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CHAPTER 9

6Repeat steps 3 through 5 until your composition is complete.

7Use the PLAY button or T-BARto send your composition to the program output.

PLAYING THE COMPOSITION

To play a composition on the output device:

Press PLAY or use the T-BAR.

Moving the T-BARfrom the bottom-to-top in its slot transitions the composition to Program. Moving it from top-to-bottom dissolves it out.

Pressing PLAY produces a cut from the CURRENT source to the composed screen — using the T-BARproduces a dissolve. Pressing PLAY or using the T-BARagain lets you switch back and forth between the CURRENT source and the composed image.

To reposition the T-BAR, hold down SHIFT while moving it. Holding down the SHIFT button tempo- rarily disables the T-BAR.

NOTE

If you cut to any source or exit from Compose mode, your composed screen will be lost and cannot be recovered.

EXITING FROM COMPOSE MODE

Remember, if you do not record your composed image to the output device before exiting Com- pose mode, your composed image will be lost and cannot be recovered.

To exit from Compose mode, press COMPOSE.

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FOCUS Enhancements MX-4DV Playing the Composition, Exiting from Compose Mode, To play a composition on the output device