Note that registration issues will be resolved faster if you provide your registered customer e mail address your Purchase Key code or a serial number and your computer s Machine ID code Introduction and Registration Page 3 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 1 What s new In ArKaos VJ Universal Binary Mac Intel compatibility e 43 new Shader effects in HW Mode Multi screen Soft Edge capability e Bug Fixes 2 HW Mode Hardware Acceleration in ArKaos VJ 2 1 New video engine ArKaos VJ 3 5 1 introduced a new video engine taking advantage of the capabilities from the latest hardware accelerated graphic cards In this mode all video treatment mixing and effects application are computed in the Graphical Process
61. nce Constan Ti 5h 5 Controller z Distortion lamel JL 2k ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 18 Availability HW Mode The Neon effect highlights the visual edges and blurs them to give some kind of a glowing effect The parameters are Blur Factor O Constan a p ave d Edge Highlight sets the glow intensity Edge Highlight O Constant g o e Blur Factor defines the number of blur O Contraller H passes the higher this parameter is the ima bigger highlighted the edges will be s C taei o Invert allows to replace the visual by the edge detected or to add the edges to the original visual Availability HW Mode Turns your visuals into cartoons by detecting the edges making them black and applying quantification to reduce the number of colors Mode Simple M Two different modes are available Parameter L2 Constant IDO S Controller e Simple simple quantification of the colors in o n your visual you can control the depth number i High Quality cance T of steps values for each R G amp B component e Change Colors lets you tweak the colors depending on the parameters you specify E Availability AN J Contrast Standard Mode HW Mode This Standard Mode effect has been updated to be available in HW Mode also its description can be found in the User Guide at page 128 l 4 Availability EU Transition Standard Mode HW Mode This Standard Mode effect ha
62. nction with arkaos event string as parameter Remark Events must be separated by to avoid collisions if two very close events are sent to ArKaos ArKaos VJ 3 6 Medialon Page 33 3 5 ArKaos commands Here is the list of commands that can be sent to the ArKaos server LoadFile file name DeSCHBHOm Loads or select if already loaded a kos file Synth in the application The file P loaded will be activated and all note controller events will occur on this Synth Example LoadFile d arkaos demo kos SelectPatch index num Selects the active patch of the current Synth The active patch is the one that will receive key messages The patch index is a number between 0 and 127 and corresponds to the patch number in ArKaos Example SelectPatch 0 You can also use SelectNextPatch or SelectPreviousPatch events to activate the previous or the next patch in the index of the active Synth StartSequence index num The sequence index is a number between 0 and 127 and corresponds to the Description number of a recording in the list of recordings available in the recorder window of the selected Synth Example StartSequence 0 Description StopSequence Stops the active sequence Example StopSequence 10 0 yO StopSequence KeyState key num value Act as depressing the MIDI key key num with a velocity value KeyState 48 20 This tells ArKaos VJ to start the visual effect corresponding to the M
63. nd Flash swf movie files 60 real time effects and support for additional FreeFrame plug ins at least 100 free effects currently available Unlimited number of layers depends on your CPU and disk speed with many combinations Chroma Luma keying addition transparency etc and position scaling parameters for each layer e Supports graphic card acceleration through a Hardware Accelerated video engine HW Mode producing an unprecedented visual smoothness and image quality Check out the ArKaos VJ features page on our web site for more http www arkaos net vj ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 3 3 Configuration Once your version of ArKaos VJ will be registered with a DMX compatible serial number or during the 21 days demo period a DMX Setup dialog box will be available through the menu Edit Preferences DMX Setup From the dialog you will be able to choose the DMX device you want to use as well as the desired control modes and their parameters Screenshot of the DMX setup dialog box JBIZL4 SETUP Use Demre Entec Pro OM USE C Simple Mode Mix Channel Mapping Fest Channel L si Charmel Dirranarg LE KE Controllers LN 3 Patch Selection Bank I3 Sequence Trsqger 2 e Fixture Mode Details First DIM channal 0 158 Number of layers ic 1 8 Pnonty Mode f HTP Highest Takes Frecadenca C LTP Latest Takes Precedence Cancel Gk 3 1 Using the ArtNet protocol with ArKa
64. nd select Displays once in the Displays window go to the tab Arrangement It is very important here to ensure that your monitors are represented in the same position as they are positioned physically you may need to drag the monitors around with your mouse to place them correctly In this case the primary monitor is placed to the left of the secondary monitor A A A a Show All Display Arrangement Color To rearrange the displays drag them to the desired position To relocate the menu bar drag it to a different display Mirror Displays Once your monitors are placed in the desired position you can close the Displays window and launch ArKaos VJ Il In ArKaos VJ open the Monitors Setup window from the menu Edit Preferences Monitors and select from the list the entry corresponding to the top left monitor on your multi screen display IIl When you will launch the full screen mode in ArKaos VJ the engine will create a borderless window at the dimensions that you have defined as custom resolution in the Synth Info dialog box that window will start from the top left corner of the screen you have selected in the ArKaos VJ Monitors Setup window at step ll To have it correctly span across your two monitors it is important that they have been positioned as they should at step and that your Synth custom resolution corresponds to the addition of the resolution from each of your two monitors i e
65. ne mom dor mulige vendes lana The tane detkhop mage it shown on bolh deeplaget Tht iz uzel when pring prezert air Hoisontal Stretch Dive kuga devsk ep is dralchad epi ni ihep vrte a dinge dapla Settings ane the same for both dupla 5 You will end with a single display spanning horizontally over two monitors you can now launch ArKaos VJ and select your virtual monitor from the Monitors Setup dialog box ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 3 Vertical Span 1 To setup a Vertical Span select Advanced instead of Basic on the ATI Catalyst Control Centre first screen then click Next 2 Select the Displays Manager section in the tree menu under the Graphics Settings tab you will see your monitors listed Graphi Adsphes 1RADEDN S600 SERIES 1 4L1715 Ereim a cispirg s5etun o ierk og 1 Daki 2 I E T meat Fr n CERT Pik x PIRE i Mi Vgl me EE Nee peer rr ERE Mu 1 zm mam E Attached dpeplape cuveriy dm o 07 3 Right click on your secondary monitor and select the option Stretch Desktop 1 vertically onto monitor in the menu Of course you can also setup an horizontal stretch from that menu 4 Close the dialog box by clicking Ok you can now launch ArKaos VJ and select your virtual monitor from the Monitors Setup dialog box ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 38 14 8 Monitors setup under Mac OS X From the Apple menu open the System Preferences a
66. ng too much CPU power and allow fast rendering especially for high quality playback to scratch movies or use backward playback functions when preparing your movie files for scratching purposes or use of other loop controls you should set one key frame on each frame ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 30 14 Widescreen amp Multiscreen presentation 14 1 Introduction In a common VJ setup a computer with two video outputs is generally used one output for the desktop monitor to display the interface and control the software and another output which receives the result of the visual mix That second output is generally a video projector a large screen or a hardware video mixer In this case you will be using only one output to display your final mix after having defined where you want ArKaos to send it and at which resolution 4 3 or 16 9 For this kind of basic setup please refer to the chapter Setting up the displays in the User Guide page 24 for PC page 35 for Mac ArKaos VJ offers custom output resolution settings allowing to create multiscreen or widescreen setups controlled through a single computer running ArKaos 14 2 Widescreen A widescreen setup results in one large visual mix spanning across several screens placed next to the other This is achieved by generating a single ArKaos projection in a large resolution which spans across several screens If you plan to use two projectors as outputs we ve added a Soft Edge optio
67. ngine are not present red green and blue levels and rotations movie loop cannot be selected and scaling is done using 8 bit values instead of 16 bit values ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 8 4 3 2 Setting up the parameters The fixture control mode offers different options First you ArKaos consoles have to select in ArKaos the same DMX fixture as you have selected in your DMX console Tiny or ArKaos Full These fixtures will be available on our web site for various DMX check out the ArKaos VJ DMX pages at hitp www arkaos net vj dmx Then there are three other options that you have to decide the number of layers that you want to access from your DMX console the number of the first DMX channel to be used and the priority mode e Number of layers o The number of layers must correspond to the number of fixtures created in your controller For example if you defined 4 layers in ArKaos you have to create 4 ArKaos fixtures in your console e First Channel o The number to define for the first channel depends on how your ArKaos fixtures are patched in your DMX controller For example if you are using the same DMX output on your console for your lights amp ArKaos and the lights are patched on the first 30 DMX channels then you can set ArKaos to use channels from 31 To do so enter 31 in the First Channel field of the DMX setup dialog o If you are working with ArtNet most of the time you will have an ArtNet output
68. nswer your trouble tickets within one business day 2 Distributors and resellers Our distributors and resellers are also at your service if you would like to request information in your language advice on additional hardware or software solutions or quotes for a particular configuration etc A complete list of distributors and resellers for ArKaos VJ MIDI and ArKaos VJ DMX can be found on our web site at http www arkaos net shop distributors php Thank you very much for your interest in our products we hope you will enjoy using this version as much as we enjoyed creating it The ArKaos Team The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of ArKaos S A No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by ArKaos S A All product and company names are TM or trademarks of their respective owners ArKaos S A 2007 All rights reserved oriiteos wuwu uw arkaos net Release Notes ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Attention This Release Notes is specific to ArKaos VJ DMX it contains extensive information configuartion instructions and in depth description for features related to DMX compatibility in ArKaos VJ For general ArKaos VJ features such as effects description software configuration and settings or registration process please have a look at the general ArKaos
69. onitors The overlay display mode behaves the same whether you are running ArKaos VJ in HW Mode or in Standard Mode However in HW Mode the performances will be better in DirectX exclusive mode so it is recommended to deactivate the Overlay display option if you do not need to switch to other applications i e a MIDI sequencer software while running ArKaos VJ in fullscreen 17 Interface enhancements Improved deinterlacing better quality and optimization Mac e ArKaos hides the mouse pointer on the second monitor Windows e Latch Display the layers that are latched are now displayed in red just like the ones that are triggered e Easy Latch by pressing the left Shift keyboard key or the Ctrl key on the Macs or the MIDI sustain pedal before triggering a layer you can now set that layer in Latch mode without having to open the visual info window and check the Latch option this will set the layer in Latch Mode and keep it running until you trigger the key again Importing multiple visuals on the keyboard in one drag you can now drag amp drop a selection of visual files pictures and movies on the ArKaos virtual keyboard ArKaos will map all of them on the keyboard following the order from the MIDI keyboard layout e Improved DMX Fixture Patch view DMX version only 18 Bug fixes Mac Core Image gamma shift problem colors were modified when applying a Core Image effect to a visual e
70. or Unit the GPU is the processor from your graphic card as opposition to the CPU Computer Processor Unit which is your computer s main processor using special algorithms designed towards image processing We call this feature the HW Mode HW stands for Hardware 2 2 Advantages e All image processing is done through the GPU the CPU has more time for other heavy processing such as video decompression this result in a much better frame rate and visual smoothness All video treatment is accomplished in full resolution and benefits from a hardware texture filtering which makes the pixel artifacts disappear even with low resolution videos which greatly increases the image quality e in DMX Fixture Mode DMX version only it is now possible to rotate zoom and change the color for each layer in real time Frame rate optimization in HW Mode If you feel that ArKaos is running slowly when in HW Mode resizing the preview window to a smaller dimension may result in increasing the frame rate and thus the performance in a noticeable way 2 3 Supported graphic cards The HW Mode will not be available if you don t have a graphic card supporting the Pixel Shaders ll technology The most frequent supported cards are listed below but other models may be available or may be released in the future if you re planning to purchase a new graphic card to use the HW Mode you should first check the documentation from the manufacturer and see if i
71. or allows you to alter the color from your visual by defining which RGB component of the input is going to be used for each component of the output It also lets you easily achieve classic effects such as Posterization and Solarization Using the presets you can select pre defined effects such as Solarize Posterize etc Each of the presets has one parameter that can be controlled either using a hard coded value or a MIDI controller Using the custom mode you can define how each of the components of the output is going to be generated For each component you have the following choice e Component source the basic input component used e Factor a multiplication factor applied to the source component e Ouantize allows quantization of the resulting values in steps The value entered corresponds to the number of bits dropped from the source A value of 0 leaves the source unchanged no quantization and a value of 8 gives only two level of output The smooth filter allows post filtering using a 3x3 filter box ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 21 C Light Blur Quick Transition C Strong Blur Long Transition Custom Delay C Constant fe Controller Feedback C Constant Controller Cancel 5 Standard Mode only effects description The Motion Blur effect described in the User Guide at page 132 has been updated we ve added a custom mode with the following parameters Delay applies sampling to the input so that only one frame
72. os ripis zm 2 Dalai Horio ors MADIA Esa ti e SEDI BT m zne fice inn Lok gubi L prz kj an m J Haghescl 32 ta 1280 by TIC pisala nai Dif 77 Le Pri deve m ite prana neoesdox Z E eri reg Windows desktop orto da Inonitor dem Troubbeshoot deme Cx ems 2 Click on the Advanced button and select the nVidia tab on the top right this window will open Dama BE T riae City ura HVIDIA Friomarce L ual dating Aine WA ou conned meee depbpes Vo e a tcd Come Dormi Wee veva 7 etraz Full creen Vede aw il ou Tee arum repi MI San CP EAXE s Hm Secondary iple 1E enang epi j Ur T PEDI Speer eno A ead FE pet E WD Descr Goce 500g CPD EME E Desking Hgeageneena ble E dej Mak e Fran te pres uri Sie 3 In the menu next to nView Display Mode select Horizontal Span or Vertical Span an click Ok to apply ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 34 e f you selected Horizontal Span the two physical screens will be merged side by side in a single large display and the Windows display settings window will show a large screen e If you selected Vertical Span the two physical screens will be merged on top of each other in a single tall display and the Windows display settings window will show a tall screen Horizontal Span Vertical Span d rm rate na I kl Taras Dei O m E ee DNE m a DL a e mn vsg hue modni ore ta mah ie bye Ge ol
73. os Mac and PC In an ArtNet network all devices are called Nodes A node can be a DMX console a LED lighting unit a DMX control software a computer running ArKaos VJ an ArtNet to DMX converter etc Each of these Nodes can communicate with each other There are lots of DMX to ArtNet bridges and lots of specific hardware or software which can be used to merge stream or record DMX data ArKaos VJ is an ArtNet Node that receives all incoming DMX data on a selected DMX universe For your computer to appear on your ArtNet network you have to set the IP address to something like 2 X X X with an IP mask 255 0 0 0 You can set it to 2 0 0 1 for example All other ArtNet DMX units have a fixed IP address depending on the manufacturer For more information about ArtNet network configuration check out the Artistic License web site at http www artisticlicence com 3 2 ArtNet setup dialog box In the ArKaos DMX Setup dialog box select ArtNet in the devices popup and click on the Setup button to open the specific ArtNet Setup dialog box There you can set the DMX universe you want ArKaos to use as well as the name of ArKaos node useful if you are running ArKaos on more than one computer The dialog also displays your current IP numbers ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 4 Screenshot of the ArtNet setup dialog box Arnhet Setup UMA Universe Device name Arkaos A Local IP address information only Your IP should be 2 0 0 4
74. password you entered in our online shop database when you bought your software o The Machine ID of the computer you want to generate a serial for e Surf to http www arkaos net myarkaos your personal user information management interface e On the page click the Login to your profile button in the left menu Enter the e mail password combination you used when you bought your license on our online shop and submit the form e Once logged in select the Orders Serials option in the new menu on the right e On the page will be listed all your orders and or your existing software serial numbers and purchase key codes if any click the link Click here to generate a new serial under the product you need a new serial for You will then be asked for the Machine ID code Your serial number will be sent to you by e mail as soon as you submit the form and it will immediately appear on your screen under your product Introduction and Registration Page 2 4 2 2 If you have not purchased the software from www arkaos net If you have purchased the software from a shop or another web site and have never register as an ArKaos customer on www arkaos net you will first need to register the Purchase Key code that you found in your software box and create an ArKaos customer account Prepare all the info you will need o The Machine ID of the computer you want to generate a serial for e Surf to http www arkaos net myarkaos e On the page clic
75. r graphic cards There is no restriction on the screens position in ArKaos You can make an horizontal display one screen next to the other or vertical display one screen on top of the other 14 5 Output resolutions The Synth output resolution can be defined in the Synth info dialog box from the menus Synth Get Synth Info you can chose between pre defined resolutions for single screen output or define a custom resolution i e for widescreen or multiscreen output a Pre defined resolutions Several pre defined resolutions are available to accommodate a single full screen output with most common display sizes 480p 852x480 16 9 720p 1280x720 16 9 576p 1024x576 16 9 SXGA 1280x1024 HDTV b Custom resolutions A Custom resolution entry has been added to the list of pre defined resolutions available in the menu it will allow you to manually enter the output resolution necessary to generate a visual output adapted at widescreen or multiscreen projections Example to display ArKaos visuals across two video projectors with an acceptable quality you would need at least 2 x 720x576 this means a 1440x576 horizontal or a 720x1152 vertical resolution 14 6 Monitors setup for widescreen or multiscreen projection The User Guide explains how to setup a second monitor to display the ArKaos visual mix page 26 for PC page 39 for Mac but here we want to use several monitors for output and we can only sele
76. rominance filter ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 16 Channel C09 Function Luminance Chrominance width Range Steps Description 1 1 Def Value 0 255 0 255 Width of the luminance chrominance filter Channel C10 Function Luminance Chrominance smooth Range Steps Description 1 BDef Value 0255 0 255 0 255 Smooth parameter of the luminance chrominance filter Channel C11 Function Movie speed control Range Steps Description Def Value O0 Movie is stopped m 64 0 255 Movie is playing at normal speed Movie is playing at 2X speed Movie is playing at 4X speed Channel C12 Function Movie speed control mode Range Steps Description Def Value C11 is speed control 0 255 32 63 C11 is speed in forward backward mode 64 95 C11 is speed in Ping Pong motion Channel C13 Function Looping mode Range Steps Description 11 1 Def Value Play all frames 0 127 32 63 Select Frames with C16 C17 and C18 C19 64 95 Random Jumps 1 36 127 Random Jumps 2 Channel C14 C15 Function Start of loop Range Steps Description 1 Def Value 0 0 65536 First image of the video loop o 65535 Last image of the video loop Channel C16 C17 Function End of loop Range Steps Description Def Value O0 First image of the video loop 65535 ace 65535 _ Last image of the
77. rominance filter e uminance Chrominance width sets the width of the luminance chrominance filter e uminance Chrominance smoothing defines the fading at the extremities of the luma chroma filter This makes the borders of the filtered regions smoother Movie Speed Set the speed of the movie depending on the Speed control channel e Speed Control Normal Speed F B or Ping Pong o If Normal is selected the Movie Speed channel defines the movie speed A zero value stops the movie The movie always plays forward o If Speed F B is selected the Movie Speed channel defines the speed but this speed is zero when value is 50 the movie will play backward with a lower value and forward with a higher value o With Ping Pong the Movie Speed channel defines the speed of the movie like in Normal mode but when the movie reaches the end it is played backward until the beginning etc Pan Position X 50 is center 0 place the visual output of the screen on the left etc e Tilt Position Y 50 is center 0 place the visual output of the screen on the left etc Horizontal Size 100 sets the visual at the size of the screen Vertical Size 100 sets the visual at the size of the screen e Rotation X Y and Z only in HW version Red Green and Blue levels only in HW version 255 means full level Text Index index of the text string to be used by a Flash Texts the string are entered in the Text Entries Di
78. rum Polar White 12 Spectrum Polar Black 13 Spectrum Polar Red 4 Spectrum Polar Green Spectrum Polar Blue E 1 Translation E2 ocaling EI EZ E1 E2 E1 E2 E1 E2 O1 6 Spectrum Scaled White Translation i Scaling Spectrum Scaled Black Translation Scaling Co Spectrum Scaled Red Translation scaling Spectrum Scaled Green Translation al Scaling Spectrum Scaled Blue 21 2 Spiral Tunnel 3 Spiral 60 4 Filter Box o Filter Edges Larsen Smooth Spectrum Mask NIINIINIINIIN O Larsen Edges NIIN CO N Larsen Expansion e 9 0 Larsen Compression e Larsen Rotate E1 X Distortion 31 Larsen Control E Y Distortion 32 3 Diffuse Dilute e Diffuse Blow 6 2 5 FreeFrame Effects Index Effect name Param Description Ange o APANHA 3 Backlight Level Level Radial Blur Page 25 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Index Effectname Param Descriptio 6 Vectorize Color EE Sie E1 Ce em EORR 9 j Poserize E1 eevee vv O 10 Bun S ago 2 2 2 O Edge Green Blue 11 Chromium E Distortion 13 Fisheye Radius E 2 4 Gow cc v 4 JL 2 15 Halftone ES Angle 1 Angle 2 17 jRecDistot J O 18 jTimeSlice J J y O 6 3 HW Mod
79. s been updated to be available in HW Mode also its description can be found in the User Guide at page 149 ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 19 Availability ZH J Directional Transition Standard Mode HW Mode This Standard Mode effect has been updated to be available in HW Mode also its description can be found in the User Guide at page 146 Ed Availability F J Filter Standard Mode HW Mode This Standard Mode effect has been updated to be available in HW Mode also its description can be found in the User Guide at page 154 Availability Standard Mode HW Mode W 4 s This effect replaces the Video Split 4 Noe Nae effect described in the User Guide at page 135 Number af Subscreens It has been enhanced to allow the speed of sub screen update to be controlled either by a constant value or by a MIDI controller Horizontal Subscreens artical Subscreens Refresh Mode f Running Subscreen Update C Constant Controller C Update All Simultaneously C Frantic Updates Cancel ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 20 p f Availability P 7 ArKolor Standard Mode HW Mode Preset Special FA Parameter C Constant i00 96 r Controller 7 C Custom Components routing Factor i 1 S50 58 Invert Cluantize 0 5 Rad from IR 100 w On Green from c v 100 Ha On Blue fram E v 100 o On I Smooth Filter Cancel ArKol
80. s between 0 and 9 the first Patch will be active between 10 and 19 the Patch 2 will activated etc e Sequence Starts stops a mix sequence previously recorded with the Event Recorder in ArKaos VJ o Set the DMX channel between 0 and 9 if you don t want to play a sequence From 10 to 19 the first sequence will start from 20 to 29 the second sequence will start etc You can access 9 sequences from your DMX controller 4 2 2 Sample configuration setup DMX channels 0 10 for triggering layer The DMX channel 0 will trigger the first layer channel 1 will trigger the second etc e DMX channels 11 15 for Controllers The level of the channel 11 will correspond to the controller 1 in ArKaos DMX channels 16 for Patch Selection The channel 16 will be used to activate one of the 10 first Patches of the current file e DMX channels 17 for Sequences The channel 17 will start one of the 9 first sequences recorded in the current file ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 7 4 2 3 Simple control mode keyboard view The DMX keyboard view in Simple control mode displays DMX controllers and layers As with the MIDI keyboard or the computer keyboard view you can drag and drop your visuals movies pictures cameras and flash texts or effects directly on a key and double click on any item with your mouse to set its parameters The layers displayed in red are currently running the DMX level controlling them is over 127 Screenshot of the DMX view
81. t supports Pixel Shaders Il e nVidia GeForce starting from the model 5200 SE XT e ATI Radeon starting from the model 9550 SE ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 4 2 4 Standard Mode or HW Mode The first time ArKaos VJ starts on a computer it will check the GPU s capabilities and determine if it supports the HW Mode or not e f the GPU is compatible ArKaos will automatically enable the HW mode and load the set of HW compatible effects in the different tabs from the Effects window e A logo ArKaos VJ HW will be displayed at top left of the Synth window when in HW Mode aa F m i e f the GPU is NOT compatible you can not benefit from the HW Mode s hardware acceleration on that computer ArKaos VJ will start in Standard Mode and load the set of effects that were available in ArKaos VJ up to version 3 5 e The logo ArKaos VJ alone without HW will be displayed in the Synth window Mode However if for any reason you need to switch back to the Standard Mode you can do so by unchecking the option Use Hardware acceleration if available through the If you have a HW compatible GPU it is recommended to use ArKaos VJ always in HW menus Edit Preferences ArKaos Engine When the application start Activate the engine full screen When activating Arkaos 2 5 Effects compatibility with HW Mode When using ArKaos VJ in HW Mode you will notice some changes in the Effects list compared to the Standard Mode 2
82. terns e Speed defines the noise animation speed ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 17 4 4 Other HW Effects description Contrary to the Shader effects described previously these effects each have their own settings dialog box They were added in ArKaos VJ 3 5 1 for earlier effects in Standard Mode please check the User Guide Va Availability Bumpy Surface HW Mode The Bumpy Surface effect creates a tridimensional feeling on your visuals The effect processes an edge detection on the Ligi position input visual then uses these edges to create a Honzonta O Coretan a bump mapping texture The light will react on this O Controller texture as if your visual was in 3D Vertical O Coretan m S EENS You can define the X and Y position for the light das its intensity and color mixing It is also possible Light Intensity Constant 5 control the light position in real time C Cerniroler 1 Color mixing z Constar ig O Comrades 2 Availability HW Mode of each of them and replaces them with the image defined in the effect presets by using istis Rr T You can define the resolution of the grid its Resolution mixing transparency with the original image Honzomla CD Constant na and the separation of the color components 3 Cpmrolar 7 Vertical Pau am m Try this effect on is camera input the canum results are impressive Colors displacement Constant C Coniroler i Trini i pri
83. the overlapping area defined between 2 and 50 of one screen size Curve fade to black curve value allowing to fine tune the luminosity of the overlapping area compared to the rest of the picture For configurations where all the screens are in use and thus where you can t have access to the software interface while the fullscreen display is activated the Width and Curve parameters can also be modified through keyboard shortcuts e Ctrl Shift LEF T ARROW decreases the soft edge width e Ctrl Shift RIGHT ARROW increases the soft edge width e Ctrl Shift DOWN ARROW decreases the soft edge curve e Ctrl Shift TOP ARROW increases the soft edge curve On a Mac press Apple instead of Ctrl 15 3 Calibration Below are the common steps to setup a widescreen with Soft Edge in ArKaos VJ provided that you have correctly setup your system and your graphics card driver parameters as explained earlier in this document 1 Launch ArKaos 2 Setup the number of horizontal and vertical screens and the soft edge settings in the synth info dialog box from the menus Synth Get Synth Info 3 Import a picture appropriate for calibration and activate it for your convenience a calibration picture has been installed in the ArKaos VJ installation folder on your hard drive 4 Launch the fullscreen mode Ctrl A or Apple A in ArKaos At this point you should have the picture displayed on the two beamers with the soft e
84. the screen and stretches until full screen Parameters e Mode horizontal or vertical e Time sets the time the visual will take to reach full screen iz Shutter The last layer displayed is mapped ona plane which rotates across a central axis revealing the new visual on the other side It s the same as the Shutter effect available in Standard Mode Parameters Mode sets the rotation axis Horizontal or Vertical e Time sets the time the plane will take to rotate completely Fade to black This effect fades the image in or out It s the same as the Fade to black effect available in Standard Mode Parameters ime sets the transition time ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 15 4 3 4 In category Artistic a Waveform Draws the waveform from the computer s audio input Parameters e Mode o Fill the waveform shape is completely filled with selected color o Draw the waveform shape is drawn according to the with defined e Width defines the width of the waveform when in Draw mode Red level e Green level Blue level To get the color changing over time assign the red green and blue parameters to oscillators with different length i e 5000 5600 and 5900 will result in a long color change cycle zl Stroboscope otroboscope effect with different modes and controllable speed Parameters e Mode o Black alternatively flashes the visual and a black screen o WMhite alternatively flashes the visual
85. tors and fade in fade out functions Screenshot of the Shader FX setup dialog SIAC e f a Sl Effect 30 Plane size Constant aj 100 Rotation amp Controller 1 Rotation Controller 2 Tiling Constant 4 0 Light Position Tri Me 500 00 Light Onuf Constant Ofi Cancel ok The name of the effect you are setting up appears on top of the window below the banner All the available parameters are listed on the left and you can modify their settings on the right Of course the parameter names may be different depending on each effect 4 2 Setting up the parameters From the popup menu next to each parameter name select the way you wish that parameter to be feeded e Constant the parameter will have the constant value defined by the slider position e Controller the value will be feed by the selected MIDI or DMX controller e Fadeln Ms the value increases from minimum to maximum value in the given time e FadeOut Ms the value decreases from maximum to minimum value in the given time e Osc Ms the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum value according to a sine shape whose period is given in millisecond e Triangular 1 the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum values according to an upward sawtooth shape whose period is given in milliseconds e Triangular 2 the value oscillates between the minimum and maximum values according to a downward sawtooth shape whose p
86. two 1280x1024 screens placed next to the other will need a 2560x1024 custom resolution You should also disable the option Try to set monitor resolution and pixel depth in ArKaos VJ s menus Edit Preferences ArKaos Engine ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 39 15 Soft Edge 15 1 Introduction To create a large screen by combining several video projectors it is important to be able to seamlessly blend the edges between each projection This can be achieved through the use of the Soft Edge option it creates an overlapped area on the border of each screen with a fade to black Here is an original image a nice view of Prague s skyline And here s an example of what would be displayed with a two beamers setup 2560 180 2120 pira The areas to blend are displayed in the middle of the visual positioning the beamers so that these two areas are superposed will re create the original picture without any visible separation in the middle of the visual ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 40 Of course it s highly recommended to use two identical projectors 15 2 Setup Enable Soft Edge in the Synth info dialog box from the menus Synth Get Synth Info Screen Depth Colors Tirarganda lv Fillions I Use Sull Edge Horizorital J Vertical fi Width aj j 149296 Curve aj ms 3373936 Parameters Horizontal Number of screens horizontally Vertical Number of screens vertically Width width of
87. ue to ArKaos but to the process of compressing and sending the video stream through FireWire eSending the video output from ArKaos to an external device requires a processing that can slow down the rendering process of ArKaos This should not be noticeable on recent computers but could decrease performances on slow machines ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 29 13 Visuals format compatibility updates 13 1 About Adobe Flash support On a PC ArKaos now plays Flash files without using QuickTime but directly through the Macromedia Flash Player this means that you can now play in ArKaos Flash swf files made with the latest version of Macromedia Flash On a Mac however ArKaos still plays Flash animations through QuickTime which currently only support Flash format up to version 5 13 2 Video For Windows DirectShow support PC only Unless you want to play QuickTime mov files ArKaos VJ no more requires you to install Apple QuickTime on your computer Since version 3 0 2 Video For Windows avi files and DirectShow mpg mpeg asf wmv files video file formats are supported For example if you installed the DivX codec on your PC you will be able to play DivX movies in ArKaos VJ 13 3 Important note about movie file compression e QuickTime will still be required to play QuickTime movies mov and use the QuickTime Effects effect in Standard Mode e The codec format resolution of your video files is very important to avoid usi
88. ugins use the FreeFrame wrapper effect icon DE EN SOUR CE CROSS PLATFORM REAL TIME IDES EFFECTS PLUGIN SYSTE located in the Video effects tab of httpifreeframe sournrceforge rnet the Effects window Select Folder Select Effect Matalmage Conetani mw First drag the wrapper effect icon on Size sli H sg the keyboard like you would do for a anew Base sl TR g any other effect Then double click Off the effect icon on the key to open Cheap And Nasty a 2 Lis E the effect setup dialog box Wot used rod a p 4 z z Select Folder if needed select the Not used e xj j 9 directory where your FreeFrame effects are located i e C E Select Effect all the effects in the m x je C e selected folder will be listed in the Not used e al E menu select the one you wish to use on that key Cancel ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 24 6 4 Setting up the effect parameters ArKaos supports a maximum of eight parameters for each FreeFrame effect Parameter names are displayed in the dialog box and each of them can be either set to a fixed value using the slider or assigned to a controller If you have loaded effects with more than eight parameters they should work in ArKaos VJ however you won t be able to change any parameter value further than the first eight Once you have selected your effect and defined its parameters close the dialog box by clicking the OK butto
89. vel in HW mode Def Value 255 for original level Channel C35 Function Green level in HW mode Def Value 255 for original level Channel C36 Function Blue level in HW mode Def Value 255 for original level Channel C37 Function Text Index Def Value Text to associate to the flash effect Def Value 1 First parameter of effect 2 second parameter of effect E6 sixth parameter of effect 5 3 ArKaos Maxi Fixture mode 5 3 1 Properties e n layers are available from 1 to 8 e A single layer is using 51 DMX channels e When mapping a single layer the channels are called C01 to C51 5 3 2 Channel functions Channel C01 to Channel C43 Same channels as in ArKaos Full fixture ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 19 Channel C44 Function Keystone X1 Def Value Channel C45 Function Keystone X2 Def Value Vertical position for upper left corner Channel C46 Function Keystone X3 Def Value Horizontal position for upper right corner 0 Channel C47 Function Keystone X4 Def Value Vertical position for upper right corner oO Channel C48 Function Keystone X5 Def Value Horizontal position for lower left corner 0 Channel C49 Function Keystone X6 Def Value Channel C50 Function Keystone X7 Def Value Channel C51 Function Keystone X8 Description Def Value Steps
90. visual several times on the screen Similar to the Video Split effect in Standard Mode but allows to control the texture size ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 9 Parameters evel increase it to reduce the texture size Repeats the visual on a plane moving across the screen Parameters e X horizontal speed Y vertical speed e Altitude size of the textures Screen Room Places the camera inside a rotating sohere composed of visuals Parameters e Size size of the cube e Rotation X cube rotation speed e Rotation Y cube rotation speed e Rotate Light light source rotation speed RotoZoom Creates a constantly changing pattern by repeating and rotating the image which is also zoomed in during the pattern It s the same as the Infinite Zoom effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Rotation Speed e Zoom Speed Plane Rotation Makes two planes rotate with the visual mapped on it Parameters e Rotation Y rotation speed e Tiling texture size visual ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 Page 10 The visual is mapped on two planes scrolling above and below the camera It s the same as the Plane effect available in Standard Mode Parameters e Speed plane movement speed e Rotation plane rotation speed e Altitude the distance between the planes and the camera e Tiling texture size visual The camera is placed inside a rotating cube with the visual displayed on each face Parameters e Rotation X rot
91. zation and various bug fixes 1 2 New features in version 3 6 Anew open protocol called MSEX Media Server EXtension has been implemented in collaboration with Capture ETC and Chamsys it allows a better integration on most lighting desks making it possible to see the file names and thumbnails of your visuals and monitor the output directly from the lighting desk all this through a simple network connection e The compatibility with LightJockey 2 7 1 has been greatly improved Martin has added built in ArKaos VJ DMX fixtures tiny and full into their software e ArKaos VJ DMX can now be used with the ETCNet2 protocol this protocol is used to interface ArKaos VJ DMX with the ETC Congo and ETC Congo Jr consoles The ETCNet2 protocol compatibility is enabled through a specific ETC Edition license when running ArKaos VJ with the ETC Edition license the DMX preference dialog box will allow you to select ETCNet2 instead of ArtNet or DMX USB If you don t know ArKaos VJ at all you should first read the description page on our web site for information about the generic features of the product at http www arkaos net vj ArKaos VJ 3 6 1 DMX Page 1 1 3 How does it works To connect a DMX control machine to a PC running ArKaos you can use either the ArtNet Ethernet protocol or a DMX USB interface ArKaos VJ DMX ETC Edition allows to use the ETCNet2 protocol to communicate with Congo consoles a ArtNet protocol Mac or PC

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