Millumin Manual
Millumin Manual
Millumin Manual
User Manual
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Table of Contents
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The Workspace!
The Library!
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1. Drag-and-drop files from Finder to the Dashboard, and click on the cells to play them
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3. Change blend mode, add effects, transitions and more from the Properties Panel
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The Workspace
This is the place where you can render of your Layers (the rectangle in the center).
Above, the workspace features a toolbar that changes the way you can interact the
zone below.
Click on the
icon to have more options.
The Toolbar
Move tool
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Map tool
By default, this tool can correct perspective with the 4 corners of your media,
and do simple videomapping.
If you activate the Warp layer option, you can use a more advanced
perspective correction :
- the Method option will make the warping smooth or not
- the Divisions option will put more points to refine
- the Precision option will change the calculation (usually, do not change it)
- the Sperize option will create a spherical warping
Mask tool
By default, you need to first create 3 points on your layer, so click in the
workspace to place them.
And now, you can move the points of your mask directly in the workspace.
To add more point, simply press the Add Points button again.
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Quartz tool
This is a special tool for Quartz patches that react to mouse position.
First, you need to load a Quartz file, then click in the workspace to interact with
your patch.
icon.
You can even create a Fill layer. This is a special layer that render a solid color or a
gradient.
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icon to
icon.
icon.
anchor.
bar.
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Then click on a cell to drag-and-drop the media and move it to another cell.
Of click on the
icon to delete it.
To add a column, click on the
button.
By default, when you start a column of media, Millumin will stop the previous media is
the current cell is empty.
If you do not want this behavior, add a Continue : just click on the
button.
Then, the cell display the
icon, and it means that the previous media will not be
stopped when starting this column.
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button.
In this place, you can click on the progression bar to go to a specific time in your media.
You can change the time-selection and the duration of your media via the
icons.
There are also two BPM (beat per minutes) controls, that can change the BPM with a
numerical value or by tapping it.
To set up you media in BPM-mode, please read the part The Properties Panel.
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The Library
Here, you can find all your media, Syphon server and Inputs.
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If you want to replace a media, please right-click on it in the library : Millumin will change
this media in your boards and compositions automatically.
Of course you can also remove a media or a composition.
However, you cannot remove an Input or a Syphon server : unless it is disabled.
Click on the
icon to get more option :
- Refresh the Input sources
- Remove the unused sources (if a media is not used in boards and composition,
Millumin will clean it up)
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Basics
You can create as much compositions as you want. To create you first composition,
simply press the
button.
You can also create a composition from a board via the menubar.
Then, drag-and-drop media from Library to your composition : they become Timeline
Items.
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You can freely rearrange these items : click and drag them to change their time, or click
on their edge to resize them and change their duration.
To preview your result in the Workspace, please click in the timescale to move the red
time cursor :
Or you can change the current time directly with the ad hoc control :
To finish, you need to select a working area : the part you want to play.
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Keyframes
Keyframes allows you to change the properties over the time.
Please click on the
To create your first keyframe, simply click on the property you want to set over the time.
Then move the time cursor and change the value of this property : a new keyframe is
automatically created.
To make your animation smoother, change the easing of your keyframe by clicking on it
while the [ALT] key is maintained (or use the Properties Panel : see next part).
You can also select multiple keyframe by maintaining the [SHIFT] key.
Cue points
A cue point is a mark in the time. Then you can use it to better control the timing,
especially when using a composition in a board.
NOTE : A more flexible cue point system will come in the future.
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button.
Then you can click it and drag it to change its time, or double-click on it to rename or
delete it.
More options
The compositions have more options that you can activates via the
button.
In the popup that opens, you can change the duration or the framerate of your
composition.
You can also force to always play from the beginning of your working area (Play from
the beginning), and loop the working area (Repeatedly plays the selection).
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But there is one special option that goes with the cue points : Pause on cue points
As you can see, this option disable the 2 others below : it is because it is another way to
play your composition. In fact, Millumin will pause the playing on every cue point.
After you started to play, the cue point where Millumin will stop is in violet :
Press play again, and Millumin will stop on the next cue point.
When reaching the end of the composition, Millumin stops definitly.
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In this tab, you can change the Blend Mode (similar to the ones from
Photoshop), the Opacity , the Position , the Scale and the Rotation.
Use the Normalize option to make the media fit the screen size.
Effects tab
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Then, you can setup an Automatic Transition to create and automatic fade
when switching the media.
This transition will apply to the selected layer.
Audio tab
Change the volume here. You can also change the device where to send the
sound of this layer.
For more info, please follow this tutorial.
Fill tab
This is a special tab for Fill layer. Here, you can choose to fill this special layer
with a solid color or a gradient.
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You can apply additional effects to a media (they stack to the layers effects).
You can also setup an automatic transition that replaces the one of the layer.
Media / Movie
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You can also prevent the movie from looping, and use an empty frame as the
last frame (only if not looping) :
You can also change the speed and the time-selection of this movie. If you
want, you can set the duration and the time-selection with BPM :
Media / Quartz
This tab allows you to dynamicaly change the size and the parameters of a
Quartz patch.
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Media / Composition
After you created a composition, you can import it in a board, and make it loop
or not.
You can also use the cue points, to set a start and an end cues :
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There is only one tab, that allows you to set the start and end times of this
timeline item.
There is also only one tab, where you can change the easing (normal, ease in,
ease out, ease in and out) and the time of the keyframe.
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button.
button.
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Workspace tab
For the moment, there is only one option, but more will come in the future.
Board tab
This tab allows you to change the size of the cells in the board.
You can also change the animation time for the
control.
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Update tab
This tab features the very simple settings to get notified by new available
updates.
Moreover, you can also choose to subscribe to the beta versions and tests the
new features before the crowd.
Activation tab
Here you can activate of deactivate your computer. It is very easyand you just
have to follow the few steps.
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button.
To control the output properties, please open the ad hoc window via the
or use the menubar.
button,
This first tab allows you to setup your global resolution. There is some preset
resolution, but you can use your own resolution with the Custom option :
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Multi-screen tab
If you have 2 or more videoprojectors, and you want to create a seamless image,
this tab is for you.
Here, you can create an overlap zone between 2 screens, and start to soft their
edge and blend them.
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Corrections tab
Additional options
From the menubar, you can activate the Syphon Out option to create a Syphon Server
with the output of Millumin.
To finish, you can display in the output the same controls points you have in the
Workspace : for this, please select Display Controls in Output option from the
menubar.
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Midi Mapping
To assign a MIDI signal to a Millumin control, it is very simple.
First be sure to be in have selected the MIDI tab in the device window.
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Then send a MIDI signal with your controller (move a fader, press a button, ...). Millumin
assigns automatically this signal to the control.
The device window lists the MIDI signals you assigned, and you can remove one with
the
button.
Depending on the control you map, you can also change the min and max values.
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If you want to MIDI map only the selected layer (so when you change the layer, the MIDI
assignments stay the same), please use the
toggle.
OSC Setup
Millumin supports natively OSC.
From this tab, you can setup Millumin to send and/or listen OSC messages.
And if you got the TouchOSC app on your mobile device, be sure to download one of
the layout, then follow this tutorial.
To know different OSC signals you can use, please read the OSC documentation.
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Artnet Setup
Millumin supports natively Artnet as well, but for the moment, just to receive orders.
From this tab, you can setup your Machine IP (or leave as blank to use automatic
detection), Node Subnet and the Universe of your Artnet device.
There is a summary of the DMX channel you can use with Millumin, but be sure to read
the Artnet documentation to know the details.
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The last buttons in the OSX Bar allows you to extend futher your Millumin experience :
Ideas button
Millumin is missing something ? Please submit your idea or vote for other ones.
The more an idea is popular, le better chance it has to be fulfilled !
Lab button
Millumin is evolving continuously : some features are tested in the lab, some
others are just there to offer new way to create.
Dont miss the developer-kit and start to create your own application that works
with Millumin : dont worry it is easy.
Support button
You are looking for something else ? Here you can :
- watch tutorials
- see where are the next workshops
- ask a question
And much more ...
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