FOCUS Enhancements MX-4DV manual Choosing Transitions, Using Transition Categories, Other Features

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Choosing Transitions

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The Preview screen contains the Transitions Menu. This menu contains icons and other informa- tion for all MX-4 DV transitions. A blue highlight indicates the transition selected for the next transition.

•Select Transitions in the following ways:

ARROW keys – Simply use the arrow keys to highlight the desired transition.

NUMBER keys – The MX-4 DV assigns a unique number to every transition. The number appears below the transition icon on the PREVIEW screen (in the following example, the checkerboard transition is number 29). You can use the number to select a transition. (When you select/highlight a transition in the menu, the MX-4 DV shows the transition’s speed and direction. At this point, the transition number is no longer visible.)

Transition Number 29

•Enter 106 using the number keys (press 1, then 0, then 6), then press OK to highlight the tran- sition icon.

The MX-4 DV replaces the current Transitions Menu and shows the one that contains the tran- sition you selected.

•Press PLAY.

Using Transition Categories

The MX-4 DV categorizes transitions into five major groups — User, Basic, Edges, Shapes, and Misc. You can access any category at any time by pressing one of the Transition Category buttons.

When you press one of the buttons, the content of the Transitions Menu (see “The Preview Screen” on page 11) changes.

•Press the MISC. button. The Transitions Menu display a completely different set of transi- tion icons.

•Use the ARROW keys to highlight a transition you’d like to see run.

•Press PLAY or use the T-BARto run the transition.

The USER transition category is slightly different from the others. It originally contains a default set of transitions, each of which also exists in the other categories. You can “tailor” the content of the USER category to your specific needs and preferences. You’ll learn more about this in later chapters.

Other Features

Refer to the rest of this User Guide to learn about the many additional MX-4 DV features, includ- ing: