Quickshow comes from Pangolin, makers of the top selling and most-awarded laser software. Based on Pangolin's 20+ years of experience, Quickshow makes it easier than ever to perform high quality laser shows.

The Quickshow package includes the Quickshow software plus the hardware interface (Flashback 3 controller) that goes between your PC computer and your laser projector.

Whether you are new to lasers, or have years of experience, QuickShow adapts to your level:

• You can do basic shows right out of the box. All you have to do is click on cues, or press keyboard keys, to display them in time to the music. QuickShow comes with nearly 2000 pre-loaded graphics, animations, beam effects and abstracts.
• But there is far more power in QuickShow than simply triggering cues. The next level is the unique QuickTools, which are used to make custom cues such as auto-traced artwork, text, and beam bounces. For example, the QuickShape tool (discussed below) makes it easy to create abstracts and beam effects (cones, fans, planes, etc.).
• Finally, for the ultimate in customization, use advanced editors for professional-level features such as cue layering and sequencing, automatic beat triggering, timelines for syncing to pre-recorded music, triggering DMX channels, and controlling up to six projectors.

With other laser systems, as you click cues and change controls, your work is updated live to the laser. The audience sees every move you make – even when you don’t want them to.

QuickShow is much smarter. You can work in the background, setting up cues and trying out different looks.Nothing is sent to the laser until you click the “Show it now” button.

Hardware

The Flashback 3 hardware interface that is supplied with Quickshow outputs high-quality projector signals: two 12-bit channels for X and Y scanner signals, and four 8-bit color/intensity channels, typically used to control red, green, blue and intensity signals.

Using LiveQUICK, you can specify a cue or sequence of cues to start playing automatically upon power-up. The cue or sequence can play once or continuously.

The Flashback 3 is very small -- the same rectangular size as a credit card. And the Flashback 3 only requires a single +5V power supply and consumes only 100-300mA of current. Because of this, the Flashback 3 can easily be integrated into a laser projector with minimal cost.

Tools for every level of user

Whether you are new to lasers, or have years of experience, QuickShow adapts to your level:

• You can do basic shows right out of the box. All you have to do is click on cues, or press keyboard keys, to display them in time to the music. QuickShow comes with nearly 2000 pre-loaded graphics, animations, beam effects and abstracts.
• But there is far more power in QuickShow than simply triggering cues. The next level is the unique QuickTools, which are used to make custom cues such as auto-traced artwork, text, and beam bounces. For example, the QuickShape tool (discussed below) makes it easy to create abstracts and beam effects (cones, fans, planes, etc.).
• Finally, for the ultimate in customization, use advanced editors for professional-level features such as cue layering and sequencing, automatic beat triggering, timelines for syncing to pre-recorded music, triggering DMX channels, and controlling up to six projectors.

Example: Creating abstract shapes

To see how this works, let's look at creating various shapes such as abstracts. You can instantly call up a pre-defined shape (cue frame), or create your own basic shapes using the QuickShape tool, or get ultimate control using the Advanced Abstract editor.

Click on a bar below, to see how these three levels work for creating abstract shapes. (Other QuickShow tools work in a similar way; for example, QuickText, QuickTrace, and QuickTargets.)

For more details, see this chart.

Work in the background

With other laser systems, as you click cues and change controls, your work is updated live to the laser. The audience sees every move you make – even when you don’t want them to.

QuickShow is much smarter. You can work in the background, setting up cues and trying out different looks. Nothing is sent to the laser until you click the “Show it now” button.

How background creation works

For example, let’s say you are projecting a beer mug...



... and you want to add some scrolling text advertising a “Drink special”. Call up the QuickText tab and type in the words:



Try out different looks and colors. You’ll see the text scroll and animate on the computer screen; the audience continues to see only the beer mug. We call this “background creation.” When you are satisfied, click “Show it now”. Your desired text now scrolls across the screen:



Thanks to background creation, it looks perfect as soon as it appears.