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Manual Conventions

 

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Control Panel keys are called “buttons” to avoid confusion with the video 

keying process.

 

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Names of Control Panel buttons appear in bold capital letters: the 

 

3D 

TRANS

 

 button, the 

 

RUN

 

 button, etc. 

 

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Menu names are capitalized: the Warp menu, the Input menu, etc. 

 

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Menu functions are noted in bold upper and lower case italicized letters: the

 

 

Locate

 

 function, or simply 

 

Locate

 

.

 

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Names of function parameters are noted in bold upper and lower case let-

ters: 

 

H Loc

 

. or 

 

Z Rot. 

 

If a parameter can only be changed by turning its 

associated softknob, it is noted by the parameter name and the word “soft-
knob”: the 

 

Loop 

 

softknob. Otherwise, softknobs appear in left to right 

order as softknob A, softknob B, softknob C, and softknob D.

 

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“Select” means to highlight a menu item for use by pressing or toggling its 

menu softkey.

 

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A sequence of button presses is noted by long dashes (—) separating the but-

tons:

 

 MODIFY

 

 — 

 

ALL

 

 — 

 

ENTER

 

. Holding one button down and press-

ing another appears with a plus (+). For example, holding 

 

CLEAR

 

 and 

pressing the 

 

3D TRANS

 

 button appears as 

 

CLEAR + 3D TRANS

 

.

 

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Depending on your input and channel configurations, a channel can process 

a video signal, a key signal or a drop shadow. This manual uses the word 

 

image

 

 generically to indicate the channel's source (video, key, or shadow).

Summary of Contents for dveous/mx

Page 1: ...Quick Contents Section 1 Introduction to Dveous MX Introduction Manual Conventions Twin Channel Power Control Panel Navigation Key Signal Paths System Description...

Page 2: ...ch includes Color Modify Corner Pinning Input Key Light Source Multi Motion Detect Output Texture and UltraWarp Section 5 describes the functions controlled through the Global Menu buttons i e functio...

Page 3: ...hanged by turning its associated softknob it is noted by the parameter name and the word soft knob the Loop softknob Otherwise softknobs appear in left to right order as softknob A softknob B softknob...

Page 4: ...system the only channel 1A takes in a full bandwidth video signal the second channel 1B is not avail able In the single twin system the main channel 1A takes in full bandwidth video The second channel...

Page 5: ...her in one path with independent control of the shadow in the other path Dveous MX Single channel configuration In the single 1 channel configuration of the HD mode only the A channel is active There...

Page 6: ...e in use and in which menus you ve adjusted values Also all the On Air buttons have LEDs to tell you instantly what is in use Menu Buttons By pressing the menu buttons you bring up the menus which mak...

Page 7: ...g display brightness and contrast Working In a Menu Look at the Menu Display Example illustration below Here the Border Crop menu is shown as a typical menu display Each of the items called out in the...

Page 8: ...good to you and leave it Using the Joystick Twist the joystick and or moving it horizontally or verti cally to change a parameter and thus modify an effect Entering Values into the Keypad Enter values...

Page 9: ...Setup menu is set to 0 00 Current Effect Shows the number of the effect that has been copied off the register and placed into the Workspace for viewing When you power up or reboot Dveous MX the defau...

Page 10: ...nter the new value To make another channel the Master Channel quickly double press that chan nel s button Its number now appears in the menu display as the Master Chan nel and all menu setting will re...

Page 11: ...do for example Joystick control directional controls are indicated in the menu display Up down arrows indicated vertical movement left right arrows indicated hori zontal movement while a circular arr...

Page 12: ...on These are single press buttons that need only to be pressed once to carry out a keyframe command Other command buttons allow multiple presses for different functions INSERT NEXT inserts a keyframe...

Page 13: ...MULTI gives your images a mosaic quality or tiles them Use this button for accessing motion detect COLOR CRCTR gives you independent color correction for RGB and YUV components Includes adjustments fo...

Page 14: ...transparency and key priority of the A channel over the B channel TimeFrame Effects Editor Buttons The 14 blue TimeFrame Effects Editor buttons perform editing commands Pressed alone or in sequence t...

Page 15: ...to delete a keyframe you press DELETE ENTER To copy all keyframes press COPY ALL ENTER Graphics Buttons CURSOR displays cursors and channel identifications on the Dveous MX output so that you can see...

Page 16: ...Target Framestore and if you have a dual twin system between the two twin channel proces sors TARGET FRAMESTR used in the creation of effects such as decays spar kles smears and composite montages DE...

Page 17: ...the duration of effects and keyframes EVENTS triggers one of the four GPI outputs PATH used to adjust the user path settings TCB1 TCB2 DISK saves to and copy from a floppy disk or hard drive SAVE EFFE...

Page 18: ...XPOINT tells the system to ignore the inputs originally programmed for an effect and run it using the currently selected inputs ENG You can adjust the menu to display in black on white Normal or white...

Page 19: ...e number PATH toggles the available motion paths and lets you assign one to a func tion parameter Also used to select individual files under Disk Menu ALIGN adjusts parameter values to their nearest o...

Page 20: ...T step through keyframes of the Master channel one at a time either forward NEXT or back PREVIOUS STOP NEXT pauses the effect at the next keyframe RUN l l l l runs the effect forward RUN k k k k runs...

Page 21: ...t up the freeze type for each input Parameter softknobs for each channel appear when you press FIELD allowing you to select the freeze type field 1 field 2 or frame Note On air freezes override any ti...

Page 22: ...e The A channel processes full bandwidth video and the B channel is not accessible The DVE processor inter nally generates the key signal associated with the one channel Video Video single or dual twi...

Page 23: ...rocessor Signal Paths Inputs Dveous MX accepts up to twelve inputs The twelve inputs inputs 1 6 are standard 7 12 optional the internal SuperMatte generator and the Pattern Framestore are all availabl...

Page 24: ...u can configure the DVE in three modes Video Video Video Key and Video Key Shadow This discussion includes a drawing for each mode Video Video Mode In the Video Video mode the transform boards process...

Page 25: ...ochrome The A B Combiner s key output is a transformed version of the input and not the raster based signal seen in the Video Video mode The B key transform is independent of the A video transform Vid...

Page 26: ...ut Key Input Luma Key Luma Key Luma Key Chroma Chroma Not Used Chroma Input A Light Source Combine Input B Light Source Combine Light Source Generator Light Source Generator Xform Ctl A Xform Ctl B Pr...

Page 27: ...completely independent control of the shadow The A B Combiner key output is a combined key shadow sig nal Note This cannot be done in one channel HD mode Video A Input Texture A Input Texture B Input...

Page 28: ...ect to both the DVE Combiner and the TFS matrix The DVE Combiner combines the two DVEs video and key signals into a sin gle set of video and key signals The TFS Target Framestore matrix lets you selec...

Page 29: ...SD Mode 1A 1B 2A 2B Full functionality as described above HD Mode 1A 1B One DVE channel pair of HD capable of working as a Video Video V V pair or as a Video Key V K pair or as a Video Key Shadow VK S...

Page 30: ...ts six Standard Definition SMPTE 259M or High Definition SMPTE 292M 10 bit serial outputs They are selectable as combined video combined key channel video or channel key outputs Multiple Rates and For...

Page 31: ...density 1 44MB MS DOS format floppy disk drive You can use the floppy drive to store and recall effects and engineering setup files Remote interfacing capabilities Dveous MX can control external switc...

Page 32: ...ct skew and perspective in Source Target and Global space There are six different motion path types that you can assign to parameters on a keyframe basis Creative PowerT ools Dveous MX comes standard...

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