THE LASER DRAW & ANIMATE EFFECTS CREATION
The easy to use powerful auto-animation tools, which enable 3D rotations, translations, zooming and morphing.
The animation menu includes:
- Auto-Animate Selected Frame - enables you to turn a single frame image into a rotating/spinning, moving & size changing effect.
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- Auto Animate whole sequence of frames - enables you to animate and turn a whole show into a rotating/spinning, moving & size changing effect.
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- Merge two shows - this allows you to merge two completely different shows together to create an effect which looks like you have multiple lasers.
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- Morph Tool - bend two completely different images over a defined time period.
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- Animate 3D Object - this function allows you to animate a 3D object / frame that you may have saved as a file.
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Another great feature of the Beam Sculptor 3D is the ability to be able to trace either a Bitmap or Jpeg file.
This is useful for converting scanned artwork such as logos and other graphics. The image you select is placed on the background of the Drawing Area at the position and size you specify. It is then possible to use the Drawing Area like tracing paper to trace over the parts of the image you want to appear as a laser graphic.
Example screen shots follows for the following effect creations:
1. Morphing
2. Auto Animate either a single frame or a whole scene
3. Trace Bitmap or Jpeg
4. Screen Previewer
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MORPHING
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Simply select your Start and End Frame, enter the total amount of frames that you would want the morphing to span over and click generate. Preview the morphing effect on the morph sequence screen, and if your not happy click reset and go again. Once you are satisfied with the result click OK and the morph sequence frames will be added to the current scene that is being worked on. |
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AUTO-ANIMATE EITHER A SINGLE FRAME OR A WHOLE SCENE
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Add X, Y & Z rotational effects to your image or text to create amazing 3D projections, on either a single frame or to a whole scene. Just Set the start position then alter the size, position and rotational dimensions to the frame or scene to Set the end position. The software will auto-animate the number of frames requested to produce an animated effect, preview these effects before entering them into your current scene.
Examples of possible effects include: pulsing tunnels, tumbling text and multi rotating images which give the illusion that you have several projectors within one! |
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| TRACE BITMAP or JPEG OPTION |
1. Selected Jpeg imported
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Trace BMP or JPEG Allows you to import a standard bitmap (*.BMP) or Jpeg (*.JPG) for converting into laser artwork. This is useful for converting scanned artwork such as logos and other graphics. The image you select is placed on the background of the Drawing Area at the position and size you specify. It is then possible to use the Drawing Area like tracing paper to trace over the parts of the image you want to appear as a laser graphic. It is possible turn the visibility of the bitmap or Jpeg image on and off using the option under the View menu list. |
2. Jpeg traced using the freehand drawing tool |
3. Image visibility turned off to show trace results |
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SCREEN PREVIEW
Another feature of the Beam Sculptor 3D is the ability to preview your designed show via a playback preview scene. This is ideal when you are working with no laser connected to the USB interface. The Preview screen has Play and Stop functions, along with a show duration timer.
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There are various mode available for the preview screen. The Standard Mode is using standard Windows drawing routines, to plot the preview images on the screen; whilst the Visualiser Mode uses open GL graphics card acceleration to produce higher quality graphics. If you have a powerful PC that you are using the Beam Sculptor with, you can opt for the High Frame Rate preview, which will update the screen more often and give a smoother preview. The 3D View enables you to see the show with beam lines, replicating a live view ( as seen in the above example ).
Please note : preview settings will not have any effect on the actual playback quality via your laser projector. |
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