Laser Show Technology for Lighting Professionals https://wiki.pangolin.com/ 2026-04-29T06:19:13+00:00 https://wiki.pangolin.com/ https://wiki.pangolin.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2021-04-23T10:35:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:default&rev=1619174103&do=diff About defaults For any number value, you can return to the Lasershow Converter FLASH default value by left-clicking on the label near the text box: For non-numeric values, such as option buttons, check boxes, and drop-down lists, you cannot automatically return to the Lasershow Converter FLASH default values. However, the pictures in this help file usually depict the default values, so you can reference the appropriate picture and manually set the default value. text/html 2021-04-23T11:19:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:editing_controls_overview&rev=1619176773&do=diff Editing controls: Overview Although the default options used by Lasershow Converter FLASH will create good results for most scenes, occasionally you may want greater control over the rendering process. Advanced features are accessed using the Lasershow Converter FLASH Editing controls. The Editing controls are found on the right hand side of the Main Control Window. text/html 2021-04-23T11:11:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:edit_menu&rev=1619176285&do=diff Edit menu The Edit menu allows you to select and deselect objects. Once objects are selected, they can be operated on using the Objects Library, or Object Line type, color, Object filter settings or Object Point spacing. Select all objects This will select all objects in all frames of the scene. Select all objects in current frame text/html 2021-04-23T09:20:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:file_menu&rev=1619169643&do=diff File menu The File menu allows you to load and save FLASH, LCF and Laser files, as well as exit the program. Import Shockwave Flash Movie (SWF) file Displays a standard Windows file selection dialog box, which allows you to select a Shockwave Flash (SWF) file to be converted by Lasershow Converter FLASH. When you open a new file, Lasershow Converter FLASH will load the file, internally render the file, and optionally send the results to the QM2000 board. text/html 2021-04-23T09:34:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:frame_slider&rev=1619170465&do=diff Frame slider The frame slider is found at the bottom of the Main Control Window. As you move the slider, you will be able to see the frames in the FLASH animation. You will also see the output on the laser if the scene has been rendered and the “ text/html 2021-04-23T09:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:help_menu&rev=1619170899&do=diff Help menu The help menu offers information and help. Lasershow Converter FLASH help file Displays the Lasershow Converter FLASH help file. About Lasershow Converter FLASH Displays the Lasershow Converter FLASH About dialog box, including the version number and information about the most recent changes. text/html 2021-04-23T10:42:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:import_artwork&rev=1619174536&do=diff Tips: Importing artwork It is possible to use Lasershow Converter FLASH along with Adobe Flash to perform outline traces of Bitmaps. In this way, you can use the combination of these two programs to form a raster-to-vector converter. Tracing a bitmap with Adobe Flash text/html 2021-04-23T10:47:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:included&rev=1619174863&do=diff Files included with Lasershow Converter FLASH The Lasershow Converter FLASH install program will install the following files: Program and help files * LCFlash.exe - The main Lasershow Converter FLASH program file * LCFlash_Help.chm - The Lasershow Converter FLASH help file text/html 2021-04-23T11:23:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:information_panel&rev=1619176995&do=diff Editing controls: Information panel The Information panel is found at the top of the Editing Controls area. The Information panel gives you some basic information about the file that is loaded including the filename, file size, number of frames and frames per second. text/html 2021-04-23T08:48:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:intro&rev=1619167686&do=diff Introduction Lasershow Converter FLASH (abbreviated as “LCFlash”) is an advanced program that is capable of converting Shockwave Flash (SWF) files into high quality laser animations. The Shockwave Flash files may be created with Adobe Flash, or any other program capable of generating SWF files. text/html 2021-04-23T11:23:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:laser_preview&rev=1619177025&do=diff Editing controls: Laser Preview window The Laser Preview window is found at the top of the Editing Controls area, just below the Information panel. The Laser Preview window allows you to preview the laser frames, and also provides additional information. [IMG] The Laser Preview window allows you to see the current frame (selected by the text/html 2021-04-23T08:58:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:main_control_window&rev=1619168316&do=diff Main control window Below you will see a picture of the Lasershow Converter FLASH main control window. This window is divided into three sections. The largest section contains the Viewport, where you see the main visual representation of the FLASH file. The bottom section contains the Frame Slider. The right section contains the program controls and editing panels. text/html 2021-04-23T11:24:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:objects_library&rev=1619177068&do=diff Editing controls: Objects Library The Objects Library is found on the Editing Controls area, just below the Laser Preview window. [img] The Object Library has two purposes. First, it allows you to select and preview each object in the FLASH file. Second, it allows you to control various aspects of the rendering and laser output. text/html 2021-04-23T11:28:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:object_filter_settings&rev=1619177336&do=diff Editing controls: Object Filter Settings The Object Filter settings panel allows you to control the filter settings used for the selected objects. Filter settings can be used to fine-tune the rendering process in Lasershow Converter FLASH. The picture below shows the text/html 2021-04-23T11:26:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:object_line_type_and_color&rev=1619177207&do=diff Editing controls: Object Line-type and Color The Object line type and color panel allows you to control the main aspects of how FLASH content is interpreted and converted into laser frames. Note that the settings specified in this panel apply to the text/html 2021-04-23T11:31:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:object_point_spacing&rev=1619177488&do=diff Editing controls: Object Point Spacing The Object point spacing panel allows you to control the point placement used for the selected objects. Although the default values (shown in the picture below) provide good results for most scenes, it may still be very useful to adjust these settings based on the actual scene contents. text/html 2021-04-23T10:02:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:playback_controls&rev=1619172128&do=diff Playback controls The Playback controls are found on the lower right of the Main Control Window. Play button If you press the Play button, Lasershow Converter FLASH will play the animation at the frame rate specified in the FPS (frames per second) text box to the right. If you press this button again, the animation will stop playing. text/html 2021-04-23T10:41:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:point_spacing_for_lines&rev=1619174494&do=diff Tips: Point spacing for lines Variable vs. constant point density The default settings for AutoSpace Distance (shown below) place a higher point density in areas of the image that have curved lines, and a lower point density in areas of an image that have straight lines. This provides the best utilization of the scanner’s bandwidth. It also results in laser frames with the least number of points. text/html 2021-04-23T10:46:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:questions_and_answers&rev=1619174796&do=diff Questions and Answers How can I improve the rendering speed? * In the Filter settings panel you will find a check box and spinner called Angle filter. The default value is 4 degrees. If you increase this value, it will decrease the number of points in rounded sections that LCFlash has to deal with when computing the hidden line removal and laser beam path calculations. text/html 2021-04-23T09:44:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:render_controls&rev=1619171041&do=diff Render controls Lasershow Converter FLASH will automatically render the scene when you load an SWF file for the first time. However, it may be necessary to re-render the scene or part of the scene as you make changes to the default render settings or to one of the object settings. text/html 2021-04-23T10:59:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:render_settings_filter_settings&rev=1619175573&do=diff Render Settings: Filter Settings This section allows you to control default filter settings used while rendering the animation. These filter settings will be used by all objects in the scene, unless an object has specifically overridden the default settings with text/html 2021-04-23T10:52:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:render_settings_laser_output&rev=1619175177&do=diff Render Settings: Laser Output This section allows you to control basic aspects of the laser frames generated by Lasershow Converter FLASH. Framenote Allows you to enter text that will be assigned to each frame rendered by Lasershow Converter FLASH. This framenote can be used in LD2000 and Showtime to search for frames. text/html 2021-04-23T11:07:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:render_settings_point_spacing&rev=1619176031&do=diff Render Settings: Point spacing This section allows you to control default point placement settings used while rendering the animation. These point placement settings will be used by all objects in the scene, unless an object has specifically overridden the default settings with Object Filter Settings. Although the text/html 2021-04-23T09:21:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:requirements&rev=1619169707&do=diff SWF File Requirements Lasershow Converter FLASH will work with almost any Shockwave Flash (SWF) file. Shockwave Flash files are those files generated by Adobe Flash and other third party programs. Shockwave Flash files normally have a “.SWF” file extension, but they may also have a text/html 2021-05-02T21:47:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:scan_speeds_and_lc_flash&rev=1619992062&do=diff Tips: Scan speeds and Lasershow Converter FLASH Lasershow Converter FLASH's default settings assume that: * your scanners are tuned to the ILDA 30K standard, and * you are scanning at an output rate of 30,000 pts/sec If you are using differently-tuned scanners, or a different scan rate, then you need to make some adjustments. But first, some background. text/html 2021-04-23T11:13:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:settings_menu&rev=1619176409&do=diff Settings menu The Settings menu allows you to access some basic settings of Lasershow Converter FLASH. Render settings This will open a dialog box that allows you to adjust the Laser Output, Filter Settings and Point Spacing used when rendering animations. Write frames into QM2000 board text/html 2021-04-23T11:32:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:sound_panel&rev=1619177543&do=diff Editing controls: Sound panel The Sound panel is found at the bottom of the Editing Controls area. If the FLASH file that you have imported contains one or more sound files, they will appear in the sound file list. You may click on one of the sound files to select it, and then either play the sound file (by pressing the triangular PLAY button), or extract it from the FLASH file into an MP3 file (by pressing the DISK button). text/html 2023-08-07T15:17:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:start&rev=1691421433&do=diff LC Flash Getting started Lasershow Converter FLASH works with almost any Shockwave Flash file, whether created with Adobe FLASH or a variety of other programs. It lets you turn Shockwave FLASH files into laser graphics, quickly and easily. * Introduction text/html 2021-04-23T09:26:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:toolbar&rev=1619170014&do=diff Toolbar buttons The toolbar allows one-click access to the controls used most often while working with Lasershow Converter FLASH. The toolbar is shown below. Open common file types Displays a standard Windows file selection dialog box, which allows you to select files that are commonly used with Lasershow Converter FLASH text/html 2021-04-23T11:40:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:tutorial&rev=1619178018&do=diff Tutorial Step 1: Load a file Click on the Open File toolbar button and select a file that you would like to convert. Step 2: Automatic rendering Once you load a file, Lasershow Converter FLASH will automatically perform the steps of converting the file to its internal format, and creating laser frames. text/html 2021-04-23T10:56:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:ultra-smooth_rendering&rev=1619175412&do=diff Render Settings: Ultra-smooth rendering Adobe FLASH and other programs that create SWF files are designed to produce “time based” animations. That is, these programs produces animations based on a fixed number of frames per second. While this works wonderfully for web or video applications, this is less than perfect for laser display. For this reason, Lasershow Converter FLASH includes a special rendering method called Ultra-smooth refresh-based rendering. text/html 2021-04-23T09:59:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:viewport&rev=1619171978&do=diff Viewport The Viewport is the large black window on the left side of Lasershow Converter FLASH. The Viewport shows the outline version of the FLASH file, and it also shows status information including the Selected frame, number of FLASH data points, and number of output laser points. text/html 2021-04-23T09:39:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:view_menu&rev=1619170754&do=diff View menu The View menu contains several viewing options that pertain to the way things appear in the Viewport. Show FLASH data points When the Show FLASH data points menu is checked, Lasershow Converter FLASH will show the raw data points that are detected in the SWF file. text/html 2021-04-23T09:36:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pangolin.com/doku.php?id=tools:lcflash:whats_new&rev=1619170566&do=diff Whats new Version 5.60 Continued work on supporting Flash files and improving the conversion process. Version 5.00 Made a few internal changes related to how the program looks for objects within a FLASH file. The change should improve LC-Flash's compatibility with some of the FLASH files out there in the public domain.