Arkaos GrandVJ User Manual

!R E F E R E N C E ! MANUAL!

10 3 INTERFACE WALK-THROUGH This section describes the different application panels and their functionality. Depending on the mode you are using

11 3.1 Browser Panel The left side of the application is dedicated to the browser section. The browser section contains five tabs wit

12 3.3 Banks There are two sets of banks (or banksets). One is in the shape of a MIDI keyboard, the other one is matrix-shaped: Each ba

13 3.6 Tool bar The toolbar provides a series of buttons and displays with the following functionality: switches to synth or mixer mode activate

14 4 USING THE APPLICATION 4.1 Application Modes As we mentioned earlier, GrandVJ provides two very distinct modes of operation. It can function as

15 4.2 Controller Mapping Controller mapping is a very important part of using GrandVJ. Together with external MIDI gear, MIDI sequencers or the

16 5 REFERENCE 5.1Managing Cells 5.1.1Basics Cells are the foundation of GrandVJ. Cells work like “cues” where you setup a combination of a visual

17 5.1.2.1 Editing Keyboard Mapping To define/change a keyboard mapping of any controllable element in GrandVJ, the easiest is to toggle the

18 5.1.3.1 Visual Tab The visual tab controls what visual is assigned to the cell and how it will be played.  The visual thumbnail shows the

19 5.1.3.3 Mixing Tab The mixing tab controls the way the cell are “composited” with the underlying layers.  The transparency setting controls

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20 5.1.3.4 Position / Size Tab The position/size tab specifies how the visual will be positioned on the screen.  The position setting moves th

21 5.2 Banks As seen previously, banks are collections of cells. There are two groups of banks (or bank sets): one is shaped like a

22 5.3 Layers (Mixer Mode) Layer previews are only visible in mixer mode. As we said earlier, mixer mode works differently from the synth mode. In

23 5.3.3 Layer Control 5.3.3.1Controlling Layer Parameters As for the cell parameters in synth mode, you can map all of the layer p

24 5.4 The Mapping List Through the previous chapters, we've seen that it is fairly easy to map MIDI or keyboard control to most software pa

25 6 THE PREFERENCES DIALOG The preferences dialog sets various options of the application. 6.1 Display Tab The “Display” tab specifies how the

26 6.2 MIDI The MIDI tab allows you to select which MIDI devices will be enabled for use with the application. Please note that all data

27 6.4 Output The “Output” tab configures the key-stoning used for projector output. Key-stoning is used to correct the image if the

28 7 PERFORMANCE AND SETUP CONSIDERATIONS Achieving good performance with video can be difficult because it depends on many different factors. Th

29 7.2 Widescreen & Multiscreen Presentation 7.3 Introduction In a common ArKaos GrandVJ setup, a computer with two video outputs is generall

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ...5!1.1 Installi

30 7.4.1.2 Multi-screen The multi-screen setup is the same concept as the wide screen in the sense that it drives several adapters

31 7.4.3 Monitor Setup For Wide Screen Or Multi-Screen Projection Earlier in this document, weʼve seen how to choose and setup a second monitor to

32 1. nVidia Graphic Cards 1. In the Windows Control Panel, open the “Display Properties” window and go to the “Settings” tab. You will see a clas

33 4. In this case, the resolution is 2560x1024 because we used two 1280x1024 screens. If you selected “Vertical Span”, the two physic

34 2. ATI Graphic Cards Setting up Horizontal or Vertical Span with ATI graphics cards is done through the “ATI Catalyst Control Center” which y

35 4. In the Desktop Mode Selection dialog, select the last option “Horizontal Stretch” then click Next. 5. You will end up with a

36 7.4.3.2 Monitor Setup Under Mac OS X 1. From the Apple menu, open the System Preferences and select “Displays”, once in the Displa

37 7.5 Soft-Edge To create a large screen by combining several video projectors it is important to be able to seamlessly blend the

38 7.5.1 Calibration Below are the common steps to setup a wide screen with Soft-Edge in ArKaos GrandVJ (provided that you have corre

39 8 SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND CONTACT Users discussion forum http://forum.arkaos.net/ Support centre / Knowledgebase http://support.arkaos.net/ 8.1

40 9 NOTES

INDEX A!Activation Code... 5, 6 Audio input ... 13 B!Ba

S!Segment... 18 Sequencer... 8, 9, 15 Serial Key.

5 1 INTRODUCTION Welcome to ArKaos GrandVJ. GrandVJ is ArKaosʼ brand new state-of-the-art video mixing and VJ software, allowing unprece

6 The Serial Key is the code that unlocks GrandVJ to run on a specific computer. It is calculated by combining the computerʼs MachineID - an 8 lett

7 In the next fields you need to specify an e-mail address where you will receive an e-mail with a copy of the generated Serial Key. Once you hav

8 2 INTRODUCTION TO THE SOFTWARE 2.1 Basics GrandVJ is a software application which allows you to seamlessly integrate real-time video with any ty

9 2.3 Terminology In ArKaos GrandVJ, weʼve slightly changed the terminology used to refer to different application features:  Visuals: Visual