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Thread: Layers across multiple mixes

  1. #11
    Quote Originally Posted by SourceChild View Post
    For about 5 years now I have been stacking mixes.
    I would like to do this in my current setup as well. But I have 5 screens onstage. Three of which are on Cat 1 and the other two on Cat 2. I dont think there is a way to get a mix to span all 5, I guess I would have to have 1 mix span the first three screens and a second mix span the last two screens. Then somehow use offsets to make that look right?

    Thanks for all the comments.

  2. #12

    Locked to corners?

    I use a setup that is similar since I have noticed when using offsets, if you do things like Z rotation across borders you run into problems. I like the idea of having mix 3 in as a flood all mix window but I have noticed the same thing Matt said. Mix 3 in this case would have to be flat locked to corners, not flat locked aspect ratio in order to be transparent. Is there a specific reason for this? I have always wondered.

  3. #13
    If I remember correctly the Flat constant aspect ratio mix type works slightly differently to the other mix types in that it doesn't go via a secondary graphics buffer (I think that's correct)
    Hence you can't do some stuff with it that you can do with the other mix types.
    Paul Kenah
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  4. #14
    Paul you are right!
    Flat constant aspect ratio, there is no calcualtions done... So thats why it is not transparent... Just in and out again...

  5. #15
    One more question while I am thinking about it. I used a similar setup that todd had the other day where I had 3 LED walls. I had...
    Mix 3 - across all 3 screens
    Mix 4 - screen 1
    Mix 5 - screen 2
    Mix 6 - screen 3

    Mix 4,5,6 are transparent and flat locked to corners.
    What I had was a situation where I wanted to put IMAG into one screen, say screen 3, (Mix 6), and leave content running in screen 1 and 2. I needed to fade in the IMAG while the content was running in the background.

    The simplest way was to have something running in mix 3 across all 3 screens and then just bring up mix 6 over it.
    The problem though is when I would bring up mix 6 to something less than full intensity I would see a blend between the background Mix 3 and Mix 6.
    To try and fix this I put a layer of black at full in mix 6 "behind" the IMAG and "on top" of Mix 3. I would still see through mix 6 and see a blend of Mix 3 and Mix 6. My IMAG would get slightly "brighter" when this layer of black was added but it would not act as an opaque layer as I hoped. I even tried making it a mask and that didn't seem to work either.
    It would only work if put a scaled layer of black on Mix 3 on top of the video content and "behind" mix 6.
    Is there a better way of doing this or am I setting this up wrong for this situation.
    Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5th Element View Post
    The simplest way was to have something running in mix 3 across all 3 screens and then just bring up mix 6 over it.
    The problem though is when I would bring up mix 6 to something less than full intensity I would see a blend between the background Mix 3 and Mix 6.
    That would be the expected result

    Quote Originally Posted by 5th Element View Post
    To try and fix this I put a layer of black at full in mix 6 "behind" the IMAG and "on top" of Mix 3. I would still see through mix 6 and see a blend of Mix 3 and Mix 6. My IMAG would get slightly "brighter" when this layer of black was added but it would not act as an opaque layer as I hoped. I even tried making it a mask and that didn't seem to work either.
    It would only work if put a scaled layer of black on Mix 3 on top of the video content and "behind" mix 6.
    I thought that Blend Glitch C should fix this - but it doesn't...?
    So using Blend Glitch A (or B)

    Try using custom colour effect: 'HSB Mix' on the IMAG layer in Mix 6 and reduce the brightness controller as necessary - it seems to work without making the image transparent...

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    Last edited by Mr_P; 08-04-2013 at 09:27 PM.
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  7. #17
    I will try it,
    thanks

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