LSC Lighting CLARITY LX Series v.1 - Manual (Page 123)

Clarity Matrix
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17.12 ACTIVATING A PIXELSOURCE
Up to this point, all of your media selections and image transforms have been applied to the
Pixel Sources (virtual fixtures) and grabbed in the current programmer session. No intensity
information (media images) has been grabbed by the current programmer or sent to the
output.
When you select a Pixel Source and click Activate, the relevant channels of the actual LED
fixtures that make up your matrix are grabbed into the current programmer session so they
can be recorded to the desired cue. The transformed image is sent to the LED matrix and you
can also see it in the viewer (see above). The LED cells of your matrix array are sent intensity
values that are calculated based on the current transforms (if any) and the current media data.
This media data might be constantly changing if the media is a movie file.
 If you record a cue without clicking Activate, the cue will only contain any
transformations and media selections that you have made.
 If you record a cue after clicking Activate, the cue will also contain the relevant
channels of the actual LED fixtures to which the media data will be sent.
These choices allows you to create cues that only control the transforms or cues that only
select the media or cues that control both the transforms and media.
For example:
Program a chase that only varies the image transformations of Pixel Source 1
Program a cue-list that performs transitions between Pixel Source 1 and Pixel Source 2 but
does not contain any transforms.
17.13 ACTIVATING SELECTED CELLS
Selecting Menu then Activate selected cells allows you to activate a selected range of cells.
You select a range of cells by dragging on the right hand preview image with the right mouse
button.
Only the selected cells are included when a cue is recorded.
This allows you to isolate selectable areas of the matrix so that you could have different Pixel
Sources applied to the different areas or you might want to control some areas of the matrix by
conventional programming using the Attributes tab. You can right click (without dragging) to
clear the selection rectangle.
17.14 PIXEL SOURCE LAYERING AND TRANSPARENCY
If you use multiple Pixel Sources you can blend the media files from each Pixel Source.
Each Pixel Source can have any other Pixel Source set as its Background. If you vary the
Opacity of the foreground image, then the background can blend into the foreground.
If the foreground PixelSource image file contains transparency, then the background image will
be visible through the transparent parts of the foreground image.
To select a background for a Pixel Source, select that Pixel Source then click in the
Background drop down box and select another Pixel Source as the background.
Note: The background calculation is only performed one level deep - it is not possible to cascade
backgrounds through more than one level.
17.15 PIXELSOURCE TRANSITIONS
You can transition between different Pixel Sources (and hence between different media) by
recording them into successive cues in a cue-list. This transition is in the form of a timed wipe.
For example, add another Pixel Source (above) and add some media files to it. Select the
required media for the next look on the new Pixel Source. Click Activate then click Set
Timing. The Matrix Timing dialog box appears.