Working in FLxER

The 7 channels interface overview

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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:

put the swf wipes file inside the folder “plug-in/wipes”
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

FLxER Wiki

Tutorials on FLxER Live Video Software