High End Systems AXON - Manual (Page 137)

CHAPTER 12
Global Functions: Collage Generator™ Effect
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Creating Custom Content for the Collage Generator Effect
There are two main steps to process HD footage into DL.3, DL.2 and Axon compliant media for
use with the collage generator.
First, acquire or commission High-resolution media footage or stills. In most cases, scaling and
cropping of the media is a simple process. However, certain types of media such as footage of
people or round objects like planets may require more sophisticated cropping and scaling to
optimize display in certain aspect ratios.
Then, save your media at Photo jpeg 95% or a non compressed format (these can be very large
files) to use as a master file. Or, if you are intermediate video editor yourself, there are many
Video editing packages that will allow you to size and optimize the master for your application.
Once the master file/s are created, you will need high-definition encoder software. HES suggest
Expert-HD for PC,
www.pixeltools.com .
For more information on creating Digital Lighting content, see Custom User Content on page
257 or go to
www.highend.com/support/digital_lighting .
Collages Using Live S-Video Input
DL.3, Axon and DL.2 media servers can create collage arrays using S-Video input. All the media
servers used to project a collage need to be receiving the same source input signal to use video
as a Collage feed.
For example, using DL-3 Camera outputting across a 2 x 2 20-K lumen Central Panorama Col-
lage, all four DL-3s are assigned an output from the D-Tek switcher to each S-Video input and a
fifth DL-3 is used as the source.