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NEW PRODUCTS TVOne 1T-MX-6344 PROJECTION LIGHTS & STAGING NEWS Element Labs Cobra The 1T- MX-6344 4X4 HDMI Matrix Switcher from TVOne is designed to allow distribution of four HDMI or DVI sources independently to four destinations. It supports HDMI v1.3 Deep Color 10-bit color video and lossless, compressed Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD Master Audio digital audio. It also supports HDCP and all signal paths are buffered to prevent cross talk. The frequency bandwidth is 2.25 Gbps (Single Link) and each input signal is reconstituted into a new signal before being output to eliminate jitter. It supports HDTV signals up to 1080p, PC signals up to UXGA and 480i and 576i SDTV. TVOne • 800.721.4044 • www.tvone.com Doremi Labs GHX-10 The GHX-10 from Doremi Labs is a Universal Cross Converter featuring HDMI, DVI and SDI connectors that allow for any input to be converted to any output format or scan rate. It supports both SD and HD video and employs 12-bit bi-cubic interpolation. It can solve many conversion tasks and it can be used as a computer DVI to HD-SDI converter, HDMI resolution converter or as an HD video upconverter or downconverter. It supports up to eight channels of AES, HDMI and SDI audio. A two-line LCD display and scroll wheel simplify menu navigation. Doremi Labs • 818.562.1101 • www.doremilabs.com Element Labs has launched Cobra 16 and Cobra 11, the first two panels in the Cobra family of products. Cobra technology features a panel design less than 70mm deep and weighing 29kg, or 64 pounds per square meter for fixed install panels. They feature low power consumption and have an IP rating of 66 front and back. They do not need cooling fans, have an extended RGBC color gamut, feature FCC Class B emissions and have a projected life of 100,000 hours. Cobra is RoHS compliant and typical power consumption at 5000 nits is 50 watts per square meter for Cobra 16 and 130 watts per square meter for Cobra 11. Element Labs, Inc • 408.988.9400 • www.elementlabs.com Hippotizer Version 3.0.12 Hippotizer V3 software release 3.0.12 adds over 180 improvements and upgrades. They include “PhatController,” Ethernet or RS232 control of external devices; an “Automation” component, which synchronizes parameters such as X/Y movement and accepts feedback from popular stage automation protocols; “Diamonds,” a timeline programming tool; new clock functions and scheduling for synchronizing multiple servers and standalone operation; media-manager which allow files to be saved with an expiration date; “BeatBridge,” which allows audio triggering of any Hippotizer component; and a new feature called “HippoBlaster,” useful for down times. TMB • 818.899.8818 • www.tmb.com RGB Lights FlexiFlex FlexiFlex from RGB Lights is a transparent single-panel or a multipanel video display system available in low, medium and high-resolution models for displaying animated text to streaming video. Pixel pitch ranges from 50mm to 100mm. Each LED node provides over 16 million colors using Philips Color Kinetics iColor Flex SL technology. Panels may be used vertically or horizontally, by themselves or in combinations to form scalable media surfaces. They can be wrapped around any structure, draped, flown or traveled. The translucent structure and LED nodes allow the viewer to see through the video surface while providing 360° color rendering. RGB Lights • 312.421.6080 • www.rgblights.com LIGHTING DESIGN for Modern Houses of Worship by Richard Cadena A step-by-step guide to lighting for your church Order TODAY for Immediate Shipping www.plsnbookshelf.com 56 PLSN NOVEMBER 2008
PROJECTION LIGHTS & STAGING NEWS VIDEO DIGERATI Vickie Claiborne Content Creation Software What are some of the features that you will need to have when you are creating video content for the media servers on your next show? While we’re not recommending any one software package over another, we will talk about some of these things that you may find handy when you are building custom content for your next media server application. First of all, what kind of content are you creating? Will they be still images? Video clips? Digital animations? 3D objects? All four of these types of content require unique tools to create professional-looking results. Let’s look at which tools you might need to create your own custom content. Static Graphics VID Still images are likely the easiest to create. How, you might ask? A good place to start is to simply snap a high-resolution picture with your digital camera. The subject can be anything you think is interesting. Or maybe it can be used as a background for another composition. If real pictures aren’t suitable for your application, then perhaps you will need to create a texture completely from scratch with a graphics program. For this you will need a program that works with layers, visual effects, and perhaps even with text. If you are creating an image that will be used to visually mask an area, then you will have to save that image with a transparent area, also known as the “alpha channel.” There are many still image/ photo editing software packages with lots of effects and plug-ins, but there are a few primary things you will need to look for, like the ability to easily adjust the resolution and image size, and the ability to save the file in a variety of formats. Remember, not all media servers have the same image requirements so you Moving images, clips, and animations, on the other hand, are a little more involved. There are many applications that can create animations, and not all media servers can read the files they create without converting them to a format that it can accept. In other words, don’t be shocked if that really cool digital animation you just spent days on rendering doesn’t play back in your media server just by dropping it into the resource folder. It may need to be converted to another format like Quicktime, AVI or Flash before it can be used. As for video footage, the frame rate and the format are two of the most important elements that will need to be edited when you are exporting media for use with a media server. And then there’s the whole issue of codecs that we’ve discussed before. In the video world, codecs change as frequently as the wind changes directions in Texas. So always check with the specs for the media servers you’re planning to use to make sure you are formatting your content with the correct video codec. In general, when we’re talking about the world of moving images, the things to look for are: • The ability to convert from one format to another (e.g. AVI to MOV) • Video compression tools for encoding the content with a variety of video codecs • Time editing tools for adjusting frame rates and playback speed • Imaging tools for editing resolution and image size • The ability to de-interlace video content (most digital lighting media servers recommend de-interlaced content) • The ability to import and export captured video content easily • The ability to correct color, brightness and contrast ratio choosing the software to design an object, and rendering the object according to the manufacturer’s recommendations is crucial to play back at optimal settings. Popular 3D software programs today provide tools for modeling and skinning controls, animation controls, effects controls including texture and surface mapping, and rendering controls like blur, film grain, reflections, and atmospheric effects. There are many different types of digital content that can be used in media servers today. Each type of content is unique and has specific tools for creating and editing content. There are no one-stop shopping solutions when it comes to content creation software either. However, many software developers offer suites and packages, so you can easily import and Not all media servers have the same image requirements, so you need software that gives you the flexibility to meet the requirements at hand. export images and clips back and forth without too many hassles. Ultimately, if you do your research you’ll make the best decision for your needs. And don’t forget to be creative! Vickie Claiborne is a Lighting, Console and Digital Video Product Specialist for PRG-Las Vegas. She can be reached at vclaiborne@prg.com Don’t be shocked if that really cool digital animation you just spent days rendering doesn’t play back in your media server. need software that gives you the flexibility to meet the requirements at hand. Common formats include JPEG, GIF, TIFF and PNG. You have to do some research and make sure that you save your content in the appropriate image format, size and resolution that the media server needs for optimum viewing on playback. Animated Graphics VID In general, still images are usually pretty easy to create and import into a media server. The Magic VID Effects are the unique elements that are applied to a digital animation, so software that provides a variety of graphic elements is very important. These effects can be everything from particle systems (smoke, fire, bubbles, and clouds) to banners, blurs and distortions. Media servers may also be able to map images and clips to 3D objects, so creating custom objects is also a possibility. It is best to know for sure what format the media server accepts when you are Ad info:http:// www.plsn.com/instant-info 2008 NOVEMBER PLSN 57
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