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Artist Color User

Guide

EuControl v3.0

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Summary of Contents for Artist Control

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Page 3: ...cs 11 Controls and Displays 12 Chapter 4 Common Tasks 17 Using the Soft Knobs 17 Using the NAV Key 17 Using the Trackballs and Trackwheels 17 Using the Show Key 17 Using the Trackwheel to Jog 18 Transport Keys 18 Chapter 5 EuControl 19 Surfaces 19 Workstations 21 General 22 Preferences 22 Assign 23 Layouts 23 Soft Keys 23 Chapter 6 Soft Keys 25 Command Types 28 Chapter 7 Using Artist Color with Ap...

Page 4: ...st Color User Guide iv Chapter 8 Setting IP Addresses 33 Appendix A EUCON Commands 35 Appendix B Compliance Information 39 Environmental Compliance 39 EMC Electromagnetic Compliance 40 Safety Compliance 41 ...

Page 5: ... Three optical Trackwheels to control brightness vignettes and pan scan Six touch sensitive Soft Knobs to adjust parameters Nine programmable Soft Keys for context sensitive functionality Four dedicated copy paste Grade keys Six high resolution displays for parameter names and values Comprehensive transport and navigation controls EUCON Ethernet Protocol and EuControl Software Artist Series media ...

Page 6: ... guides use the following conventions to indicate menu choices and key commands The names of Commands Options and Settings that appear on screen are in a different font The names of keys on Artist Series hardware are in bold such as SEL The SHIFT key on Artist Series hardware is indicated by bold text in all caps SHIFT to dis tinguish it from references to the Shift key on your computer keyboard T...

Page 7: ...ates and the latest online manuals browse the Compatibility documents for system requirements search the online Knowledge Base or join the worldwide Avid community on the User Conference Training and Education Study on your own using courses available online or find out how you can learn in a classroom setting at a certified Avid training center Products and Developers Learn about Avid products do...

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Page 9: ...ing the larger riser brackets Since both methods require turning Artist Color over do this before attaching any cables Turn the unit over and place it on a soft surface Pull out all four of the small foldout legs to moderately elevate the unit pull out only the back two to angle the unit towards you Pull out the metal clips from the same area as the legs and move them until they snap into the legs...

Page 10: ... riser brackets 3 Lift the riser bracket out 4 Unpack the trackballs and place them in their trackball holders Attaching Multiple Units If your system includes more than one Artist Series media controller you can attach them at their sides to form a single solid surface For instructions see the Artist Transport User Guide Artist Mix User Guide or Artist Control User Guide ...

Page 11: ...tion 4 When installation is complete click Quit Mac or Finish Windows EuControl will launch automatically and is running when its icon appears On Mac the icon is shown in the menu bar On Windows the icon appears in the System tray or alongside other Hidden Icons in the lower tool bar if you do not have your system configured to always show icons in the System tray 5 Shut down your computer 6 Plug ...

Page 12: ...an Ethernet 2 However if you want to use Ethernet 2 do the following Go to System Preferences EUCON Change the Network Interface to Ethernet 2 Restart the computer An Ethernet router or switch is required to connect multiple Artist Series units such as an Artist Control with one or more Artist Mix controllers or to connect units to a local area network 10 Turn on your router if applicable then tur...

Page 13: ...tware from the web you may need to update the firmware on your Artist Series controllers See Update Firmware on page 20 for instructions 14 Launch your audio or video application such as Apple Color and open a session or project 15 To set up your application to work with Artist Color see the EUCON Application Setup Guide that you downloaded at the be ginning of this section Controlling a Second Wo...

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Page 15: ...rtist Color are the three Trackballs and Trackwheels There are also nine assignable Soft Keys six Soft Knobs Copy Paste Grade keys and Transport Controls The Soft Key assignments are stored in an Application Set for each application Apple Color comes with its own Application Set that lets you start working right away and this set can be used as a starting point to modify and store your own You can...

Page 16: ...s 1 POWER 2 SHOW 3 SHIFT 4 Soft Keys 5 Soft Knobs 6 RESET Keys 7 Transport Keys 8 Trackballs 9 Trackwheels 10 APPLICATION Key 11 PAGE Keys 12 BANK Keys 13 COPY PASTE GRADE Keys 14 NAV Key 15 Displays Artist Color 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...

Page 17: ...y to display the second function Since this may require holding down three keys it is useful to lock the SHIFT key Locking the Shift Key The SHIFT key can be locked to access multiple alternate key functions To lock SHIFT 1 Press and release the SHIFT key quickly 2 Press another key to access its alternate function The Shift keys light when locked Continue in this manner until finished 3 Press and...

Page 18: ...tivity Trackball and Trackwheel sensitivity can be adjusted Increasing the sensitivity changes the assigned parameter faster while de creasing it has the opposite effect To adjust Trackball and Trackwheel sensitivity 1 Press both PAGE keys simultaneously The bottom half of the first and second displays show the Trackball and Trackwheel sen sitivity values respectively while the label is in the top...

Page 19: ...d settings tab When in a Secondary room do any of the following Press BANK 1 to select the Basic settings tab Press BANK 2 to select Vignette controls Press SHIFT BANK 1 to select the Advanced settings tab Copy Paste Grade and BANK Keys The Grade comprises all color correction operations for a clip from all the rooms The CG1 PG1 CG4 PG4 keys copy the Grade to four dedicated memory banks in Apple C...

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Page 21: ...d by the Trackwheels for three sections Shadow Midtone and Highlight When navigating to the Setup Color Effects Still Store and Render Queue rooms the displays continue to show the room names Using the Trackballs and Trackwheels In each of the following the corresponding Trackwheel controls the contrast slider for that attribute Move the left Trackball to control the Shadow hue and saturation Move...

Page 22: ...el Jog Soft Key 2 Turn the right Trackwheel which now jogs The playhead moves through the timeline in Apple Color 3 Press the Toggle Trackwheel Jog Soft Key to restore the previous function Transport Keys Use the Transport keys to move through the project timeline 1 Previous Clip 2 Next Clip 3 Reverse Play 4 Stop 5 Forward Play Transport keys 1 2 3 5 4 ...

Page 23: ... Transport one Artist Control and up to four Artist Mix units on the network These multiple devices act together as a single control surface Once connected Artist Se ries controllers are not available to other instances of EuControl until relinquished in the EuControl Settings Surfaces tab The tabs in EuControl software are discussed in the order left to right as they appear at the top of the EuCo...

Page 24: ...ou are the only person running EuControl in your home or studio It provides an easy plug and play experience by automatically adding your All Surfaces list to your My Surfaces list so you never have to manually edit the My Sur faces list My Surfaces Only This setting is useful in facilities where other EuControl users are on your network When EuControl starts only the surfaces from your My Surface...

Page 25: ...s done to allow multiple users to share workstations without having to frequently edit their My Workstations list Add Click Add to add the selected workstation from the All Workstations list to the My Workstations list If the workstation is already in the My Workstations list it is gray and cannot be selected Remove Click Remove to remove the selected workstation from the My Workstations list Atta...

Page 26: ...r adding the workstation it will have no affect Only workstations added with the option checked will respond General The General tab controls how the Artist media controller and application software work together This tab does not pertain to Artist Color Preferences The following features do not pertain to Artist Color Footswitch Artist Control Display Artist Mix Artist Transport and Artist Color ...

Page 27: ... only application that will be affected by adjusting the EuControl Wheel Sensitivity settings Entire Surface Select this checkbox to lock the entire surface including those of all linked Artist media controllers to the listed application Transport Select this checkbox to lock the transport controls of Artist Transport and Artist Control to the listed application All transport con trols including j...

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Page 29: ... Apple Color and then switch back to EuControl to restore them Although Apple Color unsaved Soft Key edits are preserved between focus changes until you quit the application we still recom mend saving frequently Apple Color Soft Key assignments are stored in an Application Set Be sure to check that the Apple Color is in focus before using Save Restore or Revert Save Click Save to permanently store...

Page 30: ...y pages Minus Key Click the Minus key to delete the currently displayed page of Soft Keys Soft Key Label Select a Soft Key its outline highlights yellow and type a label in this text field Layout Select Text Only Icon Only or Text and Icon from the Layout popup menu Icon Click the Icon button and select an icon from the dialog Font Click the Font button and select a font from the dialog Color Clic...

Page 31: ...lents and even inject a specific text string if necessary Key commands can also be used to make a macro which consists of multiple commands executed sequentially by one Soft Key For a description of Key and other Command type and an example how to create a new command see Command Types on page 28 Add Click Add to select a command type Multiple commands can be added to the same key to create a macr...

Page 32: ...used to make a macro which consists of multiple commands executed sequentially by one Soft Key Key Command Parameters To enter text type into the text field in the Details pane Use the Control Shift Opt Alt and Command Start modifiers along with the Insert Special menu to finish creating the key command Select Repeat to repeat the command if the Soft Key is held down For example if the key execute...

Page 33: ...lor Effects Room Artist Color automatically activates Mouse Injection However it can be useful to implement this function elsewhere such as to control curves in a primary room 1 Select the Soft Keys tab in EuControl 2 Select Soft Keys from the Section pop up with Artist Color icon to its left 3 Double click the desired Soft Key 4 Select EuCon from the Add popup menu 5 Select Color from the left co...

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Page 35: ...b 1 Press Bank 1 2 Turn Soft Knobs 4 6 to control Lift Gain and Gamma respectively Color Balance After correcting image contrast you can adjust the color balance Fast coarse adjustments to color balance Shadow Midtone and Highlight can be made using the Trackballs to set the primary color balance as follows The left Trackball controls the Shadow Color Balance wheel R1 resets Hue and Saturation The...

Page 36: ... and adjust parameters while maintaining contact with Artist Color To Keyframe in the Timeline 1 Press the Add Keyframe Soft Key 2 Adjust color parameters or vignette controls 3 Press the Trackwheel Jog Soft Key 4 Jog to another frame to select another edit point 5 Press the Add Keyframe Soft Key 6 Adjust color parameters or vignette controls Using Artist Color and Artist Transport Artist Color ca...

Page 37: ...s simultaneously press and release the POWER switch Continue to hold the Soft Keys down until the display lights 2 Turn the Left or Right Trackwheels clockwise to change the underlined value from yes default to no 3 Press the ENTER key to move the cursor to the next screen in this case the first field of the IP Address screen 4 Press the ENTER key to cycle the cursor back to a previous field or sc...

Page 38: ... previous steps 11 Press the two left most Soft Keys simultaneously to save this static IP address Power Artist Color off and on to use the new IP address To cancel any changes made to the IP address at any time power off Artist Color before pressing the two left most Soft Keys si multaneously ...

Page 39: ...t Grade Bank 5 Copies grade from current clip to memory bank 5 Copy Grade from Previous Clip Copies grade from the previous clip on the timeline Cue Navigation Moves playhead to the navigational time Cut Edit Splits current clip at the Playhead Delete Key Frame Deletes keyframe at position of playhead Green Channel Waveform Displays the Green Channel Histogram Waveform Displays the Histogram Inch ...

Page 40: ...Secondary Selects the previous Secondary tab for the current clip cycles 1 8 Print Queue Render all clips in the Queue Red Channel Waveform Displays the Red Channel Reset Grade Resets grade for the current clip Revert Project Reverts to last saved state of the current project Save Project Saves Project Set Player Marker In Sets the player in Marker Set Player Marker Out Sets the player out Marker ...

Page 41: ... for current clip Toggle Secondary Vignette Enable or disable secondary vignette for the selected secondary for the current clip Toggle Still Store Show or hide still Numpad go to Clip MC Transport s numpad is used to go to clip ID Numpad go to Time Code MC Transport s numpad is used to go to timecode location Toggle Mouse Injection Center trackball controls mouse cursor R3 and R4 become mouse but...

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Page 43: ...l help conserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling please contact your local city recycling office or the dealer from whom you purchased the product Proposition 65 Warning Perchlorate Notice This product may contain a lithium coin battery The...

Page 44: ...sted and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio ...

Page 45: ...onvenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the equipment 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 For products that are not rack mountable Use only with a cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the equipment When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart equipment combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Un...

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