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 ====== What is Magic 3D Easy View ======
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-The 3D Easy View is a program to visualize your programming.\\
+Magic 3D Easy View is a program that allows you to visualize your lighting in a simulated room in a window on your screen.\\
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-Instead of connecting fixtures to the USB – DMX dongle then the visualizer can be connected and it will be possible to see on a screen how the light behaves.\\
+Instead of connecting fixtures to a USB–DMX dongle,  Freestyler is linked to Magic 3D Easy View and you will be able see  how the lights behave in a window on your screen.\\
-In the commercial version the visiualizer are sold with a DMX to USB dongle that can receive the DMX signal.\\
+In the commercial version, the visualizer software is sold with a DMX dongle that can receive the DMX signal.\\
-However in Freestyler it is an add-on and by setting the FreeStyler interface to Virtual then the two programs are connected internal so the USB dongles are not needed.\\
+However with Freestyler, it functions as an add-on -- and by setting the FreeStyler output interface to **Virtual** the the two programs are connected internally so a dongle is not required.\\
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-FreeStyler and 3D Easy View is not interactive programs. This means FreeStyler only control the light and 3D Easy View only show / simulate how the light will look.\\
+FreeStyler and Magic 3D Easy View are not two-way linked programs. This means FreeStyler  controls the lights and 3D Easy View only displays how the lights will look.\\
-It is not possible to change ex. color in the visualizer and then Freestyler record it with FreeStyler.\\
+For example, it is not possible to change the color of a fixture in the visualizer window and have Freestyler recognize that change.\\
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 **Fixtures.**\\
-The fixtures for 3D Easy View are different from FreeStyler fixtures.\\
+The fixtures for 3D Easy View are different from FreeStyler fixtures. Each program has its own separate fixture description files. \\
-The FreeStyler fixture converts fader values, buttons and pressed icons to a DMX value.\\
+The FreeStyler fixture definition converts fader values, buttons and selected icons to a DMX value.\\
-The 3D Easy View fixture converts a DMX value to a light beam with direction, color and intensity.\\
+The Magic 3D Easy View fixture converts received DMX values to light beams with direction, color and intensity.\\
-The fixtures are created with Scanlibrary Editor which can be found in the Magic 3D Easy View folder.\\
+Magic 3D fixtures are defined using the Scanlibrary Editor which can be found in the Magic 3D Easy View folder.\\
-Remember that fixtures for the Visualizer also are created by Nicolaudine / SunLite users. This means that there from time to time comes fixtures with errors or improper behavior just like FreeStyler and there is only one way to deal with this. Open the fixture and correct it you self.\\
+Remember that many fixture definitions for the visualizer have been created by Nicolaudine/SunLite users. This means that fixture definitions may have with errors or improper behavior. There is only one way to deal with this -- open the fixture definition in the ScanLibrary Editor and correct it yourself.\\
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+**Software Versions**\\
-**SW Versions**\\
+Since FreeStyler and Magic 3D Easy View are not from the same developer, it is not guaranteed that the FreeStyler installer has installed latest version of the visualizer.\\
-As FreeSyler and 3D Easy View are not from the same developer then it is not sure that the FreeStyler install has the latest version of the visualizer.\\
+The latest beta from [[http://www.nicolaudie.com/|Nicolaudie]] can always be found on their website.\\
-The latest beta from Nicolaudia can always be found on there web-site.\\
+Download the latest version and substitute that for the “exe” that FreeStyler uses. \\
-Download the latest version and substitute the “exe” that FreeStyler uses. \\
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