Book description
QLab 4: Projects in Video, Audio, and Lighting Control is a project-based book on QLab software covering sound, video, lighting, and show control. With information on the basics and the more advanced functions of QLab, each chapter's specific projects will allow you to learn the software's capabilities at your own pace.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
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Part I: QLab Basics
- Chapter 1 What’s New in Version 4
- Chapter 2 Getting to Know QLab 4
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Chapter 3 Understanding the QLab Workspace
- 3.1 Understanding Cues and the Cue Structure
- 3.2 The Workspace
- 3.3 Adding Cues
- 3.4 Setting Targets for Cues
- 3.5 Navigation and View Quick Keys
- 3.6 Paste Cue Properties
- 3.7 The Tools Menu
- 3.8 The Window Menu
- 3.9 Cue Carts
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Part II: QLab Audio Control
- Chapter 4 QLab and Audio Basics
- Chapter 5 Setting Up QLab with Your Audio System
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Chapter 6 Audio Cues
- 6.1 Inserting an Audio Cue
- 6.2 Inspector: Basics
- 6.3 Inspector: Triggers
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6.4 Inspector: Time & Loops
- The Waveform Display
- Waveform Zoom
- Design Tips: Multitouch Gestures
- Preview Cue
- Times, Loops, and Slices
- Design Tips: Looping Sliced Tracks
- Integrated Volume Levels and Playback Rate
- Controlling Playback Rate
- Project 6.1 — Manipulating Start/End Times
- Project 6.2 — Adding Slices
- Project 6.3 — Manipulating Playback Rate
- 6.5 Inspector: Audio Levels
- 6.6 Inspector: Audio Trim
- 6.7 Inspector: Audio Effects
- Chapter 7 Mic Cues
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Chapter 8 Fade Cues
- 8.1 Inserting and Editing Audio Fade Cues
- 8.2 Inspector: Basics
- 8.3 Inspector: Triggers
- 8.4 Inspector: Curve Shape
- 8.5 Inspector: Audio Levels
- 8.6 Inspector: Audio Effects
- 8.7 Mic Fade Cues
- 8.8 Manual Fades
- 8.9 Automatic Fades
- 8.10 Panning
- 8.11 Ducking Audio
- 8.12 Copy/Paste Fade Parameters
- 8.13 Exploring Trim
- Chapter 9 Control Cues
- Chapter 10 Group Cues
- Chapter 11 Cue Carts
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Part III: QLab Video Control
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Chapter 12 QLab Video System Basics
- 12.1 Understanding Video Systems
- 12.2 Video System Components
- 12.3 Understanding Video Signal Flow
- 12.4 Hardware Considerations
- 12.5 Connecting to a Video Display
- 12.6 Graphics Expansion Devices
- Chapter 13 Video System Preferences and Setup
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Chapter 14 Video, Camera, and Text Cues
- 14.1 Inserting a Video Cue
- 14.2 Inspector: Basics
- 14.3 Inspector: Triggers
- 14.4 Inspector: Display & Geometry
- 14.5 Inspector: Time & Loops
- 14.6 Inspector: Audio Levels, Audio Trim, and Audio Effects
- 14.7 Inspector: Video Effects
- 14.8 Camera Cues
- 14.9 Inspector: Basics and Triggers
- 14.10 Inspector: Display & Geometry
- 14.11 Inspector: Video Effects
- 14.12 Text Cues
- 14.13 Text Cue Projects
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Chapter 15 Video Effects
- 15.1 Video Effects Presets: Color and Exposure Color
- 15.2 Video Effects Presets: Titles
- 15.3 Video Effects Presets: Blur/Sharpen
- 15.4 Video Effects Presets: Textures and Edge Effects
- 15.5 Video Effects Presets: Distortion Effects
- 15.6 Video Effects Presets: Tiles
- 15.7 Video Effects Presets: Custom Compositions
- 15.8 Video Effects Projects
- Chapter 16 Projection Mapping and Surfaces
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Chapter 12 QLab Video System Basics
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Part IV: QLab Lighting Control
- Chapter 17 QLab Lighting System Basics
- Chapter 18 Preparing to Cue Lights
- Chapter 19 Light Cues
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Part V: QLab Show Control and Networking
- Chapter 20 Show Control Systems
- Chapter 21 Understanding OSC and Network Cues
- Chapter 22 QLab and MIDI
- Chapter 23 Timecode
- Index
Product information
- Title: QLab 4, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2017
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781351713719
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