4 In the <Decay Mix Mode> group, select the way in which the video signal is blurred.

Soft: mix the live image with the afterimage.

Hard: show the lighter of the live image and afterimage.

5 To erase the afterimage, press [Decay Eraser], turning it on.

To erase the afterimage from memory each time a keyframe is passed

Press [Decay Eraser], turning it on.

When the effect passes a keyframe, the afterimage is erased before writing a new afterimage.

Selecting the freeze timing

In the <Decay Freeze Timing> group, select the timing for motion decay freezing.

Frame: freeze in frame units.

Field: freeze in field units.

Applying stardust to the afterimage portion

The afterimage portion becomes stardust, and gradually disappears.

1 Press the [DUST] button, turning it on.

2 Set the following parameters.

Knob

Parameter

Adjustment

Setting values

 

 

 

 

1

Decay Dust

Amount of the afterimage

0.00 to 100.00

 

 

disappearing as stardust a)

 

2

Dust Soft

Timing with which stardust

0.00 to 100.00

 

 

disappears

 

 

 

 

 

3

Dust Size

Size of stardust

0.00 to 100.00

 

 

 

 

4

Dust Aspect

Aspect ratio of stardust

–100.00 to +100.00

 

 

 

 

a)The way in which the afterimage disappears is affected by both the Video Decay and Decay Dust parameter adjustments for the motion decay.

Keyframe Strobe Settings

Each time a keyframe is passed, the video image is frozen, and left remaining.

Operations DME 11 Chapter

DME Special Effect Operations 71