First we explain the 4 controls on the left side. These are from left to right:

• Blend: each new picture is slowly blended in the mosaic. Blending is done in 255 steps from fully transparent to fully opaque (or vice versa), while this timer has a refresh rate of 20 ms (or 50 times per second). So in case the blending time is set to 2.5 sec the blend is a very gradual change of 100 blending steps per second. This value is important to realize how blending is perceived by the audience. A too short blending will result in skipping blending steps and the visual effect may look a bit 'jumpy'. A large value (e.g 10 seconds) may lead to a perception of not blending, or very long time that the full mosaic is not visible.
• Static: after blending the picture is shows for this amount of time.
• Dynamic: the time it takes to fly from almost fully screen-filled to the size of one tile in the mosaic. The flying speed is determined by this time value. A perceived good value is between 4 and 8 seconds. Too fast will lead to 'jerky' or 'jumpy' size changes, too large will lead to very slow movement and a bit boring. The refresh rate of this timer is set to 20 ms (50/second). For slower systems (i3 and slower) the refresh rate may not be achieved since it may take more time than 20 ms to reduce the tile in size and place it at the new dynamic position. On most i5 systems the resize and repositioning is done at 35 pfs (30 ms), basically skipping a few dynamic frames because it misses the next dynamic trigger.
• Pause: after placement in the mosaic the full systems waits for any new action. The new action can be: a new tethered/booth picture is available, a message picture is shown or a sponsor movie will be shown. If none of these take place the next picture from the picture library is selected, blended, etc. and the whole dynamics start again from Blend to Pause.

The 4 controls on the right side are used for a different kind of visual (picture, movie). These are from left to right:

• Pause: if any new booth/tethered picture, message picture of movie is planned to be shown the system waits this amount of time. It's not the most important dynamic time value, but in some cases its may be useful to bring a bit of 'quietness' in the dynamics. This value can e.g. be used to halt any dynamics for e.g. 30 seconds, while people see the mosaic and read some details.
• Static: the amount of time for the screen-filled booth/tethered picture to be shown. For instance, when a event person shoots a booth picture this person needs time to exit the booth, and refocus on the big mosaic screen again. Then the person will find the snapshot visible on the screen. The time between exiting the booth and refocusing on the big screen will largely determine how much time the 'Pause' and 'Static' times will be.
• Picture: the amount of time to show the message picture (or commercial picture). This time is important for sponsor messages (not too short...). The picture of the sponsor and the video is shows via a transition. The transition time is also part of the message exposure time, and adds to the total showing time, and does not replace this picture value. More about transitions is found here.
• Interlude: the time between sponsored messages. In general this value should not be too short, to avoid that booth and tethered pictures are hardly shown, bear-hugged by commercials. A good value is not provided here, it is assumed that the sponsor of the event has certain demands on how much message exposure is required. A good value however is 4-6 minutes (so: 10-15 times per hour). When the slider is set to the maximum (and one step beyond '60 minutes') it will show 'No interlude'. Actually, the time is set to one day. This is important: after each interlude a new source picture is taken, a new mosaic is made and the show then continues with this new source picture.

Some examples of progress bars:

Example 1: The application waited 1 second, and found a new booth picture which was blended in 2 seconds, and has now been shown for almost 2.5 seconds

Example 2: The application found again a booth picture, and now also the interlude time has progressed to appr. 1 minute, yet appr. 3 minutes waiting for the next picture or video message from the sponsor.

The sequence of flying into the mosaic is shown in the progress bars from left to right. The sequence can also be reversed: the option 'Revert flying path' in the pop-up mosaic window will reverse the sequence, and will select an existing cell in the mosaic, enlarging it (zoom in) to become almost screen size. In that case the progress bars run from left to right. After blending out (getting transparent) the Pause progress bare will behave as normal (from left to right).