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--- beyond:projection_zones-new [2023/05/01 22:06] – [Geometric Correction] Lyra Letournea
+++ beyond:projection_zones-new [2025/12/15 13:52] (current) – [Introduction] Bob Varkevisser
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 ===== Introduction =====
-BEYOND includes Pangolin's exclusive ILDA-Award-winning **Projection Zones** technology, that allows BEYOND (running on a single computer) to access a virtually unlimited number of projection areas (zones), either from a single laser projector, **or from up to 24 laser projectors**.
+BEYOND includes Pangolin's exclusive ILDA-Award-winning **Projection Zones** technology, that allows BEYOND (running on a single computer) to access a virtually unlimited number of projection areas (zones), either from a single laser projector, **or from up to 40 laser projectors**.
-As BEYOND can control a virtually unlimited number of laser projectors, if you need to control more than 24 laser projectors at a single event, you can use multiple computers, and network those together within the BEYOND software.
+As BEYOND can control a virtually unlimited number of laser projectors, if you need to control more than 40 laser projectors at a single event, you can use multiple computers, and network those together within the BEYOND software.
 ===== Projection Zones in BEYOND =====
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 Controllers and Projectors are sort of “low-level layer” that reflect a real hardware setup. Projection Zones use a higher level setup.
+===== Add Projection Zones Window =====
+Introduced for BEYOND 5.5, You can now utilize an updated "Add" window, allowing users to create multiple zones that span many lasers and automatically number them. This should speed up creating your initial zone file significantly.
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+You can create either a single name, and select prefix options from the "Name "Prefix" and BEYOND will automatically number your zones, or you can manually list all zone names you would like in order by just listing the zone names on different lines in the "Name" box. Then you can select multiple projectors and projectors will be assinged to zones in order of name and number.
+You can also have BEYOND automatically assign the visualization fixture ID for these zones and set the first zones index and it will count up from there.
+The final option allows users to delete all zone names that exist when creating, so you dont have to delete all the stock zones first, it can complete that step for you.
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+Just click add to add your zones, if you don't like what was created, or need to fix something, just click delete before closing this window and you can start again.
 ===== Projector Zone Names (Identifiers) =====
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 ===== The Beam Attenuation Map (BAM for short) =====
-The **Beam Attenuation Map** allows you to control the brightness of a laser projector over the entire projection zone that it will correspond to, and it also allows non-uniform brightness maps. You can see a quick tutorial video about the BAM here: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89xLGkicUjI|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89xLGkicUjI]]
+The **Beam Attenuation Map** allows you to control the brightness of a laser projector over the entire projection zone that it will correspond to, and it also allows non-uniform brightness maps. You can see a quick tutorial video about the BAM here: [[https://youtu.be/JQnQYPq5WzU?t=178]]
 The **Beam Attenuation Map** is a 64 by 64 "pixel" brightness control map. Each pixel can be set to any brightness level from 0 to 100%. Rudimentary tools are provided to sample a brightness level in the map, fill the entire map with the selected brightness level, fill a rectangular area with the selected brightness level and freehand-draw brightness levels into the map.  Additional tools allow you to draw a gradient level of attenuation so the brightness of the BAM varies between two different attenuation levels.