Step 1: Make the initial mosaic.

Start the application. Select the 'Sources' tab and double click on the 4:3 picture 'Dali.jpg' (just an example). This picture is now also shown in the GUI (left top). Click on the 'Viewer' tab to get the viewer back in sight. Click on the 'Show Controls' button to open the mosaic size window. Set the values to

• Quality: 100%
• Min Distance: 10 (tiles)
• Blend: 20%
• Colorize: 40%
• Colour engine: random tiles
• Size and amount: 36
• Tile aspect ratio: Landscape 4:3 (same as the source picture)
• Normal frame and random flying path
• Accuracy: 80%

Then create an initial mosaic (clicking the 'Initial Mosaic' button). After a few seconds the mosaic is ready.

Step 2: Set the dynamic timers.

Use the sliders at the bottom to set to the following values:

• Blend, Static and Dynamic: each 4.0 seconds
• Pause: 4.0 and 7.0 seconds
• Static and Picture: each 8.0 seconds
• Interlude: 10 minutes.

You should now see the following interface:

Step 3: set the animation values

Close the 'Mosaic settings' window. Select the 'Admin' tab and then open the 'Animation' tab. You can now select any kind of transition effect you like. We propose to keep the defaults for now. Make sure you also keep the transition period (4.5 seconds).

Then select the animation effect. We will simply select an unmasked effect: 'Exploding from centre - Linear'. Set the following timing values:

• Animation time: 10 seconds (or 5 seconds to the 'explosion', and 5 seconds back to the mosaic)
• Frame rate: 18 fps for i5 or 12 fps for i3 systems
• Frequency: 12 times per hour (every 5 minutes)
  
  You should now see this interface:
  

Don't forget to also check the 'Activate animation' box. Now, test the animation by pressing the 'Test Animation' button. You have to be quick: after pressing this button you now need to also click on the 'Viewer' tab to see the effect.

In done quickly enough you will now see the animation. You should now see something like this:

Step 4: Detach the viewer

Basically this is all that is required to prepare a dynamics show. The last thing that needs to be do is to detach the viewer from the interface, and place this on an external monitor. The show can be run from a single screen system but this is not recommended. The admin tasks need to be done in sight of the audience. Even in a simple show it is assumed that the monitor is an external screen.

To detach the screen press the 'Detach Viewer' button. The screen will now be available as a separate window. Drag this window in the second monitor window. Then use the menu bar commands 'Admin' 'Borderless viewer', followed by 'Admin' Full screen viewer' (or vice versa). The monitor viewer window is now fully visible, with black edges: the mosaic can sometimes have a slightly different aspect ratio than the viewer monitor.

Step 5: Start the dynamics

When all is checked and done as described in steps 1-4 press the 'Start Dynamics' button and enjoy the show. The tiles will fly into the mosaic, and the choice of tiles is provided by the 'Image list' in the Admin tab 'Images'. When running, over time all the current library pictures will be used to rebuild the mosaic. And every 15 minutes, after a commercial interlude, a new source picture is selected and a new mosaic is made, and the whole tile replacement is started again.