Barco MCM-50, User Manual

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11. Expert operation
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The following table describes the fi elds in the Soft Edge selection dialog.
Field / button Description Notes
Planes
• Internal soft edge: to enable the Soft Edge or Blanking
area created through the OSD;
• Alpha plane : to enable an external Alpha plane that
has been uploaded to the device.
Both Internal and Alpha plane can be selected
at the same time.
Source
• Image : to display the image of the selected source(s)
while adjusting the Soft Edge;
• Full white : to display full white while adjusting the Soft
Edge.
The procedures in this manual are explained
using a full white background.
Edges In this section the edges of the total image where Soft
Edge blending needs to be applied must be selected:
Left,
Top, Right, Bottom .
Disabled edges are hard edges. Adjusting a
hard edge results in creating a blanked area
without Soft Edge blending on that edge.
Adjustment guide The adjustment guide consists of a four brightness
graduated bars applied on the selected edge(s). The four bars coincide with the grid as
explained in "Soft Edge area shape", page 88.
Hierarchy level The Soft Edge adjustment level can be set in a range from
one to six. For more details, see "Soft Edge area shape",
page 88.
Reset Click this button to return to the default Soft Edge settings,
i.e. on the selected edges, the Soft Edge shape follows the
active geometry settings and the width is set to 12.5%. If starting to adjust Soft Edge from scratch, it is
a good practice to click
Reset before clicking
Adjust . Then you are sure that the Soft Edge
follows the active geometry settings.
Adjust Click this button to display the Soft Edge edit dialog and
start de
fi ning/adjusting Soft Edge or Blanking.
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