SubscribeThis version has big performance improvements over version 0.40. Up to twice as fast frame rate in some cases. Hex screen layouts have especially been much improved in rendering speed. Available from the download page now.The target machine for Quartonian is now the lowest end 12″ ibook model with a 32MB Radeon 9550. This is a dirt cheap vj mixing laptop and I’m making sure all the effects and layouts run quickly on this machine. Even 640×480 mixing is possible with this laptop using an external hard disk. With a iMac G5 and external hard disk mixing full DV res clips is very smooth.
Precise control over resizing options. See description of command t preferences below…
Both normal and hex screen modes now have eight layouts each so f1-f8 now all have active layouts assigned.
Zoom screen mode, for cropping the output with a scan converter.
Exclusive layouts toggle….
Description of “command-t” preference options.
hit command t while quartonian is running to bring up the list of “preference” options.
Screens Zoom, Pixel Ratio, Seperation Y, Seperation, Center Mask and Outside Mask: These options control the layout of the screens in hex screen mode. By adjusting them you should be able to line up the hexagons or circles to any physical screen you build.
Image scaling and processing options…..
resize clips if diff?: if this option is enabled then when your media is of different resolution it will get resize to match the A bus clip. This causes a slowdown, but some effects do not work correctly if this is switched off.
render mix: lo or hi?: when off core image effects are processed at 320×240 on each bus. When on core image effects are processed at 640×480.
enable hires mixout: when enabled core image effects are processed at screen resolution. Warning, this can be very slow but is highest quality.
As a summary of the above three options for fastest performance lowest quality turn all three off. For highest quality and if you are mixing resolutions or using compositions or clips at greater than 640×480 resolution turn all three on. This will almost certainly require a G5 and at least a Radeon 9800 Pro.
Show thumbnails: toggle whether thumbnails are shown when interface is toggled using “`” key.
Disable splash: disable the quartonian copyright screen which appears on startup.
Zoom mode: when on, all layouts are zoomed back to fit inside a portion of the screen. Use the next option to display the screen border. You can then use a zooming scan converter to output only the framed section of the screen. At the moment this is the only possibility to have the full interface on screen while mixing and a clean output to the projector.
Outline frame enable: toggle frame border on and off. Use this when adjusting the zoom on your scan converter.
Exclusive layouts: toggle whether turning on one layout turns off all the others. eg pressing f1 disables f2 etc. In hex mode layouts are always exclusive.
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