Show Configuration Concepts; Overview; Shows; Effects - Color Kinetics iPlayer 3 User Manual

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Show Configuration
Concepts

Overview

This chapter introduces show configuration termterminology and concepts, which
will help you in the upcoming chapters.

Shows

Shows contain visual effects and the parameters associated with those effects.
iPlayer 3 can display two types of shows:
Preconfigured shows stored and configured on iPlayer 3
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Custom shows created and downloaded from ColorPlay 3
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Effects

Visual effects range in complexity from a fixed color display to multi-color
animations. Each effect has multiple customizable parameters such as start color,
end color, and fade time.
There are seven effect types available when setting up iPlayer 3
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preconfigured shows.
You can work with 16 effect types when creating ColorPlay 3 custom shows.
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Triggers

Triggers specify show playback behaviors—for example, what happens at the end
of a show or how to transition to the next show. Therefore, to be played back, you
must associate each show with a trigger.
Triggers are numbered 0 – 255 and associate show files with the following:
End Behavior Fade to black, loop, or jump to another trigger.
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Transition Type Snap (no transition to next show), fade out-and-in, or cross
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fade (morph with next show).
Pressing a Preset button on the iPlayer 3 faceplate triggers a show. For example,
pressing activates trigger 1, which launches the show and the playback
behaviors associated with it.
Linking Multiple Shows to a Trigger
Because show files do not specify playback behaviors, you can assign more than
one show to a single trigger. When creating the trigger, selecting the Jump to
Trigger end behavior links a second show to the first. If you select the Jump to
Trigger end behavior for the second show, you can link a third show, and so on.
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