The Big Picture; Overview; Cells; Files - Numark NuVJ Reference Manual

The big picture

When doing a performance, you usually need to project the output in full
resolution. To do so, you will need to activate the full screen mode in the
software interface.
Fullscreen or, alternatively, by pressing CTRL+A (Command+A on Mac) on
the computer keyboard. To exit full screen mode, press CTRL+A again. As
we will see later on (see Preferences/Display further in this document), if
your video card allows multiple video outputs, you can have the interface
displayed on your main monitor while the full screen output result is sent to
the secondary monitor output to which you can attach a projection device.

Overview

As we've just seen, NuVJ runs around a simple A/B deck & mixing set-up. In this chapter, we'll
explore more of its features in detail.
Decks:
As said previously, decks are sources for video streams.
They contain cells that are placeholders for clips. When
you trigger a cell in a deck, you can see the preview of
the movie/image running in the preview window located
on the top of the deck area. Only one cell at a time can
play in a deck. The cell currently running on the deck is
highlighted in red on the software interface and a LED is
also providing feedback on the control surface.

Cells:

Cells are placeholders to which you assign the clips you
intend to use in your mix. In addition to containing a clip,
cells can also be assigned an effect which will then
automatically be applied to the clip loaded in that
particular cell. To assign an effect to a cell, simply drag
and drop an effect from the Effects browser list on the left
onto the desired cell. If a cell with an effect has been
triggered, two knobs on top of the cell area become active
and allow you to modify the effect parameters.
parameters can be changed either using the mouse on the
interface or with the two effect parameter knobs (PMTR1
and PMTR2) on each deck side of the controller.
example, on the figure on the right, a directional blur has
been set on the top left cell, and its two parameters,
LEVEL and DIRECTION, are available for tweaking. When
a cell is selected (right-click) or played (left-click) with the
mouse, a panel with advanced cell parameters is updated
on the lower side of the screen.
playback and mixing parameters, as well as the default
parameters for the effect when the cell is triggered. For
special 'text files', the text to be displayed can also be
edited there. Cell parameters will be explained in more
detail further in this manual.

Files:

Files are source material to be played in cells. You can either
drag and drop files directly from an explorer/finder window or
use NuVJ's integrated file browser on the left of the interface.
NuVJ supports a number of video, image and flash file formats.
See the Performance Tips section at the end of the manual for a
discussion of the various fille formats and their efficiency.
addition to playing individual files, you can also drag and drop a folder to a cell – NuVJ will play all videos
and images located in that folder, one after the other in a slide show fashion.
Please note: for memory reasons, the files played when using a folder are not pre-cached
and switching from one visual to another is less effective when played through a folder than
when triggered directly.
This is done by clicking on Display > Toggle
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