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Future scaling suggestion

May I suggest an option for a future release of Catalyst ?

I, for one, would find it unbelievably handy to be able to specify something like a "global scale" as a user preference. Let me clarify what I mean and why I would need such a feature. When working with content that is, say, 720x576, and is being displayed at, or very near "native resolution" or full screen, I find that the majority of the scaling & translation range (X & Y positioning) is unusable, and often results in having live scaling & translation cues being so steppy as to also be unusable.

For example, if I wanted to scale a piece of content from "0%" (just small enough to not be seen) to full screen, the 16-bit DMX values are 32911 > 36345, which is an incredibly small slice of the DMX spectrum...and if I wanted to perform this scale change over, say, 10 seconds, the transition is incredibly steppy...whereas, if the range was from 0 > 36345, that would be a *much* greater step resolution and, I surmise, would allow for a much smoother transition from imperceptably small to full screen.

Does that make any kind of sense ?

Thanks.
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  • I beleive if you look in the BEAM parameters you will find a MOVEMENT SPEED (channel #22). Like a macro time, you would set it to the time you want the x-fade of the scale, X or Y position to take and have the next cue be where it should end up on a cue with a ZERO count fade (you don't want to cross fade the movement speed channel or you will see a ramp-down in speed of the cross fade).

    If you need an example of a cue sequence using this, feel free to contact me.
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  • I beleive if you look in the BEAM parameters you will find a MOVEMENT SPEED (channel #22). Like a macro time, you would set it to the time you want the x-fade of the scale, X or Y position to take and have the next cue be where it should end up on a cue with a ZERO count fade (you don't want to cross fade the movement speed channel or you will see a ramp-down in speed of the cross fade).

    If you need an example of a cue sequence using this, feel free to contact me.
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