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General

  • Index
  • What's New
  • Ventuz System Requirements
  • Configuration Editor
  • Device Configuration
  • Machine Configuration
  • Render Setup Editor
  • Introduction to Compositions, Screens and Outputs
  • Explanation of Compositions, Screens and Outputs
  • Live Runtime Control
  • Project and Show Management
  • Web Configuration Editor
  • Communication Protocol Overview
  • GPI Configuration for Runtime or Director
  • Introduction to the Ventuz Video Engine
  • Supported Formats
  • Supported Hardware
  • Color Management and HDR Workflow
  • Multisampling / Anti-Aliasing
  • Input Subsystem
  • Ventuz Proprietary Files
  • Migrating Configs & Content to Ventuz 8
  • Migrating Content to Ventuz 7
  • Migrating Content to Ventuz 6
  • Migrating Content to Ventuz 5
  • Summary Shortcuts
  • Terminology
  • Manual Index

Ventuz Designer

  • Designer Indices
Introduction
  • Designer Introduction Index
  • Designer Overview
  • Realtime Rendering
  • Project Browser
  • Designer Interface
  • Designer Options
  • Working with Nodes
  • Hierarchy and Content Editors
  • 2D Workflow
  • 3D Workflow
  • PBR Workflow
  • Animation Workflow
  • Best Practices
  • Reading Data in Ventuz
  • Display Images and Movies
  • Scene Performance and Tweaks
  • Deploying a Ventuz Presentation
  • Render to Disk
  • Multi Screen and Output Setup
  • Explanation of Compositions, Screens and Outputs
  • Workflow of using Multi Screens
  • Multi GPU
  • Previs
User Interface
  • Designer User Interface Index
  • Designer Interface
  • Renderer Window
  • Layer Editor
  • Property Editor
  • Property Groups
  • Hierarchy Editor
  • Content Editor
  • Find and Replace
  • Toolbox
  • Animation Editor
  • Shader Editor
  • Text Editor
  • Message View
  • Scene Tree
  • Stage Editor
  • Container Outline
  • Watches Editor
  • Scene Control Window
  • Performance Statistics
2D Workflow
  • 2D Workflow Index
  • 2D Workflow
  • Layer Editor
  • Common Layer Properties
  • IPP Effects
  • Color Correction FX
  • Distortion FX
  • Filter FX
  • Hierarchy and Content Editors
  • Display Images and Movies
3D Workflow
  • 3D Workflow Index
  • 3D Workflow
  • Hierarchy and Content Editors
  • Renderer Window
  • Camera Navigation
  • Manipulate Objects with Gizmos
  • In-Scene Editing
  • Layer Editor
  • Property Editor
  • Hierarchy Editor
  • Working with Nodes
  • Isolated Objects
  • Containers
  • Text Rendering
  • Character Sets
  • Geometry Import
  • Color Management and HDR Workflow
  • Display Images and Movies
  • Particle System
  • Creating Realistic Reflections
  • Unreal Integration
  • Notch Integration
  • E2E Node Overview
Logic Workflow
  • Logic Workflow Index
  • Hierarchy and Content Editors
  • Content Editor
  • Hierarchy Editor
  • Working with Nodes
  • Property Editor
  • Containers
  • Project and Scene Data
  • Reading Data in Ventuz
  • Display Images and Movies
  • Input Subsystem
  • Multitouch
  • TUIO Protocol
  • Open Sound Control
  • Unreal Integration
  • Notch Integration
  • E2E Node Overview
Animation Workflow
  • Animation Workflow Index
  • Animation Workflow
  • Animation Editor
  • Content Editor
  • Hierarchy Editor
  • Property Editor
  • Animation and State Engine
  • Templates
  • Template Engine
  • Scene Transitions
  • Unreal Integration
  • Notch Integration
Project Structure
  • Project Structure Index
  • Annotations
  • Project Documentation
  • Projects and Scenes
  • Project Properties
  • Project Maintenance
  • Project and Scene Data
  • Scene Management
  • Scene Statistics
  • Scene Tree
  • Performance Statistics
How Tos
  • Designer How to Index
  • How to Run Ventuz
  • How to Work with Designer
  • Ventuz Designer Drag&Drop Workflow
  • How to work with Shadows
  • How to Build Content for Multiple Screens
  • How to Use Emoijs
  • How to Build a Template
  • How To Build a Custom Scene Transition
  • How to Use the Color Difference Keyer
  • How To Enable HDR Video Output
  • How To Work with the HDR Layer
  • How Create Lens Flares and Bloom
  • How to Create Visuals Loader Node
  • How to Remote Control with a Phone
  • How to use Head Mounted Displays
  • How to work with 3D Reference Layers
  • How to create a Firework Particle System
  • How to use DDS with new Block Compression modes
  • How To use Stream Out
  • How to use the Substance Integration
  • How To Integrate Unreal
  • How To Integrate Notch
  • How To use the Vertex Integration
  • How To Control and Customize Ventuz
  • How to use the Companion with Director
  • How to build Previs scenes with Designer
  • How to migrate from Ventuz 6 to Ventuz 7
Reference
  • Available Nodes
  • Animation Nodes
  • Material&Color Nodes
  • Data Nodes
  • E2E Nodes
  • Geometry Nodes
  • Interaction Nodes
  • IO Nodes
  • Layers
  • Light Nodes
  • Logic Nodes
  • Previs Nodes
  • Render Option Nodes
  • Slides Nodes
  • Sound Nodes
  • Text Nodes
  • Texture Nodes
  • VR Nodes
  • World Nodes
  • Summary Shortcuts
  • Layer Editor Shortcuts
  • Hierarchy Editor Shortcuts
  • Content Editor Shortcuts
  • Animation Editor Shortcuts
  • Director Shortcuts

Ventuz Director

  • Index
  • What's New in Director
  • Introduction
  • Environment
  • Show
  • User Interface
  • Assets
  • Taking Action
  • Property Editor
  • Shot Box
  • Project Data
  • Pages
  • Playlist
  • Transitions
  • Timeline
  • Content References
  • Topology
  • Channels
  • Macros
  • Designing Templates
  • Scene Transitions
  • Plug-Ins
  • Shortcuts
  • Command Line Options
  • Application Settings
  • Glossary
  • GPI Configuration

Ventuz Runtime & Configuration

  • Runtime Index
  • Configuration Editor
  • Machine Configuration
  • Device Configuration
  • Project and Show Management
  • Live Runtime Control
  • Web Configuration Editor
  • Render Setup Editor
  • Warping and Soft-Edging Editor
  • Multi Screen and Output Setup
  • How to migrate from Ventuz 6 to Ventuz 7
  • Machine Clustering
  • Supported Hardware
  • Director Mode
  • How to Configure Audio
  • How to Use Live Options
  • How To Play Out On Multiple Screens
  • How To Render on a Machine Cluster
  • How to Use Head Mounted Displays
  • How to Setup Spout with Ventuz
  • How to Use Newtek NDI
  • How to Use a Mixed Frame Rate Cluster
  • How to Use Tracking

Multi Output & Display Setups

Introduction
  • Introduction to Compositions, Screens and Outputs
  • Explanation of Compositions, Screens and Outputs
  • Machine Clustering
  • Support for multiple GPU's
Editors
  • Configuration Editor
  • Device Configuration
  • Render Setup Editor
  • Warping and Soft-Edging Editor
  • Designer Stage Editor
Workflows
  • How to Build Content for Multiple Screens
  • How To Play Out On Multiple Outputs
  • How To Render on a Machine Cluster
  • How to build Previs scenes with Designer

How To

Designer
  • Designer How to Index
  • How to Run Ventuz
  • How to Work with Designer
  • Ventuz Designer Drag&Drop Workflow
  • How to work with Shadows
  • How to Build Content for Multiple Screens
  • How to Use Emoijs
  • How to Build a Template
  • How To Build a Custom Scene Transition
  • How to Use the Color Difference Keyer
  • How To Work with the HDR Layer
  • How To Enable HDR video output
  • How Create Lens Flares and Bloom
  • How to Create Visuals Loader Node
  • How to Remote Control with a Phone
  • How to use Head Mounted Displays
  • How to work with 3D Reference Layers
  • How to create a Firework Particle System
  • How to use DDS with new Block Compression modes
  • How to use the Substance Integration
  • How To Integrate Unreal
  • How To Integrate Notch
  • How To build and playback Ventuz Content in Vertex
Runtime & Configuration
  • Runtime How Tos Index
  • How to Configure Audio
  • How to Use Live Options
  • How To Play Out On Multiple Screens
  • How To Render on a Machine Cluster
  • How to use Head Mounted Displays
  • How to setup Spout with Ventuz
  • How to use Newtek NDI
  • How to use a Mixed Frame Rate Cluster
  • How to use Tracking
  • How To Integrate Unreal
  • How To Integrate Notch
  • How To build and playback Ventuz Content in Vertex
  • Multi Screen and Output Setup
  • How To Enable HDR video output
Director
  • How To Control Multiple Graphics Independently From Each Other
  • How to use the Companion with Director

Ventuz Node Reference

Available Nodes Overview
  • All Designer Nodes
ANIMATION
  • Mover
  • Alternator
  • Simple Control
  • Timeline Control
  • Anmation Rig
  • Keyframe Animation
  • Animation Group
COLOR/MATERIAL
  • Alpha
  • Fog
  • Ground Fog
  • Sky Box
  • Color to RGBA
  • HSLA to Color
  • RGBA to Color
  • Color Transformer
  • HLSL Shader
  • Color
  • Material
  • Color Picker
  • Substance Material
DATA
  • Database
  • Excel
  • JSON
  • RSS Feed
  • Resource Linker
  • Text File
  • XML
E2E
  • E2E Axis
  • E2E Data
  • E2E Control
  • E2E Layer
  • E2E Provider
  • E2E Node Overview
GEOMETRY
  • Rectangle
  • Rounded Rectangle
  • Gradient Rectangle
  • Overlay Rectangle
  • Cube
  • Circle
  • Sphere
  • Cylinder
  • Cone
  • Torus
  • Chart
  • Random Points
  • Mesh Loader
  • Geometry Import (Live)
  • Volume
  • Get Bounding Box
  • Arrow
  • Particle System
  • Path Renderer
  • Geometry Renderer
INTERACTION
  • Interaction Rect
  • Touch Button
  • Touch Excluder
  • Touch Marker
  • Touch Paint
  • Touch Pattern
  • Touch Proxy
  • Touch Ripples
  • Touch Transformations
  • Web Browser
  • Touch Teleport
  • Touch Simulator
INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O)
  • GPI
  • Joystick
  • Keyboard
  • MIDI
  • Mouse
  • Network
  • Open Sound Control
  • Serial
  • Timecode
  • DMX
  • HTTP
  • RamDiskWriter
LAYER
  • 3D Layers
  • 3D Layer Reference
  • Composition Layer
  • 2D Layers
  • PSD Import Layer
  • E2E Layer
  • Mixer Layer
  • Others
LIGHT
  • Light Sources
LOGIC
  • Array Processing
  • Convert To Text
  • Cluster Synchronization
  • Counter
  • Data Portals
  • Date Time
  • Directory
  • Dispatcher
  • Enumeration
  • Expressions
  • Invert
  • Log
  • Loop Breaker
  • Math Effects
  • Matrix Operations
  • Scene Event
  • Script
  • String Operations
  • System ID
  • Render Setup Relation
  • Text Splitter
  • Timer
  • Toggle
  • Transition Info
  • URL
  • Value Switch
  • Value Buffer
  • Variables
  • Visual Indexer
PREVISUALIZATION
  • Introduction to Previs
  • Previs Screen
  • Previs Canvas
  • Compositon List
  • Rendersetup Objects
  • Composition Projector
  • Previs Screen Render Options
RENDER OPTIONS
  • Alpha Blending
  • Color Write
  • Alpha Testing
  • Clip Plane
  • Filter
  • Mask
  • Mirror
  • Effect
  • Render Cube Map
  • Draw Modes
  • Stencil
  • ZTesting
SOUND
  • Audio Clip
  • Sound
  • Volume Control
  • Audio Analysis
SLIDES
  • Slide Manager
  • Slide
  • Slide Port
  • Pivot
TEXT
  • Text Effects
  • Text Layouts
  • Text Rendering
TEXTURE
  • Background
  • Hatch
  • Image
  • Texture
  • SVG Loader
  • Gradient Texture
  • Live Video
  • Movie Stream
  • Movie Frame
  • Movie Clip
  • Texture Loader
  • Snapshot
  • Snapshot Framebuffer
  • Texture Saver
  • Video Source Selector
  • VIO Input
  • Spout Receiver
  • NDI Receiver
  • Substance Loader
  • QR Code
VR/AR
  • Tracked Devices
  • Draw Tracked Devices
WORLD
  • Axis
  • Billboard
  • GetWorld
  • SetWorld
  • Arrange
  • Ticker
  • Layout
  • Group
  • World Z Sort
  • YesNo
  • Switch
  • Spread
  • Filter Pass
  • Set Pass
  • Hierarchy Container
  • Scene Port
  • Content Container
  • Template Port
  • Container Info
  • Camera
  • Paths
  • Cloner

Advanced and Development

  • Advanced and Development Index
  • Command Line Options
  • Ventuz IP Ports
  • Ventuz Machine Service
  • TUIO
  • .NET Scripting
  • HLSL Shader Programming
  • Ventuz API and SDK
  • Ventuz Extension API
  • Ventuz VIO API
  • Ventuz File Format (VFF)
  • Ventuz Stream Out API
  • Lens Calibration File for FreeD
  • E2E Node Overview
  • Unreal Integration
  • Notch Integration
Remoting
  • Remoting Index
  • Remoting Overview
  • How To Control and Customize Ventuz
  • Remoting 4
  • Remoting 4 via Websockets
  • Remoting 4 via HTTP
  • Director Remoting
  • Deprecated Remoting

Misc

  • Presets
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Logic Nodes

String This node provides a constant string value.
Boolean This node provides a constant boolean value.
Int This node provides a constant integer value.
Float This node provides a constant 32 bit floating point value.
Double This node provides a constant 64 bit floating point value.
Array This node provides a constant array of a range of types.
Color Value This node provides a constant color value.
Event This node triggers events.
Event Filter This node filters incoming events by their arguments.
Event Dispatcher Assign an incoming value to an output specified by the index of that output.
Value Switch Dispatch an incoming event to an output specified by output-index. The index can optionally be carried by the incoming event.
Multi Switch This node passes one of a number of input values to the output. All input values have to be of same type.
Value Dispatcher This node processes multiple inputs and passes the result to the output. One can handle multiple input groups with a single index.
URL This node creates a Ventuz or File URI which is needed to specify the location of resources.
Toggle This node toggles between the two output states True and False.
Timer This node provides a stopwatch functionality.
DateTime Provides the local Date and Time split into its components.
Value Buffer This node buffers values until they are needed for further processing.
SystemID This node provides different information about the Ventuz Scene, Project, Configuration and helps to identify machines in a Ventuz Cluster.
Render Setup Relation This Node provides information about the relation between a screen, composition, canvas, output or machine inside a Render Setup.
Log Prints user generated messages to the Performance Statistics.
String Splitter This node splits a text string into text fragments which can be accessed by their inde
String Casing This node sets all input text characters to either upper or lower case letters.
String Replace This node searches and replaces a substring within a text string.
String Search This node searches a substring within a text string.
String Trim This node removes characters from the start and/or end of a text string.
String Length This node provides the number of characters in a text string.
C# Script A content node that can host a piece of C# source code in order to extend Ventuz with custom functionality.
VB.net Script A content node that can host a piece of Visual Basic source code in order to extend Ventuz with custom functionality.
SceneEvent This node triggers an event on scene activation.
Identity Matrix This node creates an identity matrix.
Zero Matrix This node creates a matrix containing only zeros.
Matrix View This node creates a View Matrix from user friendly inputs. Best used with the Camera Node.
Matrix Projection This node creates a Projection Matrix from user friendly inputs. Best used with the Camera Node.
Manual Matrix This node provides a matrix where every element can be set manually.
Transformation Matrix This node provides a matrix to transform along the X, Y and Z axis, combining the Rotation, Scaling and Translation in a single Node.
Matrix Switch This node switches between one of eight input matrices and passes it to the output.
Matrix Morph This node interpolates linearly between two input matrices.
Matrix Operation This node multiplies, divides, add or subtracts two or more 4x4 matrices.
Vector Transform This node transforms a vector (X,Y,Z,W) by a 4x4 matrix and optionally de-homogenizes the result.
Linear This node interpolates linearly between a start and target value.
Decay This node interpolates linearly between a start and target value. In contrast to Linear the gradients for increase and decrease can be set individually.
Damper This node interpolates between a start and target value with ease-in and ease-out.
Oscillator This node oscillates around a target value, beginning at a start value.
Ease This node interpolates between a start and target by using common easing functions.
Ease Morph This node blends a Begin and Target value according to a specified easing function based on the Morph value.
Clipping This node clips and maps a range of values to another value range.
Delay This node transfers values from input to output with a customizable delay.
Array Ease This node interpolates each index of an array between a start and target by using common easing functions.
Array Ease Morph This node blends each index of an array between a Begin and Target value according to a specified easing function based on the Morph value.
Loop Breaker Breaks circular binding dependencies for the cost of one frame delay.
Invert Inverts a value arithmetically or logically.
Float Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with a Float as resulting output value.
Double Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with a Double as resulting output value.
Int Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with an Int as resulting output value.
String Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with a String as resulting output value.
Boolean Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with a Boolean as resulting output value. Additional it provides True and False Event outputs.
Date Time Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with Date Time as resulting output value.
Float Array Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with a Float array as resulting output value.
Double Array Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with a Double array as resulting output value.
Int Array Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with an Int array as resulting output value.
String Array Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with a String array as resulting output value.
Boolean Array Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with a Boolean array as resulting output value. Additional it provides True and False Event outputs.
Byte Array Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with a Byte array as resulting output value.
Dynamic Expression Provides the possibility to write logical C# expressions with the ability to manual define in and output values.
Enumeration Enumerates words from a custom list and provides their indices.
Directory Searches a specified directory and provides files, matching a specific search-pattern.
Counter Provides integer values on demand or automatically in a customizable range.
Convert to Text Converts and formats input values of different types to a text string.
Float Array Fill Fills a float array with a specific numeric value.
Float Array Offset Adds a specific value to every float array entry.
Float Array Analysis Analyses a float array and provides some characteristic values.
Double Array Analysis Analyses a double array and provides some characteristic values.
Int Array Analysis Analyses a integer array and provides some characteristic values.
String Array Analysis Analyses a string array and provides some characteristic values.
Array Indexer Provides access to individual array elements.
Array Mixer Mixes up individual arrays.
Visual Indexer The Visuals Indexer determines the Data Pool of a Visuals URI.
Cluster Task Waits for all Cluster Machines to trigger the Input Method and only then fires its Event.
Cluster Data Sends values or events from the Cluster's master machine to all clients. These will be applied/fired in the same frame.
Data Portal Sender Sends data without a direct binding to a Data Portal Receiver node within the Runtime.
Data Portal Receiver Receives data from a Data Portal Sender node.

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