PRG Mbox Studio Manual v3.6.1 - Manual (Page 58)

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LAYER COPY
Using Layer Copy
At times, there may be a need to play the same movie content on more than one layer at the same time. The same
content can be requested on multiple layers, but doing so causes the content to be read from the hard-drive more
than once, as well as being decompressed more than once. This is a waste of resources if you intend to display the
same frame of the same movie on multiple layers at the same time. The Layer Copy function provides a way to copy
the content from one layer to another and to receive the source layer’s effects and transitions, or to ignore the source
layer’s effects and transitions.
There is one mode of Layer Copy: FX+. In this mode, the source layer sends its effects and transitions to the
destination layer. The destination layer can add more effects via its own controls (allowing up to four effects to be
visible on a destination layer).
Layer Copy functionality is selected as if it were a piece of content in the media folder. Folder 255 is selected, and the
file number attribute controls which layer is being copied and which mode of copying takes place.
Guidelines:
+ Layer Copy does not work with transition 255 (Object Dissolve).
+ A layer cannot copy another layer that is already copying a third layer.
Folder 255 /
File #
Mode Layers Note
121 - 128 FX+ 1 - 8
File numbers 121-128 correspond to the FX+ mode for Layers 1-8.
i.e. 121 = Layer 1 FX+ copy mode, 122 = Layer 2 FX+ copy mode, and so on.