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Synergy Series Operation Guide (v18) Introduction • 1–17
Ultimatte Insider
Ultimatte Insider ™ is a hardware option that adds true Ultimatte capability — directly inside the
Synergy switcher. The option is comprised of hardware boards designed by Ultimatte (the
Oscar-winning industry leader in compositing technology), plus two Ultimatte-specific menus for
controlling the chroma key. The option installs on the
Input Carrier Board .
Squeeze & Tease
One Squeeze & Tease option puts the power of a 2D (two dimensional) or 3D (three dimensional)
WARP DVE into an MLE keyer. The option is available for all MLEs including the DSK. Once
installed, the option can also be moved to another MLE if desired.
• The Synergy 2 can be equipped with up to two Squeeze & Tease options — effectively,
combining the power of up to four DVEs.
• The Synergy 3 can be equipped with up to three Squeeze & Tease options — effectively,
combining the power of up to 6 DVEs
• The Synergy 4 can be equipped with up to four Squeeze & Tease options — effectively,
combining the power of up to eight DVEs.
One Squeeze & Tease 2D option can perform the following digital video effects — using only one
keyer:
• Squeeze, crop and reposition an image with variable colored borders.
• Squeeze, crop and reposition a self key or a chroma key.
• Push on and push off any type of key as a transition.
• Squeeze, crop and reposition an auto select key. Note that this function “steals” the other
MLE keyer’s Squeeze & Tease option in order to process the alpha signal, but the
remaining functionality of the other keyer is unaffected.
• Perform Squeeze & Tease wipes, such as push-offs, pull-ons and other similar DVE
transitions.
One Squeeze & Tease WARP option can perform the following digital video effects.
• 10 bit processing using sub-pixel motion for great looking pictures.
• Warp effects include page turn, ripple, wave, mirror, swirl, melt, twist, slats, spheres,
lens, gnarl, organics, pixie dust, sand, and more.
• Squeeze, crop, rotate, and reposition any kind of key.
• Create objects (such as slabs) from two images and manipulate them in 3D space.
• On board, dual channel StillStore stores 30 – 512 frames of video (dependent upon
image size).
• Preprocessor effects include defocus, mosaic, posterization, colorization, and strobe
effects.
• Advanced picture frame borders can be simple, single color type, or fancy picture frame
including Roman column, tubular, beveled, computer style, tri-color, and more.
• All images can have natural lighting effects applied using a positionable light source
with ambient light min/max controls.
In addition to its DVE functionality, either full screen video or key signals can be frozen at the touch
of a button — thus putting the power of a frame store into every keyer. If full screen video is frozen, it