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BeeBurn

Projection Software for Improvising Documentary Photo Montages

Installation

To install BeeBurn, download a zip file from the releases page. Copy the files into some folder where you would like to execute the software. Run BeeBurn.exe. If you click the file menu and , you choose Settings, you can decide a few things:

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  • How long each images should be displayed (it will pan or zoom the image during this time)
  • How long each image should take to crossfade to the next image
  • Where libraries and images should save by default
  • Whether it should project to full screen (useful if not using VMix) or to a Window (useful for VMix)
  • The Screen Index lets you choose which monitor you want. The "First" monitor is usually 0. For VMix, you probably want to set this to 0, so it doesn't show on the projector window. (You will instead create an input source in VMix that projects the "BeeBurn Projection" window.

Most other setting shouldn't need to be changed from their defaults.

How to Use BeeBurn

Stacks

"Stacks" are are just big stacks of images. They allow you to organize the images into lists that can be presented. You can save and load individual stacks into a project. You can add images by pasting (via the Paste button at the bottom of the stack, or by hitting ctrl-V). Pasting makes it easy to add images on the fly. You can also add images by loading them from disk. This can make it easier if you have images already saved to disk.

BeeBurn Projects

A Project is just a big list of stacks. If you save from the File Menu, it will save ALL of your stacks in one place.

Windows

BeeBurn Consists of four basic windows:

  • The BeeBurn Main Window

This window lets you manage all of your stacks and the project.

  • The BeeBurn Presenter View This window lets you manage what image is being projected. image

  • The Projection window. Depending on your settings, this is a window that is projected to another monitor or into a window. If you project to a window, you can create a VMix input source from a display that shows the "BeeBurn Projection" window. That will always be the title. The grey bar at the bottom shows how long until the next image shows. image

** The Stack Editor The stack editor allows you to edit the "From" and "To" rectangles that the projection will use to move from one rectangle to another when displaying. image

How To USE the software.

  • Create at least one stack of images in the Stack Editor. (By default, a blank one is created called "Stack 001")
  • Hit "Project Stack"
  • This brings up a Presenter View and Projection Window
  • If the Projection Window isn't show, it might be on the wrong monitor. Exit presenter view and check settings in the Main Window. Screen Index should be 0 and Full Screen should be unchecked for VMix.
  • Back in Projection View: you should be able to create an Input Source in VMix which takes a window as an input source. Set it to the BeeBurn Projection window. That source should now should what Beeburn Presents.
  • Hit Play in the Presentation Window. It will now start moving from image to image, projecting each one.
  • By default, each image will zoom in slightly. You can edit that in the stack editor (left mouse button drag creates the "start" rectable" and right mouse button creates the "end" rectangle.
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