So let's get started working on some Media Layers.
The first thing that I want to do is bring up my Server Channel.
I'm going to say [511] [At] [Full]
and keep in mind that if your Server Channel isn't on,
just like a Master Layer in Photoshop, you won't be able to see any output of the channel layers.
So to start working with a Media Layer,
512 is a Media Layer for us so we are going to say [512] [At] [Full] [Enter].
And the first thing that we want to do is get some content playing.
So in my ML Controls, I'm going to scroll over
and you'll notice that one of the parameters that's available are your 'Library' and your 'File'
You have up to 256 libraries, as well as 256 files per library
And ETC uses Library 0 as our base library
and within that we give you about 200 images.
so that's always a good place to start from
it is possible to import your own custom imagery and movies
if you're interested in doing that, please check out the workbook.
So for this example I'm going to scroll down a little bit here,
look at my thumbnails,
and I really like {46}.
So right now it's just displaying the first frame in the center.
So I'm going to come back to a parameter called 'Play Mode'
and I want to {Play loop forward}
And you'll notice that that video is now mapping itself to all the pixels.
Pretty spectacular.
One of the things I can do is speed up my playback
make that video go a little bit faster over those pixels.
Or slow it down.
Make it go a little bit slower over those pixels.
We can look at some of the tinting options that are available as well.
You'll notice that I have 'Red', 'Blue', 'Green' control
and you should think about those as filters
so with all three of those at full my content is going to play back normally.
But, as I pull back Blue, for example,
it's going to filter out the blue pixels in that content.
So this is the way for you to really quickly adjust existing content,
and make it look slightly different.
The other color control tools you have are Negative,
which you can simply click on and off.
and you can use your Image Brightness.
So next, let's look at adjusting its contents, shape, and its location.
one of the more useful options, which is almost to the end of the ML Controls,
is your parameter of 'Scale'
and scale allows you to adjust how big that content is
so you can shrink it down to fit inside the frame,
or, zoom in on the content and make it fill the frame more
The other thing, using your pan and tilt encoders
or in your ML Control, your Pan/Tilt XY graph
you can move the content within the frame
Pan and Tilt are a great way to record into Cues if you want content to slide-in from one of the sides.
and Scale is a great way to make content disappear into the center
as if it's fading into the background.
In addition to those options the console will also give you some 3D rotation options
for X Y and Z rotation of the content
For more information on this check out the workbook.
There are lots of other parameters available when you're dealing with Media Server control
So feel free to pop in and check out what all the different parameters can do
What's great about this is you don't have to be in the space.
Having a Pixel Map Preview will allow you to see what the content is going to do
before you hook into an actual rig.