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Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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File Type Icons and Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Zodiak Drive Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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File Storage Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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System Upgrade Backup Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Formatting Zip Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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File Operations Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Copy/Pasting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Moving Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Save a Preference, Source Memory, or Profile File: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Load a Preference or Source Memory File: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Profiles Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Loading Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Eng Setups Save-Load Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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E-MEM Save-Load Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Saving E-MEMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Loading E-MEMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Manual Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Perform a Lever Arm Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Perform an Auto Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Transitions Using E-MEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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E-MEM Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Recalling Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Recall A Register in the Same Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Recall A Register from a Different Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Run an Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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E-MEM Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Learn a Sequence of Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Play a Sequence of Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Break a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Basic Effect Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Inserting a Keyframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Deleting a Keyframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Editing a Keyframe Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Showing Keyframe Durations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Changing the Duration of a New Keyframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Modifying an Existing Keyframe Duration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Restoring KF Duration Default to the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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E-MEM Modify All Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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E-MEM Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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E-MEM Transition Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Build Background E-MEM Transitions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Build Keyer E-MEM Transitions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Change the Length of an E-MEM Transition: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To Prevent Elements from Transitioning in E-MEMs:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Return to Normal Technique: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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E-MEM 300 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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E-MEM Prefs Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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300 Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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E-MEM and Macro Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Macros in an E-MEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Summary of Contents for zodiak

Page 1: ...Zodiak DIGITAL PRODUCTION SWITCHER User Manual SOFTWARE VERSION 5 0 071812607 APRIL 2005 ...

Page 2: ...tions to problems and troubleshooting efforts can be found by searching our Frequently Asked Questions FAQ database Software Downloads Software updates drivers and patches can be down loaded Region Voice Fax Address Web Site North America 800 547 8949 Support 530 478 4148 Sales 530 478 3347 Support 530 478 3181 Grass Valley P O Box 599000 Nevada City CA 95959 7900 USA www thomsongrassvalley com Pa...

Page 3: ...s 23 Remote Aux Panels 23 Video Processor Frame 24 Video Processor Power Supply 25 Video Processor Frame Options 25 Transform Engine Option 25 RGB Color Correction 25 Chroma Keyers 25 Zodiak Facility Example 26 Functional Overview 27 Video Signal Flow 27 System Control 30 Section 2 Concepts 31 Introduction 31 Zodiak System Configuration Overview 31 Engineering Setups 32 Suite Preferences 33 User P...

Page 4: ...ple 46 Shaping Video 47 Key Control Signal Adjustment 48 Clip and Gain 49 Clip Hi and Clip Lo 50 S Shaped Key Signals 51 Additional Keying Controls 51 Key Invert 51 Masking 51 Opacity 52 Key Positioning 52 Key Size 52 Coring 52 Show Key 52 Linear Key 52 Fixed and Adjustable Linear Keys 53 Luminance Key and Self Key 54 Chroma Key 55 Primary and Secondary Color Suppression 56 Flare Suppression 56 Ch...

Page 5: ...Rotation Relationship 83 Path Control 84 Paths 84 Path Vectors 85 Vector Values 86 Tension Control 86 Continuity Control 88 Bias Control 89 Section 3 Control Surface Description 93 Introduction 93 Button Behavior 93 Single Press 94 Alternate Action 94 Momentary Action 94 Interlocked Group 94 Double Press 95 Button Tally 95 Dialogs and Prompting 96 Knob Behavior 96 Delegation 96 Automatic Subpanel ...

Page 6: ...e Button Group 119 Key Source Button Group 120 Key Invert Button 120 Show Key Button 120 DSK Subpanel 121 Keyer Delegation Button Group 121 DSK Cut and Mix Button Groups 121 Fade to Black Subpanel 122 Joystick Subpanel 123 Joystick 124 Joystick Delegation 124 Axis Buttons 126 E MEM Subpanels 126 Keypad Numeric Entry Buttons 127 Keypad Prefix Buttons 127 Run Control Button 131 E MEM Readout Display...

Page 7: ... 156 Daily Setups Menus 157 Daily Setups Save Load Menu 157 Profiles Menu 158 Suite Prefs Menus 158 Default Keyframe Menu 159 To Learn a Default Keyframe 159 E MEM Prefs Menu 160 E MEM Sublevel to Enable Button Assignment 160 Master E MEM Mode 162 Video Settings Menu 163 Line Fields 163 Matte Limiting 163 Aspect Ratio 164 M E Output Blanking 164 Command Processing 164 Default Transform Engine Crop...

Page 8: ...nel Menu 191 Install Options 192 Macro Menus 193 Macro Save Load Menu 193 Macro Catalog Menu 194 Macro Catalog Pane 194 Control Pane 195 Append Macros Pane 196 Soft Knob Register Selection 197 E MEM Pane 197 Macro Copy Swap Menu 198 Macro Attach Menu 199 Panel Attach Mode Pane 199 Macro Attachments Pane 200 File Operations Menu 201 Status Diags Versions Menu 202 External Device Menus 203 External ...

Page 9: ...233 Timeline Navigation Button Group 234 Constant Duration Button 234 Timeline Edit Button Group 234 Clipboard Operations 235 Modify Insert Buttons 235 Timeline Time Adjust Menu 237 Timeline Path Menu 238 To Change Path Control Values in an Effect 240 General Curve Tips 240 Cutting and Pasting Path Values 241 Controlling Smooth Path Windup 241 E MEM Menus 242 E MEM Save Load Menu 242 E MEM Source ...

Page 10: ...2 Transform Menus 273 Transform Menu 274 Transforms Menu Delegation 274 Global Channel Assignments 275 Key Off Control 275 Easy Cube Control 275 Transform Controls 275 Crop Controls 276 Reverse Controls 276 Path Controls 276 Clear Transforms 277 Drop Shadow Menu 278 Drop Shadow Controls 278 Transform Subpanel Drop Shadow Controls 279 Shadow Crop Controls 279 Kurl Menus 279 Menu Access 279 Position...

Page 11: ...minance Key 314 Chroma Key 315 Preset Pattern 316 Keyer Priority Menu 317 Keyer Mask Menu 318 Mask Sources 318 Mask On Button 320 Mask Invert Button 320 Defocus Mask On 320 Source Select Menu 321 Wipe Menus 322 Point of Use Menu 322 Pattern Selection Menu 324 Pattern Modifiers Menus 326 Other Menus 328 Section 5 System Operation 329 Introduction 329 Power Up 329 Button Mapping 331 Local Panel Sour...

Page 12: ...ster in the Same Bank 353 To Recall A Register from a Different Bank 353 To Run an Effect 354 E MEM Sequences 354 To Learn a Sequence of Registers 354 To Play a Sequence of Registers 354 To Break a Sequence 354 Basic Effect Editing 355 Inserting a Keyframe 355 Deleting a Keyframe 357 Editing a Keyframe Duration 358 Showing Keyframe Durations 358 Changing the Duration of a New Keyframe 358 Modifyin...

Page 13: ... Based Menu Control 395 Image File Size and Disk Management 395 Caching Times 396 Cache Management 396 Item Numbers Storage Locations and Folders 396 Position Crop and Fenced Record 397 Source Selection and Video Key Pairs 397 Shaped and Unshaped Still Store Video 398 Still Store Configuration 398 Preview and Capture 398 Still Store Operation 398 General Operation 398 Folder Selection 398 Folder C...

Page 14: ...nding a Macro with the Main Panel Shortcut Button 418 Appending a Macro with the Menu Panel 419 Saving Macro Registers 419 Loading Macro Registers 419 Macros and E MEMs 419 E MEM Recalls in a Macro 420 Appendix Still Store Loader 421 Introduction 421 Installing Still Store Loader on a PC or a Zodiak System 422 PC Requirements 422 PC IP Address 422 PC Monitor Set Up 422 Installation Procedure 422 U...

Page 15: ...ak Installation and Service Manual contains information about installing configuring and maintaining the system The Zodiak Release Notes contain information about new features and system enhancements for a specific software version and also includes software installation procedures Always check the release notes for your current system software before you begin operating your system Other Document...

Page 16: ...16 Zodiak User Manual Preface ...

Page 17: ...f a M E module and power supply to the Video Processor frame and keycap changes to the Main panel Reduced frame processor size 7 RU and power consumption along with a smaller panel sized to replace older analog Grass Valley Group switchers make this switcher system an ideal replace ment or addition to any existing or new facility Features 2 5 M E System Standard Features The standard features for ...

Page 18: ... Video Processor frame modules including frame power supplies Touch screen Menu Display and CD ROM internal to the Menu panel external USB powered Zip drive and two Floppy drives one in the Main panel and one in the Video Processor frame for emergency recovery procedures 3 M E System Standard Features The standard features for the 3 M E model are the same as the 2 5 M E system in addition to the f...

Page 19: ... Video Processor frame power supply Menu Panel Flush Mount and Adjustable Console Bracket mounting kits and NetCentral SNMP Agent External Interfaces Supported All Zodiak systems have the following control interfaces Ethernet Facility LAN connections allowing error reporting and upload download capability for configurations E MEMs and images Video Processor frame GPI interface with eight opto isol...

Page 20: ... 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Shift Shift Shift Key 1 Key 2 Key 3 Key 4 Utility Macro Key 1 Mix Key 4 Mix Key 3 Mix Key 2 Mix Trans Rate 0 Enter Effect Dis 1 2 3 Bank 1 Seq 4 5 6 Bank 0 7 8 9 Run Lock Learn Bank Undo Key 1 Lin Key Video Key Matte Fill Int DPM Key 2 Lum Key Freeze Key Freeze Fill Ext DPM Key 3 Chr Key Split Inhibit Mask Key Invert Key 4 Preset Pattrn Key Ov...

Page 21: ...ol of two full function mix effects and one PGM PST with three simple Downstream Keyers DSKs Figure 2 Zodiak Main Panel 2 5 and 3 M E Connectors to the Zodiak Video Processor frame and to other components of the Zodiak Control Surface are located on the rear of the Main panel The Main panel provides power to the separate Menu panel 8126_00_01_r0 PVW AUX Bus E MEM Subpanels 3 M E 1 Master E MEM Sub...

Page 22: ...lifting the top of the Main panel Figure 3 Figure 3 Main Panel Inside View Main Power Supply M E Switch Board Redundant Power Supply Crosspoint Switch Board Floppy Disk Drive RT Panel Reset Button Main Panel Reset Menu Reset Button Master Reset Button Boot Dial Switch 0 Control Panel Processor Board 8096_00_07_r3 0 1 2 3 456 7 8 9 ...

Page 23: ...rd adjustable console mounting bracket or an optional flush mount kit that allows for rack mounting or mounting into a console cutout Figure 4 Menu Panel Front View Connectors to the Zodiak Main panel Video Processor frame an external Zip drive and other devices are located on the bottom of the Menu panel Panel Options Remote Aux Panels Remote Aux panels provide control of selected Zodiak Aux buse...

Page 24: ...rd 2 5 M E Zodiak Processor frame includes the following Floppy disk drive Control Processor Still Store DSK module M E module M E 1 and M E 2 Input Crosspoint Sync Generator module Two Video Processor frame power supplies and Air filter and Fan module The standard 3 M E Zodiak Processor frame includes the same modules as the 2 5 M E system in addition to the following M E module M E 3 and Redunda...

Page 25: ...r which a separate supply circuit is not available can be connected to an uninterrupted power supply UPS Video Processor Frame Options Transform Engine Option The Zodiak Transform Engine option available per keyer provides the fol lowing internal DPM capability 2 D effects in 3 D space with perspective Page turn Border outline and extrude effects Independent drop shadow Glow and defocus effects an...

Page 26: ... facility also utilizes an external DPM system configured for Effects Send Figure 6 Basic Facility Configuration Example Program Monitor Preview Monitor Other Monitors Program Out Master Control Transmitter Video Key Effects Send Cam 1 Cam 2 Cam 3 Video Key Effects Return Synchronous Serial CPL Reference Black Aux Bus Outputs 8096_00_18_r4 Zodiak Main Control Surface Zodiak Control Monitor Monitor...

Page 27: ... the video processing circuitry Video processing is available for each separate M E background Key and Utility bus providing built in solarization posterization and mosaic effects In addition contrast bright ness and hue can be adjusted on a bus by bus basis Each full M E has four full function keyers with optional internal Trans form Engine effects Each keyer has access to its own simple wipe gen...

Page 28: ...deo B Video Utility Video M E 2 Inputs Key 1 Video Key 1 Key Key 2 Video Key 2 Key Key 3 Video Key 3 Key Key 4 Video Key 4 Key A Video B Video Utility Video Deserializer and Reclock Serializer Delay1 Video or Key Signals Video Processor Transform Engines Mixer Key Wipe Gen 4 Simple Complex Wipe Gen Program Program Preview Preview Key 1 Video Key 1 Key Key 2 Video Key 2 Key Key 3 Video Key 3 Key Ke...

Page 29: ... Stillstore 2 Stillstore 3 Stillstore 4 Program A Program B PGM PST DSK Mixer Bkg 1 Bkg 2 Single Mix Effect 3 M E Switchers only M E 3 Outputs M E 3 Inputs Key 1 Video Key 1 Key Key 2 Video Key 2 Key Key 3 Video Key 3 Key Key 4 Video Key 4 Key A Video B Video Utility Video Key 1 Video Key 1 Key Key 2 Video Key 2 Key Key 3 Video Key 3 Key Key 4 Video Key 4 Key Key 1 Video Key 1 Key Key 2 Video Key ...

Page 30: ...ystem Control Menu LAN USB Optional Keyboard Optional Mouse Menu Panel Zip Drive Optional Future Satellite Panels 1 2 NOTE Main Panel Menu LAN Panel LAN 10Base T or 100Base T Ethernnet Main Panel Point to Point Serial RS 422 Serial Async 8096_00_19_r3 Main Control Surface Floppy Drive Control Panel Processor System Processor Button Knob Control Serial Touch Screen Control Serial 8 GPI In 8 GPI Out...

Page 31: ...ystem Zodiak System Configuration Overview The Zodiak Digital Production Switcher is designed for operational flexi bility and can be configured to fit various applications Different Zodiak systems can have different capabilities or the same Zodiak system can be re configured to have different capabilities at different times The way a Zodiak Digital Production Switcher is wired into your facility ...

Page 32: ...sk save and load operations are available that allow users to store configuration information on removable media for easy transport and for use as backup copies Engineering Setups Engineering Setups control how the Zodiak Digital Production Switcher s major components behave and interact and how the Zodiak system inter acts with the rest of the facility Engineering Setups are not likely to change ...

Page 33: ...ferences Safe title preview behavior etc Video specifications 525 60 625 50 aspect ratio etc Default Source Memory initial keying and video processing settings used for each source on each bus Default Keyframe initial settings for many other user controls and Various other suite functions User Preferences User Preferences allow users to customize a Zodiak control surface to suit their personal ope...

Page 34: ...as an ID number for absolute identification The Zodiak system uses ID numbers not source names or input connectors to identify each source Defining each source is an important aspect of the Zodiak system Source Definition When the Zodiak system is first configured all sources are defined so the incoming signals from each device can be used effectively This is usually done by engineering personnel ...

Page 35: ...t the source select buttons so remapping sources will not change the appearance of recalled effects Source Memory Keying and other parameters can be saved to a separate source memory for every Zodiak system source These parameters can be applied automati cally whenever that source is selected See Source Memory on page 72 for specific information Buses and Crosspoints A bus is technically defined a...

Page 36: ...odiak system a single source button can control crosspoints on different buses simultaneously For example during keying on an M E 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 and key cut bus are actually switched when the button is pressed In the upper part of Figure 11 the video componen...

Page 37: ...46 When off the subsequent selection s come from the unshifted set 1 through 23 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 indicate an Out of Sync condition A useful configuration is to have sources normally used for backgrounds e g VTRs mapped to unshifted buttons and sourc...

Page 38: ...2 and M E 3 Each Zodiak M E produces two outputs M E Program and Preview Re Entry Switchers with multiple M Es generally have re entry capabilities Re entry permits the switcher to select the output of one M E for use as an input source to another M E The signals are routed internally The Zodiak system supports M E re entry For example an output of M E 1 can be sent to M E 2 or M E 3 PGM PST and a...

Page 39: ...M E to a digital effects device for manipulation The manip ulated key cut and key fill outputs are then received and sent directly to the inputs of the mixer circuits of the M E Effects Send allows you to process a key effect as though the digital effects circuits were located inside the M E itself On the Zodiak system Effects Send is integrated into each M E and is an extension of the keying cont...

Page 40: ...the following signals M E 1 PGM and PVW M E 2 PGM and PVW M E 3 PGM and PVW 3 M E systems only Program A and B with configurable clean feed Preview A and B and Switched Preview selectable on the control panel from PVW PRI ME 1 ME 2 ME 3 3 M E system only PGM A or PGM B Aux Buses Video production switcher Aux Buses can be used to select and route sources to specific destinations For example a sourc...

Page 41: ... and related utility bus functions into two categories shared generator parameters and point of use parameters The set of parameters for the shared generator are 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 Zodiak system po...

Page 42: ...e the elements involved in a composite can be changed instantaneously Different buses can be included or excluded causing changes in the resulting composite image Background cut transitions on an M E are first selected on the Back ground 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...

Page 43: ...rn gener ators with advanced capabilities It is also possible to combine these wipes to create extremely complicated wipe transition shapes and generally 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 purposes Other Wipe Pattern Generator Uses Wipe pattern generator circuitry can be used for purposes th...

Page 44: ...ned its own transition rate initiated with a separate Key Mix button on that M E Flip Flop Background Buses At the completion of a transition the background buses swap their source selections flip flop This makes the upper bus always act as the on air bus and the lower bus act as a preset bus The operator can reliably setup the next source on the lower bus without disturbing the source selected on...

Page 45: ... transition On the Zodiak system opacity is retained throughout the transition so midway through this example Key 1 remains fully keyed over Background A and Key 2 is fully keyed over Background B The transition occurs between these two fully keyed composites Key Priority and Transitions The four keyers on a Zodiak M E can be assigned priorities This deter mines the layering of the keys The highes...

Page 46: ...oma Key The Zodiak system also supports self keys and split keys Matte Fill Key Example One of the earliest keying techniques was to use an art card and 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 ca...

Page 47: ...ing Some external devices e g character generators provide a key cut signal and an already processed companion key fill signal A key fill signal that correctly matches 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 When the shaping is per formed by the source device the Zod...

Page 48: ...ition Properly shaped video is an important aspect of keying See Properly and Improperly Shaped Video on page 58 for more information Note that an unshaped signal viewed directly will show harsh edge arti facts due to dividing by a small number This is normal and expected Keying this signal will clean up its appearance Key Control Signal Adjustment During keying the selected key cut signal can be ...

Page 49: ...sition from background to fill occurs In this mode changing the Clip control moves the threshold up and down without affecting Gain which is adjusted separately with its own Gain control High Gain Low Gain and Unity Gain A high gain key has a narrow range creating harder key edges A low gain key has a wider range creating softer key edges Linear keys typically use minimal gain also called unity ga...

Page 50: ... point background video will be retained completely intact Figure 18 Figure 18 Key Hi Clip Lo vs Clip and Gain In this mode Gain changes when either control is adjusted The difference between the upper and lower keying thresholds is equivalent to gain Clip Hi Clip Gain 2 Clip Lo Clip Gain 2 Clip Hi and Lo control is more appropriate for low gain keys to allow inde pendent control of the two thresh...

Page 51: ...Controls The following additional controls are available for keying Key Invert Keys can be inverted causing holes to be cut in the background where a normal key retains the background and vice versa Key invert makes the white areas of the key cut signal produce transparency and the black areas produce opacity the opposite of a standard key Masking Masking defines areas that are protected from keyi...

Page 52: ... that have been reshaped Coring Coring helps reduce video noise in Chroma keys Coring is used when a key fill signal has noise in areas that are supposed to be transparent When noise exists in these areas it can appear in the background portion of the keyed composite Coring replaces the noisy black areas outside the shaped fill with clean black before it is summed eliminating the noise Show Key Al...

Page 53: ...ys A fixed linear key uses clip and gain values defined in system configuration to create the key cut signal Typically these values are Clip 50 and unity Gain equivalent to Clip Hi 100 Clip Lo 0 Once fixed linear key values are defined these sources can be used easily without the operator having to set up the key every time it is used An adjustable linear key provides the operator limited control ...

Page 54: ...eo 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 21 Figure 21 Luminance Keying Self Key Clip and Gain or Clip Hi Lo controls for luminance keys offer wide adjustment ranges On the Zodi...

Page 55: ...rms foreground 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...

Page 56: ...w 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 foreground object like smoke or liquid This also includes hair since...

Page 57: ...le Figure 23 Preset Pattern Split Key A split key uses an alternative key cut signal for keying On the Zodiak system a key split is performed by selecting the desired key fill signal then selecting an alternative signal to be used as the key cut Figure 24 Figure 24 Split Key Pattern Key Cut Key Fill Background Background with Preset Pattern Inserted 0618_00_71_r1 Key Fill Bus 2 1 3 4 5 Key Cut Bus...

Page 58: ...r use when a cut and fill are brought into the switcher from two separate sources such as a pair of DDRs producing related video and key signals Properly and Improperly Shaped Video The following illustrations show the results of using correctly and incor rectly shaped video In these examples the video fill comes from a DPM that provides both a key signal and a fill video signal a linear key The D...

Page 59: ...put is the result Figure 26 Figure 26 Correctly Shaped DPM Key Example When the DPM provides a shaped video output but the key is processed as though it were unshaped the shaped video does not completely fill the key hole in the background so a dark halo appears around the key Figure 27 Figure 27 Incorrect Key with Dark Halo ...

Page 60: ...es 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 Figure 29 Figure 29 Incorrect Key With White Halo x Invert Background Key Hole in Background Key Control Shaping Circuit On Doubly Shaped Video Incorrect Key with Dark Halo 0618_00_34 Shaped Key Fill x Co...

Page 61: ...can be edited after they have been learned and effect data can also be saved to and loaded from disk Work Buffer The work buffer is a fundamental aspect of system operation The work buffer contains the current state of the system specifying the sources selected and the video processing applied to those sources The work buffer tracks all the system parameters including those that do not have contro...

Page 62: ...could be learned as a 30 frame effect dissolve described later in this section which also has a time value Effect Register Work Buffer and Current Effect For clarity the following description uses single keyframe effects Multiple keyframe effects are discussed later see page 64 The Zodiak system has 100 E MEM registers numbered 0 99 able to store operational settings for immediate recall Effect re...

Page 63: ...rmation is loaded into it and that register becomes the current effect In this case the original effect register will not be altered and can be instantly recalled to return the system to its earlier state Figure 33 Figure 33 Learn Operation Changes Effect Register Effect registers can be locked to prevent them from being altered and they can be saved to disk and reloaded and recalled for use at a ...

Page 64: ...Keyframes and Timelines A timeline is an arrangement of keyframes in linear time order A multiple keyframe effect contains a series of two or more keyframes on a timeline Each keyframe has a position on the timeline specifying its location in time in the effect The timespan from one keyframe to the next keyframe can be considered that keyframe s duration The sum of these durations generally determ...

Page 65: ... will exactly match those specified by that keyframe in the effect register Note that this is very similar to an effects dis solve and effects sequence of multiple registers but keyframing uses only one register and also offers path control A keyframe in an effect can be changed by applying Work Buffer values back to the current effect register Modify The new values can modify an existing keyframe...

Page 66: ... transitions between sources One way this can be accomplished is by using two dif ferent but complimentary effect registers For example if register 2 contains compatible button settings it can be recalled into the work buffer If an effect dissolve is then performed to reg ister 3 the transition occurs and the parameters from register 2 in the work buffer are interpolated to those of register 3 Reg...

Page 67: ...ed from register 0 to register 1 to register 3 Effect dissolves can occur within a sequence The interpolator described earlier is used to smoothly change to the next register in the sequence E MEM Levels The E MEM system is divided into functional areas called levels Each effect level corresponds to a specific set of system operational controls or to an individual interface to an external device E...

Page 68: ... applied to its level in the work buffer The other levels of the work buffer remain unaltered Note that this makes is possible to have current effects from different registers also called a skewed effect Figure 39 Figure 39 Single Level Recall Recalling Multiple E MEM Levels Current Effect Current Effect Current Effect 1 Work Buffer Effect Registers 0 2 1 3 2 0618_00_41_r1 99 Level 1 Effect 1 Sett...

Page 69: ...r timeline is constructed in real time depending on what levels are in use by the effect When a multiple level keyframe effect is run each level generally runs simultaneously guided by the location of a time cursor on the master time line The time cursor represents the current time of the effect As the time cursor moves the Work Buffer is updated with the changing parameters Figure 40 shows an eff...

Page 70: ... Suite Preference E MEM levels are assigned to 8 Enable control panel buttons which are then used to control when their assigned levels are active or enabled More than one level can be assigned to each Enable button The group of levels enabled by a single button is called an enable group This mechanism allows the control grouping to be changed to meet different applications and permits control of ...

Page 71: ... In this mode Master E MEM Learn operations store the register numbers of the indi vidual M Es allowing the recall of different combinations of M E registers with a single button press Figure 41 Figure 41 E MEM 300 Mode Diagram Effect 1 1 Work Buffer 300 Mode Operation Effect Registers 0 2 M E 1 M E 2 8126_07_01_r0 Current Effect Master E MEM Effect 3 3 M E 1 Register 1 Data M E 2 Register 3 Data ...

Page 72: ...gs also exist that cannot be changed but may be loaded to the Default Keyframe and then to the work buffer typically for system test and initial system installation Source Memory Source memory is a Zodiak system feature that retains the last settings of keying and video processing parameters used for each source on each bus Source memory permits the operator to hot cut from one key to another and ...

Page 73: ...Work Buffer Source memory is separate from the E MEM system though they are related to one another through the work buffer When an effect is learned to a register the keyer and video processing settings for the sources involved are saved to that register When an effect register is recalled the sources selected on a bus will use settings from the recalled register not from source memory This recall...

Page 74: ...ameter settings Some of these keying parameters are in turn organized into four subgroups or key modes These modes correspond to linear key luminance key chroma key and preset pattern A parameter specifying which of the four modes is being used is included in the key cut portion of source memory This means with source memory on selecting a source with a key fill and a key cut signal will automatic...

Page 75: ...ssion requires Choosing a chroma key will recall its latest chroma key source memory settings which can then be altered without changing the preset pattern source memory settings Choosing preset pattern on that same source and bus later in the session will recall its unaltered source memory settings When a key split is performed a different key cut signal is selected for use On a Zodiak system wit...

Page 76: ...mage transla tion and transformation from within the Zodiak system Image translation 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 ...

Page 77: ...es 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 froward 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 axis rotates the side picture left...

Page 78: ...nsform Engine uses source and target space frames of refer ence Source space for a control channel uses that channel s coordinate system for reference Target space for a channel uses the next higher level s coordinate system for reference Being able to use both source and target space can help make effects editing easier One frame of reference may offer a simple and easy to understand context for ...

Page 79: ...gure 51 Figure 51 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 channel is being manipulated and whether source or target space is being used Figure 52 and Figure 53 Note that the target translate of the channel is the same as a source ...

Page 80: ...ures 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 54 Post Transform Translation Y X Z Y Z X Global Channel Global Channel Logical Channel Source Translate Along X Axis Logical Channel Target Translate Along X Axis 0865_05 Y Z X Y Z X Global Channel Global Chann...

Page 81: ...her the front side or the back side of the picture depending on orientation For example to change the source on the visible image just change the Near side To change the source on the hidden side change the Far side You don t need to know whether the image being changed is actually the front or back side Transform Numbering Systems The Zodiak Transform Engine uses the following numbering systems t...

Page 82: ...atio In this case moving a full screen image 16 67 screen units back behind the screen makes the picture appear half its normal size to the viewer Size Picture size is defined relative to picture screen units A size of 0 50 indi cates a picture is one half its full size Rotation Rotation is measured fractionally with respect to 360 A value of 0 25 indi cates a rotation of 90 degrees 0 50 indicates...

Page 83: ...f the original size with 1 0 100 0 5 50 etc Perspective Perspective supports values from 0 100 with 0 06 as the default Spin and Rotation Relationship It is possible to use both Spin and Rotation at the same time in an effect When both are used 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 i...

Page 84: ...ns then change all at once for the next keyframe LINEAR Applies a linear interpolation between keyframes no acceleration or deceleration is applied Movement is mechanical with a constant velocity S LINEAR Applies a linear or straight line motion between keyframes with acceleration and deceleration applied at the beginning and end of each keyframe At each S Linear keyframe the motion is stopped for...

Page 85: ...ath through the middle keyframe is curved CONTINUITY Determines the angle of the path into and out of the key frame BIAS Determines whether the path will be pulled towards the pre vious or the following keyframe In the following examples a physical path is shown between three key frames The first keyframe KF1 is the upper left square the last keyframe KF3 is the lower right square The adjustments ...

Page 86: ...tor and is parallel to a line drawn between adjacent keyframes Figure 60 The TENSION soft knob controls the length of the tension vector The length of the tension vector is inversely proportional to its parameter 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 unmodifi...

Page 87: ...nters the middle keyframe and accelerating as it leaves Figure 61 Tension Control Setting 1 0 In the example below the TENSION control has been set to 1 0 This lengthens the Tension vector causing the path through the middle key frame to be longer and broader Figure 62 The longer path will appear to make the image speed up through KF2 as it travels from KF1 to KF3 Figure 62 Tension Control Setting...

Page 88: ...dified path of the other controls Figure 63 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 63 Figure 64 Continuity Control Setting 1 0 Continuity 0 0 KF1 KF2 KF3 0721_06_50_r0 Con...

Page 89: ...ol determines whether the path will be pulled towards the previous or the following keyframe With extreme settings all of the biasing will occur either before or after KF2 With bias set to 0 zero the curve through the keyframe is gentle as shown in Figure 66 Note A Tension vector must be present for Bias control to be available Figure 66 Bias Control Setting Zero Continuity 1 0 KF1 KF2 KF3 0721_06...

Page 90: ... travels completely through KF2 before turning towards KF3 Figure 67 Figure 67 Bias Control Setting 1 0 With the bias set 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 68 Figure 68 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 T...

Page 91: ...Zodiak User Manual 91 3 D Digital Effects Concepts ...

Page 92: ...92 Zodiak User Manual Section 2 Concepts ...

Page 93: ... and menu descriptions and are included elsewhere in this manual Many aspects of the behavior of Zodiak controls can be affected by the current system suite and user configuration settings All the possible vari ations in operating behavior will not be covered in this section As you become familiar with how the Zodiak system operates you will be able to customize the system s behavior to meet speci...

Page 94: ... a momentary action button Interlocked Group Many system functions have more than two states Pressing a button in an interlocked group sets the function to the state indicated by that button s label Source selector buttons on a bus are an example of one type of interlocked group where selecting one button always turns off the previously selected button Only one of the sources can be selected on a ...

Page 95: ...egated see Delegation on page 96 Ahigh tally is used when the function associated with that button is active For example the source button currently selected on an M E will be high tally when it is on air A low tally is used when a third state exists for a button For example a source button selected on an M E that is not on air will be low tally For other buttons low tally can have different meani...

Page 96: ...can control different functions depending on the currently selected menu These menu knobs are called soft knobs as the functions they control vary from menu to menu Legends on each menu indicate each knob s parameters Direct numeric entry is also available for these parameters via a pop up keypad displayed on the Menu panel touch screen Delegation Delegation permits a single group of buttons and k...

Page 97: ... a quick adjustment This is done by holding down the Keyer 3 button for a preset period If the user makes an adjustment to Keyer 3 within the time allowed the timer will reset otherwise after a period of no activity applied to Keyer 3 the delegation will return to the original del egation Keyer 1 A user preference sets the hold down delay Table 1 Subpanel Delegation Subpanel Delegated Function Ini...

Page 98: ...n press is not required SPOP stands for Single Press Open SPOP buttons operate similar to DPOP but only a single button press is required Active DPOP and SPOP buttons and their menus are listed in Table 2 Table 2 DPOP and SPOP Buttons DPOP Button Subpanel Menu Displayed C1 C2 Wipe Joystick Wipe menu Chroma Key Keyers Keyer Chroma Key menu DSK 1 Key Bus Delegation Keyer Mode menu DSK 2 Key Bus Dele...

Page 99: ...es one half second on 60 hz systems can be input simply by pressing 15 Enter Entries in seconds can be entered by adding one separator For example a time of 1 second is input by pressing 1 Enter An odd field is input by pressing 1 as the last entry For example a time of one second 15 frames and one field is input by pressing 1 15 1 Enter After an odd field has been entered it is represented with a...

Page 100: ... system will do the conversion and display the result in seconds frame field format Decimal values for other non time parameters are also input on the Master E MEM subpanel with the numeric keys the Undo button for the decimal and the Enter button to complete the entry If a default value exists for an entry it can be input without typing in a value by pressing Enter The Zodiak Menu panel also prov...

Page 101: ...ection Sources are selected on the M E or PGM PST A B and Key buses Each M E block has three rows of interlocked buttons one row for key source selection delegated between keyers the Utility bus and a Macro function and two rows for background source selection Each row contains 23 source buttons and a Shift button Crosspoint 24 and has re entry buttons from the other M Es Figure 70 and Figure 71 o...

Page 102: ...peration are available Normal Latched and No Shift set in the Shift Preferences menu see Shift Preferences Menu on page 179 In Normal mode when the Shift button is not pressed the row of source selection buttons accesses inputs assigned to crosspoints 1 to 23 When the Shift button is held down it lights and the row of crosspoints now accesses inputs assigned to crosspoints 24 through 46 If a selec...

Page 103: ...E 2 or M E 3 PGM PST and an output of M E 2 can be sent to M E 1 or M E 3 PGM PST The PGM PST KEY M E re entry buttons are labeled with additional macro capabilities Figure 71 When macro delegation is on Macro is illu minated holding down one of these buttons momentarily activates that macro mode either Record or Delay Figure 71 Zodiak System Re entry Buttons on Main Panel Background Buses Pressin...

Page 104: ...nel Figure 72 on page 104 in each M E Figure 72 M E Key Bus Delegate Subpanel Within this delegation the row of buttons can be unshifted and shifted in the same manner as the Background buses In addition the cut and fill signals assigned to a key crosspoint in button mapping can also be split using the Key Split button see Key Split Button on page 117 The Key Bus Delegate subpanel in the PGM PST k...

Page 105: ...tem or thirteen 3 M E system Aux buses The available Aux buses or video key aux signal pairs can be delegated for control by this panel The PVW AUX system has three subpanels for Aux bus delegation Bus Delegate selection primary source selection and secondary source selection Bus Delegation The Bus Delegate subpanel Figure 74 delegates the source selection buttons on that bus to the primary previe...

Page 106: ...s change as they are selected on the PVW Aux panel Changing selections on this bus when the PVW Primary button is not selected on the Preview subpanel will still change the output of the bus but it will not be visible on switched preview since it will be displaying another source specified on the Preview subpanel The Still Store button permits selection of sources to feed to the Zodiak Still Store...

Page 107: ... E systems only or PGM A or PGM B Figure 75 When an Aux bus is part of an Aux pair selecting a source on the bus changes the AChannel source for the pair To change the B Channel source hold down the selected Aux bus delegation button and select the desired source also called a key split Aux pairs are described in Section 3 Con figuration of the separate Zodiak Installation and Service Manual A and...

Page 108: ...the Zodiak system s switched preview output Only one button can be selected at a time on this subpanel The currently selected button will be high tally Figure 76 Preview Subpanel Primary Signal Selection To view a preview primary source select the PVW button on the PVW AUX Bus Delegate subpanel see Bus Delegation on page 105 Select the PVW Primary button in the Preview subpanel This routes the pre...

Page 109: ... vidual mix transition controls for each of the four keyers Figure 77 Figure 77 Transition Subpanel Key 4 Key 1 2 Key 3 Key Key Prior Dsk Link Bkgd Mix Wipe User Tran Tran PVW Cut Auto Tran Preset Black Mix Key 1 Mix Key 2 Mix Key 3 Key 4 Mix On On On On Uncal Effects Send Transition 0000 Transition Subpanels 3 Transition Lever Arm Lever Arm Position Arrows 2 Key Priority Button Transition Element...

Page 110: ...s button is not selected as part of the next transi tion The Key 1 4 buttons selects the keyers that will be involved in the next tran sition The keys currently visible on the output that M E are identified by the On indicator lights below each button Note that a key may be on but not visible for example half way through a preset black transition The Key Prior button selects a change in the key pr...

Page 111: ... confirm the operator s action The Auto Trans button starts an automatic transition of a predetermined rate see Transition Rates on page 113 The button will light during the transi tion Pressing Auto Trans a second time during a transition stops the transi tion at that point The transition can then be completed by pressing the button a third time or by moving the Transition Lever Arm to its opposi...

Page 112: ...d on air without any keys even if the next transition had specified key changes Transition Preview The transition preview feature allows a main transition to be previewed without affecting the program output of that M E A transition preview cannot be performed if the Transition Lever Arm or main transition is off limit if an auto transition is in progress or when Preset Black has been selected Pre...

Page 113: ...ransition Each independent keyer has its own mix transition rate See Transition Rates on page 113 for more information Note that Preset Black has higher priority than the keyers If Key Mix is pressed while in preset black the program output will remain black but the state of the key will change shown by the Key On indicator lights and the change will become evident when the preset black transition...

Page 114: ...l on page 119 The M E Keyer subpanel is illustrated in Figure 78 Many buttons in this subpanel are organized into interconnected groups allowing selection of only one button at a time in each group Knobs are available to control spe cific keying parameter values Figure 78 M E Keyers Subpanels Keyer Delegation Button Group The Key 1 4 buttons manually delegate the subpanel to control one keyer in t...

Page 115: ...ween transparency and opacity respond better to Clip Gain settings where the threshold level Clip can be adjusted more precisely at the point where the transition occurs The Gain knob increases the gain value with clockwise rotation The higher the gain the harder the key The Clip knob Clip Hi Lo decreases the threshold with clockwise rotation A decrease in clip level lowers the threshold causing m...

Page 116: ...nternal wipe pattern generator or Utility Bus video rather than a source s key cut signal Wipe pattern selection and other preset pattern adjustment such as softness of the preset pattern edge and size of the preset pattern shape can be adjusted in the Wipe menu see Preset Pattern on page 316 The Joystick in the Joystick subpanel when properly delegated controls the location of the preset pattern ...

Page 117: ...the operator decides to matte fill In this case the video signal defines the character area and usually produces a better result Key Split Button Each key source button normally controls crosspoints on two buses key cut key fill at the same time The Key Split modifier button is used to select a different key cut signal to use with the currently selected key fill signal When Key Split is held down ...

Page 118: ...he results of any clipping and masking will be shown Mask Delegation Buttons Masks help clean up keys by defining picture areas that are prevented from keying inhibit mask or are forced to key force mask Separate inhibit and force masks may be set up for each keyer Masks can be created by pattern generators or can be based on a video source that has been clip and gain adjusted to create the mask c...

Page 119: ...on Holding down a DSK 1 3 delegation button will replace that preview output with a representation of that key over the current background User preference settings determine whether this feature is enabled for these buttons whether other on air keys are shown and how long the preview lasts The Show Key button is also available to view the actual key control signal See Show Key Button on page 120 K...

Page 120: ... signal if defined of the source selected on the cut bus will be used the normal setting for a Linear key When on the video signal of the selected source will be used the normal setting for a luminance key Note Video Key is generally used only when the source s key signal is not appro priate This would be the case for a character generator producing a wide key for a border or shadow which the oper...

Page 121: ...often desirable to see a key that is not on air or part of the next transition Holding down a DSK 1 3 delegation button will replace that preview output with a representation of that key over the current background User preference settings determine whether this feature is enabled for these buttons whether other on air keys are shown and how long the preview lasts The Show Key button is also avail...

Page 122: ... and proceed to the next transition on the PGM bus at the same transition rate The fade to black transition rate is set using the Master E MEM keypad Figure 81 To set the fade to black transition rate do the following 1 Press the Tran Rate button in the Master E MEM keypad The Auto Tran button in the DSK Transition subpanel the three DSK Mix buttons in the DSK subpanel and Fade To Black button wil...

Page 123: ...hroma key backing color using an on screen cursor Figure 82 Joystick Subpanel Operating the Joystick subpanel involves delegating a resource and a set of associated parameters to the Joystick The Joystick then provides control of the delegated parameter values Parameters can also be delegated to the Master E MEM subpanel for exact value entry Global Key 1 Key 2 Key 3 Key 4 M E 1 M E 2 M E 3 Locate...

Page 124: ... delegation can be required to access and control a specific set of parameters Different types of delegation are available depending on the parameters being controlled Delegations are made by selecting indi vidual buttons in separate delegation button groups The individual Joy stick delegation buttons are discussed in detail later in this section The Joystick subpanel delegation buttons have three...

Page 125: ...of the current delegation goes high tally Note The Joystick is not used in the PGM PST in a 2 5 M E system Additional Delegation Buttons Further Joystick delegation for a keyer or DPM channel is done with the Int DPM Key Wipe C1 Wipe and and C2 Wipe buttons The buttons in this group are only active when M E and Keyer delegation has been selected The Int DPM button delegates the key source Transfor...

Page 126: ...eypad may then be used to enter an exact value for that parameter E MEM Subpanels An E MEM subpanel is used to Learn and Recall E MEM effects for the M E or PGM PST in which the subpanel resides The E MEM subpanel also provides Lock Sequence Effect Dissolve and Run capabilities On the Zodiak system M Es 1 2 and 3 or PGM PST in a 2 5 M E system are equipped with this subpanel Figure 84 All the func...

Page 127: ...tered on the numeric keypad Some functions are nested For example within a Learn operation it is possible to specify a Sequence with the Seq prefix button and within a Sequence it is possible to specify delays using the Trans Rate prefix button Some of the prefix buttons also have different modes selected with the Bank button When pressed a prefix button goes high tally to indicate that function h...

Page 128: ...ssolve opera tions The direct bank selection buttons are also available for quicker bank selection see below The second operating mode for the Bank button is to shift the Lock Learn and Undo button functions The shifted function for these buttons are selected when they are pressed while the Bank button is lit Lock Learn Button The Lock Learn button has two modes of operation unshifted and shifted ...

Page 129: ...Learn The Seq button may be pressed before Lock Learn if desired The bank selec tion process described earlier may be used A delay time can be specified using the Trans Rate button to initiate entry of a time value see Trans Rate Button on page 130 A sequence loop can be created by selecting the first register again as the last register in the sequence Effect Dissolves can be performed during a se...

Page 130: ...ll Pressing the Effect Dis button while an Effect Dissolve is in progress stops it at that point A register may be learned so an Effect Dissolve is always performed when ever that register is recalled using the following procedure This learns a new state into the register so you should recall the register involved before performing this procedure Lock Learn Effect Dis dissolve rate bank selection ...

Page 131: ... operations to represent the next available register the default The unshifted Undo button is also used for Sequence and Effect Dissolve oper ations to represent the colon separator in time value entry When shifted Bank is on and the last operation was an E MEM register operation Learn Recall keyframe edit pressing the Undo button will undo the operation If an operation has just been undone pressi...

Page 132: ...shown in Figure 85 The full 16 character name is displayed for five seconds when a register is recalled with a name longer than 9 characters Figure 85 E MEM Readout Display of Current Effect The E MEM readout display prompts the operator for time entry during Transition Rate operations The readout can also display messages to the operator For example if an attempt is made to alter a locked registe...

Page 133: ... sub panel will be discussed Features identical to an individual E MEM will be cross referenced Master E MEM Keypad The Master E MEM keypad has numeric and prefix keypad buttons similar to the E MEM keypad in addition to the Run Control and Keyframe Edit buttons outlined below Note E MEM Operations performed on the Master E MEM subpanel only affect the levels that have been enabled and all levels ...

Page 134: ... below The last trim value is retained in memory how ever so pressing Trim repeatedly will make successive changes to the parameter by the last specified trim value Auto Recall Pgm Pst Auto Run Clear Work Buffer Go To KF M E 1 Still Store Previous Next Misc 1 Misc 2 Modify Paste Cut Copy Misc 3 Insert Before Insert After DSK M E 2 Recall Enables Keyframe Edit Master E MEM Run Stop Next KF Hold Inp...

Page 135: ... button can actually be configured to control several E MEM levels or an enable group see Number and Types of E MEM Levels on page 70 Pressing an Enable button will activate or enable all the levels that have been assigned to that enable group Once enabled effects for those levels in that group can be learned and recalled E MEM levels are assigned to Enable buttons using the E MEM Prefs menu see E...

Page 136: ...he four Run control buttons provided in the Master E MEM keypad for running effects as described below Run Button The Run button initiates the running of an effect from the current cursor location Run also acts as a toggle to stop a running effect and then start it again from its stopped location If the cursor is at the end of an effect when Run is pressed the effect will automatically rewind and ...

Page 137: ...ere in conjunction with the Timeline menu refer to Basic Effect Editing on page 355 Clear Work Buffer Button As an operator recalls E MEM effects and makes changes to the panel and menu controls the contents of the work buffer change accordingly If source memory is on the source memory settings for each source are also updated as the settings for sources modified The Clear Wk Bfr can be used to re...

Page 138: ...ollowing rules for Source Memory Operations apply While Source Memory is active if it is loaded or copied or swapped the new Source Memory will be immediately applied to the Current Work Buffer While Source Memory is active Source Memory will immediately be updated to reflect changes to the Current Work Buffer When Source Memory is activated after having been inactive the Current Work Buffer value...

Page 139: ...ion amount of the pasted keyframe s If a marked keyframe or group of keyframes is active the paste will replace the marked areas with the clipboard contents The effect duration will update if the lengths are different Insert Before When the cursor is on a keyframe pressing the Insert Before button inserts a keyframe at the cursor location and shifts the keyframe the cursor was on and all the follo...

Page 140: ...n Auto Run Button The Auto Run button on the Master E MEM subpanel controls whether a multiple keyframe effect will run when it is recalled When on the effect will immediately run when recalled When off the effect will remain on its first keyframe when recalled ...

Page 141: ...y source selection buttons on each panel can select the outputs from the switcher M E and PGM PST A buses REMOTE AUX PANEL 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 ON ON AIR AIR 1 2 3 Pgm Pgm Pst Pst M E M E M E M E M E M E 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 Shift Shift 0619_04_64_r1 REMOTE AUX PANEL REMOTE AUX PANEL 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 2 3 1 24 24 23 23 22 22 11 11...

Page 142: ...from the switcher M E and PGM PST A buses The single bus Remote Aux panel controls only one Aux bus The multi destination panel has 16 Aux bus delegation buttons that may be config ured to control any of the available Zodiak Aux buses Aux bus delegation mapping and Source to button mapping is described in detail in Button Mapping on page 331 The readout display on the 2 RU panel will indicate the ...

Page 143: ...annel source video or key as defined in the Aux Bus menu When Key Split is held down the Aux bus lights the currently selected B Channel source button Selecting a different source changes only the B Channel source a key split and leaves the A Channel source unchanged To cancel a key split note the B Channel source when Key Split is not held down then hold down Key Split and select that same source...

Page 144: ...y drives one located inside the Main panel tub and the other in the Video Processor frame The floppy drives are used for maintenance and troubleshooting purposes only For instructions on installing software refer to the Zodiak Installation and Service Manual or the latest release notes included with software releases The basic Zodiak system also houses two hard drives one in the Main panel to supp...

Page 145: ...manual controls and configuration menus During live production the operator spends most of his time working directly on the Main and Remote Aux panels The Menu panel is used extensively for setup and effects creation CAUTION Do not install unauthorized applications on the Zodiak system Activity from other applications may adversely affect Zodiak system operation Menu Panel Description The Menu pan...

Page 146: ...ted at a time Soft Knobs 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 Figure 95 The parameter can be adjusted by turning the knob or the data pad can be touched to bring up a numeric keypad On some menus a soft k...

Page 147: ...een selected levels of delegation are available in a left to right and top to bottom order This generally results in placing some parameters next to the soft knobs for easy adjustment In no case is the user more than four buttons away from the desired menu mode selection menu category highest priority delega tion and final delegation In most cases fewer selections are required A representative men...

Page 148: ...e able to be changed using different controls or it may simply report a status Touch buttons do not display data and are labeled by their function There are two types of touch buttons One type changes parameters directly and the other changes the menu s display of parameters from which changes can be made Direct change touch button functions include selecting an operating mode Preset Pattern in Fi...

Page 149: ...roup Additional levels of delegation are needed in the Keyer menu since it must control all 8 or 12 in a 3 M E system keyers This highest level of delega tion is located on the left side of the menu as a 2 x 4 grid of data pads two M Es each with four keyers Data pads display limited status for a partic ular object Touching a data pad delegates that object and the rest of the menu will then displa...

Page 150: ...ns for these functions can be located 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...

Page 151: ...computer keyboard to enter infor mation while this display is active Figure 98 Alphanumeric keypad Scrolling Selections Sometimes it is not possible to display all the available selections on a menu screen For example the Daily Setups Local Aux Delegation menu has two vertically scrolling areas one that lists the available buttons and one that lists the available buses Figure 99 on page 152 ...

Page 152: ... another Many controls on the Main panel are duplicated on the Menu panel screens For example a keyer can be set to use a Chroma key with a Main panel button or a Menu touch button Other controls like manual Chroma key settings are only available on the Menu panel Double Press Open DPOP and Single Press Open SPOP are convenient ways to access related menus when working on the Main panel Double pre...

Page 153: ...rom either panel Once the change occurs both panels will be updated to reflect the status of the object Both panels do not need to be delegated to the same object to enact a change however Suppose the Main panel is delegated to control M E 1 Key 1 while the Menu panel is delegated to M E 2 Key 2 Changes made on the Menu panel will affect only M E 2 Key 2 and changes made on the Main panel will aff...

Page 154: ...re fol lowed In general to learn menu capabilities you can touch the screen where you think more information may be available data pads and subcategory touch buttons The actual video output of the system will not change unless a specific parameter button is touched a value is changed with a soft knob or a new value is entered with a popup keypad or standard PC keyboard Starting the Zodiak applicat...

Page 155: ... the upper left corner will return you to the last menu viewed Figure 101 Home Menu Home Menu Buttons The Home menu soft buttons on the left side of the screen act as the main directory for accessing the menu structure The remaining grayed out Home menu buttons are currently inactive Some buttons on the Main control panel will open a specific menu automat ically when pressed SPOP For example selec...

Page 156: ...umber Daily Setups User and Suite Preferences configuration including user Profiles page 157 Eng Setups Engineering Setup including inputs Aux bus outputs and Remote Aux panels page 183 Macro Macro recording attachment and playback page 193 File Ops File Operations controls page 201 Status Diag Software Versions memory usage gauge page 202 Extern Device Provides control of configured external devi...

Page 157: ...ave Load Menu In the lower right hand area of the Save Load menu User Profile directs the Save Load action to user preference settings that can change the behavior of a control surface to match the personal preferences of an operator Con trols for these settings reside in the User Prefs menus Suite Profile contains settings that define how all the control surface in a suite behave which may affect...

Page 158: ...rators to quickly customize the behavior of the panels and or to prepare for different shows without having to alter indi vidual preference settings Profiles saved to specific folders Frame C User profiles and Zip D profiles appear as buttons on the Profiles menu See File Operations on page 338 for specific operating instructions Suite Prefs Menus A Zodiak suite is a grouping of one or more contro...

Page 159: ...ngs The Default Keyframe is used when an empty register is recalled and when the Clear Work Buffer button is pressed The menu is accessed by touching Daily Setups Suite Prefs Default Keyframe Figure 104 Figure 104 Default Keyframe Menu To Learn a Default Keyframe 1 Set up the entire switcher Main panel to the desired state 2 Press the Learn button in the Default Keyframe pane To set the Default Ke...

Page 160: ...ternal devices Each level offers independent E MEM control of specific Zodiak system areas and capabili ties The total number of possible levels is more than the 8 E MEM Enable buttons on the Master E MEM subpanel see Master E MEM Enable Buttons on page 135 Levels are assigned to Enable buttons to provide control of all the levels E MEM levels can be reassigned to different Enable buttons in the E...

Page 161: ...ference and are saved and loaded with Suite Profiles The E MEM Prefs menu displays all the Zodiak system levels in several labeled panes on the right The current Enable button assignment is dis played in each pane s data pad Some of these panes scroll to display addi tional available levels which can vary in number in different Zodiak systems Touching a data pad on a pane opens another pane where ...

Page 162: ...Click on Done to return to the previous menu from which you can access other levels to change Master E MEM Mode 300 Mode is an alternative Master E MEM method of operation that mimics the behavior of the Grass Valley Group Model 300 switcher In this mode Master E MEM Learn operations store the register numbers of the indi vidual M Es allowing the recall of different combinations of M E registers w...

Page 163: ...ovided to the system Matte Limiting Matte Limiting determines how the matte generators produce colors Limits can be imposed to prevent downstream signal problems Decodable This limiter mode produces colors that decode to valid RGB components Not all valid RGB colors can be transmitted in NTSC how ever Saturated colors near yellow and cyan over modulate an NTSC trans mitter Transmittable This limit...

Page 164: ...iak system also known as field dominance These controls can be useful for consistent match frame editing Any Field The action will occur at the start of the next field either even or odd Use this setting if you are not going to edit the video output and want the fastest response Even Field The action will always occur at the start of the next even field This is probably only appropriate if your ed...

Page 165: ...for variations in your facility s nominal blanking you should adjust the default crops so they just remove black edges on the facility s normal image GPI IN Settings Menu The GPI In Settings menu Figure 108 allows you to define the actions trig gered by the eight GPI inputs to the GPI Port J1 on the rear of the Video Processor frame GPI inputs can be named and assigned to trigger a specific switch...

Page 166: ...uts to the switcher using the GPI In menu Source Patch Menu Logical source name definitions and source patching are accomplished in the Source Patch menu accessed by touching Daily Setup Suite Prefs Source Patch Figure 109 Note Source Patching is the bridge between engineering sources and logical sources Both TD and EIC should make reference to this menu when resolving source issues The mechanism ...

Page 167: ... Nickname data pad associated with it Touching one of these data pads brings up an alphanu meric keypad used to enter that name See Section 3 Configuration in the separate Zodiak Installation and Service Manual for specific instructions on defining sources Source Patching The Engineering Source column on the right displays the current associa tion of Engineering Source to Logical source With a Log...

Page 168: ...o many different Logical sources In this case selecting either Logical source on a panel selects the same Engineering source Internal sources M E outputs Still Store outputs etc can be named in the Source Patch menu but can not be remapped This permits defining custom names to avoid confusion between internal Zodiak source names and pre existing external source names already used in a facility Usi...

Page 169: ...ve the Suite Prefs and E MEM effects you created to Zip disk At the new facility load these files into that Zodiak system Do not load the Eng Setups of one facility into the other as this will overwrite that facility s existing Engineering configuration Once the Suite Prefs and effects are loaded at the new facility go to the Source Patch menu and map the appropriate Engineering sources of the new...

Page 170: ...illuminated key type and source memory settings will change as different sources are selected on that bus When disabled green indicator off the current key type and source memory settings will not change when different sources are selected on that bus Each source s memory actually contains four separate groups of settings one for each type of key Fixed Lin Lum Chr and Pst Ptn Changing the key type...

Page 171: ...r Manual 171 Daily Setups Menus Key Drop Menu AKey Drop menu is accessible from the Daily Setups Suite Prefs menu An On Air hot cut will turn off all linked keys as selected for each M E Figure 112 Key Drop Menu ...

Page 172: ...hese panes are used to select the buses to be linked and associate the sources between those buses The Controlling bus pane shows the current source associations Controls outside these panes on the right side of the menu are also available for making source associations and managing bus links As a general rule the Bus Linking menu operates from a Controlling bus viewpoint The basic steps to follow...

Page 173: ...ing a bus button selects that bus for that pane When a bus is selected you return to the previous Bus Linking menu Figure 113 on page 172 with the information in the scrolling lists updated to indicate the current status for the newly selected buses Buses are linked by selecting one in each pane and then turning on the Link Enable button in the Controlling bus pane Note that the Inhibit All Links ...

Page 174: ...n the Controlling Bus panel the list will not scroll The selected Linked source may not appear in the pane This permits the rapid selection of adjacent Linked Bus sources without having to continu ally re scroll that list Link Management Individual bus links are enabled and disabled with the Link Enable button in the Controlling bus pane When enabled commands will be sent from the Controlling bus ...

Page 175: ...ng of Controlling bus sources to Linked bus sources Useful when the linked sources mostly match the controlling bus sources All Sources to None Sets all the Controlling bus link source mappings to none Useful when the controlling bus should only make a few changes to the linked bus most controlling bus source selections do nothing to the linked bus Same Source Mapping All the Controlling bus sourc...

Page 176: ... can be copied to another bus Touching the From This Bus and To This Bus data pads brings up the bus picker Once the desired buses have been selected touch the Copy button Note Link Mapping tables are active on Controlling buses only If a list is copied to a Linked bus the data is transferred but the table is ignored as long as that bus is not a Controlling bus The Link Mapping table will become a...

Page 177: ...d from the menu It is therefore not possible to undo the Break Link operation User Prefs Menus User Preferences are defined by individual operators to customize system parameters to match their work flow methods Each control surface has its own set of User Preferences To access User Preferences touch Daily Setups User Prefs In the upper left User Preferences pane of each menu you can choose the su...

Page 178: ...sources in any order on the source selection button rows On the Zodiak system each bank on the Main Panel has the same source to button mapping The menu is accessed by touching Daily Setups User Prefs Button Mapping Figure 117 Figure 117 Button Mapping Menu See Source to Button Mapping on page 35 for background information and Button Mapping on page 331 for detailed instructions ...

Page 179: ...hifted Sources on page 37 When in Normal mode holding down the Shift button and selecting a crosspoint source selects a source from the input sources assigned to sources 24 47 The Shift button will light indicating the selection made on the bus to its left is a shifted source Latched Mode When in Latched mode the Shift button acts like the Caps Lock key on a standard keyboard Pressing the Shift bu...

Page 180: ...ttons on the Main panel In this mode the farthest right Shift button becomes a normal source selector like the other buttons No shifted sources are avail able directly on the M E bus in this mode However any E MEMs learned with shifted sources selected can still be used to recall those sources even if the No Shift mode is active ...

Page 181: ...iak local PVW AUX panel has 9 Aux bus delegation buttons that can be used to control 9 Aux buses at a time A 2 5 M E system has a total of 9 Aux buses available allowing all buses to be configured The 3 M E system has 13 available aux buses 9 of which may be delegated to the Aux delegation buttons Aux Pairs are often paired for effects send operation and any defined pair may be assigned to a singl...

Page 182: ...he Zodiak system Main panel and Menu panel can control either Clip and Gain or Clip Hi and Clip Low depending on the preference set see page 50 for background information on these key controls Different knob preferences can be applied to Adjustable Linear Keys Luminance Keys and Chroma Keys The chosen settings for each key type are applied universally across the Main and Menu panels wherever that ...

Page 183: ... is accessed by touching Eng Setups Save Load Figure 121 Figure 121 Eng Setup Save Load Menu An Engineering Setup file contains settings that are critical to system oper ation including source definitions output assignments and external device configurations Responsibility for this data rightfully belongs to the engineer in charge and must be saved and loaded carefully CAUTION The Load button imme...

Page 184: ...enu Touch the Engineering Name data pad to bring up a keypad to enter the desired name Name changes take effect immediately This name appears in the Engineering Setup menus If no Logical names are defined this name also appears on the Zodiak Main panel Local and Remote Aux panels and Menu panels See Section 3 Configuration in the separate Zodiak Installation and Service Manual for specific instruc...

Page 185: ...ystem and 13 on the 3 M E system so the layout of the Outputs menu differs between the two systems in the number of physical outputs shown Depending on the type of equipment the Aux Bus is feeding some Aux Bus attributes are config urable An Aux Pair video key video video may also be defined for an effects send configuration to an external DVE device Pairing is defined for anAux Bus video signal a...

Page 186: ...menu is used to define external devices to interface to Zodiak The menu is accessed by touching Eng Setup Ports Devices Figure 124 The setup for each type of device is described in detail in Appendix C External Interfaces of the Zodiak Installation and Service Manual Figure 124 Ports Devices Menu ...

Page 187: ...rnal tally lights The menu set also allows the user to map Engineering sources to the tally relays See the separate Zodiak Installation and Service Manual for detailed informa tion about tally configuration Tally Calculation Definition Menu The Tally Calculation Definition menu is used to select calculators methods and levels name User calculators assign outputs to Tributaries and turn the User ca...

Page 188: ...ection 4 Menus Overview Tally Relay Assignments Menu Touch Eng Setup Tally Relay Assign the Relay Assign button is in the Tally pane to access the Tally Relay Assignments menu Figure 126 Figure 126 Tally Relay Assignments Menu ...

Page 189: ...P Address es the Zodiak system will use to communicate to the external router The Connection Status indicator is red when communication is not detected and is green when communication is established Figure 127 Router Interface Setup Menu See the separate Zodiak Installation and Service Manual for specific configu ration information ...

Page 190: ...alled the Real Time or RT Panel in this menu for communication with the Menu panel The menu is accessed by touching Eng Setup System Config Figure 128 Complete IP addressing instructions are given in Section 3 Configuration in the Zodiak Installation and Service Manual Figure 128 Config Menu CAUTION The Frame and Main RT panel IP address must be set correctly or the Menu panel will not communicate...

Page 191: ...tional Remote Aux panels in the Zodiak system The menu is accessed by touching Eng Setup System Aux Panel Figure 129 Complete instructions for configuring Remote Aux panels is given in Section 3 Configuration in the Zodiak Installation and Service Manual Figure 129 Eng Setups System Aux Panel Menu ...

Page 192: ...ave been purchased after switcher delivery or are being tried on a temporary basis This menu is reached by touching the Install Options category selection button on any Eng Setup menu For a complete explanation on how to use this menu to install new or tem porary options refer to Section 3 Configuration in the Zodiak Installation and Service Manual Figure 130 Install Options Menu ...

Page 193: ...lay a macro and stop a playing macro Delete an existing macro Save and load macro registers all or by range Copy and swap macro registers and Attach a Macro to a button The Macro menus are accessed via the Macro button on the home menu Four different Macro menus are available Macro Save Load Menu The Macro Save Load menu Figure 131 is accessed by touching the Save Load category selection button at...

Page 194: ...n established Macro Catalog Menu The Macro Catalog menu Figure 132 is used to record play and name macros Figure 132 Macro Catalog Menu Macro Catalog Pane The Macro Catalog pane has a scrolling list of all 100 macro registers Touching a macro register button selects that register for Macro menu control operations The name of the macro appears in the central column By default macros are named Macro...

Page 195: ...elected on the Macro menu The Record button initiates recording a macro into the selected macro reg ister Once initiated the recording of a macro is terminated from the menu with the Stop button Macros may also be stopped using the Main panel source selection button for that macro register When a macro recording is underway the two Insert Delay buttons become active permitting the insertion of tim...

Page 196: ...update to show the currently selected macro Only one macro register can be selected for append at a time When the correct macro register has been chosen touching the Append Macro button appends the con tents of that macro to the one currently being recorded You can then con tinue to record the macro and if you wish you can append the contents of another macro register following the same procedure ...

Page 197: ...n menu from which you select the desired macro The name of the selected macro is then displayed in the data pad Note Do not attempt to use the Macro Catalog pane on the left or the Macro Reg ister knob control on the right to associate a Macro to an E MEM The E MEM data pad is used for this purpose The Enable button enables or disables that specific macro It defaults to On whenever a macro is sele...

Page 198: ...om of the Macro menu Figure 134 Macro Copy Swap Menu Macro register information can be moved from one register to another with this menu by selecting the registers in the From and To scrolling panes then touching the Copy or Swap action buttons on the lower right The soft knobs and data pads on the upper right can be used to quickly select specific reg ister numbers in each pane ...

Page 199: ...on touching a Pre Attach Post Attach or Replace Attach buttons activates attach mode You then select the macro register of the desired macro and press the button to which you wish to attach that macro Any buttons on the Main panel except delegation buttons and buttons dis abled due to a lack of resources can have macros attached Attach mode remains on until turned off to permit quick attachments o...

Page 200: ...ins on until the button is touched a second time The Attach Enable button enables and disables all macro button attachments globally When on the Attach Enable button jewel lights and then pressing panel buttons with macros attached will run those macros When off macros are only played back by activating macro mode and pressing the macro register buttons or with the Macro menu The Attach Enable but...

Page 201: ... navigate through the available file hierarchies create folders rename folders and files and copy paste files Only mapped network drives and selected areas of the Zodiak system are accessible The menu is reached by touching File Ops Figure 136 Figure 136 File Operations Menu See File Operations on page 338 for specific operating instructions ...

Page 202: ... A Memory Usage bar graph displays the amount of E MEM keyframe memory currently in use If usage reaches 100 no new keyframes will be able to be added to any effect Deleting keyframes from any effect will regain space and allow the addition of new keyframes In most cases placing keyframes on all levels at every point on a timeline is not necessary Place a keyframe on a level only if it is needed f...

Page 203: ...ink Permits the linking of devices so they roll in sync Note All menu buttons are grayed out if external devices have not been configured Control of configured external devices from the Menu application includes basic play stop fast forward and rewind actions They may also be con trolled through switcher E MEM using events learned to effect keyframes Events act as triggers for specific behaviors s...

Page 204: ... currently configured devices are displayed Refer to External Interfaces Appendix C in the sepa rate Zodiak Installation and Service Manual for how to configure an external device Currently only four serial devices can be controlled at once corre sponding to the four available serial ports Serial 1 Serial 4 on the rear of the Video Processor frame Touching the button for a device toggles the devic...

Page 205: ...e External Device Source Mapping DPM and Editor Source mapping will map external device IDs to switcher logical source IDs and back again for status reporting The maps have to be unique in both directions so the translation is deterministic and unambig uous DPM and Editor mapping configuration data is saved with Suite Prefs Editor Pane Figure 139 Editor Pane The Editor Controls Switcher button tog...

Page 206: ... it is the responsibility of the user to map the correct number of sources based on the protocol used by the editor device For example if the editor uses the 200 250 protocol then only the first 20 sources can be used Figure 140 Editor Map Sources Menu ...

Page 207: ...es 1 to 1 Switcher Source 1 to Editor Source 1 Touching the Set to Defaults button uses the default mapping of the pro tocol that the device uses for communicating to Zodiak Note The protocol button will display the protocol selected for the device in the Eng Setup Port Device Definition menu DPM Panes Figure 142 DPM Panes The Switcher Controls DPM and the DPM Controls Aux Bus buttons toggle on an...

Page 208: ... the source on the Aux Bus Switcher Controls DPM is Off and DPM Controls Aux Bus is On or Off The state of the DPM Controls Aux Bus button is ignored whenever the Switcher Controls DPM button is Off Switcher changes to the Aux Bus are immediately applied to the Aux Bus and the request is not sent to the DPM DPM replies to the switcher with report of the new source are ignored and dropped without c...

Page 209: ...enu Touching the Map Sources 1 1 button does a quick mapping of the sources 1 to 1 Switcher Source 1 to Editor Source 1 Touching the Krystal DVEous64 button uses the default mapping of the protocol that the device uses for communicating to Zodiak Note The protocol button will display the protocol selected for the device in the Eng Setup Port Device Definition menu ...

Page 210: ... is available VITC will be used At speeds greater than 0 25 play VITC will be used if it can be read At these higher speeds if VITC is not found but LTC is available LTC will be used At any speed if neither LTC or VITC is readable Corrected LTC will be used which is the last good LTC time corrected by the tape timer LTC Longitudinal Time Code will be used VITC Vertical Interval Time Code will be u...

Page 211: ...panel Insert Modify or Learn controls to make the changed settings active during an effect run Figure 146 External Devices Timeline Events Menu Device Pane The Device pane on the left is a scrolling list of all configured external devices as described in the External Device Enables menu on page 204 The name of each device is shown on the left and its status is indicated in the adjacent box see Ena...

Page 212: ...ents must be turned on and added to a keyframe before their actions will be enacted during an effect run Load is not functional in this release Cue instructs the device to cue to a specified time code when that keyframe is encountered Turning Cue on displays the current time code location for the device the default cue point in the adjacent data pad Touching this data pad brings up a numeric keypa...

Page 213: ... access to the additional control func tions available in the larger pane Playback Controls Standard Rewind Stop Play Fast Fwd and Jog controls are available at the bottom of the left control pane The smaller control panes on the right have Cue to Begin Stop and Play control buttons The Var Play Speed button turns the variable speed function On and Off When On the device will play at the speed dis...

Page 214: ...ol is swapped to a smaller pane on the right Pressing the smaller pane s Play button plays that device at the speed that was set for that device in the left pane Device Name The device the menu is delegated to directly control is displayed in the Device data pad Touching this data pad brings up a device picker permit ting selection of a different device for control Figure 148 Figure 148 Device Pic...

Page 215: ...e available Figure 149 Figure 149 Folder and Clip Selection Menu Manual Control Control settings in this menu are not saved to E MEM Use the Timeline Events menu and or the Links menus for E MEM control of external devices External Device Event List Menu An Event List of DDR clips can be created and edited to arrange selected clips in a particular order These clips can then be played back in that ...

Page 216: ...p Browser The name of the external device the menu is delegated to control is dis played on the Device data pad at the upper left Touching this data pad brings up the Device Picker permitting selection of a different device Figure 149 on page 215 The scrolling pane below has buttons for all the clips residing on the selected device Touching a clip button selects that clip The action if any perform...

Page 217: ...button is illuminated the next clips selected in the browser will be inserted after the currently selected clip in the Event List on the right The Undo button reverses the last Event List action performed After it has been used it is no longer available and is grayed out The Delete button deletes the currently selected clip from the Event List This only removes the clip from the list and does not ...

Page 218: ... the save operation and leaves the list loaded in the Event List pane Event List The name of the currently selected list if it has been saved appears at the top of this scrolling pane The green Loaded indicator illuminates for the clip that is currently loaded for playback Figure 150 on page 216 When the indicator for the Auto Load button is illuminated the next clip selected in the Event List or ...

Page 219: ...nk devices so they can be con trolled together One device is the primary device and other devices can be linked to that device The linked devices follow the behavior of the primary device Commands sent directly to a linked device however do not affect the primary device Any number of devices can be linked to a primary device but a device can link to only one primary device and a primary device can...

Page 220: ...selecting links for that primary device The Links Enabled button in this pane activates or deactivates the links that have been established between the devices With a primary device selected in the left pane the remaining devices avail able for linking are displayed as active buttons in the right pane Devices not available for linking are grayed out and inactive Touching one of the active buttons ...

Page 221: ... pane in the center listing the R MEM registers available the full register number is displayed on each register button and a Router pane on the right showing the switcher sources router sources and destinations and protection status Switcher sources configured as routed Zodiak sources appear in the right pane R MEM Auto Recall Mode The R MEM Auto Recall mode acts similar to the E MEM Auto Recall ...

Page 222: ...he bank button first if you are recalling from a different bank or just touch the Register button if in the same bank a If the Auto Recall button is on the sources selected at the time the register was saved with Auto Recall on will be changed to the R MEM values of that register If Auto Recall was not on when the register was saved the currently selected switcher sources will be changed b If the ...

Page 223: ...er commands to external devices GPI and PBus triggers are placed on keyframes when an effect is created When working on an effect this menu is used to change the working buffer to include trigger commands An Insert or Mod must be performed to make these changes part of the effect These outputs can be disabled in the Enables category of this menu If the device isn t enabled triggers will not be sen...

Page 224: ... be given a descriptive name Once the peripheral device has been defined in the Ports Devices menu the device can be selected in the PBus GPI menu to be controlled by an E MEM recall or test fired Any defined peripheral devices and their triggers are identified in the dis play Touching a button in the PBus Trigger pane activates that trigger and lights the green indicator Pressing the Test Trig s ...

Page 225: ...a device name on the left the E MEM Learn and Recall register information from Zodiak is sent out for use by the peripheral device When the button is off just the trigger information is sent over the PBus to the peripheral device Enables Menu Peripheral Bus II devices and triggers can be enabled and disabled in the Enables menu accessed by touching the Enables category button at the bottom of the ...

Page 226: ...Devices menu each GPI trigger can be given a descriptive name that appears on this menu The actual action performed when a GPI trigger is fired is determined by how it is wired to the external device GPI triggers by default are associated with E MEM level group Misc 1 Select the desired trigger s in the menu by touching their buttons then Learn an E MEM register with Misc 1 enabled The selected GP...

Page 227: ...The Clean Feed Configuration data pad will appear This allows selection of any of the three downstream keys DSK 1 2 and 3 to appear or not appear on the PGM A and PGM B outputs of the switcher In the example shown here the three downstream keyers DSK 1 2 and 3 are enabled on the PGM A output and disabled on the PGM B output a clean feed Any combination of keyers can be chosen Figure 158 DSK Menu ...

Page 228: ...iak Installation and Service Manual for complete Aux Bus configuration instructions When an Aux bus is configured as an Aux Pair the settings on the Aux Bus menu affect the B channel output of that Aux Pair as shown in the example below The A channel of the Aux Pair is always a video signal The B channel can be either a Video or Key Paired outputs are typically used with external DPMs The DPM can ...

Page 229: ...provided to allow the operator to see all available sources In addition a Scroll Sources data box is provided to select a source number from a numeric keypad The Near Side Far Side functionality is used in conjunction with a Transform Engine or external DPM is associated with the bus aux buses or buses with Effects Send active When a different source is chosen for the B channel not associated with...

Page 230: ...es a graphical representation of the current effect It shows the location in time of all the keyframes for the cur rently enabled groups and displays the current location of the time and edit cursors The Timeline View menu is accessed by touching Timeline View Besides displaying current effect information the Timeline menu also pro vides editing controls that are not available on the Main panel If...

Page 231: ... level groups are displayed The names of level groups that are delegated for editing are highlighted in yellow Only these highlighted timelines are affected by edit operations Timelines consist of keyframes at specific time locations Keyframes are indicated on the timelines with short vertical lines The Master Timeline at the top is created from keyframes in the timelines below Each level s key fr...

Page 232: ...gation controls move the edit cursor while the effect run controls move the time cursor s The edit cursor determines where edit operations will occur The work buffer is interpolated from each time cursor location Additional information is displayed on the Timeline Edit menu in special cases If a timeline s effect is different from the master timeline its number is displayed to the right of the tim...

Page 233: ...emories of the sources currently selected in the enabled levels Pressing Clear Wk Bfr once while holding down at least one source select button clears only the source memory related parameters for each held down source The Master E MEM enables have no bearing on this oper ation Pressing Clear Wk Bfr twice rapidly while holding down at least one source select button clears the source memory related...

Page 234: ...s different behavior from the Grass Valley Group Model 4000 switcher which did not permit inserting on a keyframe in Constant Duration mode Constant Duration mode influences Delete Cut Copy and Paste opera tions For example if a keyframe is deleted from an effect with Cons Dur off the time between that keyframe and the next is removed shortening the duration of the effect If a key frame is deleted...

Page 235: ...ot changed by a Copy operation Paste Inserts the data currently in the clipboard into the effect at the cursor location The data remains in the clipboard for reuse Keyframes on all del egated timelines in the effect move later in time to accommodate the dura tion in the clipboard However the contents of the clipboard must be consistent with the delegated timelines of the effect for paste to operat...

Page 236: ...sor is positioned on the new keyframe Insert After When the cursor is on a keyframe pressing Insert After inserts a new keyframe with the currently specified keyframe duration after the keyframe the cursor was on and shifts all the following keyframes later in the effect which increases the total duration of the effect When the cursor is on the path Insert After places a new keyframe at the curren...

Page 237: ...t menu is used to modify keyframe duration The Timeline TimeAdjust menu is accessed by touching Timeline Time Adjust Figure 162 Select the KF Dur button in the menu to change the duration with a numeric keypad Press the Mod KF button to make the change Figure 162 Timeline Time Adjust Menu ...

Page 238: ...ne Buttons in the delegation panes toggle on and off which makes it possible to choose multiple items and change the path control parameters of all of those items simultaneously The Select All and Deselect All buttons are used for making and clearing delegations for all the items in that pane Levels selected for path control can be similar to one another or they can be dissimilar Similar levels sh...

Page 239: ...ons The selected path type symbol also appears next to each group delegation button This symbol also appears next to each level or sublevel delegation button when all the sub levels and or groups for that item have the same path type Figure 164 Figure 164 Interpolation Paths Menu Multiple Items Selected An informational graphic is displayed next to the scroll bars in the delega tion panes indicati...

Page 240: ...and Bias 4 Add the new values to a keyframe in the effect with Insert or Modify or Learn You must change the keyframe because current work buffer values are overwritten during the running of an effect 5 Run the effect to see your changes General Curve Tips Although adjusting the Curve path type Tension Continuity and Bias con trols can feel like a guessing game here are some general tips to help y...

Page 241: ... single keyframe with a Curve path type is handled the same as a first or last keyframe and so this keyframe is given Tension 1 0 Continuity 0 0 and Bias 0 0 values If you paste a keyframe with a Curve path into the middle of an effect reset Tension values to 0 0 Controlling Smooth Path Windup Effects with a curved transform path may move back slightly in the oppo site direction when the move begi...

Page 242: ...nd load E MEM files Only this file format is supported in the menu Other types of files saved in the same directory will not be visible E MEM files can be saved as All E MEMs by bank s or by register s The menu is accessed by touching E MEM Save Load Figure 165 See File Operations on page 338 for specific operating instructions Figure 165 E MEM Save Load Menu ...

Page 243: ...ected sources not the particular sources used when the effect was built Only Source Hold controlled from this menu is keyframeable The others are panel states not controlled by the E MEM system A hold is imposed whenever one or more type of hold is in force To Set a Source Hold in a New Effect 1 Go to the Source Holds menu 2 Select the buses you wish to hold by touching their labeled buttons on th...

Page 244: ...he running of the remainder of the effect To Set a Source Hold in an Existing Effect 1 Locate the cursor on a keyframe in the effect where you wish to add a Source Hold 2 Select the buses you wish to hold by touching their labeled buttons on the Source Holds menu so their green indicators illuminate 3 Press Modify or Insert to add the Source Hold to the effect The Source Hold only applies to that ...

Page 245: ...enu The Path category selection button at the bottom of the menu provides access to the Interpolation Paths menu see Timeline Path Menu on page 238 This menu provides controls over interpolation between key frames Figure 167 Interpolation Paths Menu ...

Page 246: ...he E MEM Register Ops menu Figure 168 is used to enable the Get and Put functions for register copy and paste operations When either Get or Put is selected a numeric keypad will appear to allow selection of a register number Select the register to be copied by touching the Get button and entering a register number with the keypad Figure 168 E MEM Register Ops Menu ...

Page 247: ... setup to M E 2 and place the chroma key on air there On Zodiak all copy swap operations are done through the menu system The set of menus for Copy and Swap use a common layout The Copy Swap M E menu shown in Figure 170 typifies the layout shared by the others Choose a source in the From pane choose a destination in the To pane and an action in the Action pane After performing a Copy or Swap one l...

Page 248: ...diak User Manual Section 4 Menus Overview Copy Swap ME Menu The Copy Swap ME menu is used to copy a setup from one M E to another Touch Copy Swap M E to access the menu Figure 170 Figure 170 Copy Swap ME Menu ...

Page 249: ...ipe Menu Touch Copy Swap Wipe to access the Copy Swap Wipe menu Figure 172 Figure 171 Copy Swap Wipe Menu This menu supports copying only and does not support swaps When copying or swapping wipes you can choose to include mattes with the Mattes button ...

Page 250: ... level Key level and matte generator level do not exist For example in Figure 172 the destination matte is M E 1 s Trans Wipe Pst Ptn Border and Fill are grayed out because they only apply to keyer mattes Similarly if Bkgd 1 had been chosen no further delegation would be needed so all of the keyer related selections would be grayed out For a 2 5 M E switcher the M E 3 buttons would not appear ...

Page 251: ...ection point of use of the keyer and its input The Source is automatically updated to the working buffer s setting for the selected M E and keyer The user can choose to copy all the sources by touching the All Sources button Figure 173 When selected the words All Sources appear in the Source text box When All Sources is chosen in the From pane All Sources is automatically put into the To pane Howe...

Page 252: ...ts a different M E or keyer the key type buttons automatically default to the setting in the working buffer Since the working buffer will only have a single keying type selected then the default key type configuration displayed on this menu will always be a single keyer level on However the user may turn on additional key types and override the default In the To pane there is a Default button If t...

Page 253: ...ed to accommodate the enhanced Still Store features Three basic Still Store menus exist Playback Create Edit and Cache While the Playback menu is optimized for playback operations playback control is also available from the Create Edit menu Each Still Store menu is divided into right center and left panes The right pane provides Still Store menu delegation selecting what output will be affected by...

Page 254: ...nd Program buttons delegate the rest of the menu controls to that Still Store output The Program button delegates the menu to the actual output of the Still Store Menu changes made when this button is selected immediately affects that Still Store output image The Preset button delegates the menu to a holding area for that output Pre selecting an image here makes the necessary preparation caching t...

Page 255: ... delegation scrolls the browser to show that output s item Touching an item on the scrolling list loads it to the delegated Still Store output caching the item if necessary The current item selection on a Still Store output is keyframeable see page 408 Icons indicate if the item is cached is a still or a clip is a video key pair or video only and other information see Still Store Icons on page 267...

Page 256: ...rly in an effect Running the effect in advance of its use will cache recorded material for instantaneous playback Pressing this button does not make the current clip play it only allows the addition of a cue and play trigger command to an effect Use the play button on the Still Store menu or the Machine Control subpanel to run an effect manually Folder Browser Below the scrolling list is a data pa...

Page 257: ...crolling list If items from the previous folder have been cached after the folder change those items will continue be displayed on the list they will be shaded and they remain available for use Note Avoid changing folders unnecessarily Still Store material may become inac cessible or the wrong material may be loaded if items with the same names reside in different folders Also if you switch back a...

Page 258: ...n units from the center of the image In this Still Store Playback menu these controls affect only how the item will be dis played during playback and can be used to override any position or crop values applied when the item was saved The Playback menu position and crop controls only apply to the Program output not Preset If modified crop values are applied to the Program output transferring an ite...

Page 259: ... Still Store Playback Menu Position Controls Touching the Crop data pad brings up a similar menu with Top Crop Bottom Crop Left Crop and Right Crop controls Figure 178 The image can be cropped to any rectangular shape These controls are keyframeable see ...

Page 260: ... sets crops slightly wider than Clean Aperture to meet the SMPTE recommended practice This permits passing the maximum amount of image data down the signal chain which can help hide edge artifacts during subsequent image processing The Clean Aperture button crops the image to exactly match the aspect ratio to meet the SMPTE recommended practice Crop values are set to 3 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 with this butt...

Page 261: ...abbed video or key image is released to accommodate the new input See Still Store Config uration on page 398 for more information The Include Key button determines if a video only or a video key capture is performed This button is only active when the Still Store output is config ured as a video key pair When Include Key is off only a video image is cap tured When on both video and key are capture...

Page 262: ...e Folder Browser on page 256 The progress of the save is reported in the upper right notification area See Approximate Animation Clip Load and Save Times Table 12 on page 396 for related information about saving clips Create Edit Menu Position and Crop Controls Touching the Position and Crop data pads brings up the same controls available from the Still Store Playback menu see Figure 177 on page 2...

Page 263: ...ched to make room for the new item Long duration recordings involve lots of data and will clear many cached items Saving a long recording also takes considerable time Fenced recording can be used to reduce storage requirements and save times The following fence adjustments must be selected before performing the recording The Fence Size pane has buttons that determine the size of the image to be re...

Page 264: ...s affect the appearance of a still image or a stopped clip These controls are keyframeable see page 408 The Frame button selects a two field display This display offers the highest resolution but moving video can cause flicker between the fields The Field 1 and Field 2 buttons selects the specified single field display The other field is synthesized in one of two ways When Field Interp is selected...

Page 265: ...ls labeled with stan dard symbols at the bottom center of the menu can also be used to cue play and stop the selected clip The Go To Mark button activates a mode in which touching a mark or loop button moves the current time of the clip to that mark For example to go to the mark end point turn on Go To Mark and then press Mark End Turning the Disable Marks button on temporarily deactivates begin a...

Page 266: ...he Loop From point must be after Loop To point If Loop From is before Loop To the material between the points will be skipped and the Loop Count will be ignored These adjustments can then be saved so they are applied when that clip is loaded to a Still Store output The Loop data pad at the bottom of the pane displays the loop points and loop count Touching this data pad brings up a pane of soft kn...

Page 267: ...ded to that Still Store output Still Store Icons The Zodiak Still Store handles different types of stills and clips that can also be in different states cached locked etc Icons are used to indicate the type and status of each clip and animation Touching the Legend and Options button on the Still Store Playback or Create Edit menu brings up descrip tions of what each icon represents Figure 183 Pres...

Page 268: ...9 standard 900 with the KlipCache option enabled that can reside in the cache and the number of unlocked and locked cache pages The total page number is fixed determined by the amount of memory but the locked and unlocked page counts vary depending on the current status of the cache Bar graphs on the left show the percentage of unlocked and locked material in the cache The locked and unlocked page...

Page 269: ...tte menus give you control over matte color type and appearance There are no local matte controls on the Main panel all matte adjustments are made in the menus Category selection buttons exist at the bottom of each menu allowing you to select M E DSK or Background mattes Soft knobs are provided on the right side of the menu for adjustment of matte parameters In general each matte generator is repr...

Page 270: ... M E 1 M E 2 or M E 3 3 M E system only is selected Figure 185 touch pads are displayed for each keyer and for the wipe in that M E Touching any of these pads displays the current parameters in the remainder of the menu with soft knob control Figure 185 M E Matte Menu ...

Page 271: ...uch pad activates the soft knobs to control those parameters Values can be entered with the popup keypad or with the standard PC keyboard The DSK matte menu is a subset of the M E menu Zodiak downstream keyers are simplified and do not employ wash borders utility video fill or texture Since there is no wash the wash source defaults to flat Figure 186 Matte Menu DSK Selected ...

Page 272: ...ash You can experiment with the texture controls to discover unique patterns The Source in the Texture menu is the numerical seed from which a texture is generated There are 256 possible sources Wash sources for background mattes come from dedicated internal simple wipe generators that make a straight line wipe that can be softened rotated and offset Length adjusts the number of elements in a text...

Page 273: ...nd must be enabled in the Eng Setup Install Options menu when purchased Controls for the standard Glow feature are also provided which are avail able without Transform Engines installed A keyer s Effects Send must be turned on before it will be available for del egation on the Transform Engine menus You can touch the Transform Menu Effects Send button to go to the EFX Send menu or you can delegate...

Page 274: ...sform Engine menu has some of the same transform controls as the Main panel s Joystick subpanel The Joystick X Y Z Size can be con trolled from the menu with the soft knobs or keypad entry Transforms Menu Delegation The Transform Engine Transforms menu contains a data pad matrix in the upper left for delegation Figure 188 Data pads for keyers with Transform Engines assigned will be active Inactive...

Page 275: ...n the upper right of the menu is used to turn off the key signal processing for the delegated keyer resulting in a full raster image For example suppose you want to fly a graphic that is normally accompanied by a key signal Turning the key off forces the graphic to full raster ignoring the key The Key Off button is inac tive for Global channels Easy Cube Control When a channel is used to create a ...

Page 276: ...rameter values even when Source space is selected The soft knobs still adjust either the Target or Source space rotation parameters however The Skew and Aspect transforms work in Source space The Persp Post Xform and Final Locate buttons work in Target space Crop Controls The Crop button in the pane to the right of the Transform buttons is used to activate the crop feature for the delegated keyer ...

Page 277: ... that trans form s parameters Spin allows different paths to be specified for each axis of the transform When Spin is selected the X Y Z and All touch buttons are activated The selected path will only be applied to the specified axis Clear Transforms Two buttons located on the lower right side of the Transform Engine menu page 274 are used to clear transform settings Clear Xfms Sets all transform ...

Page 278: ... Drop Shadow effect the shadow will not be parallel with the key Figure 189 Drop Shadow Menu Drop Shadow Controls The Drop Shadow feature is turned on with the Drop Shadow button in the Drop Shadow pane When turned on soft knob controls become available on the right Different soft knob controls appear depending on which data pad has been selected in that pane The current parameter names and values...

Page 279: ... total softness of the drop shadow edges will be the softness of the shadow edge combined with any softness of the primary image When Independent Crop is selected the edges of the drop shadow can be given crop values different from the primary image Touching the Crop Edges data pad delegates the soft knobs to control drop shadow edge cropping Top Bottom Left and Right Kurl Menus The Kurl effects a...

Page 280: ...odulation controls Figure 190 Figure 190 Kurl Menu Position Modulation 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 Amplitude defines the modulation amplitude the height of the pattern waves Frequency defines the modulation fr...

Page 281: ...selected you select the type of modulation to be applied to that axis Position Mod or Size Mod in the Mod Type pane When the Vertical axis is selected you can choose to have that axis modulation values match the horizontal values with the Track Horiz button When Size Mod is selected in the Mod Type pane the Size Mod Center data pad in the Modulation pane is active When this data pad is selected so...

Page 282: ...ycle Limiting activates the Cycles soft knob This control can be used to limit the number of wave pattern cycles Cycles Only selects only the positive portion of the wave cycle Rep resentative wave shapes are shown in Figure 192 Figure 192 Available Wave Patterns Normal Only Only Sine Normal Circle Triangle Random Square Illogical pattern lost Pulse Ramp Trap 0721_08_83_r0 ...

Page 283: ...ontrols the amount of displacement 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 Modulation data pad is selected in the Slits pane a menu similar to Figure 193 appears Figure 193 Kurl Menu Slits Modulation The Slit modulation soft knob controls and wave patterns are the same as Position Size see ...

Page 284: ...stance adjoining slits move away from each other This can be used for transition effects using a zero offset for the starting key frame and an off the screen offset for the ending keyframe Slits defines the number of slits Phase determines the starting point or phase of the modulation to occur at the center point Random defines the degree of randomization of slit width Angle defines the angle of t...

Page 285: ...at 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 Figure 195 Figure 195 Kurl Menu Page Turn Page Turn Pane The page mode Page Turn or Page Roll and orientation of the fold Over or Under the original plane are selected ...

Page 286: ... 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 for multi pass effect creation When Back is Matte is selected the back of the effect will be a matte color The color of the matte can be changed by touching the Back Color data pad to bring up soft knob controls for Hue Saturation and Brightness Split Axis...

Page 287: ... Touch the Splits On button in the Splits Enable pane to bring up the fol lowing Splits controls Splits Pane When the Splits button in the Splits data pad is selected the following soft knob controls are available Values are displayed in screen units H Center controls the horizontal position of the split V Center controls the vertical position of the split H Separation controls the amount of horiz...

Page 288: ...r and double image controls The mirror buttons replicate the side of a picture about the axis location to the opposite side Mirror orientation is based on the picture s source space It is possible to simultaneously reflect multiple sides by turning on the Mirror Top Mirror Right Mirror Left and Mirror Bottom buttons The original picture for that side is always reflected Aside that has been mirrore...

Page 289: ...ow controls are available on the Transform Engine Glow menu accessed via Transform Glow Figure 197 You must turn Effects Send on for each keyer on you wish to use the glow feature touch the Effects Send button then touch the desired keyers or use the Ext DPM button on the Main panel The Glow controls on the menu affect the delegated keyer Only one keyer can be delegated at a time Figure 197 Figure...

Page 290: ... shown Only the border area of the glow is visible When the Glow pane is activated knob controls for Glow Width Aspect Opacity and Softness are available Note The Glow Softness parameter value is shared with Drop Shadow Softness Adjusting either Glow or Drop Shadow Softness will affect both Glow and Drop Shadow Softness Glow Matte Pane When the Glow matte pane is activated knob controls for matte ...

Page 291: ... Defocus Figure 199 This menu is only available when a Transform Engine option has been installed Figure 199 Defocus Menu Defocus Pane Off The Defocus effect is deactivated Defocus The Defocus effect is applied to the original keyed image Defocus NAM The defocused image is compared to the original image on a pixel by pixel basis and the lighter higher luminance pixel of the two is used in the fina...

Page 292: ...image NAM Ratio Adjusts the level of luminance at which the Defocus effect will be applied to NAM pixels This value applies to both NAM and NAM modes NAM Matte Pane NAM Matte Enable When selected a matte color is applied to the selected NAM lighter or darker portion of the keyed image Figure 200 Figure 200 Defocus Menu NAM Matte Activated When the NAM Matte pane is activated knob controls for matt...

Page 293: ...eyer Mask menu This feature is available when the delegated keyer has Defocus turned on and an Inhibit mask has been selected Figure 201 Figure 201 Keyer Mask Menu Defocus Mask On When on the Defocus effect can be masked so it is applied to only a portion of the image Defocus is not available with a Force mask ...

Page 294: ... all keyer fill background and utility bus sources Each bus has its own video processor Video processing settings are stored for each source on each bus in source memory When source memory is on the specific video processing settings for each source are applied when that source is selected on a bus Video processing settings can be saved to E MEM keyframes Continuously variable video pro cessing pa...

Page 295: ...ct values The data box for each of the delegation selectors in the Bus pane indicates which video processing functions Proc Pseud Quant are turned on for that bus and source If a function is turned off appears in place of the func tion name Data boxes in the Function pane display the current parameter values for each active function Proc Amp Controls Proc Amp Luma and Chroma controls are available...

Page 296: ...the graphics turns ProcAmp processing for both Luma and Chroma on and off except Hue Rotation which is con trolled by PseudoColor When on the ProcAmp graphic traces are colored bright green and if settings are not at nominal values an UNCAL indicator is displayed announcing uncalibrated video Figure 202 When off no pro cessing is applied regardless of the values displayed and the Proc Amp graphic ...

Page 297: ...r left and ramps lin early to the white level at upper right The dotted graticule lines signify the nominal black to white range The solid graticule lines mark the absolute limits of the graph The vertical scale is such that zero is at the black dotted line 100 IRE is at the white dotted line Luminance gain is represented by the slope of the trace At gain zero the line is flat and level Increasing...

Page 298: ...otates the radial trace counterclockwise A dot at the end of the hue rotation radial line provides a visual reference to the Cb and Cr offset When offset is added the center of the oval goes off center which can be easily seen when comparing the dot to the Cb and Cr axes Cr and Cb offsets can be used to correct black level color balance errors of a camera PseudoColor Controls Touching PseudoColor ...

Page 299: ...ck the Color Modulator mixes toward the matte labelled Black becomes A typical application is to convert color video to sepia tone Note Incoming levels above clip hi and below clip low will not affect the output color making large areas of the screen a fixed color These controls should remain set to defaults unless the operator wants to restrict the range of incoming luminance levels that affect t...

Page 300: ...ssing the Invert button When Invert is active increasing luminance decreases the hue angle clock wise toward cyan and green The Hue Offset control sets the hue angle derived from a black input A Hue Offset of zero means that black would produce a matte with hue angle of zero or approximately dark blue As the Hue Offset is increased the hue angle for a black input also increases The range for the H...

Page 301: ...to restrict the range of incoming luminance levels that affect the output Hue Rotation Figure 206 PseudoColor Hue Rotation Controls Hue Rotation is turned on and off only from this menu using the ON button The Hue Rotation control adjusts the hue angle in degrees ranging from 179 to 180 Clockwise rotation of the soft knob decreases the value This soft knob control also appears on the Proc Amp menu...

Page 302: ...ures The Quantization Levels and Solarization Levels soft knob controls adjust the number of quantization levels The values displayed range from 1 to 10 corresponding to the number of bits used to quantize the signal For example a value of 4 bits results in 16 levels and a value of 5 bits results in 32 levels etc A value of 10 represents full 10 bit resolution which results in no quantization effe...

Page 303: ...ate to accommodate interpolation The actual width in pixels of a tile is rounded upward to the nearest multiple of 4 The Aspect soft knob controls the tile aspect ratio The range is 1 00 to 1 00 The Reset to Unity button sets both values to zero resulting in no mosaic Transitions Menu The Mix Effects Transitions menu Figure 209 provides controls for selecting and customizing a user transition type...

Page 304: ...ects in which you wish to define a user transition from the M E pane on the left of the screen The Mix Profile display shows the mix ratio percentage currently selected for the transition Each component of the mix the initial intermediate and final video is represented by a different color to make the profile of the mix easy to see The ratio of initial intermediate and final video can be changed b...

Page 305: ...as Matte or Utility video The Matte menu will automatically be delegated to the correct M E To use a matte as intermediate video select the Matte button in the Base Color Source data pad on the right of the M E Matte menu Matte values automatically delegate to the M E Trans Wipe Border controls Use the matte controls to set the desired matte settings for the intermediate video If you wish to use t...

Page 306: ...rent Source Select menu layouts are available depending on whether Key Layers Figure 210 or Bkdg Layers Figure 211 have been selected The menus report Split Keys and indicate buses with sources that are On Air Figure 210 Source Select Menu Key Layers Selected ...

Page 307: ...ar and far side sources unless a modifier button is used menu source selections for near and far side sources are always independent The Source Select menu can be used to select a source and then an E MEM register can be learned Subsequent recall of that E MEM register will recall the source even if it is not mapped to a button Color Corrector Menu RGB Color Correction is a software enabled featur...

Page 308: ...he Bus delegation contain Red Green Blue or A color component in the data box indicates that color correction is being applied to the component s For components not enabled the is shown as a place holder The Source pane is a non editable text box that shows the Name of the source currently selected on the crosspoints of the M E and bus delegated above It is to this source and only on the delegated...

Page 309: ...o the Nominal values shown in Table 8 If Gain Lift is selected the knobs and boxes will appear as in Figure 212 If White Black is selected see Figure 213 the following changes occur in the menu The gain and offset are expressed in the oscilloscope in terms of the two end points of the transfer function without regard to where the scope trace would clip Gain is changed to White Lift is changed to B...

Page 310: ...cted the knobs would be labeled Green Gain Green Lift and Green Gamma and would control the green channel s values and similarly for Red The border color for the oscilloscope for the selected component is changed from black to white Figure 214 Adjustments The three color components have individual On buttons which are LED push on push off type buttons As shown in Figure 214 the Red and Blue compon...

Page 311: ...ck to white range The solid grat icule lines mark the absolute limits of the graph The slope of the diagonal line is proportional to the component s gain At gain zero the line is flat and level If the gain is adjusted high enough so that the trace would exceed the absolute vertical limits of the graph the trace is modified to look as it would if the ramp signal were clipped by the limiters in the ...

Page 312: ... Effects Send Menu The Effects Send menu is accessible from the M E and Transform Engine Menus by touching the Effects Send button Figure 215 Figure 215 Effects Send Menu The buttons on this menu activate the Int DPM Effects Send loop on each keyer of each M E This menu allows you to turn the Effects Send loop on and off without having to first delegate that keyer on the Main panel Activating Effe...

Page 313: ...ou to view or select the type of key for any of the four keyers in each M E or the three DSK keyers from the Menu panel Note that not all M E key functionality is present in the DSK keyers Touching the Mode subcategory button brings up the Keyer Mode menu Touch the keyer data pad in the M E you wish to select then select the Mode from one the selections described below The mode may also be selecte...

Page 314: ...nel and will be reflected in the menu The Size and Position soft knobs control very small subpixel position of the key edge For a concept overview of an adjustable linear key refer to Fixed and Adjustable Linear Keys on page 53 Figure 216 Keyer Mode Menu Adjustable Linear Key Luminance Key A Luminance key can be selected in the corresponding Keyers subpanel or by selecting the Luma Key in the Keye...

Page 315: ...ing the order the adjustments should nor mally be made 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 Chroma Key Operating Notes on page 376 for more information on setting up a chroma key For a concept overview of chroma keying refer to Chroma Key on page 55 Figure 217 Keyer Mode C...

Page 316: ...e menu will appear as in Figure 218 When the Pattern data pad is touched the Wipe menu see Wipe Menus on page 322 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 Matte Adjust Opacity and size of the preset pattern can also be adjusted with the soft knob controls on the right of the scr...

Page 317: ...cking order of the selected item in a column is controlled 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 ...

Page 318: ...a key fill signal delivered via the Utility bus Masking can only be done on M E keyers The M E M E 1or M E 2 and keyer delegation K1 K4 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 Box Inhibit mask on M E 1 Key 1 Figure 220 Keyer Mask Point of Use Me...

Page 319: ...wn Keyer Wipe A Keyer Wipe mask source allows selection of a wipe pattern from the dedicated pattern generator for the keyer Touch the Ptn button in the Keyer Generator pane to bring up the wipe pattern selections available Figure 221 Select a pattern from the display The selected pattern will appear in the Ptn data pad window Select the Pos Rotate Repeat Aspect data pad below the Ptn data pad to ...

Page 320: ...information CAUTION All controls in the C1 Generator box or the C2 Generator box affect the selected wipe pattern generator Utility Bus The Utility Bus mask sources originate from the utility bus in the chosen M E Typically these are used to bring in garbage masks from a Still Store or some external device Mask On Button The Mask may be turned on or off by selecting the Mask On button Mask Invert ...

Page 321: ... Select Menu A Source Select menu is accessible from the M E and Keyer menus see Source Select Menu on page 305 The Source Select menu is used to change sources in real time from the Menu panel Figure 222 Source Select Menu Key Layers Selected ...

Page 322: ...nu will bring up the Wipes Point of Use menu Figure 223 This menu displays a Point of Use parameter area on the right A point of use is the location where a wipe pattern will be used corresponding to one of the keyers or background transitions The controls in the Point of Use pane affect each point of use of that wipe pattern separately This allows applying different settings to the same pattern u...

Page 323: ...For operating simplicity you may decide to use the Complex wipe generators C1 and C2 for main transitions and the simpler Box and Keyer wipe pattern generators for the keyers However the Zodiak system gives you the flexibility to use complex wipe generators with either main transitions or for keying and masking and also the ability to use Utility bus video as the wipe pattern shape Wipe resources ...

Page 324: ... the pattern window 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 Fill Wash Pst Ptn Border Wash Key 2 Force Mask Pst Ptn P1 Inhibit Mask Pst Ptn P2 Key Fill Wash Key 3 Pst Ptn Border Wash Force Mask Pst Ptn...

Page 325: ...Zodiak User Manual 325 Wipe Menus Figure 225 Pattern Selection Menu ...

Page 326: ...e various parameters The knobs that appear will differ depending on the type of pattern modifiers chosen Pos Rotate Repeat Split Aspect Allows control of the pattern positioner the rotation and speed functions the split and aspect functions and the repeat H and V Multiply functions Figure 226 Modifier parameters are con trolled with the soft knobs on the right of the screen Figure 226 Pattern Modi...

Page 327: ...the pattern mix function Figure 227 Pat terns from C1 Generator and C2 Generator 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 Figure 227 Pattern Modifiers Mix Menu ...

Page 328: ... right of the screen control amplitude and frequency of the H and V modulation Figure 228 Pattern Modifiers Modulation Other Menus As the Zodiak software is enhanced additional menus subcategories and controls will become available see the Zodiak Release Notes for the latest menu additions and changes Once you understand the principles of Zodiak system menu organization and operation you will be a...

Page 329: ...primary power from the Main panel 1 Set the power switch on the Video Processor frame to On Figure 229 on page 330 2 Set the power switch es in the Main Panel tub enclosure to On Figure 230 on page 330 When the Zodiak system powers up or is reset the first system elements activated are the PGM PST buses transition and keying controls This permits rapid on air recovery of basic system operations So...

Page 330: ...witch Door Open CAUTION The front door of the Zodiak Video Processor frame must remain closed during normal system operation for proper cooling airflow Figure 230 Main Panel Lid Open 8125_00_02_r0 ON OFF Power Switch Main Power Supply On Off Switch Redundant Power Supply On Off Switch 8125_00_03r0 ...

Page 331: ... use at any time see File Opera tions on page 338 Local Panel Source Button Mapping On the Zodiak system button mappings on the Main Panel are set the same in each M E PGM PST and PVW AUX bank for operating simplicity The Button Mapping menu is accessed by touching Daily Setups User Prefs Button Mapping Figure 231 Figure 231 Button Mapping Menu 1 Touch the Local Panel Type button to configure sour...

Page 332: ...map a source to a button that is currently mapped to another source a warning dialog box may appear Figure 232 Figure 232 Button Mapping Warning Dialog Selecting Yes maps the source to the button The button originally mapped to that source becomes unassigned Selecting No clears the window without making any changes Selecting the Always Change Source to Button Mapping check box allows mapping alrea...

Page 333: ...es Note Remote Aux Panels must be installed and configured before their buttons can be mapped Configure source to button mapping for each Remote Aux panel as follows 1 Select the Remote Panel Type button This delegates the menu to control Remote Aux panels The name of the last Remote Aux panel s selected for mapping appears in the Remote Panels data pad Figure 233 Figure 233 Remote Aux Panel Butto...

Page 334: ...ected with a message posted indicating the panels are not the same type 4 After selecting the desired panel s touch Done to return to the previous menu Figure 233 on page 333 When multiple Remote Aux panels are selected changing a button s mapping applies that individual button s mapping to all the selected Remote Aux panels 5 Use the same Local Panel button mapping procedure page 331 to map the s...

Page 335: ...igure 235 Aux bus configuration is explained in detail in Section 3 Configuration in the Zodiak Installation and Service Manual Figure 235 Aux Bus Delegation Button Mapping Menu To Map Local Aux Panel Delegation Buttons 1 Touch the Local Panel type button 2 Scroll the central pane and select the Aux Bus delegation button you wish to map 3 Scroll the Aux Buses list on the right and select the desir...

Page 336: ...ons can also be made using the Aux Bus menu Bus Linking Bus linking allows a source selection on one bus to change the source on another bus Suite configuration settings permit the establishment of a one to one relationship between different buses a Controlling bus can affect one other Linked bus Once this link is established sources on the Controlling bus can be associated with sources on the Lin...

Page 337: ...the aux bus appropriate to the show Another possibility is to program the M E 2 A row as an extension of the PGM PST A bus for shows that need instant access to more than 32 sources without pressing the Shift button In this case M E 2 A is the Controlling bus and PGM PST A is the Linked bus In this scenario the easiest way to set this up is to link the buses and map the sources one to one then set...

Page 338: ...deo video mode a B side source change from the Controlling bus will change the Linked bus s B side A video only bus behaves as if it is the A side of a bus pair File Operations The Zodiak system has a file browser You can browse through selected folders on the local Zodiak Menu Processor hard disk the Zodiak Video Processor frame hard disk and the entire network file hierarchy of mapped drives Fea...

Page 339: ...le Type Icons and Extensions Files are represented by icons The file type is included in the icon dis played on all File Operations menus Table 9 Zodiak files are named by the user when saved and this name appears below the icon The extension is added to the file automatically when saved but is not displayed as part of the file name itself Do not try to add an extension to the file name when savin...

Page 340: ...ot to be modified by anyone These can provide a known starting point for users when they build their own preference files Only a few frequently used preference files should be saved as Profiles to the Frame User directory no more than a dozen Otherwise it will be dif ficult to find the desired Profile quickly Experienced users may want to create their own sets of preference files and save only cri...

Page 341: ...n the disk 1 Insert the Zip disk to be formatted into the Zodiak system removable drive 2 Go to the Windows desktop by touching the upper right message area of any Zodiak menu and exiting the menu application by answering Yes to the prompt 3 Double click My Computer then right click on the Removable drive icon usually D 4 Select Format from the drop down menu 5 If you wish name the disk by enterin...

Page 342: ...ned in the currently selected directory When at the Top level the Frame User Directory icon is displayed that provides access to the User directory on the Video Processor frame hard disk where files can be saved as Profiles Other drives accessible on the Zodiak network such as the Frame floppy disk drive the Menu hard drive and the CD ROM also appear The current path is displayed at the top of the...

Page 343: ... button arranges the icons in rows and columns The Report View button arranges the icons in a single column and displays addi tional information These buttons are mutually exclusive The Multi Select button when on allows the selection of multiple files When off only one file can be selected at a time Turning this button off when items are selected causes all items to become deselected The Copy but...

Page 344: ...pane Figure 237 Files can only be pasted to the new lower pane The Delete Create Folder and Rename functions apply to the upper pane only and are inactive during a Copy Paste operation Figure 237 File Operations Menu with Copy Pane 4 Navigate the lower pane to the desired directory using its navigation buttons 5 Touch the Paste button A message indicating the file is being copied will be displayed...

Page 345: ... Daily Setups Save Load Figure 238 Figure 238 Daily Setups Save Load Menu The Daily Setups Save Load menu is similar to the File Operations menu with a file display pane on the left and some of the same navigation and action buttons on the right An additional Save pane of controls is on the lower right To Save a Preference Source Memory or Profile File 1 Touch the button of the type of file you wi...

Page 346: ...ion are possible User and Suite profiles saved to the Profiles folder can be loaded from the Profiles menu as described in the next section Profiles Menu The Profiles menu is used to load User and Suite Profiles saved in the Frame C User Profiles folder Profiles provide a rapid method of loading sets of preferences for common activities such as shows that are done daily Two types of profiles User ...

Page 347: ...re located in two panes on the left side of the screen and User Profile controls are in two panes on the right Each area has a pane that accesses the default folder on the Frame C drive and the other pane accesses the default folder on the Zip drive if a formatted disk with those folders is present in the drive If the default Profile directory with the Suite and User folders is not present in the ...

Page 348: ...he desired profile button on the list The button highlights This indicates that profile has been selected but does not change any current system preference settings 3 Touch the Load button to load the selected profile into the Zodiak system s active memory This alters all preference settings to match the profile s settings and takes only a few seconds Eng Setups Save Load Menu The Eng Setups Save ...

Page 349: ...ng with the selected file information When configuration files are loaded significant changes to Zodiak system operation are possible E MEM Save Load Menu The E MEM Save Load menu is accessed by touching E MEM Save Load Figure 241 Figure 241 E MEM Save Load Menu Saving and loading E MEMs is similar to the file operations described above except you can choose to save all the current E MEMS one or m...

Page 350: ...gle bank enter a single bank number Bank 0 9 To save a multiple range of banks enter the banks numbers with a period between the first and last number to indicate the contiguous bank range For example to save Banks 3 through 5 enter 3 5 When you do this the display will change to indicate that Registers 30 through 59 are being saved Touch Save to save the selected banks in the directory shown in t...

Page 351: ...42 The status of the loading process will appear in the message area CAUTION The Load button immediately replaces existing E MEM register data with the new E MEM data While this does not directly affect the work buffer as soon as the register runs to the next keyframe or is recalled the work buffer will reflect the new data and so can change the Zodiak system program output signals Figure 242 E ME...

Page 352: ...ion element button To Perform a Lever Arm Transition Setup 1 Select the next transition button s for the element s involved Bkgd Key 1 4 Key Prior Selecting one element button disables any others selected Holding down one button while pressing another selects both elements allowing all the transition elements to be activated if desired 2 Select the type of transition Mix or Wipe 3 Select any new s...

Page 353: ...ements selected at the specified rate s Other elements will remain unchanged Transitions Using E MEM Transitions can also be built into E MEMs See E MEM Transitions on page 361 E MEM Operations Recalling Registers The Zodiak system is optimized for rapid effects recall generally accom plished with a single keystroke To access a different bank two keystrokes may be required Note If recalling effect...

Page 354: ...t is recalled E MEM Sequences To Learn a Sequence of Registers 1 Press Learn Seq 2 Press the bank and register keypad buttons of the desired registers in the order you wish them to run If you wish you can add a delay time at each register by pressing Trans Rate and entering a time value 3 Press Learn To Play a Sequence of Registers 1 Press Seq 2 Press the bank and register keypad button of the sta...

Page 355: ... cursor is on a keyframe pressing Insert After inserts a new keyframe after the current one The insert occurs after the duration of the keyframe the cursor is on at the next numbered Master Timeline keyframe location This inserted keyframe s duration is by default the duration of the keyframe the cursor was positioned on before the insert though this value can be changed by the operator see page 3...

Page 356: ...After keyframe 2 the starting point for the inserted work buffer data will be key frame 2 values For Insert Before keyframe 3 however the inserted mate rial will be based on keyframe 3 values If the starting parameters in keyframe 2 and 3 are different from one another the look of the resulting effect will vary depending on which Insert operation is performed Inserting on the Path When the edit cu...

Page 357: ...frame When the edit cursor is on a keyframe pressing Cut removes that keyframe from the effect The Cut button is inactive when the edit cursor is on the path Delete behavior is affected by Constant Duration mode When Constant Duration is OFF the duration of the deleted keyframe is also removed from the effect time to the next keyframe When Constant Duration is ON the duration of the previous keyfr...

Page 358: ...cursor is located When the cursor is moved between keyframes the dura tion shown is the distance from the current time to the next numbered Master Timeline keyframe The time value displayed is used by default when a new keyframe is inserted into an effect Changing the Duration of a New Keyframe The value for a new keyframe s duration may be set from the keypad For example the following procedure w...

Page 359: ...e cursor to the keyframe whose duration you wish to modify You cannot modify a keyframe duration when the cursor is on the path In this case the keyframe duration is 15 frames 1 Press the KF Dur button so it is lit 2 Type a 1 0 duration value on the keypad and press Enter to change the value displayed on the readout Note Pressing the Trim button will increase or decrease the duration value by the ...

Page 360: ... delegated for editing Keyframes on levels not delegated for editing are unaffected Modify All operations only affect parameters that have been modified in the work buffer from the values of the current position of the time cursor Typically this position is the current keyframe but it could be the interpo lated state on the path between keyframes If the cursor is on the path the Modify All functio...

Page 361: ...ion on turns it on for all affected keyframes and does not toggle on functions off To perform a Modify All operation 1 Delegate for editing the levels in the effect you wish to be affected by the modifications 2 Move the time cursor to the location in the effect you wish to use as a baseline for the operation 3 Change the desired parameters by pressing a button turning a knob or entering a value w...

Page 362: ...he rules above If Effects Dissolve is off effect recalls will cut to the first keyframe of the effect To Build Background E MEM Transitions When building background transitions make sure the A and B background bus selections are consistent through out the effect Otherwise the back ground video may cut to different sources when keyframes are encoun tered Plan ahead to the next transition when you c...

Page 363: ...e on the B bus and then press Modify to prop erly setup that source in that keyframe for that next transition To Build Keyer E MEM Transitions Individual keyers transition on or off there is no keyer preset bus To cross fade between keys use two keyers and have one key transition in while the other transitions out You can include any combination of keys in a single transition using the transition ...

Page 364: ...e buttons cannot be turned off simultaneously at least one element is always selected This means you cannot uses these buttons to prevent any transition from occurring when all the elements are in use To workaround this special case add another keyframe to the effect to transition the keys with a one field transition which is the same as a cut Return to Normal Technique A useful technique to use w...

Page 365: ...re etc behave the same in either Normal or 300 Mode The current Master E MEM operating mode is saved and loaded as a Suite Preference When operating in 300 Mode the user Learns the first keyframe of each effect into individual M E E MEM registers using that M E E MEM sub panel If an effect has additional keyframes they are created using Master E MEM keyframe editing delegating that M E and using I...

Page 366: ...at was saved with this mode selected 2 Setup the first keyframe on one of the M Es press the individual M E s E MEM Learn button then select the bank and register on that subpanel to which you wish to save those settings 3 If that effect will have multiple keyframes delegate the Master E MEM subpanel to only that M E and edit the effect using keyframe editing Inserting Deleting and Modifying keyfr...

Page 367: ... in that effect Note In 300 Mode if an empty M E register has work buffer values set but they haven t yet been learned on that individual M E performing a Learn on Master E MEM will not save those settings to that register Only the register number is saved for that Master E MEM register in 300 Mode There is no indication of this except the register will continue to report itself empty on the E MEM...

Page 368: ...omplished with the E MEM Prefs menu accessed via Daily Setups Suite Prefs E MEM prefs Figure 250 Figure 250 E MEM Prefs Menu Preventing Assigned Macros from Running If you want to be able to prevent any assigned macro from running in an effect make sure the Macro sublevel is assigned to a separate level and then enable or disable that level to turn all the E MEM macros on or off ...

Page 369: ... MEM Operations To Add a Macro to an E MEM The Macro Catalog menu is used to add a macro register number and its Enabled state to an E MEM effect The menu is accessed via E MEM Catalog Figure 251 Figure 251 Macro Catalog Menu ...

Page 370: ...The Enable button enables or disables that specific macro It defaults to On whenever a macro is selected Note Do not attempt to use the Macro Catalog pane on the left or the Macro Reg ister knob control on the right to associate a Macro to an E MEM The E MEM data pad is used for this purpose 3 Navigate to the desired location in the current effect 4 Insert or Modify a keyframe to associate that ma...

Page 371: ...of the base fill color 3 Touch the Wash On button below the Background 1 Base and Wash color data pads so its indicator illuminates to create a wash matte 4 Touch the Wash Control data pad to bring up Offset Softness and Rotate soft knob controls If necessary use the Offset and Softness knobs to make the wash edge visible on the screen You can also turn on the Rotate button and then adjust the ang...

Page 372: ...l of one source with the key fill or video signal of another source For example you may have a Character Generator creating matte filled characters but wish to use a dif ferent signal to fill the characters A split key is used to accomplish this On the Zodiak system the source select buses by default tally the key fill signal When the Split Key button is held down the key cut signal is tallied To ...

Page 373: ...eyer Priority menu by touching the Keyer button in the Home menu then touch the Priority category selection button Figure 254 Figure 254 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 patter...

Page 374: ...s 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 category selection button 5 The current stack in the menu is automatically set to what is currently being output You can change the Current p...

Page 375: ...56 Keyer Priority Menu Next Stack Selected 7 Select the type of transition using the Mix or Wipe 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 tran...

Page 376: ...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 377: ...igure 257 Figure 257 Keyer menu Chroma Keyer Reshape Off 6 Press the Auto Setup button in the Keyers Chroma Key menu 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 7 Use the joystick to position the cursor on the backing color Select a darker area if one exists to optimize the backing color su...

Page 378: ...l 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 available in the Keyer Menu for fine tuning the key Chroma key manual s...

Page 379: ...est to set Auto Setup should take care of this but manual adjustments can be made if desired If primary suppression is set wrong however it will be impossible to achieve a 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 displa...

Page 380: ... center You want to center it exactly so no chroma 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 th...

Page 381: ...e present in the transition between trans parent and opaque The correct setting is with Clip Hi and Clip Low set to just barely achieve opacity and transparency respectively 1 Touch the stage 2 Key Controls data pad to activate these controls You can now manually adjust keyer clipping controls 2 Touch Show Key in the Keyer menu Figure 259 and look at the M E preview output on a picture and wavefor...

Page 382: ...problem you should consider activating the Reshape feature Reshape Reshape 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 Reshape is not needed Reshape helps with backing color suppression at the expense of a harder looking key with more noticeable...

Page 383: ...he 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 Reshape has been applied it is unlikely enough edge detail will remain to use secondary color suppression 1 Touch the stage 3 Sec Suppress data pad and then touch the Sec Supp butto...

Page 384: ...ound 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 suppression for the best match between corrupted translucent and uncorrupted opaque areas Interaction between secondary suppression Angl...

Page 385: ...le 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 adjustments This control is only active when secondary suppression is on ...

Page 386: ... intermediate video or matte can be applied to the entire screen or just the portion that will change during the transition The desired intermediate video can be taken from the M E Utility bus or can be a matte value from the matte generator There are a number of interesting effects that can be created using this tran sition type One common application is to add a white flash in the middle of a mi...

Page 387: ...e matte will appear in the Base Color box Figure 263 Set Up White Matte 6 Return to the User Transition menu by touching the top left message area Matte then the M E button in the Home menu 7 In the M E menu Figure 262 touch the Full Screen button in the Intermediate Video Appears pane to create a full raster effect 8 On the Main panel select a video source on the corresponding M E A bus and a dif...

Page 388: ...ermediate video as shown in the Mix Profile pane provided Use this visual tool along with the initial and final mix controls to set the rate of mix between the initial magenta trace inter mediate white trace and final video cyan trace for the desired effect The orange trace is a cursor that indicates the progress of the transition It will reset to 0 at the end of a transition For an effect more cl...

Page 389: ... Through Video Transition the Transition Rate in the Transition subpanel to a faster rate to enhance the flashing effect when using an Auto Transition Experiment with the values to vary the effects Figure 265 Changing Mix Values ...

Page 390: ...isplay will delegate to C2 for selecting the pattern to be mixed Figure 266 on page 391 4 To preview the effect delegate the M E for preview in the Preview subpanel on the Main panel 5 Press the Trans PVW button in the Transition subpanel and move the lever arm part way This will display the C1 pattern on preview 6 In the C2 pattern selection display in the Wipes menu touch the desired pattern to ...

Page 391: ... only three channels are needed since only three sides of a cube are visible at a time Note To create seamless cubes use the negative crop value from one channel as the Source Z Locate of the other channel Use the horizontal Crop values to determine the sides of a solid and use the vertical Crop values to determine the top and bottom sides of the solid The following procedure creates a half size t...

Page 392: ...t of the background You will now crop the sides of all the keys to make them square This is done using the Transforms menu Touch Transform Transforms in the Home menu to access it Because the menu can control only one keyer at a time the adjustments are made to each keyer individually 7 Select the first keyer in the delegation matrix Figure 267 Touch the Crop button and the Crop Edge data pad and ...

Page 393: ...on the right of the screen 11 Touch the Z data pad to bring up the keypad and type 3 or use the soft knob and press Enter 12 Delegate only the second keyer on the Transform menu touch Target Rot and X on the right of the screen then type 2 5 on the keypad or use the soft knob and press Enter 13 With only the second keyer delegated touch Locate Z then type 3 on the keypad or use the soft knob and p...

Page 394: ...through Step 4 on page page 391 The above example is for a cube with centered crops For crops that are not equidistant from the edges of the picture 3 D slab take the negative crop add it to the positive crop divide by two and use this value to move the axis for the side of the cube you are working on This centers the axis so you can use the negative crop value rule described above to build your 3...

Page 395: ...ifferent cached still image immediately sends that new still image to that output If the selected still was not cached the caching process begins immediately to bring the image to that output as rapidly as possible Image File Size and Disk Management A full frame Still Store video image requires about one MB 1024 KB of storage space and a video with key image requires about two MB 2048 KB Approxim...

Page 396: ...ot been loaded to an output for the longest time will be the first to be uncached When items are loaded to a Still Store output they are automatically locked to prevent them from being uncached during use Item Numbers Storage Locations and Folders Stills and clips are identified by number 0001 2000 Each number repre sents a unique storage location in the current directory but does not specify any ...

Page 397: ...d crop metadata is saved along with the image file to define what position and crop values are to be applied to the image This metadata can be overridden or edited to change how the image displays A fenced recording on the other hand saves only the selected portion of the image to disk This can be used to reduce the amount of data saved which increases the number of images able to be stored and im...

Page 398: ...es menu They are available on the Eng Setup Outputs menu and so can be assigned to any output connector and are also available on the Daily Setups User Prefs Button Mapping menu Once a Still Store output has been mapped to a source selection button that Still Store source can be selected for use on that bus Preview and Capture During image capture a Still Store output temporarily displays its inpu...

Page 399: ...o they are cached then immediately return to the original folder The new cached items will remain available for use Folder Creation Only folders in the Still Store hard drive C User directory can be used directly by the Zodiak Still Store to save and load Still Store items The Still Store hard drive is accessible from the Still Store folder browser and from the File Operations menu To Create a New...

Page 400: ...advance to be sure the proper material has been cached Organize common material If you have common Still Store material used by several shows you can store it into a separate folder Then if you know exactly what material is required for a show including any Still Store E MEM effects that will be used you can access that common folder cache the material you need including running the E MEM effects ...

Page 401: ...ine what part of the keyed image origi nates from the Still Store Images Not Yet Saved When you select Show Input on the Still Store Create Edit menu the Still Store temporarily passes the source input of that Still Store to its output When a Still Store output is paired and a video key input source is selected selecting Include Key will also pass the separate key signal of that source to the pair...

Page 402: ...till Store output delegation discards unsaved images 7 If you are capturing a video key pair and the key signal is not provided along with the video signal for example a reel with video and key presented sequentially cue to the key material and touch Grab Key Note A separate monitoring mechanism will be needed to view and cue sequential key images on a graphics reel The input cannot be previewed o...

Page 403: ...n if they have only one frame 4 If your source is not live cue the source material If you are using an external device controlled by the Zodiak system Profile VDR or VTR you can cue and play the material using the Zodiak Machine Control subpanel 5 To initiate the recording touch Record on the Still Store menu If the source is not live you also need to play the source material The recording will pr...

Page 404: ... be looped and press Loop To 3 Go to the last frame to be looped and press Loop From 4 Set the number of repetitions of the loop with the Count soft knob The first play through is not included in this number so for example if you want the clip to play three times enter the number 2 Entering any negative value creates an endless loop 5 Touch Save to save the clip with the modifications Selecting Lo...

Page 405: ...f you are using video key pair items the Still Store output you select should be paired Direct Load 1 Touch the Program output button of the desired Still Store output 2 Touch the desired item in the scrolling list on the right you may need to touch the Show Details button to reveal the list If cached the item will be displayed on the output immediately If not cached there will be a delay before i...

Page 406: ...y one disk file transfer is supported at a time The other Still Store output channels remain available during a transfer however and can be used to access and display any currently cached mate rial Once material is cached it remains available even if the current folder is changed the items will be shaded Once an item originating from a dif ferent folder becomes uncached however it becomes inaccess...

Page 407: ...ince the system clears the required space when the recording begins Still Store menu controls are available to clear the cache manually 1 Go to the Still Store Cache menu touch Still Store Cache 2 Choose which items to uncache To clear all unlocked cached items touch Uncache Unlocked All items not currently loaded to an output will be removed from the cache To clear the entire cache touch Unlock A...

Page 408: ...ns listed in Table 13 These assignments can be changed from the E MEM Prefs menu Still Store E MEM Parameters The following Still Store settings are keyframeable Item load from the current folder to each Still Store output Each Still Store output Video Key Pair state on or off Position Crop Freeze Frame Mode and Start at KF trigger Inserting or modifying a keyframe in an effect will save the above...

Page 409: ...and loads images only to and from the C User directory on the Still Store hard drive This drive is separate from the hard drive used by the Zodiak Menu panel and separate from the Video Pro cessor hard drive located on the Control module in the Video Frame The Zodiak Menu application runs on the Menu panel hard drive This application uses standard Windows file management mechanisms to access and t...

Page 410: ... Each Still Store still or clip actually consists of two files one for video key data gvi extension other for meta data gva extension The actual pair of file names for a particular item e g Still 100 are I0000100 gvi and I0000100 gva Both files are necessary for proper display by the Still Store so these files always need to be managed in pairs If one file is copied or deleted for example its pair...

Page 411: ...tain the same base file name Only one pair of files with the same base file name should appear in any directory The base file name format must not be altered Ixxxxxxx gvi or Ixxxxxxx gva The only change allowed is to edit the number to make the files unique Valid numeric values are 0000001 through 002000 File Operations Folder Copy You can copy an existing folder that contains Still Store images t...

Page 412: ...nu panel Still Store Loader transfers files only to the Still Store C User DEFAULT directory If this directory has been renamed or deleted Still Store Loader will not work See Appendix Still Store Loader on page 421 for more infor mation Direct FTP File Transfers Still Store images being files can be transferred between computers using FTP If files are transferred in this way into a Still Store di...

Page 413: ...M effect that was originally recalled A macro can contain several steps Macros are executed as quickly as pos sible in the order the steps are recorded but there are no guarantees for timely execution It is also possible to insert delays in a macro sequence during recording to accommodate external devices or allow for completion of internal system events Macros add enormous power and flexibility t...

Page 414: ... available for immediate playback on the delegated Macro row on the Main panel 23 unshifted and 23 shifted buttons For consistency the farthest left shifted macro button is the 51st of the 100 macro registers which means macros 24 through 50 are not available on this row All 100 macro registers can be played back from the Macro menu and any macro register can be made available on the Menu panel vi...

Page 415: ...n the macro delegation row has a specific delay value The unshifted buttons increase in value by tenths of a second The shifted buttons increase in value by fields Macro Menus The Macro menus provide access to many Zodiak system macro functions See Macro Menus on page 193 for specific information Using Macros Delegating the Macro M E and Keyer Row Press the Macro button on the keyer row of the des...

Page 416: ... register you wish to record into on the scrolling list 3 Touch the Record button 4 Perform the steps you wish recorded into the macro in the order they are to be performed using the Main panel and or the Menus 5 Touch the Stop button to end the macro recording You can name the macro either before you record it or after it has been recorded by touching the name data pad for that macro register to ...

Page 417: ...nd attachment Using Only the Menu 1 Go to the Macro Attach menu touch Macro Attach 2 Touch the button of the Main panel section where the button you wish to make the attachment to is located M E 1 3 Misc 3 Display the name of the button you wish to make the attachment to on the screen scrolling the list if necessary 4 Touch the data pad for that button of the desired type of macro attachment Pre R...

Page 418: ... Menu 1 Go to the Macro Attach menu touch Macro Attach 2 Touch either the M E 1 M E 2 M E 3 or Misc button 3 Scroll through the list until a macro is displayed in the Pre Replace or Post columns 4 Touch the data pad for the displayed macro the Macro Attach selection menu will appear 5 Touch the None button The macro is removed Appending a Macro with the Main Panel Shortcut Button 1 With the Macro ...

Page 419: ...h this procedure not any macro attachments Loading Macro Registers Macro registers are loaded similarly by selecting the macro register file or a folder of macros in the Macro Save Load menu and touching the Load button Note Only the macro registers themselves are loaded with this procedure not any macro attachments Macros and E MEMs Macros and E MEMs can interact in two fundamentally different wa...

Page 420: ... is recorded into the Macro Certain E MEM commands that directly affect the work buffer require special field rate processing This ensures all necessary processing occurs once per field and is in sync with all the other changes occurring in that same field Delays are needed for multiple time cursor changes Next KF Prev KF Begin End Go To KF Go To Time and Rewind If you wish to use two or more of t...

Page 421: ...ng and downloading images Still Store Loader can be used to Reposition images Preview images at full size on the PC monitor Command the target device to generate a matte of a specified color to fill any empty areas around the downloaded image and Save files to disk Still Store Loader works with the following file types tif files 24 bit and 32 bit bmp files and Still video files created by the Stil...

Page 422: ...he PC must be configured for networking using TCP IP protocol with its own unique IP Address and must be connected to an Ethernet network that can access the Zodiak system which may require a Gateway server Contact your network administrator if you have questions regarding net working the PC PC Monitor Set Up It is recommended that you set up your PC monitor to its highest quality to improve image...

Page 423: ... is recommended especially if installing on the Zodiak system and can be selected now by clicking on the Next button Figure 271 You can use the Browse button to choose a different location if you wish Figure 271 Still Store Loader Installation Destination 5 The installation occurs after the Next button is pressed and when finished the following screen appears Figure 272 It is recommended you resta...

Page 424: ...ures vary depending on the Windows OS version and your computer s current configuration If Still Store Loader application is installed on the Zodiak Menu panel it can run in the background while the system is in operation With the appli cation running you can press Alt Tab on an optional keyboard connected to the Main panel to switch between the Still Store Loader and Zodiak Menu applications Main...

Page 425: ...f the window These functions are activated by mouse click Select Image Reposition Image Preview Image Upload Download Save Image to Disk Exit Quits the Still Store Loader program Line Rate The Line Rate radio buttons located at the bottom of the window permit selection of 525 or 625 line rates for the uploaded and downloaded images Debug Clicking on the Enable Debug Trace check box opens a separat...

Page 426: ...e first time you use Still Store Loader you will need to select the network address of the Zodiak Stillstore location on the network This is the same IP address as the Zodiak Video Processor frame 1 Go to the main application menu 2 Click on the Upload Download button to display the Image Transfer dialog box Figure 274 Figure 274 Image Transfer Dialog Box 3 Click on the Configure button The Select...

Page 427: ...ideo Processor frame A Ping Reply OK message appears when communication succeeds 6 Click OK to close the Select Address box then click Cancel to exit the Image Transfer dialog box The last device identified is retained until it is changed in the Select Address dialog box even if you exit and reload the Still Store Loader appli cation program Downloading an Image From PC to Zodiak Stillstore 1 In t...

Page 428: ...u can reposition or preview the image with the Reposition and Preview Image buttons See Repositioning an Image on page 430 and Previewing an Image on page 432 for instructions 6 Click on the Upload Download button The Image Transfer dialog box appears 7 If not already selected click on the Download to Still Store radio button Figure 278 Figure 278 Image Transfer Dialog Box Download Selected 8 Sele...

Page 429: ...iak Stillstore Device on page 426 for instructions CAUTION Before actually downloading an image be sure the existing Stillstore number that has been selected is not in use and it is OK to replace that image The download process overwrites the existing image during the transfer process 12 Click OK when all the selections are complete This will close the Image Transfer dialog box and begin the trans...

Page 430: ... The image will be uploaded into the Still Store Loader application The Image Transfer Status bar indicates the progress of the transfer 8 Upon a successful transfer the message Upload completed OK appears Click OK to close this message box Once uploaded to the Still Store Loader application the image can be pre viewed saved to disk repositioned and downloaded back to the same or a different targe...

Page 431: ...the screen and reposition the image again 4 Click OK to accept the image reposition and return to the main application window When downloaded the image will be placed in the Stillstore page memory in the relocated position Any portion of the image repositioned outside the display area will be omitted Repositioning a Zodiak Video File gva and re saving it as a gva file per manently removes crops vi...

Page 432: ...ge on the PC screen 1 Go to the Still Store Loader Main menu 2 Click Preview to see a full size version Figure 281 Figure 281 Preview Image 3 If the image is larger than the PC screen you can view different portions of the image with the scroll bars or by dragging the image with the mouse cursor 4 Click on the Minimize or Close box to hide or stop previewing the image ...

Page 433: ...ll be indicated in Hex and a sample of the selected color appears in the display area at the bottom of the window 4 Click OK to accept the matte color The window will close and the Background Matte radio button in the Image Transfer dialog box will be selected You can now download an image to the Zodiak Stillstore The matte and new image will completely overwrite the existing Stillstore page Note ...

Page 434: ...ix Still Store Loader Figure 282 Save As Dialog Box 3 Type in a file name and select a file type gva tif bmp 4 Navigate to the appropriate drive and folder as desired 5 Click Save The file will be saved to the selected destination ...

Page 435: ...des a special box wipe pattern generator allowing independent 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 video signal Blue and green are the chroma key col...

Page 436: ...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 joystick can affect more than one function The operator can choose an alterna tive function by delegating the panel con trols to that function typically by pressing or holdi...

Page 437: ... video image For in terlace video alternate lines are scanned and so a frame containing all the picture in formation 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 fil...

Page 438: ...lete definition of an effect at a single point in time Default keyframe values can be set for a suite Learn To save a panel setup using E MEM Linear Key A key in which the keyer signal is faithfully reproduced in the final key effect Linear keying preserves soft key edges and gener ally has a gain of 1 or unity Look Ahead Preview Video that shows the result of the currently setup next transition L...

Page 439: ...ere 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 different locations at the same time Preset Bus A row of source buttons used to select the source that will be output by that M E dur ing the next background transition Also called the B bus Preset Pattern A key effect in which a wipe...

Page 440: ...ls are mixed for a soft effect Source 1 An external device providing video A source may provide only one video signal or it may provide two signals key fill and key cut 2 The video signal s from a source along with the source definition information asso ciated with that source See Source Definition Source Definition Adefinition of the video signals making up a source the device type and name of so...

Page 441: ...og equipment Tally A light which lights up to indicate that the associated button has been selected or to in dicate that the associated input to the switch er is on air Terminate Termination 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 User Preference A collection of control surface configuration settin...

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Page 443: ...7 alternate action button behavior 94 append macro contents 196 appending a macro 418 419 architecture system 27 Aspect 83 definition 77 aspect ratio specified in Suite Preferences 33 attached macro playback 417 attaching a macro 417 attachment macro removing 418 authorization code 192 Auto Recall button 135 feature 70 Auto Run 354 Auto Run button 140 auto setup chroma key 376 auto transition perf...

Page 444: ...ert 117 120 Key Mix 113 Key Split source select modifier 117 Key Type group 115 KF Dur 358 Last Menu 155 Locate 3D 125 Locate Size 125 Lock Learn 128 Lum 116 120 M E 1 3 125 Macro 104 mapping for sources 35 331 Mask Invert 320 Mask On 320 mask source 318 Master E MEM Enable 135 Matte Fill 117 120 Minimize Menu 156 Next Prior 118 on Joystick 124 Paste 235 Preset Black 111 Pst Ptn 116 PVW Pri 106 Re...

Page 445: ... Control Path 88 control keyer transition 113 system 30 control interactions other transitions 113 control panel button behavior 93 control surface and suite definitions 32 defined 20 overview 93 user preferences 177 controls coring of key 52 key invert 51 keying 51 masking 51 318 opacity of key 52 Show Key 52 cooling Video Processor frame 330 Coordinate Numbering 81 copy files procedure 344 Copy ...

Page 446: ...into M E 39 direct bank buttons 127 display E MEM readout 132 dissolve effect 66 documentation online 2 double press button behavior 95 downloading still image 427 DPOP Double Press Open delegation button 98 drives removable media 144 Drop Shadow menu 278 DSK Link button 104 110 DSK menu 227 duration changing new keyframe 358 Insert After 355 Insert Before 356 keyframe 64 modifying keyframe 359 E ...

Page 447: ...chroma key 55 key 46 mix 42 transition 42 wipe 43 Ext DPM button 118 external device clip selection 215 control by E MEM 203 source mapping 205 time code 210 variable speed playback 213 External Device Control menu 213 External Device Event List menu 216 external device interfaces specified in Engineering Setups 32 External Device Links menu 219 External Device Enables menu 204 External Device Tim...

Page 448: ...4 Home menu 155 hot cut 42 I incoming signal definition 34 Inhibit Mask button 118 input and source signal overview 34 Insert After duration 355 location of insert 355 on a keyframe 355 Insert After button 236 Insert After or Before deciding which to use 356 Insert Before duration 356 on a keyframe 355 Insert Before button 236 insert between keyframes 356 duration 357 insert delay 416 insert on pa...

Page 449: ...4 buttons 114 119 121 Keyframe default 72 keyframe changing duration of new 358 delete 234 deleting 357 editing duration 358 explained 62 Insert After on a keyframe 355 Insert Before on a keyframe 355 insert on path 356 inserting 355 interpolated values 65 modify 236 Modify All 360 modify all absolute 235 236 Modify All procedure 361 modifying duration 359 on Timeline menu 231 showing duration 358...

Page 450: ...ntents 196 macro 416 417 418 adding to an E MEM 197 appending using Main panel 418 appending using Menu panel 419 attaching using menu 417 attaching using panel 417 attachment 414 delegating button row 415 E MEM recall with 420 E MEM sublevel assignment 368 general description 413 in an E MEM 367 inserting a delay 416 loading registers 419 playback 414 recording using Menu panel 416 recording usin...

Page 451: ...t 226 GPI Out Triggers 226 Home 155 Install Options 192 Interpolation Paths 238 245 Key Drop 171 Keyer Defocus Mask 293 Keyer Mode 147 Keyer Priority 317 318 Kurl 279 M E 294 Macro Attach 199 Catalog 194 Copy Swap 198 Save Load 193 Matte DSK 271 Matte Background 272 Matte M E 270 Outputs 185 186 Page Turn Kurl 285 Pattern Modifiers 326 PBus GPI Out Enables 225 PBus Triggers 224 Point of Use 323 Po...

Page 452: ...ned and illustrated 37 mode Look Ahead Preview 44 Mode menu Keyer 147 Mode Selection touch buttons 149 modify all keyframes absolute 235 236 Modify All 360 procedure 361 Modify All Absolute 235 236 definition 361 Modify All Relative definition 361 modify keyframe 236 momentary delegation 97 movefiles procedure 345 multiple element transitions current and next stack 45 N Near Side 81 Near Side butt...

Page 453: ... Enables menu 225 PBus Trigger menu 224 PBus Triggers menu 224 Perspective 83 Default Viewpoint 82 definition 78 pixelator controls 303 Play Sequence 354 playing attached 417 playing back 416 point of use explained 41 Point of Use menu 323 Ports Devices menu 186 Pos Mod menu Kurl 280 Post Xform Space 80 power supply 2 5 M E 25 3 M E 25 Video Processor frame 25 power up 329 preference file director...

Page 454: ... Aux pair 142 336 removing attachment 418 resource sharing explained 41 Rest WrkBfr button 233 restoring default keyframe duration to keypad 360 Rev button 136 Rew button 137 RGB Color Correction Video Processor frame option 25 Rotate definition 77 Rotate button 125 Rotation 82 Router Interface Setup menu 189 routing Aux bus 40 signal 34 Run button 136 running an effect 354 running an effect Auto ...

Page 455: ...w 34 source bus not crosspoint bus 36 source button tally 105 source button not crosspoint button 36 source definition 34 specified in Engineering Setups 32 Source Holds menu menu Source Holds 243 source mapping external device 205 source memory 35 and E MEM 73 and work buffer 73 default and factory default 76 enabling and disabling 170 explained 72 organization 74 source memory file load procedur...

Page 456: ...switcher general description 31 system architecture 27 configuration overview 31 control 30 external interfaces 19 features 17 options 18 power up 329 system functions specified in Engineering Setups 32 System menu 190 T tally button 95 source button 105 Tally Calculation Definition menu 187 tally configuration 187 Tally Relay Assignments menu 188 Target Space 78 Translate 79 Tension 85 Definition...

Page 457: ...in E MEM 364 preview control Trans PVW button 112 rate 44 113 return to normal 364 wipe 43 with Transition Lever Arm 111 Transition Lever Arm 111 preset black transition 112 transition preview 112 transition preview limitations 112 Transitions menu 303 Translate definition 76 Global Channel 79 Post Xform Space 80 Source vs Target Space 79 Trim button 134 U Undo button 131 Unshift button 32 Button ...

Page 458: ...te FAQ database 2 web site Grass Valley 2 web site software download 2 wipe explained 43 patterns 324 transition rate 44 wipe pattern generator alternate uses 43 preset pattern 57 316 Wipe Pattern Modifiers menu 326 Wipe Point of Use menu 323 wiring impact on system capability 31 work buffer 61 and source memory 73 work buffer buttons Clear Wk Bfr 138 233 Z Zip disk formatting 341 Zip drive 144 ...

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