CHAPTER 9

Graphic Functions: Opacity and Effects

Visual Mode

Visual Mode options are defined using three parameters. The Visual Mode parameter has options for enhancing and adjusting the black level and contrast of a 3-D object. Once you choose a visual mode, two Modifier parameters adjust the selected mode.

Note: In most cases, you won’t see a change in the content until you adjust the Modifier parameters for that mode.

Default DMX Value: 0 = Safe (no processing applied)

Default DMX values for Modifier 1 and Modifier 2 channels depend on the selected option.

The following table illustrates the interaction between the Visual Mode Parameter and the two associated Modifier parameters for each option.

 

Visual Mode Option

Adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

DMX

Name

Description

Modifier 1

Modifier 2

Value

 

 

 

 

0

Safe

No visual mode processing applied to

Not Used

Not Used

rendered output.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Content

Enhances image black level and

Adjusts

Adjusts

Optimization

contrast

Back Level

Contrast

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Push

Fades from original image color to

Adjusts Fade

Adjusts

to Sepia

sepia

Saturation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Push to

Fades from original image color to red

Adjusts Fade

Adjusts

Red

tones

Saturation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Graymaker

Gradually transitions image from color

Replaces

Adjusts

to grayscale

color with gray

brightness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Graymaker2

Converts image to grayscale

Adjusts

Adjusts

black level

contrast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Posterizer

Converts colors to their highest values

Reduces

Adjusts

without bleeding or blending

color detail

Contrast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color to

Fades colors to black/white with no

Fades color

 

7

through B/W to

Not Used

B/W

grays

 

White at 100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fire

Maps original color intensity levels to a

Fades image

 

8

to red-yellow

Not Used

Gradient

red-to-yellow gradient.

 

gradient

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Negative

Reverses image color

Scales color

Subtract red to

Art

Subtract Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Exposure

Alternate content optimization option

Expand/Contrast

Adjusts

Control

Color

color shift

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invert B/W

Inverts Black and White components.

Sets Black

Sets White

11

Comparison

Comparison

Color remains unaffected

 

 

Level

Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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