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User Interface User Interface Workspace Selector Workspaces Discover the interface Create your own Workspace Search and filter files and layers

Workspace components Workspace components

Application Component Media Directories File Preview Panel Tasks Panel Devices Panel Documentation Panel

Document Editors Viewport Element Tree Parameters Editor Pipeline Editor History Editor Media Table Exposed Properties

Element Editors Timeline Editor Function Editor CueList editor Parameter Bank editor Fixture Bank Editor Shader Editor Python Script Editor Reference Editor XR Calibrator Editor

Advanced Workspace Components GPU Memory Meter Issues Panel GPU Frame Rate General Engine settings Preset Editor

Workspace Leaf Toolbar Component Selector Timeline selector Viewport selector Element tree selector Python script selector Fixture bank selector Parameter Bank selector CueList selector Stage rendering options 2D-3D view Viewport Camera Selector Workspace menu

Preferences Preferences Engine Preferences Medias directories System Keyboard Shortcuts Application License About Http Server

NETWORK Unit Selector User Interface Lock Power Save Mode Profiling ON-AIR Enable Output Freeze Output FPS Meter Filter session

2D Layer 2D Layer

2D Generator 2D Generator

Exr Image Layer

Video File AVStreamer Cube Map File

Linear Gradient

Radial Gradient

N-Points Gradient

White Noise layer

Uniform

Brick

Mandelbrot Fractals

Dots

Shader Generator

Radial Function

2D Text

Glitch

Visualize Smart Lut

Parent Input layer Compo

2D Modifier 2D Modifier

Color Modifiers Color Modifiers

Vibrance

Exposure

Grayscale

Invert

Tritone

Brightness Contrast Gamma

Hue Saturation Luminance

Colorize

Color Lookup Table

Smart Lut

OCIO

Distort Modifiers Distort Modifiers

Flip

Displace

Polar Coordinates

Droste

Swirl

Warp Radial Distortion

Stylize modifiers Stylize modifiers

Ambient Occlusion

Chromatic Aberration

Sparkles

Pixelate

Sharpen

Emboss

Sobel

Tiles

Blur Modifiers Blur Modifiers

Blur

Feedback

Depth of Field (Legacy)

Denoise

Utility Modifiers Utility Modifiers

Mask

Freeze Rasterize

Upscale

Overlay

Depth To Normal

Color Space Converter

April Tag detector modifier April Tag Detection

Matte

2D TextureMask 2D TextureMask Placement mask Linear mask Radial mask Noise mask Polygonal mask Gradient mask Color mask Depth mask Function mask Layer mask 2D Group mask Display Angle Mask Position in Shape People Mask

2D Renderer 2D Renderer Single 2D Renderer

3D Renderer for 2D Layers

Group 2D Renderer Mapper Item Renderer Full Mapper Item Area Mapper Item Warp to Geometry Unproject 3D

2D Placement 2D Placement Fit Parametric Perspective Bilinear Perspective Interpolation Perspective Remapping Bezier Bezier Patch

2D Renderer Effect 2D Renderer Effect Border Frame Edges Drop Shadow

2D Group 2D Group 2D Masks Group

2D Modifiers Group

2D Gradient 2D Gradient Linear Circular Radial Star Box Noise

Shape layer Shape layer

Shape Generator Shape Generator

Point

Line

Circle

N-Sides

Star

Text

Bezier Control Point Group of shapes Merger

Shape Modifier Shape Modifier

Stroke

Distort

Expand Rasterize

Reference Modifier

3D Layer 3D Layer

3D Generator 3D Generator

Plane

Box

Capsule

Sphere

Torus

Circle

Function Spline

Helix

Star

Knot

Segment

3D Text

Random Points Tracking System

3D File

3D Modifier 3D Modifier

Attribute Modifiers Attribute Modifiers

Colorize

Colorize Function

Opacity

Point Attributes

Point Rotate Function

Point Scale Function

UV Camera Mapping

Distort Modifiers Distort Modifiers

Displace

Spherify

Quantize

Transform Triangles

Boxify

Operator Modifiers Operator Modifiers

Repeat

Central Symmetry

Mirror

Utility Modifiers Utility Modifiers Compute

3D Mask 3D Mask Full Random Group 3d Mask Age Velocity Noise Linear Sphere Cylinder Box Depth Normal Fresnel Texture Coordinate Color Function Texture Geometry Mask Tracking System

3D Renderer 3D Renderer Group 3D Renderer

Vertex Referential

Wireframe Lines

Surface

PBR Surface Triplanar Mapping Gradient Colorizer 3D Texture Geometry Mask Preset

AutoIlluminate Surface Multiple Renderer

3D Placement 3D Placement Position Position Orientation Position Orientation Size Target Orientation Distance Position Target Roll Rail Position Quaternion Matrix Relative To Camera Mirror Link To Tracker

Camera Camera Standard Camera Spherical Camera Stereoscopic Camera Oculus Camera VR Window Camera Physical Camera Content Map Current Camera CameraModel .optic

Light Light Area Light Ambient Light Directional Light Point Light Environment Light Spot Light Rectangular Light Projector Light

Special Layers Special Layers Skybox Volumetric Light Volumetric Noise Constructive Solid Geometry Ray Traced Shader Volume Layer

Parameter Types 3D Position Renderer Depth Settings

3D Group 3D Group Group Generator Light Group

3D modifier Group 3D masks Group

3D Tools 3D Tools PC2 cache File Reflection Probe

Text layer Text layer

Text Generator Text Generator Group Text Generator

Text Modifier Text Modifier 2D Transform Capitalize Character Offset Color Color Gradient Opacity Font Bold Italic Append insert Repeat Select Group of modifiers

Text Masks Text Masks Character Random Range Words

Put your text in a rectangle Create a TC timecode visualizer Create a lyrics video Create a ticker

Field Field Gravity Friction Attractor Vortex Turbulence Layer Intensity Normal Map Layer Lorenz Attractor Shader Field Tracking System

Particle Rule Particle Rule Event Particle Rule Continuous Particle Rule

Particle Condition Particle Condition Group Composite TextureMask Age Collision Color Random

Particle Action Particle Action Kill Emit Colorize Change Group Age Bounce

Tutorials Tutorials How to create a nice effect with just a sinus Create an explosion with the particles system and a spritesheet How to make a Loop, distort and Image with a modifier, set up the Blur and limit performances cost

Procedural Terrain Procedural Terrain Create a mountain from a displacement map Procedural texturing of the mountain Basic compositing using both 2D and 3D Let’s grow some vegetation procedural-terrain - Conclusion

Volumetric Light and Compositing Volumetric Light and Compositing 1 - Create 3D scenery with presets 2 - Place lights and Volumetric 3 - Compositing with multiple renderers

How To How To Smode display some ugly edges on sides of images when displayed as textures of 3D objects How can I warp a 2D layer - I don't understand how work the modifier Make a camera mapping Trying to browse a folder like when I want to export a video, Smode freeze How can I get rid of aliasing - Configure the multisampling Exporting a video some of my animation seems frozen Cant find preset I can't find People Mask I can't find Denoiser modifier I can't find Upscale modifier Where do these visual artefacts come from Create Compositions Create Layers Transcode a Video File Transcode image sequence Transcode image in DDS Interpret Alpha of a Footage Use presets Save Presets Create pre-compositions and share elements Use 2dm and 3dm modifiers files Create Video Reactive content Create Audio Reactive content Record live values in timelines Configure the Video Output Configure the Audio Output Use optimisation tools to accelerate a composition Configure Spout Export a Video Export and Import image sequence Export in Hap from third party softwares Export and Consolidate Improve compositions quality Bake compositions Get back an auto-save Import CSV as Parameters Bank Convert Parameters Manage Media Loading and VRAM Usage Install NVidia Video effects Troubleshootings Hard Reset Smode configs Analyze the Log Files Advanced Profiling with Unreal Insight System Time between computer and CmContainer differs too much. Configure DirectShow for Blackmagic Bad user interfaces sizes in Smode drop zones, display outputs or icons. How to Import psd files from Photoshop Very long shader linking time with NVidia GPU User interface does not respond to mouse clicks How to display international characters such as Chinese, Japanese, Cyrillic etc. in Smode Conflict with Anti-Virus When Vsync is activated, then the video is flicking on the output while ON AIR My medias are black/not loaded at launch launching Smode break audio in other app Issues with video Playback Ensuring your display hardware will not drop Ensuring your display hardware will not drop

Smode Layers Modifiers and Mask catalog Smode Layers Modifiers and Mask catalog Layers Catalog Masks Catalog 2D Modifiers Catalog 3D Modifiers and Particle fields Catalog Legacy Presets Catalog

Software Integrations Software Integrations

Unreal Device Unreal Device Unreal Level Layer Simple Centralized Setup Dual Centralized Setup Decentralized Setup How-To Unreal 5 Switchboard Stage and Screen Orientation Unreal Color Viewport Unreal Key Expose an Unreal Actor How-To Unreal In Smode

Unreal 4.27 How-To In Unreal Multi Gpu How-To In Unreal Multi Server Separate Unreal instances for Front and Back How-To Configure Spout for Unreal

Notch Block .dfxdll file Notch Block .dfxdll file Notch 3D Layer

Notch 2D Generator

Notch 2D Modifier Exposable Camera Notch Exposed Properties How-To-Notch-XR

ISF Generator How to add and edit ISF in Smode

Shader Toy Generator

Substance File Substance File

Substance PBR Surface

Substance layer How to create your own .sbsar for Smode How to create your own PBR for Smode with Substance Painter

Python Script Python Script

How to script with python Use Oil.docMe() to get a view of the possibilities Get and set parameters for a layer from python Expose Python scripts parameters Navigate through element Tree in python Get Source Elements accces Files and Directory Cloning Elements Create Layers with python Create Objects with python Timeline Parsing with Python Timeline Manipulation with Python Import and Export your Python Script Install Python modules

Integrated Scripts batch rename Script Screate Scene Banks Script Generate Test Patterns Script Crop Content Maps Script

Companion/Streamdeck Companion/Streamdeck The links between SMODE and Companion is broken Developp your own API-based plug-in

Tox Component TouchDesigner .tox Files Tox Component Tox 2D Layer Tox 2D Modifier

Project Project

Smode Net Smode Net How to Make a SmodeNet Project How to Remote connection How to Enable and Disable Smode Net Live Sync Network Settings in Windows

Smode How To guide for Project creation! Smode How To guide for Project creation! Create a 2D warp on a single output part 1 Create a 2D warp on a single output part 2 Create Soft Edges Relight on a mapped object with 3D simulation Add alpha to a Content Map Bind the Show Timelines to Timecode Create a custom shape LED screen Export a video from a project output / processor / content Map Create a stage pre-visualization Create a Multi Video-projectors dome with a Vioso calibration Create a single display project with a Warped output Create a full multi LED pipeline from scratch Create a full 3D mapping project from scratch Import CSV as Fixture Import as Group in the Stage Create and import 3D file into LED Fixture Use posital values into Smode Configure Network for posital Useful other softwares

Synchronisation Providers, Vsync and frame accuracy Synchronisation Providers, Vsync and frame accuracy GPU VSync Video Input Video Output Sync Provider Quadro Sync Time Provider System TimeProvider Device Time Provider

Show Show Scene 3D Scene

Pipeline Pipeline Stage

Content Mapping Content Mapping 2D Scene Mapping 3D Camera Mapping

Content Map Content Map Content Area

Stage Element Stage Element Stage Elements Group Mapping Stage Geometry Surface Video Projector Led Screen Free Shape Led Screen Strip Led Screen Planar Led Screen Tiles Led Screen Tracking System Tracker Fixture Definitions Single Fixture

Led Fixture Type

Strip Fixture Type

Screen Fixture Type

Pipeline Layer Stage Preview Stage Simulation Stage Lights

Full Project Video Output

Mapper Generator

Mapper Generator Surface Mapper Item How-To Calibrate Video Projector with Locators Video Projector Calibrator Video Projector Calibration

Modifier Stack Layer Modifier Stack Layer Modifier Stack Channel

Modifier Stack How to use Modifier Stack

Create and Run your XR Studio in Smode Create and Run your XR Studio in Smode XR - Create the Screens Camera Tracking XR - Broadcasting 3D content on the LED screens XR - Extended and augmented reality XR - Display Environment XR - Calibration procedures XR - Latency Calibration Camera Tracking Data Latency XR - Geometry Calibration XR - Color Calibration Sanity Check for XR setup

Topology Topology Group topology Smode Server Smode Server device

Animation Animation Animation Bank Timeline Break Points and Time markers Function Cue Cue List Track Track Block Cue Transport Transport Standalone Player Infinite Ramp

Exposed Parameter Exposed Parameter Expose Parameters as parameters Expose Parameters as percentage Expose as Starter parameters Advanced logic Parameter Bank Parameters Bank State Latency Calibrator Geometry Calibrator Color Calibrator Image Color Calibrator

Function Function Shape Function Parametric Function Midi Keyboard Function Custom Function Keyframe Keyframe Function

Color Gradient Color Gradient Uniform Bitone Tritone Quadritone

Link Link Link Bank Learn

Link Source Link Source Audio Spectrum Parameter Single Precision Double Precision Clock

Link Target Link Target Parameter Target Element Target Single Precision

Link Modifier Link Modifier Function Delay Link Modifier

Link Condition Link Condition If Equal If Not Equal If Less Than If Less Than Or Equal If Greater Than If Greater Than Or Equal If Crossed Threshold

Number Based Number Based Set Offset Multiply Divide Modulo Invert Floor Power Math Inverse Absolute Minimum Maximum Clamp Remap Trig Toggle Enable Disable

To String To Percentage To Real

Dynamic Dynamic Derivative Smooth Bounce Inertia Extrapolate Interpret Speed

Device Device Device Configuration Device Identifier

Audio Device Audio Device Juce Audio Null Audio

Control Device Control Device Keyboard MIDI DMX ArtNet sACN OSC Kinesys Posital Blacktrax Device OptiTrack Device Trackmen Mouse Oculus Device Augmenta Tracking device Stype Tracking system FreeD Tracking system Posistage Net-PSN

Video Input Device Video Input Device Direct Show DeltaCast BlackMagic NDI Input Spout Input OptiTrack 2110 Rivermax Video input Multi Video Input Synchronizer Video input synchronisation Auto syncher Phase Wizard

Video Output Device Video Output Device Standard Output Spout Output DMX Output NDI Output BlackMagic Output 10 bit colors Output

Clock Device Clock Device Current Time Clock Manual Clock MIDI Clock Audio Clock Device Identifier Audio Clock Local Clock differs too much from received time

IO Channels IO Channels Input Channel Output Channel

How To How To How to remove watermark on device Fix NDI outputs issues

How To How To How to use Vive Tracker in Smode How to edit video

Other topics Other topics

Misc. Types Misc. Types HSV Color Selector Description Tool Blending Mode Shared Element Bank Edit Mode Translate Mode Path Animation Auto Reload Video Input Device Selector Seed Oscillator File Streamer Audio File Tool ATEM Switcher Network Time Sender Network Time Receiver Decompose Time Osc Packet Sender Automate Device layers Class names XR Calibrator XR Display information Tempo tool Fixture Bank Fixture Widget Tool Universe Recorder

Universe Player

Licensing Licensing Generate a license request File Apply a license Update Activate your Compose license Update Wibu license dongle firmware Know which license I have Licence limit Reached!

Launcher Launcher Install a new version of Smode on multiple machines Start Smode on multiple machines

Change Log Change Log

Smode Major version 8 Smode Major version 8 Smode 8.6 Smode 8.5

Smode Major version 9 Smode Major version 9 Smode 9.4 Smode 9.3 Smode 9.2 Smode 9.1 Smode 9.0 Smode 9.4 revision Smode 9.3 revision Smode 9.2 revision Smode 9.1 revision

Smode Major version 10 Smode Major version 10 Smode 10.1 Smode 10.0 Smode 10.1 revision Smode 10.0 revision

Quickstart Quickstart Requirements Installation Quick Start Panel

VideoProjectorCalibrator UniverseRecorder 2110 video input

Windows cleanup and recommended settings Windows cleanup and recommended settings Set Windows power mode to the max performance and never turn screen off Set sound to no sound Verify that the scale display is at 100 percent Enable Windows Long Path Remove all unnecessary apps (Onedrive, News, Games, TikTok, ... ) Windows explorer enables the file extensions Verify the driver's version (do a clean install) Remove the task view widget and Chat from the taskbar Adjust the performance and appearance of windows Disable hiberfil.sys Wake me on Lan via special network packet Collect last Windows features Disable Windows Updates Configure installed Windows component type Disable services

Phase Wizard

Visualizer for synchronization between SMODE rendering and video input Devices

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