Hi, I am seeking some advice as we lost some of our previous show/build and cannot get in contact with the guy that built it, so as much as I could manipulate/VJ/use the show before, I now need to reconstruct/build a similar build to use for a show this Saturday.
The projector used is a Christie DHD670-E (1920x1080)
All of our video content is 500px x 250px and we need to create a wall fill of 28 3D Diamonds.
So far I have selected the compositiion setup/input selection to 500x250 to represent out content and the output transformation to 1920x1080 to represent our output projector?
SO, before I begin/try to map my APC40 to the composition, I want to make sure it has been built/arranged correctly taking all elements into consideration, so it maps/works nicely for a LIVE VJ setup.
I have a few concerns and questions here before I beging to arrange and build it:
1)
I have noticed through the preview monitor that not all of the content videos have been masked, so some still contain a background (black) instead of having been masked in the production process. Is there any quick way I can create a mask but assign it to all the slices I have created to get rid of this background?
2)
On the output transformation it is very difficult to get a precise view of the edges of the diamond, (as view is so small) as when we go to the venue/and install for the show, I will need to tweak the perspective/points/nodes to fit on the Diamond Wall we create (as there will be many elements/tollerances that will be out/unallighed due to rigging/projector height etc etc.)
3)
At the moment the 28 diamonds will all be showing the same image/video, but I would like to be able to change the variation and select set clusters/shapes to show different content (i.e not all 28 diamonds showing the same thing) So for instance If I wanted to select a set amount of diamonds to create a shape like below, how would I go about doing this is I have already made 28 diamond slice?
I want to be in a position where by I can then MIDI map the layers/channels to my APC40 Mk2? Is there any tutorials or plugins i need to do this? All I can find is the old APC40... I have the MK2.
Below the 2x variation in colour (red/blue) represents a basic design for different content to be used?
If I wanted say 6-8 basic layouts for content, how would I go about doing this? I am just curious to find out the best way of organising my content as I would like to maybe set it into layers of e.g:
layer 1: Strobe effects
layers 2/3/4: Colour related fills (e.g. red, green, orange
layer 5: Outter chasing effects etc etc?
So if I were to lay out my content like this, how would I need to setup my composition to allow me to make these various designs to keep the content/event varied, whilst taking into consideration I want to map it out over an APC40MK2 for Live Use. Any ideas, comments, suggestions, tutorials would be great, as again I am in a bit of a struggle to get this sorted for Saturday :-/
Regards, and thanks in advance,
Joe
joe@structevents.co.uk