Dataton WATCHOUT User's Guide

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Projection Screens Sound Sound output jack symbol. As in all multi-screen projection applications, it is important to choose the screen material with caution. Make sure you buy your screen material from a screen manufacturer familiar with the requirements of multi-image projection, or similar applications. For front projection, avoid using high-gain, or “silver” screens. Such screens often cause uneven brightness or banding when projecting using multiple projectors and/or when viewing from non-optimal angles. A related problem when using rear projection screens is the “hot-spot” caused by the projection lens showing through the projection surface. Sound can be provided through any of the display computers. Simply connect the sound output from the computer (usually a 3.5 mm mini-jack) to the amplifier or powered speakers. If you need to run the computer’s line level audio signal a long distance, you should use an audio line level transformer, or similar adapter. This converts the unbalanced signal coming from the computer to a balanced signal, thereby reducing the risk of hum and noise when connected to a professional audio amplifier. You can have multiple display computers playing sound at the same time, thereby providing multiple audio channels. The synchronization between computers is generally good enough for multi-language support or special effects sound tracks, but not for true multi-channel (eg, “phase accurate”) sound reproduction. 30 Chapter 3: Installation
4 4 CONFIGURATION This chapter discusses how to configure and maintain the system for best performance and reliability. Production Computer The production computer needs to be configured for TCP/IP networking. Click the Start button and choose Settings > Control Panel. Open the Network control panel. Click the “DNS Configuration” tab and select “Disable DNS”. Alternatively, if your computer will be used on a network that has an accessible DNS (Domain Name Server), select “Enable DNS”, and enter the IP number of the DNS. ▼ IMPORTANT: Do not enable DNS unless you know your computer has access to a domain name server. Otherwise you may experience difficulties communicating with the display computers and as transferring files to them. Chapter 4: Configuration 31
Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents 1 Introduction...
Page 5: Dataton WATCHOUT software and this
Page 8 and 9: System Overview This section provid
Page 10 and 11: Software Overview Stage Window Time
Page 12 and 13: Related Technologies QuickTime Java
Page 14 and 15: 14 Chapter 1: Introduction
Page 16 and 17: Display Computer Network Displays T
Page 18 and 19: tors often results in grey banding
Page 20 and 21: Plasma Displays Plasma displays are
Page 22 and 23: Display Software Obtain the WATCHOU
Page 24 and 25: Network Hook-up Stand-alone System
Page 26 and 27: Using Switches The second option us
Page 28 and 29: Displays 15-pin Mini D-sub Connecto
Page 32 and 33: Next, choose the “IP Address” t
Page 34 and 35: • Set “Connect Via” to “Eth
Page 36 and 37: Energy Saver • Open the “Energy
Page 38 and 39: Monitors • Open the “Monitors
Page 40 and 41: Control Strip • Open the “Contr
Page 42 and 43: Displays General Set-up Considerati
Page 44 and 45: A keystone-shaped image resulting f
Page 46 and 47: Sound The sound system should be pr
Page 48 and 49: Removing Unused Files All files tra
Page 50 and 51: The scalability allows you to creat
Page 52 and 53: Controlling the Environment Display
Page 54 and 55: These positions can be entered nume
Page 56 and 57: A large image spanning multiple dis
Page 58 and 59: Video playback requires powerful pl
Page 60 and 61: For photographic images (eg, scanne
Page 62 and 63: Using Adobe lllustrator Follow thes
Page 64 and 65: Using Adobe Photoshop Follow these
Page 66 and 67: 6. Set the options as shown to the
Page 68 and 69: • The origin of the movie; eg, co
Page 70 and 71: Computer Generated Material When us
Page 72 and 73: Using Transparency Computer generat
Page 74 and 75: Choosing a Codec Codec stands for e
Page 76 and 77: Pre-splitting Large Movies In order
Page 78 and 79: 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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102 Chapter 7: Production
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Downloading Media Whenever you go o
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Looping the Presentation For a trad
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108 Chapter 8: Presentation
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Manipulating Windows All WATCHOUT w
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Timeline Window The Timeline window
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Media Window The Media window lists
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Editing the Media File Refreshing M
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118 Chapter 9: Windows
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Open Opens an existing WATCHOUT pre
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Edge-blend Curve External Serial Co
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You can use the Replace function to
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Outline Dimmed Images Online Update
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described under “Pre-splitting La
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Timeline Menu Add Pause Cue Timelin
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132 Chapter 10: Menus
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Removing and Duplicating Displays D
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136 Chapter 11: Displays
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To position selected cues, drag one
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Cue Specifications To open a cue’
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Tween Points Add points to a tween
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Example; set frame 1234 as the stop
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Code Name Description D* Acknowledg
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148 Appendix A: Serial Protocol
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control panel apple menu 40 date an
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M Macromedia Director 80 Flash 80 F
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