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ME Effect System
The ME (Multi-level Effect) systems are standard.
The number of MEs depends on the chosen
switcher model.
Each ME provides independent keyers
supporting pattern mask, box mask, self-key,
linear key.
Media-Store
Each channel of Media-Store provides a
combined video with alpha for playout of stills
and animations that are available
switcher-wide, allowing for thousands of full
screen stills and logos that can be cached and
used on the switcher.
Media-Store provides 8 GB of cache. The number
of images cached increases considerably when
smaller, non-full screen images like logos are
loaded from USB.
MediaManager
The MediaManager allows you to easily manage
stills and animations on the switcher in a
graphics interface.
MediaWipe
A MediaWipe allows you to use an animation,
with audio, from the Media-Store to play over
a background or key transition. When the
transition starts, the switcher plays the selected
animation and audio over top of the background
and keys that are being transitioned. A cut,
dissolve, wipe, or DVE wipe is then performed
layered under the animation to bring up the
next shot when the animation ends. The audio
is played out one of the AES ports.
Clip Player
The clip player offers a single playout channel
for compressed MPEG-4 AVC (ITU-T H.264) that
can be assigned as a source on any bus in the
switcher. Basic transport controls can be
performed manually from the Clip Player page,
using custom controls, or through AMP
commands.
Note: The clip player is not available in UHDTV1.
MemoryAI Recall Mode
We take the guessing out of memory recalls by
ensuring that a memory recall will not affect
what is currently on-air. MemoryAI uses the
content of the memory to configure the Next
Transition area and Preview bus for the
background and keyers so that the next
transition takes the same sources on-air that
were on-air in the memory.
For example, store a memory that has a key
on-air with CAM1 and CAM2 selected on the
background. When this memory is recalled
normally, it pops the same key on-air with CAM1
and CAM2 on the background. When the
memory is recalled with MemoryAI turned on,
CAM1 is selected on the preset bus, and CAM2
is selected on a key that is not on-air. The
transition area is then set up for a background
transition to bring CAM2 onto the background,
take any on-air keys off, and take a key on-air
with CAM1.
Memory System
Storage for 100 complete switcher snapshots
per ME, MiniME ™ , and Canvas comes standard
with all switchers. All of these memories can be
stored to a USB media drive, providing custom
tailored memories for every operator and every
show.
MiniME
™
The MiniME ™ is an additional ME that is
provided with the switcher to perform basic
dissolves and cuts. Each MiniME ™ has keyer,
background, and preset buses. Unlike a full ME,
the MiniME ™ only supports dissolves and cuts.
The MiniME ™ shares all the same sources as the
ME.
I/O Processor
The Input/Output Video Processors are
independent video processing engines that allow
you to perform a number of functions for video
correction.
• Format Conversion (FC)
• Frame Synchronisation (FS)
• Color Correction
• Frame Delays (UHDTV1 only)
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