AJA KONA LHI, Installation And Operation Manual

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Chapter 2: Getting Started
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KONA LHi And Your Workflow
There are a lot of ways to think about the video/audio workflow you follow. Your setup might
be categorized as corporate video, professional broadcast, or desktop video. Or the workflow
might be categorized by the type of equipment used rather than the nature of work
produced—many systems these days are a mixture of equipment from high-end professional
to desktop video. This chapter hopes to show how Final Cut Pro and KONA LHi can help fit into
whatever workflow you currently have and make it more efficient.
A Workflow Scenarios diagram on the following page shows types of equipment, sorted by
VTR source, and the types of workflow attributes and KONA LHi applications supported. After
the diagram, we also discuss some typical applications.
Workflow Scenarios
KONA LHi captures and outputs
SD-SDI/HD-SDI video with embedded
audio. Use high-quality AES/EBU
and/or embedded 8-channel audio
output.
Using standard desktop video
techniques, video/audio is captured
directly from a camcorder or deck.
KONA LHi is used for playing back
captured media and editing/mastering
to tape or DVD using Final Cut 6
and other tools such as After Effects,
Combustion, Apple Motion, etc.
HDV playback is aided by KONA LHi
onboard hardware scalar.
Using Final Cut Pro, work with
a wide range of old and new SD and
analog sources, and then also
using desktop graphics and video
software for creative power and
flexibility.
Corporate/Industrial
Pro Broadcast
On-site Editing
Corporate/Industrial
Pro Broadcast
Desktop Video
On-site Editing
Post-production
Animation
Compositing
Digital SD-SDI, HD-SDI, or single-link 3G-SDI
Examples: Digibeta, DV50, DVCPRO HD,
HD Varicam and DVcam
Digital capture via Firewire with Output via AJA
KONA LHi. The LHi has Analog HD component in,
which also allows you to bring in HD directly from
an HDV camera head.
Example: MiniDV, HDV
Without even using a deck; use the video monitor
as a second Mac monitor. The KONA LHi
desktop lets you drag graphics from
programs like Adobe Photoshop from
the computer display to the video monitor. You
paint full frame and live onto a broadcast monitor.
Output virtually anything to video—ideal for
animators and compositors.
Workflow Attributes
Source Deck Type(s)
Applications
KONA LHi captures and outputs
Y/C, Component, and Composite
Video, with 2-channel audio.
Analog
Examples: Beta, VHS, and U-matic
Corporate/Industrial
Pro Broadcast
On-site Editing
KONA LHi captures HDMI camera
output with embedded
audio.
Corporate/Industrial
Pro Broadcast
On-site Editing
Digital HDMI input from Camera
Examples: Cannon HV30 or
Panasonic AG-HSC1U AVCHD camcorder