Hi everyone Nathan Miller here.
And in this video we're going to go over the advanced color settings in Pangolin BEYOND.
These settings are used to correct the color mixing of your laser projectors so they match
what you see on your computer screen along with smoother color mixing.
Common problems with color mixing on projectors will be, white on a projector appearing blue
or purple.
Or orange will look yellow or skintone will be bright white and so on.
To fix these problems the amazing software designers of pangolin have included tools
for each FB3 or FB4 connected to BEYOND, to color correct your projectors.
To access these settings, first we need to go to Settings > Projector Settings and Color
Settings.
In this tab you'll find five different color setting options for you to choose, based on
your projector.
Probably the most common way, not the best way, users are correct their colors by using
the voltage sliders at the bottom of each color.
These are handy but far from perfect.
Next we'll choose the advanced option and click edit.
A new window will pop up.
This one has five tabs that can configure it any way you like and each configuration
can be called upon later.
You'd want to use a fully balanced setting, when displaying graphic shows.
You want to use a high saturation or high power setting when displaying beam shows.
It's up to you.
Inside each tab we have a section for training colors to use to get a more accurate result
with a particular cue.
Color channels used to adjust the output voltage of a particular color channel associated with
a training color.
A nonlinear correction graph used to tune the laser of a particular color channel.
And an output voltage range.
Internally BEYOND operates using 24-Bit RGB color.
Some laser projector may have a different number of lasers.
Each laser has one color, such as red, yellow, green or blue.
Professional projectors can use up to six color channels.
A word of caution when using these settings- if using the same FB3 or FB4 with multiple
laser projectors at different build and specifications, these settings can cause a mixed colors on
those projectors so now look correct.
To correct this issue, it is recommended the save a projector setting file for each projector
you use.
The projector we are using for this demonstration has three lasers in it.
Red, green and blue.
Our vision is not linear, just like our hearing.
And some parts of your projector may not be either.
Thankfully BEYOND has the tools of solve those problems in your projector.
To begin our color balance from this window, we need to have our projector play a new color
test pattern.
Click the test pattern button for another window to pop up.
Choose a new color test pattern and click show it now.
Over in the training colors section starting with red, we will put a check in the box to
recall our test framing cues.
With red selected in the channel section, our nonlinear correction graph area is now
set up to balance our red.
In this section we have some preset waves and point settings we can choose for our graph.
Such as square or TTL used for projectors without analog modulation.
Two-point log.
Very handy for quick tune on some lasers.
Five-point freeform curve.
11-point freeform curve.
And reset.
We'll be using the five-point freeform curve for this tutorial.
Think of each point on this graph representing a circle your projector is displaying.
Beginning with the second point, this represents our circle farthest left.
Which is our dimmest value but appears brighter because it is displayed using 17 turns.
And our fifth point, representing our circle furthest right, displayed using one turn.
Our goal with this test pattern is to adjust each of our points, to make each color is
evenly bright as a circle far this right.
You can start anywhere you like.
I like to start by bringing point four all the way to zero.
So all the circles except the farthest right are dimmed.
Then increase intensity on each point, until all four circles are at even brightness.
When finished click the black color button.
And bring the first point up until a dim red X becomes visible.
Then take that point back down, until the x disappears.
Next select green in the training colors section.
And then select green in the color channels section.
And repeat the balance process as we did for red.
After we're finished with green, we will repeat the process for blue.
Now that we have our three diodes balanced, we can check our mixing by selecting white
in the training section.
That looks pretty good.
Should our white have had a different shade to it, you would decrease the color voltage
slider until you have a good white.
Should you have additional laser colors from your projector like yellow, you'll need to
go into each training color and adjust the color voltage sliders, to display each color
correctly.
Additional training color cues can be added by clicking add training hue, and selecting
a hue value.
Before leaving our color settings, let's set up a few more settings.
We will leave high saturation as is, and select key high-power tab.
For each color graph we adjusted, change the color graph to have a square wave.
Next we will choose optional A.
And assign a log setting each color on the graph.
Now click ok.
Then ok.
Now that we have our colors balanced and a few color settings set up, let's go over how
these settings are used and can be called upon later.
By default when we play a cue, they'll play with our fully balanced setting.
As mentioned before, fully balances the ideal setting for all graphic shows and provides
the best color mixing.
To access our other settings we defined, commonly referred to as color palettes amongst laserist,
the FB3 or FB4 must be set to use the advanced color setting.
At the cue level we can assign our color settings by right-clicking the cue, going to cue properties,
and choosing the image tab.
In here we have a drop-down menu that will list each of the 5 tabs we can have configured.
Go ahead and preview each setting with the current cue and notice the differences in
the color mixing.
Alternatively, if the cue is a set of frames you can also assign a color setting to each
frame in the cue.
Choose the setting you wish, to use for the cue and click close.
To call these settings at the fx level, and the fx tab on the cue or a quick effects box,
I'll use a quick effects box to demonstrate.
Click add, then go to more, and then choose output color balance.
Once the effect has been assigned, just choose the balance you wish to use.
That wraps it up on the advanced color settings.
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