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  • How to Setup Spout with Ventuz
  • How to Use Newtek NDI
  • How to Use a Mixed Frame Rate Cluster
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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 Use the Color Difference Keyer
  • How To Use the HDR Engine
  • 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
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
Director
  • How To Control Multiple Graphics Independently From Each Other
  • How to use the Companion with Director

Ventuz Node Reference

ANIMATION
  • Mover
  • Alternator
  • Simple Control
  • Timeline Control
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  • Animation Group
COLOR/MATERIAL
  • Alpha
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  • Ground Fog
  • Sky Box
  • Color to RGBA
  • HSLA to Color
  • RGBA to Color
  • Color Transformer
  • HLSL Shader
  • Color
  • Material
  • Color Picker
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DATA
  • Database
  • Excel
  • JSON
  • RSS Feed
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E2E
  • E2E Axis
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  • E2E Provider
  • E2E Node Overview
GEOMETRY
  • Rectangle
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  • Cube
  • Circle
  • Sphere
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  • 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
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  • Touch Paint
  • Touch Pattern
  • Touch Proxy
  • Touch Ripples
  • Touch Transformations
  • Web Browser
  • Touch Teleport
  • Touch Simulator
INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O)
  • GPI
  • Joystick
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  • MIDI
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  • Network
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  • Serial
  • Timecode
  • DMX
  • HTTP
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LAYER
  • 3D Layers
  • 3D Layer Reference
  • 2D Layers
  • PSD Import Layer
  • E2E Layer
  • Others
LIGHT
  • Light Sources
LOGIC
  • Array Processing
  • Convert To Text
  • Cluster Synchronization
  • Counter
  • Date Time
  • Directory
  • Dispatcher
  • Enumeration
  • Expressions
  • Invert
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RENDER OPTIONS
  • Alpha Blending
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  • Clip Plane
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  • Effect
  • Render Cube Map
  • Draw Modes
  • Stencil
  • ZTesting
SOUND
  • Audio Clip
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  • Volume Control
  • Audio Analysis
SLIDES
  • Slide Manager
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  • Slide Port
  • Pivot
TEXT
  • Text Effects
  • Text Layouts
  • Text Rendering
TEXTURE
  • Background
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  • Image
  • Texture
  • SVG Loader
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  • Spout Receiver
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VR/AR
  • Tracked Devices
  • Draw Tracked Devices
WORLD
  • Axis
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  • 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

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 VIO API
  • Ventuz File Format (VFF)
  • Ventuz Stream Out API
  • Lens Calibration File for FreeD
  • E2E Node Overview
  • Unreal 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
  • Remoting Machine Signature

Misc

  • Presets
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Director Mode

Table of Contents

  1. Starting Ventuz in Director Mode
  2. Auto Import

The usual way of running/presenting a Ventuz Project is to pack all required scenes and resources into one single presentation file (vpr). In this runtime mode, the project structure and resources cannot be changed (except for external resources which are addressed by the scene).

The Director Mode is a special method of running/presenting a Ventuz Project. In this mode, Ventuz does not start a Presentation. It starts a Project with access to all scenes and resources available in that Project. The entire file structure is visible and accessible in the file-system.

A Ventuz Project does not include a way to specify a launch scene to be opened when running in Director Mode. Instead, Ventuz checks for a scene named default and if available loads it into the runtime-layout. The name of the start scene can be changed with a command line option.

Usually the Director Mode is used if a project is remoted by an external control application. This application selects the scenes to be loaded and presented as well as adjusting content related parameters.

Starting Ventuz in Director Mode

To start Ventuz Presenter/Runtime you can either select Start Director in the context menu of a Ventuz Project file (.vzp) in Windows Explorer or start the Presenter/Runtime via command line options from a Windows Shortcut by specifying the full path to the desired .vzp file.

During startup of a Project in Director Mode, Ventuz will create all standard project folders such as Scenes, Images and Textures if they do not already exist.

If only a project without any resource has to be deployed, only the actual Project File (vzp) is required. The actual scenes and resources can follow in separate VZA archives for automatic import.

Auto Import

The projects folder structure has a folder named AutoImport. Copying files into that folder will request a running Ventuz Presenter/Runtime to import the scenes and resources of that archive into the project structure. The automatic import of VZA archives allows the injection of new or changed scenes into a running presentation in Director Mode.

During automatic import, existing files are overwritten without further notice. Errors during the import process are written to the log file. After a successful automatic import the VZA is deleted to prevent subsequent imports of the same archive file.

A recommended workflow is to share the AutoImport folder in the network. A Ventuz Designer workstation can create new scenes and new resources, export them as VZA archives and copy it to the network share. A running Ventuz Runtime will import the new stuff and make it accessible for a control application.

See also:
  • Deployment
  • Command Line Options
  • Remoting

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