CHAPTER 9

Graphic Functions: Opacity and Effects

DMX

Effect Mode

 

Adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

Name/Definition

Modifier 1

Modifier 2

Modifier 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Horizontal Mirror creates a mirror effect

Defines

Not Used

Not Used

mirror center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RGB swap to BGR

Red to Blue

Green

Blue to Red

 

 

 

 

 

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RGB swap to RBG

Red

Green to

Blue to

Blue

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RGB swap to GRB

Red to Green

Green to Red

Blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorize Gray Scale maps pixel intensity

Selects Color

Selects zero

Controls

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intensity

to color

Scheme

fading

 

point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intensity key turns pixels of selected intensity

Selects

Defines

Controls

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Color

Intensity

transparent

Transparency

 

Scheme

bandwidth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raindrop simulates raindrops falling on a liquid

Controls

Seeds

Controls

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random #

surface

size/speed

raindrop rate

 

generator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RGB, Scale varies color value

Red

Green

Blue

 

 

 

 

 

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Tiling On

x-axis scaler

y-axis scaler

NA

 

 

 

 

 

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Color to Alpha varies the transparency level of an

Red to

Green to

Blue to

image’s component color values.

alpha

alpha

alpha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color to Alpha, Inverted varies the transparency

Inverted red

Inverted

Inverted blue

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level of the inverse of an image’s component color

green

to alpha

to alpha

 

values.

to alpha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texture Mixing Crossfades between the current

Selects Source

Selects

Crossfade

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Source Effect

Between

image and another graphic object texture.

Texture

 

Level

Textures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Scale and Rotate scales and rotates the

Scales

Selects

Sets

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Rotation

Rotation

media file texture applied to a 3-D object

image

 

Angle

Speed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Film Roll scrolls the media file texture horizontally

Horizontal

Vertical roll

Scales

or vertically

roll speed

speed

Image

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pixelate divides the image into rectangles using

Sets amount of

Scales

Scales

the center pixel color of each “box” as it’s color

Pixelation

horizontally

vertically

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Faux LED divides the image into a grid of circles

LED size

Spacing

Color peaking

to mimic an LED wall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Faux Tile divides the image into square tiles

Tile size

Spacing

Color peaking

 

 

 

 

 

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Fuzzifier creates a multi-image blurring effect

Horizontal

Vertical

Fuzz decay

distance

distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Drop Shadow creates a scalable drop shadow

Horizontal

Vertical shadow

Shadow

behind the graphic object

shadow size

size

opacity

 

 

 

 

 

 

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High End Systems AXON RGB swap to BGR, RGB swap to RBG, RGB swap to GRB, Colorize Gray Scale maps pixel intensity

AXON specifications

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