CONTENTS
Changing the Routing • 74 Example: Changing the Routing • 75
Routing Audio Through Color or Background Channels • 76
Learn • 78 Compose • 79 PIPs • 79 Audio Mix • 79 Freeze • 79
Field and Frame Freezes • 79
Major Freeze Functions • 80 Freeze Examples • 80
8 PIPS
Single PIP • 84
Background Tile • 84
Foreground Tile • 84
Using Other Effects with Single PIPs • 86
Using Freeze Effect with
9COMPOSE
Basic Composition Steps • 90 Backgrounds • 90 Foreground Tiles • 91
Creating Color Tiles and Lines • 91 Creating Moving Video Tiles • 91 Creating Still Image Tiles • 91
Manipulating Tiles • 91 Positioning Tiles • 91 Sizing Tiles • 92
Composition Rules • 92 Creating a Composed Image • 93 Playing the Composition • 94 Exiting from Compose Mode • 94
10CHROMAKEY
Preparing the Background Footage • 96 Preparing the Keyed Footage • 97 Preparing the Chromakey Footage • 97 Performing the Chroma key • 99
11LEARN MODE
Learned Environments • 102 Learned Scripts • 103 Using Learn Mode • 104 Other Useful Information • 105 Aborting a Playback Session • 105
12WORKING WITH AUDIO
Audio Devices You Can Use • 108 Ways You Can Control Audio • 108 Controlling Audio Transitions • 108 VIDEO/AUDIO Selector • 108 Selecting Audio Sources • 109
Ways to Use Audio • 109
Audio Accompanies Video • 109 Continuous Audio • 110
Using the Audio Mixer • 111 Audio Mixer Controls • 112 Using Background Audio • 112
Using Headphones • 113
Advanced Audio Steps • 113
Using the Analog Audio Adjustments Function • 113 Selecting Manual Levels • 114
Selecting Audio Delay • 114
13ADVANCED OPERATIONS
Using Titles • 116 Using Color Bars • 116 Performing Roll Edits • 117
Cutting Between Scenes • 117 A/A Roll Edits • 117
A/B Roll Edits • 118
Transitions TO and FROM Solid Colors • 118 Transitions to Modified Sources • 119
Operating in Live Environments • 119 Security Monitoring • 119
Using a GPI Device • 120
Instructions for Building a GPI Trigger • 121 Using a GPI Trigger Device • 122
Resetting the
IP Setup for a Computer or Laptop • 124 Transferring Files TO or FROM the
Information About FTP Clients • 132
ATRANSITIONS LIST 135
Basic Transitions • 136 Edge Transitions • 144 Misc. Transitions • 145 Shape Transitions • 146 Default User Transitions • 151
BTIME BASE CORRECTOR 153
Dual TBC Mode • 153 Vertical Interval Data • 153 TBC Technical Information • 154
CVIDEO QUALITY 155
Preview Image Quality • 155 Video Scaling Artifacts • 156 Freeze Quality • 156
Video Processing Artifacts • 156
DTECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 157
EHELP FOR MXPRO DV USERS 159