ARRI ARRI Ramp Preview Controller manual How To Get Help, How to Create a New Ramp

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How To Get Help

Read the Documentation provided on the CD-ROM.

Rest the cursor over any item on the screen, and a small explanation will pop up. We call this "Quick Help". Once you are familiar with the RPC and Quick Help starts to annoy you, disable it by choosing Quick Help from the View menu. The Quick Help item in the View menu has a checkmark when it is enabled, no checkmark when it is disabled.

The Camera and Compensation menus contain help information.

The Preferences and Connect to Camera windows have their own Help buttons that provide useful tips and hints.

The Help menu contains a Ramp Tutorial and a Reverse Ramp Tutorial.

Send an email to rpc@arri.com, or contact your local ARRI representative.

How to Create a New Ramp

Start the Ramp Preview Controller (RPC).

The RPC stores a number of ramps in a file called a “Ramp Archive”. Only one Ramp Archive can be open at a time. The open Ramp Archive will be displayed in the Ramp Editor window, and its name will be displayed in the Ramp Editor’s title bar (see picture below).

If you do not see the Ramp Editor window, choose “Ramp Editor” from the “View” menu.

To create a new ramp to be added to this ramp archive, click the “New” button.

Enter a name for the ramp in the Ramp menu.

Ramp Menu

Ramp Archive Name

New Button

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Contents 2000 Part 1 How To… Table of ContentsPreview Window Ramp EditorEdit Menu PreferencesPreferences Shortcuts Help Menu Preview MenuEngland Customer Support & LegalGermany CanadaDefinitions About The RPC DocumentationDocumentation Overview RPC Operations Guide, What the RPC Cannot Do Introduction To The RPCPart 1 How To… How to Create a New Ramp How To Get HelpHow to Edit a Ramp Quick Method How to Capture VideoHow to Preview a Ramp Offspeed Tab Rehearsal MethodHow to Limit the Preview How to Erase Preview TriggersRPC Operations Guide, How to Preview an Offspeed How To Preview a Post-Production RampHow To Connect to a Real Camera How to Disconnect from a Camera How To Connect to a Virtual CameraHow to Execute a Ramp Part 2 Reference Ramp Editor Reference IntroductionDelete Button Ramp Mode Internal/ExternalRamp Menu New ButtonAdd & Delete Buttons Camera MenuCompensation Menu Send to Camera ButtonRamp Graph FAP ButtonPreview Button Camera ButtonAdvance Automatic a & Manual Ramp Trigger M Zoom ControlsFps & Shutter Fields Shoot Time and Screentime FieldsRamp Tab Preview WindowQuickTime Controls Offspeed TabPreview Status Preview Window Ramp Preview Quick way to set a Preview Trigger is this Preview TimelinePreview Trigger Preview Window Offspeed Preview Film Format Shoot fpsSpeed Combo Box Camera Mode Switch Normal/RampCamera Controller Window Connect to Camera ButtonStatus Information Run Button Phase ButtonTrigger Button Connect To Camera Window Preferences Show Film Preferences GeneralAutosave Ramp Archives Every XX Minutes On StartupPlayback fps When Camera Menu is set to None Maximum Speed XXX fpsPreferences Ramps Change Ramp Points on Graph in XX fps StepsPreferences Shortcuts Preferences Alerts File Menu Cut/Copy/Paste/Clear/Select All Edit MenuUndo Quick Help View MenuConnect to Camera Camera ControllerSet Trigger Preview MenuOpen Movie… Record TriggersHelp Menu