Working in FLxER

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Contents 1 The 7 channels interface overview 2 Select playlist 3 Choose media 4 Http & local media loader 5 Text Editor 6 DV-IN 7 Controller 8 Monitor preview 9 LIVE function 10 Using blend 11 Using wipe 11.1 Slider 11.2 Wipes list 11.3 Lockwipes 12 Colors palette 13 Trasform palette 14 Effects palette 15 Video Sequencer 16 Global controls 16.1 Preferences 16.2 Hi-Quality 16.3 MIDI 16.4 Fullscreen 17 XML Video Recorder 18 XML Video Player 19 Broadcaster 20 Broadcast Video Player 21 MIDI interface 22 The 3D ENGINE

The 7 channels interface overview

The new FLxER interface is projectd with orizontal rack channel to have the same interface when you work fullscreen as when you with the full interface.

Keyboard shortcut: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Select playlist

The First step is to load a playlist, an XML file with your selected Media.

Keyboard shortcut: PAGE UP / PAGE DOWN

Choose media

The second step is to choose a media file from the loaded playlist.

Supported media: .swf (full ActionScrpt 8 support), .flv, .mp3, .jpg, .gif, .png, .txt

Use the arrow to scroll

Keyboard shortcut: ARROW UP / ARROW DOWN

Http & local media loader

From the text field that you see in the picture you can load local files or a files on the net.

If you know a web page made in flash you have to write the swf url not the page url.

Text Editor

If you choose a text media or you want to write something live, press to set up:

• Font family
• Text align
• Reader mode

Reader mode take the bpm from the Bpm channel value

DV-IN

If you press "DV-IN" button you load a list of DV-IN modes as a playlist (the one in the picture, 720_25.swf is the PAL standard DV-IN)

Keyboard shortcut: ARROW UP / ARROW DOWN

Controller

• Depths manager Keyboard shortcut: CTRL + ARROW DOWN CTRL + ARROW UP
• Rewind Keyboard shortcut: ARROW LEFT
• Play/Pause Keyboard shortcut: SPACE
• Hide/Show Keyboard shortcut: CTRL + SPACE
• Eject Keyboard shortcut: SHIFT + X
• Tapping Keyboard shortcut: T
• Bpm

Monitor preview

From the monitor preview you can Drag the movie, the buttons on the right of the monitors are:

• PREVIEW ON/OFF (default: ON)
• PLAY ON/OFF (default: OFF)
• BLACK BKG ON/OFF (default: OFF)

LIVE function

Using LIVE on/off you are enabled to work only on the monitor preview.

Using blend

From the blend list you select your blend mode, the blends mode are:

• normal
• layer
• multiply
• screen
• lighten
• darken
• difference
• add
• subtract
• invert
• alpha
• erase
• overlay
• hardlight

Using wipe

Slider

The wipe is controlled by the slider.

Keyboard shortcut: Q / A OR W + Y MOUSE

Wipes list

From the wipes list you select your wipe the default wipes are:

• WIPE NONE (MIX)
• HORIZONTAL
• VERTICAL

We add some "CUSTOM WIPES" to show you how to buid your own wipes, you found also the .fla sources files inside folder "plug-in/wipes"

• stellar4
• spiralona4
• circular4

To add your custom wipes you have to:

1. put the swf wipes file inside the folder "plug-in/wipes"
2. Edit the XML file "preferences/plugIn.xml" and add the line of your new wipes file

Lockwipes

In the left of the wipe list ther is a button that enabe and disable the wipe lock, this example explain the difference.

Keyboard shortcut: L
Example:

Colors palette

You have two controllers for colors and one button for each controller to set ON/OFF the color modifications of:

• Main movie
• Background

The ON/OFF for the background colors cotroller set also the visibility of the background itself.

Trasform palette

• Movie
  • X x position Keyboard shortcut (WIPE LOCK: OFF): DRAG
  • Y y position Keyboard shortcut (WIPE LOCK: OFF): DRAG
  • W % horizontal scale Keyboard shortcut: + or Z + X MOUSE
  • H % vertical scale Keyboard shortcut: - or Z + Y MOUSE
• Channel
  • X x position Keyboard shortcut (WIPE LOCK: ON): DRAG
  • Y y position Keyboard shortcut (WIPE LOCK: ON): DRAG
  • R ° rotation Keyboard shortcut: Z + CTRL + MOUSE
• RESET Keyboard shortcut: X

To scale proportional:

Keyboard shortcut: - or Z + SHIFT + MOUSE

Effects palette

• Analog effects as blur

Video Sequencer

• Pattern
• Action recorder
• Reset

Global controls

Preferences

• Number of channels
• Http loader for missing files
• Web file server url
• Keyboard shortcut
• Broadcast servers

Hi-Quality

MIDI

Fullscreen

XML Video Recorder

• Start recording
• Stop and Save
• XML System Folder

XML Video Player

• Local
• XML

Broadcaster

• Server selection
• Video Delivery

Broadcast Video Player

MIDI interface

The 3D ENGINE