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High End Systems CATALYST Xpress User Manual (224 pages)

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Contacting High End Systems
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Important Safety Information
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Warning Labels
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Introduction

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- Catalyst Software Versions
  7
- This Manual
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- Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: System Overview

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- Selecting Media for Playback
  18
- Working with Layers
  18
- Software Security
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Chapter 2: Quickstart

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Chapter 3: Tutorials

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- Lesson 1: Still Logo on Moving Background
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  - Set up Layer 1
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  - Add the Logo
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  - Turn Layer 2 Background Transparent
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- Lesson 2: Crossfading between Layers
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  - Set up First Cue
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  - Setup the Second Cue and Playback
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- Lesson 3: Image Color and Scale
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  - Set up Layer 1
    31
  - Set Layer 1 Rotation, Position, and Scale
    31
  - Playback
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- Lesson 4: Trails
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  - Understanding Trails
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  - Applying Trails to Layer 1
    33
  - Adding Trails to Layer 2
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- Lesson 5: Shutters
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  - Understanding Shutters
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  - Set up Layer 1
    35
  - Add Shutters with Layer 2
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Appendix D: Product and Safety Information

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Chapter 4: Windows Menus

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- The Catalyst Interface
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- Selection Tools
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- Catalyst Control Window
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  - Components
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  - CIB Panel
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  - Output Control(S)
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  - Layer Panel
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  - DMX in Panel
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  - Video Input
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  - Sound Input
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  - Custom Serial Inputs
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- Library Window
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  - Files Tab
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  - Folders Tab
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  - Color FX Tab
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  - Geometry FX Tab
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- Presets Tab
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- Output Windows
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Chapter 5: Output Displays

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Chapter 6: Media Playback

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- Libraries and Files
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  - Preloaded Library Folders
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    Referencing Content with the Use Layer
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  - In Frame and out Frame
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- Video Playback
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  - Play Mode
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- Playback Speed
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Chapter 7: Movement and Size

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- X, Y, and Z Rotation
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- Position
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- Y Position
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- Scale
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- Image Movement Time
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- Aspect Ratio
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Chapter 8: Intensity and Color

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- Intensity
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- Red, Green, and Blue
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- Color Effects
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  - RGB Subtract
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  - RGB Subtract High Contrast
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  - RGB Subtract V High Contrast
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  - Transparent Blacks
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  - Transparent Whites
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  - RGB Subtract Inverted Color
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  - RGB Subtract High Contrast Inverted Color
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  - RGB Subtract Super High Contrast Inverted Color
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  - Invert Whatever
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  - RGB Subtract Inverted Color CMY
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  - RGB Subtract High Contrast Inverted Color CMY
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  - RGB Subtract Super High Contrast Inverted Color CMY
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  - Black and White
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  - Black and White High Contrast
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  - Black and White Super High Contrast
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  - Black and White Variable Super High Contrast
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  - Invert Black and White
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  - Mask
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  - Invert Mask 1
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  - Invert Mask 2
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  - Mask Fading
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  - Invert Mask 1 Fading
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  - Invert Mask 2 Fading
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  - Alpha Invert as Red
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  - Alpha Invert as Green
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  - Alpha Invert as Blue
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  - Alpha Invert as Color
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  - Alpha as Red
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  - Alpha as Green
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  - Alpha as Blue
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  - Alpha as Color
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  - Lookup 1 Color Wheel
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  - Lookup 2 False Color
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  - Lookup 3 Black and White Solarize Highlights
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  - Gamma Black and White
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  - Gamma Color
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  - Gamma Color Separate Channels
    92
  - Gain Color Separate Channels
    93
  - Quantize Color Separate Channels
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  - Convert to YUV
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  - Saturation
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  - Mega Saturation
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  - Solarize
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  - Solarize Invert
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  - RGB Layer Blend 1
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  - RGB Layer Blend 2
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  - RGB Layer Blend 3
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  - RGB Layer Blend 4
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  - RGB Layer Blend 5
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  - RGB Layer Blend 6 Add
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  - RGB Layer Blend 7 Subtract
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  - RGB Layer Blend 10 Maximum
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  - RGB Layer Blend 11 Add 2
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  - Tint
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  - Tint Inverse
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  - Fade to Hue
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  - Rgb > Gbr
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  - Rgb > Bgr
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  - Rgb > Grb
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Chapter 9: Strobing and Trails

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- Strobing
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- Trails
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Chapter 10: Visual Effects

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- Movie on Non-Infinite Plane
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- Movie on Infinite Plane with Black Border
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- Movie Unity Scaling
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- Full Screen
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- Movie Keystone 1
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- Setup Image Keystone 1
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- Movie on Sphere Filled
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- Movie on Sphere Wireframe
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- Movie on Sphere Points
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- Movie on Sphere Lit
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- Movie on Disc Filled
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- Movie on Disc Wireframe
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- Movie on Disc Points
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- Movie on Disc Silhouette
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- Movie on Kaleidoscope
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- Movie on Magic Lantern
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- Movie Stretched
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- Movie Panorama Slices
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- Movie on Magic Lantern 2
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- Movie on Cube 4 Sides
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- Movie on Cube 6 Sides
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- Movie on Colored Cube 6 Sides
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- Movies First Four Layers on Cube
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- Movie on Nxn Simultaneous
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- Movie on Nxn Simultaneous Random Color
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- Movie on Nxn Consecutive
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- Movie on Nxn Consecutive Random Color
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- Movie on Nxn Consecutive Random Frame
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- Movie on Random Flicker
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- Movie on Random Color Flicker
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- Rectangle Shuttered
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- Rectangle Graduated Color Shuttered
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- Sided Shape Shuttered Black
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- Shutter Shuttered Black
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- Shutter Shuttered Color
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- Iris Shutter Black
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- Movie on Teapot Filled
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- Colored Sphere
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- Spectrograph
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Chapter 11: Keystone and Shutters

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- Keystone Correction
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- Shutter Effects
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  - Keystone Correction and Shutter Shape Preview
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Chapter 12: Art-Net™ Protocol

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- Setting up the Server for Artnet
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- Assigning a DMX in Panel to Art-Net
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Chapter 13: Audio

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- Audio Input
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  - Configuring the Audio Feed
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  - Activating the Audio Input
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  - Waveform Type Selection
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- Audio Output
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  - Audio Playback
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  - Audio Device Set up for Catalyst Audio Output
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  - Setting up DMX with Audio
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  - Playing Back Audio
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  - Creating Content with Audio Tracks
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Chapter 14: Video Input

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- Connecting the Video Feed
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- Configuring the Video Input
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Chapter 15: Serial Control

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- Connecting RS-232 Devices
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- Assigning a DMX Channel
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- Assigning the Interface and Data Format
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- Setting the Serial Commands
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  - Custom String Command
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  - Sample Strings
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- Triggering Serial Devices from DMX
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Chapter 16: MIDI Timecode

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Chapter 17: Sony 9-Pin RS422

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- Assigning the Interface and Data Format
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- Assigning a DMX Value
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- Triggering a Sony 9-Pin Device from DMX
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- Synchronizing to the Deck's Timecode
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  - Example 1
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  - Example 2
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Chapter 18: Presets

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- Creating a Preset
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  - Catalyst Control Window
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  - Editing DMX Values in the Layer Panels
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    File Tab Settings
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    Position Tab Settings
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    Color Tab Settings
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    FX Tab Settings
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  - Setting DMX Values in the Library Preset Tab
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  - Naming the Preset
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  - Editing a Preset
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- Storing a Preset
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  - Preset Window Buttons
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  - Setting Crossfade Path and Fade Time
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- Triggering Presets
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Chapter 19: Custom Content

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- Content Requirements
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  - Maximum Image Size
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  - Interlaced Images
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  - Rendering Content
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    The Basics of Content Creation
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    Recommended Codecs
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    Perceived Brightness
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- Installing Libraries and Files
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  - Creating a New Library Folder
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  - Adding New Files to a Library Folder
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Chapter 20: Diagnostic Displays

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- Hotkeys
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- Displays
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  - Catalyst Version
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  - This Computer
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  - DMX Input Channels
    181
  - USB CIB DMX Input
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  - Artnet DMX Input
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  - Statistics
    183
  - Playbacks
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  - Color FX Preview
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  - Geometry FX Preview
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  - File Preview Library
    187
  - This Machine
    188
  - Remote Machines
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Chapter 21: Multiple Servers

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Index

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- Synchronizing Multiple Servers
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  - Assigning Master Sync ID Numbers
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  - Synchronizing Content
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    Set Master Layer
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    Set Slave Layer
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- Monitoring Remote Servers
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  - Broadcast Remote Preview
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  - Using the Remote Machines Diagnostic Display
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    Accessing the Remote Machines Display Screen
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    MIMIC Feature
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- Sending Remote Commands to Servers
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Appendix A: Understanding DMX-512

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Appendix B: DMX Protocol

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Appendix C: Copyrighted Materials FAQ

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: System Overview

Chapter 2: Quickstart

Chapter 3: Tutorials

Appendix D: Product and Safety Information

Chapter 4: Windows Menus

Chapter 5: Output Displays

Chapter 6: Media Playback

Chapter 7: Movement and Size

Chapter 8: Intensity and Color

Chapter 9: Strobing and Trails

Chapter 10: Visual Effects

Chapter 11: Keystone and Shutters

Chapter 12: Art-Net™ Protocol

Chapter 13: Audio

Chapter 14: Video Input

Chapter 15: Serial Control

Chapter 16: MIDI Timecode

Chapter 17: Sony 9-Pin RS422

Chapter 18: Presets

Chapter 19: Custom Content

Chapter 20: Diagnostic Displays

Chapter 21: Multiple Servers

Index

Appendix A: Understanding DMX-512

Appendix B: DMX Protocol

Appendix C: Copyrighted Materials FAQ

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