Chapter 3: Tutorials; Lesson 1: Still Logo On Moving Background; Set Up Layer 1 - High End Systems CATALYST Series User Manual

Chapter 3:
Tutorials
The following lessons provide a quick introduction to programming Catalyst with a
lighting console. General knowledge of your lighting console is required to complete these
tutorials. For information on programming without a console, see Chapter 18: "Presets".
Note: The sample content files in these tutorial lessons were selected from content
shipping May 1, 2004.

Lesson 1: Still Logo on Moving Background

In this lesson you will set a movie playing on Layer 1; then, using Layer 2, superimpose a
still image of the High End Systems logo over the movie playing onLayer 1.

Set up Layer 1

1. On your lighting console, select Layer 1. Set
the Intensity parameter for Layer 1 to a DMX
value of 255(100%).
2. Set the Library parameter to a DMX value of
11. This should select the preloaded Catalyst
Library folder 011 Artbeats.
3. Set the File parameter to a DMX value of 3.
This selects the movie file numbered 003 in
Library folder 011. On the Catalyst Output 1
display you should see the first frame of movie
file 003WA 114, a pale blue image of rippling water.
4. On your lighting console, set the Play Mode parameter to a DMX value of 2 or Play
Loop Forward. The movie file will begin playing and the water will appear to be
rippling.
The Wholehog II uses eight character alpha-numeric labels to
describe values of the Play Mode parameter. For this exercise,
select plloopfw.
The Wholehog III has a Mode menu with the Play Mode parameter
options on the slotted toolbar. Select Play Loop Forward.
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