FOCUS Enhancements MX-4DV manual Pips, Glossary Index, Contents, Compose, Chromakey, Learn Mode

CONTENTS

Changing the Routing • 74 Example: Changing the Routing • 75

Routing Audio Through Color or Background Channels • 76 Sub-Route Menus • 77

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

Multi-PIP • 87

Using Freeze Effect with Multi-PIPs • 88

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

Fine-Tuning Key Colors • 99 Ending 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 MX-4 DV Factory Defaults • 122 Connecting with Ethernet • 123

IP Setup for a Computer or Laptop • 124 Transferring Files TO or FROM the MX-4 DV • 130 Updating System Software • 131

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

MX-4 DV Defaults to Y/C on All 4-Channels • 159 Transitions Organized Differently • 159

Glossary

Index