Extron electronic MGP 464 HD-SDI manual Displaying a background image, Using a DVI input

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Displaying a background image

An image can be displayed as a background behind the windows on the output screen. This can be done by uploading a bitmap image to the MGP and selecting it by using the Add and Take buttons.

Using a DVI input

To use the unscaled image from a DVI source as a live background on the output screen,

1. Connect a DVI source to the DVI Background connector on the rear panel.

2. From the Background Color menu, select DVI Background Input.

Using a bitmap image

The Image Settings screen lets you upload bitmap images, including those saved via background capture, from your computer to the MGP; and to select an uploaded image as the background for the output screen.

NThe MGP 464 supports only 24-bit bitmap files as backgrounds. The background file names must have a .bmp extension. The MGP 464 has 16 MB of memory to store captured or loaded images. See “Background Capture menu” in chapter 3, “Operation,” to calculate the size of an image.

Uploading an image

To upload a bitmap image to the MGP,

1. In the Image Index field, click Add. The Add Image field is displayed.

Add Image field on the Image Settings screen

2.	Click Browse to open the Choose file window, and locate the image (.bmp) file
	that you want to upload.
3.	Open the image file in the Choose File window. Its name and the path to it are
	displayed in the Add Image field on the Image Settings screen.
4.	Click Upload Image. This button changes to Uploading... while the file is being
	loaded.

When the uploading is complete, a thumbnail image of the uploaded file is displayed in the Image Index section.

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