High End Systems Pixelation Luminaire Creating User Content, Creating a Package and Folder

CHAPTER 11

Echo Software

Creating User Content

Preparing Content for Echo Conversion

Any custom content you create needs to be converted to a format that maps to the SHOWPIX 127-LED or a StudioPix 61-LED pixel array.

Echo will convert up to 256 frames of content and saves a preview displaying all 256 frames.

Although .mov or animated .gif files are the most common formats to use as custom content, Echo software can accept a wide variety of formats.

Video file formats:	Video codecs:	Image formats:
MPEG-1 (MPG, MPEG)	MPEG-1	Windows Bitmap (BMP)
MPEG-2 (PS, TS, VOB)	MPEG-2	Graphic Interchange Format
Microsoft (ASF, AVI)	MPEG-4 ASP (including DivX,	(GIF)
Quicktime (MOV)	Xvid)	Joint Photographic Experts
Flash (FLV)	MPEG-4 AVC/H.264	Group (JPG, JPEG) Multiple-
Digital Video (DV)	Microsoft WMV7	image Network Graphics
	Microsoft WMV8, WMV9	(MNG) Portable Network
	(limited support)	Graphics (PNG) Portable
	VC-1	Bitmap (PBM) Portable
	MJPEG	Graymap (PGM) Portable
	H.261	Pixmap (PPM) Tagged Image
	H.263	File Format (TIFF)
	FLV	X11 Bitmap (XBM)
	DV	X11 Pixmap (XPM)

For more information on preparing content for Echo conversion and a Flash template for content creation, go to the SHOWPIX or StudioPix support page at www.highend.com/support.

Creating a Package and Folder

Every User Content file needs to be contained within a folder that is part of a package. To create a new package:

1.Right click on User Content in the navigation pane or in the contents pane when User Content is displayed and selecting New [SHOWPIX or StudioPix] Package.

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