Quickshow; Introduction; System Recommendations - QuickShow FB3-QS User Manual

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QuickShow

Introduction

QuickShow was designed to be an easy-to-use program for anyone wanting to control lasers -- including
beginners who have never used a laser before, as well as to the most experienced laser operators.
Although ease-of-use was the guiding principal behind QuickShow, it is still quite powerful since it is
based on Pangolin's new BEYOND calculation engine and it has many advanced features not found in
any other product.
Designed by laserists for laserists
During the development of QuickShow, we consulted with laserists of all kinds, including everyone
from hobbyists playing shows in their garages, all the way up to top-level Laser DJs, including Glenn
Turner of Oracle Projects and Derek Garbos of Garbos Consulting. Derek contributed hundreds of
suggestions and he also created the demonstration workspace that comes with QuickShow.
More help available on the Laserchat forum
Although we intended QuickShow to be a program friendly enough for beginners to use, QuickShow is
also a very deep program. It is not likely that you will ever exhaust the power and capabilities of
QuickShow, no matter what your application. As such, we encourage users to check out the Pangolin
Laserchat forum, which has many topics intended to help people gain a greater understanding of
QuickShow as well as other Pangolin-related products. The Laserchat forum can be found on the
Pangolin web site at www.pangolin.com.

System Recommendations

Dual-core processor is recommended
Unlike most of Pangolin's past developments, QuickShow uses the PC to do all of the laser calculations
and processing, while output boards such as the FB3 are used only for color conversion and final laser
output. Because of this, we recommend you use a dual-core processor (Intel Centrino Duo or Core 2
Duo or equivalent AMD) for best results.
Monitor resolution of 1024 by 768 or higher is recommended
QuickShow was designed to work with a single monitor with a resolution of 1024 by 768 or higher.
QuickShow will work with a lower resolution, but some of the features on the lower portion of the
screen will be unavailable.