P4Live LiveShow 1-output quality The output has never been brighter on your laser and the movements of the animation were more fluid before than with Phoenix4. Enjoy the animations in revised output quality. Get the maximum out of your animations and impress your audience as they have never seen it before. 2-animation optimization The newly added global animation and trickfilm individual optimization allows you to set the optimum number of points also for the smallest angle of an animation or trickfilm. Let your drawings shine in a new appearance. 3-corner optimization Set crispy sharp edges at your figures. Adjust for all animations, or for individual figures the detail precision that fits best to the performance of your scanner system. Optimize your shows in every detail. 4-Quick Import menu Now you can create your runtext text, your laser animation and your logo as fast as never before, or import an existing laser-animation directly from the surface. Two clicks will lead you to the most frequently used functions for the creation of new animations. 5 Key Export / Import Whole animations, including the figures used in the catalog can now be exported and imported in the Phoenix key format directly from and to a Phoenix4 LiveShow. This way all animations can now be quickly and easily exchanged between different Phoenix4 LiveShows. 6-interface customization So that you come quicker to awsome results in your daily business with the many functions now, we have overworked the surface and the menus in some places use them even more user-friendly. So you get an even quicker overview and access to the necessary functions. 7-Show Default Save yourself the recurring loading of your LiveShow after launching the program and set your favorite LiveShow as the default show. This show will automatically be opened and is directly available to you for further operation. Every mode (default, Akai, laser harp) loads a specially adapted standard show. 8-review of the effectpalette The effect palette of the animation surface was checked for the essential functions and to reorganized. A sound effect had been added that allows to use an audio file in WAV and MP3 format in the animation. So it is even easier to program your own little laser shows. 9-color assignment With the new simple color-assignment the color management is set in a jiffy. Regardless if you use a RGB, RGY, RGBY, Single Color, Six Color laser projector. With a single click you do your color adjustment and enjoy to the corresponding color mapping. The readjustment to your personal taste, is still possible of course, via the color matrix at the "Advanced Settings". By using special test patterns the adjustment of color palettes is done in no time. 10-scanner specifications Now set the scanner settings used by your scanners with just one click in your laser projector. As an experienced user, you will still be able to manually control the scanner parameters. 11-Visual Safety Zones If you could you come to sensitive devices or critical areas with your animations at your show, we recommend setting the security zones. With now 32 safety zones, it is as easy as never before, to set them for these areas. By visual feedback, you can protect sensitive areas against damage in a few seconds by excluding them from the laser output. 12-BasePicEditor The redesigned user interface allows a more intuitive creation and editing of laser figures. With simultaneous real-time output and visual editing tools, you get to a variety of tools for your creative work at your fingertips. Whether you draw an image by your hand or let the automatic image-lase conversion do the work for you - is up to you. With additional subsequent optimization features you always get to impressive results. 13-Runtext Discover a whole new way to represent your runtext. Let your 2 dimensional texts float through the room in a 3D impression. Take now advantage of the flexible concept of the curves, for an entirely new presentation of text messages. By the real-time calculation you can make any adjustments at any time to the runtext animation type and the text. 14-media converter Through extensive review of the tracing algorithms, the processing speed and export quality could be increased many times over. This makes it easy for you to process personal logo or that of your customers for a laser output. In the optional version the processing of video, vector files and flash files with export of multi-frame animation is possible beyond that. 15-Easy-Quick Setup Start right away - without much effort for settings - do it now with the new Easy-Quick Setup. Let us guide you through the key settings during initial program start - to create a stunning laser-live show from the beginning. 16-LaserHarp Mode Surprise your audience newly and become a virtuoso of laser, light and sound. The ProLight laser harp allows you to present and control your live performance by laser-generated, rainbow-colored harp strings. The specially adapted surface in PHOENIX4 LIVE supports you effectively in your artistic presentation. 17-display brightness With the display brightness control you can reduce the screen brightness in 3 steps to allow a comfortable working in dark environments. 18-Take Over Mode The takeover mode allows smoother effect value changes, by using a MIDI or DMX controller for manipulating different animations. Your live shows will look even more fluid and harmonious. 19-Static Effect The static property of animation fixes the animation for output, so that it can be easily output alongside other animations. A must, especially for logos or messages that should be permanently visible and if "add animation" function is not required permanently. 20-FX for all animations With enabling the checkbox "for all FX animations" you can now change the position of the control cross and the color on the color wheel for all the connected laser at once from the surface. 21-Save Start Mode Have you made a mistake when programming your automatically starting LiveShow (see default-show) and now Phoenix4 LIVE starts no longer as normal, you can save yourself with the Save Start function. If the F8 key is pressed during start-up screen Phoenix4 LIVE is opened with an empty show so you can perform the necessary corrections for a successful startup. 22-DMX runtime Determine now next to a runtime interval also the duration of the DMX signal in Phoenix4 LIVE, as it is best-known from your DMX hardware. 23-MIDI load / store For all those who work in private and on tour with various external MIDI devices to control DMX, the ability to store the MIDI / DMX settings is now provided in Phoenix4 LIVE. You can create your personal MIDI / DMX presets and use them in any Phoenix4 LIVE installation with which you work then. 24-3D Preview At the 3D Live Preview in Phoenix4 LIVE the laser can now be arranged, by moving the preview by the way you would see it at the event itself. To get a more realistic effect room impression of your live show directly. 25 MIDI-DMX control The control by external MIDI / DMX devices has been overworked for faster access. Now the animation banks can triggered sequential forward and backward via one channel, as well as the animation can be choosen faster and more accurate about a two-channel matrix. Pro 1-output quality Show your shows with PHOENIX4 in a new light and increased quality. Program optimization made it possible to output the animations even brighter, sharper and more fluid your laser projector. Experience the difference with your audience. 2-Animation Library Experience a completely new way to visually program your laser shows. With the Phoenix4 PRO Library you organize Beam and motion graphics as clearly as never before. Benefit of a single- and multi-frame representation of ILDA, PHO and PFF files in the preview. Suit yourself the library to your requirements and extend it with new animations. Add the animations by a double click to the timeline and program as quickly as never before. 3-animations With PHOENIX4 you get a amazing quantity of great animation produced by professional graphic designers. With over 3,500 Beam- and graphic animation with over 50,000 frames, sorted by topic at categories, you can now program-beam and graphic shows at incredible speed. 4-Catalog integrates In Phoenix4 sharing for your self-programmed laser shows has been simplified. The animation catalog is now integrated into the shows and does not need to be specially saved or loaded along with the show. So you can hand over your shows to your customers quickly and easily. 5-Runtext Amaze your audience with dynamic runtext animations. In a split second you create of a simple runtext a 3dimensional look-a-like font animation that runs on the screen. By presets, you get suggestions for modeling your own creations. 6-Customizable effect groups Organize effects by drag 'n drop, so that your most commonly used effects now are directly situated where you have a fast access to it, is now easily possible with PHOENIX4 PRO / PROPLUS. As clearly symbols they can be re-grouped and moved for an effective workflow. 7-world settings Customize your world settings so that it fits perfectly to the projection environment. With the precise adjustable values of the geometric correction, you can even do adjustments to the surface conditions on distant objects. Media Converter (as Option with additional costs) The optional media converter supplements products Phoenix4 LIVE and Phoenix4 PRO / PROPLUS by the possibility to convert graphics, video, flash, vector, and laser files to Phoenix4 optimized laser figures and animations. 1-output quality Through internal review of the detection algorithm it is now possible to get even higher quality output results by fewer settings. 2-Speed of work The restructuring of the software allows to get a preview of the changes in even less time and use the laser-optimized result as a file in Phoenix4 LIVE and Phoenix4 PRO / PROPLUS. 3-Profiles With the ability to create profiles of your own values changes, you can save and reuse different complex templates as presets. This allows you to always do an effective animation creation. 4-Simplified settings With fewer sliders you get better results. By revision of the surface some functions could be combined useful together, so the value changes can be made almost exclusively with a few sliders. Furthermore, full access is provided via an extended menu to make final precise adjustments there.