Alpha Planes - Barco MCM-400 HFR User Manual

10. Expert operation

10.2.4 Alpha planes

Uploading an alpha plane file
Use an FTP Client (e.g. Filezilla) to upload the Alpha plane to the following directory on the MCM-400 HFR:
/D/Display/Softedge
The file must be named as follows :
alpha.tiff
The free storage capacity on the D-drive is about 8 MB. it is needed to store the image files, geometry files, factory backup, Alpha
plane and Beta plane. In practice, about 6 MB is available for the Alpha + Beta plane.
Uploading and activating an external Alpha Plane
1. Make sure that the computer from where you want to upload the external Alpha Plane is in the same network as the projector.
2. Open your Internet Browser and browse to the projector using FTP: e.g. ftp://<Hostname>.
3. Copy and paste the external Alpha Plane in the following folder on the device's flash: D:/Display/Softedge.
4. Browse to Display setup > Soft-edge and alpha beta planes > Edit... and press ENTER to open the Soft Edge Selection dialog.
Image 10-41
5. In the Planes section of the Soft Edge Selection dialog, set checkbox Alpha plane.
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6. Exit the menu.
134 R5909056 MCM-400 HFR 11/05/2016