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Startup Overview.......................................................... 3-1

3.2

About the Software ...................................................... 3-1

3.3

Starting the System...................................................... 3-1

3.4

Power-Up Diagnostics ................................................. 3-3

3.4.1

iNFiNiT! Power Up Displays ............................................. 3-5

3.4.2

MAX!> Power Up Displays ............................................... 3-6

3.4.3

MAXINE! Power Up Displays............................................ 3-7

3.5

Program Loader............................................................ 3-8

3.6

Setup Options............................................................... 3-9

3.6.1

Set (Internal) Clock (SET-UP S) ..................................... 3-10

3.6.2

Kybd (Keyboard) ID (SET-UP K) .................................... 3-12

3.6.3

User Mode (SET-UP U).................................................... 3-13

3.6.4

Set Video (SET-UP V)...................................................... 3-15

3.6.5

Reboot (SET-UP B).......................................................... 3-27

3.6.6

Set Com (Communications) (SET-UP C)....................... 3-27

3.6.7

Set Drive (SET-UP D) ...................................................... 3-31

3.6.8

Network (SET-UP N)........................................................ 3-31

3.6.9

Set GPI (iNFiNiT! Only) (SET-UP G)............................... 3-33

3.6.10 Machine ID - (SET-UP I) .................................................. 3-34

3.6.11 Error(/Reboot) Mode (SET-UP E) ................................... 3-34

3.6.12 Tablet Type (SET-UP T) .................................................. 3-35

3.6.13 Recall Kbd (Keyboard) (SET-UP R) ............................... 3-35

3.6.14 Align Cursor (SET-UP A) ................................................ 3-39

3.6.15 Cel RAM Alignment (SET-UP A ALT 1).......................... 3-40

3.6.16 3rd Output (iNFiNiT! Only) (SET-UP) ............................. 3-43

3.6.17 Keybd (Keyboard) Map (SET-UP M) (WiNFiNiT! Only). 3-45

3.6.18 HW (Hardware) Diag (SET-UP H) ................................... 3-45

3.6.19 RAM Reset Mode (SET-UP ERASE)............................... 3-46

3.6.20 Exiting Setup Menu (Q, CNTL, ESC).............................. 3-46

3.6.21 Aspect Ratio - 4 X 3, 16 X 9 ............................................ 3-47

3.7

Menu Layout ............................................................... 3-47

3.7.1

Program Icons ................................................................. 3-48

Summary of Contents for infinit! series

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Page 9: ...3 6 Flash Save 1 4 1 3 7 Image Tools 1 4 1 3 8 IMAGESTOR Option 1 4 1 3 9 IMAGESTOR Recall Keyboard 1 5 1 3 10 Intelligent Interface 1 5 1 3 11 International Keyboard 1 5 1 3 12 Logo Compose 1 5 1 3 1...

Page 10: ...me 1 14 1 7 3 Keystroke Representations 1 14 1 7 4 Enter Newline Return Key 1 15 1 7 5 Alert Notices 1 15 1 7 6 Artwork Image Rendering 1 16 6HFWLRQ QVWDOODWLRQ 2 1 Hardware Installation Overview 2 1...

Page 11: ...ideo Adjustment Locations 2 36 2 8 2 Analog Digital Sync Generator Differences MAXINE 2 37 2 9 Video Input Module Option Hookup 2 38 2 10 Keyboard ID ArcNet Host ID Set Up iNFiNiT MAX Only 2 40 2 11 S...

Page 12: ...UP B 3 27 3 6 6 Set Com Communications SET UP C 3 27 3 6 7 Set Drive SET UP D 3 31 3 6 8 Network SET UP N 3 31 3 6 9 Set GPI iNFiNiT Only SET UP G 3 33 3 6 10 Machine ID SET UP I 3 34 3 6 11 Error Reb...

Page 13: ...es and Fonts 3 51 3 9 2 Recording Test Messages 3 53 3 9 3 Transparency Test and Key Signal Timing Test 3 54 3 10 Ready to Go 3 54 6HFWLRQ ERXW RQWV 4 1 Fonts Overview 4 1 4 2 Master Fonts Machine Fon...

Page 14: ...t Font Loading 6 3 6 3 About Machine Fonts 6 4 6 4 Main Menu 6 5 6 4 1 Status Information 6 7 6 4 2 Keyboard LCD 6 9 6 4 3 Function Icons 6 10 6 5 Selecting a Color 6 11 6 6 Font Load Utility Loading...

Page 15: ...CNTL ERASE 7 3 7 2 6 Erase Background ALT ERASE 7 3 7 2 7 Erase to New Row Height Font Key ERASE 7 3 7 2 8 Erase to New Screen Color CNTL B E Q 7 4 7 2 9 Erase Transform CNTL ALT T 7 4 7 3 Safe Title...

Page 16: ...7 35 7 7 2 Reposition an Underline SHIFT ROW 7 35 7 7 3 Exit Underline Mode CNTL Q 7 35 7 8 Shifting Text on Display 7 35 7 8 1 Locked Unlocked Mode CNTL M 7 36 7 8 2 Shift Character 7 37 7 8 3 Shift...

Page 17: ...irectory Types 8 2 8 1 2 Drive Designations 8 3 8 2 Message Directory Utility 8 4 8 2 1 Overview and Main Menu 8 4 8 2 2 Function Icons 8 6 8 3 Block Message Utility 8 15 8 3 1 Block Message Utility O...

Page 18: ...Clock Timer Message C 8 51 8 5 12 Record Clock Timer and Full Page Message L 8 51 8 5 13 Record Transform Scripts X 8 52 8 5 14 Record Foreground Background Messages A 8 53 8 5 15 Record Text Graphic...

Page 19: ...5 3 About ASCII Codes ALT and End of File 9 64 9 5 4 Serial Crawl Setup Execution 9 65 9 5 5 Immediate Execution of Serial Crawl 9 67 9 5 6 Clearing the Crawl Buffer 9 67 9 5 7 Special Serial Crawl C...

Page 20: ...Character Edge Colors 10 11 10 3 6 Saving Recording Colors Exiting 10 11 10 4 Subpalettes 10 11 10 4 1 Creating a Subpalette 10 14 10 4 2 Exiting the Subpalette 10 18 10 4 3 Recording Reading Subpale...

Page 21: ...Function Commands 12 9 12 3 6 Loop and Move 12 11 12 3 7 Using More Than 500 Steps in a Sequence 12 14 12 4 Executing Function Key Sequences 12 15 12 4 1 Standard Execution 12 15 12 4 2 Single Step M...

Page 22: ...3 19 13 6 4 Placement P 13 21 13 6 5 Configure G Multiple Flash Fonts 13 23 13 6 6 Background K 13 24 13 6 7 TrueType W WiNFiNiT Only 13 25 13 6 8 Convert C 13 25 13 7 Flash Font Typing Mode 13 27 13...

Page 23: ...del 13 56 13 15 5Recording or Reading 3D Attributes 13 57 13 15 6Restrictions for 3D Conversions 13 58 13 16 Advanced Font Convert Review 13 59 13 17 Memory Allocation 13 61 13 18 Things to Remember A...

Page 24: ...Input Switching Single User Three Frame Buffers 14 34 14 8 4 iNFiNiT Input Switching Dual Users Two Frame Buffers 14 36 14 8 5 iNFiNiT Input Switching Dual Users Three Frame Buffers 14 37 14 8 6 Dual...

Page 25: ...ng Recalling Read Effects Presets 15 23 15 7 1 Save Fx Presets 15 23 15 7 2 Recall Fx Presets 15 24 15 7 3 Exiting Read Effects 15 25 15 8 Extended Effects Frame Buffer Option CLYPS Capable Frame Buff...

Page 26: ...unction Icons Mix Effects 16 13 16 9 Executing a Mix Effect 16 14 16 9 1 Mix Effects over Scanline Background 16 17 16 9 2 DO Key 16 17 16 9 3 Executing Mix Effects Sequence 16 19 16 10 Key Enable 16...

Page 27: ...hannel Assignments 17 26 17 5 2 Output Percentage Level 17 27 17 5 3 Soft 17 27 17 6 Transform Window 17 28 17 6 1 Dir Directory 17 29 17 6 2 Script 17 29 17 6 3 Pri Priority 17 32 17 6 4 Erasing Tran...

Page 28: ...4 18 4 Font Convert Setup Window 18 5 18 4 1 Master Font 18 5 18 4 2 Machine Font 18 7 18 4 3 Font Size 18 8 18 4 4 Edge Type 18 9 18 4 5 EDGE DIR Edge Direction 18 10 18 4 6 Edge Size 18 11 18 4 7 OP...

Page 29: ...9 14 19 5 2 Listing Files in a Directory 19 15 19 6 Copy 19 16 19 6 1 Listing Files to Copy 19 17 19 6 2 Multi File Copy 19 17 19 6 3 Creating Machine Font Directories Using Copy 19 19 19 6 4 General...

Page 30: ...M Operational Overview CNTL I 20 3 20 4 Activating Video Input Module CNTL I 20 3 20 5 Video Input Control Menu Entries 20 6 20 5 1 Video Input 20 6 20 5 2 Video Freeze 20 6 20 5 3 Field Adjust 20 6 2...

Page 31: ...ge Control E 21 13 21 8 Font Utility F 21 15 21 9 Recording an RGB Message R 21 17 21 10 Transparency T 21 20 21 11 Merge Buffers B 21 22 21 11 1Frame Buffers B 21 24 21 11 2Foreground Background F 21...

Page 32: ...3 1 Power Up 23 4 23 3 2 Disk Utilities SCSI Setup 23 5 23 3 3 IMAGESTOR SCSI Setup 23 6 23 3 4 Message Compose SCSI Setup 23 8 23 3 5 SCSI Drive as Current Directory 23 9 23 3 6 SCSI Express from Ima...

Page 33: ...CMF JPEG Reading a CMF or JPEG 23 39 23 6 IMAGESTOR Operations CMF Only 23 40 23 6 1 About IMAGESTOR and CMF 23 40 23 6 2 Performing Capture from within IMAGESTOR 23 41 23 6 3 Reading and Recording CM...

Page 34: ...CHYRON Corporation Pub No 2A01976 xxxiv Revision D...

Page 35: ...l character graphics system also available in a dual user configuration for optimum flexibility and efficiency MAX A single user system that provides many of the same features as the iNFiNiT MAXINE A...

Page 36: ...bits of color data each for red green blue and alpha give the systems the potential to produce over 16 7 million colors with 256 levels of anti aliasing or trans parency Images created with the optio...

Page 37: ...rs within a font or between fonts XDO 8VHU 2SWLRQ L1 L1L7 2QO Provides a second fully functional keyboard allowing two operators to independently use one iNFiNiT WHQGHG IIHFWV UDPH XIIHUV Extended Eff...

Page 38: ...es fast capture record of up to six NTSC or four PAL video images to frame buffer mem ory For more information about this feature see 20 5 5 PDJH 7RROV A painting and object creation program that lets...

Page 39: ...lnet enabling control of the option over a network QWHUQDWLRQDO H ERDUG Provides additional keycaps with character accent marks for many non english languages Custom configurations are also available...

Page 40: ...NFS Networking is a high speed networking option that provides the ability for a group of systems to share remote disk drives in a transparent fashion For exam ple a system in one location can mount a...

Page 41: ...Second Channel is a second frame buffer board pro viding a 32 bit mix channel for use with Mix F X or other options on MAX systems 7KLUG 2XWSXW KDQQHO L1 L1L7 2QO This option enables you to add a thi...

Page 42: ...rm of Chyron Motion Files CMF JPEG Video files JPEG Key Files or JPEG Video with Key files Playback can be instantaneously triggered from Message Compose Multiple Effects Function Keys IMAGESTOR CMFs...

Page 43: ...o input to the system for real time video capture This option is described in Section 20 of this manual Additionally in systems equipped with Extended Effects Frame Buffers and the Video Input Option...

Page 44: ...e imported into the iNFiNiT Family system and con verted into Master Fonts which can then be converted into Machine Fonts making virtually limitless the num ber of Master Fonts available Other feature...

Page 45: ...rive w one ext SCSI port Optional Zip high capacity cartridge drive Four serial ports configurable for RS 232 or RS 422 Parallel port GPI General Purpose Interface port Ethernet AUI port 0 68040 based...

Page 46: ...ard H ERDUG The keyboards provide the features described below Please note that you may operate your iNFiNiT Family system without a dedicated keyboard via the WiN FiNiT option L1 L1L7 1 0 1 44 MB flo...

Page 47: ...disk s Power cables Coaxial ArcNet cable iNFiNiT MAX Serial keyboard interface cable MAXINE Table 1 1 iNFiNiT Family Specifications L1 L1L7 0 0 1 Main Chassis HLJKW 19 25 48 9cm 7 17 8cm 3 5 8 8cm LGW...

Page 48: ...ser directory into which MESSAGE and FONT subdirectories are stored This directory is named for the individual system e g C MAX Since this manual describes all three products in this fam ily we use th...

Page 49: ...ily keyboard this key has no text label only a symbol Therefore in this manual we use a special character to indicate this key Figure 1 1 Enter Newline Return Key OHUW 1RWLFHV These notices are includ...

Page 50: ...Monitor This is because our most important goal is clarity and a menu with a black background or small text may not reproduce in print as well as it does on video Therefore we have taken some artisti...

Page 51: ...ins the main chassis one contains the keyboard console and the third contains documentation software and the power and keyboard cables All boxes should be marked with the configuration you ordered for...

Page 52: ...g be sure that neither the air intake nor outflow areas of the chassis are blocked in any way Be sure to check the main chassis air filters at least every month to make sure they are clean When necess...

Page 53: ...e Mouse option to J1 Figure 2 1 iNFiNiT MAX Keyboard Hookup CHYRON VIDEO COLOR EDIT SYNC BLUE GREEN RED KEY PROMPT GEN LOCK SYNC OUT PROMPT KEY RED GREEN BLUE SYNC COLOR EDIT CHYRON VIDEO SCSI PORT PA...

Page 54: ...ious keyboard To next keyboard Terminator ON for last keyboard in chain OFF for all others To Mouse optional 1 0 Power Switch J2 J3 J1 SEE BOTTOM FOR RATING LABEL FUSE 3A SLO BLO 100 240 VAC To CHYRON...

Page 55: ...e ON down position Custom ArcNet Cables The supplied ArcNet cable allows the key board to be placed within 25 feet of the main chassis You may create another cable up to 1000 feet long out of RG62 U o...

Page 56: ...se to the Mouse port on the MAXINE rear panel as shown in Fig ure 2 3 Connect the other end of the keyboard cable to the KEY BOARD OUT connector on the keyboard s rear panel as shown in Figure 2 4 Mul...

Page 57: ...Keyboard Mouse Ports Figure 2 4 Keyboard Rear Panel MAXINE 1 0 INTEL INTF TABLET KEYBOARD MOUSE P2 5 12 12 GND ETHER To MAXINE Keyboard To Mouse optional 1 0 Power Switch KEYBOARD IN KEYBOARD OUT SEE...

Page 58: ...en using high quality twisted pair shielded cable The following material is required RS422 shielded interface cable Two DB 9 male connectors Refer to Figure 2 5 for MAXINE RS 422 keyboard interface ca...

Page 59: ...SSIS ANY TIME THE LINE CORD IS ATTACHED NOTE 75 ohm BNC terminators must be installed on all unused video outputs for reduced electromagnetic emissions This description is divided into three segments...

Page 60: ...NC GENERATOR J19 MIX EFFECTS J18 INTERNAL MIX CHANNEL OPTION J17 FRAME BUFFER B J16 FRAME BUFFER A J15 TRANSCODER J14 EXPANSION 601 DIGITAL VIDEO OPTION J13 EXPANSION 601 DIGITAL VIDEO OPTION J12 TRAN...

Page 61: ...ial Ports Four D9 serial ports on the CPU transition board used for options such as Logo Compose Intelligent Interface IMAGESTOR Recall Keyboard etc Parallel Port Parallel printer port CHYRON VIDEO CO...

Page 62: ...use remote switches to activate Function Keys F1 through F8 ETHERNET Network connection for use with Network Utilities option Table 2 2 iNFiNiT Video Connections RQQHFWRU XQFWLRQ CHYRON VIDEO Output c...

Page 63: ...l output 1 0v p p PROMPT Displays icon based prompts menus commands and current operating information Monochrome GEN LOCK For attaching an external house source of genlock if iNFiNiT internal genlock...

Page 64: ...hree chassis power supply test points 5v 12v 12v are provided along with a ground reference ArcNet Run ArcNet coaxial cable from this connector to the J2 BNC on the MAX keyboard Serial Ports The two D...

Page 65: ...e remote switches to activate Function Keys F1 through F8 ETHERNET Optional Network connection for use with Network Util ities software Table 2 4 MAX Video Connections RQQHFWRU HVFULSWLRQ CHYRON VIDEO...

Page 66: ...0v p p PROMPT Displays icon based prompts menus commands and current operating information such as mode color and font specifications Connect this output to a monochrome monitor Only one Prompt output...

Page 67: ...ed KEYBOARD should be con nected to the MAXINE keyboard RS422 Mouse The D9 connector labeled Mouse may be connected to the optional serial Mouse RS232 Serial Ports The D9 serial port labeled INTEL INT...

Page 68: ...text graphics effects and or backgrounds Does not include Safe Title Box cursor or tab fields 1 0v p p COLOR EDIT Same as VIDEO OUT 1 plus displays Safe Title Box cursor and tab fields 1 0v p p PROMP...

Page 69: ...e system Any type of momentary switching device may be used but switch contact bounce time must be 20 ms or less This section is divided into separate parts due to differences in the iNFiNiT Family ha...

Page 70: ...of momentary switching device can be used but switch contact bounce time must be 20 ms or less Connector pins correspond to Function Keys as follows Table 2 7 iNFiNiT GPI Connector Pinout H RQQHFWRU 3...

Page 71: ...Dual User Function Key operation Section 12 explains how to program Function Keys 0 3 RRN XS The GPI connector on the MAX rear panel can be used to activate Function Keys F1 through F8 Single User Mod...

Page 72: ...the corresponding Function Keys Figure 2 13 MAX GPI Connector Pinout NOTE When wiring the GPI inputs remember that Pin 1 is the common for GPI contact closures F2 F4 F6 and F8 while Pin 25 is the comm...

Page 73: ...GMXVWPHQWV 4XDOLILHG 7HFKQLFLDQV 21 NOTE iNFiNiT Family systems are properly aligned before shipment Video adjustments are necessary only if after connecting monitors you have problems with color or p...

Page 74: ...01 digital video option adjustments for iNFiNiT and MAX systems are provided in the documentation supplied with the option If you want to use external sync use the GEN LOCK jack on the rear panel Asid...

Page 75: ...er frequency when the system is in a stand alone con figuration Burst Position Adjusts the position of the burst signal with respect to the picture blanking inter val Burst Width Adjusts the duration...

Page 76: ...ce is recommended QFRGHU RDUG GMXVWPHQWV Unlike previous video encoder boards component video out puts are no longer an option GBR or YUV outputs are avail able Chroma Enable S1 switch 2 Enables disab...

Page 77: ...dards for Composite Video Component Video and sync level These adjustments are also preset at the factory Video sync and key signals timed together to within 5 nanoseconds Component Video outputs set...

Page 78: ...Channel 2 is JP9 H 6LJQDO 2SWLRQV The Encoder board is factory set for key out to be timed within 5 nanoseconds of Video Out The key signal can be advanced about 250 nanoseconds or delayed about 750 n...

Page 79: ...t Channel 1 sync adjustment is S14 Channel 2 sync adjustment is S11 This switch is usually used to adjust the timing of sync relative to the component video outputs for systems that require a sepa rat...

Page 80: ...to know the source and destination of signals that enter and leave later pages For exam ple page 7 and page 15 both have a KSYNC input Page 1 iden tifies the signal going to page 7 as CH1_KCSYNC and...

Page 81: ...itch Fine key timing has 16 unique settings The last 2 switches adjust Luma Chroma delay for the compos ite video output L1 L1L7 5 LJLWDO 9LGHR 2SWLRQ GMXVWPHQWV L1 L1L7 2YHUYLHZ The CCIR 601 601 digi...

Page 82: ...format then passes it through a digital filter The digital key signal from the iNFiNiT if present is converted to a Y only luminance for mat and changed into ECL levels The YCrCb data is multiplexed...

Page 83: ...Hot Key Enable Disable as switch is rotated click to enable dis able Hot Key 30mV increase in key level SW4 Output Bit Clock Phase Adjusting this switch moves the 601 27 MHz output clock with respect...

Page 84: ...ment using switches SW1 and or SW2 LQDO GMXVWPHQWV iNFiNiT 601 boards have three final adjustments Jumper link settings luma chroma timing adjustments and key timing adjustment NOTE The timing adjustm...

Page 85: ...until the CrCb values are coincident with the luminance Y value H 7LPLQJ GMXVW 1 Connect the 601 output from the iNFiNiT to the MAIN input of the Magni 2 Connect the iNFiNiT 601 KEY output to the AUX...

Page 86: ...e MAXINE Sync Gen Digital Video board Figure 2 17 Maxine Sync Gen Digital Video Board The adjustment points are as follows Table 2 12 MAXINE Sync Gen Digital Video Board Adjustments 6ZLWFK 2Q 2II S1 1...

Page 87: ...or only provides a line lock since there is no color burst present on the 601 outputs the COLOR EDIT output is factory set to have 0 ScH phase in both genlock and stand alone modes For Digital Input e...

Page 88: ...on of Video Input Module software Section 21 describes the RGB Tools software supplied with the Video Input Module option The Video Input Module takes the red green and blue compo nents of a video sou...

Page 89: ...amily system Then route this signal to the GENLOCK INPUT of the outboard RGB video source NOTE Certain component video sources might have Sync information encoded on the Green channel If that is the c...

Page 90: ...follows If you are connecting a YUV video source connect V to RED Y to GREEN and U to the BLUE inputs On the VIM module locate 3 pin headers JP6 JP7 and JP8 On each header move the jumper link to con...

Page 91: ...ader Setup Menu see 3 6 When keyboards are shipped each keyboard is set as 3 In multiple keyboard systems this number must be changed on one of the keyboards because NO TWO KEYBOARDS CAN SHARE THE SAM...

Page 92: ...DIP switch S1 located on the CPU board These switch locations are shown in Figure 2 21 on page 2 43 NOTE The keyboard Host ID Setting matches the ArcNet ID of the system when shipped You need only cha...

Page 93: ...stomers must check the ArcNet ID DIP Switch on the CPU board before upgrading from software versions earlier than 9 00 because there is a possibility that the system may be forced into Remote mode reg...

Page 94: ...when the remote PC becomes unavailable inoperative or the connection between the PC and the iNFiNiT system fails Please note that Remote control can be restored without resetting the DIP switches Tha...

Page 95: ...t keyboard without having to reset the DIP switches 1 Reboot the system by pressing the Reset button on the unit 2 After the system has rebooted press SET UP U SPACE BAR CNTL Control returns to the Ar...

Page 96: ...version Menu for on screen font scaling and design ALT CNVRT or FLASH dis plays the Advanced On Line Convert menu CHNG Sets the next active frame buffer according to what is selected in the Mix menu T...

Page 97: ...h one a particular color or font Then before you type a character you can select its color or font simply by pressing a Color or Font Key Edit Keys DEL CHAR Delete Character at cursor position INS CHA...

Page 98: ...Box If pressed before ERASE sizes the cursor for the currently selected font COLOR FONT Picks up the color and or font style of existing character the cursor is on Cursor Keys The and keys move the c...

Page 99: ...ecial hardware and software configuration as described below must be performed to use this option The Machine Con trol Option program SYSTEM PROGRAMS DDR OPT is required for DDR support in both Messag...

Page 100: ...e 2 24 DDR Off Line Warning To bring the DDR on line Press the Reset button on the CPU to reboot the system On re entering the DDR Control menu the DDR is now on line Please refer to the Machine Contr...

Page 101: ...customers must check the ArcNet ID DIP Switch on the CPU board before loading the version 9 00 or later software because there is a possibility that the system may be forced into Remote mode regardles...

Page 102: ...Turn the power on Once the system has booted the Program Loader menu is displayed 2 If not already highlighted highlight and select the Disk Utils icon by either cursoring to the icon then pressing or...

Page 103: ...appears to the left of the entry 5 Press CNTL D or select Delete The drive is deleted from the disk configuration To add the ZIP drive 1 Once the system has been powered up as described above enter Di...

Page 104: ...xpress ID to SCSI ID This step is necessary to avoid confusion since SCSI Express uses a separate SCSI bus path channel interface 4 Enter the SCSI ID 5 or 6 of the ZIP drive in the SCSI ID field The L...

Page 105: ...ETC directory to the ZIP disk HOSTS NET_CONF READAHEAD SCSI EXP TVS_CONF and TVS_DEF If the ZIP has been used these files may already be present so it may not be necessary to copy the files to the di...

Page 106: ...et to Y If Confirm is set to N Copy executes without confirmation If Confirm is set to Y any time Copy encounters a file with the same name on the TO disk that has the same name as the file being copi...

Page 107: ...n press or click on the file name An arrow appears to the left of the file name and SELECTED NAMES appears in the COPY NAMES field Figure 2 29 Repeat this step for each of the files that are to be cop...

Page 108: ...Execute If a pop up window appears asking for overwrite permission press Y to overwrite the file or any other key to stop the overwrite Copy execution will move to the next file See Figure 2 31 for a...

Page 109: ...menu press C or select Copy The Disk Utilities COPY menu Figure 2 30 is displayed Figure 2 30 Disk Utilities COPY Menu 2 In the fields at the top of the Disk Utilities COPY menu enter the following i...

Page 110: ...re identical thereby verifying the integrity of the copies When VERIFY is set to Y Copy execution takes slightly longer 3 Press CNTL X or select Execute If a pop up window Figure 2 31 appears asking f...

Page 111: ...ENT DIR C INFINIT SYSTEM FILE TYPE ALL CONFIRM Y DELETE NAMES It is recommended though not necessary that CONFIRM be set to Y If Confirm is set to N Delete executes without confirmation If Confirm is...

Page 112: ...is on the top directory entry DRIVERS Press or click on the entry An arrow appears to the left of the file name and SELECTED NAMES appears in the DELETE NAMES field Figure 2 34 Repeat this step for ea...

Page 113: ...onfirmation If Confirm is set to Y a pop up window Figure 2 35 appears asking if that directory should be deleted Figure 2 35 Delete Permission Press Y to delete the directory or any other key to stop...

Page 114: ...nse Key into the Disk Utilities Site ID function This License Key unlocks the pur chased software options for your particular system NOTE This Software Installation Procedure is different from previou...

Page 115: ...listed Options change from N to Y indicating they will be properly enabled 8 Press CNTL X to enable the software options then use MODE SELCT to exit from Disk Utilities 9 Boot the iNFiNiT Family syst...

Page 116: ...e using 2 Insert WiNFiNiT Install Disk 1 in the floppy disk drive 3 Select Run from the Start menu or Install from the Add Remove Programs Properties Install Uninstall menu 4 In the Open or Command li...

Page 117: ...annel MAX systems require one color monitor and one Prompts Monitor Two Prompts Monitors should be used with iNFiNiT systems configured for Dual Users ERXW WKH 6RIWZDUH Standard system software the Op...

Page 118: ...UT PROMPT KEY RED GREEN BLUE SYNC COLOR EDIT CHYRON VIDEO SCSI PORT PARALLEL PORT SERIAL 1 SERIAL 2 SERIAL 3 SERIAL 4 ARCNET CPU Transition Board F2 F1 CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL 2 Air Filter Air Filter Door L...

Page 119: ...on the Prompts Monitor The icons on the right side of the menu Message Com pose Disk Utilities etc are displayed in the order in which the programs were copied to the boot disk 3RZHU 8S LDJQRVWLFV As...

Page 120: ...lf tests and load the OS by pressing the MODE SLCT key If you let the diagnostics finish the second test screen comes up after all system RAM has been tested During the remainder of the tests you will...

Page 121: ...PASSED Source Node ID 02 host Destination Node ID 03 primary xx of 32 MB varies CPU DRAM OK Press MODE SLCT to Load Operating System iNFiNiT Hardware Initialization Test F X DRAM PASSED Frame Buffer 1...

Page 122: ...ASSED ArcNet Test PASSED Source Node ID 02 host Destination Node ID 03 primary xx of 32 MB varies CPU DRAM OK Press MODE SLCT to Load Operating System MAX Hardware Initialization Test F X DRAM PASSED...

Page 123: ...PASSED Battery Backed RAM PASSED DUART Test PASSED DUART 2 Test PASSED MultiFunction Peripheral Real Time Clock 9 24 95 11 31 21 System Timer Test PASSED Press MODE SLCT to Load Operating System MAXIN...

Page 124: ...e drives if you intend to boot from the hard disk Once the OS software has loaded the system displays the Loader menu Figure 3 7 Program Loader Menu Checked 1st The keyboard floppy drive Drive A 31w N...

Page 125: ...o system To enter the Setup menu From the Loader menu press SET UP or click on the right side of the screen to display the function icons as shown below in Figure 3 8 To toggle between the pages of th...

Page 126: ...y changes made in the Program Loader Setup menu do not become active until the system has been rebooted Figure 3 8 Program Loader Setup Menu The figure above shows all possible setup functions If a fu...

Page 127: ...ld Time Press CLR Enter the time using the Address Keypad All six digits must be entered including leading zeros Press to move to the Date field Date Press CLR Enter the date using the Address Keypad...

Page 128: ...rd in the ArcNet chain be set to ID 3 The default setting for the keyboard defined as 3 is Pri mary The default setting for the keyboard defined as 4 is Secondary They can be swapped as follows 1 From...

Page 129: ...iNFiNiT system cannot access the Program Loader Setup menu Note that the Primary User has the ability to change the User mode for the Secondary User while the Secondary User is operating the system C...

Page 130: ...Cursor down to the User 1 2 field Select User choice by pressing the SPACE BAR or clicking on the Mode field to toggle between Remote and Local then press If appropriate repeat with the second User fi...

Page 131: ...icon X located at the top right corner of the application e g Mes sage Compose window That window closes but the WiNFiNiT window remains open in the event you want to quickly reconnect At any point du...

Page 132: ...pped This setting should only be changed if the sync gen board is changed VIM Input Sync Select Green or External Used only if your system is equipped with the Video Input Module RGB Tools option Sele...

Page 133: ...by a qualified technician Figure 3 13 Sync Setup Window L1 L1L7 6RIWZDUH 6 QF GMXVWPHQWV To return any of the sliders to its default setting Select the slider and press the CLR key Subcarrier quadrant...

Page 134: ...alphanumeric but must start with a letter and contain no spaces Press to save the settings NOTE The power up default sync settings are read from a file named SYNC DEF To change the default record you...

Page 135: ...item displays a second menu this item is described last Figure 3 15 MAX Video Control Windows Video Control VIM Input Sync External Sync Control Cursor Offset Composite Video Control Window Analog sy...

Page 136: ...tains a variety of sync settings Sync Control is described below Genlock Source 601 Digital Sync Generator equipped systems only Gen lock Source selects the source of the genlock signal Press the SPAC...

Page 137: ...window Figure 3 16 for setting sub carrier phase vertical phase and horizontal phase Figure 3 16 MAX Sync Control Menu 0 6RIWZDUH 6 QF GMXVWPHQWV Subcarrier quadrant Select the Quadrant field by press...

Page 138: ...up to 12 characters long with no spaces Press to save the settings NOTE The power up default sync settings are read from a file named SYNC DEF To change the default record your settings using this fi...

Page 139: ...Input Sync Video Input Module equipped systems only Selects the system s sync source either sync on green sys tem strips sync from the GREEN input or external sync sync from the SYNC IN input Highligh...

Page 140: ...generate illegal composite video levels Therefore use this feature with extreme caution Genlock Source 601 Digital Sync Generator equipped systems only Genlock Source selects the source of the genlock...

Page 141: ...iders use one of the fol lowing methods Press SHIFT CHAR plus or adjusts in units of one Press SHIFT SHIFT CHAR or adjusts in units of 10 or in value of keypad entry Numeric Keypad entry Mouse click d...

Page 142: ...choices in degrees 0 90 180 or 270 Subcarrier Phase Analog Sync Generator equipped systems only This slider provides over a 90 degree range of phase adjustment within the selected quadrant Vertical Ph...

Page 143: ...gs Press READ while in the Sync Set up window then enter the filename and press 5HERRW 6 7 83 Press B or select the Reboot icon to clear all current activities including suspended programs and restart...

Page 144: ...CHYRON Corporation Start Up 3 28 Revision D Figure 3 21 Serial Communications Setup Menu iNFiNiT Figure 3 22 Serial Communications Setup Menu MAX...

Page 145: ...the following parameters Defaults are shown in italics 3 To save settings and exit the window press Q CNTL or select Quit To exit without saving settings press ESC The following may be displayed depen...

Page 146: ...e 3 25 Serial Port Initialization MAX Figure 3 26 Serial Port Initialization MAXINE 4 Press any key The menu closes NOTE The Set Communication windows for MAX and MAXINE can be set to configure the se...

Page 147: ...Press D or select the Set Drive icon from the Loader Set Up menu The Drive Select window is displayed Figure 3 27 Drive Select Window 2 Enter a valid drive letter then press Rebuilding Menu please wa...

Page 148: ...12 digit station address of a system is printed on a label located inside the CPU board s front panel The Internet address and Subnet Mask if used are usually assigned by the network administrator at...

Page 149: ...n determines the behavior of the GPI switches 1 Press G or select the Set GPI icon The Change GPI Mode window is displayed Figure 3 29 Change GPI Mode Window 2 Press the SPACE BAR to toggle between Si...

Page 150: ...o the Intelligent Interface manual Pub No 2A01989 for more information UURU 5HERRW 0RGH 6 7 83 This command enables the operator to select manual or automatic reboot after a serious system error NOTE...

Page 151: ...sed with the Logo Compose and Image Tools options 1 Press T or select the Tablet Type icon The Tablet Selection window Figure 3 32 is displayed Figure 3 32 Tablet Selection Window 2 Press the SPACE BA...

Page 152: ...bled The default is Disabled Priority When set to YES the highlighted Frame Buffer s and Output s are exclusively dedicated to the IMAGESTOR Recall Keyboard The selected buffer s and output s are not...

Page 153: ...n and Off The default for all buffers is Off A maximum of two frame buffers can be selected If all buffers on a system are dedicated to the Recall Keyboard and Priority is set to YES Message Compose c...

Page 154: ...the system is equipped with the Third Channel Output Selecting an output has the following effect on Message Compose operations If Output 1 is selected only PREVIEW and the Third Channel Output can be...

Page 155: ...outputs is Off 3 When finished setting parameters press CNTL to exit the window It is not necessary to reboot the system after setting the Recall Keyboard buffers and outputs Additionally the system r...

Page 156: ...Reset HO 5 0 OLJQPHQW 6 7 83 7 Frame Buffer Cel RAM is aligned properly at CHYRON before the system is shipped However when software or hardware is changed or upgraded it can result in align ment prob...

Page 157: ...ay appear as two bright thick lines on the outside and one narrower dimmer line in the middle Figure 3 38 or as 3 identical bright thick lines Figure 3 39 If the lines appear as in Figure 3 39 the ali...

Page 158: ...and again to exit the Cursor Channel Alignment menu To reset the cursor to the original setting press R or select Reset UG 2XWSXW L1 L1L7 2QO 6 7 83 6WDQGDUG L1 L1L7 UG KDQQHO HKDYLRU The Third Chann...

Page 159: ...o display the 3rd Channel Output Mode window Figure 3 40 3rd Channel Output Mode Window 2 Press SPACE BAR to toggle between Normal and Protected then press CNTL to exit L1 L1L7 UG KDQQHO HKDYLRU If 3r...

Page 160: ...ffer Assigned to B and A Figure 3 43 Same Buffer Assigned to B and PREVIEW Figure 3 44 Same Buffer Assigned to B A and PREVIEW H EG H ERDUG 0DS 6 7 83 0 L1 L1L7 2QO Using the Keybd Map function users...

Page 161: ...ary hardware diagnostics can be performed at any time via the HW Diag function found on the third page of the Program Loader Setup menu From the Program Loader menu press SET UP H OR 1 Press SET UP 2...

Page 162: ...ed any changes made in the Program Loader Setup menu do not become active until the system has been rebooted Press B or select the Reboot icon VSHFW 5DWLR Message Compose can be set to display in 4 X...

Page 163: ...Menu Layout Message Compose Advcd Font Disk Utils Fonts By Wire Font Create Logo Compose Message Compose version 15 07 5 9 96 A Swiss 721 TM ID 0001 5003 50 scanlines No edge a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aa Aa...

Page 164: ...ese icons appear after you load a program and change as you move around within the program The functions shown on the icons are activated by either pressing the CNTL key followed by the letter within...

Page 165: ...QGLFDWRU This area is highlighted whenever CNTL has been pressed pressing CNTL again removes the highlight ing When the CNTL indicator is highlighted pressing a letter key that matches a function ico...

Page 166: ...cons GGUHVV LVSOD Reflects values entered on the Address Keypad message numbers font ID numbers and other data The value in the Address Display also appears in the LCD display on the keyboard on iNFiN...

Page 167: ...onts that are ready for air Machine Fonts in the Font Compose function is somewhat detailed Therefore v10 00 and later software provides 9 sample pages that can be easily loaded during installa tion a...

Page 168: ...itate testing the machine during installation 1 The Address Readout field in the lower left corner of the Message Compose main menu defaults to 0000 when Message Compose is loaded Simply press the REA...

Page 169: ...ose to record over these pages 1 Press Erase if the screen is not blank Press Clear if the Address Display does not read 0000 Press the Home key which is above and to the left of the arrow keys to mov...

Page 170: ...age Compose 7UDQVSDUHQF 7HVW DQG H 6LJQDO 7LPLQJ 7HVW Page 0000 contains Transparency Level and Key Signal timing tests Refer to the documentation from your switcher keyer for more details on their us...

Page 171: ...Therefore video typography uses the measuring unit Scanline for font height A size 50 font is 50 scanlines high or roughly 1 10th the full screen height in NTSC iNFiNiT Family systems are supplied wit...

Page 172: ...applications as well as accent marks You will work with the two types of fonts when using the system Master Fonts and Machine Fonts 0DVWHU RQWV 0DFKLQH RQWV Every iNFiNiT Family system is shipped wit...

Page 173: ...haracters upper and lower case A s are displayed in one of the eight boxes on the Mes sage Compose main menu Table 4 1 Supplied Master Fonts Master Font Name Font ID Swiss 721 5003 Swiss 721 Italic 50...

Page 174: ...that are assigned during the Logo Compose process The font ID number ranges are as follows Master Fonts Master Font ID s purchased from CHYRON may range from 5000 to 9999 The ID numbers are pre set by...

Page 175: ...involved with Machine Font creation it is not possible to predict exactly how much memory a font will consume before it s created See 13 17 or 18 9 for information on displaying memory allocation The...

Page 176: ...ize Transform Messages Transform messages require more memory than regular messages Number of Characters Within a Font Although a typical font contains about 82 characters fonts can hold up to 192 cha...

Page 177: ...ccess to our extensive on line font library Any of the 1500 fonts in this library can be easily downloaded directly into your system using a modem not supplied There is a charge for each font you orde...

Page 178: ...CHYRON Corporation About Fonts 4 8 Revision D...

Page 179: ...e in your system appear in the Pro gram Loader menu in the center of the screen This is the first menu you see after the system has successfully booted Figure 5 1 Program Loader Menu The basic softwar...

Page 180: ...d onto your system s Hard Disk drive The maximum number of program icons supported is 9 Note that if Advanced Font Create is installed the Font Create icon still appears in the Program Loader menu 2SW...

Page 181: ...menu operations accessed by pressing the IMAG ESTOR key However when attempting to enter the IMAGESTOR main menu by pressing the IMAGESTOR key again the following message appears on the Prompt Line IM...

Page 182: ...r Network Utilities however the follow ing menu appears Figure 5 4 Exit Mode Menu Exit Leaves the program and returns to the Program Loader menu Suspend Activates Suspend function When Suspend is sele...

Page 183: ...H RPSRVH 6HFWLRQ Message Compose is the main Character Generator and Graphics Creation program in which you create edit save record and display read text and graphics mes sages as well as dynamic effe...

Page 184: ...ter Font source disk Machine Font direc tory a Character Placement Table and other parameters for each new Machine Font are entered in a conversion list then the conversion is executed For added conve...

Page 185: ...press MODE SLCT then re enter Message Compose where you left off ODVK RQW HDWXUH Flash Font is a method of quickly creating temporary or on line RAM based Machine Fonts from within Mes sage Compose F...

Page 186: ...buffers The speed and direction of all types are adjustable Additionally Read Effects involving transitions between Foreground and Background buffers such as Dissolves are available in systems equipp...

Page 187: ...s and Transform Scripts in systems equipped with the Transform option simultaneously Simultaneous Rolls and Crawls a new feature of Version 3 5 can also be executed in Multiple Effects LVN 8WLOLWLHV 6...

Page 188: ...more information on how to connect with the service Also browse through the Bitstream Typeface booklet for a look at the various Master Font styles you can order ORSS LVN 2SHUDWLRQ Only 3 5 1 44MB do...

Page 189: ...Message Compose tutorial for those unfa miliar with CHYRON character graphics generators 0HVVDJH RPSRVH 2YHUYLHZ After the Operating System has been loaded from the Hard Disk the Program Loader menu...

Page 190: ...ess MODE SLCT 5 2 6 11 If using Message Compose or Network Utility you have the option of suspending the program instead of exiting 5 2 6 11 This enables you to tempo rarily leave Message Compose or N...

Page 191: ...cursor keys or the mouse on the scroll bar control on the right side of the display When the font you want to use is highlighted press a Font Key on the keyboard to load the highlighted font The Font...

Page 192: ...fore you compose your first text message in Message Compose you must create Machine Fonts from the Master Fonts that are supplied with the system Mas ter Fonts are analogous to the typefaces that type...

Page 193: ...s do not support all of the above functions for example Mix Effects is not available on standard MAXINE hardware but is available on MAXINE Transform systems Differences limitations are described as e...

Page 194: ...A for a font posi tion there is a font loaded in that Font Key but no sam ple created to display on the main menu For example a font made up of RGB images as characters will not dis play a sample char...

Page 195: ...Key currently selected Current color is also displayed on the Keyboard LCD Char Indicates the character at that cursor position If a char acter is produced by pressing ALT first then the character ap...

Page 196: ...beginning of the next row Automatic Newline If Word Wrap is OFF characters are shifted past the right edge of the Safe Title Box Automatic Newline is not generated when the right edge of the Safe Titl...

Page 197: ...enter each con secutive message ID number Prompt Line System prompts message types and many error mes sages appear on the Prompt Line Other error messages appear as pop up windows superimposed over t...

Page 198: ...ings of fonts and listing all currently loaded fonts This section CNTL B Displays menu for creating Scanline Backgrounds 10 5 CNTL P Displays menu for selecting character edge and subpalette colors Se...

Page 199: ...r the Font Keys are set to the follow ing default colors RED MGTA magenta BLUE CYAN YEL yellow GRN green WHT white and BLCK black To select any one of these colors as a character color Press the appro...

Page 200: ...must be Machine Fonts listed in a directory in the system If none are listed they must be created converted from the Master Fonts supplied with the system Master Fonts cannot be loaded into Font Keys...

Page 201: ...accesses Font 9 To scroll through the list Use the Cursor keys or the scroll bar control on the right side of the display To page through the list Press Hold SHIFT PAGE To return to the top of the lis...

Page 202: ...is currently open For example if you have a message stored at address 0000 pressing CNTL READ loads the font s you used to create that message based on the 4 digit ID number that is stored in the cur...

Page 203: ...2 and 3 Message 0001 has fonts loaded at positions 1 2 and 4 When CNTL READ and CNTL READ NEXT are executed Fonts 1 and 2 are replaced Font 3 is left undisturbed and Font 4 is loaded into the previou...

Page 204: ...the current disk Displays the current contents of the 16 Font Keys and also shows available memory Erases all loaded fonts from font load memory The fonts are not erased from the disk NOTE If a font...

Page 205: ...n the upper left corner of the Edit Monitor The current content of the monitor if overwritten by the sample is undisturbed and can be recalled by pressing the BUILD key the blank key between the HOME...

Page 206: ...on Press CLR To enter information into a field Highlight the field press CLR then enter the infor mation You can specify a search parameter in each field in the window The default entry in all fields...

Page 207: ...e to list all fonts from 1000 to 1999 Enter 1000 1999 in the ID field using the Address Keypad A range can also be used with characters To list all fonts beginning with the letters A through G Enter A...

Page 208: ...ticular number For example entering 1 lists all fonts with IDs beginning with 1 whereas entering 82 would list all fonts with IDs ending in 82 such as 1082 2182 etc Entering 2 lists font ID s such as...

Page 209: ...can search for an Edge Type No Edge Border Shadow Offset or Combined an Edge Size in scan lines or an Edge Direction Size Type and Direction parameters can be combined For example to list fonts with D...

Page 210: ...AX C MAXINE C INFINIT To change font directories 1 In the Font Load Utility menu select the Change Dir icon or press C to display the Change Font Directory window Figure 6 8 Change Font Directory Wind...

Page 211: ...ning with these characters The directory name must include the drive designation For example C SYSTEM1 Or use the cursor keys to highlight the desired font directory then press or C or select the Chan...

Page 212: ...em default font directory e g C MAX C MAXINE C INFINIT so that it is possible to re access the Font Load Utility menu If the boot volume is not valid the system falls back on the current font director...

Page 213: ...tiguous block of memory If a font s size is smaller than the largest contiguous block the font should fit when loaded Note that font memory is partitioned differently based on the system iNFiNiT MAX o...

Page 214: ...percent of total font memory To select a font use one of the following methods Cursor to the font in the list Press the Font Key into which the font is loaded The cursor then highlights that font in t...

Page 215: ...ctions only erase the fonts from RAM not from the disk They can be easily be reloaded later using one of the font load procedures 6 6 0HVVDJH RPSRVH 6HWXS 0HQX While in the Message Compose main menu t...

Page 216: ...For example press S to access the Safe Title function Displays the Roll Control Buffer List which can be edited for later execution 9 2 Displays a Crawl Control Buffer List which can be edited for la...

Page 217: ...6 9 Exits from Setup to Message Compose main menu You can also exit the Setup menu by pressing CNTL SET UP or by clicking outside the menu VSHFW 5DWLR The 16 X 9 function allows the operator to choose...

Page 218: ...orm To set Aspect Ratio to 16 X 9 Press SET UP then press E or select 16 X 9 The icon becomes highlighted To set Aspect Ratio to 4 X 3 Press SET UP then press E or select 16 X 9 The icon becomes unhig...

Page 219: ...o all keyboard keys If no character appears when a particular key is pressed CHARAC TER NOT DEFINED appears on the Prompt Line To erase screen Press Erase or ESC To delete a character Press the Backsp...

Page 220: ...s MODE SLCT E or MODE SLCT twice 5 2 6 11 This exits to the Program Loader menu 02 6 7 0RGH 6HOHFW You can exit from Message Compose and load a different program without losing any of the settings you...

Page 221: ...at program press MODE SLCT to return to the Loader menu Cursor to the Mes sage Compose icon or highlight the icon using the mouse Press or the SPACE BAR This returns you to Message Compose exactly whe...

Page 222: ...yed To scroll through the list item by item Press or To scroll through the list page by page Press SHIFT PAGE or To exit the list Press Q CNTL or ESC 0HVVDJH RPSRVH XQFWLRQV 5HIHUHQFH 7DEOHV The follo...

Page 223: ...LASH Deposits current Flash Font from cursor to end of row 7 11 CNTL CNVRT or FLASH Deposits current Flash Font on entire page 7 11 CNTL HOME CNVRT or FLASH Toggles FlashFont Memory Management Enable...

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Page 225: ...UILD to restore the images in the erased buffers 7 2 4 and 15 8 2 CNTL ALT 4 Erases frame buffer and Scanline Background 7 2 ESC Table 6 1 Message Compose Text Functions Table 6 2 Message Compose Read...

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Page 227: ...display of active buffer On Off CNTL X Table 6 2 Message Compose Read Record Functions Turns off output of active frame buffer 14 11 1 BUILD CNTL X Toggles Text Graphics Read Record Enable in one EEFB...

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Page 229: ...Type a few characters If FONT NOT LOADED appears when you try to type no font is loaded into that Font Key Check the Font in Use or Fonts Loaded boxes in the Message Compose main menu to see if fonts...

Page 230: ...ne background 10 5 Safe Title Box 7 3 1 and palettes Section 10 intact Press ERASE UDVH 7H W DFNJURXQG 7DEV 6 To erase text scanline background and Tab fields Press ESC Pressing ESC also erases the Fo...

Page 231: ...ction 14 for more informa tion on frame buffers and 15 8 for information on EEFB s To restore the erased images Press BUILD UDVH 7H W 17 5 6 To erase text but leave row position and Tab fields intact...

Page 232: ...color 3 Press CNTL or Q to exit Background mode NOTE The screen color that results is NOT a scanline background It becomes the default screen color A background color set in this manner cannot be rec...

Page 233: ...t buffer Additionally text can be moved out of the Safe Title Box by using the text shift functions described in 7 8 2 7 8 5 6DIH 7LWOH R GMXVWPHQW 17 RU 6 783 6 To adjust the Safe Title Box to a size...

Page 234: ...utton to transfer the mouse cursor from the Prompts Monitor to the Edit Monitor then Place the mouse cursor on a border or cor ner of the Safe Title Box Adjust the bor der or corner by holding down th...

Page 235: ...d until you erase the current buffer To move text out of the Safe Title Box Use the text shift functions described in 7 8 2 7 8 5 To render the Safe Title Box and the cursor invisible Return to the Me...

Page 236: ...Tabs are not simply vertical lines but instead are fields boxes within each row of text Tab fields can be formatted to accept the type of informa tion that will be entered typed into them i e numeric...

Page 237: ...t of characters within each tab field can be defined allowing you to simply tab into a field and start typing Tab fields can only exist within the Safe Title Box 7 3 1 Text cannot be kerned or shifted...

Page 238: ...CHYRON Corporation Formatting Editing 7 10 Revision D Figure 7 3 Tab Setup Utility Window...

Page 239: ...t font assigned to the tab field If the tab field is assigned a font by use of a Font Key ALT Font Key or COLOR FONT key the Font Key number appears after Font Justify Indicates type of justification...

Page 240: ...the tab field number in the Tab Setup Utility Numeric U Compensates for the different widths of various numbers and centers the numbers vertically between numeric tab fields Numeric appears in the Ju...

Page 241: ...message The tabs become active for any new text that is entered into them though they do not affect existing text Justification of text is not automatic when recalling the Tab message However if text...

Page 242: ...CHYRON Corporation Formatting Editing 7 14 Revision D...

Page 243: ...nt for the tab field COLOR FONT Sets tab field to current color and font of the character the cursor is on I Initializes clears settings tab field H Allows you to assign a name to each tab field J Ren...

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Page 245: ...but leaves the tabs intact SHIFT CHAR If the Tab Start or End encounters another Tab Start or End while moving the moving tab field overwrites the stationary tab field boundary SHIFT PAGE Moves all ta...

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Page 247: ...where you want a tab field Press S or select the Tab Start icon A rectangular box now defines tab Field 0 2 Using the key move the cursor to where you want the tab field to end If you don t set a Tab...

Page 248: ...properties justifi cation numeric alignment predefined color and font and whether or not the contents automatically erase when new information is entered The name and number of the field can also be c...

Page 249: ...ivate press U or select the Numeric icon Figure 7 4 Numeric Fields Off On When Numeric is set to On Numeric appears in the Jus tify field For example a right justified numeric field is designated as f...

Page 250: ...over when the TAB key is pressed Additionally these color and font characteristics remain in effect when text is typed anywhere on the screen until the cursor is placed on another character in a tab...

Page 251: ...ligent Interface Option Handbook Pub No 2A01989 for complete information XWRPDWLF UDVH 7 Whenever you leave the tab field and then re enter it there is no need to clear the existing text Start typing...

Page 252: ...t If there is none Waiting for a response from intelligent interface Press ESC to exit appears on the Prompt Line To display the message even though no external com puter is sensed Press ESC KDQJH 7DE...

Page 253: ...1 Press O for the prompt ENTER NEW FIELD NUMBER AND PRESS RETURN 2 Press CLR enter a value from 0 to 199 using the Address Keypad then press If a number out of range is entered the system automati cal...

Page 254: ...b fields Press ALT TAB to move to the beginning of the next word when Tab fields are present Press SHIFT ALT TAB to move to the beginning of the previous word when Tab fields are present 0RYH OWHU RS...

Page 255: ...n a field If a tab field or fields occupies an entire row this function does not operate You must move the tab fields sepa rately All Tabs fields must be within the Safe Title Box OLJQ 7DE LHOGV 6 7 5...

Page 256: ...e paste buffer at that location The buffer contents remain intact until Another cut operation is done at which time the buffer is overwritten by the new cut OR The Tab Mode is exited The original row...

Page 257: ...a regular Full Page message 5HFRUG 7DE 0HVVDJH 5 To record a Tab message while in Tab Setup Mode enter an empty ID number using the Address Key pad then press RCD All Tab position information and att...

Page 258: ...on the cursor where a space is to be inserted 2 Press INS CHAR once for each character as many times as is needed for the characters to be inserted If a character is under the cursor it and all other...

Page 259: ...equal to the current font height 3 Type new text or leave as a blank row Remember that the software allows no more than 24 rows numbered 0 23 of text If you try to insert a 25th row the 24th row is lo...

Page 260: ...de is ON pressing the SPACE BAR leaves a gap where the character used to be and causes text to shift to the right one position HOHWH 5RZ 52 RZHU 5RZV 0RYH 8S 1 Place the cursor anywhere on the row you...

Page 261: ...stify Center in the Tab Setup Mode 7 4 3 1 HQWHU 5RZ RUL RQWDOO 175 52 To center a row within the Safe Title Box 1 Place the cursor on the row you want to center 2 Press CNTR ROW HQWHU 3DJH 9HUWLFDOO...

Page 262: ...All text kerning and adjustments to an underline are made while in Underline Mode To draw an underline Press a Font Key 1 8 or ALT Font Key 1 8 for Fonts 9 16 then a Color Key While holding down the S...

Page 263: ...he row the cursor is on Enter the Underline Mode place the cursor on the row then press DEL ROW 5HSRVLWLRQ DQ 8QGHUOLQH 6 7 52 To reposition the underline under the character the cursor is on Press SH...

Page 264: ...ight of it shift when moving left or right in a SHIFT CHAR operation SHIFT CHAR operations can also affect lower rows depending on how far the character is moved Additionally a cursor selected row and...

Page 265: ...e shifted beyond a Tab Starts and Ends Once a Tab Start or End is encoun tered shifting stops In Unlocked Mode characters CAN be shifted over Tab Starts and Ends Super Shift can be used with SHIFT CHA...

Page 266: ...d text regardless of whether in Locked or Unlocked Mode Super Shift can be used with SHIFT PAGE to make text moves in larger increments 7 8 6 7HPSRUDU 3DJH 6KLIW 0RGH 7 6 7 3 Page Shift Mode shifts th...

Page 267: ...t using SHIFT CHAR ROW PAGE operations a greater distance than just one pixel or scanline at a time This distance can be set in the Directory Defaults or can be entered as you execute each Super Shift...

Page 268: ...hile holding them press as many times as is necessary to move the text 6ZDSSLQJ 5RZV Row swap allows you to exchange the position of a row with the one above or below it Figure 7 6 Figure 7 6 Row Swap...

Page 269: ...LQJ HDGLQJ The blank space between characters or rows can be increased or decreased to fine tune a display Squeeze and Expand can bring characters or rows closer or push them further apart Kerning ref...

Page 270: ...er of the word remains stationary All other characters squeeze or expand towards away from the word All spacings change 6TXHH H RU SDQG D 5RZ RU QWHU 5RZ 6SDFLQJ To squeeze or expand a row horizontall...

Page 271: ...function keeps the baseline constant regardless of the differing sizes of the fonts If a smaller font is typed first the baseline then moves down taking the smaller characters with it in order to acco...

Page 272: ...eline Adjust is On The baselines of two differently sized fonts may or may not line up The tops of the larger characters may line up with the top line of the smaller font as shown in Figure 7 9 Figure...

Page 273: ...988 or the Logo Compose Manual Pub No 2A01990 for informa tion about converting RGB A images into Machine Font characters PLAYER NAME INFO GOES HERE Record the message shown at left In the following e...

Page 274: ...ove down to accommodate the larger character on the row When Row Adjust is On however all rows below move down Rows do not overlap L O G O PLAYER NAME INFO GOES HERE 1 Turn Baseline Adjust On and Row...

Page 275: ...rom the cursor position to the end of the row change L O G O INFO GOES HERE PLAYER NAME 1 Turn Baseline Adjust Off and Row Adjust Off 2 Type a LOGO font character in the Home position The baseline of...

Page 276: ...leftmost or rightmost character you want to move Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse cursor until you have out lined all the characters on that row that you are moving Release the left...

Page 277: ...the mouse cursor to a new position on the screen Hold the left mouse button down and Press P to replace the screen characters with the contents of the Paste buffer Press O to overlay the Paste buffer...

Page 278: ...isk after it for example W Only the current character the last one typed or the one the cursor is on is updated and appears as it should on the screen Other characters or rows may appear to be erased...

Page 279: ...ile flashing Default value is 30 1 2 second NTSC Off Time In fields the length of time that text is NOT visible while flashing Default value is 30 1 2 second NTSC Flash Starts and stops flashing The f...

Page 280: ...feature Quit Select Quit or press Q to exit the Flash window This stops the flashing but keeps the On and Off values intact UHDWLQJ DQG 5HFRUGLQJ D ODVK 0HVVDJH 1 While in Message Compose create your...

Page 281: ...tions it is possible to alternate flashing characters with non flashing characters in a word Flashing characters can be activated while flash is already in operation 8 To record a Flash message stay i...

Page 282: ...yed the buffer becomes exclusively dedicated to the Flash message The Flash message cannot be erased from the screen or the buffer until you enter the Flash window and turn the flash Off or exit the F...

Page 283: ...recorded to and retrieved from disk as messages These messages may be organized on the disk in a number of ways by message type by user by purpose The system provides a directory structure to assist y...

Page 284: ...ory change operations described in this section See 6 7 3 for information on changing font directories Additionally for Message Compose users who do not have access to IMAGESTOR SCSI Express allows fa...

Page 285: ...Font Directories that you create ULYH HVLJQDWLRQV The following default drive designations are used by iNFiNiT MAX or MAXINE systems A Floppy Disk Drive Keyboard Floppy or MAXINE system floppy B Optio...

Page 286: ...r Move groups of directories instead of individual files fonts etc you must use the Disk Utilities program available on the Program Loader menu Disk Utilities is described in Section 19 Individual mes...

Page 287: ...indow disappears as the directory list is built Building directory list appears on the Prompt Line The Message Directory Utility window menu Figure 8 2 is displayed listing all directories on all disk...

Page 288: ...h for the new directory For example to access directory C MESSAGE type C MES Press to select the new directory The entry displays on the Prompt Line The Message Directory Utility window closes and the...

Page 289: ...he directory press Y NOTE The current working directory cannot be deleted To delete the current directory you must change to a different directory using the Change function You can then highlight the...

Page 290: ...ent directory is automatically changed to the new directory as you are automatically returned to Message Compose main menu NOTE Earlier versions of Message Compose software would automatically create...

Page 291: ...efaults icon OR If you are in Message Directory Utility press CNTL E or select the Defaults icon The Directory Defaults window is displayed The set tings shown are the System Defaults settings Figure...

Page 292: ...enter 40 every time you Super Shift text or tabs move 40 scanlines vertically or 40 pixels hor izontally This value overrides any value entered on the Address Keypad while in Message Compose If you l...

Page 293: ...IFY FOR FILE DELETE PRESS Y OR N appears on the Prompt Line before each message is deleted in the directory If set to N no prompt appears and the delete operation proceeds Write Protect Directory Syst...

Page 294: ...TAB moves the cursor in reverse order If set to N When TAB is pressed cursor moves through tab fields in order of tab field number 0 1 2 3 4 regardless of screen position Pressing SHIFT TAB moves the...

Page 295: ...100 indicates that each row is separated from the previous row by the current font height A value of 75 indicates that each row is separated from the previous row by 3 4 75 of the current font height...

Page 296: ...tory to one with a matching name If that font directory does not exist it is changed to the system default font directory To create a new font direc tory enter Disk Utilities and copy fonts from an ex...

Page 297: ...FN 0HVVDJH 8WLOLW 2YHUYLHZ Block Message Utility is used to list copy move or delete blocks of messages within or between directories This function is available from the Message Compose main menu Pres...

Page 298: ...at a time A directory can be moved from one disk drive to another and or undergo a name change However be aware that although the message directory will be copied or moved it will not take the fonts...

Page 299: ...and Delete functions The Range field allows you to narrow the List Copy Move or Delete operations to a certain range of message ID s or names or directory names To choose all files Leave the Range fi...

Page 300: ...ly sorted list of all messages in the current directory Figure 8 7 Press L or select the List icon in the Block Message Utility window Figure 8 7 Block List Window Message Compose Advcd Font Disk Util...

Page 301: ...icon 2 Select a directory by using the cursor keys to locate the directory 3 Press 4 Press CNTL L or select the List Files icon It is not necessary to change your current directory in order to list t...

Page 302: ...on different disks The messages in the source direc tory remain undisturbed after a copy operation To access the Copy function Press C or select the Copy icon in the Block Message Utility window The B...

Page 303: ...ination directory in the To field The messages are copied or moved to this directory Start ID Indicates the first message number to which the block of messages is copied or moved 4 Enter a Start ID nu...

Page 304: ...new ID numbers For example if the Start ID is 500 messages numbered 100 110 120 130 and 140 are copied to ID numbers 500 501 502 503 and 504 5 Select a MODE Confirm If set to Y a request for overwrite...

Page 305: ...firm to Y or N by pressing the SPACE BAR 7 Press CNTL X or select the Execute icon to begin the copy or move operation Remember that after a Copy function is executed the source messages remain in the...

Page 306: ...ssion appears as follows Figure 8 11 Block Message Delete Warning Message Compose Advcd Font Disk Utils Network Utils Font Create Logo Compose Message Compose version 15 07 5 9 96 List Dirs D Execute...

Page 307: ...ch files have been deleted 5 Press CNTL X or select the Execute icon to execute the Delete operation To stop a Delete command during execution Press ESC twice rapidly in succession To exit the Block D...

Page 308: ...TL A Auto standards conversion enabled appears on the Prompt Line You can now read messages or execute effects e g Rolls or Crawls that were recorded in another format Before messages are read and eff...

Page 309: ...to 0 84 times the height of the NTSC font that you need and set the width of the PAL font to 1 2 of the width of the NTSC font For example if you need to create a Machine Font on a PAL system that res...

Page 310: ...e a simple Full Page Message Type some text on the Color Edit Monitor To record a Full Page Message 1 Press CLR then enter a number from 0 to 9999 using the Address Keypad 2 Press the RCD key Recordin...

Page 311: ...ALT RCD func tion allows you to overwrite the message that was read or recorded last The new message that is recorded using ALT RCD is a Full Page Message Therefore if attempting to record any message...

Page 312: ...g DEL MSG then RCD The ALT key can also be used in conjunction with selec tive recording CNTL RCD operations See 8 5 for this procedure 5 The simplest way to display a recorded message on the Color Ed...

Page 313: ...ally reads a message into the Foreground buffer To read a message into the background buffer 1 If necessary press CNTL ALT ERASE to clear the Background buffer 2 Press CLR then enter the selected mess...

Page 314: ...the Message Compose main menu To read the RGB message into the Background buffer of the EEFB without a screen offset Enter the Read Effects main menu 15 8 1 make the Background buffer active then rea...

Page 315: ...at were used to create the message 1 Press CLR then enter the selected message ID number using the Address Keypad 2 Press CNTL READ Loading Font XXXX Into Position Y appears on the Prompt Line as each...

Page 316: ...rs and allows you instantly load messages for display This function can be especially useful for displaying pages of credits day by day weather forecasts sports scores etc Each time READ NEXT is press...

Page 317: ...D appears on the Prompt Line To abort the search press any key The Address Readout on the Prompts Monitor and the keyboard LCD reverts to address of the last message read 1 To execute the Read Next fu...

Page 318: ...messages To load then display an out of sequence message 1 Press CLR then enter the ID number of the message that you want loaded into the Read Next buffer Press READ NEXT The message is loaded into...

Page 319: ...To increase the number in the Address Display by 1 Press ALT To decrease the number in the Address Display by 1 Press ALT 7 5 1 7 To find the next available empty address to use as an ID when you rec...

Page 320: ...ace 5HFRUGLQJ 0HVVDJH ZLWK OSKDQXPHULF 1DPH 1 If not in Alphanumeric Mode Press CNTL 2 to enter Alphanumeric Mode 2 Press RCD The alphanumeric Record Drive Directory window Figure 8 15 is displayed Fi...

Page 321: ...ndow If you are out of the Alphanu meric Record window 1 Using the Address Keypad enter the ID number of the message to be recorded then press RCD The alphanumeric Record Drive Directory window Figure...

Page 322: ...ctory window If you are out of the alphanumeric Delete Message window 1 Using the Address Keypad enter the ID number of the message to be deleted then press DEL MSG The alphanumeric Delete Drive Direc...

Page 323: ...n Read a message using a standard one to four digit ID number while either in or out of the alphanu meric Record window If you are out of the alphanu meric Read window 1 Using the Address Keypad enter...

Page 324: ...DQXPHULF 0RGH To exit Alphanumeric Mode Press CNTL 2 Standard Read and Record enabled appears on the Prompt Line 6HOHFWLYH 5HFRUGLQJ 17 5 Different types of messages can be recorded using selec tive r...

Page 325: ...within the Subpalette menu etc These selective recording functions are described in the sections pertaining to those functions Recording NNNN appears briefly on the Prompt Line when recording has bee...

Page 326: ...responds to the Selective Record or ALT CNTL RCD then the key that corresponds to the mes sage type If an attempt is made to overwrite a message of a differ ent type the following appears Figure 8 19...

Page 327: ...the last character on the screen NOTE If blank space exists between last character in the last row and the right edge of the Safe Title Box this space does not appear if that message and another are...

Page 328: ...Address Keypad 3 Press CNTL RCD R When a One Row message is read the text appears start ing at the row that the cursor is on and the cursor is posi tioned at the beginning of the row below the last r...

Page 329: ...sliders buffer assignments etc 100 presets even if you do not set all 100 are saved in a Read Effects 15 7 or Mix Effects 16 17 message To save all the Mix and or Read Effects presets 1 Create Mix an...

Page 330: ...he text contents of two frame buff ers as one message When read the original frame buff ers are loaded with their respective texts Palettes background and Output Percentage levels are saved in each bu...

Page 331: ...the CHAN NEL in which it was recorded Otherwise the message does not display as you expect 5HFRUG 3DOHWWH 0HVVDJH 3 To record a custom palette 1 Create a custom palette 8 2 Press CLR then enter a mess...

Page 332: ...is function records a Slow Reveal message 10 To record a Slow Reveal message 1 Set up a single or multi row message 2 Place the cursor on the first row of text that you want revealed 3 Press CNTL RCD...

Page 333: ...Keypad 3 Press CNTL RCD C 5HFRUG ORFN 7LPHU DQG XOO 3DJH 0HVVDJH This function records a Full Page message plus Clock or Timer information All Clock Timer information is recorded including position c...

Page 334: ...re 8 20 Transform Script Window 3 If the Script name is not already present type the name of the script in UPPER CASE LETTERS in the Script Name field then press 4 Press L This lists the Transform scr...

Page 335: ...ers of an Extended Effects Frame Buffer NOTE FG BG Record can be performed on systems with Standard or Extended Effects Frame Buffers EEFB s however the resulting FG BG message cannot be executed on s...

Page 336: ...r the ID number of the file will be recorded in the Background buffer Press 6 In the Description field enter a description of the file 7 Press RCD or press then The new message is recorded at the spec...

Page 337: ...ed If a Transform message is specified it should be placed in the Background buffer as the Foreground is read first If placed in the Foreground the Trans form is read first and executes before the Bac...

Page 338: ...you cannot record a full screen graphic image in the CHANNEL A i e the topmost buffer when you use this function unless the graphic has been converted into a font character 15 Additionally any text o...

Page 339: ...he Message Compose main menu 6 6 SUHVV 5HDG 5HFRUG 2SHUDWLRQV NOTE SCSI Express is supported on all systems running Message Compose v9 0 and later Refer to SCSI Express documentation for details SCSI...

Page 340: ...current directory files can be individually accessed by using the SCSI Express key located directly to the right of the SPACE BAR 6 6 SUHVV LUHFWRU 6HWXS First the SCSI drive message directory that w...

Page 341: ...enter the ID number where you want the Still to be recorded on the SCSI Express drive 3 Press the SCSI Express key 4 Press RCD The Still is recorded to the directory set in the Setup SCSI Express wind...

Page 342: ...CHYRON Corporation Directory Features 8 60 Revision D...

Page 343: ...als appear in 9 3 3 and 9 4 4 respectively Rolls and Crawls can be executed simultaneously with other Read Section 15 and Mix Section 16 Effects Transforms Options Handbook and or each other by using...

Page 344: ...rs or one Extended Effects Frame Buffer EEFB See 9 3 6 for more detailed information Additionally a Timed Roll must be executed as a Spe cial Roll 9 3 1 9 3 3 unless executed on a MAX INE equipped wit...

Page 345: ...ch message These pages can contain a Safe Title Box that has been adjusted to the size of the desired separation 5ROO 6HWXS To display the Roll Control Buffer Figure 9 1 Press CNTL or SETUP then ROLL...

Page 346: ...Address Keypad 5ROO 5 Roll specifies which message s to roll In a Roll com mand a single message or a range of messages can be specified Additionally the same message s can be specified multiple times...

Page 347: ...on systems with either of the following configurations Two or more frame buffers standard or EEFB Before executing a Special Roll CHANNELS A and B must each have buffers assigned to them See 16 7 for...

Page 348: ...5 To manually change Roll speed during execution Enter the new speed on the Address Keypad When executing a Special Roll you can press or to change the speed by 1 10 increments Because of technical l...

Page 349: ...dress Keypad The or keys can also be used to restart the Roll but at 1 10th higher or 1 10th lower the speed respec tively that the Roll was running To manually pause during Roll execution Press 0 7LP...

Page 350: ...r specified step in the list To enter a GoTo command 1 Press G 2 Enter a destination step number from 0 to 99 then press NOTE If the destination step is earlier in the list than the GoTo command an en...

Page 351: ...mand To enter a Status command Press A Status Info automatically appears in Step 0 of the Roll Control Buffer List Steps already entered move down by one position When checking a long command list Sta...

Page 352: ...ase command E then press E NOTE The Roll Control message may include any combination of commands with or without Ease Ease is also available during Roll execution as follows While the Roll is in progr...

Page 353: ...for the filter to handle Roll Buffer Underflow is displayed on the Prompts Monitor There is a delay of 3 to 6 seconds when the Roll is executed Roll Filter is not available in Multiple Effects or Int...

Page 354: ...n Press D at any time while building the Roll Control Buffer list Roll Field Compensation Enabled appears on the Prompt Line Roll field Compensation can also be set during Special Roll execution To to...

Page 355: ...CNTL RCD E is set to Y in the Directory Defaults 8 2 2 4 for the current direc tory the palette is applied to the Roll if the message is listed before the first Full Page message in the Roll Con trol...

Page 356: ...oll Control Buffer List Enter the Message Compose main menu and record Full Page 8 4 2 Text Only End of Text 8 5 2 or Single Row 8 5 3 messages at addresses 100 101 102 and 103 For this example use th...

Page 357: ...ial or Timed Rolls If using a MAXINE leave out the Special Roll command Table 9 1 Edit Functions H VWURNH V XQFWLRQ Scrolls through the list Moves across row Backspace Key Erases number entered in Ran...

Page 358: ...peed For this example enter 6 0 moves the cursor back to the command column where an Ease command is then applied Because of technical limitations it is recommended that you restrict the range of spee...

Page 359: ...and column where an Ease command is then applied 7 ROLL or R 103 Specifies the fourth message to roll For this example enter message ID number 103 8 G 2 Instructs the system to continually loop the li...

Page 360: ...execute it first to see what it looks like It is a good idea however to record the Roll Control Buffer List as soon as possible since it can be lost if Message Compose is exited NOTE The Roll message...

Page 361: ...pecial Roll requires either a minimum of two stan dard frame buffers or one EEFB See 16 7 for information on channel and buffer assignments if you are using two or more frame buffers Make sure that Ch...

Page 362: ...D number 102 5 P 90 E Specifies a pause duration in fields For this example enter 90 This pauses the roll of mes sage 102 for 1 5 second NTSC or PAL M or 1 8 seconds PAL moves the cursor back to the c...

Page 363: ...may now record the Roll Control Buffer although it is not necessary You may want to execute it first to see what it looks like NOTE The Roll message and the text messages specified in the Roll Control...

Page 364: ...ed in conjunction with a Roll only on the MAX and iNFiNiT systems It is not available on the MAXINE You MUST clear a Hard Mask 15 8 6 available with Extended Effects Frame Buffers from the screen befo...

Page 365: ...cution window if the Roll is a Timed Roll Whether or not the Status command is entered the Roll does not execute if there are errors in the Roll Control Buffer List The exception is when invalid messa...

Page 366: ...s no list in the Roll Control Buffer OR A message s specified in the Roll Control Buffer List does not exist at the address OR The message s is of a type that cannot be rolled Read a Roll message into...

Page 367: ...imum Roll speed Lengthen the Time duration SPECIAL ROLL FOR ALL TIMED ROLLS Timed Roll requires that the Special Roll com mand is also in the list You must enter the Special Roll com mand before enter...

Page 368: ...il the information is processed The Roll then resumes Note that this does not make up lost time in a Timed Roll Roll Buffer Underflow may also be the result of trying to execute a Roll using messages...

Page 369: ...using the Address Keypad Changes Roll speed at any point during Roll execution This keystroke negates the Timed Roll command Press ALT Keypad number Eases to the new Speed when you enter a Speed duri...

Page 370: ...XP XIIHU 5HTXLUHPHQWV IRU 6HOHFWHG 5ROO 2SHUDWLRQV Different types of Roll setups require minimum buffer configurations as follows Table 9 4 Minimum Buffer Requirements for Selected Roll Operations 5R...

Page 371: ...de of Mes sage Compose 10 5 b Live Video can be used as a background See 15 8 5 and Section 20 for more information on the Video Input Module option c See 21 8 RGB Tools Font Utility F the Image Tools...

Page 372: ...to Channel A and the remaining buffer to Channel B 2 Either press CNTL I to enable Video Input or read an RGB Message ID number into Channel B 3 Exit Mix Control then execute Roll Standard Roll RGB A...

Page 373: ...nd 3 standard 1 Press MIX to enter the Mix Control window 16 3 In the Mix Settings window 16 7 assign one buffer to Channel A and a second buffer to Channel B These two channels are then dedicated to...

Page 374: ...ll 2 Press CNTL B This changes the Preview assignment display to a background assignment display Bkg Select 16 11 3 Assign the remaining buffer that will contain the live image to the background chann...

Page 375: ...list is completed it is checked for errors loaded and executed Special Roll RGB A Background 2 EEFB CCFB 1 Press MIX to enter the Mix Control window 16 3 In the Mix Settings window 16 7 assign one EE...

Page 376: ...ground must be displayed on screen and then the Crawl can be executed over it 7 SHV RI UDZOV There are two types of Crawls Single Row Crawls and Multi Row Crawls In a Single Row all text crawls on one...

Page 377: ...e The first character of a following row or page is pasted onto the string following the last character of the previous row or page Note that the gap from the end of the row to the right edge of Safe...

Page 378: ...t at the top of the screen the cursor must be on the top row HINT To have more control over the space between messages that are crawled you may want to adjust the width of the Safe Title Box for each...

Page 379: ...cursor must be in the command column of a step in order to apply an Ease command or to change it to a new com mand Depending on the command there can be none one or two cursor positions to the right o...

Page 380: ...message to be crawled then press 1 To specify a range of messages to be crawled 2 Enter the ID number of the first message to be crawled then press 3 Enter the ID number of the last message to be craw...

Page 381: ...eight of the corresponding row in the first Crawl message in the Crawl Control Buffer List If small char acters are crawled before larger characters parts of the larger characters may be cut off or th...

Page 382: ...messages The same consider ation applies to logo or RGB fonts 6SHHG 6 This command is used to change the speed of a Crawl Speed can be specified at any point in the Crawl Control Buffer List A Speed c...

Page 383: ...mediately before the Pause command may still be visible on screen when a message is paused Pause is especially effective when crawling multi row messages To enter a Pause command 1 Press P 2 Enter a p...

Page 384: ...do not execute Speed commands 1 Enter the following command before any Crawl commands in the list Press T 2 Enter the duration of the Crawl in minutes and seconds up to 99 99 then press R7R GoTo jump...

Page 385: ...the Crawl Additionally if the Crawl is executed with Status not entered the Crawl proceeds and skips the invalid messages NOTE Timed Crawl execution always includes a Status check making it unnecessa...

Page 386: ...remove Ease from a Pause or Speed command Cursor to the Pause or Speed command step that contains the Ease command E then press E NOTE The Crawl Control message may include any combination of command...

Page 387: ...tems equipped with one buffer UDZO 7XWRULDOV The following describes how to create a Crawl Control Buffer List Enter the Message Compose main menu and record Full Page 8 4 2 Text Only End of Text 8 5...

Page 388: ...they appear on the Roll Control Buffer List that you create Table 9 5 Edit Functions Keystroke s Function Scrolls through the list Moves across row Backspace Key Erases number entered in Range field S...

Page 389: ...row 2 S 6 0 E Sets Speed for the Crawl commands following this command until the next Speed command is reached For this example enter 6 0 moves the cursor back to the command column where an Ease comm...

Page 390: ...the cursor back to the command column where an Ease command is then applied 8 CRAWL or C 113 Specifies the fourth message to crawl For this example enter message ID number 113 9 G 3 Instructs the syst...

Page 391: ...ry You may want to execute it first to see what it looks like It is a good idea however to record the Crawl Control Buffer List as soon as possible since it can be lost if Message Compose is exited NO...

Page 392: ...uffer Figure 9 9 0 R 3 Enters number of rows that will be crawled For this example enter 3 If a Row command is not entered the entire Crawl is executed on one row 1 T 18 Sets duration in seconds of th...

Page 393: ...wl Control Buffer although it is not necessary You may want to execute it first to see what it looks like NOTE The Crawl message and the text messages specified in the Crawl Control Buffer List MUST b...

Page 394: ...conjunction with a Crawl only on iNFiNiT and two buffer MAX systems It is not available on the MAXINE When executing a Crawl inside of a Soft Mask make sure that the cursor is positioned inside of th...

Page 395: ...ands Figure 9 12 Crawl Execution Window Status Command Entered Timed crawl set at xx xx appears in the Crawl Execu tion window if the Roll is a Timed Roll Whether or not the Status command is entered...

Page 396: ...sor is on Be absolutely sure that the Crawl is executed the cursor is positioned on the proper row When executing a Crawl inside of a Soft Mask 16 12 make sure that the cursor is positioned inside of...

Page 397: ...om mand s to one which contains a message s The Crawl message and the text messages specified in the Crawl Control Buffer List MUST be stored in the SAME Directory i e the current directory or the Cra...

Page 398: ...position on the screen OR Change the Font Size Crawl Buffer Underflow This error can occur during Crawl execution at high speeds This indicates that the information to be crawled is not being processe...

Page 399: ...nter a new start speed using the Address Keypad Starts the Crawl at a speed other than the speed specified in the Crawl Con trol Buffer List or the default 3 This keystroke negates the Timed Crawl com...

Page 400: ...row or rows at the bottom of the screen while displaying a static image in between For example to display one crawling row at the top of the screen and one at the bottom of the screen 1 Enter text on...

Page 401: ...op row 7 Execute the Crawl Rows 0 and 1 crawls leaving Row 2 which is static positioned in the middle of the page Figure 9 16 Split Row Crawl Execution You can also record the static row s in a separa...

Page 402: ...position that does not conflict with the area in which the Crawl will be executed b See 21 8 RGB Tools Font Utility F the Image Tools Manual Pub No 2A01988 or the Logo Compose Manual Pub No 2A01990 fo...

Page 403: ...rce operator can now receive UDZO 7 SH DFNJURXQG 1R DQG 7 SH RI XIIHUV XIIHU VVLJQPHQWV RGB A or Live 2 standard 1 Press MIX to enter the Mix Control window 16 3 In the Mix Settings window 16 7 assign...

Page 404: ...terface is not available while Serial Crawl is active DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RUN SERIAL CRAWL AND INTELLIGENT INTERFACE SIMULTANEOUSLY No other Crawl commands are valid when Serial Crawl is entered in the...

Page 405: ...e the baseline and 30 scanlines below the baseline Enter Serial Crawl with the first font selected and the cur sor at scanline 300 The Crawl window will occupy scanlines 300 to 400 Figure 9 18 Baselin...

Page 406: ...one of the fonts truncate on the tallest characters and the characters with the low est descenders then the fonts can be used in that order in the Crawl ERXW 6 RGHV 7 DQG QG RI LOH Excluding special c...

Page 407: ...o enter the Crawl Control Buffer 3 If desired enter a Speed command S in Step 0 If no speed is entered the default speed of 3 is used for the entire Crawl However the user may select a new speed at th...

Page 408: ...r is displayed on the Prompt Line There is a slight delay between the time the first serial data is entered into the external source and sent to the iNFiNiT Family system and the time the Crawl appear...

Page 409: ...al computer keyboard or send decimal 02 After the Crawl executes Serial Crawl is exited and the Message Compose main menu is displayed OHDULQJ WKH UDZO XIIHU To flush the Crawl buffer without exiting...

Page 410: ...Cyan 171 Green 173 Black 175 Table 9 10 Serial Crawl Font Codes Font Code Font Code Font Code Font Code Font 1 160 Font 3 162 Font 5 164 Font 7 166 Font 2 161 Font 4 163 Font 6 165 Font 8 167 Fonts 9...

Page 411: ...other control codes are not echoed If you use the Message Compose ALT key sequence to type a character such as an international character the ALT code is not echoed Only the decimal value itself is e...

Page 412: ...ues until the Crawl buffer empties Serial Crawl is exited and the Message Compose main menu is displayed DGH Fade has two applications Fades CHYRON VIDEO in and or out over program video Sets the Outp...

Page 413: ...ltering one or more of the fol lowing parameters in the Fade Control window Speed of transition Fade In from black to message Fade Out from current message to black or Fade Out In from message to blac...

Page 414: ...t Fade In Out or Out In 1 Highlight the Fade field then press the SPACE BAR or click the field to toggle through the Fade choices Default Fade is Out In In Fades CHYRON VIDEO Output Percentage level u...

Page 415: ...ect Execute again to fade it out To fade out the message that is on the screen 1 Select Out in the Fade field and set the Percent slider to 100 9 6 1 2 2 Enter the message ID number then press READ to...

Page 416: ...final message in the sequence Press X or select Execute LWLQJ DGH To exit the Fade Control window and save Fade settings Press CNTL or Q or select Quit 2XWSXW 3HUFHQWDJH HYHO To set Output Percentage...

Page 417: ...xit from Slow Reveal This feature allows for a sequence of separate messages to be slow revealed resulting in an accumulation of text Slow Reveal 9 7 2 A message is revealed character by character fro...

Page 418: ...d unintentionally overlap rows Do not use characters with edges that extend towards the left Left direction edges create character build problems when using Slow Reveal Possibly affected edge types in...

Page 419: ...rs during the Slow Reveal buffer loading process Therefore the currently loaded fonts are used to create the message 6SHHG LHOGV 9 1 The number in the Fields column specifies how many fields the Slow...

Page 420: ...sing the Address Keypad 2 Press SLOW REVL Loading slow reveal buffer appears briefly on the Prompt Line 3 Press the SPACE BAR or DO to select Line by Line Slow Reveal 4 Enter a speed from 1 to 9 using...

Page 421: ...al Message 5HFRUGLQJ 7ZR 3DUW 6ORZ 5HYHDO 1 Set up a multi row message as in Figure 9 20 2 Place the cursor on the first row of text that you want to slow reveal In Figure 9 20 this would be Row 4 Thi...

Page 422: ...ter the message ID number using the Address Keypad then press SLOW REVL The upper portion of the message is displayed instantly In Figure 9 20 the first three rows are displayed 2 Enter a speed using...

Page 423: ...R use This configuration is accomplished through the Set Com function in the Program Loader Setup menu 3 6 6 In addition the iNFiNiT serial port must be physically modified to accommodate the DDR Tabl...

Page 424: ...peration L1 L1L7 WARNING iNFiNiT USERS Configuration of the Serial Port from RS 232 to RS 422 on the iNFiNiT involves a jumper change on the CPU Transition board Failure to perform the configuration c...

Page 425: ...FiNiT Family Operation Manual Revision D 9 83 Advanced Playback To bring the DDR on line Press the Reset button on the CPU to reboot the system On re entering the DDR Control menu the DDR is now on li...

Page 426: ...CHYRON Corporation Advanced Playback 9 84 Revision D...

Page 427: ...en load the body edge colors into the Color Keys 10 3 describes these functions CNTL B Use the Background function to create a solid color or gradated Scanline Background The Scanline Background can a...

Page 428: ...osed over the Message Compose main menu on the Prompts Monitor Images on the Color Edit Monitor are partially covered but not affected by the Color Palette Figure 10 1 Color Palette Edit Monitor Figur...

Page 429: ...r The face of each cube shows the body color The edge of each cube shows the edge color Sub Pal Press P or select Sub Pal When selected the row of eight Color Key cubes is replaced by a gradated color...

Page 430: ...stem automatically adjusts HSI values as well and vice versa In any adjustment numeric levels appear above all indi cators for easy resetting to an exact value 6HWWLQJ 9DOXHV HUE SAT INT RED GRN and B...

Page 431: ...ries color by using an electronic color wheel which cycles through the three primary video colors red green blue then back to red The system measures HUE in degrees from 0 to 360 Figure 10 3 The three...

Page 432: ...on Scale Saturation can be set from 0 to 255 The value is shown on the Prompts Monitor A color with a saturation value of 0 is technically no longer a color it is pure white A color with a saturation...

Page 433: ...number of colors possi ble from that single hue is the product of 254 saturations and 254 intensities or 64 516 possible colors that can be created from one hue Since there are 360 hues millions of c...

Page 434: ...menu appears on the Prompts Monitor To exit Palette mode Press Q CNTL or select Quit The eight Color Cubes on the Edit Monitor are the cur rent face and edge colors stored in the eight Color Keys The...

Page 435: ...r vice versa Face and edge colors can be set using the methods described in 10 3 1 and 10 3 2 respectively or by using the mouse to pick up a Color Palette color as described in 10 3 3 6HWWLQJ KDUDFWH...

Page 436: ...ers which have edges 3LFNLQJ 8S HSRVLWLQJ RORU 1 Place the mouse cursor over any color on the Color Palette then click the left mouse button 2 Move the mouse cursor to either the face or edge of the C...

Page 437: ...is recalled or created To record the Palette to disk press CLR then enter an unoccupied ID number Then If in Pal ette mode press RCD if in the Message Com pose main menu press CNTL RCD P To exit witho...

Page 438: ...to another NOTE A Subpalette is not applied to characters or objects that are not created in Flash Font Advanced Font Create and or Logo Compose Additionally not all effects applied to a character are...

Page 439: ...n on the character indicated on the Prompts Monitor as INDEX 3 the leftmost position in the Spectrum 4 5 through 31 which is the rightmost position Figure 10 7 Subpalette Applied to Object NOTE Color...

Page 440: ...eview each one after establishing colors for the character 2 Press COLOR FONT This guarantees that the Subpalette used when the character was either typed or read is selected 3 From the Message Compos...

Page 441: ...ep 5 Otherwise repeat the above procedure until you find a color you want to change 5 There are three methods that can be used to select a color With the cursor on a color position on the Spectrum adj...

Page 442: ...inished coloring the character Preview all characters in the font before using them on air UDGDWHG 6XESDOHWWHV This method lets you smoothly transition from one color to another over any number of col...

Page 443: ...m Use the method described in Step 4 above to determine which color positions in the Spectrum affect which areas on the character 5 Press SHIFT CHAR or choose a Spectrum start position 6 Use one of th...

Page 444: ...point then gradate again The result is a smooth gradation from color to color LWLQJ WKH 6XESDOHWWH To exit from Subpalette and return to Palette mode press P or select Palette To exit and return to Me...

Page 445: ...sting text is not affected when you make a scanline background Scanline backgrounds fall into two general categories Standard Backgrounds A solid color background A standard background can be a full s...

Page 446: ...keys to select then raise or lower RGB or HSI values Mouse Use Click the right button to enter the Back ground window Figure 10 12 Use the left button to select points on the sliders in the menu Click...

Page 447: ...color for each scanline This effect has the benefit of reducing banding in the background caused by duplicate colors on consecutive scanlines However the displayed end color might devi ate slightly f...

Page 448: ...ting background place the background cursor on the topmost scanline to be erased On the Address Keypad enter the value which specifies the number of scanlines you want to erase For example to erase 20...

Page 449: ...r the entire screen enter 486 for NTSC 586 for PAL Coloring begins where the Background Cursor is located The default location is Line 1 Move it by pressing SHIFT CHAR or Generate the background Press...

Page 450: ...he color Click the right mouse button to transfer the cursor to the Color Edit Monitor where the left mouse button can be used like the COLOR FONT key UDGDWHG DFNJURXQGV A gradated background that gra...

Page 451: ...nt where the gradation will end 5 Create a ending bottom color using the RGB HSI sliders NOTE Unless specified otherwise as described in 10 5 2 the cursor moves in 10 scanline increments To move the c...

Page 452: ...used in the cut and paste procedure as follows 1 From the Message Compose main menu press CNTL B or select the Background icon to display the Background menu 2 Place the background cursor at the begin...

Page 453: ...press CNTL or select Quit UDVLQJ WR D 1HZ HIDXOW DFNJURXQG There may be times when you want to do your work against a background other than black The default color of the screen can be changed This i...

Page 454: ...r back to clear black Repeat the above procedure and erase to a black background OR Press CNTL B press R or select Reset then press CNTL Select Reset then press CNTL After any erase the cursor returns...

Page 455: ...time of day count up or count down timer accu rate to 1 100th second Clock Timer displays may be placed anywhere in the Safe Title Box using any color or Machine Font NOTES The Machine Font must conta...

Page 456: ...review the parameters and func tions in the Clock Setup Utility 3DUDPHWHUV To place the cursor on the Mode Format or Lead ing Zeros field use the cursor keys TAB or SHIFT TAB or the mouse 0RGH Mode ca...

Page 457: ...Clock or Timer i e hours minutes seconds tenths of a second and hundredths of a second The maximum length of the display is HH MM SS TH where HH specifies hours MM specifies minutes SS specifies secon...

Page 458: ...no kerning to avoid a jumpy appearance as the Clock Timer runs To enable or disable this feature Press F after exiting the Format field HDGLQJ HURV 7LPHUV 2QO Leading Zeros in Timers can be set to dis...

Page 459: ...d however the display is updated to show the current time or the offset if any To toggle between Stop and Start from within the Clock Setup menu Press S Start Stop can also be toggled from the Message...

Page 460: ...LR Enter a starting time then press To reset the Timer while it is running 1 Press R The Set Timer window is displayed 2 Press CLR Enter a new value then press The Timer resumes counting at the new va...

Page 461: ...nally the buffer that contains the Clock or timer cannot be accessed using the CHNG function 14 5 and 14 8 However the XFER functions 14 5 14 9 and 14 10 can be used to place the buffer containing the...

Page 462: ...ited and the Clock or Timer is running Use one of the following methods to set up a Clock or Timer over a message in an EEFB From the Message Compose main menu 1 Press CLR then the ID number of the me...

Page 463: ...the Timer is other than 0 00 00 use Reset to set the new start time 11 2 2 2 8 Make sure that the Mode Format or Leading Zeros fields are not highlighted If displaying the Clock or Timer from within...

Page 464: ...lowing methods to record the Clock Timer message ORFNV 7LPHU 1RWHV A Clock or Timer cannot be overlapped on top of another character in the same buffer Messages containing Clocks or Timers cannot be r...

Page 465: ...t displayed on screen If an all seconds SS or all minutes MM dis play is specified time increments to 59 and resets to 00 No digits are added to the left Timer Down can start from a time greater than...

Page 466: ...CHYRON Corporation Clock Timer Displays 11 12 Revision D...

Page 467: ...tion a Function Key readable and executable by the IMAGESTOR Recall Keyboard can be created and edited from either Message Compose or IMAGESTOR Note that the Function Key list cannot be created or edi...

Page 468: ...utorial from the Message Compose main menu or the IMAGESTOR main menu Make sure there is a font loaded into Font Key 1 6WHS H VWURNH V RPPHQWV 1 CNTL F1 To access the Function Key into which the seque...

Page 469: ...n the list The Machine Font currently loaded into Font Key 1 is used If no font is loaded into Font Key 1 the message FONT X NOT LOADED appears when the Function Key is executed 6 F Enter letters to s...

Page 470: ...column 27 CNTL Press CNTL to exit and save the list To exit and erase the list press ESC 28 F1 Press F1 to execute the list you just created To halt execution of a looped list press ESC 6WHS H VWURNH...

Page 471: ...nction Key List 1 From the Message Compose main menu or the IMAGESTOR main menu press CNTL then the Function Key to be edited If you are editing an recorded list the Function Key message must first be...

Page 472: ...unc tion Key is executed the ID number is typed on screen and the message ID number that is displayed in the Address Readout is read In the Function Key list any number that is entered using the Addre...

Page 473: ...they are skipped dur ing execution They can also be removed using the DEL ROW command described below DEL ROW Deletes a row at the step where the cursor is positioned All suc cessive keystrokes move u...

Page 474: ...Color Key xxx COL SEL xxx Address Keypad 0 9 or CLR KEYPAD 0 9 or KEYPAD CLR DEL ROW DELR A key that is not active for your system cannot be stored in list UNDEFINED KEY INS ROW INSR SHIFT TAB S SHIFT...

Page 475: ...XQFWLRQ RPPDQGV The following commands instruct the system to perform functions such as triggering effects triggering the DDR or stopping execution until the SPACE BAR is pressed All commands are ent...

Page 476: ...lly enter data into the sequence Waiting for Input appears on the Prompts Monitor while the sequence is halted To continue execution press the SPACE BAR When Wait is entered the following steps move d...

Page 477: ...p of the list To resume executing a paused Transform script Press Z Please note there is no function icon for this command ALT X ALT Trigger FX Keeps the Transform script resident in memory allowing t...

Page 478: ...ows LOOP indicating the beginning of the loop Step 1 shows 001 TIMES This default value specifies that the commands within the loop execute only once Step 2 shows END LOOP at 000 This specifies that t...

Page 479: ...ND LOOP AT 000 moves down the list to a new step position Loops can be built within loops This is known as nest ing The following illustrates how loops can be nested Figure 12 4 Nested Loops A Functio...

Page 480: ...list 0RYH To move an existing step 1 While in the Function Key list place the cursor in the Step column of the step that you want to move In this example move the END OF LOOP 000 command at Step 2 Pre...

Page 481: ...e HFXWLQJ XQFWLRQ H 6HTXHQFHV 6WDQGDUG HFXWLRQ After you ve created edited and stored the sequence under the Function Key Press CNTL or Q to return to the Message Compose main menu then press the Func...

Page 482: ...e Step mode Press ESC 6DYLQJ 5HFRUGLQJ XQFWLRQ H V 6DYH 5HFRUG LW 3URFHGXUHV You may create Function Keys for immediate use without recording them to disk however all unsaved Function Key information...

Page 483: ...ose main menu From within the Function Key List Press E or select Record All found on the second page of function icons enter the message ID number under which they will be stored then press OR Exit f...

Page 484: ...Each keystroke is executed and saved in the selected Function Key The Step number on the Prompt Line increments after each keystroke 5 To edit the list press CNTL then the Function Key to enter and ex...

Page 485: ...window similar to the Record Message window Figure 12 6 is displayed 3 Press CLR Enter the ID of the recorded Function Key then press The single Function Key that was recorded in F2 is now loaded into...

Page 486: ...ectory specified in the IMAGESTOR Configure menu Normally a Func tion Key List is recorded to the current Message Compose directory See 10 2 2 of the IMAG ESTOR Option Handbook Pub No 2A01987 for more...

Page 487: ...Figure 12 7 NOTE On the iNFiNiT Family keyboard the Function Keys are numbered from F1 to F10 On the IMAGESTOR Recall Keyboard the Function Keys are numbered from Fn 0 to Fn 9 Therefore when programm...

Page 488: ...pecifies the default IMAGESTOR directory where recorded Function Keys will be stored 3 Build the Function Key list using the keystrokes as outlined in the following tables Just as in normal Function K...

Page 489: ...stroke Function Key Display A ADD CHNG CHANGE D DELETE ERASE ERASE F FN KEYPAD 0 KEYPAD 0 I FIELD KEYPAD 1 KEYPAD 1 L RCD LIST KEYPAD 2 KEYPAD 2 M MODIFY KEYPAD 3 KEYPAD 3 P PASTE KEYPAD 4 KEYPAD 4 R...

Page 490: ...H ERDUG XQFWLRQ H LVW To execute a Function Key from the IMAGESTOR Recall Keyboard Press Fn then the number of the Function Key minus 1 under which it was created on the iNFiNiT Family keyboard To hal...

Page 491: ...ports many of the features of the Advanced Font Create Utility such as textures Transparencies rotations and other special effects These effects can be applied to selected characters words or rows Mu...

Page 492: ...ont infor mation is stored only once requiring much less memory than if stored with every message In contrast a particular Flash Font s is available for use in any message during the Message Compose s...

Page 493: ...Flash Font Convert Shortcut Keys H XQFWLRQ H XQFWLRQ H XQFWLRQ A Aspect K Background R Edge Direction B Border Edge Type L List S Shadow Edge Type C Convert Font M Master Font T Texture Map D Drive N...

Page 494: ...cal entry by a value other than 1 Press CLR Enter the number on the Address Key pad then press SHIFT CHAR or or click on the or arrows The value increases or decreases by the entered amount To toggle...

Page 495: ...t NOTE Flash Font and Advanced On Line Convert require that the selected character s Master Font be available on the current the Disk Drive If Machine Fonts have been installed from a network drive th...

Page 496: ...tained when exiting the Flash Font main menu The character also displays changes to font attributes as they are entered in the menu NOTES The message CANNOT LOAD MASTER FONT indicates that the selecte...

Page 497: ...iNFiNiT Family Operation Manual Revision D 13 7 Flash Font Figure 13 2 Flash Font Main Menu and Edit Monitor Color Edit Monitor ABCDE...

Page 498: ...or click and hold the mouse on the Size up arrow until the Size field displays 80 As you change the size watch the selected character on the Edit Monitor Figure 13 3 change in appearance Figure 13 3 F...

Page 499: ...u may also click on the arrows using the mouse to change the value For this example leave the Space Adjust setting at 0 Aspect Press A or TAB to the Aspect field Enter a value of 75 then press The X s...

Page 500: ...ower Right Figure 13 11 The character on the Edit Monitor appears as shown in Figure 13 5 Figure 13 5 Flash Font Offset Edge Press CNTL or Q This exits to the Message Compose main menu in Flash Font T...

Page 501: ...be used in Flash Font Typing mode Normally Flash Font data is maintained and managed for all active frame buffers in the system Although this provides the ability to edit Flash Font or on line font d...

Page 502: ...ms but both tables can be used on either system Flash Font Convert menu Press C or select Convert The Prompts Monitor displays the Flash Font Convert menu Figure 13 7 Figure 13 7 Flash Font Convert Wi...

Page 503: ...to a height from 6 to 1000 or what ever size is allowed by available system RAM during conversion scanlines Default Font Size is 10 Additional functions Additional functions are as follows Press D or...

Page 504: ...each character The Edit Monitor cursor reflects the change When Kern Adj is decreased characters are placed closer together when typed When Kern Adj is increased char acters are placed farther apart...

Page 505: ...Set a negative value 50 for example to decrease the width of the Space character or a positive value to increase it VSHFW You can indicate how wide the Flash Font characters are in relation to the or...

Page 506: ...lash Font main menu See 3 6 21 6 8 and 6 9 for information on 16 X 9 GJHV Edge Type Size and Direction can be set for a Flash Font Edge Type There are six Types from which to choose None Shadow Drop S...

Page 507: ...working on or selects a Master Font when setting up a Flash Font from scratch To change the current Master Font Highlight the Master Font field Press CLR then enter a Master Font ID number Press The...

Page 508: ...window Figure 13 2 contains Cnvrt Font Drive List Texture Placement Configure Background and TrueType icons ULYH Use the Drive function to change the current drive so you can access Master Fonts from...

Page 509: ...ge can be created in RGB Tools or Image Tools or it can be imported using networking software such as WiN FiNiT Texture can also be set to None Additionally Transparency and Drop Off can be applied to...

Page 510: ...dbook Pub No 2A01984 for more information Transparency Transparency can be applied to a character or its edge whether or not a texture has been applied Transparency range is 0 to 100 To set Transparen...

Page 511: ...lly maps the characters using the default table You can also create a custom table so a logo can be typed using a single keystroke or an accented character can be created For example you can map a wea...

Page 512: ...to exit the window and load the specified Placement Table Press ESC to exit without saving changes For those not using the WiNFiNiT interface to create or edit a customized Character Placement Table p...

Page 513: ...ess G or select Configure The Change Fonts Memory Allocation window Figure 13 15 is displayed Figure 13 15 Change Fonts Memory Allocation Window 2 Enter the maximum number of Flash Fonts that you inte...

Page 514: ...arency slider and adjust using the mouse or SHIFT CHAR 3 Highlight the Upper Margin field then enter a value from 99 to 99 This value is the number of scanlines the band extends above the top of the c...

Page 515: ...Section 9 of the WiNFiNiT Option Hand book Pub No 2A02024 for complete details on using this feature RQYHUW Convert creates an entire Machine Font using the current Master Font the current Flash Font...

Page 516: ...r entered in the Font ID field Highlight the Font ID field Press CLR then enter a number from 0000 to 9999 The following function icons appear in the Flash Font Convert window Change Dir D Changes the...

Page 517: ...displays the Flash Font icon and the Font Info box 6 4 contains a description of the Flash Font In Flash Font Typing mode each character is converted and displayed as you type Since each new characte...

Page 518: ...lable for use Before loading more than one Flash Font the maximum number that you intend to use must be set in the Configure menu 13 6 5 accessible from the Flash Font main menu To load multiple Flash...

Page 519: ...it to exit to the Message Compose main menu Flash Font Typing mode is now activated The last Flash Font that was created is the font that is now loaded To toggle to the other available Flash Fonts Cli...

Page 520: ...one of the following ways It must have been imported and converted into a Master Font via the Flash Font TrueType function The WiNFiNiT option is necessary for importing True Type fonts See Section 9...

Page 521: ...lays the keystroke s which must be used in a PC application to display the highlighted character In the example shown Alt 0243 must be pressed to produce the highlighted character If a PC is not avail...

Page 522: ...so All numerical information must be entered using the Address Keypad When typing the character in a PC application Alt must be held while 0243 is pressed When in Message Compose press and release Alt...

Page 523: ...ose is now in Flash Font Typing Mode 3 To type a character not on the Character Placement Table press ALT the code then b For example to type the character press ALT 0123 b Note that characters that a...

Page 524: ...annot be done is as follows ALT 0255 a produces when typed using a TrueType font but cannot produce a character when typed using a Bitstream font because does not exist in a Bitstream font set In Bits...

Page 525: ...acter E is typed again using a different Flash Font it is counted again In the following example three different Flash Fonts are used but eight different characters are typed leaving 179 available cha...

Page 526: ...nced On Line converted character font data in any frame buffer a side effect of this data management is slower recall times dur ing read and Read Next operations By disabling this memory management re...

Page 527: ...d the same as any message However the font data is stored with the text and a separate font file is not created Messages containing Flash Font characters take longer to read than messages using pre lo...

Page 528: ...n Line Convert Main Menu On entry to Advanced On Line Convert the fields in this window are not set to the current attributes of the charac ter You may press the COLOR FONT key to force the attributes...

Page 529: ...haracter s Press C or select Convert to convert an entire font RQW KDUDFWHULVWLFV LHOGV The Size Italic and Aspect fields work the same as their counterparts in the Flash Font window these fields are...

Page 530: ...ar values to 180 6KDUS Sharp sets the amount of post conversion filtering applied to the object s edges The higher the Sharp value the softer the edge after conversion i e transition between character...

Page 531: ...DFWHU GJH IIHFWV The middle area of the Advanced Convert window is essentially an enhanced version of the basic Flash Font window and contains many of the features in the Advanced Font Create Utility...

Page 532: ...CMBND combines Border and Shadow The two edge types that make up the combined edge use the set Edge Color In CMBND the width of the Shadow equals the set Edge Size and the width of the Border equals 1...

Page 533: ...main menu the Custom FX function opens the Modify Effect win dow Figure 13 24 for setting your own styles for Edge and Fill Figure 13 24 Modify Effect Window Edge FX character edge and Fill FX charact...

Page 534: ...wise positive values or counterclockwise negative values The second image in Figure 13 25 is shown with a 45 rotation while the third image has a no rotation applied to the shade Figure 13 25 Rotated...

Page 535: ...hanges the size of the body or edge effect within sys tem memory capacities Increase the size by pressing SHIFT CHAR shrink it by pressing SHIFT CHAR Or while the field is highlighted press CLR enter...

Page 536: ...0 9999 Char Set The Char Set or Character Placement Table defaults to STD for NTSC or ITL for PAL systems but can be changed to any user defined character set Both the STD and ITL tables can be used o...

Page 537: ...ictions Character rotation is supported only during interac tive use of Advanced On Line Font Create Rotation values are ignored for Machine Fonts converted in Advanced On Line Font Create Shade types...

Page 538: ...The front face of a 3D object is assigned the current character color the side polygons are assigned the current edge color and any shading selec tion use the current subpalette on line After a 3D ob...

Page 539: ...Family Operation Manual Revision D 13 49 Flash Font Figure 13 27 3D Utility Window After font data has been read from disk a 3D wireframe model Figure 13 28 replaces the selected object on the Edit M...

Page 540: ...earance of the wireframe model and in turn the appearance of the object after conversion 8WLOLW 0HQX The functions within the 3D Utility window are grouped into three areas Object fields Light fields...

Page 541: ...and the wireframe image Depth Depth is thickness of the object in scanlines Highlight Depth then enter a value from 0 to 200 A change in thickness is reflected in the blue por tion of the wireframe D...

Page 542: ...red the shininess of a surface like a spotlight effect in a studio Enter a value from 1 to 100o increase or decrease this reflective quality Values closer to 100 cause a sharp thin highlight Values cl...

Page 543: ...Prompt Line clears Press ESC to abort a conversion Fast Conv This function Performs a stair stepped conversion where not as many 3D surfaces are created but a substantial amount of time is saved in t...

Page 544: ...he Type choices by pressing the SPACE BAR Choose NONE Q S CURVE R REVERSE S CURVE S SLANTED T SMOOTH CHISEL U SCOOPED V ROUNDED W PIPED EDGE X CHISELED Y SCALLOPED or Z STEEP ROUNDED The first letter...

Page 545: ...ntil after conversion The effects of adjusting fields in the Object area are shown in the following diagram Figure 13 30 Type Message Func 1 Highlight then press the SPACE BAR to toggle through NONE R...

Page 546: ...conditions More than any other feature the 3D Utility requires experimental conversions to obtain the result you want 5HFRUGLQJ RU 5HDGLQJ WWULEXWHV The current 3D settings can be recorded and read ba...

Page 547: ...ad window Figure 13 32 Figure 13 32 3D Attributes Read Window 2 Enter a File Name then press 5HVWULFWLRQV IRU RQYHUVLRQV Overlapped characters cannot be 3D converted For logos the color of see through...

Page 548: ...tor changes to an outline form In each the following steps first highlight the appropriate field then enter the appropriate data 3 Select a Mode Char character Word word or Row row 4 Enter a Text Size...

Page 549: ...final solid appearance 11 Change settings and execute the conversion as often as needed After a conversion most fields reset to 0 This represents a new starting point for all future conversions For e...

Page 550: ...Available Contiguous FONT Available Contiguous 7KLQJV WR 5HPHPEHU ERXW ODVK RQW On line converted Flash Font material cannot be used in Clock or Timer displays Messages containing text converted on l...

Page 551: ...Flash Font Flash Font uses the system s Font Memory RAM which provides a finite size available to the operator If the prompt Special Font Area Memory Full appears simply exit Message Compose then re e...

Page 552: ...CHYRON Corporation Flash Font 13 62 Revision D...

Page 553: ...quipped with one frame buffer and one output Therefore it is not able to access the CHNG CNTL CHNG and CNTL XFER functions described in the following sections MAXINE can use the XFER function to swap...

Page 554: ...ctive buffer and channel is 1 A AIR The following table defines terms used in frame buffer and channel operations 7HUP HILQLWLRQ Frame buffer or buffer Buffers also called frame buffers can be likened...

Page 555: ...S A and B A frame buffer can be assigned to output to CHANNEL A and or CHANNEL B The Output Percentage level of each channel can be independently set The output of these channels are then sent to a mi...

Page 556: ...monitors so that the CHYRON operator can see both what is on the AIR CHANNEL and on the PREVIEW CHANNEL The optional Third Channel Output also outputs to a COLOR EDIT connector MAXINE MAXINE has one...

Page 557: ...of connectors on the back of the chassis The MAX Preview Output displays the contents of the Back ground buffer of an Extended Effects Frame Buffer at 100 video There can be two such outputs added to...

Page 558: ...uffer The MAXINE Preview Output Option adds more flexi bility and control to the operating environment of the MAXINE It provides a separate output for the Back ground buffer of the Extended Effects Fr...

Page 559: ...MAXINE Preview operation in IMAGESTOR is described in 14 2 5 2 7HUPLQRORJ To distinguish between the background created using the Background function CNTL B available in Message Compose and the Backg...

Page 560: ...Enabled All MAXINE Preview functions become available Disabled MAXINE Preview is unavailable to the system 4 Press CNTL to exit The following prompt is displayed Figure 14 2 Reboot Prompt 5 Press any...

Page 561: ...cutes as follows a The RGB data in PREVIEW is transferred to AIR first b The RGB data in AIR is transferred to PRE VIEW second The user can type erase the screen and read record messages in either AIR...

Page 562: ...next available message is displayed in Preview Read Effects always move from PREVIEW to AIR After exiting Read Effects the user may type into either buffer ERXW GYDQFHG 3OD EDFN Any effects that use...

Page 563: ...displayed In other words even though the ability to display the back ground is not present when a message is in PRE VIEW and when it is XFER d to AIR the information is still present in the system and...

Page 564: ...buffer AIR then transfer the image to the Background Preview when finished If the image needs additional editing trans fer it back to the Foreground Rolls cannot be executed in Preview Text editing us...

Page 565: ...w a Push For stationary Read Effects e g Wipes and Dis solves where neither image moves this condition does not apply 0 XDO 3UHYLHZ 2XWSXW 2SWLRQ 2YHUYLHZ NOTE To use the MAX Preview Output Option the...

Page 566: ...all MAX systems Preview as pertains to the Background buffer of an EEFB is spelled with the first letter upper case i e Preview sometimes accompanied by a mention of the Background buffer PREVIEW as...

Page 567: ...SPACE BAR or click on the Mode field to toggle through the following choices Enabled All MAX Preview functions become available Enabled Locked All MAX Preview functions become available In addition th...

Page 568: ...erations or the source for Record operations Once Preview is enabled as described above CNTL XFER no longer swaps the contents of the B CHANNEL with the PREVIEW CHANNEL Instead CNTL ALT XFER swaps the...

Page 569: ...so the next available message is displayed in Preview Read Effects always move from PREVIEW to AIR ERXW GYDQFHG 3OD EDFN Any effects that use the Background buffer in order to execute for example Spec...

Page 570: ...ANNEL regardless of CNTL XFER operations Additionally if a second message containing a scan line background is read into the Foreground or Back ground buffer the new scanline background replaces the f...

Page 571: ...und buffer AIR then transfer the image to the Background Preview when finished If the image needs additional editing trans fer it back to the Foreground Rolls cannot be executed in Preview Text editin...

Page 572: ...ere neither image moves this condition does not apply If in Preview Enabled mode set in the Program Loader Setup menu the Thumbnails appear on the Preview channels Because there is no cursor chan nel...

Page 573: ...hed to that assigned to CHANNEL B Additionally the Third Channel Output can be a valuable addition to systems equipped with the IMAGESTOR Recall Keyboard By dedicating a buffer and the Third Channel O...

Page 574: ...The CHNG and CNTL CHNG functions 14 8 allow you to change the active frame buffer The XFER CNTL XFER 14 9 and ALT XFER 14 10 functions allow you to switch each of the frame buffer outputs from AIR to...

Page 575: ...and CNTL CHNG can also be performed while in the Read Effects main menu UDPH XIIHU OORFDWLRQ The following describes the basic and optional buffer configurations for the iNFiNiT and the MAX 0 UDPH XI...

Page 576: ...s equipped with two standard frame buff ers The buffers designated FB A frame buffer 1 and FB B frame buffer 2 are installed in slots J16 and J17 respectively in the main chassis unit A third optional...

Page 577: ...R Background RAM 10 5 and or execute Mix or Multiple Effects The Out put Percentage level of each of the channels can be set The output of this mix is designated the AIR CHANNEL For example you can se...

Page 578: ...he AIR Background RAM as the background Note that only Preview is sent to this selector not a scanline background that was cre ated in PREVIEW Background RAM The AIR CHANNEL and PREVIEW CHANNEL are th...

Page 579: ...ix and Multiple Effects Input Set in Mix Menu KEY KEY COLOR EDIT CHYRON VIDEO CHANNEL 3 CHYRON VIDEO COLOR EDIT KEY To Optional Third Channel Output Keyboard WiNFiNiT or CPU MAXINE Output Option Inclu...

Page 580: ......

Page 581: ...e CHNG and CNTL CHNG functions for the different configura tions of the iNFiNiT and MAX systems It may be necessary to enter the Mix Effects or Multiple Effects main menus to assign specific buffers t...

Page 582: ...owing the active buffer assignment CHANNEL A CHANNEL B PRE VIEW CHANNEL A etc CHNG is not operational in one buffer systems and in two buffer Dual User systems In three buffer Dual User sys tems the P...

Page 583: ...t to each of the switchers CHANNEL A CHANNEL B or PREVIEW can be FB A or black Figure 14 6 Input Switching One Frame Buffer CHNG and CNTL CHNG are not available on a one frame buffer MAX system XQFWLR...

Page 584: ...V A two buffer system Figure 14 7 is configured as a three 2 1 2 input 1 output switchers The input to each of the switchers CHANNEL A CHANNEL B or PRE VIEW can be FB A FB B or black Figure 14 7 Input...

Page 585: ...EVIEW For the following operations start with the default settings CHNG 1st key stroke Changes active buffer from 1 to 2 A AIR to PRE VIEW 2 PREVIEW Leaves channel assignments intact CHNG 2nd key stro...

Page 586: ...stem Figure 14 8 is configured as a three 3 1 3 input 1output switchers The input to each of the switchers CHANNEL A CHANNEL B or PRE VIEW can be FB A FB B FB C or black Figure 14 8 Input Switching Th...

Page 587: ...CHANNEL B and Buffer 2 to PREVIEW CHNG 1st key stroke Changes active buffer from 1 to 3 A AIR to B AIR 3 B AIR Leaves channel assignments intact CHNG 2nd key stroke Changes active buffer from 3 to 2 B...

Page 588: ...two 1 1 1 input 1output switchers The input to each of the Primary User s switchers CHANNEL A or CHANNEL B can be FB A or black The second partition allocated to the Secondary User is configured as o...

Page 589: ...partition allo cated to the Primary User is configured as two 2 1 2 input 1output switchers The input to each of the Primary User s switchers CHANNEL A or CHANNEL B can be FB A FB B or black The secon...

Page 590: ...y User has access to frame buff ers 1 and 2 and CHANNELS A and B The Primary User can use the CHNG and CNTL CHNG functions The Secondary User has access to only frame buffer 3 and PREVIEW The Secondar...

Page 591: ...cannot modify the contents of buffer 3 in any way XQFWLRQ FWLYH XIIHU 2WKHU 11 6 RU 35 9 Default Settings on entering Message Compose 1 A AIR CHANNEL B AIR is unassigned For the following operations a...

Page 592: ...CNTL XFER operation is performed the active buffer can change depending on the channel and buffer assignments and whether you were in the active buffer when you performed the operation 2 See 16 7 for...

Page 593: ...is on AIR is transferred to PRE VIEW regardless of whether that background was built behind the active buffer or not For example 1 Assign buffer 1 to CHANNEL A buffer 2 to CHANNEL B and buffer 3 to P...

Page 594: ...is not able to access the CNTL XFER function However MAXINE can use the XFER function to swap the contents of the displaying buffer and a non displaying memory buffer A page of text can be created in...

Page 595: ...ound moves to B AIR along with the contents of buffer 1 The green background moves to A AIR along with the contents of buffer 2 To swap the outputs of CHANNELS A and B Press ALT XFER ALT XFER used in...

Page 596: ...The output of the active buffer is no longer displayed NOTE If you attempt to type into the buffer that was turned off the RGB display alternately appears and disappears with each character you type T...

Page 597: ...ich one message leaves the screen and another displays is set in the Read Effects main menu 2YHUYLHZ Read Effects allows you to execute transitions from one stored image to another using one frame buf...

Page 598: ...Frame Buffer EEFB or CLYPS Capable Frame Buffer CCFB option If the system is equipped with Standard frame buffers the EEFB CCFB settings area Figure 15 1 is not visible in the Read Effects menu See 15...

Page 599: ...ill be displayed on top of the other during the transition Hide and Revl The default setting is Wipe Speed Speed 15 3 1 specifies the duration of the transition The duration can range from 2 to 300 fi...

Page 600: ...pressing H I or J The default setting is A Not all of the following Transition Patterns are available to all Effect Types If a Transition Pattern cannot be used with a particular Effect Type the lette...

Page 601: ...on the Effect Type In Figure 15 2 the gray areas represent the new image that is appearing on screen The white areas represent the old images The arrows outside the screens show the direction of imag...

Page 602: ...ns A B and F J are available to Revl Patterns G J execute exactly as in Wipe IIHFW 3DUDPHWHUV The speed duration direction and ease of the effects can be changed In addition in selected Transition Pat...

Page 603: ...the transition 1 Place the cursor on the Speed field 2 Press CLR enter the desired duration in fields using the Address Keypad then press or click on the appropriate arrow until the desired duration...

Page 604: ...NTSC or PAL M 6 seconds PAL to execute 5HYHUVH Reverse Off and Reverse On control the direction in which an effect moves Transition Patterns A E and I can be controlled by Reverse Transition Patterns...

Page 605: ...the effect is complete Transition is executed within the duration set in Speed The effect starts at the set speed then gradually slows down until the effect is complete Transition is executed within...

Page 606: ...ings but there are restrictions when executing a Wipe F can only use Left or Right at one time when exe cuting a Wipe if the system is equipped with a stan dard frame buffer s If Left and Right are de...

Page 607: ...e the cursor on a row that you want to change then use one of the following methods to choose row direction Press the SPACE BAR to toggle through the following selections Left Right Down Up and Fixed...

Page 608: ...ross the top of the Read Effects window and are labelled A J Only A G are visible when first entering the Read Effects main menu H J can be accessed by pressing H I or J The default setting is A Not a...

Page 609: ...le Horizontal Slide Wipe The new image overwrites the old image from either the left edge Reverse Off or the right edge Reverse On of the screen Vertical Slide Wipe The new image overwrites the old im...

Page 610: ...multaneously from all four edges of the screen and wipes towards the center of the screen Reverse On Row Slide Wipe Allows each of up to 24 new rows to independently overwrite each row from the bottom...

Page 611: ...time The direction of the scanline breakup in each row can be set in the Row Menu Only Up or Down can be selected If Left Right or Fixed are selected PLEASE SPECIFY UP OR DOWN FOR ROWS appears on the...

Page 612: ...creen changes at one time using a Pixel Wipe the Safe Title Box should extend beyond the screen A Pixel Wipe completes a full screen transition in approximately 2 seconds If it is executed using a sma...

Page 613: ...row Up or Down or the screen Left or Right A row can also be Fixed When the Pattern is executed the Fixed row remains on screen until the transition is complete then the Fixed row is instantly replace...

Page 614: ...ave the opposite edges of the row Up or Down or the screen Left or Right A row can also be Fixed When the Pattern is executed the Fixed row remains on screen until the transition is complete then the...

Page 615: ...These designations are set using the Row Menu 15 4 The Reverse Off On field is not used for this effect HFXWLQJ 5HDG IIHFWV Read Effects can be executed while the screen is blank or if there is alrea...

Page 616: ...of the first message 4 Press READ NEXT This loads the message into the Read Next buffer XXXX Message read Read next buffer ready appears on the Prompt Line where XXXX designates the type of message e...

Page 617: ...es To load then display an out of sequence message 1 Press CLR then enter the ID number of the message that you want loaded into the Read Next buffer Press READ NEXT The message is loaded into the Rea...

Page 618: ...prevent accidental display of a message that was left over in the Read Next buffer when a new Read Effects sequence is executed HFXWLQJ 5HDG IIHFWV 6HTXHQFH IURP XQFWLRQ H To execute a sequence of Rea...

Page 619: ...the 100 presets recorded in one message Although 100 presets are saved in one message you don t have to set 100 presets before recording the mes sage Additionally when you record Read Effects presets...

Page 620: ...f the system is equipped with Extended Effects Frame Buffers EEFB s it is preferable not to press ESC to exit the Read Effects main menu If you happen to press ESC again immediately after exiting the...

Page 621: ...set stored at the number you entered Fx setting preset n was never saved appears on the Prompt Line where n is the number you entered Try entering a different preset number 6 Press Restored fx setting...

Page 622: ...em These Frame Buffer types will be referred to as EEFB throughout this text The EEFB provides a variety of additional Read Effects features such as Dissolve the ability to store Text Graphics or two...

Page 623: ...han 0 and 100 This type of Read Effect Wipe1 or Push1 can also be executed in Multiple Effects 17 4 2 A Clock or Timer can be displayed in the Foreground buffer over an image in the Background buffer...

Page 624: ...me buffers called Foreground and Back ground Text and or Graphics placed in the Foreground is displayed on top of text and or graphics in the Back ground Either buffer can be designated as active A Re...

Page 625: ...is executed the previously inactive buffer becomes the active buffer Dissolve Dissolves 15 8 4 from message to mes sage may be executed Hard Mask A Hard Mask 15 8 6 is an adjustable rectangular area o...

Page 626: ...URXQG DFNJURXQG Each EEFB contains two independent buffers Fore ground and Background The Background buffer dis plays behind the Foreground As Read Effects executes the previously inactive buffer beco...

Page 627: ...ead into the buffer then press READ NOTE Be sure the Transparency percentage of the two Buffers is set higher than 0 to be able to see the message you ve read into the Buffers To erase the Foreground...

Page 628: ...pecified level To erase the Background buffer Press CNTL ALT ERASE To erase both the Foreground and Background buffers Press ESC To simultaneously erase all available Standard frame buffers or the For...

Page 629: ...behind it 1 99 Image appears to be very transparent 1 to almost completely opaque 99 Other images set behind these images can show through Cursor to the slider you want to adjust There are three ways...

Page 630: ...the Reverse Off On field are not used for this Effect Type 2 Select Dissolve in the Effect Type window then press 3 Set one of the Output Percentage level sliders 15 8 3 to 0 and the other Output Perc...

Page 631: ...r the previously read message is loaded into the buffer Fore ground or Background that is set to 0 The message Dis solves on screen and the Output Percentage level of that buffer rises to 100 As that...

Page 632: ...so be fed into the Background buffer of an EEFB See 15 8 5 3 for information The Output Percentage level of the live video is always 100 and cannot be altered When Video Mix is activated all buffers a...

Page 633: ...atus of Video Mix and Video Mix may not be turned off in all buffers It is recommended that you turn off Video Mix separately in each buffer 9LGHR ZLWK H LQ DFNJURXQG XIIHU Video with Key can be fed i...

Page 634: ...is enables the Video with Key signal to be fed Enable Video for Background Page is displayed on the Prompt Line Now an image in the Foreground buffer can be displayed over Video with Key When Video wi...

Page 635: ...oreground and Background can be independently adjusted inside and outside the Mask Once the Foreground and Background Output Percentage levels are set the following occurs If the Foreground Output Per...

Page 636: ...PACE BAR or select SPACE You can now adjust the BOTTOM and LEFT borders To adjust the BOTTOM border use the cursor keys To adjust the LEFT border use the use the cursor keys If necessary press the SPA...

Page 637: ...select Reset 3 If necessary adjust the position of the Hard Mask Adjust box by pressing SHIFT CHAR or To move the Hard Mask Adjust box using the mouse Transfer the mouse cursor to the Edit Mon itor as...

Page 638: ...rd Mask and 0 Output Percentage level outside the Hard Mask The Foreground is displayed at 0 Output Percentage level inside the Hard Mask and 100 Output Percentage level outside the Hard Mask Result Y...

Page 639: ...ard Mask and 20 Output Percentage level outside the Hard Mask Result You see a 20 Foreground 85 Background mix displayed inside the Hard Mask and a 85 Foreground 20 Background mix displayed outside th...

Page 640: ...is performed as usual Both Foreground and Background buffers can be set to Output Percentages between 0 and 100 When FG Effect is activated all buffers are affected The following Effect Types can be e...

Page 641: ...e Read Effects as usual 15 6 selecting from the above Effect Types and Transition Patterns Note that the DO key 15 6 3 cannot be used for execution The minimum Speed allowable for FG Effect is 20 fiel...

Page 642: ...er Palettes background and Output Percentage levels are also saved in each buffer and are restored when the Text Graphics message is read To record to or read from a single EEFB the Single EEFB Text a...

Page 643: ...used for text and graphics mes sages appears on the Prompt Line 5HFRUG 7ZR UDPH XIIHUV Text is recorded in one frame buffer and graphics are recorded in the next available frame buffer For example to...

Page 644: ...ng Message Compose text editing functions 4 Change the active frame buffer back to the one that is assigned to CHANNEL A NOTE If the active frame buffer is not changed back to the one that was assigne...

Page 645: ...o the frame buffer that is assigned to CHANNEL A the topmost CHANNEL 3 Read text into the frame buffer that is assigned to CHANNEL B then read graphics into the same buffer NOTE The graphics cannot be...

Page 646: ...te This step not required for MAXINE systems 2 Read text into the Foreground 3 Read graphics into the Background NOTE You cannot record graphics images into the Foreground buffer unless they have been...

Page 647: ...number using the Address Keypad 7 Press CNTL RCD G NOTE Output Percentage level settings that were recorded in the Read Effects main menu are preserved However if the current settings are different f...

Page 648: ...nd return to the Message Compose main menu If the system is equipped with Extended Effects Frame Buffers EEFB s it is preferable not to press ESC to exit the Read Effects main menu If you happen to pr...

Page 649: ...will read into the currently active buffer and the graphics will read into the next available buffer This could produce unpredictable results 2 Press CLR then enter the message ID number using the Ad...

Page 650: ...gs are different from the recorded settings the message will start Read execution at the current settings When Read execution is complete the message will switch to the recorded settings 4 Execute the...

Page 651: ...serial data can be displayed in the Background buffer of an EEFB while other information is displayed in the Foreground buffer To access the Serial Data Dis play function 1 From the Message Compose ma...

Page 652: ...CHYRON Corporation Advanced Read FX 15 56 Revision D...

Page 653: ...Effects are NOT available on MAXINE Except for the Soft Mask function 16 12 and 16 13 Mix Effects are not available on single buffer MAX sys tems to the Secondary User in a Dual User system or to the...

Page 654: ...ontrol window the Mix Settings window and the function icons Use the cursor keys to move through the Mix Effects main menu The mouse can be used to select items and set values 0L RQWURO LQGRZ This win...

Page 655: ...ng is Wipe Transition Patterns Wipes can be performed in a number of ways using Transi tion Patterns 16 6 2 The icons for these patterns are found across the top of the Read Effects window and are lab...

Page 656: ...one frame buffer is faded out as an image from another frame buffer fades in IIHFW 3DUDPHWHUV 6SHHG The speed duration edge softness direction and ease of the effects can be changed Soft Soft 16 5 2 s...

Page 657: ...ixels of the edges that sepa rate the image in one buffer from the image in another buffer Soft is available only to Wipe and Soft Mask Soft can be set from 1 hard edge to 60 soft edge default is 20 T...

Page 658: ...e Ease is available only to Wipe To set Ease 1 Cursor to the Ease field 2 Press the SPACE BAR or click to toggle through the following choices The speed of the effect gradually increases to the set sp...

Page 659: ...from 0 to 100 inclusive 0 Output Percentage level of the video signal is 0 The image cannot be seen 100 Output Percentage level of the video signal is 100 Image appears completely opaque and covers a...

Page 660: ...for CHANNEL A and 0 for CHANNEL B or at 0 for CHANNEL A and 100 for CHANNEL B When setting Output Percentage levels for Fade in the Mix Settings window in the Multiple Effects main menu 17 5 2 17 5 th...

Page 661: ...the new image overwrites the old image Neither image moves All patterns A D are available to Wipe The following Wipes are available Horizontal Slide Wipe The new image overwrites the old image from ei...

Page 662: ...n and wipes towards the center of the screen Reverse On 0L 6HWWLQJV LQGRZ XIIHU DQG KDQQHO VVLJQPHQWV The Mix Settings Window Figure 16 5 controls buffer and channel assignments See Section 14 for mor...

Page 663: ...ged in this window or in the Message Compose main menu using the CHNG CNTL CHNG XFER or CNTL XFER functions Use the cursor keys or the mouse to highlight the desired function Chan A Percent Chan B Per...

Page 664: ...Press SPACE BAR or To set an Output Percentage level cursor to the slider you want to adjust then choose one of the following three ways to adjust a slider Press CLR Enter a value between 0 and 100 u...

Page 665: ...se functions are reflected in the Multiple Effects main menu 17 3 settings as well CNTL K Allows for CHANNEL A to be used as a Key source and CHANNEL B to be used as a Fill source The result is combin...

Page 666: ...oned information in this section applies to a two buffer Single User system You can fol low the same procedures using a Single User three buffer system The following restrictions apply if a Dual User...

Page 667: ...If all of the fonts used in the Mix Effects message sequence are not contained within the first message press CNTL READ NEXT 6 6 3 instead of READ NEXT when reading each message into the Read Next bu...

Page 668: ...ear the Read Next buffer 16 9 2 1 3 While in the Mix window press CLR then enter the ID number of the first message using the Address Keypad 4 Press READ NEXT This loads the message into the Read Next...

Page 669: ...g 0L IIHFWV RYHU 6FDQOLQH DFNJURXQG If a Mix Effect is to be displayed over a scanline back ground 10 5 the background must be displayed before the first READ NEXT operation is executed Scanline backg...

Page 670: ...ferred to the READ NEXT buffer When you press the DO key again the message that was originally displayed on screen 100 appears as per the Mix Effect The contents of the buffer 101 that was replaced by...

Page 671: ...te an entire sequence using one key stroke See Section 12 for information on programming Function Keys H QDEOH Keying is a cut and fill function that can be used in con junction with Roll Crawl 16 14...

Page 672: ...You must assign a buffer to Fill that is different from the one assigned to Key PREVIEW is not involved in a Key Enable operation To set up Key Enable 1 Assign a frame buffer to Key and a different fr...

Page 673: ...r contains large characters to allow the Fill buffer to show through Note that the Key message has no color or opaqueness you can see straight through it How ever a scanline background 10 5 does chang...

Page 674: ...or three buffer Dual User system The image displayed using Bkg Select comes from the frame buffer controlled by the Secondary User This image cannot be altered by the Primary User Rolls and Crawls ca...

Page 675: ...s Window Bkg Select Enabled 100 Chan A Percent Chan B Percent Backgrnd Buffer 1 currently assigned to CHANNEL A AIR Buffer 2 currently assigned to PREVIEW PREVIEW outputs to the PREVIEW CHANNEL which...

Page 676: ...Enable allows you to place the contents of a frame buffer into a soft edged mask for laying over the contents of another frame buffer The Soft Mask has a hole cut through it so the contents of the und...

Page 677: ...x Effects main menu 2 Press CNTL M or select Soft Mask The Mask Adjust window Figure 16 10 appears Figure 16 10 Mask Adjust Window 3 Adjust the borders as follows To adjust the TOP border use the curs...

Page 678: ...rder by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the border to its new location To reset the Soft Mask Adjust box to directory default size Press R or select Reset 4 If necessary adjust the pos...

Page 679: ...uffer that is free A Soft Mask cannot be built on a MAXINE system as it does not have Mix Effects capability 1 Press MIX if not already in the Mix Effects main menu 2 Select a free buffer It must be i...

Page 680: ...n be executed in conjunction with Bkg Select if the system is equipped with three standard frame buffers or Extended Effects Frame Buffers 6LPXOWDQHRXV H QDEOH NJ 6HOHFW DQG RU 6RIW 0DVN Key Enable Bk...

Page 681: ...form window 17 6 3 in the Multiple Effects main menu The default is Frame Priority To set Transform Enable 1 Press CNTL X or select Xform Enble The Transform Control window is displayed Figure 16 11 T...

Page 682: ...se settings can be recorded as a message and read back in Message Compose Saves 100 numbered 0 99 Mix Effects presets which can in turn be recorded as one message in a directory Recalls a preset Mix E...

Page 683: ...ber that was entered is displayed on the Prompt Line Make a note of your preset numbers a list of presets cannot be displayed This method saves presets temporarily To save the pre sets up to 100 to a...

Page 684: ...ix Effects main menu 4 Press CNTL R or select Recall Mix The Restore Mix Presets window Figure 16 13 is displayed Figure 16 13 Restore Mix Presets Window 5 Press CLR then enter the Read Effect preset...

Page 685: ...x Effects LWLQJ 0L IIHFWV To exit Mix Effects Press MIX Q CNTL Q or select Quit The new settings are reflected in the Buffer field in the Message Compose main menu Settings are saved until exiting Mes...

Page 686: ...CHYRON Corporation Mix Effects 16 34 Revision D...

Page 687: ...n have an optional third frame buffer added The MAX system is normally equipped with one frame buffer but can have an optional second buffer added Multiple Effects are NOT available on MAXINE on singl...

Page 688: ...t sections as follows Multiple Effects window Mix Set tings window Multiple Effects Time Line Transform window and Function icons To move through the fields Use the cursor keys or the mouse To toggle...

Page 689: ...0DLQ 0HQX Most of the function icons in the Multiple Effects main menu are tied in to the corresponding icons in the Mix Effects main menu Overall operation is similar There are also a few additions...

Page 690: ...ix Effects main menu Bkg Select Background Select can be set in either menu for use with Multiple Effects A Special Roll can be executed in conjunction with Bkg Select if the system is equipped with t...

Page 691: ...x 15 7 2 in the Read Effects window and Recall Mix 16 17 2 in the Mix Effects main menu See 17 8 for information on use with Multiple Effects CNTL M Rows of text can be controlled individually using t...

Page 692: ...ffects execute transitions from one stored image to another using one or more frame buffers In the Multiple Effects window more than one Read and or Mix Effect can be set up and triggered simultaneous...

Page 693: ...Fade in Mix The Row Menu function 17 3 is not available to Mix The default values in the Multiple Effects window are as follows Buffers 1 2 3 and Mix are all highlighted The effects set in them are t...

Page 694: ...to highlight it or click on the field To deactivate a frame buffer or Mix field Cursor to the desired buffer or Mix field then press or SPACE BAR to toggle the buffer or Mix field to remove the highli...

Page 695: ...SCSI Express EEFB s Wipe and Fade are available to Mix To select an Effect Type 1 Place the cursor on the Type field in the desired buffer or Mix row 2 Use the SPACE BAR or click to toggle to the des...

Page 696: ...nsition Pat terns G I execute exactly as in Wipe 5HYO Revl uncovers the new image The old image moves off the screen to reveal the new image Only the old image moves Transition Patterns A B and F I ar...

Page 697: ...e that if you enter a Roll message ID num ber into the Mesg field the Type field does not auto matically switch to Roll Roll must be selected in the Type field or the Roll will not execute properly Sp...

Page 698: ...n the Mix Settings window 17 5 and 17 5 2 If the Output Percentage levels for CHANNELS A and B are the set to the same value both channels fade up or down to their complementary value of 100 For exam...

Page 699: ...nsition Patterns A and B are available to Wipe1 Rev and Ease can be set for this Effect Type The minimum Speed allowable for Wipe1 is 20 fields You must first read the static image into the Background...

Page 700: ...ansition Patterns A and B are available to Push1 Rev and Ease can be set for this Effect Type The minimum Speed allowable for Push1 is 20 fields You must first read the static image into the Backgroun...

Page 701: ...en using the VIM one frame buffer is dedicated to the incoming video Unless Key is used the buffer containing the DDR video may cover up other buffers To avoid this the video must be properly routed t...

Page 702: ...g video However an EEFB can display both video from the VIM without Key plus Read Effects As described above the DDR video plus images in the Foreground and or Background buffers of the EEFB will cove...

Page 703: ...is changed the clip does not change length proportionate to an effect length 0 K URQ 0RWLRQ LOHV A CMF animation can be played as part of a Multiple Effects execution NOTE Note that if you enter a CMF...

Page 704: ...number in the Mesg column 3 Select CMF in the Type column 4 Select either A or B in the Effect column A executes CMF animation in the Foreground buffer of the selected Extended Effects Frame Buffer B...

Page 705: ...l Slide Wipe C Horizontal Split Wipe D Vertical Split Wipe E Box Wipe F Row Slide Wipe G Scanline wipe H Row by Row Scanline Wipe I Screen Scanline Wipe To select a Transition Pattern 1 Place the curs...

Page 706: ...uffer or Mix row in the Rev column 2 Press the SPACE BAR or click to toggle through the following choices Off or On Rev is not available to Dislv Cut Roll Crwl Fade and DDR 7LPH 6HWWLQJV The Start Poi...

Page 707: ...ew Start and End Points are reflected on the Multiple Effects Time Line for that effect The Start Point can also be set in the Multiple Effects Time Line window See 17 7 for more information QG End in...

Page 708: ...ce the cursor on the desired buffer or Mix row in the Len column 2 Press CLR Enter a Length using the Address Keypad then press Different types of effects have different minimum and maximum lengths 2...

Page 709: ...Crawl or Transform The minimum number of fields depends on the complexity of the effect If it cannot be exe cuted for this reason the system displays the follow ing warning Figure 17 6 WARNING TIME TO...

Page 710: ...Effects operation use the same font load See 6 6 for font load procedures To set Mesg 1 Place the cursor on the desired buffer or Mix row in the Mesg column 2 Press CLR Enter a Message ID number from...

Page 711: ...nd B can be individually set in the Multiple Effects Mix Set tings window as can the edge softness Soft 16 5 2 of the transitions When Mix is activated in the Multiple Effects main menu two buffer Wip...

Page 712: ...he mouse to select highlight the buffer in the desired CHANNEL or PREVIEW row OR 1 Place the cursor on the buffer you want to assign to the CHANNEL or PREVIEW 2 Press or SPACE BAR 3 Repeat the above s...

Page 713: ...value between 0 and 100 then press Press SHIFT CHAR or as many times as it is necessary to reach the desired Output Percentage level Use the mouse to drag the Percent slider to the desired Output Per...

Page 714: ...e Transform manual Pub No 2A01993 for information on building Transform Scripts The Transform window Figure 17 8 is part of the Multi ple Effects main menu When successive Multiple Effects messages co...

Page 715: ...a different directory Place the cursor on the Dir field Enter the new drive directory name then press or move the cursor out of the field If the Dir field is left blank the Transform Script is loaded...

Page 716: ...pose Advcd Font Disk Utils Network Utils Font Create Logo Compose Message Compose version 15 07 1 24 96 0000 CNTL Cre Del Sel Quit erase Boards 1 Transform v6 4 C MAX Script Length 60 Prop Yes Options...

Page 717: ...ects including the Script length The Xform Time Line appears as part of the Multiple Effects Time Line The Start Point of the Transform Script is automatically set to 0 fields on the Multiple Effects...

Page 718: ...of the Transform stays on screen when the Transform finishes executing If you do not want a Transform image to stay on screen either before or after execution make sure that the Trans form starts and...

Page 719: ...ansform buffer and Transform Time Line are erased but a Transform image can still remain on screen To erase this image Re enter the Multiple Effects main menu then place the cursor on the Script field...

Page 720: ...nd 50 fields PAL The Recall Pre and Row Menu functions 17 3 are not available to the Multiple Effects Time Line window Figure 17 12 Multiple Effects Time Line To change the Start Point of an effect 1...

Page 721: ...w position To move the Start and End Points of an effect without changing its length 1 Place the cursor on the Time Line you want to change 2 Press SHIFT PAGE or to move the effect to the right to sta...

Page 722: ...f the Preset message 2 Place the cursor on the Buf or Mix line that you want to use the preset to change 3 Press CNTL R or select Recall Pre then type the preset number in the preset number field of t...

Page 723: ...ss CNTL X or select Execute There is a delay of a few seconds before Multiple Effects executes depending on the complexity of the effect To execute the effect instantaneously follow either of the proc...

Page 724: ...If Mix is activated but its Mesg field is left blank a Mix Effect between the buffers assigned to CHANNEL A and CHANNEL B executes when Multiple Effects is executed If Mix is activated and the Mesg fi...

Page 725: ...row in the Mesg column Press CLR then enter the new message ID number Press It is important to enter the ID number of the new message that you want to display otherwise the old message will reappear...

Page 726: ...onally remember that if Mix has been activated whatever has been Faded in will Fade out and vice versa when READ NEXT is executed QVWDQWDQHRXV 0XOWLSOH IIHFWV HFXWLRQ 8VLQJ D XQFWLRQ H There is a dela...

Page 727: ...he Step column at Step 0 press X This is the Trigger Fx command 3 With the cursor in the Step column press Q This exits back to the Message Compose main menu Multiple Effects execution can be triggere...

Page 728: ...effect will not execute properly See Section 12 for more information on programming Function Keys QVWDQWDQHRXV 0XOWLSOH IIHFWV HFXWLRQ 8VLQJ WKH 2 H You can preview then instantaneously execute Multip...

Page 729: ...nsform Script a DDR message and or a Chyron Motion File ani mation 1 While in the Multiple Effects main menu press CNTL X or select Execute to execute the Multiple Effects Multiple Effects can now be...

Page 730: ...er the message ID number of a Roll message into the Mesg field for one of the frame buffers in the Multiple Effects main menu Select Roll in the Type field Enter Start and End points 2 Enter the messa...

Page 731: ...er an unused ID number This step can also be performed while in the Record Multiple Effects window Figure 17 15 2 Press RCD The Record Multiple Effects window Figure 17 15 is displayed Figure 17 15 Re...

Page 732: ...D 3 If not in the Multiple Effects main menu press CNTL E or select Multi FX 4 Execute as described in 17 10 LWLQJ 0XOWLSOH IIHFWV 0DLQ 0HQX To exit the Multiple Effects main menu and save settings Pr...

Page 733: ...acter can be placed under the A keycap Each Machine Font in the conver sion list can have its own Character Placement Table 1 Master Font ID Machine Font ID Font Size Edge Style Edge Direction Edge Si...

Page 734: ...Flash Font See Pub No 2A01984 for information on the Advanced Font Create option Machine Fonts are created from copies of the 20 Master Fonts which are installed in the system The Master Fonts are al...

Page 735: ...ng 20 Master Fonts are supplied with your system both on the Hard Drive and on the Master Fonts disk Table 18 1 Supplied Master Fonts Master Font Name Font ID Swiss 721 5003 Swiss 721 Italic 5004 Swis...

Page 736: ...Humanist 521 Bold Italic 5293 Dutch 766 Bold 5340 Flareserif 721 Americana Italic 5499 Modern 741 Onyx Head 5519 Freeform 741 Bitstream Cooper Black 5631 Flareserif 831 Bitstream Amerigo Medium 5770...

Page 737: ...e Machine Font Note that the Master Fonts are always stored in the SYSTEM directory of the disk Press CLR then using the Address Keypad enter the ID number of the selected Master Font in the MAS TER F...

Page 738: ...aster Font ID into the MASTER FONT field by entering the ID number directly or by using the Master Font List Utility Paste A Copy O Placement P List L Convert C Message Compose Font Create Disk Utils...

Page 739: ...to the next field If you do not choose an ID number the system automati cally assigns the new Machine Font the same ID number if available as the Master Font If an ID number that you or the system ch...

Page 740: ...total size of the new Machine Font must take into account both the Font Size and the Edge Size as follows Font Size 2 X Edge Size must be less than or equal to 1000 For example If you are converting a...

Page 741: ...ay on the screen try any or all of the following After each adjustment try again to type the character Adjust the Safe Title Box to a larger size 7 3 1 Shift the cursor to a different location Shift t...

Page 742: ...are available to SHADOW OFF SET or COMBINED Edge Types 1 LOW LT lower left 2 DOWN 3 LOW RT lower right 4 LEFT 6 RIGHT 7 UP LT upper left 8 UP and 9 UP RT upper right To choose an Edge Direction While...

Page 743: ...ered the Edge Size defaults to 90 Font Size Edge Size Relationship The total size of the font must take into account both the Font and Edge Size Font Size 2 X Edge Size must be less than or equal to 1...

Page 744: ...the Options Window 0DVWHU RQW ULYH You can indicate the disk drive where the Master Font is stored The Master Fonts are always stored in the SYSTEM DIRECTORY MASTER SUBDIRECTORY directory on the disk...

Page 745: ...cted disk drive 0DFKLQH RQW LU 0DFKLQH RQW LUHFWRU You can select the disk drive and directory where the newly created Machine Font is to be stored The default is the currently selected disk and direc...

Page 746: ...as the directory that will contain the new Machine Font 18 4 7 2 To set the Character Set ID Enter the three character name of the selected Char acter Placement Table in the CHARACTER SET ID field The...

Page 747: ...OR field 6KDUSQHVV HYHO The edge sharpness of the characters can be set The level refers to the amount of filtering applied to the characters after they have been converted The higher the value the mo...

Page 748: ...information in the Font Convert Setup List you may want to duplicate some of the rows and then change one or two parameters in each To copy information to the Paste buffer Place cursor on the row to b...

Page 749: ...18 4 and 18 4 8 pastes the contents of the paste buffer onto the row that the cursor is on Press CNTL to toggle between the Font Convert Setup window and the function icons RQW RQYHUVLRQ 6HWXS A Font...

Page 750: ...cess the Master Font List Utility 18 4 1 Select a Master Font then press Enter the Options window 18 4 7 then change the disk designation in the MAS TER FONT DRIVE field 18 4 7 1 to the desired disk t...

Page 751: ...GE DIR field select an Edge Direction 8 In the EDGE SIZE field enter an Edge Size in scanlines from 1 to 90 If you do not need to enter or re enter the Options window you can now return to Step 1 to e...

Page 752: ...acters and their ID s for all keys available for use in Character Placement Tables You may select the table and enter your choice in the CHARACTER SET ID field in the Options window accessed from the...

Page 753: ...e to map logos that have been converted to Machine Font charac ters onto keycaps that are easy to remember For exam ple a weather logo can be mapped onto the letter W and a sports logo can be mapped o...

Page 754: ...ster Font to Machine Font the Character Placement Table is con sulted for a key location The resulting Machine Font character is assigned to that key on the CHYRON key board Most keys can be assigned...

Page 755: ...QJ D XVWRP KDUDFWHU 3ODFHPHQW 7DEOH To create a custom Character Placement Table you must alter a copy of the default table then record the altered table using a new name The default table remains int...

Page 756: ...Table 18 3 Character Placement Table Edit Functions H VWURNH V XQFWLRQ ERASE Resets the CHR ID and ACCENT columns to 0 0 for the entire table TAB SHIFT TAB Moves cursor among the rows and columns in...

Page 757: ...71 103 159 160 72 104 A S D F G H 171 172 90 122 173 174 88 120 175 176 67 99 177 178 86 118 179 180 66 98 181 182 78 110 Z X C V B N 191 161 162 74 106 163 164 75 107 165 166 76 108 167 168 58 59 16...

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Page 759: ...to them which cannot be changed A key can have four ID numbers assigned as follows Key alone SHIFT Key ALT Key SHIFT ALT Key Figure 18 12 shows how to determine which Key ID Number corresponds to whic...

Page 760: ...U A Character ID Number is assigned to each character in a Master Font set These Character ID Numbers can be found on the Font Cards you received with the Master Fonts disk Most characters have a thre...

Page 761: ...Number on Character Placement Table FFHQW An accent can be linked with a character so that every time the character is typed the accent appears along with it e g and Most alphabets other than America...

Page 762: ...ner it may be neces sary to move the cursor to another line then back into the original line in order to type the next character You are not restricted to entering only accent Character ID numbers in...

Page 763: ...D and ACCENT assignments affect the resulting Machine Font Figure 18 15 Partial Character Placement Table When the above Character ID s and Accent ID s are entered the following Machine Font character...

Page 764: ...Key 91 Key 92 Key 111 Key 93 Key 96 Paste A Copy O Placement P List L Convert C Message Compose Font Create Disk Utils Network Utils Message Compose System Font Create version 11 27 4 26 95 CNTL MAST...

Page 765: ...e same drive and directory to which the Machine Font is being converted 4 Press The Character Placement Table is recorded The Char acter Set Identification window disappears and the Char acter Placeme...

Page 766: ...the table in the Character Set ID field 4 Press The Character Set Identification window disappears and the Character Placement Table is displayed To read the default table Follow the above procedure...

Page 767: ...conversion from exe cuting For example if a non existent Character Place ment Table is specified the conversion does not execute An error message indicates the problem When the conversion is complete...

Page 768: ...he message line To use the newly created Machine Fonts 1 Use the MODE SLCT function 5 2 6 11 to exit from Font Create 2 Enter Message Compose then load the fonts into the Font Keys 6 6 1 You can now u...

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Page 771: ...FS sup ports the List Copy Rename Delete and Disk Status functions Please see 1 3 19 and the SCSI Express doc umentation for more information on SCSI Express To enter Disk Utilities From the Program L...

Page 772: ...erts SCRIBE files into iNFiNiT Family format and vice versa A Drive Configuration table function for assigning storage devices to the iNFiNiT Family systems Lists fragmented files those whose blocks a...

Page 773: ...ROGRAMS and SYSTEM DRIVERS files Once a password has been set it can be changed or password protection can be disabled An operator using a password can now rename SYS TEM PROGRAMS and SYSTEM DRIVERS f...

Page 774: ...fe place To enable password protection 1 From within the Disk Utilities main menu press W or select Password The Password function icon is found on the second page of function icons The Disk Utilities...

Page 775: ...me password in the Confirm Password field then press twice to execute The system returns to the Disk Utilities Password Protection window The ENABLED box is now highlighted 5 Press Q or select Quit to...

Page 776: ...r a new password of no more than eight alphanumeric characters in the New Password field then press 4 Re enter the same new password in the Confirm Password field then press twice to execute The syste...

Page 777: ...e 1HZ LFHQVH 0DQDJHU Disk Utilities now incorporates a License Manager fea ture which streamlines the software distribution process allowing customers to site ID individual options from their ZIP soft...

Page 778: ...CHYRON Corporation Disk Utilities 19 8 Revision D Figure 19 7 Disk Utilities Site ID License Manager...

Page 779: ...tion that is currently enabled by that License Key The Current Status line below the boxes displays Current Status Key Code System Name Disk Version Displays the software version on the selected Disk...

Page 780: ...ile types all of which reside in two basic types of directories LOH 6 VWHP 2YHUYLHZ Two default directories are on the hard disk when your unit leaves the factory an INFINIT MAX or MAXINE CHYRON Syste...

Page 781: ...of certain files are used together on a system Therefore a FILE CHECK function available via mouse or keystroke K has been added MASTER MACHINE CHYRON system_name SYSTEM MIX RECORD MESSAGE FULL PAGE...

Page 782: ...ayed 8VHU LUHFWRULHV The user directory contains two major iNFiNiT Family file directories MACHINE and MESSAGE All MACHINE and MESSAGE files and directories can be renamed deleted or copied The MACHIN...

Page 783: ...ry contains the 20 Master Fonts that were shipped with the system Any Master Fonts added to the system are also stored in the Master Font Directory Although the Master Fonts that are sup plied on a fl...

Page 784: ...ory name For example to list the contents of a directory called NEWS stored on the Hard Drive Enter C NEWS in the CURRENT DIR field To list all directories on a disk Enter the letter identifying the d...

Page 785: ...nd the directory name for example C INFINIT C MAX or C MAXINE 2 Enter the FILE TYPE field Press the SPACE BAR to view available file types Message Machine Effect Object and Script OR Press the key cor...

Page 786: ...e of the ways to create Machine Font directories This procedure appears in 19 6 3 on page 19 19 You may also create Machine Font directories using the Font Create or Advanced Font Create programs From...

Page 787: ...xample to copy to the keyboard floppy iNFiNiT directory enter A INFINIT If the target directory you specify doesn t exist it is automatically created You can not copy anything from the SYSTEM director...

Page 788: ...articular file type e g P for PROGRAMS M for MACHINE For example to copy only Machine Font files select MACHINE Enter Y in the CONFIRM field for overwrite confir mation for example replacing an old ve...

Page 789: ...reate a direc tory named C PLAYERS you would set up the COPY window as shown in Figure 19 11 Set the FROM field to an existing directory C MAX and set the TO field to the location and name you wish to...

Page 790: ...umber of most user files or directories To use Rename from the Disk Utilities menu Press R or select Rename to display the RENAME window Figure 19 13 The cursor defaults to the CURRENT DIR field with...

Page 791: ...cannot have descriptors A descriptor can be changed with out changing the name Similarly the name can be changed without changing the descriptor If a file originally had an ID number for a name the r...

Page 792: ...essages the name is typically the ID or address number 3 Enter a new name ID number in the NEW NAME field If you want to add or change the current description of the file for example Palette Message i...

Page 793: ...e Press to place the file or directory name or ID number if applicable into the OLD NAME and or DESCRIPTOR fields 6 Enter a new name or number and or descriptor in the appropriate fields 7 Press CNTL...

Page 794: ...e name of each file in the directory displayed prior to its deletion leave the CONFIRM field at Y Enter N and the directory is erased with no confirmation from you 4 Press to enter the list then press...

Page 795: ...leted these include the PROGRAM directory and certain other master file direc tories Press CNTL Q or select Quit to leave the DELETE win dow and return to the Disk Utilities main menu Press MODE SLCT...

Page 796: ...in dow and return to the Disk Utilities main menu LVN 6WDWXV This function lets you see file and directory specifics such as creation date size in bytes and number of items in a directory In addition...

Page 797: ...elect Execute after making your choice A list for an iNFiNiT default directory is shown in Figure 19 18 this contains a MACHINE directory for Machine Fonts and a MESSAGE directory for your messages If...

Page 798: ...NTL X or select Execute to display the status list of the file Press to enter the File Status List Figure 19 19 Press SHIFT PAGE or to scroll through the list page by page Quit Q Avail Bytes A Execute...

Page 799: ...ect Quit YDLODEOH WHV To see how much memory remains on any disk in the system enter the drive letter then a in the CURRENT DIR field of the Disk Status window then press CNTL A or select Avail Bytes...

Page 800: ...ies how much of the disk space is currently filled with programs messages fonts etc This figure includes the format and initializa tion overhead The MGBYTES REMAINING is the space available on the dis...

Page 801: ...is usually no need to format the hard drive it is ready to accept data in the system_name directory when the unit leaves CHYRON NOTE To disable the FORMAT function use the DELETE function to remove th...

Page 802: ...tion is not required and can be done later using the Verify function it guarantees that the formatted file structure on disk is valid and usable Verification increases the formatting process time 2 En...

Page 803: ...s N at this point if you wish to abort the format operation 5 Press Y to confirm A second confirmation request appears Press Y again to start the formatting The prompts FORMATTING DISK INITIALIZING DI...

Page 804: ...splay the Disk Verify window Figure 19 23 If you know the location of any bad blocks enter them in the BAD BLOCK LIST Bad Block numbers are reported by the Operating System when an unrecoverable error...

Page 805: ...r bad data the blocks you specified in the list are ignored If bad data is found one of two actions is taken The verifier repairs the data and posts the location and address of the fault at the bottom...

Page 806: ...rectly discard it To exit from the Verify mode Press CNTL Q or select Quit To exit Disk Utilities press MODE SLCT LOH 7UDQVODWLRQ The File Trans function in the Disk Utilities main menu allows you to...

Page 807: ...s Machine Fonts and Logo Composed Master Fonts may be translated into the SCRIBE format Figure 19 25 INFiNiT MAX MAXINE to SCRIBE Window TRANSLATION MAXTO SCRIBE SCRIBE TO MAX I S Quit Q List L Execut...

Page 808: ...all files leave the FILE TYPE field at ALL Or specify a type such as MESSAGE MACHINE etc If you know exact file names message ID numbers or font ID numbers enter them into the FILE NAMES field Otherw...

Page 809: ...SCRIPT and EFFECT files must be specifically defined in both source and destination formats for example if SCRIBE DIR is A EFFECT then iNFiNiT DIR must be C EFFECT The following SCRIBE files cannot b...

Page 810: ...ress CNTL L or select List to display SCRIBE directories on the current disk Next enter where you want the newly created iNFiNiT file to be placed in the INFINIT MAX MAXINE DIR field C INFINIT C MAX o...

Page 811: ...on then reads and stores those hardware settings to know where to look for the drive Add is used whenever a new storage device is added to the system Delete is used when a storage device is removed fr...

Page 812: ...ent 0 or 1 all fixed disks are set to LUN 0 Figure 19 27 DISK CONFIGURATION Window Typical Many combinations of SCSI ID and LUN exist a maxi mum of 16 devices can be configured in the system The SCSI...

Page 813: ...le media drive at SCSI ID 3 and LUN 1 RQILJXUDWLRQ 3URFHGXUH Each of the operations available through the function icons are described here If the Disk Configuration win dow is not already open From t...

Page 814: ...d placed in the list Delete Removes a drive unconfigures it from the list Use the cursor keys to highlight a drive in the list Press to select the drive and open the following field above the SCSI ID...

Page 815: ...ta diminishes Eventually a point is reached where a file is too large to be stored as one contiguous block of data and is instead fragmented into several pieces each one stored in a dif ferent locatio...

Page 816: ...DRIVE field then select Report R Fix Files F or Pack Disk P A report appears as follows Figure 19 31 DISK FRAGMENTATION Window Report Press CNTL R or select Report to display a status report similar t...

Page 817: ...k Disk operation described below may help to free up disk space The value 1 0 is optimal Pack Disk Press CNTL P or select Pack Disk Use this function first as it is the best way to fix fragmented file...

Page 818: ...allocation requirements If a single block of sufficient size is not available for the reassembled file the file remains fragmented The advantage of Fix Files over Pack Disk is that Fix Files is much...

Page 819: ...he file s a list of mismatched files is displayed on the Prompts Monitor To execute File Check 1 From the Disk Utilities main menu press CNTL K or select File Check The system then executes File Check...

Page 820: ...CHYRON Corporation Disk Utilities 19 50 Revision D...

Page 821: ...k as RGB messages Image Tools mes sages Machine Fonts1 or Stills Flash Save Flash Save is a feature available on systems equipped with the Video Input Module and Extended Effects Frame Buffers Flash S...

Page 822: ...s accessible either from the Message Compose main menu the Read Effects main menu on systems equipped with Extended Effects Frame Buffers 15 8 5 RGB Tools Section 21 Image Tools or IMAGESTOR applicati...

Page 823: ...s needed from the window you then EXIT from VIM press Q then enter RGB Tools or Image Tools by pressing CNTL G to further manipulate the image Finally you may save the image as an RGB message from RGB...

Page 824: ...ion icon is only present in Analog VIM systems The 601 Enable function icon is present only if the 601 option is installed The Flash Save function icon is present only if the system is equipped with a...

Page 825: ...ource field appears only if BOTH the CCIR 601 Digital Video option and the Video Input Module option are installed Quit Q Help Field Interlace Key Enable K Configure C Video Input Control Capture Mode...

Page 826: ...deo Input Module is routed directly to the frame buffer Press the SPACE BAR to switch from Video Input mode to Video Freeze 20 5 2 mode 9LGHR UHH H Video Freeze freezes the incoming video as a Still a...

Page 827: ...com pensation between Video Input and Video Freeze There is a delay in processing the VIM input for storage in the frame buffer The VIM compensates and aligns the data with proper horizontal timing b...

Page 828: ...lity for viewing Any frame s may then be saved to disk NOTE The Flash Save function icon appears in the Video Input Control menu of a system equipped an Extended Effects Frame Buffer s Figure 20 4 Vid...

Page 829: ...sh Save F Up to 6 frames of NTSC video or 4 frames of PAL video can be captured and held in the frame buffer For each frame of video you want to capture Press F or select Flash Save If the Frame Buffe...

Page 830: ...on Browse Use Browse to browse through the captured frames in the Frame Buffer Highlight the Browse field then press the SPACE BAR or SHIFT CHAR or or click on the arrows to browse through the cap tur...

Page 831: ...e option installed in your system along with the VIM the 601 Enable function icon Figure 20 6 appears in the Video Input Control Window shown previously in Figure 20 1 Figure 20 6 601 Enable Function...

Page 832: ...using 5 6RXUFH 6HOHFWLRQ 0 1 MAXINE systems may have an analog VIM or both an analog RGB and digital 601 video input options If MAXINE has the 601 option installed a Source item appears on the Video I...

Page 833: ...nerate fades MAXINE frame buffers assume RGB has been pre multiplied with alpha key If your video source does not premultiply alpha special PROM S are available from CHYRON to accept this type of vide...

Page 834: ...o When set this offset is saved and used for all subsequent captures After setting the offset live video must be enabled by selecting Video Input When video is captured using Video Freeze the offset i...

Page 835: ...utton to exit from the Video Input Control menu RQILJXUH 9LGHR QSXW The Configure C icon is displayed on analog VIM iNFiNiT all MAX and all MAXINE Video Control Menus This item allows you to set the R...

Page 836: ...WLRQ L1 L1L7 DQG 0 Explanations for each of the analog VIM adjustments fol low Figure 20 9 on the next page From the Video Input Control menu press C to adjust the VIM configuration The Video Input Co...

Page 837: ...ically the black level with respect to the video source Set the slider so that a black input results in a black 0 level output The Gain slider adjusts the contrast of the image more specifically the l...

Page 838: ...Input Module be sure to check the Delay setting if the video image is offset from center For iNFiNiT MAX and MAXINE the VIM is calibrated for GAIN 40 and Black 25 Always set BLACK before setting GAIN...

Page 839: ...before capturing into the Frame Buffer This allows for further processing of a captured image by MAXINE e g using Image Tools in a linear color space without gamma correction non linearities Note tha...

Page 840: ...th respect to the video source Set the slider so that a black input results in a black 0 level output Gain The Gain slider adjusts the contrast of the image more specifically the level of the incoming...

Page 841: ...e settings are automatically loaded upon entry to the Video Input Configuration menu If you save the settings under a different name you may recall them later via the READ feature described below 5HDG...

Page 842: ...CHYRON Corporation Video Input Option 20 22 Revision D...

Page 843: ...If Image Tools is installed the Message Compose main menu displays a function icon labeled Image Tools instead of RGB Tools If the Image Tools option is present you must press CNTL K to enter RGB Tool...

Page 844: ...no loss of information and the image can be worked on as usual The image can then be rere corded as an RGB message on one of the other drives or as a Still on a SCSI Express drive See the SCSI Expres...

Page 845: ...ssage Compose All Message Compose activity is suspended while RGB Tools is being used and the cursor will not activate any of the still visible areas of the Message Compose main menu The only special...

Page 846: ...er that is displayed to the right of the name of the function on a function item e g Press C to display the Crop Box Adjust window Using the cursor keys TAB or SHIFT TAB to place the cursor on an icon...

Page 847: ...Adjust menu Figure 21 2 Press C or select Crop Box Figure 21 2 Crop Box Adjust Menu The six fields at the bottom of the window show Crop Box size and location data Figure 21 3 Figure 21 3 Crop Box Si...

Page 848: ...utton down drag the box to the desired location Release the mouse button To scale the Crop Box without changing its aspect ratio click and hold on a selected corner then while still holding the mouse...

Page 849: ...hich can be either On or Off Press X or select Full Screen When Full Screen is On the Crop Box appears at the outer limits of the display and may not be visible unless your monitor is set to underscan...

Page 850: ...wo steps Setting the Scale Box and execution Before each Scale execution is per formed the displaying frame buffer is erased The Scale function has the following restriction if the Full Screen functio...

Page 851: ...es sage Compose Setup To set aspect ratio to 16 X 9 1 From within the Scale Control menu press H or select 16 X 9 The icon becomes highlighted 2 Press S or select Size The Scale menu is displayed Note...

Page 852: ...within the Scale Control menu press S or select Size Figure 21 5 Scale Box Adjust Window To adjust the Scale Box Mouse 1 Press the right mouse button to place the cursor on the Edit Monitor The cursor...

Page 853: ...the cursor keys SHIFT CHAR SHIFT PAGE or SHIFT ROW to move the cursor back to the Prompts Monitor Keyboard Press the SPACE BAR to toggle between top and right side adjustment or bottom and left side a...

Page 854: ...ight If the size of the box was not changed then the image is simply moved to the new Crop Box location No effect on image quality occurs due to repeated alterations of the same image The screen is er...

Page 855: ...r for the Edge Control to operate Edge Control puts a border or offset on the area defined by the Crop Box or image The Edge tool cannot be used when Full Screen is On because placing an edge outside...

Page 856: ...unded corners Using soft round with image border results in a two pass filter In addition no further edgings can be done since this filter overwrites the saved image Color Select Select this icon to a...

Page 857: ...aracters in an existing Machine Font change a current font or create a new font Press F or select Font Utility to display the Font Utility window Figure 21 7 The Crop Box must be used to define the ex...

Page 858: ...OT FOUND Enter a name for the font then press Add Char Press A or select Add Char Then request a keyboard key for the image the Add Char function adds the RGB image to the current font If the characte...

Page 859: ...acters and is not recorded to disk the following warning message appears when you try to exit from the Font Utility Figure 21 9 Font Not Saved to Disk Warning If you press Y all changes in the font ar...

Page 860: ...cord to display the RGB Message Record Window Figure 21 10 The current directory is displayed in the Directory field and the cursor is in the Directory field Figure 21 10 RGB Message Record Window 2 I...

Page 861: ...ord If the ID number is already occupied the following appears Figure 21 11 Message Overwrite Warning If you press Y to overwrite the file is over written and the RGB Message Record win dow closes If...

Page 862: ...W X Y or Z which allows fast Reads and Records of Still files When recorded it is automatically converted into a Still When the Still is read back from a SCSI Express drive while in RGB Tools there i...

Page 863: ...and a copy is used for each modification no effect on image quality occurs even after repeated alterations 4 Press DO or X or select Execute This erases the buffer then a copy of the RGB image is read...

Page 864: ...es is the only merge function available to RGB Tools when it is accessed from IMAGESTOR The Crop Box defines the objects to be merged if used it must be set prior to entering the Merge Buffers functio...

Page 865: ...uffers function is accessed the Merge Control menu is bypassed and the Merge Files menu is displayed See 21 11 3 for information on file merge Merge Buffers is not available to the secondary user of a...

Page 866: ...ged as specified in the Mix menu To perform a Frame Buffer Merge 1 From the Merge Control menu Figure 21 13 press B or select Frame Buffers The Merge Frame Buffers menu is displayed Figure 21 14 Merge...

Page 867: ...s DO or X or select Execute The order in which frame buffers are merged depends upon the settings in the Mix menu The screen is erased and the system performs the following procedure to merge the buff...

Page 868: ...ot be merged on systems with only one available frame buffer e g one buffer MAX systems or iNFiNiT systems whose remaining buffer s are dedicated elsewhere If an attempt is made to exe cute the follow...

Page 869: ...ways 100 video The Foreground Background Percent settings in the Read Effects menu If the Transparency icon is not highlighted default the Foreground Background Percent settings are not used and video...

Page 870: ...tting To exit the Merge Foreground Background menu Press Q or select Quit LOHV The Merge Files function combines RGB and alpha of two or three specified RGB messages then writes the combined informati...

Page 871: ...g on the file name 3 Press X or select Execute The messages merge into the current buffer as specified in the list To exit the Merge Files menu Press Q or select Quit XW DQG 3DVWH 3 2YHUYLHZ This func...

Page 872: ...he Cut Box function first is optional If you use Paste Box without using the Cut Box function the image already in the Crop Box image is used for Paste Box operations The ERASE key is active in the Cu...

Page 873: ...ut Box Adjust Menu 2 Choose which border s to adjust To adjust the TOP border use the cursor keys To adjust the RIGHT border use the cursor keys Press the SPACE BAR or select SPACE You can now adjust...

Page 874: ...ize Press R or select Reset 3 If necessary adjust the position of the Cut Box by pressing SHIFT CHAR or To move the Cut Box using the mouse Press the right mouse button to move the mouse cursor to the...

Page 875: ...ox Press the left mouse button to place the image at the Cut Box location Because the image remains in a paste buffer trails can be created by slightly offset ting numerous images Press the right mous...

Page 876: ...e frame buffers and is not available from within IMAGESTOR On MAXINE systems or from within IMAG ESTOR a message can be specified as a key image and another as a fill image The matte is executed using...

Page 877: ...ng combining an image with the key shape created using the other Matte Tools To display the Matte Tools menu From the RGB Tools main menu press M or select Matte Tools Figure 21 19 Matte Tools Menu Ea...

Page 878: ...ut Control menu click Create Outline The mouse cursor moves to the Edit Monitor 2 Without pressing either mouse button move the mouse to position the edit cursor at the start point of the outline 3 Cl...

Page 879: ...xt to last line then press Q A final line is automatically drawn connecting the last point to the first point thus closing the outline The cursor returns to the Prompts Monitor GMXVW 2XWOLQH XQFWLRQ M...

Page 880: ...rsor keystroke While in a Cut Control function enter a value using the Address Keypad The cursor moves at the new increment Once the Cut Control function is exited the increment reverts to the default...

Page 881: ...r so that the Clip value can be adjusted and Self Key re executed with no image breakdown Once the menu is exited the clipped image is set and the original image is lost 5 Press Q or select Quit to fi...

Page 882: ...on PDJH 0DWWH 0 Image Matte works differently depending on the system and whether or not the function is accessed from within IMAGESTOR If working in Message Compose on a MAX or iNFiNiT system that ha...

Page 883: ...key object only with the Fill video no Key video showing the key object must be WHITE Other effects are obtained by using a key object that is not white See 21 13 6 for more information Also note tha...

Page 884: ...Full Screen is On 6 In the RGB Tools main menu press M or select Matte Tools 7 Press M or select Image Matte to execute the matte operation If the following is displayed on the Prompt Line PLEASE ASS...

Page 885: ...TL K Matte Tools M menu Press M or select Image Matte to display the Message Matte menu Figure 21 23 IMAGESTOR Message Matte Menu 2 If necessary press L or select List to list available files as follo...

Page 886: ...objects which are easily scaled using the Scale function in RGB Tools Logo Compose gives the best and most accurate results when using the Image Matte function in Matte Tools For example you can crea...

Page 887: ...ompose IRUP DSWXUH 2 The Transform Capture function lets you capture the last data from the optional Transform board No menus are displayed A Full Screen RGB image appearing on the Edit Monitor is cap...

Page 888: ...Tools and return to Message Compose Press Q or select Quit If an image has been edged scaled pasted or matted and it has not been added to a font using Font Create Utility or saved as a message using...

Page 889: ...Family Operation Manual Revision D 21 47 RGB Tools Pressing any key other than Y to stay in the RGB Tools main menu This allows you to add the image to a font or save it as a message Press Y to exit R...

Page 890: ...CHYRON Corporation RGB Tools 21 48 Revision D...

Page 891: ...s pressed the Spell Check menu is displayed on the Prompts Monitor Text that has been typed on screen is checked for spelling from the top left corner of the page Each word is checked against the dict...

Page 892: ...ent of the misspelled word by the Replace Word and the continuation of the search for the next misspelled word The system s concept of the best choice is the first word in the alternatives list To sel...

Page 893: ...the replacement word Replace All CNTL L Replace the misspelled word with the replacement word in this and all further occur rences of the misspelled word on the screen Skip CNTL S Skip this word Skip...

Page 894: ...then press CNTL M Configure CNTL C Use Configure to change the path of the Application dictionary Therefore the user can maintain several Application dictionaries in different drives or directories T...

Page 895: ...ific dictionary and store it in C NEWS MESSAGE Note that the path must be set before any words are added to the Application Dictionary NOTE You must store the application dictionary in either the syst...

Page 896: ...SG functions from Spell Check using the keypad to enter the message numbers Therefore you can spell check many messages in sequence without exiting the spell check function The ESC key can be used to...

Page 897: ...Key files Playback can be instantaneously triggered from Message Compose Multiple Effects Function Keys IMAGESTOR CMFs only Intelligent Interface and from within the Total Motion Control Panel A CMF...

Page 898: ...Control Panel menu Multiple Effects a Function Key Intelligent Interface or from IMAGESTOR where it can be added to a database and executed from a Play List CMF is supported in systems equipped with...

Page 899: ...orded using this signal always occupies the full screen JPEG Key A compressed key signal processed by CLYPS hardware When video has a key signal key is produced as a separate signal in tandem with the...

Page 900: ...s supports up to four disk drives specified as Z Y X and W NOTE Before files can be copied to the SCSI Express drive the drive must be formatted using Disk Utilities A high level format of a SCSI Expr...

Page 901: ...been powered up enter Disk Utilities by selecting it from the Program Loader menu 2 Press CNTL I or select Configure Drives The DISK CONFIGURATION menu Figure 23 1 is displayed Figure 23 1 Disk Utilit...

Page 902: ...er the system has mounted the drive a new entry appears in the drive configuration list 7 IMPORTANT Reboot the system This is required to achieve the maximum transfer rate between the SCSI Express dri...

Page 903: ...IMAGESTOR Configure Menu 3 Assign one of the SCSI Express drives as the default Still directory For example in Figure 23 2 Z INFINIT STILL is specified NOTE In the IMAGESTOR Configure menu a SCSI Expr...

Page 904: ...name Examples Z INFINIT Y VIDEO It is not necessary to add MESSAGE to the end as it is automatically assumed to be part of the path 3 Press CNTL Once the SCSI Express path is set the path is saved on...

Page 905: ...red SCSI Express drive in the Image Tools Read or Record menu Note that images recorded on the SCSI Express drive are saved as Still files not as Image Tools files 1RWHV RQ 6 6 SUHVV RQILJXUDWLRQ 2SHU...

Page 906: ...or CMFs and JPEG files is not yet implemented The SCSI Express drive can be defragmented but the CMFs and JPEG files are not affected 0 3 2SHUDWLRQ 7RWDO 0RWLRQ RQWURO 3DQHO 0HQX The Total Motion Cont...

Page 907: ...that is displayed when the CMF is exe cuted Using the mouse to drag the Time Line Pointer also executes the CMF Frame Reflects frame that is currently displayed A Frame number can also be entered to d...

Page 908: ...N In this menu set screen position of the captured video Start Field Capture Limit SCSI Express ID and execute Capture File cre ation Crop X Set X and Y dimensions size of the Capture Help Provides a...

Page 909: ...Total Motion Control HOS XQFWLRQ The Help function provides a list of keyboard shortcuts as shown in the TOTAL MOTION CONTROL FUNC TIONS list Figure 23 5 TOTAL MOTION CONTROL FUNCTIONS List To access...

Page 910: ...pture file can be changed but the only way to erase a Capture file is to reformat the drive or to create a Capture file on another SCSI Express drive If opening the Total Control Panel menu for the fi...

Page 911: ...f Capture files Chyron Motion File CMF JPEG Video JPEG Key JPEG Video with Key Chyron Motion file CMF A Chyron Motion File is uncompressed video The maximum size of the display is 1 4 screen A Crop Bo...

Page 912: ...e is deleted Note that a Capture file is not accessible from Disk Utili ties or the Block List Utility nor does it appear in any file lists Once created it is permanent although the loca tion and Capt...

Page 913: ...0 460 top to bottom NOTE When changing the Y Position of a CMF file after the file has been captured the new Y Position must match the even or odd status of the Y Posi tion that was set when the Capt...

Page 914: ...The Capture Limit menu Figure 23 7 is displayed If preparing to capture a CMF the Capture Limit menu is accessible from the Total Motion Control Panel menu Press N or select Configure The Capture Lim...

Page 915: ...te to set the Capture Limit 5 Press Q CNTL or select Quit 0 QLPDWLRQ 6L H If working with JPEG video or key this section does not apply Please proceed to 23 4 5 When a CMF is too large in area it coul...

Page 916: ...ple a 720 x 80 rectangle is legal as is a 128 x 464 rectangle When the Crop Box is set the soft ware automatically finds the nearest legal rectangle to the one set by the operator This procedure is de...

Page 917: ...JPEG video A 9 gigabyte drive can hold about 20 minutes of CMF and or JPEG video The abovementioned times represent the sum of the Cap ture and recorded file durations Additionally capturing and or r...

Page 918: ...faults are as follows Xsize 224 Ysize 224 and the Crop box is centered on the Edit Monitor 1 Press X or select Crop Box The CMF Crop window is displayed Figure 23 8 Figure 23 8 CMF Crop Window 2 Choos...

Page 919: ...he border to its new location To reset the Crop Box to directory default size press R or select Reset 3 If necessary adjust the position of the Crop Box by pressing SHIFT CHAR or Super Shift can also...

Page 920: ...CMF Crop window and save changes If the Height has been automatically adjusted by the system quitting the CMF Crop window redisplays the CMF Crop window with the adjusted Height for user review If the...

Page 921: ...without setting In or Out Points or Loop See 23 4 14 for information on recording a CMF NOTE A recorded cropped CMF cannot be uncropped Increasing the size of a Crop Box adds an opaque black border t...

Page 922: ...e reversed in order NOTE Each time a Capture is executed on the same drive it overwrites the previous Capture To preserve a Capture it must be recorded to a Chyron Motion File CMF or it will be erased...

Page 923: ...he Capture is finished the Start frame is displayed on screen and Capture Complete missed XX frames is displayed on the Prompt Line Rarely CLYPS hardware is unable to keep up when capturing extremely...

Page 924: ...Reverse Playback When button is activated the first time every fourth frame is played back in reverse When button is activated the second time every eighth frame is played back in reverse When button...

Page 925: ...hth frame is played back When button is activated the third time every twelfth frame is played back The 4 8 12 cycle is started again the next time the button is activated Goes to marked Out point If...

Page 926: ...start Press I select Mark In or right click A vertical line appears on the Time Line where the In point is marked Press SHIFT ROW or to move the In point backward or forward one frame respectively Sup...

Page 927: ...number of times If 0 is entered the clip repeats indefinitely until it is interrupted by a Stop command S or select the Stop button 6KDSLQJ Enabling Shaping multiplies the RGB signal by the Key signal...

Page 928: ...t Out point and Loop value are recorded as well To record a CMF 1 Press RCD or select Record The CMF Message Record window Figure 23 9 is displayed Figure 23 9 CMF Message Record Window 2 If necessary...

Page 929: ...ing reading a recorded CMF it is not possible to overwrite that file while it is loaded It is possible however to overwrite other files 5HFRUGLQJ 3 9LGHR RU H The JPEG Video or Key clip can be recorde...

Page 930: ...number then press RCD or select Record If an attempt is made to record over an existing file a warning box appears asking for permission to overwrite Press Y to overwrite or press any key or click to...

Page 931: ...n point Out point and Loop value are recorded as well To record a JPEG Video and Key message 1 Press RCD or select Record The JPEG Video Key Record window is displayed Figure 23 12 JPEG Video Key Reco...

Page 932: ...ed JPEG Video Key message it is not possible to overwrite that file while it is loaded It is possible however to overwrite other files RPELQLQJ 3UH LVWLQJ 9LGHR DQG H LOHV A JPEG Video and Key file ca...

Page 933: ...ord operation 5HDGLQJ D 0 RU 3 To read a CMF animation or JPEG file 1 Press READ The Total Motion Read window is displayed Figure 23 14 Total Motion Read Window 1 If necessary perform any or all of th...

Page 934: ...of the Extended Effects Frame Buffer The file can be viewed using the control buttons described starting on page 23 28 Note that when CMF or JPEG execution is complete the last frame remains on scree...

Page 935: ...etails on Message Com pose SCSI Express setup To read a file stored on a dif ferent SCSI Express drive see below To read a CMF or JPEG from within Message Compose when the SCSI Express directory in wh...

Page 936: ...he final frame remains on screen To erase the image Press ESC or ERASE When a JPEG completes execution the frame buffer is cleared To halt CMF execution Press CNTL ALT ESC The CMF stops execution and...

Page 937: ...MAGESTOR as it is from within the Message Com pose main menu To display the Total Motion Control Panel window from within IMAGESTOR From the Message Compose main menu press the IMAGESTOR key twice to...

Page 938: ...me Buffer The CMF can be viewed by using the control buttons described starting on page 23 28 5 If desired set In and Out Points and Loop value then display the frame you would like used as the Thumbn...

Page 939: ...ayed when the CMF was recorded frame 350 is displayed when the CMF is read but when the Play List is executed the ani mation plays from frame 100 through 700 One of two effects can be set in the Eff c...

Page 940: ...cts knows where to find the CMF animation or JPEG file Additionally any SCSI Express file specified in a Multiple Effects setup must be stored on the drive and in the directory specified in SCSI Expre...

Page 941: ...e an effect on execution Ease always executes as None and Rev executes as Off 0XOWL IIHFWV HFXWLRQ To execute unrecorded Multiple Effects with CMF or JPEG from within the Multiple Effects menu Press C...

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Page 943: ...at the clip will stall for one or two frames just prior to the loop point This may occur due to the time needed to Read the last group of frames from disk Seek the start of the file on disk Read the f...

Page 944: ...a Wait com mand See Section 12 of the iNFiNiT Operation Manual Pub No 2A01976 for more information on Function Keys Remember that the SCSI Express drive path must be set up in Message Compose SET UP...

Page 945: ...of the CMF remains on screen Other effects will continue to execute To halt JPEG execution Press CNTL ALT ESC Note that if other effects are executing at the time CNTL ALT ESC is pressed the JPEG may...

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