Overview; Functional Operation; Warp Editing Screen - High End Systems Axon HD User Manual

Using the CMA Warp Editor

Overview

The Warp Editor feature lets you adjust Axon HD, Axon HD Pro, DLHD or MMS100 output to
match complex projection surfaces. These forms allow the projection to match irregular surfaces
or quickly produce interesting creative results.
You can build a geometrical warp in one of two ways,
1. You can modify one of the primitive shapes provided in the editor. Simple surfaces such as
fabric screens can be quickly built from these primitives. This concept can extend to more
complicated forms, such as rectangular grids, spline grids or, cylindrical surfaces and
spherical surfaces.
2. You can import and edit an .obj file you have created through another application.

Functional Operation

The warp is applied at the global level, analogous to a keystone operation. Editing the output at
the final step retains all layer programming but allows changes to the image as a whole.
Consequently, there is no need to perform major changes of the layer positions if the projector
has moved.
This also applies to changing the projection surface. If one projector is being used on a flat
screen, and, at another time the projector is being used to illuminate a complex form, the warp
would be different, but the content programming will be the same. To achieve this, you use the
warp editor to generate two different warp files. One file is used for the flat screen and one file
for the complex surface. Each of these files would have a unique DMX address associated with it
that you can recall via a control board.

Warp Editing Screen

User Warps appears in the All Servers view of the CMA along with other content. The number
of existing User Warps appears in the lower left of the CMA window. When the User Warps file
is selected, a popup will display a list of user warps already created.
To open the Warp Editor, Right click on the User Warps file in the Content list for the selected
server and select Warp Editor or select Warp Editor from the 3D Warps drop down menu at
the top of the CMA Window.
Axon HD CMA Warp Editor 1