High End Systems StudioPix, User Manual

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CHAPTER 11
Echo Software
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Creating User Content
Preparing Content for Echo Conversion
Any custom content you create needs to be converted to a format that maps to the SHOWPIX
127-LED or a StudioPix 61-LED pixel array.
Echo will convert up to 256 frames of content and saves a preview displaying all 256 frames.
Although .mov or animated .gif files are the most common formats to use as custom content,
Echo software can accept a wide variety of formats.
For more information on preparing content for Echo conversion and a Flash template for content
creation, go to the SHOWPIX or StudioPix support page at
www.highend.com/support .
Creating a Package and Folder
Every User Content file needs to be contained within a folder that is part of a package. To create
a new package:
1. Right click on User Content in the navigation pane or in the contents pane when User
Content is displayed and selecting New [ SHOWPIX or StudioPix ] Package .
Video file formats:
MPEG-1 (MPG, MPEG)
MPEG-2 (PS, TS, VOB)
Microsoft (ASF, AVI)
Quicktime (MOV)
Flash (FLV)
Digital Video (DV)
Video codecs:
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4 ASP (including DivX,
Xvid)
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Microsoft WMV7
Microsoft WMV8, WMV9
(limited support)
VC-1
MJPEG
H.261
H.263
FLV
DV
Image formats:
Windows Bitmap (BMP)
Graphic Interchange Format
(GIF)
Joint Photographic Experts
Group (JPG, JPEG) Multiple-
image Network Graphics
(MNG) Portable Network
Graphics (PNG) Portable
Bitmap (PBM) Portable
Graymap (PGM) Portable
Pixmap (PPM) Tagged Image
File Format (TIFF)
X11 Bitmap (XBM)
X11 Pixmap (XPM)