PRG Mbox Mini Manual 3.8 - Manual (Page 4)

IV MBOX ® MINI USER MANUAL
Console Interface........................................................................................................................................................................ 29
Viewing Thumbnails in a Browser............................................................................................................................................... 30
Application Window
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Setup .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Setup: Control ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Setup: Window Mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 33
Setup: Fullscreen Mode ...................................................................................................................................................... 34
Setup: Rendering................................................................................................................................................................. 36
Setup: License..................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Setup: Texture Size ............................................................................................................................................................. 36
Setup: Screen Selection (Screen Arrangement) .................................................................................................................. 36
Setup: Network.................................................................................................................................................................... 37
Setup: Video Inputs ............................................................................................................................................................. 37
Setup: I/O Module ............................................................................................................................................................... 38
Setup: Options .................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Setup: Media Log (Media Errors)......................................................................................................................................... 39
Heads Up Displays (HUDs)
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Using the HUDs .......................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Display Devices
Connected Display Devices and EDID ....................................................................................................................................... 42
Enhancing Mbox Performance
Recommended Practices ........................................................................................................................................................... 43
Chapter 4. Advanced Features
3D Objects and Digital Gobos
About 3D Models and Digital Gobos (Objects)........................................................................................................................... 46
Lighting ................................................................................................................................................................................ 46
Vertex Array Files (Compiling) ............................................................................................................................................. 46
Normalization....................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Creating Custom Digital Gobos.................................................................................................................................................. 48
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 48
Scale-To-Fit vs. Arbitrary Fit................................................................................................................................................ 48
Creating a Digital Gobo with Adobe Illustrator CS5 ............................................................................................................ 48
Animated Digital Gobos.............................................................................................................................................................. 53
EuroFlag .............................................................................................................................................................................. 53
TV Screen v1.4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Fisheye ................................................................................................................................................................................ 54
Fit To Screen ....................................................................................................................................................................... 54
MultiScreen Gobo................................................................................................................................................................ 54
Drawmodes
Using Drawmodes ...................................................................................................................................................................... 55
The Stencil .................................................................................................................................................................................. 56
Layer Blending Modes
Using Layer Blending.................................................................................................................................................................. 59
Layer Copy
Using Layer Copy ....................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Text Files
Support for Text Files.................................................................................................................................................................. 61
Audio
Audio Output Features................................................................................................................................................................ 62
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 62
External Audio Tracks (Associated AIFF Files) .................................................................................................................... 62
Embedded Audio Tracks (in QuickTime Movies)................................................................................................................. 63
Audio Volume Control ................................................................................................................................................................. 63