Ensemble Designs 7420 User Manual

Avenue Logo HD Application

User Guide

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Avenue Logo HD Application

Contents

Avenue Logo HD Overview 5

Summary of How to Use Avenue Logo HD with the Avenue 7420 HD/SD Logo Inserter 5

Installing Avenue Logo HD Software 6

To Install Avenue Logo HD 6

Getting Started with Avenue Logo HD 7

To Open Avenue Logo HD 7

Main Window Overview 7

Creating a New Project 9

To Create a New Project 9

Loading an Existing Project 10

To Load an Existing Project 10

Working with Assets 10

To Add Assets 11

Animated Looping, Animated Non-Looping 11

Crop Settings and Key Settings 11

Adjusting Crop Settings 11

Adjusting Key Settings 12

Adjusting Image Density and On-Screen Position 13

Editing Audio Settings 13

Creating Sequences 14

To Create a Sequence Item 14

Creating Events 16

To Create Events 16

Previewing a Project 18

Select Images for Keyer 1 and Keyer 2 18

Cut and Mix Controls 18

Adjusting X and Y Positions by Clicking and Dragging 19

Density 19

Default Settings for X, Y and Density 19

Edge Filters 20

Background Controls 20

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Foreground Controls 21

Saving Adjustments to Project Settings 21

Outputting a Project 21

Project Folder Organization 21

Processing 21

To Output Your Project 21

Loading a Project from SD Card to 7420 Module 22

Keying with the 7420 — A Mini Tutorial 22

Warranty 26

Factory Service 26

Glossary 27

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Avenue Logo HD Overview

The Avenue Logo HD application accompanies the Avenue 7420 HD/SD Logo Inserter module. It
allows you to gather and manipulate logos, images, animations and sound clips (called Assets), save
them as a Project, then load them into the 7420 Logo Inserter module. The 7420 Logo Inserter module
allows the insertion or keying of a graphic image or animation sequence over a serial digital program
background. The 7420 Logo Inserter has three operational modes: Program/Preview Mode, Fill/Key
Mode or Dual Channel Mode (where the 7420 Logo Inserter can output 2 independent signals from
the two keyers).

Graphic stills, logos and animation sequences must be in Targa format to be imported into the
Avenue Logo HD application. Audio clips can be associated with images and animations. Assets are
then saved into a group called a Project. The Project is copied onto a Secure Digital (SD) Memory
Card using the Avenue HD Logo application. The Secure Digital Card is then manually inserted into
the 7420 Logo Inserter module. The 7420 Logo Inserter comes with 512 MB of DDR volatile memory
installed in each of the two keyers. You can upgrade the 7420 Logo Inserter to 2 GB of DDR in each
keyer.

You can create Events for Assets with Avenue Logo HD so they can be cut or mixed manually,
triggered by GPI control, or triggered via serial interface. An external control device such as the
Avenue 5815 GPI Control Panel or a third-party automation system can be used with the 7420 Logo
Inserter module. With Avenue Logo HD, you can define up to eight events to correspond to the eight
GPI inputs available on the Control connector on the rear of the 7420 Logo Inserter module.

Each image can be positioned horizontally and vertically in Avenue Logo HD’s Preview. Key
transparency is adjusted through the density control in Preview. You can also program in and out
transition times for each media file.

Summary of How to Use Avenue Logo HD with the Avenue 7420 HD/SD Logo Inserter

• Create logos or animations in a graphics application and save as .tga files. Save audio files as
.wav, .mp3, or .wma.

• Open Avenue Logo HD and create a new Project or load an existing Project. Import Assets
(logos, images, animations and sound clips) into the Project. Create Sequences of associated
images and audio files. Adjust media files and create Events as desired, and preview your
Project’s cuts and mixes.

• Use Avenue Logo HD to process and Output the project files to a Secure Digital Memory Card
inserted into your PC (or use an external SD card reader connected to your PC).

• Remove the Secure Digital Memory Card from your PC and insert it into the 7420 Logo Inserter
module.

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Installing Avenue Logo HD Software

To Install Avenue Logo HD

1. Insert the Avenue Logo HD CD into the CD-ROM drive of a PC connected to the Avenue network.

2. Double-click the Avenue Logo HD setup icon (setup.exe) to run the installer. The Avenue Logo
HD Install Shield Wizard launches.

3. Click Next. The current settings for the installation display, showing the setup type, the destination
folder and user information.

4. Click Install. The Avenue Logo HD installer begins the installation process.

5. After the Install Shield Wizard Completed window displays, click Finish to exit the Install Shield
Wizard.

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Getting Started with Avenue Logo HD

Avenue Logo HD provides an intuitive and easy-to-navigate interface. After launching the application,
you can access all the primary functional areas through the Main Window shown below.

To Open Avenue Logo HD

Double-click the Avenue Logo HD icon to open the application. The Main Window displays.

Main Window Overview

The Main Window provides you with a project-view approach to working with media files. The project
flow is illustrated by the dotted line arrows flowing through each functional area of Avenue Logo HD.
Start by creating a new Project or loading an existing Project. Next, work with Assets, Sequences
and Events. Preview your Project’s cuts and mixes and make any final adjustments, then Output the
Project.

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The following are brief definitions of what each of the buttons of the Main Window are used for:

• New - Starts a new Project.

• Load - Loads an existing Project.

• Assets - Adds logos, images, animations and sound clips to your Project.

• Seq - Associates images with audio clips in specified sequences.

• Events - Sets up transitions for Assets and assigns Keyer 1 or 2. Selects serial protocols or GPIs

for each Event.

• Preview - Previews the final Project within the Avenue Logo HD application. You can preview

the cut and mix behavior for Keyer 1 and Keyer 2 and adjust the transition rate. You can also
click and drag Assets to change their X and Y position and adjust their density.

• Output - Processes and copies the final Project to the SD Card connected to your PC.

In addition, there are several controls at the bottom of this window that display memory management
for the current Project in a “gas gauge”-style format. As you work on your Project, the bar indicators
will show the percentage of memory space available in the Secure Digital Card memory where the
logos are stored.

Note: Secure digital memory cards must be formatted for FAT32 file structure.

SD/Memory Size - Use this to select the size in megabytes of the Secure Digital (SD) card that you are

using with your system. The 7420 module includes one 512 MB Secure Digital Memory Card. SD cards
of up to 2 GB are supported.

Lower Portion of the Avenue Logo HD Main Window

Before Compression - Indicates the total size in megabytes of all Assets in the current Project.

After Compression - Indicates the total size in megabytes of all Assets in the current Project after

they are compressed by clicking the Process Images button. The amount of memory used after
compression must be less than or equal to the size of the secure digital card you are using with your
system. Memory cards of up to 2 GB are supported. Lossless compression is used and no data is lost in
this process.

Process - Processes the Assets in the current Project in three ways:

1. Compression - Compresses images using run-length encoding, a lossless type of image
compression. No data is lost from this process.

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2. Pixel Geometry - Adjusts pixel geometry from square to rectangular pixels (used on a PC) to fit the
user-selected output format (SD or HD).

3. Color Space - Remaps image color space from RGB to the color difference color space appropriate
for the user-selected output format (SD or HD).

You can use the Process button to process images “offline” and later load the Assets onto the SD card
using the Output button. You can also manually copy the Assets from the output directory to the SD
card.

Stop Process - Stops image processing if it hasn’t already been completed.

Creating a New Project

The first step in starting an Avenue Logo HD Project is creating a new Project file.

To Create a New Project

1. In the Main Window, click the New button. The New Project window displays.

2. In the Project Name field, enter the name of your new Project.

3. The Project Path field shows the computer directory where the Project file will be stored. A sub
directory will be created where a copy of each Asset is stored. If you want to change paths, click
the “...” button on the right of the Project Path field.

4. In the Format field, choose the format that you want. Choices are HD, SD, or HD/SD. Choosing
HD lets you select either 1080i or 720p format. Choosing SD lets you select either 525 or 625.
Choosing HD/SD selects both HD and SD formats for use in a hybrid environment. Click OK after
you have made your format choice.

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Loading an Existing Project

If an Avenue Logo HD Project has been created previously and you want to work with it, you can load
it from the Main Window.

To Load an Existing Project

1. In the Main Window, click the Load button. The Open window displays.

2. Navigate to and select a Project file (*.LCF), then click Open. The Project opens in the Main
Window. Notice the Project information that displays in the Project Name, Path and Format
fields.

Working with Assets

After creating or loading a Project, the next step is to add Assets. These can take the form of logos,
images, animations and sound clips. Graphics must be 24-bit or 32-bit Targa (.tga) files. Animations
must be a series of Targa (.tga) files. Sound clips must be in .wav format.

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To Add Assets

1. In the Main Window, click the Assets button. The Assets window displays.

2. At the top left of the Assets window, select a directory to display the Assets stored in that
directory.

3. To add an Asset to the current Project, select its file name as it appears in the lower left of the
Assets window.

4. Click Copy files as Images to add a static graphic or logo file.

5. Click Copy files as Animation to add animation files. Animations require multiple files. Use Shift +
Click, Ctrl + Click or Click and Drag to select multiple files. Note that the Copy files as Animation
button will become active only after multiple files are selected. The copied files are shown in the

Images in Project list on the right side of the Assets window.

Note: When copying files as an animation, all the images must be the same size. Otherwise,

an error message will display. In addition, note that the file names determine the
order in which they display in the lower left panel of the Assets window. You must
use a file naming convention that causes the individual files to display in the correct
sequence for the animation.

Animated Looping, Animated Non-Looping

If you want an animation to loop continuously, select its file name from the Images in Project list,
then click the Animation Loop checkbox. If the Animation Loop checkbox is not selected, it will run
its animation sequence once, then stop.

Crop Settings and Key Settings

If a selected graphic is composed of a key and fill, these components will appear in the Video (RGB)
and Key (alpha) fields at the top of the Assets window. Adjust and preview key parameters by clicking
the Adjust Crop Settings or Adjust Key Settings buttons described below.

Adjusting Crop Settings

A logo can be cropped to eliminate an unwanted portion of the graphic.

To Crop an Image

1. In the Assets window, select a graphic that you want to crop from the file names shown in the
Images in Project area.

2. Click the Adjust Crop Settings button. The Crop Settings window displays.

3. Use the cursor to select the portion of the graphic to crop. The cropped portion of the graphic will
be grayed out. The portion of the graphic that will be downloaded appears in the Preview box
along with its size in pixels. Use the Zoom In and Zoom Out controls to change the viewing size of
the graphic.

4. To return to the original graphic, select Reset Crop Settings.

5. Click Accept to save the settings. Note that the original graphic file on disk will not change. Only
the portion you have selected that is displayed in the Preview box will be downloaded for this
logo.

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