The LSX tutorials thread!

[Galvonaut]

Rend2frame is an amazing tool, if you put the results of one rend2frame of an SFXloop into another SFXloop with a rend2frame - very cool stuff happens

[JasonB]

Thanks guys, about Rend2frame; I read in the LSX manual that Rend2frame does not have preview window output, but did not understand that the animation event had to be placed directly under the Rend2frame. I'll give that a try. The more you play with this software the more 'gifts' you find, there is so much functionality in here ....

OK, so attached is a .RTD and .MP3 file. I only have 20k scanners in my PJ, and am going to upgrade this year, I'm just not sure yet if I'll wait for the ScannerMax 506 with amps to be released or if I'll go down the Chinese road yet.... Leaning toward waiting on Pango's stuff...

But anyway, can I get a favor from you guys... This show scans 'ok' on my system, the details are not so good, and the "3D" rotating text in the middle created with PicEdit scans *terribly* (I used the default TTF in PicEdit) . If I could get some feedback on the quality of the scanning from some of you folks with different scanners I'd really appreciate it. At the beginning there is a very short spiral raster, it is small, it projects on my system but I can't make out pixel detail on the image, there are notes on DAC and Scanspeed settings used in the LSX suite of software tools. I guess what I'm saying is I'm confident the show is safe to scan, but then again I am at the amateur end of amateur over here ....

Important: When pointing to MP3 audio file (Audio->Setting) do NOT select Yes to change timeshow length otherwise the animation will be offset from the audio. I have NO idea how Swami managed to synchronize all the audio and music in his fantastic Theatre quality Indian music production.... BTW that was great work Swami.... You don't want to know how much time it took to sync <20 seconds!

Line 8 has some questions in the comments I am seeking answers for... Thanks everyone ! Ya gotta start somewhere....

-Jason

P.S. This is certainly an improvement from the last show source I posted, but I've got a long way to go.... But I think I'm finally starting to 'get it' with LSX
I can also post .the ILD, but I hesitate only because when I export to ILD and then drag the .ILD back into LSX the length of the show at least doubles....

[Galvonaut]

Hi Jason

When you first create a show to music, when you double click the bar above the timelines you get a dialogue for setting audio, once you have aimed this to your file, there is a <get audio length> button or similar. If you set this, then the timeline is already the music length and designing will be a lot easier and it will stay synced.

Keith

[Sandstorm]

Controlling dmx light eats lots of channels, so it's not very convenient, though I never tried it. But for static effects with not many dmx channels needed (like stage smoke, fans, etc.) LSX goes pretty well, if you have dmx output on your DAC (i.e. I use Etherdream)

[buffo]

I think LSX can also talk to USB DMX devices like the Entech Pro...

Adam

[dkumpula]

Cool
another question:
Can you do this with LSX?
Have one part of the rectangle area projected by video projector and the other area by a laser projector?

Yes, easily. You can split any image/frame across multiple projectors using a variety of methods (world clipping and the hide function combined with surfaces come to mind immediately) but you obviously need a version of LSX that supports multiple projectors. The pro version supports 8 projectors and basic supports two I believe. The LSX manual will walk you through it.

David

[JasonB]

Cool
another question:
Can you do this with LSX?
Have one part of the rectangle area projected by video projector and the other area by a laser projector?

Dkumpula, did you catch that zorn said 'video' projector when he asked about splitting the images?
I'm not aware of a video output feature in LSX ....

[swamidog]

it is not currently supported.

Dkumpula, did you catch that zorn said 'video' projector when he asked about splitting the images?
I'm not aware of a video output feature in LSX ....

[swamidog]

it is for laser over video, but i don't think it's fully supported yet.

what is the 'video' event for then?

[dkumpula]

Dkumpula, did you catch that zorn said 'video' projector when he asked about splitting the images?
I'm not aware of a video output feature in LSX ....

Thanks Jason, yes, I totally missed that.

You and Swami is correct (that it isn't supported), of course. You can only split images across multiple laser projectors, not splitting between lasers and video. Pangolin's Beyond has this feature I understand.

Apologies for the confusion, Zorn.

-David