Dataton WATCHOUT User's Guide

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M Macromedia Director 80 Flash 80 Freehand 65 maintenance 47 media 10, 87 adding 87, 114 changing file association 88, 115 changing path to files 124 downloading files 104 dragging to stage 111 editing file 88, 116 locating file 115 opening 116 positioning 111, 138 production 55 proxy 89, 116, 127 purging 88, 129 refreshing 88, 116, 129 removing 115 window 114 Media Cleaner 71 menu edit 122 file 119 media 127 stage 125 timeline 130 message 117 removing 117 movie see moving images moving along a path 142 moving images 57, 67 assembling individual frames 71 audio embedded in 82 computer generated 70 formats 67 masking 57, 72 optimizing playback 94 performance 67 pre-splitting 76 quality, improving 69 round 73 MPEG 74 N network 9 connecting 24 requirements 16 switch 26 O online 103 opacity 61, 72, 99 P pause cue 95, 130 152 Index
Photoshop 64, 73 Pioneer, laserdisc protocol 143 plasma display 20 play 113 position animating 99 editing 100 moving along a path 100 preferences 121 presentation controlling 107 environment 50, 52 looping 106 making new 119 manual control of 105 opening 120 saving 120 pre-splitting large movies 76 preview 125 production computer 8 configuring 31 requirements 15 production software installing 21 obtaining 21 projection screen 30 projector alignment 43, 45 CRT 17 DLP 17 LCD 19 maintaining 47 proxy 89, 116, 127 Q QuickTime 12 file formats 60 installing 21 obtaining 21 R remote control 105 S serial control 107, 122, 143 Sorenson codec 74 sound configuring 46 file formats 81 installing 30 planning 58 producing 81 speed of movement 100 Index 153
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction...
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Dataton WATCHOUT software and this
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System Overview This section provid
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Software Overview Stage Window Time
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Related Technologies QuickTime Java
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14 Chapter 1: Introduction
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Display Computer Network Displays T
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tors often results in grey banding
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Plasma Displays Plasma displays are
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Display Software Obtain the WATCHOU
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Network Hook-up Stand-alone System
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Using Switches The second option us
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Displays 15-pin Mini D-sub Connecto
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Projection Screens Sound Sound outp
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Next, choose the “IP Address” t
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• Set “Connect Via” to “Eth
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Energy Saver • Open the “Energy
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Monitors • Open the “Monitors
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Control Strip • Open the “Contr
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Displays General Set-up Considerati
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A keystone-shaped image resulting f
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Sound The sound system should be pr
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Removing Unused Files All files tra
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The scalability allows you to creat
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Controlling the Environment Display
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These positions can be entered nume
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A large image spanning multiple dis
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Video playback requires powerful pl
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For photographic images (eg, scanne
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Using Adobe lllustrator Follow thes
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Using Adobe Photoshop Follow these
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6. Set the options as shown to the
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• The origin of the movie; eg, co
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Computer Generated Material When us
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Using Transparency Computer generat
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Choosing a Codec Codec stands for e
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Pre-splitting Large Movies In order
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This is how you would split a movie
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to export the video in a “QuickTi
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sound files is usually not an issue
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84 Chapter 6: Media Files them inde
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multiple display areas will line up
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WATCHOUT to use relative file acces
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Timeline The Timeline window shows
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Layering Media The horizontal track
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Optimizing Playback of Large Videos
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Tween Tracks Adding a Tween track T
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Corners and Smooth Tween Points The
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Editing Position Points Moving Alon
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Page 110 and 111: Manipulating Windows All WATCHOUT w
Page 112 and 113: Timeline Window The Timeline window
Page 114 and 115: Media Window The Media window lists
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Page 120 and 121: Open Opens an existing WATCHOUT pre
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Page 126 and 127: Outline Dimmed Images Online Update
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Page 130 and 131: Timeline Menu Add Pause Cue Timelin
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Page 134 and 135: Removing and Duplicating Displays D
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Page 138 and 139: To position selected cues, drag one
Page 140 and 141: Cue Specifications To open a cue’
Page 142 and 143: Tween Points Add points to a tween
Page 144 and 145: Example; set frame 1234 as the stop
Page 146 and 147: Code Name Description D* Acknowledg
Page 148 and 149: 148 Appendix A: Serial Protocol
Page 150 and 151: control panel apple menu 40 date an
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