Prepare Kinetic Designer for the calibration

!Before continuing, take care that the software controlling the camera is closed, otherwise Modulo Kinetic will not be able to communicate with the camera.

In this chapter, we will prepare the Modulo Kinetic Designer for the calibration.

Important License information

*Info: The dongle containing the license must be connected to your V-Node(s) whose outputs are being setup with autocalibration.

If you would like to add the autocalibration module to an existing setup, please contact our customer service and a specific license dongle can be sent to be added to your system.

!Warning: If the license is not present when launching autocalibration, the wizard will launch but will not complete successfully.

If the license is removed after performing autocalibration, the concerned outputs will be reset to manual.

The configuration(s), however, is not lost and can be reactivated if the license is plugged back to the server.

Create your Project Folder and copy the media

• If it is not already done, download the media kit.
• Copy the entire Project Folder TUTO-AUTOCALIBRATION-DOME
• Go to the D:\drive, create a folder, then paste the Pattern media you downloaded

Then, start the Modulo Kinetic Designer application

Configure the V-Node Outputs

• Go into V-Nodes > Remote settings
• Then, force the EDID and create the EYEFINITY of your V-Node server

*For the following steps, we will assume we have 5 video projectors supporting a 1920×1080 definition.

Create a new Show

• Save your show file to the folder 01_SHOW
• In the Media window, add a folder named 00_PATTERN. Then add the media Dome_pattern_polar_4096×4096.jpg

Add the V-Node, create the Render Surface, add Outputs

• Add a V-Node, give its IP address
• On the Editor Tab, define the OUT information to 5*1920 = 9600×1080
• Create a Render Surface with the same size of our media, which is 4096×4096

• Select the V-Node and assign the Render Surface just created to it

*Because a dome is circular, media content is circular as well and holds in a square file of 4096×4096.
We defined this particular resolution considering the size of the dome and the quantity of video projectors.

• Add 1 output to the V-Node and change its MAP dimensions from its default value 1920×1080 to 4096×4096

Indeed, each video projector needs to MAP all the Render Surface content to perform the calibration.
To save time, you can copy/paste this output and just rename it and change the OUT x/y values for each projector.

!Before operating the autocalibration, each output needs to be free of any warping/columns/rows.
For this reason, creating the outputs from scratch is a good way to have it proper.
Columns/rows values need to bet at 2×2 and set to Curve.

• Add the pattern media to the timeline:

• Perform an ONLINE action by pressing Control+O. This will get the V-Node ready, and display the pattern on each projector:

We are now ready to start the autocalibration.