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Creation of Special Effects and Management of Data and Operations
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Copy and Swap
This function can be used to copy and swap the settings
between switcher banks or between keyers.
The following settings can be copied or swapped.
• Settings for the M/E and PGM/PST banks
• Keyer settings
• Wipe settings in a transition control block
• Wipe settings in an independent key transition
• DME wipe settings in a transition control block
• DME wipe settings in an independent key transition
• Matte color settings (color 1, color 2, and how to
compose them)
• Color settings
• Format converter input settings (copy only)
• Format converter output settings (copy only)
Color Corrector
The color corrector enables video signal color correction
(black balance/white balance adjustment, gamma
correction, knee correction, etc.).
The color corrector includes the following adjustments.
• Input video processing
• Primary color correction
• RGB clip
“Configuring the Color Corrector”
Side Flags
The term “side flags” refers to the areas to left and right of
an image with aspect ratio 4:3 embedded within a 16:9
frame, when these areas are filled with a separate image
selected from the utility bus.
For details, see
Creation of Special
Effects and Management
of Data and Operations
This section introduces functions used for creation of
special effects, control of external devices or switcher
operations, and data management.
Controlling External Devices
In this system, you can operate while controlling the
following types of external device:
• Devices supporting P-Bus (Peripheral II protocol)
• Devices supporting GPI
• VTRs
• Disk recorders (video disk communications protocol)
• Extended VTRs (Abekas A53 protocol)
For details about the devices that can be connected,
consult your Sony representative.
You can also control an external device by registering
timeline keyframes beforehand.
For details, see
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Input source with 4:3
aspect ratio
Image to fill the side flag
areas (selected from
utility bus)
Side flag area
Side flag area
Turn on the side
flag function