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Kayak  —  User Manual

Section 5 — Kayak Menu Summaries

 

Figure 205.  RAM Recorder Active Area Menu

Enable Playout

 — Position and crop the a stored clip on the screen

Record Area

 — Crop the area to record

Playout Area

 — Crop a portion of recorded clip to playback

Playout Offset

 — Move the cropped clip

Save to Clip

 — The parameters of the playout clip will be stored in the meta 

data storage.

Set to default

 — Recalls default parameters; if Record Area is active, pressing 

the button sets the parameter to full frame. If Playout Area is active, 

pressing the button sets the Playout Area to the Record Area values and 

resets the Playout Offest values to zero.

HD RAM Recorder Live Mode Menu

Selecting the 

Live Mode

 button (left of the display) reduces the number of 

parameter adjustments to the most essential ones, allowing faster control 

with less selection steps. A keypad with direct access to the stored stills and 

clips appears.

Summary of Contents for Kayak HD 100C

Page 1: ...Kayak DIGITAL PRODUCTION SWITCHER User Manual SOFTWARE VERSION 6 9 1 071844705 MAY 2007 ...

Page 2: ... Blvd Salt Lake City UT 84119 United States 7140 Baymeadows Way Suite 101 Jacksonville FL 32256 United States Including its implementation meets the requirements of the standard ISO 9001 2000 Scope The design manufacture and support of video hardware and software products and related systems This Certificate is valid until June 14 2009 This Certificate is valid as of August 30 2006 Certified for t...

Page 3: ...Kayak DIGITAL PRODUCTION SWITCHER User Manual SOFTWARE VERSION 6 9 1 071844705 MAY 2007 ...

Page 4: ...800 8080 2020 or 33 1 48 25 20 20 United States Canada 24 x 7 1 800 547 8949 or 1 530 478 4148 Local Support Centers available during normal business hours Asia Hong Kong Taiwan Korea Macau 852 2531 3058 Indian Subcontinent 91 22 24933476 Southeast Asia Malaysia 603 7805 3884 Southeast Asia Singapore 65 6379 1313 China 861 0660 159 450 Japan 81 3 5484 6868 Australia and New Zealand 61 1300 721 495...

Page 5: ...d 3M E Control Panel 27 Kayak Video Processor Frames 28 Kayak HD 4 RU Frame 28 Kayak HD 8 RU Frame 29 KDD PSU Power Supply Option 30 Video Signal Flow 31 Section 2 Concepts 35 Introduction 35 Kayak System Configuration Overview 35 Installation Engineering Setups 36 Config Application Control 36 Personal Settings 37 Signal Routing 37 Inputs and Sources 37 Kayak HD 37 Kayak DD 38 Source Definition 3...

Page 6: ...l Key Example 50 Shaping Video 51 Key Control Signal Adjustment 52 Clip and Gain 52 High Gain Low Gain and Unity Gain 53 Clip Hi and Clip Lo 53 S Shaped Key Signals 54 Additional Keying Controls 55 Key Invert 55 Masking 55 Opacity 55 Key Positioning 55 Key Size 55 Coring 56 Show Key 56 Linear Key 56 Luminance Key and Self Key 58 Chroma Key 59 Primary and Secondary Color Suppression 60 Flare Suppre...

Page 7: ... Example 85 Comparing Parallel and Converge Modes 87 Section 3 Control Panels 89 Overview Kayak 100 Panel 89 Overview Kayak 200 Panel 90 Background Bus Selection 91 Unshifted and Shifted Sources 91 Button and Bus Indications 92 On Air 92 Uncal Asynchronous Sources 92 Miscellaneous Bus Selection 93 Available Bus Delegations 93 Key1 Key4 93 AUX1 AUX10 93 Utility 94 Macro 94 Macro Attachment 94 Trans...

Page 8: ...itioner 112 Positioner Button 112 Positioner Delegation 112 DPM Digital Picture Manipulator 113 Key Wipe Wipe1 Wipe2 113 Axis Lock Buttons 113 Effects Subpanel 114 DPM Digital Picture Manipulator 115 Recalling a Register 115 Enabling and Disabling Bank Mode 115 Enabling Bank Mode 115 Disabling Bank Mode 116 Display 116 Selecting a Register for Storing Editing 117 Deleting a Register 117 RAM Record...

Page 9: ...led 144 DSK Mode Description 145 Section 4 Menu Overview 147 Introduction 147 Menu Panel Description 147 Touch Screen 148 Soft Knobs Digipots 148 Menu Screen Organization and Components 149 Data Pads and Touch Buttons 150 Menu Title 151 Menu Category Selection 151 Delegation Group 151 Mode Selection 151 Parameter Control Area 151 Menu Access Touch Button 152 Numeric Keypad 152 Alphanumeric Keypad ...

Page 10: ... Config Misc Menu 186 Config Flexible Licenses Menu 190 Config Scalar Menu 191 Panel Assignment 192 Personal Settings Menus 195 Digipots and Low Light 195 XBar Tally 195 Macro Attachment 196 Async Blinking 196 Wipes Menus 197 Point Of Use 199 Wipe Pattern Number Code 200 Page 1 Basic Pattern 200 Page 2 Circle and Rotary 201 Page 3 Stars and ZigZag 202 Page 4 Matrix Wipes 203 Wipe Modifier 204 Keye...

Page 11: ...l Menu 245 Selecting the Kurl Mode 247 Page Turn Roll Mode 248 Page Fold 249 Pos Size Mode 250 Slits Mode 254 Advanced Effect Options HD Only 256 Glow Effect 256 Defocus Effect 257 Drop Shadow 259 Shadow Crop 261 Lighting Menu 262 Source Pane 263 Ambient Shading Pane 263 Light Type Pane 263 Position 264 Rotation 264 Appearance 264 Flare 264 Independent Flare Intensity 264 Light Color Flare Color 2...

Page 12: ...f Operation 289 E MEM Define Memo Menus 290 E MEM Timeline Mode Menus 293 Graphical Timeline Representation 293 Direct Mode and Digipots 294 Modify Popup 295 Insert Misc Popup 298 Delete Popup 304 Duration Popup 305 Save Recall 306 Media Player Menus 309 Clip Select Menu 310 Clips Play Menu 311 Machine Delegation 312 AUX Menus 313 External Router Menu 314 Scalar Menu HD Only 316 Setting Up Scalar ...

Page 13: ...el Menu 348 Color Coding 349 Fixed Softkeys 350 Delegation 350 Transfer 351 Lock Menu 351 Digits 352 Previous Menu 352 Bar Graphics 353 Digipot Designator 354 Selection Box 355 List Boxes and Index Cards 356 Typewriter 357 Using a Mouse 358 Dialog Title 359 Menu Groups and Hierarchy 360 Startup Menu 362 Selection of the Mainframe 363 Selection of an Attached Panel 363 Close Minimize Shut Down 364 ...

Page 14: ... 394 Untangle 395 AUX Menu 395 TiM E Memo Menus 397 TiM E Memo Select Menu 397 Function Buttons 397 Define Memo Menu 401 TiM E Edit Menu 403 Function Buttons 403 Selecting of the Modify All mode 404 Object Overview and Parameter Entry 407 410 Remote Menu 411 Function Buttons 411 GPI Out Menu 412 Function Buttons 413 Remote P Bus 414 Function Buttons 414 Media Player Menus 417 MP Status Menu 417 Di...

Page 15: ... Index Card 459 Install Panel Menu 461 Dialog Buttons 461 Function Buttons Index Cards 462 AUX CP Index Card 463 Misc Index Card 464 UPK User Programmable Keys Buttons Index Card 465 UMD Index Card 466 ME Delegation Index Card 467 GPI Index Card 468 GPO Index Card 469 Sat Panel Index Card 470 Install System Menu 471 Hardware Option Index Card 471 Software Option Index Card 472 Temporary License In...

Page 16: ...Config Panel Menu 510 Function Buttons Index Cards 510 How to Store a Macro 511 Macro Editor 513 Assign Index Card 519 AUX CP Index Card 522 ME Delegation Index Card 523 MP Delegation Index Card 524 525 GPI Index Card 526 ME Delegation Index Card 527 Misc Index Card 528 SatPanel Index Card 529 Attached Macros Menu 530 Viewer for Attached Macros 530 Principles of Macro Attachment 531 Personality Me...

Page 17: ... about Kayak HD DD and for enhancing your basic knowledge of the system The Installation and Service Manual contains information about installing configuring and maintaining the system The service section of this manual is in preparation The Release Notes contain information about new features and system enhancements for a specific software version and also includes software installation procedure...

Page 18: ...18 Kayak User Manual Preface ...

Page 19: ...odule Kayak HD 200C which includes a 2 M E Control Panel and a 4 RU Video Processor Frame frame equipped with two M E modules Kayak HD 200 which includes a 2 M E Control Panel and a 8 RU Video Processor Frame frame equipped with two M E modules Kayak HD 250C which includes a 2 M E Control Panel and a 4 RU Video Processor Frame frame equipped with two and a half M E modules Kayak HD 250 which inclu...

Page 20: ...2 RU video processing frame Low power consumption Intuitive menu with touch screen 16 inputs 5 fixed M E outputs 2x PGM 1x Preview 1xClean 1xCleanPVW 10 timed auxiliary buses Internal frame optional RAMRecorder holds short clips and stills and works as a frame synchronizer Remote monitoring support via optional NetCentral software Four keyers each with linear luminance and optional Chromatte chrom...

Page 21: ...ption Intuitive menu with touch screen 32 inputs 10 fixed M E outputs 2x PGM 1x Preview 1xClean 1xCleanPVW per M E 10 timed auxiliary buses Internal frame optional RAMRecorder holds short clips and stills and works as a frame synchronizer Remote monitoring support via optional NetCentral software Four keyers each with linear luminance and optional Chromatte chroma key functionality per M E Optiona...

Page 22: ...ense Key SLK Two high quality chroma keyers standard Number of M Es One for Kayak HD 100C 1 5 for Kayak HD 150C Two for Kayak HD 200 200C 2 5 for Kayak HD 250 250C Three for Kayak HD 300 3 5 for Kayak HD 350 Note 5 M E includes cuts and mixes no wipes or iDPM with simple linear lumi nance keyers and no chroma keys Number of inputs 24 to 48 for Kayak HD 100C 150C 48 for Kayak HD 200C 250C 48 to 96 ...

Page 23: ...reference White or colored pushbutton keycaps factory installed choose when ordered Freeze frame buffer on every full function keyer Two main wipe generators and 4 keyer wipe generators per M E YUV Color correction on every keyer and background bus Internal four port Gigabit Ethernet 10 100 1000 base T switch Eight serial ports for external machine control Kayak HD Options Internal six channel RAM...

Page 24: ...ffects module to any Kayak HD chassis Order one or more options to get the total M Es required The 4RU chassis holds up to two M E modules and or I O Expander modules One M E upgrade option can be added to a Kayak HD 1 M E or 1 5 M E system if it does not also have an I O Expander module The 8RU chassis holds up to four M E modules and or I O Expander modules One or two upgrade options can be adde...

Page 25: ...ol Panel Top View Figure 2 1 M E Control Panel Rear View Digipots and Menu Buttons Positioner Gra phical Display Menu Navigation Program Preset Crossbar Selection Keyer 2nd Transition Subpanel Positioner Subpanel Transition Lever Effect Subpanel Graphical Display Keyers Subpanel Misc Delegation and Crossbar Selection Main Transition Subpanel Digipots and Menu Buttons Menu Navigation Buttons Progra...

Page 26: ...s Graphical Display M E1 P P Misc Delegation and Crossbar Selection Digipots and Menu Buttons Menu Navigation Buttons Delegation Subpanel Keyers Subpanel Effect Subpanel P P Transition Lever P P Transition Subpanels M E1 Misc Delegation and Crossbar Selection Kayak DD 2 Panel USB P S 2 3 4 8448_05_r0 Future use Future use PS 2 Port 48V DC Power In from Frame Redundant DC Power In USB 4 LAN RS 485 ...

Page 27: ... 300 Control Panel Figure 6 3 M E Control Panel Rear View J1A J1B DIGITAL PRODUCTION SWITCHER J2 J3 J4 J5 J5 DC POWER IN 48V 1 3A max 48V 1 3A max RED DC POWER IN USB LAN RS 485 RS 232 1 2 COM 2 COM 1 Spare TE KAYAK 48V DC Power In from Frame Redundant DC Power In LAN USB RS 485 RS 232 8448_12_r0 ...

Page 28: ... Figure 7 Kayak 4RU Frame Front View with Door Removed ON OFF Top M E Slot M E 0 PP Bottom M E Slot M E 1 Controller and 0 5 M E 2 USB unused Air Filter Fan Assembly Flash Memory Power Switch Reset Button RS 232 Power Supply Unit 1 Redundant Power Supply Unit 2 option 8448_01_r1 PS2 Keyboard VGA ...

Page 29: ...8RU Frame Front View with Door Removed ON OFF M E 0 PP M E 1 M E 2 M E 3 Expansion Slot Controller and 0 5 M E Fan Assembly Flash Memory Power Switch Reset Button 2 USB unused Air Fi Power Supply Unit 1 Power Supply Unit 2 Power Supply Unit 3 Optional RS 232 PS2 Keyboard VGA ...

Page 30: ...d Kayak Control Panel or for each additional Control Panel connected to the same processor chassis Power output is sufficient for two 1 M E systems or one 2 M E system Grass Valley recommends that customers purchase this option if the dis tance from the Frame to the Control Panel is more than 100 meters Figure 9 KDD PSU Figure 10 KDD PSU Rear View KDD PSU Front Left 8448_17_r0 ...

Page 31: ...ideo processing circuitry Video processing is available for each separate M E background Key and Utility bus In addition contrast brightness and hue can be adjusted on a bus by bus basis Each M E has four full function keyers with optional internal Digital Picture Manipulator effects Each keyer has access to its own wipe gener ator as well as a pair of standard flexible chroma keyers which may be ...

Page 32: ...nt 144 x 144 M E 1 Mix Effect Board Main Board Ser Pvw A Σ Ser Pgm B Σ Ser Pvw B Σ Ser Effects Send 1 Σ Ser Σ Effects Send 2 Video Proc Video Proc Video Proc Video Proc Video Proc Video Proc Video Proc Video Proc Video Proc Video Proc Video Proc Video Proc Variable Delay 25 48 Ser Des 13 Variable Delay Ser Des Σ Σ M E 2 Mix Effect Board Video Proc Video Proc Analog SD Reference 2 Complex Wipe Gen ...

Page 33: ...al 33 Video Signal Flow Figure 12 KayakDD Vidoe Signal Flow iDPM iDPM Video Proc Video Proc AUX Proc PP Single Mixer Effect Plug In Board RY 3720 ME Single Mixer Effect Plug In Board RY 3930 Main Board RY 3910 8448_62 ...

Page 34: ...34 Kayak User Manual Section 1 System Overview ...

Page 35: ...bilities or the same Kayak system can be re configured to have different capabilities at different times The way a Kayak Digital Production Switcher is wired into your facility affects the Kayak system s capabilities For example the number of sources physically connected to the system obviously determines what video the system can handle However because Kayak system video key inputs and AUX Bus ou...

Page 36: ...gs Facility maintenance personnel or the engineer in charge of a production truck gen erally manages Engineering Setups These parameters are usually set during installation Engineering Setups information includes Networking IP addresses Timing Type of Reference signal External device interfaces DDRs VTRs DPM Router AUX Control Panels etc Various other system functions Config Application Control Th...

Page 37: ...tup changes which will work without an physical change of a device are part of Configuration menu Setting up the type the address and the connection port for an auxiliary control panel is part of Installation Configuring the behavior and the button assignment of this AUX CP is part of a configuration Signal Routing Inputs and Sources Kayak HD Incoming video signals are connected to the Kayak HD sy...

Page 38: ...t can be received on a single connector However other devices may output multiple signals For example a character generator usually provides a signal with two com ponents commonly called video and key Some incoming signals may also originate from devices the KayakDD system can control Router DPM DDR For a KayakDD Digital Production Switcher the term source refers to all the video signals and other...

Page 39: ...remapping sources does not change the appearance of recalled effects You can also assign sources to buttons using the Sidepanel program Key Memory Key parameters can be saved to a separate key memory for every Kayak system source These parameters can be applied automatically whenever that source is selected Buses and Crosspoints A bus is technically defined as a signal path where one of several av...

Page 40: ...ssociation goes first through source to button mapping then through source definition to find the physical inputs On the Kayak system a single source button can control crosspoints on dif ferent buses simultaneously For example during keying both the video and key signals of a source can be selected with a single button press In this case two different crosspoints on separate buses key fill bus an...

Page 41: ...en on it lights to indicate that the subsequent selection s on the crosspoint selector row will be made from the shifted set of sources 15 through 28 When off the subsequent selection s come from the unshifted set 1 through 14 If the user toggles the Shift button to the state that is opposite from the shift state for the cur rently selected input then the crosspoint selector button blinks to indic...

Page 42: ...he current background output and the source on the background B bus is the background video that will be used next During most transitions portions of both back grounds are output simultaneously The keyers in the M E allow the inclu sion of additional material over the background Wipe generators also exist which create patterns used by the mixer for wipe transitions or used by the keyers to modify...

Page 43: ...ed a custom pattern into a wipe generator or create a custom border wash pattern Effects Send Effects Send provides a method of integrating digital effects devices into the M E Effects Send switches the key cut and key fill outputs of the keyer of the M E to a digital effects device for manipulation The manipulated key cut and key fill outputs are then received and sent directly to the inputs of t...

Page 44: ... of these AUX busses Kayak DD Outputs Video production switchers generate several different video outputs Pro gram Preview etc A final program output from PGM is typically sent to the transmitter for broadcast and or to output devices for recording Aux Bus outputs may also be used for special purposes Kayak DD Program and Preview Output Busses For each M E the KayakDD system has dedicated BNC outp...

Page 45: ... used by all points of use so changing one of these parameters will affect all locations where that wipe pattern generator is being used at that time Separate sets of point of use parameters however are maintained for each Kayak system point of use These settings are used only by each individual points of use so changing them will not affect any other point of use For example a wipe shape box circ...

Page 46: ... cut transitions on The M E are first selected on the Background B bus to allow previewing the upcoming picture before it is cut On Air Mix A mix is a transition from one picture to another where the new picture fades in as the existing picture fades out During a standard mix transition a superimposition of both pictures each at a lower intensity is visible The Kayak system allows mixing from one ...

Page 47: ...ipe transition shapes and gener ally this is used only by advanced operators Utility bus video signals can also be used to generate a custom pattern for a wipe transition or other pur poses Other Wipe Pattern Generator Uses Wipe pattern generator circuitry can be used for purposes that do not involve transitions Each Kayak M E has the two complex wipe pattern generators described above and each of...

Page 48: ... Background A and goes to source 2 on Background B as soon at the transition to source 2 completes source 2 will be taken to the Background A bus without disturbing the output of the M E The source 1 selection will also be immediately taken to the Background B bus Look Ahead Preview If a preview monitor is configured for Look Ahead Preview mode the end result of the upcoming transition can be view...

Page 49: ... higher key priorities The backgrounds always have the lowest priority Changes in key priority can be included as a part of a transition Like any other transition the current stack will transition to the key priority of the next stack For example suppose the current stack has Keys 1 2 and 3 in that key priority order over Background A and the next stack specifies key priority order 3 2 1 A mix tra...

Page 50: ...camera to perform a luminance key with a matte fill This type of key is a good example for explaining basic keying principles because three separate and independent incoming signals are used To insert a green logo into background video the logo can be printed in white on black paper and a camera can be focused on it The signal from the camera can be selected as the key cut signal and green matte v...

Page 51: ...ches the key cut signal is called shaped video During keying properly shaped key fill video can be summed with a background signal with a hole cut and achieve the desired result The appropriate key mode for this type of signal is the additive key If a key fill does not match the hole in the background like in the matte key example above the key fill needs to be shaped by the switcher By multi plyi...

Page 52: ... high can cause ragged key edges The Kayak system provides two methods for adjusting the key control signal Clip and Gain and Clip Hi and Clip Lo Note that the same basic keying process is controlled by either of these methods Clip and Gain The Clip and Gain operation selects a threshold of the selected key cut video that will be used to cut the hole in the background video Clip con trols the thre...

Page 53: ... that go below unity gain Figure 20 Keying Gain Values On the Kayak system Gain has a percentage value A Gain value of 50 requires a luminance change of 50 of the distance between black and white to produce a keying signal ranging from transparent to opaque A gain value of 100 unity gain uses the entire range between black and white for this transparent to opaque transition A gain value of 0 pro d...

Page 54: ...the point of opacity does not change the point of transpar ency and vice versa Clip Gain Clip Hi and Clip Low adjustments always interact Changing one always results in changes to two other values Changing Clip Hi or Clip Low changes both Clip and Gain not just Gain S Shaped Key Signals On the Kayak system an S shaping function is applied to the edges of lumi nance keys S shaping smooths the sharp...

Page 55: ... key fill Complex mask shapes are often easier to draw by hand than to create with multiple wipe patterns Opacity The opacity of a key can be adjusted When opacity is reduced below 100 some background video is allowed to show through areas where it is nor mally excluded Key opacity is an adjustment to the overall intensity of the key and is separate from Clip and Gain controls Note that a common m...

Page 56: ... complete opacity black indicate complete transparency and gray areas indicate translucent areas of the key The whiter the show key signal the more opaque the key will be This key preview signal reflects all the adjustments that have been made to the key control signal Linear Key A linear key typically uses separate key cut and key fill input signals that are intended to be used for linear keying ...

Page 57: ...actually gradients which allows these edges to blend smoothly with the background In the Kayak System the Linear Key is just a special parameter setup of the Luminance Key Background Video Key Cut Key Control typically unchanged Completed Linear Key Key Fill LOG O LOGO LOG O LOGO Key Hole in Background x Clip Gain Invert 0618_00_61 LOG O LOGO LOGO LOGO ...

Page 58: ...g video signal using clip and gain controls When only one source is used for both key cut and key fill the key is called a Self key or Video key The same key source signal is multiplied by the key cut signal to create the key fill and then the signals are summed Figure 24 Luminance Keying Self Key Clip and Gain or Clip Hi Lo controls for luminance keys offer wide adjustment ranges On the Kayak sys...

Page 59: ...reground and background are often a source of confusion when used for chroma keys Foreground refers to the people or objects in a chroma key scene that are in front of the colored backdrop Background refers to the scene that will replace the backing color same as a linear or luminance key in the final picture Background does not refer to the back drop of the foreground scene Background Video Chrom...

Page 60: ...eplacing it with the new background video It usually has a very low selectivity and therefore suppresses a wide range of colors The goal is to suppress as much of the backing color as pos sible without affecting foreground regions Secondary suppression is essentially a second chroma keyer that can be used to deal with areas where the backing color passes through some trans lucent portion of the fo...

Page 61: ...rols over the location size border opacity and edge softness are available Figure 26 Preset Pattern Split Key A split key uses an alternative key cut signal for keying On the Kayak system a key split is performed by holding down the Key Split button and selecting the desired key cut signal Split keys should normally treat the fill as unshaped since by definition a split key uses a fill that is not...

Page 62: ...a key signal and a fill video signal a linear key The DPM s key signal fill video that has been set as a shaped output and fill video set as unshaped is shown in Figure 30 on page 63 Figure 27 Video and Key Signals from DPM When the shaping is done properly using either shaped Additive Key or unshaped Luminance Key key fill the desired output is the result Figure 24 on page 58 Figure 28 Correctly ...

Page 63: ...l signal When the DPM provides an unshaped video output but the key is pro cessed as though it were shaped excessive luminance occurs where the key fill video and key hole edges overlap producing a white halo around the key Additive Key was used for unshaped key fill signal 8447_06r0 x Invert Background Key Hole in Background Key Control Shaping Circuit On Doubly Shaped Video Incorrect Key with Da...

Page 64: ...rs Half M E and DSK Option Besides the four standard full function keyers an additional four simple Linear and Luminance only Downstream Keyers are available as an option as part of the Half M E and DSK Upgrade These DSKs can be coupled to any M E in the system to operate downstream of that M E The DSKs do not support chroma keys or DPM effects 8447_07r0 x Invert Background Key Hole in Background ...

Page 65: ...nslation has special basic concepts and terminology you should understand in order to get the most out of using the option Translation and Transformation Translation is a subset of transformation and involves picture movement along the X Y and Z axis The picture is simply relocated to a different place and does not change in actual size or shape Figure 33 Picture Translation Transformation include...

Page 66: ...mits multiple rotations Spin applies transform values in Z X Y order so editing effects in this axis order provides the best control of the effect Note Following broadcast conventions moving the Joystick forward or back along the Joystick s Y axis rotates the top of the picture forward or back a rotation about the X reference axis Similarly moving the Joystick left or right along the Joystick s X ...

Page 67: ...move the axis to a new loca tion to change the behavior of that channel The axis location can be within or outside the screen area Z Axis Rotation at Different Axis Locations Figure 36 Frame of Reference Axis Locations Source and Target Space The Kayak Digital Picture Manipulator uses source and target space frames of reference Source space for a control channel uses that channel s coordinate syst...

Page 68: ... the target space is referenced to the monitor screen straight X axis translations will move this picture differ ently depending on whether source or target space is being used Figure 38 Source and Target Space Translation If the channel is controlled by a global channel and the global channel itself has been rotated an X axis translation will depend on whether the channel itself or the global cha...

Page 69: ...ctures onto new locations of the screen For example if an image has the right perspective but is partially off screen it can be brought back on screen without changing the perspective Figure 41 Post Transform Translation Y X Z Global C hannel 0865_05 Logical Channel Source Translate Along X Axis Y Z X Global C hannel Logical Channel Target Translate Along X Axis Y Z X Global C hannel Y Z X Global ...

Page 70: ...rces are being selected for different sides of an effect The Kayak system uses a Near and Far convention to ease system opera tion Near is always the side of the picture that is visible facing toward the viewer and Far is the hidden side of the picture facing away from the viewer The current Near side can be either the front side or the back side of the picture depending on orientation For example...

Page 71: ...er tical Y axis Figure 42 For simplicity examples in this manual use the 4 x 3 aspect ratio These coordinates can be used for monitor screen locations channel target space with default global channel or they can be applied to picture loca tions channel source space Figure 42 Screen Coordinates Screen units are also used to define Z axis dimension depth in 3 D space Positive Z axis values are back ...

Page 72: ...d fractionally with respect to 360 A value of 0 25 indi cates a rotation of 90 degrees 0 50 indicates 180 degrees maximum rota tion Rotation values can be positive or negative which determines the direction of rotation Spin Spins are measured in number of 360 rotations up to 999 Fractional spin values are also supported A single axis 0 50 spin is the same as a single axis 0 50 rotation Spin values...

Page 73: ...ed the transforms are nested so that the values of one transform are applied after the previous transform values have been calcu lated This nesting provides increased control of the effect dynamics Source and Target space also affects the transform nesting order Figure 44 Spin and Rotate Transform Nesting Spin Source Rotate Source Rotate Target Spin Target 0618_04_138_r0 ...

Page 74: ...tions then change all at once for the next keyframe LINEAR Applies a linear interpolation between keyframes no accel eration or deceleration is applied Movement is mechanical with a con stant velocity S LINEAR Applies a linear or straight line motion between key frames with acceleration and deceleration applied at the beginning and end of each keyframe At each S Linear keyframe the motion is stopp...

Page 75: ... additional fine tuning path controls become available TENSION Controls the length of the tension vector At a setting of 0 0 this imaginary line extends an equal distance into and out of the key frame and the path through the middle keyframe is curved CONTINUITY Determines the angle of the path into and out of the keyframe BIAS Determines whether the path will be pulled towards the pre vious or th...

Page 76: ...trols act on these vector parameters to adjust the path into entry and out of exit the key frame The path through KF2 is parallel to an imaginary line drawn between KF1 and KF3 Figure 46 Path Vectors Vector Values Path vector setting values of 1 0 are available same as the Thomson Grass Valley Kaleidoscope DPM KF1 KF2 KF3 Tension Vector Bias Vector Continuity Vector 0721_06_46_r1 ...

Page 77: ...eter value For example at a Tension setting of 0 zero this imaginary line extends an equal distance into and out of the keyframe and the path through the middle keyframe is curved The unmodified KF2 is said to have a correc tion value of 0 0 Figure 47 Tension Control Setting Zero In the example below the TENSION control is increased to 1 0 so that the Tension vector is shortened to non existence t...

Page 78: ...thens the Tension vector causing the path through the middle key frame to be longer and broader Figure 49 The longer path will appear to make the image speed up through KF2 as it travels from KF1 to KF3 Figure 49 Tension Control Setting 1 0 Tension 1 0 KF1 KF2 KF3 No Tension Vector 0721_06_48_r0 Tension 1 0 KF1 KF2 KF3 Tension Vector 0721_06_49_r0 ...

Page 79: ...ified path of the other controls Figure 50 Continuity Control Setting Zero With continuity set to 1 0 the entry path through the keyframe is pulled positively along the continuity vector The effect of 1 0 continuity is that of motion dropping into and then out of the keyframe similar to a bouncing ball Figure 50 on page 79 Figure 51 Continuity Control Setting 1 0 Continuity 0 0 KF1 KF2 KF3 0721_06...

Page 80: ...ontinuity set to 1 0 the paths between the keyframes become straight lines accelerating into the keyframe and decelerating as it leaves the keyframe Figure 52 Continuity Control Setting 1 0 Continuity 1 0 KF1 KF2 KF3 0721_06_52_r0 Continuity Vector ...

Page 81: ...the curve through the keyframe is gentle as shown in Figure 53 Note A Tension vector must be present for Bias control to be available Figure 53 Bias Control Setting Zero With the bias set to 1 0 the path is pulled towards the following keyframe Entry into and exit from the keyframe is a straight line from the previous keyframe and the path of the effect travels completely through KF2 before turnin...

Page 82: ...to 1 0 the path is pulled towards the previous keyframe Entry into and exit from the keyframe is a straight line to the following key frame Figure 55 Bias Control Setting 1 0 Bias 1 0 KF1 KF2 KF3 Entry Bias Tension Vector 0721_06_54_r0 Bias 1 0 KF1 KF2 KF3 Exit Bias Tension Vector 0721_06_55_r0 ...

Page 83: ...orced on just prior to recalling an effect or it can be saved with the effect to be used auto matically This feature changes the paradigm of control for effects allowing effects to be applied under more flexible set of conditions and also to be used as spe cialized functions to perform specific actions Within the DPM timeline system when an effect is first created a snapshot of all values is saved...

Page 84: ... size and on screen in the upper left It is moved off screen to the right Keyframe 1 locate X 2 0 locate Y 1 0 size 50 Keyframe 2 locate X 8 0 Figure 56 Parallel Mode Example Now suppose that the image is centered and size 30 Next effect 3 is recalled in sure touch parallel mode The result would look like this KF 1 KF 2 KF 1 KF 2 8447_08r0 ...

Page 85: ...rallel mode but the effect converges to the absolute end state of the effect over the course of the effect Effect 2 Starts with the image centered and 30 size Image is spun off screen to the right and down Keyframe 1 size 30 Keyframe 2 locate X 8 0 locate Y 6 0 spin Z 1 875 Figure 57 Converge Mode Example 8447_09r0 KF 1 KF 2 ...

Page 86: ...h sure touch converge mode The result would appear as shown here The effect converges towards the original effect over the dura tion of the effect The final keyframe of the effect would set the location and spin Z to exactly the same values as in the original effect Figure 58 Converge Mode Example continued 8447_10r0 KF 1 KF 2 ...

Page 87: ...rame 1 size 5 locate X 6 0 Keyframe 2 size 15 locate X 2 0 locate Y 2 0 Keyframe 3 size 25 locate X 2 0 locate Y 1 5 Figure 59 Comparing Parallel and Converge Modes The result of moving the starting image location and recalling this effect in parallel mode red and converge mode green is shown here Figure 60 Comparing Parallel and Converge Modes continued Obviously there are ways to use sure touch ...

Page 88: ...88 Kayak User Manual Section 2 Concepts ...

Page 89: ...asy positioning of DPM wipes and pattern keys The separate Cut Auto buttons in the bottom right section allow keyer control independent from the transition section Figure 61 Overview Kayak 100 Control Panel Digipots and Menu Buttons Positioner Gra phical Display Menu Navigation Program Preset Crossbar Selection Keyer 2nd Transition Subpanel Positioner Subpanel Transition Lever Effect Subpanel Grap...

Page 90: ... of DPM wipes and pattern keys Transition control for M 1 and P P are handled in the right sections of the panel The separate Cut Auto buttons on the right of the transition lever allow keyer control independent from the transition section Figure 62 Overview Kayak 200 Control Panel 8447_13r0 Program Preset Transition Subpanels Effects Subpanel Positioner Subpanel M E 1 Transition Subpanels Digipot...

Page 91: ...e override That source will be held on that bus even if a register is recalled and or run that specifies a different source as long as the source button is held Unshifted and Shifted Sources When the Shift button is not pressed the row of source selection buttons accesses inputs 1 to 12 When the Shift button is held down it lights and the row of crosspoints now accesses inputs 13 to 16 If a select...

Page 92: ...cates an asynchronous source 2 A constantly lit indicator indicates a color corrected source This function is unaffected by the Async Blinking button i e you still get a constantly lit indicator for a color corrected source when Async Blinking is turned off Turning off Async Blinking completely disables the indication of asynchronous sources via the Uncal lamps For details refer to the section on ...

Page 93: ... the drawing above When a bus is selected in the bus delegation row the currently selected source or the last recalled macro will light on the bus selection row Selecting a different source macro will change the bus selection Available Bus Delegations Key1 Key4 A button press in the bus selection row selects the fill signal and the coupled key signal for the corresponding keyer This coupled key si...

Page 94: ...simultaneously Now you can enter the time for the pause using the key pad in the Effect section The maximum pause time is 25 5 seconds If you need longer pauses you can add more than one pause With macro delegation all 16 buttons serve as macro positions that means also the button labeled Shift is a macro button allowing to record and play a total of 16 macros Within all other delegations the bus ...

Page 95: ...macro Press and hold the button where the macro will be recorded and simultaneously press and hold the button where the macro will be attached After 2 seconds a beep and flashing buttons indicate the attachment is stored Both buttons can then be released Post macro Press and hold the button where the macro will be attached and simultaneously press and hold the button where the macro will be record...

Page 96: ... Transition Control The transition control is performed in 3 sections Main Transition Subpanel with all main controls for transitions Transition Lever Arm Fader for manual transition control 2nd Transition Subpanel with separate cut mix per keyer and fade to black Example Kayak HD 1 8447_17r0 ...

Page 97: ... than one transition element can be selected by holding down one button while pressing another in the group Elements not selected remain in their current state when the transition is performed For example if Key 1 is on and is not selected as part of the next transition it will remain on during and after the transition The BGD button selects a change in the background buses The result will be a tr...

Page 98: ...deo amount of the keyer In a DPM transition the Lever Arm or the Auto Trans control the timeline of the DPM effect selected for this keyer When the key was off at transition start the video amount of the keyer is fully switched on at transition start allowing to fly the key in When the key was on at transition start the video amount of the keyer is fully switched off at the end of the transition a...

Page 99: ... to the other per forms a complete transition It is possible to start a transition with the lever then stop moving the lever at any point reverse its direction and even return it to the original limit without completing the transition If the Transition Lever Arm is not in an end position when recalling an effect or performing an Auto Trans the lever arm is resynced by recalculating the resting lev...

Page 100: ...as been selected Pressing Trns Pvw routes the main transition video to preview output and disables program transitions on that M E leaving the existing program output unchanged Pressing Auto Trans or moving the Transition Lever Arm with Trns Pvw active will show the transition only on preview allowing the setting of wipe parameters or adjusting auto transition times before actu ally performing tha...

Page 101: ...ation with the Auto Trans or Cut button to perform a main transition For example you can start the transition by moving the lever off its limit and finish the transition by pressing Auto Trans Moving the lever part way then pressing Cut will complete the transi tion with a cut The lever arm will be resynced by recalculating the resting lever arm way to complete the transition in the direction of t...

Page 102: ...ently delegated to the Keyers Panel Due to the Auto delegation the keyers panel is automatically delegated to the appropriate keyer when it makes sense When Auto Menu is enabled the menu display of the attached side panel will switch to the appropriate Key Menu and sub menu Parameter adjustment is performed by the menu digipots Key Types Figure 67 Key Type Buttons 8448_22_r0 8447_19r0 ...

Page 103: ... black background Otherwise the addition of the signals will yield a discolored background signal Lum Key The Lum Key button selects the luminance key mode The key control signal is derived from the luminance component of the key source signal The key control signal controls the transition between background and foreground fill signal Lin Key Pressing the two buttons Add Lin and Lum Lin sets the l...

Page 104: ...a source selection always selects the Fill signal for the corresponding keyer The Self Couple and Split Couple buttons define the way in which the key signal is selected If Self Couple Key is selected the selected Fill signal is also used as key signal If Split Couple is active a selection of the Fill signal does not change the key signal To select the Key signal hold down the Split Couple button ...

Page 105: ...for maximum 6 Increase the Selectivity until the background is completely keyed off but foreground stays unaffected 7 Adjust CHROMA and LUM primary so that the background color and luminance appears as in the original 8 Adjust Clip Lo Hi Adjust Clip Lo to make the foreground opacity and adjust clip Hi to suppress noise shadows in the background To help with this adjustment turn on Show Key using t...

Page 106: ...ession Hue and Luminance Sets primary suppression Selectivity and Chroma to defaults Calculates Clip Low and sets Clip Hi to default Sets all the secondary suppression values to duplicate the primary sup pression values but turns secondary suppression off Changes Opacity temporarily to 100 to permit an accurate backing color sample and then returns it to its original setting Sets Key Position and ...

Page 107: ...d in the first software releases FGD Fade If the set is lit unevenly or has other problems FGD Fade is available to help solve the problem A better alternative if time permits is to adjust the lighting on the set to even out the backing color This may improve the key so that FGD Fade is not needed Key Prior Button The Key Prior button allows the user to set the next priority stack of the four keye...

Page 108: ...he keyer to control one of these two mask types Changes to the masking controls affect only the selected mask type of the keyer delegated in the Keyers subpanel A high button tally indicates which mask is being controlled If the other mask is also active its delegation button will low tally Masking parameters are controlled in the Keyer Mask Menu Key PVW The Key PVW button is used for viewing the ...

Page 109: ...ult Mode Button functionality changes Cur Prior Selection for current priority like Next Prior button holding down and select the priority order from top to bottom by pressing the corresponding key delegation buttons Fixed Linear Lum Key Fixed Linear Lum Key Adjustable Linear Fixed Linear and Adjustable Linear show exactly the same behavior Fixed Linear has Clip 50 Gain 100 unchangeable Clip Gain ...

Page 110: ...Video Key Key Split When both buttons are off the key couple table is used for the selection of the key source When Video Key is on the selected fill source is also used as keys source Key Split button on indicates that a different source is used as key signal To enter Key Split mode Hold down the button and select a fill source Which source is used as key source depends on the Video Key button Wh...

Page 111: ...njunction with the menus for the Digital Picture Manipulator The positioner is particularly suitable for adjusting position and rotation parameters and can also be used to select a color from an image for example chroma key backing color using an on screen cursor Operating the positioner subpanel involves delegating a resource and a set of associated parameters to the positioner The positioner the...

Page 112: ...n is also used to pick a backing color when auto setting up a chroma key Positioner Delegation Because the Positioner is used for many different functions multiple stages of delegation can be required to access and control a specific set of param eters There are two ways of delegation Delegation by Menu A selection in the menu delegates the corre sponding digipots parameters to the positioner if t...

Page 113: ...he other delegation but tons the system checks whether there is a point of use for the corre sponding wipe generator In this case the corresponding set of parameters is delegated to the Positioner Pressing the Keyer delegation button or the wipe transition button repeat edly toggles through the different points of use of the wipe generator for the selected delegation Pressing the wipe generator bu...

Page 114: ... transitions Hold down the Trans Dur button and press the Auto button or the Key1 Mix Key4 Mix buttons to set the selected transition rates Enter the time with the keypad and confirm the entry by pressing the Enter button To perform the different tasks the Effects Subpanel has 5 Delegation buttons DPM Store edit recall DPM effects Ram Store recall RAM Recorder stills play RAM Recorder clips MP Ext...

Page 115: ... immediately To run an effect in either mode just press the Cut button Note In register mode the first press of the Cut button after you have entered the digits recalls the effect The next press of the Cut button runs the effect While the effect is running consecutive pressing of the Cut button toggle between Pause and Play For more detailed run controls please use the menu Enabling and Disabling ...

Page 116: ...ister is empty REG 24 Register 24 is selected in Bank mode 2 This corresponds to register 24 Register 24 is empty REG B24 Register 5 is selected The register contains a effect and has no particular name EFF 05 eff05 As above but Bank mode 0 with hotkey 5 EFF B05 eff05 Register 5 is selected The register contains a effect with the name ABCDEFGH The name can only be entered in the menu EFF 05 ABCD E...

Page 117: ...the current one clear the register and insert one key frame with the current state of the enabled Digital Picture Manipulators During edit mode the digit buttons of the numeric keypad have the fol lowing functions To leave the edit mode just press the Edit button again You are now prompted to press Enter for saving the changes or Clear to discard the changes Deleting a Register 1 Press Clear 2 Sel...

Page 118: ...g channel number Since the frames of a channel can be looked at as moving video or as inde pendent stills the Bank button is used to toggle between Clip and Stillstore Mode The display shows the channel number and depending on the mode status and the timecode or the number of the still When the Bank button is lit Clip Mode is selected In Clip Mode each digit button in the keypad represent a tape m...

Page 119: ...hical symbol on the numeric keypad Button Functions The record command is accomplished by holding down the Store button and pressing the digit button 6 The Edit button allows you to enter a timecode for the GOTO Timecode command You can enter the timecode using the Undo button as delimiter The timecode entry has to be confirmed be the Enter button Table 4 MP Button Functions Button Description 7 R...

Page 120: ...y whenever an editing action is initiated through the menu and deactivated automatically whenever the user presses the Run button Second edit cursor position is preserved as far as possible when changing into and out of edit mode The DD edit mode doesn t allow the edit cursor to be placed in between keyframes therefore edit cursor snaps to the beginning of the current keyframe upon entering edit m...

Page 121: ...e path means the ability to insert a keyframe at a position between two keyframes without changing the overall duration of the Timeline One last difference is that Default Mode handles any type of action in key frames while DD Mode has several different types of objects in a Timeline such as Triggers Waits or Loops For DD Mode operating details refer to the section on E MEM DD Mode of Operation on...

Page 122: ...r the status of a switcher part KEYFRAME KF Static switcher status within one timeline TIMELINE TIML Stored sequence of switcher statuses keyframes DISSOLVE Dissolve between static switcher statuses The analogue values are dissolved the switching functions are switched at the end of the dissolve procedure DISSOLVE TIME Time for dissolving between two static switcher statuses STORE Storing of a sta...

Page 123: ...ter 24 is selected in Bank Mode 2 This corresponds to register 24 Register 24 is empty REG B24 Register 05 is selected The register contains a snapshot and has no particular name SNAP 05 SN05 As above but in Bank Mode 0 with hotkey 5 SNAP B05 SN05 EFGH Register 05 is selected The register contains a snapshot with the name ABCDEFGH The name can only be entered in the menu SNAP 05 ABCD EFGH As above...

Page 124: ...storing of snapshots or timelines the register to be used for storage must be selected The procedure is the same for both cases However the indication in the display differs If the register number is to be taken over that was shown before the actua tion of the Store or Edit button no further selection is necessary During storing the contents of the register is overwritten If you wish to select the...

Page 125: ...a Snapshot 1 Set the switcher in the desired operation mode 2 Set Define memo 3 Press Store 4 Select register with numeric key pad 5 Press Enter Deleting Snapshots and Timelines 1 Press Clear 2 Select other register 0 99 Only if not already displayed 3 3 Press Enter Dissolve Functions Depending on Snapshot or Timeline Preselection Note Timelines that contain an endless loop or that are waiting for...

Page 126: ...Function of the button If the E MEM is not playing a timeline and a snapshot register is selected Cut recalls the snapshot If the E MEM is not playing a timeline and a timeline register is selected Cut starts playing the timeline If the E MEM is playing a timeline Cut pauses playing the timeline another Cut continues playing the timeline If the E MEM is playing a timeline and the timeline is waiti...

Page 127: ...eline Editing Components of a Timeline A timeline is stored as a chain of keyframes with related transitions between the keyframes and other timeline objects e g waits triggers Figure 73 Components of Timeline The dissolve between the keyframes is set to linear for default 8447_24r0 Keyframe 1 Keyframe 2 Keyframe 3 Keyframe n t H Waiting or Hold Time t H t T Transition Time ...

Page 128: ...xt stored timeline timeline in register nn TLnn Loop begin symbol Loop Loop end symbol ELoop Wait for a user input User Wait for a number of frames Hold Wait for a special time of day TOD Wait for a special timecode of a conn machine TC Trigger MaKE Memo nn of the panel where the timeline was stated MaKnn Wait for GPI n GPIn Wait for GPO n GPOn Trigger external GPO n EGPOn Wait for panel GPI n PGP...

Page 129: ...elated dissolves transitions between the keyframes Modifying a Timeline The following procedure is used for all modifications of a timeline 1 Ensure that no transition or anything else is running at the E MEM 2 Press Edit 3 Select Register 4 Press Enter 5 Insert delete or modify timeline objects such as keyframes or loops 6 Press Edit The timeline is stored as a chain of keyframes snapshots and lo...

Page 130: ...es the trajectory of the selected transition object Possible are Linear S Linear Curve S Linear to Pause and Curve to Pause Undo The Undo function is enabled in the Edit mode and serves the abortion of a running edit oper ation without changing in the timeline If for instance the button Undo is pressed in the edit mode an Undo dialog is displayed Press Undo again return to the edit mode Press Ente...

Page 131: ...s subpanel always an endless loop loop counter 000 is inserted for default To change the loop counter follow the steps under section Modifying A Loop Note It s possible to insert loops max 99 into other loops This functionality is only available with the menu operation Entering a Loop During the Generation of a Timeline The following procedure is used 1 Enter last timeline object before the loop 2...

Page 132: ...with the end of the loop Modifying a Loop in an Existing Timeline The following procedure is used 1 Shift LOOP or ELOOP indication at the end of the display Buttons Å and Æ 2 Press MOD 3 Enter the loop counter with the numeric keypad 4 Press Enter Note Errors can be deleted with Clear If the loop counter is 000 the loop is an endless loop Delete a Loop in an Existing Timeline The following procedu...

Page 133: ... the last bottom func tions are addressed directly the middle functions are applied using the Shift key Ç combined with the appropriate button Other Buttons with Two Level Texts The primary function on the button text on the lower half is applied by simply pressing the button The upper text function is applied using the Shift key Ç combined with the appropriate button Button Functionality Direct O...

Page 134: ...e current register Eff Diss Run Run recalls the pre selected register Direct off mode only Run also acts as a toggle for the Timeline Run Pause button Eff Diss Shift Eff Diss causes a transition from the current work buffer state to the selected register s 1st keyframe Direct off mode only Not implemented yet Eff Diss performs the same as the Auto Abort function from XtenDD Get Put Put copies the ...

Page 135: ... access to any of the keyframe editing functions When this is activated the secondary functionality of the numeric keys is used See also Numeric key buttons When activated the current position of the time cursor on the timeline is maintained It does not automatically jump to the beginning of the effect as in the Classic KayakDD mode When you used an edit function like Insert Keyframe in the menu T...

Page 136: ... made without a Modify or Insert the user can press This to restore the work buffer back to the contents of the current key frame 3 Next End Pressing Next acts just like the current implementation of the KayakDD that means goto next keyframe Pressing End Shift End causes the time cursor to jump to the last key frame of the current effect ...

Page 137: ...lected Press the Store button The display prompts RECORD If the register number is to be taken over that was shown before the actuation of the Store button no further selection is necessary Note During recording the contents of the register is overwritten If you wish to select the next free register press the FREE button If you wish to select a particular register enter a one or two digit number w...

Page 138: ... ways to select a corresponding register Register Mode If the register shown in the display is to be used no further selection is nec essary To select the next used register press the NEXT key To select a particular register enter a one or two digit number with the numeric keypad If a two digit number is entered e g 15 the related register 1 appears in the display when the first digit 1 has been e...

Page 139: ...repeatedly pressing the same button The Bank mode may be enabled during recording but this does not have any particular benefit Pressing the Bank button toggles between Register Mode and Bank Mode While the Miscellaneous Bus Section allows you only to address the first macros 16 the Make delegation of the Effects Subpanel gives you full access to all 96 macros Note Buttons Edit Auto Recall Undo Au...

Page 140: ...top menu allowing further navigation Menu Lock Locks the menu to the actual screen No further auto delegation is per formed Live Mode Reduces the number of parameter adjustments to the most essential ones allowing faster control with less selection steps Last Menu Brings you back to the last menu allowing to toggle between 2 Menus with one keystroke 8447_18r0 Example Kayak HD 1 ...

Page 141: ...enu just press the User X button again Half M E HD Only The Half M E is used as an additional M E In terms of routing it offers the same possibilities as a full M E This includes the reentries in other M Es The main restrictions are caused by missing hardware which is also the reason to call it Half M E also referred to as MEH Half M E is enabled for the following switcher types Kayak HD 150C Kaya...

Page 142: ...mplemented Features Field Dominance Wipe Transition PreRoll DPM Transition M E Couple Chroma Key Hold Source Preset Pattern Key Drop RGB Correction Bus Correction Mix Transition DSK Transition Black Preset no Utility Inputs Transition Preview Luminance Key Memo Master and M E Memo Transition Abort FTB Cancel Clean Feed Input and Bus Correction Key Preview FTB Half M E button ...

Page 143: ...DSK mode so this button is only used to remove all keys from the next transition selection When a panel M E is delegated to Half M E the mnemonic displays of that panel M E are inverted i e they show light characters on dark back ground By setting a Half M E button to ON the E MEM section at the end of the appropriate M E will be set to be the Half M E E MEM If DSK Mode is ON with full DSK mode fo...

Page 144: ... Use the Half M E Mode button to select the mode and the Coupled To button to select the full M E to couple the Half M E to NORMAL Mode Description Not coupled The Half M E operates as an M E would except that it s control is only assigned by the use of a Half M E button at any M E level Inputs are freely selectable for background and keys Control is only assigned when an M E Half M E button is on...

Page 145: ...l be set to the output of the M E and will not be change able The DSKs will only mix and will exhibit non composited keying trans parency during their transitions DSK Preview will be affected by M E transitions but at the end of all transitions will correctly represent the DSK Next transition DSK transitions will be coupled to the M E transition so that selecting a DSK while the Half M E UPK is ON...

Page 146: ...146 Kayak User Manual Section 3 Control Panels ...

Page 147: ...e production the operator spends most of his time working directly on the Main panel The Menu panel is used extensively for setup and effects creation A second way of full control is the Sidepanel program The Sidepanel program can run on a computer with Windows 95 or higher Menu Panel Description The Menu panel has a touch screen display and four soft knobs on the right The Menu subpanel on the le...

Page 148: ...ntrol can be adjusted at a time Soft Knobs Digipots Knobs along the right side of the Menu panel can be used to dial in param eter values for functions displayed on the touch screen When a knob is active the touch screen displays the parameter name and its current value on a data pad The parameter can be adjusted by turning the knob or the data pad can be touched to bring up a numeric keypad On so...

Page 149: ...ons available at the bottom right of the menu Within a menu delegations may also be available to access specific param eters In the top corner of many menus you will find a delegation button allowing to switch e g between different keyers for the same type of menu A representative menu screen Keyer Preset Pattern is shown below Buttons with a little triangle at the bottom are popup buttons When se...

Page 150: ...ue on a keypad Some menu items that look like data pads only display information but do not have Rounded corners Touching these buttons does not generate a popup menu or a menu change The information displayed might be able to be changed using different con trols or it may simply report a status Touch buttons do not display data and are labeled by their function Direct change touch button function...

Page 151: ...keyers This highest level of delegation is located on the top left side of the menu Data pads display limited status for a particular object Touching a data pad delegates that object and the rest of the menu will then display information and controls for only that object The data pad of the selected object is colored green Mode Selection Each keyer has several types of operation one of which can b...

Page 152: ...ocated outside the Parameter Control area Menu Access Touch Button In some cases it is handy to jump to a different menu and delegation to adjust related controls For example an operator setting up a mask may need to adjust a pattern in the wipe menu To make menu navigation easier a menu access button can be included on one menu that links to a different related menu For example the Wipe Select Ad...

Page 153: ...Kayak User Manual 153 Menu Panel Description Alphanumeric Keypad Touching the pad for a text parameter brings up an alphanumeric keypad Figure 82 Alphanumeric Key Pad 8447_32r0 ...

Page 154: ...enu panel For example if Key 1 is selected on a menu and then Key 2 is selected on the Main panel the menu display will change its delegation to Key 2 However the reverse is not true Changing delegations on the Menu panel does not change Main panel delegations When both the Main panel and the Menu panel are delegated to the same object say Key 1 changes can be made to that object from either panel...

Page 155: ...followed In some cases the menus for KayakDD and KayakHD are different or unused buttons are grayed out Some advanced system functions are not supported by these menus You can run the Sidepanel application on a separate personal computer to access these advanced functions Home Menu The Home menu is used to access the Kayak system menus Touch the button of the desired menu type to go directly to th...

Page 156: ...tup the Kayak brings up the Home menu You can reach this menu at any time by pressing the Home button in the top left of the control panel Mouse Access to Home Menu When controlling a Kayak menu with a mouse on the PS 2 connector a right mouse click can be used to return to the Home menu ...

Page 157: ...ing different control panel operational settings Figure 84 Figure 84 Home Menu Recall Preset Factory Preset Recalls the factory preset Operation Preset Recalls the user defined operation preset See Install E Box Misc Menu on page 158 for more information Undo Recall Recalls the previous user settings before the last action ...

Page 158: ...d Detailed information about the Install Menus is available in the separate Kayak Installation and Service Manual Install E Box Misc Menu Touching Home Install E Box Misc opens the Install E Box Misc menu Figure 85 Figure 85 Install E Box Misc Menu Store Preset Pressing Store Preset saves the current panel operating settings to the panel These settings are equivalent to an E MEM of the entire pane...

Page 159: ...so see E MEM Operating Modes Description on page 120 for additional information Note To avoid confusion if the operating mode is changed you can install the cor responding buttons on the panel so their legends are correct using the tool provided with your system Load Save Install Data Note The Save button is grayed out inoperable if a USB stick is not present in a supported control panel USB port ...

Page 160: ... complete to always be above the Preset bus Preset Program Program bus flip flops after transitions complete to always be below the Preset bus Follow Fader Bus flip flops do not occur Cut Auto Pos Sets the location of the M E Cut and Auto buttons with the Cut button either on the left or right of the Auto transition button Note To avoid confusion if the button location is changed you can swap the ...

Page 161: ...ed The Load and Save buttons are used to load save panel Install configuration settings to or from a USB flash drive System Setup Menu Software installation and option licensing is accomplished via the Device Control menu accessed via Home Install System Figure 87 System func tions are available in the pane on the lower right Figure 87 System Setup Dialog Software Versions The currently loaded sof...

Page 162: ...son Grass Valley web site Software updates can be installed to Kayak system components by trans ferring the software to a compatible USB flash drive that can be plugged into the switcher control panel Refer to the Kayak Release Notes for a list of compatible flash drives The Sidepanel program is also available on the Kayak Software CD ROM or with the web site download The Sidepanel program can be ...

Page 163: ...ically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory chips located in the backplane of the frame Licenses cannot be moved between different Kayak frames Figure 89 Install Licenses Menu Available Options and Configuration Licenses The following operation features are options or configurations available only if the corresponding license is activated Switcher Type Number of Inputs Number of Outputs Number o...

Page 164: ...k system licenses can be installed two different ways The recommended installation method consists of copying the sp_license txt file which contains all your licenses to a supported USB flash drive and using the Licenses menu to install them onto your system An alternative installation method consists of manually entering the text string of each license using a GUI keyboard available on the Licens...

Page 165: ...d as an application Application Control The application menu is designed to handle the use of applications within a Kayak system Applications can be loaded from a USB flash drive and started stopped modified or created new Note Please save your application data regularly on a USB flash drive Application data are stored in the internal RAM and can be lost if the battery dies Figure 90 Config Applic...

Page 166: ...yak system Rename Opens a dialog window to rename the selected application file Delete Deletes the selected application file Edit Devices If an application file was loaded which was stored in another switcher system the device names of this application must be customized To Customize Application Device Names 1 Press the Edit Devices button to display a list of the IP addresses of the former device...

Page 167: ...ddress of the desired device and press OK to update the application file E Box Configurations After touching the E Box button in the Config menu a new dialog displays with various configuration items Figure 93 Figure 93 Config E Box Configuration Press a button to configure the different system properties ...

Page 168: ...PI menu allows programming up to 32 system GPI inputs 8 per M E Various actions can be performed when a GPI contact closes including selecting a source on a bus recalling an E MEM and triggering a transition In this Install GPI menu the physical properties of each GPI channel can be adjusted Figure 94 Config GPI Menu Touching the Modify button displays a pop up list The selected function will be t...

Page 169: ... system for simple trigger control of external devices About Tally Systems In general a tally system identifies which sources to the switcher contribute to the final picture at a selected point in the video chain The identification is communicated by activating relays in the video frame The method by which the sources are determined is called the tally calculation The tally calculation begins at a...

Page 170: ... ured Output tally set up to begin at an M E s PGM The tally would indicate what contributes to the M E s program outputs but not anything downstream of it The tally would be the same whether or not the M E was On Air The Look Ahead Tally Yellow Tally calculator indicates which sources will be on air if a main transition is performed on the selected level One way this can be used is for a second s...

Page 171: ...Kayak User Manual 171 Config Menus Figure 96 Config GPO Menu Touching the Modify button calls a sub menu In this menu the tally mode of the selected GPO channel 1 128 can be configured ...

Page 172: ...er Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Figure 97 Config GPO Tally Mode Selection None No tally is selected Red On Air Tally is selected Yellow Look Ahead Tally is selected Green Isolated On Air Tally is selected ...

Page 173: ...es Figure 98 Figure 98 Config Input Menu Naming Sources The Name of a source is displayed on the Control panel and is limited to four characters The Long Name of a source appears in configuration menus and can be XXX characters Touch Modify Name or Modify Lng N to bring up a keypad to enter that name for the selected source ...

Page 174: ...an be selected Figure 99 Figure 99 Config Coupled Key Menu 1 Select a Fill Source 2 Press the Modify Cpld Key button 3 Select a Key Source 4 Press OK to finish the selection The Reset All button on the previous menu Figure 98 on page 173 brings up buttons that can be used to reset all the key couplings to White full raster key or to Default self key using the same source as the fill ...

Page 175: ...iliary lines Box Cross into each individual AUX bus The fade ins serve as an auxil iary means to mark production defined picture areas e g areas for logos subtitles 4 3 raster The digipots enable to adjust the title box or the center cross over the complete picture area Safe Title fades in a rectangular frame Crosshair fades in a center cross ...

Page 176: ... With the Modify Bus button the Master Bus can be selected With the Modify Mode button two modes of operation can be selected Normal In coupled mode additional selection of sources on the AUX bus is possible Exclusive In coupled mode additional selection of sources on the AUX bus is not possible With Modify Substab button a substitution table can be selected These tables can be used by coupled AUX...

Page 177: ...Kayak User Manual 177 Config Menus Config M E Menu Figure 102 Config M E Menu The Config M E menu serves to configure the cleanfeed layer Figure 103 Config Cleanfeed Layer ...

Page 178: ...lacements can be defined with substitution tables E MEM recalls are used to set all master and coupled M Es into an initial state depending on the next effect According to the meaning of the effect the transition module then works correct with CUT AUTO and the fader commands Figure 104 Config ME Coupled Menu Coupling Rules Each M E can be coupled to any other M E as long as they belong to the same...

Page 179: ... Note Recursion is not possible PP to ME3 ME3 to PP is not allowed Each ME can be used as Master M E If a coupled M E is modified directly via a control unit the master ME is not affected Note When the Half M E is coupled for example DSK mode the stage is not avail able for ME Couple Coupled Resources After selection of the ME Couple Mode in the Config E Box menu the fol lowing M E resources can b...

Page 180: ...Figure 105 ME Main Menu E MEM Handling M E coupling works on command level This means that E MEM recalls and application load are disregarding M E coupling It is used to preset M Es Applications Every application has its own complete M E coupled structure If an application is loaded or the coupled state of one application is changed this new modification is checked and accepted or rejected see Cou...

Page 181: ...181 Config Menus Config DPM Menu Figure 106 Config DPM Menu The production crop settings allow you to adjust an overall crop for the DPM channels Additional cropping per channel is possible in the DPM Transform Crop menu ...

Page 182: ... can be used by coupled AUX buses or coupled M Es to exchange the source when the coupled AUX bus follows its master Rename Table Enter an own name for the substitution table Add Subst Enter a new substitution pair in the selected table Modify Subst Modify the selected table Modify All Sets all substituted inputs to a selectable input to white black or delete all if no substitution pair is availab...

Page 183: ... The Config Editor menu allows you to re direct external editing system com mands to different Kayak system outputs Use the Delegation button to select the desired editor select the desired parameter and then touch Modify and select an alternative target setting for the editor command ...

Page 184: ...o bring up the menu Figure 109 Figure 109 Config H V Blanking Menu This function can be selected for each output and AUX busses separately The Modify button can be used to switch between the transparent and blanked settings In the blanked position the V gap and the H gap is replaced by BLACK and the internal sync frame is added In the trans parent position the information contained in the V gap VI...

Page 185: ...ing Red Tally On Air Tally for source and monitor signalling Green Tally Special On Air Tally for isolated sources Yellow Tally Look Ahead Tally Figure 110 Config Tally In Menu With the button in Delegation pane the mode of the tally calculation can be selected Tally Overall Default Tally 1 4 Prepared for multi applications Touching the Modify Red Green Blue button activates deactivates a selected...

Page 186: ...X Preview Bus None Aux1 Aux20 Replace Async On Off The button permits the selection of different modes for the treatment of asynchronous sources in the switching levels M E1 M E2 P P On If Background Program are asynchronous enabled keyers are dis abled If Background Program are synchronous and the fill signal of a keyer becomes asynchronous the enabled keyer is disabled If Back ground Program or ...

Page 187: ...oper ation These changes can occur directly by selecting another key source or also indirectly by changing the Fill source or the Split mode For storing the key settings in the key memory two modes are available Format SD switcher only Select TV size standard 4 3 or 16 9 Auto Save If the button AutoSave is activated On the settings of the previous key signal are stored automatically before the set...

Page 188: ...can be used in any panel M E to del egate the panel M E to the Half M E Once delegated the Half M E can be used exactly like any other full M E In DSK mode the button works only in panel M Es that are delegated to the M E that the Half M E is coupled to In this case the panel M E is also delegated to the Half M E but the background buses of the crossbar still control the full M E because the backg...

Page 189: ...M E Select the full M E to couple to the Half M E Remote I O Enable buttons The Remote button group has to be used to enable the following functions Enables AUX control panels Enables the VTR control Enables Editor control Enables GPI inputs channels Enables GPO output channels ...

Page 190: ...aries Config Flexible Licenses Menu The Flexible Licenses menu is used to assign Chroma Keys Touch the Modify button then select the desired keyer Figure 114 Config Flexible Licenses Menu Figure 115 Config Flexible Licenses Chroma Key Selection Menu ...

Page 191: ...k User Manual 191 Config Menus Config Scalar Menu Figure 116 Config Scalar Menu The Config E Box Scalar Menu is used to configure Scalar conversion See Scalar Configuration on page 319 for more information ...

Page 192: ...urces to the source buttons of the Kayak control panel Figure 117 Config Panel Assign Menu The legend of the first button on the left All Bus Rows in Figure 117 indicates what buses will be affected Touching this button brings up a menu allowing you to select the buses to which you wish to make source assign ment changes Figure 118 on page 193 ...

Page 193: ...anual 193 Config Menus Figure 118 Config Panel Assignment Bus Row Selection Menu Pressing Reset Assignment opens an dialog with some pre defined input assignments Figure 119 Figure 119 Config Panel Assignment Reset ...

Page 194: ...ment from the AUX All bus row into the selected bus row Like All Copies the input assignment from the ALL bus row into the selected bus row Black Left Makes a default assignment with input Black on the leftmost button Black Right Makes a default assignment with input Black on the rightmost button All None Assigns no input to all buttons of selected bus row Cancel Closes the dialog window ...

Page 195: ... control is only available on panels that support this function For example this control is missing on 2 M E control panels not supported but is present on 1 M E panels Digi Sp Digipot Speed Sensitivity of the digipots can be adjusted to per sonal needs XBar Tally Touching the XBar Tally button calls a sub menu In this menu the tally mode of crossbar buttons can be configured Red Light Bright Ligh...

Page 196: ... sources and color corrected sources are indicated by the same Uncal sign on the right of the bus A blinking Uncal sign indicates an asynchronous source A constantly lit indicator indicates a color corrected source This function is unaffected by the Async Blinking button i e you still get a constantly lit indicator for a color corrected source when Async Blinking is turned off Turning off Async Bl...

Page 197: ... selection panel 16 wipe patterns may be directly selected Further wipe patterns can be recalled by pressing one of the four wipe group selection buttons Basic Circle Diag Stars or Matrix Basic Combinations of horizontal vertical and diagonal edges Circles Diag Enclosed shapes expanding from the picture s center combinations of hor izontal vertical and diagonal edges and combinations of horizontal...

Page 198: ...re and store user defined wipe patterns The Wipe button in the Transition subpanel is a DPOP Double Press Open button double pressing it calls up a variation of the M E menu Figure 122 Figure 122 Wipe Menu DPOP Delegation buttons are located on the left and controls for Pattern Direc tion Border Softness and Border Matte are available Touching the Patt Sel Adj button opens a variation of the patte...

Page 199: ... as the wipe pattern shape Wipe resources and points of use are dia gramed in Figure 123 on page 199 Figure 123 Typical Wipe Switching Matrix and Point of Use Key 1 Transition Wipe Force Mask Pst Ptn P1 Inhibit Mask Pst Ptn P2 Key Fill Wash Pst Ptn Border Wash Transform Engine Wash Transform Engine Wash Transform Engine Wash Transform Engine Wash Force Mask Pst Ptn P1 Inhibit Mask Pst Ptn P2 Key F...

Page 200: ...included in the figures below Codes are named according to ANSI SMPTE 258M Code names in paren thesis xx are GV pattern numbers Page 1 Basic Pattern Figure 124 Page 1 Basic Pattern Table 9 Page 1 Basic Pattern Respective Code Numbers 002 0 001 10 022 20 021 30 003 1 004 11 005 21 006 31 009 23 101 37 020 33 007 24 047 17 501 46 502 58 ...

Page 201: ...al 201 Wipes Menus Page 2 Circle and Rotary Figure 125 Page 2 Circle and Rotary Table 10 Page 2 Circle and Rotary Respective Code Numbers 119 3 122 13 130 28 061 2 064 12 062 22 063 32 042 4 041 14 044 34 261 16 191 6 ...

Page 202: ... Menu Summaries Page 3 Stars and ZigZag Figure 126 Page 3 Stars and ZigZag Table 11 Page 3 Stars and ZigZag Respective Code Numbers 107 513 40 127 41 128 27 504 42 129 43 505 44 132 59 103 5 112 15 113 8 506 18 072 25 071 26 507 36 508 35 ...

Page 203: ...ipes Menus Page 4 Matrix Wipes Figure 127 Page 4 Matrix Wipes Table 12 Page 4 Matrix Wipes Respective Code Numbers 509 29 086 52 510 48 080 51 511 49 301 19 512 50 302 47 326 56 323 57 344 53 345 55 303 54 087 9 513 38 085 39 ...

Page 204: ...en Modifier the menu changed The soft knobs on the left of the screen are used to control the various parameters The knobs that appear will differ depending on the type of pattern modifiers chosen Figure 128 Wipe Menu Modifier1 Pos Rotate Repeat Split Aspect Allows control of the pattern positioner and the repeat H and V Multiply functions Modifier parameters are con trolled with the soft knobs on...

Page 205: ...the pattern mix function Patterns may be mixed or non add mixed with the Mix Type control data pad The ratio may be chosen by touching the Ratio data pad to bring up the numeric keypad The modifier rotation split and aspect functions are controlled with the soft knobs on the right of the screen ...

Page 206: ...Mod Lock Wave Allows enabling and control of the modulation wipe functions Patterns may be modulated vertically or horizontally with four different waveforms Square Sine Sawtooth and Triangle Soft knobs on the right of the screen control amplitude and frequency of the H and V modulation ...

Page 207: ...Keyer menu The Keyer sub panels and the corresponding menus will reflect and track the changes made by either set of controls The Keyer menu controls are organized into several subcategories each with different menu selection based on the type of key These menus are accessed by selecting the appropriate keyer via the Delegation popup button then the category is chosen from the Mode Priority or Mas...

Page 208: ...208 Kayak User Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Key Mode Figure 132 Keyer Menu Mode Selection Default Mode Figure 133 Keyer Menu Mode Selection DD Mode ...

Page 209: ...escribed below Key modes are selectable from the following choices Fixed Linear or Luminance Adj Linear or Luminance Linear Luma Key or Additive Key Chroma Key Preset Pattern Luminance Key is used for key sources with an unshaped fill signal Linear Key is just a shortcut for a special setting of the Luminance Key with Gain 100 and Clip 50 Additive Key is used for key sources with a shaped fill sig...

Page 210: ...lled with the Top Move Up Move Down and Bottom touch buttons Changing the top to bottom order in the Current column will cause an immediate change in that keyers stacking order The order in the Next column controls the order the keys will have after the next key priority transition After the key pri ority transition the Current and Next stacks will swap The Key Prior and Key Over buttons in the Ke...

Page 211: ...red via the Utility bus The keyer delegation Key1 Key4 is made at the top left of the screen Once a keyer has been delegated choose the type of mask Force or Inhibit or both from the data pad in the lower right corner The example shown here is for a Wipe Force Mask on Key 1 Figure 135 Keyer Menu Mask Mask Preview The Mask Preview button is used to highlight the mask signal on the preview monitor T...

Page 212: ...e of selected mask Force or Inhibit five different mask sources are available and will appear as popup selection when you press the Mask Source button Only one mask source can be selected at a time Figure 136 Keyer Menu Mask Source Note Utility Bus 2 is only available with Kayak HD ...

Page 213: ...Kayak User Manual 213 Keyer Menus Box When Box is selected as the mask source you can adjust softness and opacity The four edges of the box can be set separately Figure 137 Keyer Menu Box Mask ...

Page 214: ...ntrolled by the soft knobs on the right of the screen Figure 138 Keyer Menu Wipe Mask Complex Wipe 1 and 2 A mask can be generated from a complex wipe source There are two complex wipe generators available Complex Wipe 1 and 2 The pattern for the complex wipe is chosen in the same manner as the keyer wipe mask The complex mask wipe can also be modified for position rotation H and V multiplication ...

Page 215: ...ome external device Figure 139 Keyer Menu Utility Bus Mask Mask On Button The Mask may be turned on or off by selecting the Mask On button Mask Invert Button The Mask Invert button inverts the sense of the delegated mask When off areas formerly masked will be visible and previously visible areas will be masked Masks are normally active in the center of the pattern An inverted mask is active outsid...

Page 216: ...anel all matte adjustments are made in the menus The popup delegation button in the top left of the menu allows you to select the mattes of the different keyers Soft knobs are provided on the right side of the menu for adjustment of matte parameters Figure 140 Keyers Mattes Menu The source signal can be selected with the popup Wash Source Figure 141 Keyers Mattes Select Wash Source Popup ...

Page 217: ... 1 Prim Suppress 2 Key Control 3 Sec Suppress 4 Other After the first two parameter groups have been adjusted a reasonable key should be visible Subsequent adjustment steps may improve the basic key in subtle ways See the section on Chroma Key Operating Notes on page 335 for more informa tion on setting up a chroma key For a concept overview of chroma keying refer to the section on Chroma Key on p...

Page 218: ... the menu will appear as in Figure 143 below When the Pattern data pad is touched the Wipe menu see Wipe Menus will come up to allow pattern selection The Preset Pattern may be matte filled by touching the Matte Fill data pad The matte controls can be accessed by touching the Mattes button Opacity and size of the preset pattern can also be adjusted with the soft knob con trols on the right of the ...

Page 219: ...ol of Color BGD 1 Color BGD 2 Color BGD 3 and Test patterns including base and wash colors wash direction and offset and wash edge texture attributes Each touch pad activates the soft knobs to control those param eters Figure 144 Background Matte Menu The popup delegation button in the top left of the menu allows you to del egate the menu to Color BGD 1 Color BGD 2 Color BGD 3 and Test pat terns F...

Page 220: ...erns The chosen test pattern will be displayed when the Test source is selected Figure 146 Test Pattern Selection Touch the Color Output pad then select the desired color output Flat single color matte with button Flat matte 1 or Flat Matte 2 A dual color matte can be selected with Button Wash All subsequent matte controls are located in the central pane of the menu ...

Page 221: ...Kayak User Manual 221 Background Mattes Menus Figure 147 Background Matte Menu Wash ...

Page 222: ...ols are organized into two subcategories each with different menu selection based on the type of transition These menus are accessed by touching the M E button in the Home menu Typical selections are Pattern Source Pattern Direction Border and Softness Figure 148 M E Menu Wipe Trans ...

Page 223: ...Kayak User Manual 223 M E Menus Figure 149 M E Menu Border Matte ...

Page 224: ...an be made in the following buses Bus PGM PST Key1 Key4 Note If Bus Correction for PGM bus and or PST bus is selected the two settings are exchanged at the end of a fading Input all input signals AUX all AUX buses Note Bus correction has priority over input correction Reset Bus Reset the values for a single bus of the selected M E to their default value Reset M E Reset the values for all buses of ...

Page 225: ...Kayak User Manual 225 YUV Bus Correction Menus Color Off Switched the color on off completely separate for each bus ...

Page 226: ... are applied on the basis of a source and bus intersection and stored as part of source memory A different input on the same bus or a same input on a different bus may have different color cor rection The Color Corrector menu is used to adjust RGB color on a selected bus and input Corrected inputs and parameter will be displayed in a yellow style Figure 151 RGB Input Correction Menu The Adjustment...

Page 227: ...s The title and the button labels are dependent on the selection of the color component in the Color Corrector Transfer Function pane Red Green Blue If the user selects Blue as the color to be adjusted the two buttons are Red and Green When these buttons are active the adjustments applied to the originally selected color component is also applied to the one s selected in the pane For example if th...

Page 228: ...all independent an extra t DVE effects per M E while running an E MEM timeline To offer even more flexibility the user can define per register which of the 4 channels should be affected For example register 1 could only include the DPM channel of keyer 1 running an endless loop to spin a logo while the user is able to recall independently other registers containing only channel 3 4 displaying diff...

Page 229: ...ameters e g by a global rotation AutoRun Button When AutoRun is on a recall of a DPM effect it will automatically run that effect When AutoRun is off the run has to be triggered either in the Show Timeline menu by pressing Play or by pressing the Cut button in the Effects area again while the section is delegated to DPM control The AutoRun button is also used when a DPM effect is recalled by an E ...

Page 230: ...ou can switch on DPM effect loop for the chosen keyers Loop On and select the flipside of an effect Use Src This information is not part of a DPM effect and should be set manually or recalled by an E MEM recall like the keyer parameter settings Figure 154 Key Selection for DPM Channels ...

Page 231: ... transform menus The main groups Locate Skew and Crop are selected in the bottom right corner of the screen Inside the main group you can select the subgroup e g Locate Locate Axis Target Rot and Spin by pressing the appropriate button Per Subgroup you can adjust the parameters for Source and for Target For more information on this issue see chapter on Concepts ...

Page 232: ...e displayed Figure 156 DPM Edit Gang Selection You can select all Keyer channels which are included in this effect The last selected channel is the one which has its values displayed Selecting the Global channel will deselect the Keyer channels and vice versa Path Type The path control section allows you to select different interpolation path types for all or some of the parameters Figure 157 DPM ...

Page 233: ...8 DPM Spin Selection To adjust the parameters for Tension Continuity and Bias press the rele vant button in the path control section Figure 159 DPM Adjust Tension Continuity and Bias If Path Hold is selected there will be no interpolation between the key frames and the new value will be applied when the next keyframe is reached ...

Page 234: ... edges can be adjusted and the image can be mirrored horizontal and vertical with Reverse Front and Reverse Back The Easy Cube button forces channels built into a 6 sided solid to stay visible only when such an object would display them and also moves the channels automatically to their opposite side as the solid rotates It does not build a cube automatically ...

Page 235: ...of two main groups Save Recall and Edit Save Recall Menu Figure 161 DPM Timeline Save Recall Menu This menu gives you an overview of all 100 registers You can select any register for recall edit or modify The green line indicates the current effect the blue line is the cursor ...

Page 236: ...nd by Clear to discard them Figure 162 DPM Timeline Save Discard Since the Timeline Edit menu always refers to the current effect there are two ways to start an effect for an empty register Recall an empty register in the menu to select it as the current effect and add keyframes via Insert in the Timeline Edit menu Use the Store button in the main control panel to select an empty register by using...

Page 237: ... the DPM effect on a keyframe by keyframe base If such a DPM register is recalled by an E MEM register any priority information stored in the E MEM register will be ignored Use Video Sources If this function is activated for a keyer the source selection for the selected keyer will be set by the DPM effect on a keyframe by keyframe base If such a DPM register is recalled by an E MEM register the so...

Page 238: ... save delete or rename The buttons Modify Use Priority Use Video Sources Loop Protect are direct per manent changes that do not need confirmation Using these function does not select the chosen register as the current effect A current effect is only selected by a Recall in the menu by the Store and Edit button on the main control panel and by E MEM recalls Loop Run from begin to end Bounce Run beg...

Page 239: ...rt modify delete keyframes for the selected channels for the current effect Delegation The Delegation button shows you for which channels the actions are exe cuted Figure 167 DPM Timeline Delegation Selection You can select all Keyer channels which are included in this effect The last selected channel is the displayed one ...

Page 240: ...forced on just prior to recalling an effect or it can be saved with the effect to be used auto matically This feature changes the paradigm of control for effects allowing effects to be applied under more flexible set of conditions and also to be used as spe cialized functions to perform specific actions Within the DPM timeline system when an effect is first created a snapshot of all values is save...

Page 241: ...e The effect posi tion can also be adjusted by the Eff Pos digipot Direct Mode The Direct Mode button in the bottom row switches between a fast mode accessing directly the most common functions and a more detailed mode Figure 168 DPM Timeline Direct Mode Buttons When Direct Mode is switched off the direct edit buttons change into popup buttons Figure 169 DPM Timeline Popup Buttons ...

Page 242: ...n the cursor is at a keyframe the parameters of this keyframe will be modified to the current values When the cursor is between keyframes modify inserts a keyframe at the current position without adding any time Modify All applies current keyframe changes to all keyframes Insert Figure 171 DPM Timeline Insert Buttons ...

Page 243: ...eyframe Duration When the cursor is between keyframes the keyframe is inserted at the current position without adding any time Delete Keyframe Figure 172 DPM Timeline Delete Buttons Note When deleting a keyframe its duration is also deleted causing effect duration to change Keyframe Duration Figure 173 DPM Timeline Duration Start Time Buttons ...

Page 244: ...Keyframe Constant Duration The function of this button is the same in both modes If selected inserting or deleting will not change the total duration of the effect Inserting a key frame while the cursor is at a keyframe position the new keyframe will add the time specified by Keyframe Duration but the total effect duration will be rescaled to keep it at the previous duration When a keyframe is del...

Page 245: ...ar appearance to the transformed picture Figure 174 DPM SpecFX Special Effects Mode Selection SpecFX Kurl Menu The Kurl effects are grouped into modes each of which has its own set of menu panes and related soft knob controls The Kurl modes are Page Turn Page Roll Position Size Modulation Slits A Digital Picture Manipulator can apply only one set of Kurl mode param eters at a time If you wish to u...

Page 246: ...246 Kayak User Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Figure 175 DPM SpecFx Kurl Menu Off ...

Page 247: ...Kayak User Manual 247 DPM Menus Selecting the Kurl Mode The Kurl Mode button allows you to select different operating modes Figure 176 DPM SpecFx Kurl Mode Selection ...

Page 248: ...Turn effect on a key or video that is not a full raster you will need to set up two identical keys and use the Show Sides Front and Back buttons to define the position of each key Touch the Page Turn Roll Kurl Mode button to access the Page Turn and Roll controls Fold Pane The orientation of the fold Over or Under the original plane are selected in the Fold pane Split page turn and roll effects ar...

Page 249: ...lated between keyframes causes the page to turn The offset would typically change from one edge or corner of the source raster to the opposite edge or corner for the turn Hint Offset 0 will put the turn at the middle of the screen Show Sides Pane Choices of what sides of the effect to display Both Front Back are available in the Show Sides pane Selecting only a portion of the effect can be used fo...

Page 250: ...may be selected independently from a set of modulation patterns Touch the Pos Size Modul Kurl Mode button to access the position and size modulation controls Horizontal or Vertical Modulation Pane In the Modulation pane you select the wave train axis Horizontal or Vertical for which the rest of the menu controls will apply The following Soft knob controls appear on the right for the selected axis ...

Page 251: ...enterY and Angle are available to define the angle and position Horiz or Vertical Mode Pane With an axis selected you select the type of mod ulation to be applied to that axis Off Pos Size or Cancel in the Mode Type pane Figure 179 DPM SpecFx Kurl Menu Horiz Mode Selection When the Vertical axis is selected you can choose to have that axis modula tion values match the horizontal values with the V ...

Page 252: ...tern to be applied to the selected axis and modulation type is selected in the Pattern pane Figure 180 DPM SpecFx Kurl Menu Pattern Selection Figure 181 Available Wave Patterns Normal Only Only Sine Normal Circle Triangle Random Square Illogical pattern lost Pulse Ramp Trap 0721_08_83_r0 ...

Page 253: ... This control can be used to limit the number of wave pattern cycles visible Note When applying Cycle Limiting only a portion of the video image may have the pattern applied Pattern Only The Pattern Only Button acts like a rectifier and converts all wave excursions to positive Representative resulting wave shapes are shown in Figure 181 on page 252 ...

Page 254: ...splacement of alternating slits in opposite directions to cause a transition type effect Touch the Slits Kurl Mode button to access the slits controls When the Modula tion data pad is selected the following menu appears Figure 183 DPM SpecFx Kurl Menu Slits Mode The Slits modulation soft knob controls and wave patterns are the same as the Position Size mode specified in section Pos Size Mode on pa...

Page 255: ...way from each other This can be used for transition effects using a zero offset for the first keyframe and an off the screen offset for the last keyframe Slits Defines the number of slits Phase Determines the starting point or phase of the modulation for the center point Random Defines the degree of randomization of slit width Angle Defines the angle of the slits with respect to the source X and Y...

Page 256: ...mage unmodified Defocus blurs the actual keyed image These features are available only when the respective license key has been activated The Advanced Effect options are not available on Kayak DD sys tems Glow Effect Glow controls are available on the SpecFX Glow menu The Glow controls on the menu affect the delegated keyer on the menu If more than one keyer has Glow Effect activated they can be c...

Page 257: ...d with Drop Shadow Softness When both the Glow and Drop Shadow features are on Glow Softness values are applied to both Glow and Drop Shadow Softness Glow Matte Pane When the Glow matte pane is activated knob controls for matte Hue Sat uration and Brightness become available An approximation of the color of the matte is shown at the bottom of the pane Path Type Pane Controls for glow path using th...

Page 258: ...Defocus NAM The defocused image is compared to the original image on a pixel by pixel basis and the darker lower luminance pixel of the two is used in the final image When the Defocus pane is activated knob controls for Defocus Aspect and NAM Ratio are available Defocus Adjusts the total amount of defocus applied to the video image Aspect Adjusts the percentage of defocus applied to the vertical a...

Page 259: ...roximation of the color of the matte is shown at the bottom of the pane Path Type Pane Controls for defocus path using the standard Hold S Linear Linear and Curve parameters are applied when the Defocus feature is activated Drop Shadow The Drop Shadow feature is turned on with the Drop Shadow button When turned on soft knob controls become available on the right Different soft knob controls appear...

Page 260: ... Menu Summaries Figure 188 DPM SpecFX Drop Shadow 1 When Shadow is selected soft knobs for X Offset Y Offset Size and Opacity are available Figure 188 When Shadow Color is selected soft knobs for Hue Saturation and Brightness are available ...

Page 261: ...legates it to drop shadow control The 3D positioner X and Y axis adjust the drop shadow offset from the primary image and the Z axis controls the size of the drop shadow Shadow Crop The Shadow Crop controls are used to adjust shadow cropping and edge soft ness The current parameter names and values are displayed on the data pads ...

Page 262: ...rop values different from the primary image Lighting Menu The Lighting menu has four colored light sources positional in 3D space for each delegated keyer Each light source can be a Point Bar or Plane The apparent reflection of the light source simulates the physics of incident light falling on a surface including specular effects and light falloff due to distance and geometry The lighting paramet...

Page 263: ...lar light source 1 to 4 Ambient Shading Pane The color of the ambient lighting and the amount of shadow falloff for the light sources can be controlled by the right handed soft knobs Soft knobs for Hue degrees and Sat Bright and Shadow percentage are available when the Ambient Shading pane is selected Light Type Pane The Light Type pane is used to turn on or off the delegated light source and prov...

Page 264: ...of softness of the edge of the light 100 creates maximum softness 0 gives a hard edge At extremely small values some aliasing artifacts may appear Surface Gloss Provides soft knob control of how much light is scattered as it is reflected off the surface of the picture At 100 the lighting acts like it is reflecting off of a mirror At 0 the light acts like it is reflecting off of a frosted piece of ...

Page 265: ...sform interpola tion and hold each keyframe s values with the Path Hold touch button When Curve is selected use the soft knobs to enter values for tension conti nuity and bias Lighting with Page Turn Roll Effects To use Lighting with Page Turn Roll you need to use one keyer for the Front side of the Page Turn and another keyer for the Back side The same effect then needs to be loaded on both keyer...

Page 266: ...ils Set to Defaults To reset all Digital Picture Manipulator parameters or groups of them to default you can use the Set to Defaults menu which is accessible through the Misc selection in the button row To reset only geometric parameters i e those which affect position size etc use the Geom Parms reset The All Parms reset sets everything including matte colors mirrors and Kurl values to default ...

Page 267: ...Kayak User Manual 267 DPM Menus Figure 193 DPM Set to Default Figure 194 DPM Default Selection Figure 195 ...

Page 268: ...ch effect is built in 2 parts 1 to introduce a picture and the 2nd to remove the picture This enables users to work live with the DPM recall area of the Kayak HD and also to integrate effects easily into E MEM timelines All effects were built using V664 2 software The effects will not replay correctly if at all using earlier software ver sions The effects were built for 4 3 aspect ratio The effect...

Page 269: ... give your application a new name This might include the letters FX You now have two copies of your working application The first is a working backup the second will become your copy with an effects library Use your PC to add the effects library to your second application copy 5 Connect your USB flash drive to your PC 6 Navigate to the folder on your computer that contains the effects libraries Th...

Page 270: ...his navigate to the folder named as you named your copy of the active application on your Kayak HD and then to the MF1 folder 8 With this folder highlighted press OK A dialog box asks you to confirm overwriting the existing te_eff0 or te_eff1 folder as all data within it will be replaced with the library effects If you have highlighted the correct application press Yes ...

Page 271: ... compatibility only If you save effects to this folder it will be emptied when the Kayak HD saves the application In the package of software you will find a folder named ramrecStills This folder contains 4 files which are full frame graphics that you can use to name the 4 keyers on an M E using Ram Recorder You will have to use a PC running the sidepanel program to transfer these pictures to your ...

Page 272: ...slide lb linear motion bounce spir spiral bnc multi position bounce sw swoop bri barrel roll in bro barrel roll out Positions in or out of frame T Top Centre B Bottom Centre L Left Centre R Right Centre TL Top Left corner TR Top Right corner BL Bottom Left corner BR Bottom Right corner C Fully centred Channel names C1 C2 C3 C4 Channel numbers ...

Page 273: ...om Out 01 C1sl LC 02 C1sl RC 03 C1sl TC 04 1sl BC 05 C1sl CL 06 C1sl CR 07 C1sl CT 08 C1sl CB 09 Table 15 Corner slides and spin zoom with shadows Effects are 1 00 second 10 SpinZoom Out 11 C1sl TLC 12 C1sl TRC 13 C1sl BLC 14 C1sl BRC 15 SpinZoom IN 16 C1sl CTL 17 C1sl CTR 18 C1sl CBL 19 C1sl CBR Table 16 Perspective slides and spiral zoom 20 C1spir OUT 21 C1ps LC 22 C1ps RC 23 C1ps TC 24 C1ps BC ...

Page 274: ...C 33 C1lb TC 34 C1lb BC 35 C1bncIN 36 C1lb CL 37 C1lb CR 38 C1lb CT 39 C1lb CB Table 18 Swoop IN OUT 40 C1sw OUT 41 C1sw TLC 42 C1sw TRC 43 C1sw BLC 44 C1sw BRC 45 C1sw IN 46 C1sw CTL 47 C1sw CTR 48 C1sw CBT 49 C1sw CBR Table 19 Barrel Rolls 50 C1 OUT 51 C1bri L 52 C1bri R 53 C1bri T 54 C1bri B 55 C1 IN 56 C1bro L 57 C1bro R 58 C1bro T 59 C1bro B ...

Page 275: ...ides C1 on screen 07 C21sl RL Slides C2 off screen slides C1 on screen 08 C21sl TB Slides C2 off screen slides C1 on screen 09 C21sl BT Slides C2 off screen slides C1 on screen Table 21 Reduced size effects over shoulder position 10 Wipe12sq Square wipe reveals 2 over 1 11 Wipe21sq Square wipe removes 2 from 1 12 Wipe21LR Wipes 1 from 1 13 Wipe12LR Wipes 2 over 2 14 pgt12 Page turn adds 2 15 pgt21...

Page 276: ...40 C12pgt ON 41 C34pgt ON 42 C12pgt OFF 43 C34pgt OFF 44 C12pgr ON 45 C34pgr ON 45 C12pgr OFF 47 C34pgt OFF 48 49 Table 25 Cubes and Slabs 50 smlcub Small cube centre screen rotates 3 times 8s 51 smlslb Small slab centre screen rotates 3 times 8s 52 CUB R12 Full size cube C2 replaces C1 rotate to see C3 top 53 CUB R21 Full size cube C1 replaces C2 rotate to see C3 top 54 SLB TLC 6 sided slab fly 5...

Page 277: ...ffects still run incorrect be confident that there will be a software update shortly It may be that another version of effects library will be required at that time Format All effects in this library are built for 4 3 aspect ratio Standard The effects in this library are built in 625 50 standard The effects durations are stored internally in a format that allows the system to recalculate the durat...

Page 278: ...278 Kayak User Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries HD RAM Recorder Menus The HD RAM Recorder menu is accessed via the Home Menu Figure 199 Home Menu ...

Page 279: ...ield 1 or field 2 is replicated to make frame and Previous Still Next Still advances to the next field This results in single stepping in the field resolution Field1 Field 1 is replicated to make frame and Previous Still Next Still advances to field 1 of the next still Field 2 Field 2 is replicated to make frame and Previous Still Next Still advances to field 1 of the next still Frame Fields 1 2 a...

Page 280: ...ct Menu Load Clip Selects the clip to the output of the delegated channel Rename Clip Renames the selected clip and makes automatic name changes for associated key signals The software will prevent changes in key signal names only and the Rename button will go gray when a key signal is highlighted Delete Clip Deletes the clip at the selected position ...

Page 281: ...d Moves clip to the end Play Reverse Play the clip reverse Play Forward Play the clip forward Step Step Advances one field or frame Still Goes to stop displaying the current image E E E to E Goes to stop showing the input signal of the delegated channel The signal is one frame delayed Var Play the clip in variable speed depending on Variable setting 1 normal speed 2 double speed 0 5 half speed ...

Page 282: ...k In point via numeric popup panel Mark Out Set a Mark Out point via numeric popup panel After Play Not supported yet Mode VTR Behaves like a tape machine moves clip to the beginning Mode Clip Mark In and Mark Out limit the accessible timecode range When you press play the clip is always played from Mark In to Mark Out Readout Still Field 1 Field 1 is replicated to make a frame and Step Step advan...

Page 283: ...ic source that has generated motion and is not in the expected field domi nance Clip Record Menu The Clips Record menu allows the user to create or re record clips To create a new clip press the Record New button Recording starts immedi ately and the clip name is set to a default name If record length is set to 00 00 the clip will record until the space left is 00 00 Press Still or E E to stop rec...

Page 284: ...sults in appending to the current clip Delay Line When switched on the delegated channel behaves like a delay line the desired delay can be specified via Modify Record Length Note When you change the Record Length value while you are in Delay Line mode the new value is not accepted unless you exit and re enter this mode Record ID Starts recording Clip position can be selected If this position is a...

Page 285: ...delayed Var Play the clip in variable speed depending on Variable setting 1 normal speed 2 double speed 0 5 half speed Clip Still Transfer with Internet Explorer Transfer of clips and stills with Internet Explorer To start this web access use the IP address of the RAM Recorder Operations for Clips and Stills Upload Download Delete Rename Active Area Menu With the Active Area function the storage s...

Page 286: ...in the meta data storage Set to default Recalls default parameters if Record Area is active pressing the button sets the parameter to full frame If Playout Area is active pressing the button sets the Playout Area to the Record Area values and resets the Playout Offest values to zero HD RAM Recorder Live Mode Menu Selecting the Live Mode button left of the display reduces the number of parameter ad...

Page 287: ...PM Menus Figure 206 Live Mode Stills Recall Stills Recall Clips Recall 1 Select the delegated RAM channel via the Delegation button 2 Select the delegated bank 0 to 23 via the Bank button 3 Select the group of stills e g 0 19 ...

Page 288: ...IP Address The IP address of the RAM Recorder will be set automatically by the system during installation IP Address Mainframe IP address 1 The IP address can be set manually by using the Device Control menu Figure 207 Device Control Menu Press Config Device to change the IP address ...

Page 289: ...umber of buttons available in the E MEM section of the Kayak panel is limited to provide numeric entry register selection and edit commands at the same time Another difference between DD and Default Modes is the definition of a keyframe duration In DD Mode keyframe duration is the duration of the transition to the keyframe while in Default Mode it is the duration of the transition to the next keyf...

Page 290: ...meline The top level buttons PP ME1 Misc Int and Misc Ext allow group enable or disable of the single functions named in the sub menu relevant to the group on a keyframe by keyframe basis See next figures In each sub menu indi vidual functions may be enabled or disabled on a keyframe by keyframe basis Note The selection of recorded functions made in Define Memo menu for any E MEM will only be hono...

Page 291: ...er Manual 291 E MEM Menus Page for selecting the ME1 switcher functions Figure 209 E MEM Define Memo ME1 Page for selecting miscellaneous internal M E switcher functions Figure 210 E MEM Define Memo Misc Intern ...

Page 292: ...292 Kayak User Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Page for selecting miscellaneous external switcher functions Figure 211 E MEM Define Memo Misc Extern ...

Page 293: ...ise both menus are identical They offer several controls to view and edit the timeline Graphical Timeline Representation In the Show Timeline submenu the current timeline is visualized as a graph over time Keyframes are drawn as vertical bars followed by a horizontal line representing their duration If a keyframe has a hold time it is drawn as two vertical bars connected by a dotted line visualizi...

Page 294: ...e the currently selected object is drawn in red When Show Text is selected timeline data is displayed as text Figure 213 Figure 213 E MEM Timeline Show Text Direct Mode and Digipots These controls know two modes Direct Mode On and Direct Mode Off In Direct Mode On the most frequently needed functions are accessible with a single button press while non direct mode offers the complete spectrum of fu...

Page 295: ...Path allows you to change the path type linear or s linear of the transition belonging to the current keyframe Modify All offers different modes for modifying all keyframes at once Modify selected object allows to modify the currently selected object What this actually means depends on the selected object For example Modify Keyframe replaces the keyframe s content with the current state of the swi...

Page 296: ...296 Kayak User Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Figure 215 E MEM Timeline Modify Path Figure 216 E MEM Timeline Modify All ...

Page 297: ...Kayak User Manual 297 E MEM Menus Figure 217 E MEM Timeline Keyframe Parameter Figure 218 E MEM Timeline Insert Wait for ...

Page 298: ... Misc Popup The Insert Misc popup allows the user to insert various timeline objects Keyframes Snapshots and Timelines other E MEMs Waits Loops and Triggers Figure 219 Figure 219 E MEM Timeline Insert MiscI Figure 220 E MEM Timeline Insert Snapshot or Timeline ...

Page 299: ...Kayak User Manual 299 E MEM Menus Figure 221 E MEM Timeline Insert Wait Figure 222 E MEM Timeline Insert Wait for GPI ...

Page 300: ...300 Kayak User Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Figure 223 E MEM Timeline Insert Loop Figure 224 E MEM Timeline Insert Trigger ...

Page 301: ...Kayak User Manual 301 E MEM Menus Figure 225 E MEM Timeline Insert Trigger DVE Figure 226 E MEM Timeline Insert Trigger DPM ...

Page 302: ...302 Kayak User Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Figure 227 E MEM Timeline Insert Trigger DPM PP Figure 228 E MEM Timeline Insert Trigger Media Player ...

Page 303: ...Kayak User Manual 303 E MEM Menus Figure 229 E MEM Timeline Insert Trigger Media Player 1 Functions ...

Page 304: ... Kayak User Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Delete Popup This popup is used to either delete the currently selected object or to delete all objects in a timeline Figure 230 E MEM Timeline Delete Misc ...

Page 305: ...Kayak User Manual 305 E MEM Menus Duration Popup This popup allows you to change duration and hold times of a keyframe Figure 231 E MEM Timeline Duration Misc ...

Page 306: ...lock status protect Grouped together with this list are the six buttons on the left of the list which affect the selected register The selected register is marked with a black frame while the last recalled or edited register is shaded green The eight buttons below the list are general E MEM controls they are not directly related to the currently selected register Figure 232 E MEM Timeline Save Rec...

Page 307: ...Kayak User Manual 307 E MEM Menus Figure 233 E MEM Timeline Save Recall Modify Figure 234 E MEM Timeline Save Discard ...

Page 308: ...308 Kayak User Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Figure 235 E MEM Timeline ...

Page 309: ...re are specialized versions for the Profile server family Pbus With these protocols the Kayak can control VTRs BetaCam DVCPro etc Video Servers Disk Recorders Other media players The list of servers that have at least one of the protocols implemented includes Thomson Grass Valley Profile Profile XP M Series Thomson Nextore Philips Mediapool Leitch ASC VR300 VR400 DVS ProntoVision Sea Change Pinnac...

Page 310: ...functions may differ Please refer to the equipment manufacturer s documentation to find out which of those protocols is most suitable for your application Clip Select Menu In the clip menu a clips list generated from a media server can be loaded Color coding in the list Green marked clips selected clip Blue marked clips next selected clip Figure 236 Media Player Clip Select ...

Page 311: ...Kayak User Manual 311 Media Player Menus Clips Play Menu The Clips Play menu allows the user to control the connected machine Figure 237 Media Player Clips Play ...

Page 312: ...r Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Machine Delegation The external machines can be selected with the delegation buttons Gang mode is possible by selecting more than one button Figure 238 Media Player Delegation ...

Page 313: ...internal M E or Program Preset outputs including Program Look Ahead Preview and Cleanfeed or as simple timed AUX buses Permanent installed buses are displayed as gray These buses cannot be selected from this menu The Used as column shows AUX channels which are assigned for external keyers e g Video Send and Key Send to external DVE unit ...

Page 314: ...e menu touch first the Router button in Kayak s Home menu Figure 240 Router Menu The Router menu shows in column Input Number and Name of the source which is currently connected to the External AUX Bus of the Kayak system Note Input name 00 means that the External AUX Bus is not assigned to the external router output To switch a source on the external router touch the Modify button ...

Page 315: ...rovided the name will be displayed as extension behind the source number Example 03 src3 The number of selectable sources depends on the configuration of the external router system Note The maximum of source numbers is 96 On Encore and Pro Bel router systems the source number 00 is obsolete and cannot be switched ...

Page 316: ...ut sacrificing critical production elements such as keyers Scalars also let you match video sources using dif ferent aspect ratios to the native production format Note The SD and HD standards use different colorimetry Color bar signals of a dif ferent standard that pass through the Scalar will not align with the color boxes of a vectorscope However the actual color of the video image will be accur...

Page 317: ...ar Menu Note Scalers cannot be saved as E MEMs Scalars are saved within an application The Scalars menu is accessed via the Home Menu Figure 242 Home Menu 1 From the Home menu press the MatchDef Scalars button in the lower row The Scalar Menu screen displays ...

Page 318: ...ual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Figure 243 Scaler Menu 2 Press the Delegation button in the upper left corner of the Scalar menu to open a window that allows you to select an Input Scalar Figure 244 Select Scalar Menu ...

Page 319: ...ed letter boxed pillared region a Press the Background Matte button to adjust the colors used on the edges of the video window b Use the control knobs at the right of the control panel menu to adjust the Hue Chroma and Lum settings shown on the Scalar menu Crop Crop the edges to remove mask any unwanted artifacts that appear around the edges Set to Default Sets the default background matte to blac...

Page 320: ... inputs two to four per M E so the signals can be converted up or down to the Input Format selected As shown in Figure 247 the video signal comes into the scalar BNC input If the Toggle Enable button has been selected the signal then goes through the Scalar to be scaled up or down Figure 247 Scalar Option Signal Routing Deselecting causes video inputs from the Scalar BNC connectors remain just as ...

Page 321: ...it may cause unpredictable results Perform SD 4x3 to SD 16x9 or SD 16x9 to SD 4x3 conversion Perform a 16x9 to 4x3 center cut Only letter box is supported for 16x9 to 4x3 Perform color space conversion SD and HD have slightly different color space Scalars can Function as a frame sync whenever the input is not locked to reference Add a frame of delay to the scaled frame synced inputs Be bypassed an...

Page 322: ...Menu Summaries P Bus Menus Software release version 6 9 1 adds P Bus Peripheral Bus functionality to the Kayak menus Previously this was only accessible via the Sidepanel PC The P Bus menu is accessed via the Home Menu Figure 248 Home Menu ...

Page 323: ...chines The popup of each machine provides the following selection possibilities No Command This machine does not get any trigger Default Command This machine gets the trigger number being in the 1st line All other lines Here each trigger is specified with the name being provided for this machine A selection in this area also changes the general trigger number in the first line which is then applic...

Page 324: ...ecific states These registers can be read out or written in just as the trigger is for a defined number of machines The defined machines are indicated in the field Trigger Register where only Recall No Recall can be selected Storing or recalling is performed with the buttons Save Register and Recall Register ...

Page 325: ...chine e g PLAY SHUTTLE There are 16 triggers from 0 15 for each machine that can be assigned to each function The function names can be selected from a list of default names specific to this applica tion Trigger Names The list of trigger names consist of a fixed programmed part and a freely definable part The freely definable part 16 names can be adjusted in the sub dialog Configuration of Input N...

Page 326: ...me and Modify Lng Name button to configure the desired sources names After pressing the Modify button an alphanumerical key pad appears Usage Rules 1 As long as a video input name is defined in the Config E Box Input menu it can be used throughout the system Panel displays Sidepanel menus etc This is consistent with previous software releases 2 If an input name is not defined in Config E Box Input...

Page 327: ...ty If environment input name s is used in the system the related configura tion input name s have to be cleared Other Menus As the Kayak software is enhanced additional menus subcategories and controls will become available Once you understand the principles of Kayak system menu organization and operation you will be able to quickly learn these new menus and use them effectively for your work ...

Page 328: ...328 Kayak User Manual Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries ...

Page 329: ...al time con trol The menus are generally used in conjunction with the panel controls to set up effects and for system configuration Since some adjustments and selections can only be performed via menu a special live mode is available for same menus allowing limited but fast access Effects can be saved for future immediate recall allowing fast and precise control of complex visual effects in real t...

Page 330: ...le on the screen Size Offset Normally this parameter is named Size When you are e g adjusting the Border Matte for a wipe generator for a background transition which uses the same wipe generator for wash control as is used for the wipe transition itself it is named offset Figure 253 Matte Menu Wash Control Selected Touch the Base Color data pad and use the top three digipots to adjust Hue Saturati...

Page 331: ...Kayak User Manual 331 Matte Menu Controls Figure 254 Matte Menu Base Color Selected Figure 255 Matte Menu Wash Control ...

Page 332: ...rity menu by touching the Keyer button in the Home menu then touch the Priority Misc category selection button Figure 256 Keyer Priority Menu Current Stack Selected 2 If not already set up turn on the desired keys and arrange them so they overlap observing the Program monitor This will make the changes in key priority visible For demonstration purposes you can use four preset pattern keys 3 Touch ...

Page 333: ...you can use four preset pattern keys 3 Delegate that M E for preview in the Preview subpanel This shows the end result of the transition the Next priority 4 Go to the Keyer Priority menu by pressing the Keyer button in the Home menu then touch the Priority Misc category selection button 5 The current stack in the menu is automatically set to what is currently being output You can change the Curren...

Page 334: ...buttons in the Transition subpanel If you selected a wipe go to the Wipes menu by double pressing one of the Wipe buttons and then touch the pattern and any modifiers to be used with the wipe 8 Move the lever arm or press the Auto Trans button in the Transition subpanel to perform the key priority transition The transition is shown on the Program monitor ...

Page 335: ...ates the first steps to achieving a chroma key Auto Setup per forms the following Calculates primary suppression Hue and Luminance Sets primary suppression Selectivity and Chroma to defaults Calculates Clip Low and sets Clip Hi to default Sets all the secondary suppression values to duplicate the primary sup pression values but turns secondary suppression off Changes Opacity temporarily to 100 to ...

Page 336: ... source Figure 259 Keyer menu Chroma Keyer 4 Press the Auto Setup button or the Positioner button on the top of the joystick Preview for that M E will now display the chroma key source with a superimposed cross hair cursor The cursor actually represents a box of 16 x 16 pixels 5 Use the Positioner to position the cursor on the backing color Select a darker area if one exists to optimize the backin...

Page 337: ...ea and touching the top button on the Positioner the chroma key will be set up with coarser values better able to handle set variations 2 If this chroma key is acceptable you are done If you are still not satisfied you can fine tune the chroma key using manual adjustments Manual Chroma Key Adjustments If the Auto Setup of the hue fails to provide a suitable chroma key addi tional controls are avai...

Page 338: ... good chroma key with the other controls Primary Suppression should be set while looking at the foreground Ideally the backing color will appear as a small dot on the vector scope and a per fectly flat line on the waveform display but this never occurs due to set lighting variations shadows etc This means you will need to pick the best suppression for the overall look of the key 1 Touch the 1 Prim...

Page 339: ...oma exists in the backing area 100 chroma suppression is the correct setting for all chroma keys At this point you will probably see a line through the center of the vector scope With increased selectivity this line will become an arc Luma suppression adjustments may be necessary if shading is visible in the backing area with FG Only selected or if the shading adversely affects the background imag...

Page 340: ...aque The correct setting is with Clip Hi and Clip Low set to just barely achieve opacity and transparency respectively 1 Touch the Key Controls data pads to activate these controls Data Pad 1 contains Clip Hi Clip Low Opacity Data Pad 2 contains Size and Position You can now manually adjust keyer clipping controls 2 Press the Key PVW button on the Main control panel and look at the preview output ...

Page 341: ...em you should consider activating the Reshape feature FGD Fade FGD Fade is useful when shading variations exists in the backing color A better alternative if time permits is to adjust the lighting on the set to even out the backing color This may improve the key so that FGD Fade is not needed FGD Fade helps with backing color suppression at the expense of a harder looking key with more noticeable ...

Page 342: ...king color Because there is a mixture of backing color and fore ground color the secondary suppression Hue and the direction Angle will be different from primary suppression Primary suppression removes the backing color while secondary suppression corrects the color in trans lucent areas Note If FGD Fade has been applied it is unlikely enough edge detail will remain to use secondary color suppress...

Page 343: ... wide as possible You should only narrow selectivity increase its value if you cannot avoid changing opaque areas of the foreground 5 Adjust the secondary Angle so that changing secondary Chroma suppression moves the color in the desired direction You are trying to match the color of the translucent areas to an opaque uncorrupted area of the foreground subject 6 Decrease secondary Chroma suppressi...

Page 344: ...lack This eliminates noise resulting from incomplete suppression While coring can improve some keys it can easily be over done Coring thresholds much above black will affect dark grays that are actually part of the foreground subject making the chroma key composite look unnatural Fringe is used to restore color to the gray portions of the foreground color resulting from secondary suppression adjus...

Page 345: ...uch the Mix Ratio etc data pad 4 Press the Trans PVW button in the Transition subpanel and move the lever arm part way This will display the Wipe1 pattern on preview 5 Set Wipe delegation to Wipe2 and select the desired pattern to be mixed with Wipe1 6 You can select the type of pattern mix with the Mix type buttons Mix NAM NAM The NAM buttons are used for And or Or pattern mixing 7 You can also a...

Page 346: ...346 Kayak User Manual Section 6 System Operation Figure 264 Pattern Mix Menu ...

Page 347: ...at least Windows 95 or later Note Since the Sidepanel program is also used for the XtenDD series this manual shows additional items which are not available for the Kayak HD system Note In some menus of the Sidepanel you may find features which are not yet implemented in the Kayak HD system or will not be available at all due to a different hardware structure Due to their logic structuring and appl...

Page 348: ...his delegation is done when the grouped functions are activated e g Mask On or Border On from this menu or with any other key belonging to the same function group When an analog control column is delegated the digipot designators are updated The menus are structured using mainly 3D effects to provide a clear and appealing user interface without using many colors Colors are used to signal events or...

Page 349: ...ven in the following diagram Figure 265 Sidepanel Menu Structure Color Coding Table 28 Color Coding Table 29 Color used in the menu Note Red Attention as the traffic signboard Medium blue Active bars in bar graphs Green On state in the case of On Off buttons Light blue Marking of the active field in listboxes Yellow Attention Light gray Background Dark gray Inscription inactive shadow edges Black ...

Page 350: ...ave the same function in most menus This button opens a button overlay for direct selection of a similar hard ware resource Delegation Figure 266 Delegation Menu Note The overlay is displayed in default for approximately 5 seconds The time can be changed in the menu Personality Sidepanel ...

Page 351: ...r approximately 5 seconds The time can be changed in the menu Personality Sidepanel Example Transfer of the wipe settings from M E1 wipe 1 1 Select Transfer 2 Select From Figure 267 Select From Menu 3 Select M E1 Figure 268 Select ME1 Menu 4 Select Wipe1 Figure 269 Select Wipe1 Menu Lock Menu As long as this button is switched on the Auto Menu function is inhibited Figure 270 Menu Lock Button ...

Page 352: ...c readout of analog values The default setting of this button is a personality preference A double click on this button enables the numeric keypad Figure 271 Digits Button Previous Menu Recall the previous menu Pushing Previous Menu again returns the operator to the menu they just left Figure 272 Previous Menu Button ...

Page 353: ...ciates a potentiometer and not a switch with the setting A bar graph has the control state relevant irrelevant and delegated non delegated which is represented optically A bar graph in the delegated state is represented a blue color An non delegated diagram is shown in black and an irrelevant diagram shows only the frame and the text in gray color The column and the numerical values are not shown ...

Page 354: ...unction It is represented in the digipot area on the right side in each case in the height of the pertinent digipot The inscription changes if another group is selected A numeric digipot designator has a small bar to give an overview of range and actual position of the value This bar cannot be operated with the mouse but you can enter the numeric value via the keyboard If the user turns the digipo...

Page 355: ...as a name or a bitmap as description Figure 276 Selection Box Examples of selection boxes The left three boxes are the default boxes The right three boxes are optional Personality Setup Blocks and Multi are del egated The Shape is non delegated A selection box can be controlled with the mouse or with a digipot if the box is delegated When the user clicks to an unselected element the element is now...

Page 356: ...ursor The cursor follows the mouse cursor The softkeys for cursor positioning do autorepeat when held down Sliderbar If the listbox has more entries than lines the sliderbar can be used to position the visible section Every listbox has a memory for the actual listbox cursor position when the user leaves the listbox or the menu If the user selects the menu or listbox later the list box cursor appea...

Page 357: ...next row When the cursor reaches the first button in a row it jumps to the last button in the previous row The top down digipot changes the cursor in a vertical direction When the cursor reaches the last row it jumps to the first row in the next column When the cursor reaches the first row it jumps to the last row in the pre vious column Numeric keypad only for numbers The shift key operates like ...

Page 358: ... controllable with the mouse thus enabling an operation without softkeys and digipots That means operation is pos sible from a normal PC without special hardware The functions are initiated by clicking or double clicking with the left mouse button on the individual elements in the menu Clicking with the right mouse button calls a pop up menu which enables a change into the other menu groups This f...

Page 359: ... control dialog as well as the addressed area come from the selection of this area Example hard ware resource M E1 area Main menu The specified M E text e g M E1 has the M E color coding Clicking the mouse into the header selects the menu for the next associated hardware resource For example the control dialog of M E1 then changes to M E2 Figure 280 Dialog Title Selection ...

Page 360: ...l menu Sub menus Startup Startup Startup Status Status Status M E Mapping P P M E M E Main Auto Times Wipe Trans Border Matte Key Key Main Matte Mask ChromaKey Main ChromaKey Suppression Wipe Wipe Adjust Select Remote Remote Remote GP I O P Bus Montage Proc Not supported in Kayak HD Color Bgnd Color BGD Color BGD 1 2 3 Correction Correction Bus Input Aux RGB Input RBGB Bus Install Install Main E B...

Page 361: ...ain DPM EDit Media Player M E MP Status MP Clips Ram Recorder Ram Recorder Clips Stills Transfer Image Converter Personality Personality Main Auxiliary AUX Main Scalars Scalars Input Scalars Table 30 Menu Groups and Hierarchy Menu group Top level menu Sub menus ...

Page 362: ...the menu available last with all selected parame ters With initial startup the Startup menu is called in order to enable selection of the mainframe control panel and establishing the connection The menus shows the state of the Switcher system Connected mainframe E Box Attached panel User name IP address Sidepanel version Kayak or XtenDD Figure 281 Sidepanel Start Menu ...

Page 363: ...ainframe Actuating the E Box button calls a listbox in which the main frames con nected to the mains are listed with IP Net Address After selection of a main frame the Connect and Disconn buttons are activated A corresponding selection connects or disconnects the connection Figure 282 E Box Listbox Selection of an Attached Panel Actuating the Panel button calls a listbox in which the switcher pane...

Page 364: ...use closes the Sidepanel application Minimize A click button or mouse minimizes the GUI on the screen to the Windows Task bar A minimized state can be restored to its original size by pressing any key Shut Down A double click button or mouse closes the Sidepanel application and shut down the control panel PC ...

Page 365: ... via the pop up menu or pressing the respective menu buttons Figure 284 Sidepanel Status Menu Selecting the M E Main Menus M E1 M E2 M E3 P P Press the associated dialog button to select the associated M E Main menu which serves to modify the switcher parameters Note The menu contents is depended from the connected mainframe E g with Kayak HD 100 only PP Kayak HD 200 M E 1 and PP is available ...

Page 366: ...f the mainframe operational state is possible for a single M E or the complete switcher For a recall of the complete switcher preset select the Status menu A single switcher preset can be recalled in the M Ex Main menu Refer to the Install E Box menu to save the preset data Recall Preset The following presets can be recalled Figure 285 User Definable Presets Factory Preset Recall the factory prese...

Page 367: ...cking the Attached Macros button which is visible in all menus at the right side between the middle digipots This button is only visible when there is at least one macro attachment The button is gray or green depending on the settings in the menu Personality Panel MaKE Memo Attachment Playmode Figure 286 Attached Macros Button ...

Page 368: ...n Menu Figure 287 Sidepanel M E Main Menu The inner dialog area shows the status of the respective M E stage All transition functions Cut Auto Trans PVW and Trans Duration can be controlled by trackball or mouse Note The menu contents is depended from the selected M E stage ...

Page 369: ...ect Trans Duration Time 3 Click E enter or C clear Dialog Buttons Auto Times For details refer to the section on Auto Times Menu on page 372 Previous Menu Return to the previous menu For details refer to the section Introduction on page 347 Recall Preset Recall the single M E Preset Figure 289 Dialog Buttons Factory Preset Recall the factory preset ...

Page 370: ... other components This command does not Influence matrix crosspoints Stop TiM E timeline play or TiM E snapshot dissolve Menu Lock For details refer to the Introduction on page 347 Fader Active Press the associated function button to enable or disable the fader of the individual mixing levels The active status is displayed in the button BlkPSTMode The BlkPST Mode button permits selection of differ...

Page 371: ...sition is finished i e when an automatic transition has been completed or the fader is in end posi tion Limit Set The Limit set and Limit on buttons serve to create reproducible partial transi tions This mode is possible with all types of transitions Limit set permits storing the desired value set with the fader Limit On Limit on enables the mode Any transition with Cut or Auto and any manual tran...

Page 372: ... a jerk free tran sition to the next contribution can be made with the fader The remaining transition length is then stretched to the full fader path Auto Times Menu Figure 293 Sidepanel Auto Times Menu M E The menu permits setting the auto transition times Note The menu contents is depended from the selected M E stage ...

Page 373: ... start the Auto times manually The button is only active when a GPI in the Trigger column is pre selected Modify Selecting the button displays the numeric keypad to enter the auto transi tion times of the selected component Only numbers are valid entries Figure 294 Trans Dur Function Buttons Digits For details refer to the Introduction on page 347 ...

Page 374: ...374 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Color Background Menu Figure 295 Sidepanel Color Background Menu ...

Page 375: ...rightness of the color Note Certain combinations of chrominance and luminance values will cause levels to be too high and inadmissible colors For this reason an automatic can be switched on to control limits the chrominance for defined luminance values You can easily check this by setting the Chroma control to maximum and then turning the Luminance control slowly to maximum the chrominance will be...

Page 376: ...on lights up it is possible to change the color wash individually with the Softness Position and Angle controls The Softness control permits adjusting the width of the transition between the two colors The Position control serves to shift the position of the transition With the Angle control the transition angle can be rotated Select Matte 1 or Matte 2 if you wish to adjust the matte with the Hue ...

Page 377: ...Kayak User Manual 377 Keyers Menus Keyers Menus For operating details refer to Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Keyers Menus on page 377 in this manual Key Main Menu Figure 299 Sidepanel Key Main Menu ...

Page 378: ...378 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Key Matte Menu Figure 300 Sidepanel Key Matte Menu ...

Page 379: ...Kayak User Manual 379 Keyers Menus Key Mask Menu Figure 301 Sidepanel Key Mask Menu ...

Page 380: ...380 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Chroma Key Main Menu Figure 302 Sidepanel Chroma Key Main Menu ...

Page 381: ...Kayak User Manual 381 Keyers Menus Chroma Key Suppression Menu Figure 303 Sidepanel Chroma Key Suppression Menu ...

Page 382: ... Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Wipe Menus For operating details refer to section Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Wipe Menus on page 382 in this manual Wipe Adjust Menu Figure 304 Sidepanel Wipe Adjust Menu ...

Page 383: ...Kayak User Manual 383 Wipe Menus Wipe Select Menu Figure 305 Sidepanel Wipe Select Menu ...

Page 384: ...l Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Color Background Menus For operating details refer to section Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries Color Background Menus on page 384 in this manual Figure 306 Sidepanel Color Background Menu ...

Page 385: ... manual The following Corrections modes are available Bus Correction Brightness Contrast Saturation Balance Input Correction Brightness Contrast Saturation Balance Aux Bus Correction Brightness Contrast Saturation Balance RGB Input Correction Gain Lift Gamma for RGB each RGB Bus Correction Gain Lift Gamma for RGB each Figure 307 Sidepanel Correction Menu Example ...

Page 386: ...red within a common data pool and may be accessed by all 6 output channels The Status menu shows the status of four RAM Recorders With the scroll bar on the right up to six can be displayed The menu allows to control the basic functions by clicking the respective fields and buttons For operating details refer to Section 5 Kayak Menu Summaries HD RAM Recorder Menus on page 278 in this manual Figure...

Page 387: ...Recorder Menus RAM Recorder Clips Menu The Clips menu allows to select and modify stored video clips Figure 309 RAM Recorder Clips The list of available clips is displayed from the harddisk directory path c Programme DD35 ramrec ...

Page 388: ...388 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries RAM Recorder Stills Menu The Stills menu allows to select and modify stored video stills Figure 310 RAM Recorder Stills ...

Page 389: ...e transfer of video clips and stills The fol lowing modes are available Clips to RAM Clips to PC Stills to RAM Stills to PC Note Depending on the clip size the transfer can take up to one hour The clip and still storage is organized in 2400 addressable positions each Figure 311 RAM Recorder Transfer ...

Page 390: ... by a name conflict to solve this problem rename the clip If the overwrite mode is active and there are multiple clips with the same target position the background will also turn red Yellow Clip position in RAM storage is used and Skip is selected Change target position number or change the transfer mode Note Single transfer mode is also possible Select a clip still and press Start Import Export T...

Page 391: ...ndow lists the files contained within the selected folder 1 Double click to select and open a folder 2 Select a file to be converted with a left mouse click You can select more than one file by using the right mouse key Note When converting the associated filter is started and one single sequence is created from the individual files The picture order in the sequence is deter mined by the order of ...

Page 392: ...rmat Output File Name The name of the exit file has to be entered in a dialog box The file extension is added automatically depending on destination pixel format In general the entered file name will be enlarged with a three digit number to gen erate different file names if a sequence will be converted to single images AVI Audio Video Interleaved BMP Windows OS2 Bitmap JPG Joint Picture Expert Gro...

Page 393: ...ars Select on of the listed Codec and close the dialog with OK Note If the dialog is canceled an empty file will be generated Source Pixel Format Touching the Convert button opens a dialog window for detail adjustments The following Source Pixel formats can be adjusted Figure 314 RAM Recorder Image Converter Source Pixel Format ...

Page 394: ...ted determines the picture format of the destination file If a TV format is selected as destination pixel format is selected the des tination file is coupled with TV format Converting Size Positioning and Preview Having selected the conversion parameters you may have a look at the format in the Preview window The red frame shows the outer edge of the picture TV format only to be converted and the ...

Page 395: ...AUX menu enables to select the sources on the individual internal and external AUX buses This is the only way to select AUX sources from a sidepanel without push buttons e g with GUI PC Network Control Sta tion Figure 316 Sidepanel AUX Menu Select the AUX bus with the cursor button and press Modify Then select the desired AUX source in a popup menu ...

Page 396: ...396 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Figure 317 Sidepanel AUX Menu Sources Example ...

Page 397: ...o field on the left side displays the short name the long name and the text of the register just marked with the cursor frame Figure 318 Sidepanel Master TiM E Memo Menu Function Buttons Delegate If this button is pressed the user can select another TiM E Memo to go to So it is possible to switch over to the PP M E1 M E2 M E3 or Master TiM E Memo Select Menu ...

Page 398: ...ely and only stopped when a Wait is inserted into the timeline When Auto Run is switched on only the first keyframe of the timeline is recalled thereafter the timeline is stopped until the user continues the time line with Continue Subsequently it continues running normally Undo Enable If this button is pressed the state before the last recall or timeline play is restored Undo Enable Disable For s...

Page 399: ...t GPI time can t be played with Auto Time If this button is pressed the user can adjust the Auto Time for snapshot dis solves and timeline auto play and the default transition time for key frames in timelines Transfer memo If this button is pressed the user can save the contents snapshot or time line of a registers Reg1 99 to a floppy disk FD or load data into a reg ister Figure 320 Transfer Memo ...

Page 400: ...ed entities to the selected blue cursor frame register as a snapshot Modify Modifies a stored snapshot according to the currently defined Define Memo The state of all currently in the Define Memo enabled entities will be changed in the selected snapshot to the currently adjusted state e g if the border color of a wipe effect has to be changed from red to green in a already stored snapshot you have...

Page 401: ... in snapshots and timelines For this purpose a symbolic representation of the switcher appears in the menu Note Resource conflicts are possible In the Define Memo menus of the M E1 3 TiM E Memo all resources not belonging to that M E are released for default Blue Cursor position Yellow Selectable switcher functions Green Selected Switcher functions ...

Page 402: ...s can be selected individually The states of both are stored but only the activated bus will be recalled Example If PGM is disabled during Recall the PGM row of the selected M E is not affected by the snapshot recall or timeline It is not recommended to disable only one bus PGM or PST during Recall in case of timelines that are including background transitions ...

Page 403: ...emo Edit Menu Function Buttons View On If the user is going to edit a timeline then he will see the results of his modifications and cursor movement in the video i e if a keyframe or snap shot object will be selected it will be recalled and displayed in the video Off If the user is going to edit a timeline then he will not see the results of his modifications and cursor movement in the video i e t...

Page 404: ...ts and buttons absolutely on the adjusted value Advanced The following functions change the keyframe contents Figure 325 Modify All Advanced Function Button Digipots Relative Changes the parameters which can be adjusted with the digipots in a rela tive amount e g color brightness pattern size clip level etc Digipots Changes the parameters which can be adjusted with the digipots abso lutely on the ...

Page 405: ... Duration Changes all transition times Transition Type Changes the transition type Linear S Linear Hold Time Changes the hold time of the keyframe End Edit Close the edit mode with saving the modification Cancel Edit Cancel the edit mode without saving Left Right Cursor Navigate the cursor inside the timeline Modify Current The parameter listbox appears for the current selected object If it is a k...

Page 406: ...ton Note To insert a PBus Trigger Register Under Insert Trigger PBus a Trigger PBus command or a PBus Register command can be inserted into the timeline PBus Trigger The listbox represents the machines and the meaning of the trigger for the machines The first line in the listbox shows the numeric value of the trigger All machines get the same trigger whose meaning however can be different for the ...

Page 407: ...rview and Parameter Entry The following section gives an overview on the objects with their parame ters which can be inserted into a timeline Figure 327 Insert Object Overview Start Object is always available Cannot be erased or inserted Transition Is automatically inserted before keyframe or snapshot Keyframe When inserting also the parameters of the associated transition can be indi cated Parame...

Page 408: ...e No Loop Begin The loop can be changed on the Loop Begin as well on the Loop End symbol Parameter Loop count Wait Frames Parameter Frames Wait GPI Parameter GPI Number Loop End The loop can be changed on the Loop Begin as well on the Loop End symbol Parameter Loop count Wait User Parameter Wait TOD Parameter Time of Day Trigger GPO Parameter GPIO Number Trigger DVE Parameter Machine 1 Commands Pl...

Page 409: ...command is applied to the register just being selected in the TiM E Memo control field Register No 0 99 No means that the command is applied to the register indicated under the register no The parameter is already defined via the overlay menu Entry is possible only with certain commands Trigger P Bus Trigger Parameter Trigger Number Machine 1 Recall No Recall Machine 24 Recall No Recall Trigger P ...

Page 410: ...410 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries ...

Page 411: ...nu Figure 328 Sidepanel Remote Menu Function Buttons In Enable AUX CP Enables AUX Control Panels VTR Enables the VTR control Edit Enables Editor control GP In Enables GPI inputs Out Enable P Bus Enables Editor control GP Out Enables GPI outputs ...

Page 412: ...412 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries GPI Out Menu Figure 329 Sidepanel GPI Menu ...

Page 413: ...on Buttons Menu Lock For details refer to the Introduction on page 347 Trigger Attached GPOs P P in preparation M E1 3 in preparation Cursor Up Down Moving the bar in the list box and select a GPO channels 1 to 32 Trigger Set a manual trigger ...

Page 414: ...les to manually trigger with Trigger the machines defined in the Install E Box P Bus menu At present only 1 trigger can be output on the P Bus which then reaches all machines for which in this case a trigger is adjusted In the 1st line the trigger number is present can be used but must not In the other lines this trigger number is adjusted for the respective machines ...

Page 415: ...ialog of the trigger Register are device specific states These registers can be read out or written in just as the trigger for a defined number of machines The concerned machines are indicated in the field Trigger Reg ister where only Recall No Recall can be selected No Command This machine does not get any trigger Default Command This machine gets the trigger number being in the 1st line All othe...

Page 416: ...416 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Figure 332 Remote P Bus Register Function Buttons Storing or recalling is performed with the buttons Save Register and Recall Register ...

Page 417: ... Player Menus MP Status Menu Figure 333 Sidepanel Media Player Status Menu The Status menu shows the status of up to four Media Players defined in the Install E Box Machine menu Display Timecode In mark Out mark VTR operation mode Play Stop Rewind ...

Page 418: ...verter Selecting the internal Image Converter menu MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 Selecting the desired machines Grab Mark In Current timecode value of the selected machine is stored as Mark In Grab Mark Out Current timecode value of the selected machine is stored as Mark Out Go To Selected machine go to Mark In Marc Out Speeds Selecting of the speed control Var Variable speed control with Digipot and Fader Jog ...

Page 419: ...TR For this pur pose the buttons in the Motion Control are provided In addition in this menu the clips list from a Media Server e g MediaPool EDIFIES can be displayed Function Buttons Start Clip Load the chosen clip from the Media Server Update Cliplist Update Clip list requests a table of contents of all clips of the Media Server This procedure may take some time ...

Page 420: ...420 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Autocue Selected machine jumps to the stored timecode value Motion control buttons Fast rewind Play reverse Stop Pause Play forward Fast forward ...

Page 421: ...serves to control an external DVE unit and the internal DPM pro cessor as well DVE External The menu serves to control an external DVE unit connected to the switcher mainframe Refer Installation Manual for details Figure 335 Sidepanel External DVE Menu ...

Page 422: ...1 DVE2 Selecting the channel of the external DVE DVE effects can be selected either by positioning the blue cursor box with the digipots or by clicking with the mouse on the desired effect and confirm with OK The selected effect can be used as DVE transition or the DVE can be controlled by the Motion Controls in this menu With the digipot DVE the DVE can be positioned to a fixed point in the timel...

Page 423: ...hey are treated per M E bank like external DVE channels with a separate timeline system with 100 registers That means the switcher can recall independently extra DPM effects per M E while running an E MEM timeline To offer even more flexibility the user can define per register which of the 4 channels should be affected E g register 1 could only include the DPM channel of keyer 1 running an endless...

Page 424: ...ction Keyer Fill Effect selection 6 x 5 buttons per page Page selection Input Selection Input selection for the 4 channels click on the corresponding fields for source selection Effect Selection 30 buttons for DPM effect selection in total 100 effects on 4 pages In the bottom part per button you find an indication of the channels used in the corresponding effect ...

Page 425: ...selected effect Example If the effect contains channel 2 3 4 the macro will record the play command for channel 2 This macro can be used to play any effect con taining at least channel 2 because a play command for one of the used channels will play all used channels So 4 macros is enough to play all effects Current Effect Number In this section you find an indication of the selected effect per cha...

Page 426: ...whether this channel should be affected by the global channel Click the buttons with the mouse to select or deselect no show No highlighting 1 incl Highlight all effects which contain at least one of the selected channels all incl Highlight all effects which contain all of the selected channels exact Highlight all effects which contain exactly the selected channels chan 1 Toggle selection channel ...

Page 427: ...to Run is off the run has to be triggered either in the Show Timeline menu by pressing Play or by pressing the Cut button in the Effects area again while the section is delegated to DPM control The Auto Run button is also used when a DPM effect is recalled by an E MEM When On a keyframe containing DPM Eff No in the Define Memo will trigger an immediate run of the relevant DPM effect Define memo is...

Page 428: ...e several pages functions with up to 4 controls You can toggle through the functions with the function select button top row right of the GUI The up to 4 controls per page can be controlled by the 4 digipots on the right side Some controls can also be set with numeric values or using the mouse cursor see below Cursor Modes Figure 340 Sidepanel Cursor Modes Data entry of the parameters is possible ...

Page 429: ...drag your mouse to change analog values Wrap Figure 342 Sidepanel Cursor Mode Wrap Right click and drag your mouse to change analog values When the mouse reaches the end of the detection area it is automatically positioned to the opposite border wrap around This mode is recommended for mouse con trol ...

Page 430: ...343 Sidepanel Cursor Mode C Speed Inside the white lines same behavior as standard mode When the mouse is outside the white border the value will change with a constant speed This mode is recommended for touch screen control V Speed Figure 344 Sidepanel Cursor Mode V Speed ...

Page 431: ...t Selection of cursor movement direction horizontal and vertical Figure 345 Selection of Cursor Movement Editing Controls Default Set All Geometric parameter to default values Figure 346 Editing Controls Default Goto Navigation inside the timeline Goto Start End KF Keyframe nn Figure 347 Editing Controls GoTo Insert Insert current state as keyframe before Kf Before or after Kf After or insert a Pa...

Page 432: ...ands are not yet supported Delete Figure 350 Editing Controls Delete Keyframe Delete the selected keyframe The total duration of the effect will be reduced by the keyframe duration of the deleted keyframe If this keyframe is the only one the values are set to factory default Pause Deletes the selected Pause All Kf s Deletes all keyframes One keyframe always remains with factory default values ...

Page 433: ...trol Buttons If the DVX Run Controls button is activated the buttons to the left change the function and a created effect can be started Start Set effect to begin first keyframe Reverse Play effect in reverse direction Pause Pause effect Play Play effect in normal direction End Set effect to end last keyframe ...

Page 434: ...n 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Setup This menu is the start menu for building an effect Channels that are not enabled will not be stored and will not be affected when the register is recalled Figure 352 Sidepanel DPM Edit Setup Menu ...

Page 435: ...ode The parameter Warp Mode is modified via a popup selection Most of the menus work in this way For detailed descriptions of the corresponding parameters please refer to the description in the chapters on Kayak Menu Summaries on page 155 and Concepts page 35 of this manual The up and down arrows at the right side of the value display can also be used to change the corresponding values Figure 353 ...

Page 436: ...ew Start Time Set timeline offset for selected DPM channel Via Modify Selected you can enter absolute timecode Eff Dur Set the duration for the total timeline KF Dur Set the duration for the selected keyframe Via Modify Selected you can enter absolute timecode Eff Pos Moves the current position cursor in the timeline ...

Page 437: ...ll With the left right arrow at the bottom you step to the previous next keyframe Zoom Set the zoom window for the display Scroll Set the start timecode for the display Eff Pos Moves the current position cursor in the timeline same as in page View ...

Page 438: ...idepanel DPM Edit Save Recall Menu Register Select register for Save Discard Rename Delete Recall Use Priority Protect Loop Use Priority On The DPM effect turns off the keyer priority of the cor responding M E The keyer priority is controlled in the transition section and via E MEM ...

Page 439: ...enu Protect On Register cannot be saved renamed or deleted Off All operations are allowed Loop Normal Effect runs once Loop Effect runs endlessly always in forward play When the end is reached it jumps to the beginning Bounce Effect runs endlessly when the end is reached it runs in reverse to the start bouncing always between start and end ...

Page 440: ...ft of the other numbers separated by a dash If the channel has z priority with other channels these channels are not separated by a dash and highlighted with yellow background Example 3 12 4 This means Channel 3 has the lowest priority channel 1 and 2 are together in one group of z priority but this group has always a higher priority than channel 3 and a lower priority than channel 4 ...

Page 441: ...ak Menu Summaries Installation Menus on page 441 in this manual Install Main Menu Figure 357 Sidepanel Install Main Menu The Install main menu shows the current control panel and mainframe port assignment Saving Operation Preset Data Saving operation data as user defined preset is possible with the button Store Preset in the Install E Box menu ...

Page 442: ... is saved as to be the new Operational Preset setting Cancel Cancels the save procedure Selecting Default DD Mode DD Mode Keyer If activated the operating mode of the Keyer will changed to XtenDD philosophy DD Mode Emen If activated the operating mode of the Emem system will changed to XtenDD philosophy ...

Page 443: ... installation functions Note The number of index cards is dependent of available switcher type Figure 358 Sidepanel Install E Box Menu Function Buttons Copy With the softkey Copy it is possible to store or load the files ENVIRON INI and License txt E Box or ENVIR_CP INI panel from a USB Flash Memory or hard disk CAUTION After loading the environment file the switcher will reset ...

Page 444: ... Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Timing Index Card Index card for setting the timing genlock parameters and reference input of the switcher system Figure 359 Sidepanel Index Card Input ...

Page 445: ...put Ext Name Enable Disable the name transfer mode with Yes No Patched to Option Software Patch Panel Software License Key is required With the buttons Reset Patch Panel and Patch Panel On Off the settings can be activated or resetted Router Output Select the router output channel Router Level Select the level of the routing system e g Prosan router Event Preroll in preparation ...

Page 446: ...AB1 15 Selecting a substitution table Refer also to the Config Panel SubstTab menu The substitution tables are used for Simulcast mode This entry in this index card can only be modified if in the sidepanel PC s registry the value USERINTERFACE INPUT_SUBSTAB_SELECTABLE is set to 1 ...

Page 447: ... determine whether the rising or falling edge of the arriving signal GPI 1 8 is to be used A GPI is considered Active when current flows through the LED of the opto coupler at the GPI input When no current flows the GPI is Inactive Hence a Rising edge is the transition from Inactive to Active and a Falling edge is the transition from Active to Inactive ...

Page 448: ...r selecting and modifying the GPO parameters Figure 362 Sidepanel Index Card GPO Select Modify to change the parameters Shape Pulse Static Idle State Open Closed Pulse Duration Enter the preroll time in frames max 255 frames Attached to Assign a fixed video source to the 32 GPI channel ...

Page 449: ...DVE Index Card Index card for selecting and modifying the parameters of an external DVE unit Figure 363 Sidepanel Index Card Ext DVE For details refer to the section on Digital Video Effect System Integration in the Installation and Service Manual ...

Page 450: ...ndex Card Router Two protocols and the assigned ports are selectable Mnemonic Transfer Name transfer from the external router to the switcher control Crosspoint Control Control protocol for the external AUX buses Audio follow Video Control protocol for Audio follow Video e g esam2_V308 Automatic Control Control protocol for Automatic control system protocol e g acos_V300 ...

Page 451: ...UX Bus Index Card Index card for installation the AUX Bus parameters Figure 365 Sidepanel Index Card AUX Buses All 10 AUX buses of the Kayak HD are generally phased Output coding and Permanent Input can be selected by pressing the Modify button ...

Page 452: ... Note Two MI 3040 boxes can be addressed as to be one box with 80bits if they have the same MPK address and if they are installed in neighbor columns in the table above Within a tally channel Red Green Yellow same box addresses may be used However a box address cannot be used in different colors For details refer to the section on Tally Signaling in the Installation and Service Manual ...

Page 453: ... With the following buttons the Tally Assignment can be changed A modified state of each channel will be displayed in the headline of the assignment table Tally Out Assign Dialog page appears disappears Tally Assign Switched assignment on off Modify Changed the assignment Reset Assign Reset the channels to Default or None Copy Assign Copied assignment from channel to channel ...

Page 454: ...x Card AUX CP Note The port must be different to the ports used for DVEs Editors ext DSKs etc Type Opens a pop up window with all types of AUX Control Panels Port Opens a pop up window with all ports plus None like in all other menus where a port must be configured MPK Address Opens the typewriter pop up window The physical MPK address of the AUX CP must be entered Refer the label at the rear of t...

Page 455: ...bles the ability to select a special output at a defined level of the router Example If you select in the column Router Output the number 6 and in the column Router Level the number 1 then it corresponds to the specification that External AUX Bus 1 is connected with the router output 6 at level 1 The number of the levels and router outputs depends of the router control pro tocol ...

Page 456: ... Menu Summaries UMD Index Card Index card for installation the Under Monitor Displays and set the tally mode Figure 370 Sidepanel Index Card UMD For details refer to the section on Under Monitor Displays in the Installation and Service Manual ...

Page 457: ... Machine Index Card Index card for installation the machine parameters e g VTR for Machine Control and VTR Emulation Figure 371 Sidepanel Index Card Machine The setting can be changed by navigating the parameter and pressing the Modify button ...

Page 458: ...ion 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Editor Index Card Index card for installation the Editor parameters Figure 372 Sidepanel Index Card Editor For details refer to the section on Editor Control in the Installation and Service Manual ...

Page 459: ...ed Figure 373 Sidepanel Index Card P Bus The right list box enables to provide for each of these machines the trigger events with function names e g PLAY SHUTTLE For each machine there are the trigger from 0 15 which can be assigned each to other function The name can be selected from a list of default names which provides spe cific names for this application The list of trigger names consist of a...

Page 460: ...460 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries For controlling the machines refer to the section on Remote P Bus Trigger on page 414 ...

Page 461: ...menu is designed by using index cards Each card contains all settings belonging to the control panel installation functions Figure 374 Sidepanel Install Panel Menu Dialog Buttons Install Selecting Install main menu E Box Selecting Install E Box menu System Selecting System menu ...

Page 462: ...Diagnose menu Previous Menu Return to the previous menu For details refer to the Introduction on page 347 Function Buttons Index Cards Menu Lock For details refer to the Introduction on page 347 Cursor Up Down Left Right The cursor buttons are used to navigate within the table ...

Page 463: ... Type Opens a pop up window with all types of AUX Control Panels Port Opens a pop up window with all ports plus None like in all other menus where a port must be configured Note The port must be different to the ports used for DVEs Edi tors ext DSKs and similar devices MPK Address Opens the typewriter pop up window The physical MPK address of the AUX CP must be entered Refer to the label at the re...

Page 464: ... end position 100 signal End position means Move the fader gently as far as it will go During fader adjustment moving the fader does not affect video signals 1 Press Modify a pop up menu with dialog messages appears 2 Move all faders to the upper end position and select the menu entry in the pup up menu Move all faders to the upper position and press OK 3 Move all faders to the lower end position ...

Page 465: ...he defined mainframe IP address UPK User Programmable Keys Buttons Index Card In this index card many buttons available in the panel sections can be assigned to other functions The functions are individual for each button Select the desired function with pressing the Modify button Figure 377 Sidepanel Index Card UPK Note The number of buttons is dependent on its panel type ...

Page 466: ...el Menu Summaries UMD Index Card Index card for installation the Under Monitor Displays and set the tally mode Figure 378 Sidepanel Index Card UMD For details refer to the section Under Monitor Displays in the Installation and Service Manual ...

Page 467: ...Kayak User Manual 467 Installation Menus ME Delegation Index Card Index card for the M E delegation Figure 379 Sidepanel Index Card M E Delegation ...

Page 468: ...es GPI Index Card Index card for installation the control panel GPIs Note This index card ia available only if a XtenDD panel is connected Figure 380 Sidepanel Index Card Sat Panel For details refer to the section GPI in the Installation and Service Manual ...

Page 469: ...O Index Card Index card for installation the control panel GPOs Note This index card ia available only if a XtenDD panel is connected Figure 381 Sidepanel Index Card GPO For details refer to the section GPO in the Installation and Service Manual ...

Page 470: ...ummaries Sat Panel Index Card Index card for installation the Satellite Panel RSAT Note This index card ia available only if a XtenDD panel is connected Figure 382 Sidepanel Index Card Sat Panel Select Modify to set the port number and protocol type ...

Page 471: ...Menu The installation menu is designed by using index cards Each card contains all settings belonging to the general system settings Hardware Option Index Card Index card shows the available hardware options Figure 383 Sidepanel System Index Card HW Options ...

Page 472: ... Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Software Option Index Card Index card shows the available software options and gives the possibility to load license files Figure 384 Sidepanel System Index Card SW Options ...

Page 473: ...Kayak User Manual 473 Installation Menus Temporary License Index Card Index card shows the available temporary licenses with expiration date Figure 385 Sidepanel System Index Temp Lic ...

Page 474: ...ntal line from the other drives in the list enables loading and storing applications All other drives displayed in the list are only important for the copying procedures Copy Config Simple and Copy Config Detailed Drive Server Name of the drive or server Path Path to the application directory Refresh If Yes it can be read in again in the Copy Config dialogs by means of the Refresh button Active If...

Page 475: ...allation Menus Devices Index Card Index card shows the name and IP address of the connected devices Figure 387 Sidepanel Index Card Devices The Device name of control panel and mainframe can be renamed by using the Modify button ...

Page 476: ...ion and gives access to the NetCen tral settings Figure 388 Sidepanel Diagnosis Menu Diagnose Enable enables disables the diagnosis in the attached control panel and in the connected mainframe Redundant Power includes excludes the option redundant power supply of control panel and mainframe in the diagnosis ...

Page 477: ...cation done in an application menu results in an action within a switcher system device immediately Offline means that those modifica tions are only stored in files on the local hard disk Config Main Menu Figure 389 Sidepanel Config Main Menu The Application Main menu has a list of the running applications of the con nected mainframe Running Applications and a list of stored applications on the lo...

Page 478: ...our applications loaded to a main frame It is displayed in loading order with the latest one at the top Below there is a complete list of all applications available on the hard disk It is listed alphabetical Each entry consists of an application name a creation date and time The list box Content Overview displays the register resources of panel MaKE memos and mainframe TiM E memo Function Buttons ...

Page 479: ...t renames the application name on the local hard disk Save Starts saving an application on the local hard disk The button is only rele vant if the cursor points to a running application Save As Starts saving an application on the local hard disk after entering a new name for the application The new application name is read by an input dialog Menu Lock For details refer to the Introduction on page ...

Page 480: ... of the selected application in the list box Available Appli cations Protected applications are marked with a cross Start Loads an application from the local hard disk and starts it Copy Config Menu Simple To save or exchange applications or user specific data from the switcher hard disk to a floppy or vice versa 1 Select the new menu in the Config menu Figure 392 Sidepanel Copy Config 2 You can t...

Page 481: ... shown After copying an application from another switcher the application might use devices which are not available here The devices can be changed with the Change Device button Figure 393 Sidepanel Config Copy Simple Menu Show Drive Internal hard disk and floppy drive are shown in the two selection areas There are all drives listed which are activated in the Install System Drivers menu Show Appli...

Page 482: ... copying an application from another switcher the application might use devices which are not available here The button is enabled only when Show Devices is selected Copy Direction Changing the copy direction from the left to the right and vice versa Refresh Reads the drive Delete App Deletes the selected application files from the drive User Wipe Wipe Pattern MaKE Memo TiM E Memo Key Memory Opera...

Page 483: ...dure If you select more than one file an error message appears On the highest level all drives activated in the Install System Drives menu and the Active Application are listed Use the Level and Level buttons to navigate in the directory tree of the application File types and files can be selected using the Select button or by double clicking on an item in the source list box In the destination li...

Page 484: ...how Names Shows the object names of the files Copy Direction Changing the copy direction from the left to the right and vice versa Refresh Reads the drive Level Changing the directory level Select Deselect Selects the blue marked file or file type for copying ...

Page 485: ...ig E Box Menu Dialog Buttons Allocate Resource Selecting Allocate Resource menu Allocate Panel Selecting Allocate Panel menu Function Buttons Cursor Up Down Left Right All cursor softkeys and cursor digipots are used to navigate the cursor The complete cursor control is always relevant ...

Page 486: ...o It is possible to define up to 64 internal audio channels In the left list box they are provided with a name to each of these internal audio channels can be assigned as many audio channels as you like They are displayed in the list box Audio Source The buttons Add Source and Delete Source allow you to vary them The respec tive internal audio channel is marked green for this purpose To each video...

Page 487: ... specified here Program Preset Audio Program and Audio Preset can be mapped on an external AUX bus Operating The audio switcher follows only PGM PST Only PGM is always to be heard The crossbar selection only is switched If there is no audio assigned to the video the last audio source stays CUT PGM and PST Sources swap according to the video AUTO Works only correctly when the associated audio sourc...

Page 488: ... settings Figure 398 Sidepanel Index Card Misc With the Modify button the following parameters are selectable Format 4 3 or 16 9 An M E specific TV format selection is pos sible in the respective M E menu Field Dominance The Modify button can be used to switch over between Any Field1 and Field2 ...

Page 489: ...he PVW bus KeyMemory AutoSave If the KeyMemo button is switched on in a Keyers menu the key memory is always recalled if the key sources are changed during control panel operation These changes can occur directly by selecting another key source or also indirectly by changing the Fill source or the Split mode For storing the key settings in the key memory two modes are available Auto Save If the sw...

Page 490: ...ch over between transparent and blanked In blanked position the V gap and the H gap is replaced by BLACK and the DD35 internal sync frame is added In transparent position the information contained in the V gap VITS videotext etc are kept This function can be selected for each output and AUX buses separately ...

Page 491: ...ies belonging to other applications are marked with a yellow background Take Takes the input source selected with the cursor to the own application Release Releases the input source selected with the cursor from the own application Show All In the on state all input sources are displayed In the off state only the own green marked inputs are displayed Coupled Key Set all coupled keys to Default sel...

Page 492: ...a pop up menu and in some cases pop up lists The selected function will be triggered on the edge defined in the Install menu when button GPI Enable is On However there are some exceptions where the GPI works as a static input i e actions take place after a change in the GPI state but the value depends on the GPI s state after the change Also GPI Enable does not need to be On for these functions ...

Page 493: ...g it is best to copy and match existing entries In any case the DD35 XtenDD command set is required None GPI has no function Command User defined command code See note below Misc Switch over the Video Standard or Video Format Video Format 4x3 16x9 Inactive 4x3 Active 16x9 Video Standard 625 50 525 60 Inactive 625 50 Active 525 60 This is a very redundant function because the switcher can auto dete...

Page 494: ...es GPO Index Card Index card for GPO settings Figure 401 Sidepanel Index Card GPO Double click or pressing the Modify button calls a pop up menu and in some cases pop up lists Assign a GPO name select a source and select the Tally mode for each GPO channel ...

Page 495: ...onfiguration Menus AUX CP Index Card Index card for configuration the AUX Control Panels connected to the mainframe Figure 402 Sidepanel Index Card AUX CP Modify opens a pop up window with the functions that can be programmed ...

Page 496: ...buses the sources can be assigned freely to the source selection buttons of the AUX CP To do this Assign changes the contents of the index card See Figure 404 None No function 2 This button is used as 2nd button i e shifts the source selection buttons 3 This button is used as 3rd button i e shifts the source selection buttons AUX M E Bus P P Bus These buttons delegate the AUX CP to the crosspoint ...

Page 497: ...ert Position Insert the selected input at the current cursor position and moves the pre vious inputs downwards to the end At the end of the levels the last assign ment get lost All None All buttons are assigned to no input Default Sets the factory default input assign see table below All Sets the input assign like the input assign for bus row ALL control panel only AUX All Sets the input assign li...

Page 498: ...r Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Button Delete Position Deletes the selected input at the current cursor position and moves the all the next inputs upwards At the end of the levels a None will be inserted ...

Page 499: ...Input Name button is only active when one of the M E Output con figuration entries is selected e g Util A The button serves to rename the input name of the respective output Black Preset Abort Enable Disable When another program source is selected a currently running transition with BLK PST on will be aborted the BLK PST button lamp turns off and the selected source is taken as program ...

Page 500: ...ncel Enable Disable When another program source is selected an active fade to black will be instantly cancelled so that the image with the selected source is visible on the stages program output This is available only in non layered mode Auto Transition Abort Inhibit In On state a Auto Transition can not stopped by pressing the Auto button again Key Drop The selected keys will be dropped i e cutou...

Page 501: ...Kayak User Manual 501 Configuration Menus Editor Index Card Index card for editor settings Figure 407 Sidepanel Index Card Editor For details refer to the Installation and Service Manual ...

Page 502: ...x card is to be used if you want to have source names at the External AUX Bus and the router control protocol excludes the name transfer E g ASCII protocol The 4digit names occur at the external AUX bus source and they are fixed for each external AUX bus Router control protocols with a name transfer do not need the setting here These protocols are able to grab the name from the external control un...

Page 503: ...n the coupled AUX bus fol lows Figure 409 Sidepanel Index Card Aux Couple Coupled To Select the desired switcher bus Mode Normal In coupled mode additional selection of sources on the AUX bus is possible Exclusive In coupled mode additional selection of sources on the AUX bus is not possible Subst Table Select the desired substitution table Refer to the Subst Table index card below ...

Page 504: ...s can be used by coupled AUX buses or coupled M Es to exchange the source when the coupled AUX bus follows his master Refer also to the AUX Couple and ME Couple index card above Modify Name Enter a new name for the substitution table All Subst Sets all substituted inputs to a selectable input to white or delete all Add Subst Enter a new substitution pair in the selected table Remove Subst Remove a...

Page 505: ...Kayak User Manual 505 Configuration Menus Modify Subst Modify the selected table ...

Page 506: ...p an assign ment variable this index card is available enabling an AUX bus mapping Thus not only the permanently entered AUX buses can be used but also all the other AUX buses If the DVE Key and Fill source are assigned to AUX buses that is the normal way working with the DVE each time the DVE Fill source is changed at the AUX bus selection The coupled key source is set on the cor responding DVE K...

Page 507: ...Kayak User Manual 507 Configuration Menus DPM Index Card Index card for DPM production crop settings Figure 412 Sidepanel Index Card DPM Settings ...

Page 508: ...ary lines Box Center Cross into each individual AUX bus The fading serve as an auxil iary means to mark at productions defined picture areas e g areas for logos subtitles 4 3 raster The digipots enable to adjust the title box or the center cross over the complete picture area Center Centers the selected auxiliary line in the picture center Title Fades in a rectangular frame Cross Fades in a center...

Page 509: ...Kayak User Manual 509 Configuration Menus Tally In Index Card Index card for tally in settings Figure 414 Sidepanel Index Card Tally In ...

Page 510: ...Function Buttons Index Cards Make Memo Make Memo can store commands as macros e g Cut Auto GPO trigger etc By inserting Pause between commands it can also store a macro sequence The difference between TiM E Memo with snapshots and timelines to Make Memo is that TiM E Memo store states and sequences of states Make Memo stores commands and sequences of commands For recall the stored macros the PP so...

Page 511: ...ipot or by mouse click a free Key No in the Make Memo list field Push the Record button to start recording the macro Push the desired control panel buttons and adjust the desired digipots If a pause is needed between commands push the Insert Pause and select the desired time 0 5 1 0 2 0 3 0 or 5 0 in seconds then proceed with the commands At the end of the macro push Record again to stop recording...

Page 512: ...It is possible to assign other buses to the Make buttons in the control panel e g AUX buses Select Key All and push Modify Select from the overlay the bus you want to assign to these buttons Transfer Key Transfer the selected macro from one button to another ...

Page 513: ...tton enters the same dialog as Edit Macro but without any buttons to change the contents Figure 417 Sidepanel Index Card MaKE Sub Dialog Macro Editor End Edit Save Pressing the button saves the actual changes made in the macro editor and returns to the MaKE dialog Cancel Edit Pressing the button discards changes made in the macro editor and returns to the MaKE dialog ...

Page 514: ...Insert an empty command line after the last command Insert exist macro at select Insert an existing macro before the selected command Insert exist macro at end Insert an existing macro after the last command Modify Pressing the button modifies selected command or empty command line Delete Pressing the button deletes selected command or empty command line Show Hex Values Pressing the button toggles...

Page 515: ...an empty command line and modify this line directly in the command editor Create a temporary macro with the commands needed on the control panel and insert this macro Inserting an existing macro is the simpler way to add commands however creating command directly in the editor gives you more flexibility Creating Changing commands with Modify When you press the Modify button a sequence of pop up wi...

Page 516: ...selection pop ups Switch value e g Wipe Rotation Mode Figure 423 Macro Editor Switch Value Example Set by value Sets rotation mode to a fixed value Next selection will be Angle Speed Coupled Toggle up When you execute this macro the result depends on the actual state When Angle Speed When Speed Coupled When Coupled Coupled some parameters allow wrap around In this case Coupled would change to Angl...

Page 517: ... When Coupled Speed When Speed Angle When Angle Angle some parameters allow wrap around In this case Angle would change to Coupled On Off parameters always allow wrap around Set by value Sets border width to a fixed value Next selection will allow you numeric entry Set to minimum Sets the border width to minimum Set to maximum Sets the border width to maximum Set to neutral Some analog value like ...

Page 518: ...Macro Example This macro will always set Dsk1 to On A macro learned on the control panel with Cut or Auto instead will toggle the state of the DSK Event e g Transition Cut Figure 426 Macro Editor Event Example Trigger For this type there is only one selection possible to trigger the event ...

Page 519: ...nly when a control panel is attached Only a user with permit APPLICATION MODIFY can make changes Figure 427 Sidepanel Index Card Assign Box Bus Rows Pre selects the panel s bus rows for which the Input Assignment should be changed Selectable are ALL all bus rows on the panel P P Bgnd Fill P P Key AUX All AUX 1 AUX 10 ...

Page 520: ...of all buttons Column 3 is a helper to show whether the Button is in first 2nd or 3rd level Column 4 and 5 show the number and the four char ident of the assigned input Dashes indicate that no input is assigned All Bus Rows Shortcut for pre selecting bus row ALL Cursor Up Down The vertical cursor softkeys and the vertical cursor digipot are used to navigate within a list box The com plete cursor c...

Page 521: ...UX All Copies the input assignment from the AUX All bus row into the selected bus row Like ALL Copies the input assignment from the ALL bus row into the selected bus row Black Left Makes a default assignment with input Black on the button furthest to the left Black Right Makes a default assignment with input Black on the button farthest to the right All None Assigns no input to all buttons of sele...

Page 522: ...rol Panels connected with the switcher control panel Figure 429 Sidepanel Index Card AUX CP AUX CP Enable In menu Remote the AUX CPs can be enabled or disabled In disabled state the AUX CP performs no function Local delegation is still possible Modify For details refer to the section on Config E Box Menu on page 485 ...

Page 523: ...Kayak User Manual 523 Configuration Menus ME Delegation Index Card Index card allows panel delegation to mainframe s ME stages Figure 430 Sidepanel Index Card ME Del ...

Page 524: ...es MP Delegation Index Card Note MP Del index card is available if a XtenDD DD35 control panel is connected to the Kayak mainframe Index card allows the delegation of the panels MR buttons to different operating modes Figure 431 Sidepanel Index Card MP Del ...

Page 525: ...e 2 Page 3 Page 4 MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 RR1 RR2 RR3 RR4 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 RR5 RR6 Master Time Memo Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 DPM ME1 Page 1 Page 3 Page 4 Page 2 DPM PP DPM ME3 DPM ME2 Kayak User Manual 525 Configuration Menus ...

Page 526: ...ouble click or pressing the Modify button calls a pop up menu and in some cases pop up lists The selected function will be triggered on the edge defined in the Install menu when button GPI Enable is On However there are some exceptions where the GPI works as a static input i e actions take place after a change in the GPI state but the value depends on the GPI s state after the change Also GPI Enab...

Page 527: ...27 Configuration Menus ME Delegation Index Card Index card for panel GPO settings Note GPO index card is available if a XtenDD DD35 control panel is connected to the Kayak mainframe Figure 433 Sidepanel Index Card ME Del ...

Page 528: ...ction 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Misc Index Card Index card for miscellaneous settings Note GPO index card is available if a XtenDD DD35 control panel is connected to the Kayak mainframe Figure 434 Sidepanel Index Card ME Del ...

Page 529: ... Index card for external Satellite Panels RSAT 1 RSAT 2 settings Note SatPanel index card is available if a XtenDD DD35 control panel is connected to the Kayak mainframe Figure 435 Sidepanel Index Card Sat Panel Refer details in your RSAT 1 and RSAT 2 User Manual ...

Page 530: ...s Figure 437 Macro Editor Attached Macros Button Via the Config Attached Macros menu by clicking the Attached Macros button which is visible in all menus at the right side between the middle digipots This button is only visible when there is at least one macro attachment The button is gray or green depending on the settings in the menu Personality Panel MaKE Memo Attachment Playmode ...

Page 531: ...s Automatically selects the connected panel type Figure 438 Macro Attachment Available Panel Types Note The buttons are dependent to the connected panel type Kayak panel types XtenDD DD35 panel types Center Position Centers the display and the cursor Previous Deleg Toggles the info display backwards through the different delegations Only enabled for buttons with more delega tion levels e g AUX bus...

Page 532: ...n zoom factor the text labels per button are displayed Zoom Out Zoom out display Show Info If On the info popup window is shown whenever the cursor blue crosshair is over a button If Off the info popup window is only shown as long as you hold down the left mouse button on the corresponding button The 4 digipots also allow to scroll the display and to move the cursor blue crosshair ...

Page 533: ...nd The buttons with attached macros are displayed in red To see the details of the attachment move the cursor to the corresponding button or click on it to open the info popup window Here you will see for which delegations and which pages pre and or post macros are attached with the name and the number of the macro Figure 439 Sidepanel Attachment Display Example XtenDD DD35 panel type ...

Page 534: ... and display For operating details refer to section Menu Summaries Personal Settings Menus above in this manual Cliff please all a real cross reference Panel Index Card Figure 440 Sidepanel Personality Menu With the Transfer button the settings can be saved Export on a diskette or loaded Import from a diskette Figure 441 Personality Menu Transfer Button ...

Page 535: ...Kayak User Manual 535 Personality Menu Use the Modify button to set your settings ...

Page 536: ...536 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries Side Panel Index Card Index card for sidepanel settings Figure 442 Sidepanel Index Card SidePanel Use the Modify button to set your settings ...

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Page 538: ...538 Kayak User Manual Section 7 Sidepanel Menu Summaries ...

Page 539: ...pattern For masking the Kayak HD system provides a special box wipe pattern generator allowing indepen dent control of the placement of each side of the box Chroma The depth or saturation of color Chroma hue and luminance make up the three char acteristics of television color Chroma Key A video key effect in which one video signal is inserted in place of areas of a particular color in another vide...

Page 540: ...uring the vertical interval of the video sig nal to prevent disruption of the picture VDR Video Disk Recorder A video recorder and playback device using hard disk storage in place of video tape Delegate To assign panel controls to a particular oper ating function Some panel controls buttons knobs Positioner can affect more than one function The operator can choose an alterna tive function by deleg...

Page 541: ...ma tion consists of two fields Frame Rate The number of frames presented per second For interlace systems the frame rate is half the field presentation rate Gain An amplification factor applied to a key con trol signal by a keyer that determines how much if any of the background and key fill video will be mixed together at the key edge areas Low gain 1 or unity generally results in a linear key Ge...

Page 542: ...r of multiple keys The keyed signal with the highest priority ap pears in front of all the others Keyed signals appear below higher priority keys and in front of lower priority keys in a stack A key priority transition changes the order of the keys without changing the background out put Key Frame A complete definition of an effect at a single point in time Default keyframe values can be set for a...

Page 543: ...tern Pixel A picture element A pixel is a digital sample of the luminance and color values of a pic ture at a single point Profile Model name of a Thomson Grass Valley Vid eo Disk Recorder Point of Use A location in the system where a resource is used A resource is generally used at differ ent locations at different times However with some resources it is possible to use the same resource at diffe...

Page 544: ... rates Serializer A device that converts parallel digital infor mation to serial Snapshot An E MEM with only one keyframe Soft Border A wipe pattern border which is mixed on the edges to give a soft effect Soft Edge A pattern edge between two video signals in which the signals are mixed for a soft effect Source 1 An external device providing video A source may provide only one video signal or it m...

Page 545: ...on To complete a circuit by connecting a resis tive load to it Transition A change from one picture to another Cut mix and wipe are transitions Vertical Interval The portion of the video signal that occurs between the end of one field or frame and the beginning of the next Video Fill A video signal used to fill the hole made by a key cut signal Video Path The path that video takes through the swit...

Page 546: ...546 Kayak User Manual Glossary ...

Page 547: ...5 Auto Time Menu 372 P P 374 Auto Times Menu Function Buttons 373 Automatic Chroma Key Adjustment 106 Key Adjustment 106 AUX AUX Menu 410 Busses 44 Config AUX Couple 176 Menus 313 Available Bus Delegations AUX1 AUX10 93 Key1 Key4 93 Axis Location 67 Lock Buttons 113 B Background Bus Selection 91 Buses Flip Flop 48 Mattes Menus 219 Bank Mode Disabling 116 Enable Disable 124 Enabling 115 Enabling Di...

Page 548: ...74 Color Coding 349 Primary and Secondary Color Suppression 60 Color Background Menu Function Buttons 375 Comparing Parallel and Converge Modes 87 Concepts Introduction 35 Config AUX Couple 176 AUX Menu 175 Copy Detailed Menu 483 DPM Menu 181 E Box Menu 485 Editor Menu 183 190 GPO Tally Menu 169 H V Blanking Menu 184 M E Couple Menu 178 M E Menu 177 Main Menu 477 Menus 165 Misc Menu 186 Panel Assi...

Page 549: ...117 Destination Pixel Format 394 Devices 475 Diagnosis Menu 476 Dialog Title 359 Digipots Designator 354 Direct Mode 294 Lowlight 195 Soft Knobs 148 Digit Buttons in TL Enable 135 Digital Effects Concepts 3D 65 Library 268 Digital Picture Manipulator 113 115 Menus 228 Digits 352 Direct Mode 241 Digipots 294 Disabling Bank Mode 115 116 Display 116 123 Dissolve Functions Snapshot or Timeline 125 Doc...

Page 550: ... Disable 366 Enable 366 FAQ database 4 Feature Set of the Half M E 142 FGD Fade 107 341 Fill Matte 104 Fixed Softkeys 350 Flare Suppression 60 Flexible Keyers 65 Flip Flop Background Buses 48 Freeze Fill Button 108 Freeze Key Button 108 frequently asked questions 4 Front and Back Near and Far 70 Full Additive Mix 46 Function Buttons Index Cards 443 462 510 G Gain 52 High Low and Unity 53 Glossary ...

Page 551: ...7 Introduction 19 Switcher Models 19 System Configuration Overview 35 Video Signal Flow 31 Kayak HD 100 Panel Overview 89 Kayak HD 200 Panel Overview 90 KDD PSU Power Supply Option 30 Key 1 4 102 Add 103 Chroma Key 59 217 Chroma Key Shadow Generator 60 Coupling 174 Invert 108 Linear 56 Luminance 58 Memory 39 Mode 208 Over 107 Preset Pattern 103 Prior Button 107 Priority 49 PVW 108 Self 58 Self Cou...

Page 552: ... Menu 368 Config 177 Machine Delegation 312 Macro 94 Macro Editor 530 Recalling 138 Macro Attachment Principles 531 Macros Attached 367 Main Transition Subpanel 97 Mainframe Selection 363 MaKe 137 Manual Chroma Key Adjustments 337 Mapping Button Sources 39 Mask Delegation Buttons 108 Preview 211 Sources 212 Matte Fill 104 Fill Key Example 50 Menu Controls 330 Mattes Menus Background 219 Media Play...

Page 553: ...n Selecting 365 Matte Controls 330 Media Player 309 440 Media Player Status 441 Misc 266 MP Status 441 Other 327 Overview Introduction 147 Panel Assignment 192 Personal Settings 195 Personality 534 Previous Menu 352 RAM Recorder Transfer 441 Remote 386 RGB Input Correction 226 Save Recall 235 Scalar 316 Scalar Conrfig 191 Setup Misc 229 Sidepanel 348 SpecFX Kurl 245 Startup 362 Status 365 Subpanel...

Page 554: ...ge 1 Basic Pattern 200 Page 2 Circle and Rotary 201 Page 3 Stars and ZigZag 202 Page 4 Matrix Wipes 203 Page Roll Mode 248 Page Turn Mode 248 Panel Interactions 154 Parallel Mode Comparison with Converge Mode 87 Example 84 Parameter Control Area 151 Entry 407 Path Control 74 Path Type 232 Vectors 76 Paths 74 Pattern Mix 345 Creation 345 P Bus 322 Installation 325 Performing Transitions 99 Personal...

Page 555: ...nal 37 Run Controls 433 S Save Discard 236 Save Recall 306 438 Menu 235 Saving Operation Preset Data 441 442 Scalar 319 Config Menu 191 Menu 316 Scalars Configuration 319 Source 41 Screen Coordinates 71 Second Transition Subpanel 97 Secondary Color Suppression 60 342 Select Destination Format 392 Select Trans Duration Time 369 Dialog Buttons 369 Selecting Half M E 142 Kurl Mode 247 M E Main Menus ...

Page 556: ...n and Rotation Relationship 73 X Y Z 233 Split Key 61 Split Couple Key Button 104 S Shaped Key Signals 54 Standard Documentation Set 17 Standard Features Kayak HD 22 Startup Menu 362 Status Menu 365 Store Preset 441 442 Storing Snapshot 125 Strategy for Manual Chroma Key Setup 105 Subpanel Effects 114 Keyer DD Mode Subpanel 102 Main Transition 97 Menu 140 Positioner 111 Second Transition Subpanel ...

Page 557: ...ond Transition Subpanel 97 Subpanel Main 97 Types 98 Translation 65 Typewriter 357 U Uncal Asynchronous Sources 92 Unity High 53 Unshifted Sources 91 Untangle 395 USB flash drive 162 Use Video Sources 237 Use Priority 237 User 1 User 4 141 User Definable Presets 366 Utility Bus 43 Utility 94 V Vector Values 76 Video Signal Flow 31 Video Processor 4 RU Frame 28 8 RU Frame 29 Video Source Use 237 Vi...

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