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8–22 • Memory Functions and More Synergy Series Operation Guide (v18)
Effects Dissolve
The EFF DISS ( Effects Dissolve ) button allows you to “slew” a switcher setup from its current
setting to a new recalled setting. In DVE terms, an Effects Dissolve is a two-keyframe effect whereby
the switcher interpolates between two different settings (a source effect and a destination effect) at a
given rate. Please note:
• Only analog functions (such as border color, clip levels, and pattern positions) slew
between a current setting and a new recalled setting. However, when the EFF DISS
button is armed and the recall function is performed, the Synergy system first recalls all
non-dissolving values before beginning the effects dissolve. This means that everything
that is not an analog value (e.g., key priorities, crosspoints, patterns, next transition data)
is recalled in the first frame of the effects dissolve, followed by all analog values in the
second frame. By presetting the switcher with the correct backgrounds and priorities
(immediately prior to performing the effects dissolve), this feature guarantees the correct
ending position for your effects.
• If the EFF DISS button is off, recalled effects cut between registers.
• The Effects Dissolve function is valid for recall operation only. Storage operation is not
affected.
• On the Synergy 3 and 4 switchers, you can perform the function in the “local” MLE
Memory groups for the associated MLE or in the Global Memory System group for
the PGM/PST MLE only.
• On the Synergy 2 switcher, the EFF DISS button is located in the Global Memory
System group only — because the Synergy 2 does not have an MLE Memory Group .
Here, you can perform the function for all MLEs.
• The duration of the Effects Dissolve is governed by the transition rate that is
programmed into the destination register. For example:
~ Effect #1 is a box wipe that is positioned in the upper left of the screen. It is stored
in register 1 with a transition rate of 10 frames.
~ Effect #2 is a box wipe that is positioned in the upper right of the screen. It is stored
in register 2 with a transition rate of 45 frames.
If you cut to register 1 and then recall register 2 with an Effects Dissolve , the box wipe
moves from the upper left to the upper right at a 45-frame duration.
• The Effects Dissolve function will not transform a circle wipe into a box wipe. For
example:
~ Effect #3 is a circle wipe that is positioned in the center of the screen. It is stored in
register 3 with a transition rate of 30 frames.
If you cut to register 1 and then recall register 3 with an Effects Dissolve , the system
cuts to the circle wipe and then moves it from the upper left to the center at a 30-frame
duration.
• An Effects Dissolve can be performed on as many MLEs as desired, simultaneously —
simply based on the number of MLEs selected for the recall function and “armed” for
the
Effects Dissolve . You can also slew as many functions within each MLE as desired.