User manual MA LIGHTING VIDEO PROCESSING UNIT BROCHURE

[. . . ] Thanks to the power of the MA VPU you can display all your videos also in Full-HD (1, 080p) or HD (720p in case of the MA VPU basic). Furthermore the internal output synchronisation of the MA-Net ensures the highest frame and DMX synchronicity. To scale your video to any size desired by your own imagination just use the valuable horizontal and vertical softedge blending, the keystone correction and enjoy expressive show designs you have never seen before. More than that the MA VPU offers a convenient 3D Keystoning functionality and enables you to fit your content to any 3D objects irrespective of size and shape. [. . . ] If a MA VPU fails it is possible to easily select your backup MA VPU via the MA VPU touchscreen and use it instead. If you have no backup MA VPU you can select another MA VPU of your system which you think is not that important and assign it to a more relevant screen. Please also switch video output via a crossbar. From the beginning designed as not only stand alone tools but high-capacity networking products, all components of the MA System ­ like the grandMA/grandMA2 consoles, MA NSP (Networking Signal Processor), MA NPU (Network Processing Unit), MA VPU (Video Processing Unit) and the whole dimMA range ­ are more than just the sum of its parts. As a complete MA System the MA components build a synergy that is absolutely unequalled on the market. Thanks to the MA-Net's enormous speed and capacity, time synchronous and steady output of the widest data flow is possible. Moreover the MA-Net enables complete integration of the software tools, grandMA 3D and grandMA onPC, and can be used for bi-directional communication with the dimMA range. 6 7 Shape your content Valuable features for your show 3D Keystone Correction Your content is ready, your MA VPU running ­ but what about your screen?The MA VPU offers a professional solution to adjust projected images and videos to any 3D surface comfortably from the grandMA console. Our 3D Keystone Correction function recalculates the image and shows it correctly aligned to the projection surface, whatever the projector´s position. Additionally, the projection can be scaled across both X- and Y-directions to distribute the content precisely onto the canvas. This offers infinite creative possibilities: e. g. projecting the animated surface of your choice onto a ball is no problem with 3D Keystone Correction, and neither is displaying a video on a heavily bending or distorted canvas. Whatever the shape or size of the screen ­ with 3D Keystone Correction you'll always be on the safe side. Pixel Mapper Because of the Pixel Mapper there are no limits to using LEDs in your design in every creative way imaginable. With the Pixel Mapper it is possible to display video content on any DMX-Matrix ­ so you can put your LED-screens, LED-panels, LED-strips etc. everywhere on stage and can control them easily. While video on plasma screens or video walls is caught in a defined ratio, LED fixtures can use all kinds of measurements. The picture can also be aligned on pixels which don't have fixed aspect ratios. LED Video Projection LED Example of output Similar to the desk fixture types the attributes of the LED panels are defined in text files located in a folder of the MA VPU. The intensity and colour information of each video pixel is translated into DMX values and directly sent from the MA VPU to the LED fixture via Ethernet using Art-Net. Functions and effects Choose from myriads of options to alter your images and videos ­ here is a small extract: Brightness Saturation Colour key Blur Black/White; Sepia Screenshot of Pixel Mapper Outlines Colour boost Iris image Transparent Invert; Shapens Ambos Ocean 8 9 1 Art in Motion All video effects on the TV show "German Pop Idol 2009" were controlled by the MA VPU software. For more information on our international projects, please see our case studies. These provide you with in-depth knowledge and offer you a detailed look into the system setups. To download our case studies please visit our website: www. malighting. com 10 11 Enjoy scores of videos Comprehensive content library pre-installed and much more. . . More than 17GB of pre-installed content comes with the MA VPU, offering a wide variety of different HD and SD video clips, all optimised for use with the MA VPU. MA-Content-Package MA also offers an exclusive MA-ContentPackage from showfootage. com which offers over 500 selectable clips. [. . . ] We do not assume liability for any incorrect information in this catalogue. MA Lighting and grandMA are registered trademarks or trademarks of MA Lighting. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. iPod and iPhone are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple Inc. [. . . ]