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1. INPUT ASSIGN OUTPUT ASSIGN SETUP ee pe EDIT PIO BOARD SETTINGS API TYPE 98 PC DRIVER NO GROUP NO 1 FILTER 10 RECONNECT CONNECTED SETUP Checking the EDIT checkbox enables settings Unchecking this checkbox disables settings to prevent accidental changes Description API TYPE Allows you to select the API type used for PIO between 98 PC and WDM Allows you to set a driver no for the switch box iiie Used only if 98 PC is selected Allows you to set a group no for the switch box sator uu Used only if 98 PC is selected DEVICE Allows you to set a switch box name with a board name NAME Used only if WDM is selected FILTER Allows you to set the digital filter time An indicator that shows the connection status with the PIO board The CONNECTED indicator lights up green when the PIO board is properly installed and controlled 42 3 8 2 PIO INPUT ASSIGN The INPUT ASSIGN page allows you to assign a function to each button on the switch box PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO SETUP En poe Fe EE eana m INPUT ASSIGN OUTPUT ASSIGN SETUP mg egen ETT M L NA STRING ss PIN1 INPUT STRING PIN2 INPUT STRING PIN3 INPUT STRING PIN4 INPUT STRING PINS INPUT STRING PING INPUT STRING PIN7 INPUT STRING PINS INPUT STRING PINS INPUT STRING PIN10 INPUT STRING PIN11 INPUT STRING PIN12 INPUT STRING PIN13 INPUT STRING PIN14 INPUT STRING PIN15 INPUT STRING PIN16 INPUT STRING 1 7 3 4 5 6
2. gt 1 0s 0 5s 0 5s 0 5s gt gt kk bk bk bk gt p gt 0 5s 0 5s TA 1 0s DEFAULT yt Le ECH INSERT yy 0 25s 0 25s 0 5s ADD 0 pu we 9 0 5s 0 55 NDS INSERT t e i 0 25s ON p Se EQUAL 1 5s SE pi 4 gt O 3 0 375s 0 375s 0 375s 0 375s If a keyframe is inserted using INSERT the position of the inserted keyframe will change whether D or is currently selected In the example above is selected If a keyframe is added using ADD the position of the added keyframe will always be the same regardless of the currently selected keyframe 39 2 SELECTED KEYFRAME pane Allows you to set the settings of the currently selected keyframe SELECTED KEYFRAME POSITION x 3 500 ORIENTATION H 9500 FIELD OF VIEW 28 073 TIME SELECTED KEYFRAME Pane TIME Allows you to enter the time of the currently selected keyframe 3 DEFOCUS pane Allows you to set the defocus settings in units of keyframes To enable the defocus settings check the DEFOCUS CONTROL checkbox under the SETUP tab DEFOCUS MODE POINT DISTANCE DIRECT POSITION X uw LONE NE EA BR T STRENGTH T ME DEFOCUS Pane MODE Allows you to select from POINT DISTANCE and DIRECT modes Allows you to set the position that the image comes into focus in coordinates The POSITION settings are available in POINT mode only POSITION Clicking the MC button en
3. 2 EDIT pane Allows you to change object parameters Tabs at the top allow you to move between parameters 28 EDIT POS COLOR TEXTURE TEXT VIEW SOUND MASK IN EFFECT OUT EFFECT ee ER IaeeEegee POSITION SCALE ORIENTATION DISPLACE 1 2 fontmetal R 1 000 G 1 000 B 1 000 m A MR mI MB EE 1 2 fontmetal Da c usr Project Program 12345 Halo Hald BROWSE VW2 IN For A Vrcam BB 1 c usr Project Program 12345 Halo Halo font ARIALU EDIT Pane POS COLOR TEXTURE TEXT Tab POS COLOR TEXTURE TEXT Tab POSITION Allows you to set the scale orientation and position of objects COLOR Allows you to set materials and colors of objects Allows you to specify texture files for objects If a movie file is specified for the texture checking the MOVIE TEXTURE LOOP checkbox and playing the movie loops the movie Clicking the VW2 IN button displays the second video signal that is input to the VRCAM processor video wall TEXT Allows you to set text and its font IMPORTANT opecifying the font updates the text in the selected scene immediately but actions that change the font type cannot be added to the DIRECT or PLAYLIST pane EDIT POS COLOR TEXTURE TEXT VIEW SOUND MASK IN EFFECT OUT EFFECT BIN ORDER ENABLE BIN ORDER BROWSE MINIMUM EDIT Pane VIEW SOUND MASK Tab 29 VIEW SOUND MASK Tab VIEW Allows you to show or hide the object and change the order SOUND Allows you to specify the audi
4. 60 5 2 Creating a Program This section describes how to create a program and set camera settings in VRCAM2 It is assumed that VRCAM2 Proc and VRCAM2 Launch are properly set up on the VRCAM2 processor and that VRCAM2 Launch is running 5 2 1 Creating and Loading a Program Start VRCAM2 Cont on the control PC Clicking the SELECT LIBRARIES button in the PROGRAM pane displays the SELECT LIBRARIES dialog box which allows you to create a new program or load a saved program 2 ADD PROGRAM LIBRARIES CTED THUMBNAIL PRGGRAM D Select program 1 A 01 NewsStudio1 THUMBNAIL 1 VRCAM DBS2 2 A 02 NewsStudio2 ks SS SC 2 C 02 JapaneseBaseballStadium W 3 A 03 NewsStudio3 ES S 4 B 01 LivingRoom1 C 01 GolfCourse zZ ENABLE OUTPUT L ENABLE SENSOR CAN C E L 5 ENABLE SDI OUTPUT 6 ENABLE SENSOR D OK N Ol SELECT LIBRARIES Dialog Box To select a saved program select a program from the drop down list Tocreate a new program enter a program name in the box and click the ADD PROGRAM button 25 Only one byte alphanumeric characters and some symbols can be used If the entered name is already saved the ADD PROGRAM button will be disabled To add a saved scene drag and drop a library from the LIBRARIES AVAILABLE pane into the LIBRARIES SELECTED pane using the left mouse button To delete a program select a program from the PROGRAM drop down list and click the
5. D EDIT Checking the EDIT checkbox enables settings 2 ADDRESS PORT Allows you to set the VRCAM2 processor IP address The UDP port number is for display only and cannot be edited Once connection to the VRCAM2 processor is established the PROC and LAUNCH indicators turn on 3 GLOBAL SETTINGS Description VIDEO FORMAT Allows you to select the output video format from HD or SD Allows you to enable and disable the defocus setting in the ADJUST CAMERA and MOTION PATH panes DEFOCUS CONTROL Enabling DEFOCUS lowers the rendering performance If rendering is not being done in real time disable DEFOCUS CONTROL 4 MBP SETTINGS Allows you to set the delay for MBP 1244 camera switching POM TER DELS CK parameter switching CAM CHANGE DELAY SE Log to set the delay for Brainstorm eStudio camera Allows you to specify a delay setting to be applied instead of ROUTER DELAY when a button selection is changed from SPECIAL DELAY the button Virtual Link is not assigned to camera image or source image to the button it is assigned to VRCAM2 composited image VWe ENABLE Allows you to enable and disable video wall Allows VRCAM2 Cont to reconnect with the MBP 1244 when RECONNECT communication is not established The button turns on when communication between VRCAM2 vO ee Cont and the MBP 1244 is established 50 5 VERSION INFORMATION Displays the VRCAM2 Proc VRCAM2 DBS and VRCAM2 Launch versions The VRCAM2 Cont version is dis
6. Pae EY NS d AUDIO 1 TECHNOLOGY OPERATION MANUAL VRCAM2 Sensorless Virtual Studio System Version 1 3 or Higher FOR A COMPANY LIMITED ooftware License Agreement This Software License Agreement is a legally binding agreement between you User and FOR A Company Limited Company The software user manual and all other associated documentation collectively Product are licensed not sold to the User By installing and using the software or by using a product of the Company in which the software is installed User agrees to be bound by all terms and conditions of this agreement as set forth below 1 License Grant a he Company grants User the license to use the Product in the manner specified in the user manual and other associated documentation User may not use the Product in any manner other than specified b The Company only grants User the license to personally use the Product and does not allow User to transfer the license to a third person or to enable a third person to use the Product by any other method c In principle the software may only be used on a single computer or device d While the software may include various programs they may not be unbundled and used as standalone programs 2 Restrictions on Distribution Duplication Lease and Transfer User may not without the Company s prior permission distribute via communication lines or lease or transfer electronic copies of the
7. f the same position is set to all virtual cameras the focus point DIRECT moves as the virtual camera moves The aperture value is the focus area Area No virtual camera or FOV value calculation will be performed The value must be set viewing the image manually The STRENGTH parameter allows the defocus level to be set for all modes in common Position 36 POSITION and DISTANCE modes use the FOV value of each position in addition to the settings in the DEFOCUS pane to determine the defocus setting Therefore the appearance may change even though the settings in the DEFOCUS pane are the same If the camera or camera position is selected after changing the REAL CAMERA or VR CAMERA settings in RECALL mode the changes will not be saved To save the settings change to STORE mode See section 3 11 VIEW for details Each value in the DEFOCUS pane will be the absolute value of each position 5 AUTO ADJUSTMENT pane Allows you to calculate the optimal ORIENTATION P and FIELD OF VIEW values of the real camera by entering the height of the target and the offset value AUTO ADJUSTMENT LISHOW TARGET MODEL OPTIMAL CALCULATE HEIGHT SIZE T EM OFFSET T POSITION TOP T NEM EE T NE AUTO ADJUSTMENT Pane rei E Allows you to show and hide a target model HEIGHT SIZE Allows you to enter the height of the target If the real camera is focused on a person s upper body HEIGHT OFFSET enter the height that is out of c
8. 9 The screen as shown below is displayed Click Continue Anyway 10 Click Finish The dongle driver installation is now complete 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 1 2 Installing Windows Installer 3 1 The following procedure is required only for computers with the WindowsXP operating system OI Windows Installer 3 1 v2 is not installed on your computer double click Microsoft Windowslnstaller KB893803 v2 x86 exe on the CD ROM to run the wizard 2 Click Next 3 Select agree and click Next 4 After the installation is complete you will be asked to restart your computer Click Finish to restart your computer 2 1 3 Installing NET Framework 3 5 SP1 The following procedure is required only for computers with the WindowsXP operating system 1 lf NET Framework 3 5 SP1 is not installed on your computer double click Microsoft dotnetfx35SP1 exe on the CD ROM to run the setup wizard 2 Select have read and ACCEPT the terms of the License Agreement and click Install to start the installation 3 After the installation is complete click Exit 2 1 4 Installing Microsoft Visual C 2008 Runtime The following procedure is required only for computers used for playout 1 If Microsoft Visual C 2008 Runtime is not installed on your computer double click Microsoft vcredist_x64 exe on the CD ROM to run the setup wizard 2 Select I have read and ACCEPT the terms of the License Agreement and click Install to start the in
9. The behavior of each effect number is as below 1 The selected object fades in from the left 2 he selected object fades in from the back The selected object fades in from the top he selected object fades in while rotating around the z axis IN EFFECT1 he selected object fades in while rotating around the x axis IN EFFECT9 The selected object fades in while rotating around the y axis he selected object fades in while scaling up in the x direction The selected object fades in while scaling up in the y direction he selected object fades in while scaling up in the z direction Allows you to excecute OUT EFFECT of the VRCAM2 camera MOOSE MS OUTS image Three types of effects are available Allows you to excecute OUT EFFECT of the object selected in the DBS list The behavior of each effect number is as below The selected object fades out to the left The selected object fades out to the back The selected object fades out to the top The selected object fades out while rotating around the z axis OUT EFFECT1 The selected object fades out while rotating around the x OUT EFFECTS Gg The selected object fades out while rotating around the y axis The selected object fades out while scaling down in the x direction The selected object fades out while scaling down in the y direction The selected object fades out while scaling down in the z direction VALUE Allows you to set the INEFFECT and OUT
10. correctly In such case select the top item in the playlist as the Next item to reset the highlight colors 22 3 5 4 TEXT Pane The TEXT pane allows you to set text for captions Selecting a text type object under OBJECT in the EDIT VIRTUAL SET dialog box enables the TEXT button in the CONTROL pane To add an item to the list drag and drop the TEXT button into the TEXT pane using the left mouse button Up to 64 items including the green highlighted items with the group name displayed can be added to the TEXT pane d TEXT OS COLORSTEXTURE TIXT VIEW SOUND MASK IN EFFECT OUT EFFECT TEXT LINK ACTION LINK nine bed Need T POSITION SCALE Z V telop1 text1 telop12InOut1 ORIENTATION H a Group Item DISPLACE X Q0 T Agr OLO p mmm telop1 InOut1 MATERIAL Tu ie cart COLOR R 1000 telop1 text2 A 1 000 gn re A TEXTURE n a Ke In por ee bte STRING VRCAM2 A fias FONT FILE usr Project Program 20110302_01 Telop1 telop1 n9 Stecker TRANSITION 0 000 DELAY ET NE POSITION COLOR The text object added to the list can be linked to an event To link to an event first select an action in the FOLDER ACTION LIST under EVENT and then drag and drop the EVENT button from the CONTROL pane onto the text previously added in the TEXT pane using the left mouse button x 0 000 ORIENTATION i 0 000 We Item p telop1 text1 telop1 InOut1 COLOR G 000 OO Virtual S
11. 300HS switchers In such case select BUTTON and change the HVS editor settings optional editor interface required To change the editor settings see section 6 1 5 Editor Control Settings for details 48 3 9 2 HVS TALLY ASSIGN The TALLY ASSIGN page allows you to set the HANABI Virtual Link settings If a tally signal is received from HANABI the line will be indicated by green PROGRAM CAMPARAMS CAM MOTION PIO M SETUP L tze ORM ANCA Nd Keehn aod BL ena ANC mR ee a 2 IGN SETUP DN TALLY 1 J E TALLY 2 n TALLY 3 TALLY 4 TALLY 5 TALLY 6 TALLY TALLY 8 TALLY 9 TALLY 10 TALLY 11 TALLY 12 TALLY 13 TALLY 14 TALLY 15 elo IE JE ME o pig e o 25 2 E 2 E282 E 2EG E EJE 3 E EE TALLY 16 Displays the VR tally number Allows you to enter the camera number 1 to 4 If 0 is selected the camera will not be switched and only the positon will be switched If 0 is assigned all CAM NO settings must be set to 0 Allows you to enter the position number 1 to 32 If 0 is selected the position will not be switched and only the camera will be switched If O is assigned all POS NO settings must be set to 0 Allows you to set the VIRTUAL XPT number VR0O1 21 VRO2 2 that the VR tally number is set to if XPT NO MODE in HVS gt SETUP tab is set to VR XPT Allows you to set the bus button number that VIRTUAL XPT is assigned to if XPT NO MODE is set to BUTTON The above settings can also be set
12. EFFECT values CUSTOM To use the default value for VALUE uncheck the CUSTOM checkbox To change the value check the checkbox Note that the above effects do not work if the TRANSITION value in the CONTROL pane is set to 0 To use an effect set the TRANSITION value to other than 0 31 3 CONTROL pane Command buttons in the CONTROL pane allow you to add events to the DIRECT or PLAYLIST pane These command buttons will not work even if they are clicked in the CONTROL pane Dragging and dropping a command button from the CONTROL pane into the DIRECT or PLAYLIST pane in the main window using the left mouse button adds the event CONTROL TRANSITION 0 000 DELAY 0 000 POSITION COLOR TEXTURE VIEW SCENE CHG OK CONTROL Pane EVENT Allows you to execute the selected event POSITION eng you to set the object position to the value set in the EDIT COLOR you to set the object material color to the value set in the EDIT TEXTURE Allows you to set the object texture to the value set in the EDIT pane TEXT Allows you to set the text to the value set in the EDIT pane VIEW Allows you to set the show hide object setting to the value STOP If the OBJECT list is displayed Stops the selected texture movie If the SOUND list is displayed Stops the selected sound PAUSE If the OBJECT list is displayed Pauses the selected texture movie If the SOUND list is displayed Pauses the selected sound If the OBJECT list is displ
13. PP PGM The composited image is output when VR XPT is selected on the P P PGM bus HVS 350HS only FIX PP PST PThe composited image is output when VR XPT is selected on the P P PST bus HVS 350HS only If only one virtual processor is used select FIX ME PGM or FIX PP PGM for TYPE If a setting other than those above is selected the system may not work properly or the virtual set may be out of sync with the camera signal 81 6 1 4 Assigning a Virtual Crosspoint to a HANABI Button Under the SETUP INPUT ASSIGN menu assign a virtual crosspoint to a HANABI button as shown below NON NON VRO01 to VROS enabled under the VIRTUAL ADVANCED VR XPT menu will be assigned to HANABI buttons 1 to 8 6 1 5 Editor Control Settings If HANABI Editor Control optional is enabled the editor control settings must be set The following directories can be accessed only if Editor Control is enabled HVS 300HS SETUP EXT I F EDITOR HVS 350HS SETUP FUNCTION EDITOR D 2 e ENABLE SELECT 0N LE CTL KEY CTL 0N 0N D Set TYPE to BVS3K for HVS 300HS and to DVS for HVS 350HS 2 Set ENABLE to ON Normally the following settings should be left as default If BUTTON is selected for XPT NO MODE when a certain version of HVS 300HS switcher is used the following settings must be set 3 For SELECT select a value other than PREV 4 If BUTTON is selected for XPT NO MODE under the HVS gt SETUP ta
14. PREV You can also add camera positions to DIRECT or PLAYLIST to switch between cameras 71 5 3 3 Switching Through a Switch Box A switch box can be used to switch between cameras and camera positions and to control the playlist Also GPI tallies can be output Up to 32 functions can be assigned to a switch box For tally input any function that has its icon stored in the custom folder in Brainstorm eStudio can be controlled via the switch box For tally output only camera and position selection states can be output PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO SETUP Dec RB ES SEENEN er ees JH INPUT ASSIGN OUTPUT ASSIGN _ SETUP EE CamsSelect Frame Cam1 Cam CamsSelect Frame Cam1 Pos Pos1 PosSelect Frame Pos1 lt Halo gt Halo BB IN PosSelect Frame Pos5 PosSelect Frame Pos6 PIO Settings 1 Drag and drop a camera button or camera position button from SELECT CAMERA into INPUT ASSIGN or OUTPUT ASSIGN under the PIO tab using the left mouse button The corresponding item in the Icon List will be displayed on the line where the button is dropped 2 Clicking a cell under COMMAND STRING allows you to edit the setting in the cell 3 Right clicking on the table displays a right click menu Choosing Copy ALL Output Assign displays a confirmation message Clicking Yes copies all assignments from INPUT ASSIGN to OUTPUT ASSIGN In the same way assignments can be copied from OUTPUT ASSIGN to INPUT ASSIGN Only camera positions and pla
15. SIZE The default setting is 8 PARITY Allows you to select the parity from NON ODD or EVEN The default setting is ODD Allows you to select the stop bit from 1 or 2 GE The default setting is 1 Resets the BAUDRATE BYTE SIZE PARITY and STOP BITS DERAZA settings to default LAN SETTINGS Pane To control HVS 300HS or HVS 350HS crosspoint settings through VRCAM2 set to ENABLE ENABLE DISABLE If the ENABLE button is pressed when communication is not possible the ENABLE button turns yellow If communication is possible the ENABLE button turns green ON LOAD For a program saved using SAVE IPF while the ON LOAD ENABLE ENABLE checkbox is checked the port will automatically open the next time the program is loaded MU ADDRESS Allows you to enter the HVS 300HS or HVS 350HS IP address UDP PORT NO Displays the UDP port number The setting cannot be changed CONTROL BUS Allows you to select the HANABI bus from M E BUS or P P BUS Allows you to select whether to use the virtual crosspoint number XPT NO MODE VR XPT or bus button number BUTTON with VR XPT assignerd to control the HANABI switcher 17 C For the HVS 300HS select M E Bus For the HVS 350HS select M E BUS if the bus is selected for CG COMPONENT see section 6 1 3 Virtual Link Settings and select P P BUS if this bus is selected for CG COMPONENT 2 Select VR XPT for normal operation VR XPT may not work with certain versions of HVS
16. Settings Through VRCAM2 Proc 4 1 Camera Control After Brainstorm eStudio is started through VRCAM2 Cont the Camera Control dialog box appears The behavior of buttons in the Camera Control dialog box is the same as those of the VIEW and SELECT CAMERA pane in VRCAM2 Cont The Recall and Store buttons work in the same manner as the STORE button in the VIEW pane See section 3 11 VIEW for details ll Camera Control Camera Control 4 2 Camera Parameters Clicking the Camera Parameters button in the Camera Control dialog box displays the Camera Parameters dialog box The parameters displayed in the Camera Parameters dialog box are the same as those in the ADJUST CAMERA pane in VRCAM2 Cont See section 3 6 ADJUST CAMERA for details Enable Sensor Paste to Real Paste to VR Paste to Clip Real Camera Distance to Target 4 00000 Real Position _x 1 0 00000 y 4 0000 z 1 20000 Real Orientation x 00009 y mg z BON Real FOV s VR Camera VR Position x DI y DIE t 00009 VR Orientation x 0 00000 y o 00000 0 00000 doo VR FOV Transition s 1 00009 Defocus Settings Moe Distance 0 00000 Point x dao y pruwi z i5000g Strengtn 0 00009 Aperture 0 00009 Clip Video Horizontal Cip ief 010000 rignt 0 10000 Vertical Clip top 0 10000 bottom D 10000 Auto Adjustment Show Target Model Target Height DIE Off
17. by dragging and dropping the camera button or position button from the SELECT CAMERA pane XPT NO cannot not be edited unless XPT CONTROL in the LAN SETTINGS pane under the HVS SETUP tab is set to ENABLE Since communication is unnecessary for editing only it does not matter if the ENABLE button is yellow or green VR XPT may not work with certain versions of HVS 300HS switchers In such case the editor interface optional must be used to control VRCAM2 via the HVS 300HS buttons For more details contact our sales office For the settings to control VRCAMe via the HVS 300HS or 350HS buttons see sections 4 6 HVS Settings To assign a bus button number select a number from 1 through 12 49 3 10 HOST Settings Clicking the SETUP tab displays the VRCAM2 processor setting screen controlled through VRCAM2 Cont If OA PREV mode is used PREV VRCAM2 processor settings can be changed in the PREV HOST SETTINGS pane gt VRGAMZ Gont ver 1201 D LAN HOST SETTINGS E PREY HOST SET TINGS D ADDRESS 127001 DR nROC ADDRESS ze on T GLOBAL SETTINGS 8 VIDEO FORMAT HO A DEFOCUS CONTROL MES SET TINGS EN ROUTER DELAY D E Wi ENABLE CUN CHAHE DELAY E HECONNECT SPECAL DELAY z KOR eeler out MAC AM PCI 5 VRCAM DBS reg kd LALLI YOC SETTINGS PREFERENCES w CONTROL ENABLE LANGLIAGE Engish Limited States D 6 MBP VERZP PATH WW TEHE TENI TEIL OA T A FOR VRCAM2 Cont Ver 1 2 0 1 HOST Settings
18. go under the floor of the virtual set adjust ORIENTAION P in the REAL CAMERA pane 65 5 2 7 DEFOCUS VRCAM2 can be used without setting DEFOCUS settings Enabling DEFOCUS lowers rendering performance If rendering is not being done in real time a dicision must be made whether to enable or disable DEFOCUS for each program In the example below it is assumed that high rendering performance is achieved DEFOCUS MODE POINT DISTANGE DIRECT POSITION X umo AAT z w Aw APERTURE om Be STRENGTH w RA 1 If the DEFOCUS CONTROL checkbox under the SETUP tab is unchecked check the checkbox In the example in this section the camera is focused on the person in the VRCAM2 space 2 Click the POINT button CD to enter the mode that focuses the camera on the desired point in the VRCAM2 space 3 Click the MC button The head position of the person The value of the height minus 10 cm entered in step 7 in section 5 2 4 is automatically set as the focus target coordinate 4 Adjust the aperture in APERATURE while viewing the output image The larger the value the wider the area that will come into focus 5 Adjust the strength in STRENGTH while viewing the output image The larger the value the more defocused an image will be The value should be around 6 or less Otherwise the image will not be focused enough If set to 0 no defocus will be applied 6 Since changes made are not yet saved switching a camera at t
19. numbers to the VRCAM2 cameras and positions PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO SETUP SLES AE eee peg ee ee tege INPUT ASSIGN OUTPUT ASSIGN SETUP ee INNO T PIN1CMD STRING PIN2CMD STRING PINSCMD STRING PIN4CMD STRING PINSCMD STRING PINGCMD STRING PIN7CMD STRING PIN8CMD STRING PINSCMD STRING PIN10CMD STRING PIN11CMD STRING PIN12CMD STRING PIN13CMD STRING PIN14CMD STRING PIN1SCMD STRING PIN16CMD STRING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OUTPUT ASSIGN PIN NO Displays the PIO output pin number Buttons in SELECT CAMERA can be added by dragging and COMET IN dropping into COMMAND STRING using the left mouse button Buttons and Settings That can be Added by Using Drag and Drop CAMERA button Drag and drop Assigns a camera only e g CAM1 Assigns a camera and camera position Drag and drop e g CAM1POS1 POSITION button Drag and ne BA Se Assigns a camera position only e pressing the Shift Shifl key POS1 Right clicking an item in the list displays the right click menu as below INPUT ASSIGN OUTPUT ASSIGN SETUP ee a pu PosSelect Frame Pos1 Copy Al To Input Assign Set Free Function Output SITET Ready for Playlist TAKE Ready for Playlist SKIP Ready for Playlist BACK Clear Output Pin Assign PosSelect Frame Pos7 Ready for Playlist TOP PosSelect Frame Pos8 END of Playlist IE Righi Cliek Menu Copies the camera and camera position numbers in OUTPUT ASSIGN to the same pins in INPUT ASSG
20. selected for NEXT one line up SKIP s the current NEXT item and sets the next item as the NEXT Using a Switch Box A function can be assigned to a desired pin under the PIO tab See section 3 8 PIO Settings for details 5 3 5 Switching Using HANABI Virtual Link Using Virtual Link of a HANABI series switcher allows you to switch between cameras linked via the crosspoint switching For HVS 300HS up to eight camera position buttons can be assigned as the Virtual Link tallies For HVS 350HS up to 16 camera position buttons can be assigned as the Virtual Link tallies See the HVS 300HS HVS 350HS Virtual Link Operation Manual for details on Virtual Linking PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION EE EE Eege TALLY ASSIGN SETUP pru J TALLY 1 CAM NO E TALLY 2 CAM NO L TALLY 3 CAM NO 1 1 TALLY 4 CAM NO 1 2 TALLY 5 CAM NO TALLY 6 CAM NO 2 2 TALLY 7 CAM NO TALLY 8 CAM NO 2 HVS Settings 1 If ascene is loaded while the ON LOAD OPEN and ON LOAD ENABLE checkboxes are checked the connection between VRCAM2 and the HANABI series switcher will automatically be established If the checkbox is not checked the setting must be enabled manually See section 3 9 1 HVS SETUP for details 2 Click the HVS tab Drag and drop a desired camera position button from SELECT CAMERA into TALLY ASSIGN using the right mouse button The corresponding camera number and camera position number will be displayed on the line where t
21. that uses AUX on the HANABI switcher System Configuration Ex 1 or one that uses a video router such as the DRS 42HS System Configuration Ex 2 This section describes how to setup a system using these two basic system configuration examples System Configuration Ex 1 HANABI Switcher 1 i Virtual Processor MBP 1244 Input selection Camera selection Composited Image Camera image Composited image Tally Data Xpt control signal Connection e EMEN CAMT 103 Camera output used for 2 Video signal Camera image used on virtual processor Composited image Composited image output from virtual processor Lux Signal that controls HANABI crosppoints through 4 XPT control signal VTLY1 Camera tally signal sent to virtual processor 117 System Configuration Ex 2 DRS router HANABI switcher 1 Camera s uz Camera 3 Lamm Camera selection 2 Virtual Processor AUX MBP 1244 3 WE PGM Composited image Composited image Camera image Composited image laly data Siete XPT control signal Connection No Gau to 3 Video signal Camera output used for composition Camera image used on virtual processor Composited image Composited image output from virtual processor Signal that controls HANABI crosppoints through XPT control signal V CAM Cont Control signal VTLY1 Camera tally signal sent to virtual processo
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23. 1 Studio Preparation Follow the steps below for studio setup Vv Vv V V WV gt Set up the equipment including cameras lightings and a chromakey blue screen green screen Define the origin of the studio It is normally the position of the person target This defines the positional relation between the graphic image and video image Have a person stand at the position or put an object there having the same height as that of the person Use a tape measure to measure rough camera coordinates X Y Z with X as the left right Y as depth and Z as up down coordinates Estimate the orientation of the camera pan tilt roll This step is not necessary if the camera orientation is along the Y axis enter O 0 0 in that case Measure the distance between the camera and the person 5 1 2 Hardware Settings Start MBP 12Server exe and MBP 12GUl exe on the VRCAM2 processor and set the settings as shown in the figure below MBP 12GUI 1 Select MU SETUP 2 Set both MIXER 1 and MIXER 2 to VIRTUAL 3 Set DELAY to OFF 4 Set V1 OUT to CG 5 Set V2 OUT to CG KEY The above is only an example The setting method differs depending on the operation form For details on MBP 12Server exe and MBP 12GUl exe see the respective operation manuals If you change VIDEO CONFIG settings in MBP 12GUI while Brainstorm eStudio is running be sure to restart Brainstorm eStudio Otherwise noise may appear on the output image
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25. 7 8 INPUT ASSIGN PIN NO Displays the PIO input pin number Buttons in SELECT CAMERA can be added by dragging and dropping them into COMMAND STRING using the left mouse button Pressing the F2 key or double clicking an item in the list allows you to edit the command In this COMMAND STRING items in the IconList in Brainstorm eStudio can be added COMMAND STRING Buttons and Settings That Can Be Added by Using Drag and Drop CAMERA button Drag and drop Assigns a camera only e g CAM1 Drag and drop CAMIPOST ea and camera position e g Drag and drop while E pressing the Shift key Assigns a camera position only e g POS1 POSITION button Right clicking an item in the list displays the right click menu as below INPUT ASSIGN OUTPUT ASSIGN SETUP TET een PosSelect F rame Pos1 t exl Aa TE Na Copy All To Output Assign Set Trigger for GUI b Playlist TAKE Playlist SKIF Playlist BACK Playlist TOF Clear Input Pin Assign PosSelect Frame Pose PosSelect Frame Pos Copies the camera and camera position numbers in INPUT ASSIGN to the same pins in OUTPUT ASSIGN For the Copy All to Output Assign playlist control commands a corresponding function will be copied Commands other than for the camera camera positon and playlist will not be copied Playlist TAKE Assigns Playlist TAKE Set Trigger for GU Playlist TOP 43 3 8 3 PIO OUTPUT ASSIGN The OUTPUT ASSIGN page allows you to assign pin
26. 8 thumbnail buttons can be displayed in a row and 32 buttons can be displayed at most Allows you to switch between OA and PREV SWAP See section 5 3 2 Switching Through VRCAM2 Cont OA PREV for details on OA PREV mode 1 Saving and Deleting a Position Dragging and dropping a position button from the SELECT CAMERA pane into the THUMBNAIL pane using the left mouse button saves the position Selecting and right clicking a position and choosing Clear vr position from the right click menu deletes the position 2 Saving and Deleting a Thumbnail Selecting and right clicking a position button and choosing Set thumbnail from the right click menu captures the current image from the GFX window and displays it on the OA button Right clicking a button and choosing Remove thumbnail deletes the thumbnail TESTI SEL CAM AT IR IDEAL fei LOAD Av SELECT CAMERA OAM RAMIS ICA ES s CAM 1 14 CAM CAM A EN CAM A LE 4 s B EMEEN a e Kos ai lla Go Gaz ballas KS ka E 22 Kaz La Ka Lex uu e Leu Lu BH EE BEER EE xz ux Ga Bs CIPI C1P2 C1P3 C1P4 C1P5 C1P6 C1P7 C1Pp8 SWAP C2P1 C2B2 C2P3 LC2B4 C2P5 C2P6 LC2PZ 2P8 o C3P1 C3P2 C3P3 C3P4 C3P5 C3P6 C3P7 C3P8 T Nu e Die Va m D il Ed m r nem TEST i E mds l C4P1 C4P2 C4P3 CAPA CAPS CAPO C4P7 CAPS a l kengt THUMBNAIL Pane Up to four rows of buttons can be displayed 55 4 Changing
27. BAUND PARITY 1 1 R5 422 PORT3 VTLYl1 38400 ODD 6 1 3 Virtual Link Settings Virtual Link settings can be set under the menu below HVS 300HS SETUP FUNCTION VIRTUAL HVS 350HS SETUP FUNCTION VIRTUAL FUNCTI ON gt STANDARD gt ADVANCED I RTUAL STANDARD uses preset settings and ADVANCED enables manual settings This section describes how to set Virtual Link settings using ADVANCED After ADVANCED is selected the screen appears as below 19 GENERAL gt VR XPT gt CG COMPO DVANCED Menu GENERAL 1 1 Enables and disables HANABI Virtual Link Allows you to select the LAN control type between A B and P P Allows you to store user presets Allows you to initialize the ADVANCED menu VR XPT 1 2 Enables and disables Virtual Crosspoints Allows you to assign camera inputs to Virtual Crossponts Allows you to select a video source for DUMMY XPT 2 2 VR XPT 2 2 Allows you to select composited video output from CG Component virtual processor Allows you to select the serial tally number CG COMP 1 3 Enables and disables CG Component Allows you to select tally data sent to CG Component Allows you to set the CG Component delay setting CG COMP 2 3 Allows you to assign CG Component virtual processor to an M E button Allows you to select the shared crosspoint setting for the CG Component virtual processor CG COMP 3 3 Allows you to assign input signals output from CG Compone
28. DFI OPTIMAL CALCULATE STRENGTH 0 002 HEIGHT SIZE orFseET 0 000 POSITION TOP Eoo NN 1 Select the CAM PARAMS tab 2 Select a camera in CAMERA NO and check the ENABLE SENSOR checkbox CU If the sensor is enabled for two cameras and the ENABLE SENSOR checkbox for another camera is checked the sensor for the camera with the larger camera number will be disabled Camera calibration is required for the use of a sensor camera See the ifCalibS TD Operation Manual for details 62 5 2 4 REAL CAMERA This section describes how to set the REAL CAMERA settings Before setting the REAL CAMERA settings first select REAL CAM in VIEW and CAM1 in SELECT CAMERA PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO HVS pE VE eed ADJUST CAMERA ANE MELOS ME 7 ENA REAL CAMERA 2 T POSITION X RhAEE EAR 8 ORIENTATION H ooo P em IS R ooo EN HI FIELD OF VIEW TUM D DISTANCE 400 CLIP VIDEO HORIZONTAL LEFT 0 100 SS RIGHT VERTICAL TOP 0 100 BOTTOM AUTO ADJUSTMENT 5 SHOW TARGET MODEL OPTIMAL CALCULATE 9 6 fisels SIZE 1 600 OFFSET 0 000 D POSITION TOP 0 600 BOTTOM 0 600 MOUSE CAM REAL CAM VR CAM STORE ENABLE VRCAM SELECT CAMERA CAM 1 CAM 2 CAM3 CAM4 OD CAM 1 18 Q CAM 2 First enter the measured values into the REAL CAMERA pane as described below 1 Select the CAM PARAMS tab 2 Enter the measured distance between the camera and the person in DISTANCE D Use meters as the measuring unit 3 E
29. IN Commands other than for the camera and camera positon will not be copied Set Free Function Output sets Function Output see next page to the selected pin Copy All to Inout Assign 44 Right Click Menu Ready for Enables the pin if there is an item selected for NEXT in the Playlist TAKE playlist Ready for Enables the pin if the NEXT item is not the last item in the Playlist SKIP playlist Ready for Enables the pin if the NEXT item is not the top item in the Playlist BACK playlist Ready for AM Playlist TOP Enables the pin if there are items in the playlist Enables the pin if the NEXT item can no longer be selected at End of Playlist the end of the playlist Clear Output Pin Assign Clears the assignment of the selected pin number About Free Function Output Free Function is a function that allows you to control PIO output pins to control an external device through VRCAM2 or to output VRCAM2 virtual set status assignable for PIO OUTPUT only The pin that Free Function is assigned to can be controlled in the ICON list in vrcam2DBS in Brainstorm There are two operatin methods Method 1 Direct assignment 1 Right click an item under the DIRECT or PLAYLIST pane and choose Edit command from the menu 2 In COMMAND EDITOR right click the center area which allows you to enter commands gt COMMAND EDITOR REE Es Cut D Ctr I X Copy C Girl Paste P Ctrl V Add Command for Pio Out
30. INGS pane under the SETUP tab must be checked See section 3 10 HOST Settings for details The files are received via LAN and control is performed via the serial interface If the files are not displayed or control is not performed check that all devices are properly connected To control MBP 100SX MBP 110SX or MBP 100PD separate purchase through VRCAM2 the settings on the MBP 100SX MBP 110SX or MBP 100PD must also be changed The thumbnail is not a standard feature of MBP 100SX MBP 110SX or MBP 100PD To use this feature contact our sales office 33 3 6 ADJUST CAMERA oelecting the CAM PARAMS tab displays the ADJUST CAMERA pane In this pane the camera position and settings of the camera that is actually shooting the target can be set 6 ENABLE SENSOR 2 COPY PARAMETERS PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION Te U ee a EE P es ee ee Ty ey ADJUST CAMERA CAMERA NO POSITION NO REAL CAMERA VR CAMERA POSITION X o Y 4000 E Z 1x RESET POSITION X 1500 Y E M Z 1400 RESET ei D ORIENTATION H ooo 8 FER 15 ORIENTATION H o0 ICC WR FIELD OF VIEW 20610 RESET FIELD OF VIEW 0 000 RESET DISTANCE m TRANSITION T CLIP VIDEO DEFOCUS D HORIZONTAL LEFT 0 001 I RIGHT 0 001 MODE POINT DISTANCE DIRECT VERTICAL TOP on EF BOTTOM om POSITION x oxo BY coo BE z im Bix ere ICE ER APERTURE 0100 AUTO ADJUSTMENT STRENGTH T ME 5 OI SHOW TARGFT MONFI OPTIMAL CALCULATE HEIGHT
31. LECT LIBRARIES _ EDIT VIRTUAL SET TEXT UP DOWN 2 DIRECT pane PLAYLIST pane TEXT pane PROGRAM pane D Show hide Allows you to show and hide the DIRECT PLAYLIST and TEXT panes under the PROGRAM pane 2 DIRECT pane Allows you to place command buttons that enable you to switch cameras or start and stop an event with a single click See section 3 5 2 DIRECT Pane for details 3 PLAYLIST pane Allows you to create a playlist Camera switching and events can be saved sequentially onto a playlist and scene takes alone during a live program enable programmed timeline effects See section 3 5 3 PLAYLIST Pane The DIRECT pane allows an operator to execute an event at the desired timing even while the playlist is running 4 TEXT pane Allows you to set text for captions It can also be used as a playlist See section 3 5 4 TEXT Pane SELECT LIBRARIES button Clicking the SELECT LIBRARIES button displays the SELECT LIBRARIES dialog box See section 3 5 5 SELECT LIBRARIES for details 6 EDIT VIRTUAL SET button Clicking the EDIT VIRTUAL SET button displays the EDIT VIRTUAL SET dialog box See section 3 5 6 EDIT VIRTUAL SET for details D VIDEO CONTROL button Clicking the VIDEO CONTROL button while MBP 100SX MBP 110SX or MBP 100PD Separate purchase is connected displays the VIDEO CONTROL dialog box See section 3 5 7 VIDEO CONTROL for details 18 3 5 2 DIRECT Pane Allows
32. LIST or DIRECT pane using the left mouse button By doing this in the PLAYLIST and DIRECT panes text can be processed regardless of the order in the TEXT pane 24 B importing a CSV File By importing a CSV file items under the TEXT pane can be updated easily CD Import menu gt Importing CSV file n Importing CSV fil DSP E Import C5V csv Notepad TEXT TEXT LINK iv ACTION LINK VRCAM2 Halo Texti File Edit Format View Help YRCAM2 lt Halo gt Text title eLibrary gom _ For A Vrcam BB 5 lt Halo gt Text5 EN 3 Encoding Encoding UTF 8 Shift JIS O Skip First Line J Skip Group Items 4 Skip First Line 5 Skip Group Items 6 OK Cancel button D Import menu Select items that you wish to update from TEXT TEXT LINK and ACTION LINK In the CSV file use commas and line breaks to separate items If you wish to update only text and other content is to remain the same for a news program for example check the TEXT checkbox only 2 Update preview Allows you to preview which data will be updated The items to be updated will be highlighted with a light blue border Importing will start from the text item that is selected while Importing CSV file is selected If an unintended text is to be imported first cancel importing select the item that you wish to import first then try Importing CSV file again 3 Encoding Allows you to select the character code for the CSV fil
33. Product in whole or in part nor attempt to do so 3 Limitations of Guaranty The Company and its program licensors disclaim all legal warranties express or implied with respect to the Product User must use the Product at own risk In no event shall the Company and its program licensors be liable for any damage resulting from User s use or inability to use the Product 4 Provision of Upgrades and Updates Whenever the software is upgraded or updated User may use the new version of the software by paying the amount separately specified by the Company After upgrading the software User may not use the earlier version without the Company s prior permission 5 Term of Validity of this Agreement This agreement shall be effective for a period of one year from the day User begins using the software The same conditions of the agreement shall be extended for further one year terms unless User or the Company expresses at least one month prior to expiration of the agreement the intent not to renew the agreement 6 Termination of the Agreement a he Company reserves the right to immediately terminate this agreement if User corresponds to either of the following circumstances 1 User violates any terms of this agreement 2 User is unable or refuses to make the required payment b User may terminate this agreement by written notice to the Company in the following circumstances but may not seek a refund of the amount that User has already
34. RARIES SELECTED pane Allows you to manage libraries as a program Selecting a program from the PROGRAM drop down list displays the libraries saved in the program 3 ENABLE OUTPUT checkbox Allows you to enable and disable VRCAM2 processor SDI output 4 ENABLE SENSOR checkbox Allows you to enable and disable receiving VRCAM2 processor sensor data 5 OK CANCEL button Click OK to apply changes Click CANCEL to close the SELECT LIBRARIES dialog box without applying changes 26 2 Program name 1 Select program 2 ADD PROGRAM 3 Scenes 4 REMOVE PROGRAM 6 CANCEL LIBRARIES SELECTED Pane sch To select a saved program select a program from the drop down list 2 To create a new program enter a program name in the PROGRAM box and click the ADD PROGRAM button Only one byte alphameric characters and some symbols can be used for the program name If the entered name already exists the ADD PROGRAM button will be disabled 3 To add a library drag and drop a library from the LIBRARIES AVAILABLE pane into the LIBRARIES SELECTED pane using the left mouse button 4 To delete a program select a program from the PROGRAM drop down list and click the REMOVE PROGRAM button 5 After editing a program in the LIBRARIES SELECTED pane click OK to create a library copy start Brainstorm eStudio and load scenes VRCAM2 DBS will automatically be added to the program 6 Clicking CANCEL closes the dialog box without s
35. REMOVE PROGRAM button The program is deleted when OK is clicked To enable SDI output check the ENABLE OUTPUT checkbox 5 If a sensor is used check the ENABLE SENSOR checkbox After editing a program in the LIBRARIES SELECTED pane click OK C2 to create a library copy start Brainstorm eStudio and load scenes VRCAM2 DBS will automatically be added to the program Clicking CANCEL 8 closes the dialog box without saving changes made in the LIBRARIES SELECTED pane 61 4 REMOVE PROGRAM 5 2 2 Switching Between HD and SD The video format can be selected from HD or SD VRACAM Cosi ver 1281 Select HD or SD VRCAM2 Cont Ver 1 2 0 1 1 Select the SETUP tab 2 Select HD or SD in VIDEO FORMAT under GLOBAL SETTINGS 5 2 3 ENABLE SENSOR For a system with a sensor up to two cameras from CAM1 through CAM4 can be synchronized with the sensor PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO HVS SETUP CASAL TEAS ee ae OAOE QDE ADJUST CAMERA CAMERA NO POSITION NO O REET REAL CAMERA VR CAMERA POSITION X 0 000 Y 400 E 1200 RESET POSITION X 1500 Y 4000 F 1400 RESET ORIENTATION H oo ICC Rz ORIENTATION H ooo ACC TER Rz FIELD OF VIEW 20 610 RESET FIELD OF VIEW 0 000 RESET DISTANCE a TRANSITION TH PASTE CLIP VIDEO HORIZONTAL LEFT Gout POINT DISTANCE DIRECT VERTICAL TOP POSITION X oo BAN z w Ri AUTO ADJUSTMENT APERTURE 0100 L SHOW TARGFT MO
36. SIZE OFFSET 0 000 POSITION TOP BS BOTTOM 0500 ADJUST CAMERA Pane In CAMERA NO and POSITION NO the camera number and camera position number currently selected in the SELECT CAMERA pane will be displayed respectively If the selected camera has a sensor check the ENABLE SENSOR checkbox See the ifCalibS TD Manual for details Clicking the COPY PARMAETERS button D copies the parameters in the REAL CAMERA VR CAMERA CLIP VIDEO and DEFOCUS panes to the clipboard REAL CAMERA Pane Allows you to set the camera position and orientation of the camera that is actually shooting the target REAL CAMERA POSITION x 0 000 Y 4 000 m E 1 200 RESET ORIENTATION H 0 000 D 5 711 m R 0 000 RESET FIELD OF VIEW 28 073 RESET DISTANCE 4 000 PASTE REAL CAMERA Pane Allows you to enter the position of the real camera X left right Y POSITION depth Z up down in the coordinate system having its origin at the origin of the studio Clicking the RESET button resets the X Y or Z value to 0 Allows you to enter the orientation of the real camera H pan P tilt R ORIENTATION roll in the coordinate system having its origin at the origin of the studio Clicking the RESET button resets the H P or R value to 0 DISTANCE sep you to enter the distance between the real camera and the Enter the field of view of the real camera ee MEN Clicking the RESET button resets the value to 0 PASTE Overwrites the above para
37. YPE drop down menu 4 From PORT select an RS 422 port number to be connected to communicate with the HANABI switcher 5 If HANABI AUX is used for camera switching System Configuration Ex 1 check the USE AUX checkbox If a DRS series router is used System Configuration Ex 2 uncheck the checkbox 6 From CONTROL BUS select a bus In the example above M E BUS is selected 7 From XPT NO MODE select a control method for the HANABI switcher In this example XPT NO MODE is selected 8 Click OPEN Once communication is established the OPEN button turns green 9 Enter the HANABI IP address into the MU ADDRESS box 10 Click ENABLE Once communication is established the ENABLE button turns green 11 Saving a program while the ON LOAD OPEN and ON LOAD ENABLE checkboxes are checked will automatically perform steps 8 and 10 the next time the program is loaded 85 6 4 2 VR XPT Settings The VRCAM2 VR XPT settings can be set under the HVS gt TALLY ASSIGN tab In this example set the settings as below These settings correspond to HANABI VR XPT settings The assignments between tally numbers and cameras on both VRCAM2 and HANABI must be the same Otherwise the virtual camera and actual camera cannot link properly Vm ON mo mo oa 8 VR XPT Settings 6 4 3 Timing Adjustments he camera image virtual set and chromakey parameters must be switched under synchronized timing Otherwise the ima
38. al position in From OU 3 Select the final position in To 4 Check the ENABLE checkbox The camera motion settings from to are not enabled unless this checkbox is selected 5 Check the SHOW PATH checkbox The camera motion path will be shown 6 Check the SHOW CAMERA checkbox 5 The current camera position will be shown 7 After checking the ENABLE checkbox move the TRANSITION slider D to preview the camera motion 8 To create a new path the default path can be used Click the APPLY button to create a default path A keyframe will be created on the center of a straight line default path and its TRANSITION value 4 will be 1 second 9 To add a new keyframe click INSERT 9 or ADD 40 Clicking INSERT adds a keyframe between the keyframe selected in KF SELECTION and the previous keyframe Clicking ADD adds a keyframe at the end and increases the TRANSITION value so that the rates of change of the position and orientation against the duration will remain the same 10 To delete an unnecessary keyframe click REMOVE 4 11 Clicking EQUALLY replaces all keyframes evenly on a straight line 12 Set KF SELECTION 3 to 1 The POSITION 4X ORIENTATION 45 FIELD OF VIEW 4 and TIME 4D values of the keyframe specified in KF SELECTION 43 will be displayed 13 While viewing the path on the output image adjust the POSITION 4 and ORIENTATION 45 values The motion path is drawn with blu
39. amera view from foot to upper body If it is a full body shot set to 0 Enter the values to align the yellow markers of the target POSITION model to the top and bottom of the person Clicking the OPTIMAL CALCULATE button calculates the optimal ORIENTATION P and FIELD OF VIEW values in the REAL CAMERA pane using the values entered in the AUTO ADJUSTMENT pane 3 3 MOTION PATH Clicking the CAM MOTION tab displays the MOTION PATH pane The motion path of the virtual camera is normally a straight line joining the two positions By entering additional parameters the curved path can be created ENABLE MOTION PATH PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO HVS SETUP EE ee ee ee AC ua ee CERES RCE MIS CuencoMCXGNE CET OEE MOTION PATH CAMERA NO FROM UN RI 1 O ENABLE KEYFRAMES DEFAULT APPLY LJ SHOW PATH L SHOW CAMERA D TRANSITION 1 000 NUM OF KFs 1 KF SELECTION 3 e INSERT ADD REMOVE SELECTED KEYFRAME DEFOCUS POSITION 1871 DON EA MODE POINT DISTANCE DIRECT ORIENTATION H oam G P R M Posmon 3 aw MEC a RK FIELD OF VIEW TH ECEE TIME T ME APERTURE TN STRENGTH T NE PREVIEW D C ENABLE MOTION PATH Pane In CAMERA NO the camera number currently selected in the SELECT CAMERA pane will be displayed Select the original camera position in FROM and final camera position in TO To enable the MOTION PATH settings check the ENABLE checkbox 6 If the ENABLE checkbox is uncheck
40. aving changes made in the LIBRARIES SELECTED pane When Brainstorm eStudio is started Command Prompt will be started at the same time Since closing Command Prompt will automatically close Brainstorm eStudio minimize Command Prompt to the taskbar instead of closing it 2 3 5 6 EDIT VIRTUAL SET Clicking the EDIT VIRTUAL SET button in the PROGRAM pane displays the EDIT VIRTUAL SET dialog box This dialog box allows you to change the position color texture text show hide sound mask area and effect settings for the objects Clicking the UPDATE button updates the DBS object list Clicking OK applies changes made in the EDIT pane and close the EDIT VIRTUAL SET dialog box DDBS list 2EDIT pane DBS telopi OBJECT OBJECT LIST v emm ORIENTATION H 0 000 name anim pifest DISPLACE name ita Let text MATERIAL 1 1 text clori text3 1 1 e text4 COLOR R 1 000 G 1 000 I B 1 000 text5 text A 1 000 MIR mie MB MIA text7 text8 text9 text10 news name news name ine eff STRING VRCAM2 flash HIGHLIGHT TRANSITION 0 000 DELAY CONTROL pane POSITION COLOR SCENE CHG UPDATE buton SSES EDIT VIRTUAL SET Dialog Box CD DBS drop down list Selecting a scene displays the EVENT OBJECT or SOUND list selectable with buttons included in the scene Checking the HIGHLIGHT checkbox while the OBJECT list is displayed highlights the object selected in the GFX window
41. ayed Plays the selected texture movie PLAY If the SOUND list is displayed Loop plays the sound number of times specified in the EDIT pane SOUND Allows you to set the audio file to the file set in the EDIT pane VOLUME Allows you to set the sound volume to the specified value SCENE CHG Allows you to show only the selected scenes The available command buttons differ depending on whether EVENT OBJECT or SOUND is selected in the DBS list TRANSITION Allows you to set the transition time for the command Fade in and out effects can be created by setting the different visibility or audio volume settings for different points of time DELAY Allows you to set the time delay for executing the command from the time the button is pressed until the command is executed 32 3 5 7 VIDEO CONTROL If an MBP 100SX MBP 110SX or MBP 100PD separate purchase is connected clicking VIDEO CONTROL in the PROGRAM pane displays the VIDEO CONTROL dialog box This dialog box allows you to cue and play video files saved on the device VIDEO CONTROL THUMBNAIL FILENAME x sno sea short_ sled ullfi d hort 14 dogsled mxf 11 ke E short 3 bullfight1 mxf ary short_4 bullfight2 mxf VIDEO CONTROL Dialog Box Items Displays the video files saved on the device added by dragging and dropping into DIRECT or PLAYLIST geg To enable the VIDEO CONTROL button in the main window the CONTROL ENABLE checkbox in the VDCP SETT
42. b in VRCAM2 Cont described in section 3 9 1 select BUTTON for XPT CTL For details on the EDITOR menu see Editor Control Settings in the HVS 300HS HVS 350HS Operation Manual 82 6 2 MBP 12GUI Settings This section briefly describes how to set HANABI Virtual Link settings for VRCAM2 For detailed instructions see the MBP 12GUI Operation Manual MBP 12GUI ver 1 5 0 0 VIDEO MU SETUP l COHFIG COLOR ADJUST 0 UNITY EIN 0 k funny BACKUP l OPERATION LOCK CAM SELECT MEL gt Set the VRCAM2 composited image output port setting to CG For System Configuration Ex 1 and 2 set V1 OUT1 to CG Depending on the system configuration set the CAMERA DELAY setting as shown below System Configuration Ex 1 System Configuration Ex 2 when AUX is used when a DRS series router is used FRAME 83 6 3 MBP 12Server Settings This section briefly describes how to set HANABI Virtual Link settings for VRCAM2 For detailed instructions see the MBP 12Server Operation Manual Depending on the system configuration set the CamSw Plugin setting as shown below System Configuration Ex 1 System Configuration Ex 2 when AUX is used when a DRS series router is used CamSw Plugin Camera Switch Dummy Plugin a one MBP 12Server setup Jl Configuration File C usrFOR AX MBP12Server bin MBP12Server ini d en For System Configuration Ex 1 simply select Camera Switch Dummy Plugi
43. cted pin Pulse Enables and then disables output of the selected pin The time period from On to Off is approximately 100msec 6 Drag and drop the EVENT button 6 into the DIRECT or PLAYLIST pane 7 Execute the event in the DIRECT or PLAYLIST pane The above events are effective for the pins to which Free Function is assigned If Free Function is not assigned events are not executed even though the buttons can be added by draging and dropping them PioConfig gt PioOut Init under the tree allows you to turn Free Function Output off for all pins 46 3 9 HVS Settings Clicking the HVS tab displays the HANABI Virtual Link setting page VRLINK This page allows you to assign camera and camera position switching settings to the HANABI Virtual Link tally For details on the system covering HVS 300HS and HVS 350HS see section 6 HANABI Virtual Link System 3 9 1 HVS SETUP The SETUP page allows you to set the VIRTUAL LINK sytem settings between VRCAM2 and the HANABI series switcher PROGRAM CAMPARAMS CAM MOTION PIO TALLY ASSIGN SETUP eer HVS TYPE Hvs 350HS D v EDIT C USE AUX C SHOW INFO COM SETTINGS LAN SETTINGS PORT 4 OPEN v ON LOAD OPEN XPT CONTROL ENABLE C ON LOAD ENABLE BAUDRATE MU ADDRESS 192 168 100 10 BYTE SIZE P PORT N ep MEM TERENU CONTROL BUS M EBUS M XPT NO MODE VR XPT iM DEFAULT APPLY SETUP Checking the EDIT checkbox enables setti
44. der by Dragging Items To move an item out of a group drag the item using the left mouse button When dragging an item a blue horizontal line that indicates the insertion position will appear between items into where the item will be dropped While dragging an item the PLAYLIST cannot be scrolled B Group Group is a useful function that allows multiple items to be executed in one take Note the following usage details If a position change is included in the command the next item will not be executed until the camera is completely moved Only items under the lowest level are executed sequentially For example if Group 2 is created inside Group 1 items in Group 1 will not be executed sequentially If no group is saved in the list all items are considered to be under the lowest group and therefore are executed sequentially To avoid doing so create at least one group with an item Take1 Switched to CAM1POS1 camera and position Take2 Switched to CAM1POS2 position only NN Take3 Switches virtual set kso Switched to CAM2POS82 camera and position Take4 Switched to CAM2POS2 position only 21 Noise may appear on the output image when setting a thumbnail to an item in the playlist If the thumbnail does not fit properly into the button please try again To use the numeric keypad to control the Playlist the key must be off When the OA or NEXT item is moved red or green highlight coloring may not apply
45. duled actions can be saved sequentially onto a playlist and scene takes alone during a live program enable programmed timeline effects Usage with a playlist enables the program timeline to be maintained while allowing composition changes and presentations that give a sense of actually being in the audience for live broadcasts Defocus control Enables effective presentation of background subject close ups Animation effects A wide variety of animations special effects can be added for the subject Linkage with the HANABI Series Video Switcher HVS 300HS HVS 350HS separate purchase for assigning cameras and camera position selection to video switcher bus buttons and enabling control on the video swithcer side Allows you to cue and play video files saved on the MBP 100 Series MXF Clip Server separate purchase Connection Example MBP 100SX separate purchase UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU AS BIC Vr NS e e e f T ceo pS ct ee ee El een LAN REMOTE VRCAM2 Processor Camera MBP 1244 AUX 2 AUX1 Hub 025555558805589 Control PC LAN Serial communication card COM 1 3 About This Manual This manual is intended to help the user easily operate this product and make full use of its functions during operations Before connecting or operating your unit read this operation manual thor
46. e HANABI This is to prevent unexpected changes to the values applied by other users To refresh the screen click a button in the main window of VRCAM2 Cont and remove the focus from the box When XPT Control is enabled and a VIRTUAL XPT signal is selected in the HANABI i e a tally signal from tally number 1 through 16 is output the camera positions cannot be changed through the VRCAM2 Cont buttons except to the position shown under the HVS tab On the other hand camera position can be changed through VRCAM2 Cont if a signal that is not assigned to VIRTUAL XPT is selected in HANABI i e a tally signal of tally number O0 is output However once the camera position is set to the position shown under the HVS tab further changes will be disabled 74 5 4 Showing and Hiding Scenes If multiple scenes are loaded from SELECT LIBRARIES scenes are displayed as overlapping This is because all loaded scenes are shown This section describes how to show necessary scenes and hide others 5 4 1 Showing a Scene POS COLOR TEXTURE TEXT VIEW SOUND MASK IN EFFECT OUT EFFECT Pe Ey a POSITION SCENE CHG 2 or Select a scene from the DBS list in the EDIT VIRTUAL SET dialog box 2 Add the SCENE CHG button into the DIRECT or PLAYLIST pane by dragging and dropping the button using the left mouse button 3 If the added button is clicked and the command is executed the selected scene will be shown and oth
47. e settings must be set under the SETUP tab See section 3 10 HOST Settings for details Using SELECT CAMERA D 2 SELECT CAMERA WICAM1 WICAM2 WICAM3 WICAM4 CAM1 18 B e PEE eV FERE eC TEE B a we elles We keim ele ee ee kan es se kel Em en es am en a aen en es sem en es we e SELECT CAMERA THUMBNAIL GAP C1P2 LC1P3 LCI1PA C P5 C1P6 LCIPZ IER 8B ec BG mad 1 j SWAP THUMBNAIL 5 1 In SELECT CAMERA the camera buttons and camera position buttons selected for OA output will be displayed in red and those for PREV output will be displayed in green The buttons selected for both OA and PREV will also be displayed in red 2 To change to Camera 1 click CANT CD The output image on PREV will change via a cut transition 3 To change the image on OA to Camera 1 click SWAP 5 in THUMBNAIL The output image will change via a cut transition 4 To change the position of Camera 1 click the camera position button 1 8 below CAM1 The output image on PREV will change via a cut transition 5 To change OA positions to the above settings click SWAP in THUMBNAIL The transition of the output image will be animated 6 To change the position of Camera 2 while Camera 1 is selected click a desired camera position button 1 8 below CAM2 In such case the appearance of the output image will not change 7 To change to Camera 2 click CAM2 2 The output image on PREV
48. e cones and the keyframes appear as red cones If the path is not well shown drag in GFX in VIEW to adjust the mouse camera view 67 14 To preview the virtual camera image change MOUSE CAM to VR CAM in VIEW Move the TRANSITION slider D to preview the camera motion 15 While VR CAM is selected in VIEW adjust FIELD OF VIEW 48 16 To set the time of a keyframe enter the time code in seconds in TIME OD 17 To change DEFOCUS settings according to the keyframe position adjust the DEFOCUS settings 49 18 Select the next keyframe in KF SELECTION 43 19 Repeat steps 10 to 15 for all necessary keyframes 20 To change the duration set TRANSITION 48 The TRANSITION value 18 cannot be smaller than the TIME value of the last keyframe 21 Select VR CAM in VIEW and move the TRANSITION slider D to adjust the camera motion 22 After adjustments move the camera from the FROM CD position to the TO position previously set in SELECT CAMERA to check camera motion After all necessary settings have been set save the program using SAVE IPF Checking the ENABLE checkbox in PREVIEW enables the TRANSITION slider CZ Unchecking the checkbox disables the slider but the camera position on the output image remains at the slider position To refresh the view click any position button Clicking a button in SELECT CAMERA automatically disables the TRANSITION slider D Enabling the TRANSITION slider D will slightly lo
49. e to be loaded For most cases UTF 8 will be fine If the characters in the loaded file are garbled select Shift JIS Skip First Item Allows you to load text on the second and subsequent lines If the first line of the CSV file is used by comments check the Skip First Item checkbox 5 Skip Group Items Check the Skip Group Items when you do not wish to update text for group items OK CANCEL After previewing click OK to apply or CANCEL to cancel an update When the OA or NEXT item is moved red or green highlight coloring may not apply correctly In such case select the top item in the playlist as the Next item to reset the highlight colors 25 3 5 5 SELECT LIBRARIES Clicking the SELECT LIBRARIES button in the PROGRAM pane displays the SELECT LIBRARIES dialog box This dialog box allows you to copy libraries scenes and manage them as a program LIBRARIES AVAILABLE pane LIBRARIES SELECTED pane gt Select Libraries LIBRARIES AVAILABLE LIBRARIES SELECTED THUMBNAIL PROGRAM Program5 1 A 01 NewsStudio1 A 02 NewsStudio2 Pe A 03_NewsStudio3 e THUMBNAIL 4 B 01 LivingRoom1 amp C 01 GolfCourse ZJENABLE OUTP L ENABLE SENSOR 3 ENABLE SDI OUTPUT 4 ENABLE SENSOR OK CANCEL SELECT LIBRARIES Dialog Box D LIBRARIES AVAILABLE pane A list of libraries saved on the VRCAM2 processor which VRCAM2 Cont is currently controlling From this list select libraries to use in VRCAM2 2 LIB
50. ed the motion path will be straight CD KEYFRAMES pane Allows you to add and delete the motion path keyframe and set the transition time for the camera position KEYFRAMES DEFAULT APPLY LISHOW PATH SHOW CAMERA TRANSITION 1 500 M NUM OF KFs 2 KF SELECTION 1 gt INSERT ADD KEYFRAMES Pane Clicking the APPLY button sets the motion path to its default settings as below DEFAULT Straight path Creates a keyframe at the center Sets the transition to 1 0 SHOW PATH Displays the motion path on the output image SHOW CAMERA Displays the modeled virtual camera on the output image Allows you to set the motion duration of the virtual camera in NUM OF KFs Displays the number of keyframes 64 keyframes maximum Displays the keyframe number of the currently selected keyframe KF SELECTION The parameters of the selected keyframe are displayed in the SELECTED KEYFRAME pane Click the and gt button to select a desired keyframe 38 The following buttons are used to add and delete keyframes Button INSERT Inserts a keyframe before the currently selected keyframe Adds a keyframe at the end and increases the value in ADD TRANSITION The value after removing the TIME value of the last keyframe from the original transition value is the amount increased in TRANSITION REMOVE Deletes the currently selected keyframe EQUALY Places keyframes evenly on a straight path 1 5s ADD yt ok H E r 1 dila LL eee
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52. ers will be hidden 5 4 2 Showing Multiple Scenes To show multiple scenes at the same time the commands of added SCENE CHG items must be edited GommondEditDialoe J pem 5 xj ee eee amet Fuji Lakeside Scene Change Si EXECUTE CANCEL 1 Right click the SCENE CHG button added to the DIRECT or PLAYLIST pane and choose Edit command from the menu The COMMAND EDITOR dialog box appears Commands CU shown in the field specifies whether to show or hide scenes 2 DBS names are shown in angle brackets lt gt For the scene you wish to show set the last command line number to 0 For the scene you wish to hide set the last number to 1 3 Click the EXECUTE button 3 to execute the command Check the appearance of scenes 4 Click OK to apply changes 19 5 5 Adding a Sound Effect to an Event Normally sound items are included within each library If there is no intended sound item in the library sound items can be added in VRCAMa CONTROL TRANSITION 0 000 ES ORS 1 000 ES STOP PLAY SOUND VOLUME SCENE CHG 6 By editing commands of items added to the DIRECT or PLAYLIST pane multiple events can be executed in one take Using this feature allows you to create an event such that a sound effect is output when a caption is displayed 1 Select the EVENT tab in the EDIT VIRTUAL SET dialog box Add an event for which you wish to add a sound effect to the DIRECT pane 2 Select a scene from the DBS drop down l
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54. g Disable Save Ipf disables settings Choosing Enable Save Ipf from the right click menu enables the settings again SAVE IPF Enable Save lpt Disable Save pf The checkboxes below allow you to disable system settings Once tested it is recommended to disable these settings since they are not used during normal operation They are automatically disabled after the software is started Unchecking the EDIT checkbox under PIO gt SETUP disables SETUP PIO Settings setting changes Unchecking the EDIT checkbox under HVS SETUP disables SETUP HVS Settings setting changes HOST Settings aon the EDIT checkbox under SETUP disables SETUP setting 3 4 Changing Parameters In VRCAM2 Cont parameters can be changed as below in addition to directly changing numeric values 1 200 I 1 Click to select a digit you wish to change using the left mouse button 2 Click the upper button next to the value to increase the digit by 1 and the lower button to decraese it by 1 3 Use your mouse wheel to change the value 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to increase and decrease the value and left and right arrow keys to move between digits 3 5 PROGRAM 3 5 1 Main Window Select the PROGRAM tab to display the PROGRAM pane 5 SELECT LIBRARIES amp EDIT VIRTUAL SET D Show hide J VIDEO CONTROL PROGRAM CAM PP PIO SETUP 2 2 2 EDT MEUL PROGRAM iV DIRECT ZzPLAYLIST el TEXT SE
55. ge UP key to move the green highlighted NEXT item selection one line up Press the key to move the green highlighted NEXT item selection one line down In addition the following shortcut keys are available for the created playlist Button the playlist sets the previous item as the Page Up NEXT item Without playing the current NEXT item in Back 20 E Menu The following right click menus are available RE Allows you to edit the label of the selected item and the command to Edit d be executed when the TAKE button is clicked a For details on external device control using PIO output see section 3 8 3 PIO OUTPUT ASSIGN Captures the current image from the GFX window and displays it on Set thumbnail the button Remove thumbnail Removes the thumbnail from the button Removes the selected item button from PLAYLIST Removes all items from PLAYLIST Allows you to save multiple tasks as a group so that they can be Insert Group Item executed in one take Clicking the arrow button next to the group name displays the group name only ll Changing Item Order There are two ways to change the item order Changing Item Order Using UP and DOWN Buttons Clicking the UP or DOWN button while an item is selected moves the item one position up or down If a green highlited group name is selected the whole group can be moved Items cannot be move into or out of a group using the UP or DOWN buttons Changing Item Or
56. ge may be output incorrectly while the camera is being switched In this manual HANABI buttons for which VR XPT is assigned are called VR buttons and others are called non VR buttons VRCAM Cont ver 1 3201 VRCAM 2 Cont Ver 1 2 0 1 1 To check timing switch back and forth between the VR buttons with a different camera assigned to each The time delay differs depending on the system configuration Use the following table as a guide to set the settings 86 System Configuration Ex 1 System Configuration Ex 2 when AUX is used when a DRS series router is used ROUTER DELAY 2 CAM CHANGE DELAY SPECIAL DELAY CAMERADELAY In The ROUTER DELAY CAM CHANGE DELAY and SPECIAL DELAY setting can be set in the MBP SETTINGS pane under the SETUP tab in VRCAM2 The CAMARA DELAY settings can be set in MBP 12GUI See section 6 2 MBP 12GUI Settings 2 To check timing repeat the steps below D Press a VR button 2 Press a non VR button 3 Press a VR button with its camera assignment different from the VR button in Step D 4 Press a non VR button pressed in step 5 Press a VR button pressed in step D This setting is adjusted under the CG COMPONENT DELAY menu on the HANABI switcher Unlike the adjustements in step1 setting to over a certain value can remove noise from the image Set to the minimum value that solves the problem System Configuration Ex 1 System Configuration Ex 2 when AUX is used wh
57. he button is dropped 3 Clicking a cell under CAM NO POS NO or XPT NO allows you to enter the value directly 4 Pressing a HANABI VR button for which the tally shown in Tally No is set allows you to execute the corresponding camera position button If XPT Control is enabled the camera position can also be switched by the camera position buttons in SELECT CAMERA or by the THUMBNAIL buttons 13 IMPORTANT e Please do not press any button on the switcher while the camera mode is set to STORE see section 3 11 VIEW If you press any button on the switcher return the camera mode to RECALL and switch the camera using the switcher Assigning cameras and camera positions in HVS TALLY ASSIQN allows a position change for the switcher If the switcher is operated during the position change however the source may be changed during the position change and an improperly composited image may be present To avoid this make sure the camera is completely switched before operating the switcher or use the switcher only for camera switching and use switch box to change the camera position Under the HVS tab if only CAM NO is specified and POS NO is left blank or set to 0 any position change through the switcher will be disabled For the sensor camera leave the POS NO setting under the HVS tab blank If the focus is on a numeric box in CAM PARAMS or CAM MOTION the screen cannot be refreshed by the external request for exampl
58. his point will clear the values entered into the DEFOCUS pane 7 After the DEFOCUS values are determined click the STORE button 6 to enter STORE mode the STORE button lights up Select a camera you wish to save settings for CAM1POS in the example above from SELECT CAMERA 8 After the settings are saved you will be returned to RECALL mode the STORE button turns off 9 Repeat steps 2 to 7 for all necessary positions 10 If there are multiple cameras select a camera in SELECT CAMERA and repeat steps 2 to 8 In VRCAM2 the DEFOCUS setting cannot be set for each position separately To turn off DEFOCUS for at a specific position set the STRENGTH value to O 66 5 2 8 MOTION PATH VRCAM2 can be used without setting the MOTION PATH settings If MOTION PATH is not used the path will be a straight line joining the two positions To create a curved motion path set the MOTION PATH settings Before setting the MOTION PATH settings first select MOUSE CAM in VIEW and CAM1 in SELECT CAM MOTION PATH Camera No KEYFRAMES DEFAULT APPLY LISHOW PATH LISHOW CAMERA TRANSITION 1 500 NUM OF KFs J KF SELECTION gt INSERT ADD 3 9 OI 2 SELECTED KEYFRAME z E DEFOCUS POSITION Xi ow ngu E MODE POINT DISTANCE DIRECT ee O MANC Rn vw 0 MITTERET ACC MECH RK FIELD OF VIEW I ME NELLE TIME num E APERTURE TN STRENGTH T 2 TRANSITION ff 1 Select the CAM MOTION tab 2 Select the origin
59. in DISTANCE and DIRECT modes In POINT and DISTANCE modes Allows you to set the camera aperture f number The larger the size the wider the area that will come into focus EE In DIRECT mode Allows you to specify the area that will come into focus distance from the focus position Allows you to set the defocus value between 0 0 and 1 0 STRENGTH The larger the value the more defocused an image will be If set to 0 no defocus will be applied PASTE Overwrites the above parameters with the parameters copied to the clipboard gt DEFOCUS MODE VRCAM2 supports 3 defocus modes Each mode has the following characteristics Mode Focus Description Position is specified in virtual space coordinates in computer Position graphics ee If the same position is set to all virtual cameras the same point POINT can remain focused despite virtual camera moves The focus area is calculated and applied to CGs according to the virtual camera position focus position aperture and FOV value Position is specified by the distance from the virtual camera in Position virtual space in computer graphics If the same position is set to all virtual cameras the focus point DISTANCE moves as the virtual camera moves The focus area is calculated and applied to CGs according to the virtual camera position focus position aperture and FOV value Position is specified by the distance from the virtual camera in virtual space in computer graphics
60. ist D and select the SOUND tab Sound items will be displayed in the SOUND LIST Select an item for which you wish to add a sound effect and select the VIEW SOUND MASK tab in the EDIT pane 3 Specify a sound file in FILE in the SOUND pane 6 4 Add the PLAY button from the CONTROL pane 6 into the DIRECT pane Setting the DELAY setting D can delay the timing of playing the sound COMMANDEDOR S en Jae E EN Hem Aen SE PON ACTION RUN itemset lt vrcam2 gt sound1 SOUND LOOPTIMES 1 itemset lt vrcam2 gt sound1 SOUND PLAY FROM 5 Right click the button added to the DIRECT pane and choose Edit command from the menu The COMMAND EDITOR dialog box appears 6 Copy the PLAY command added in step 4 and paste it to the event added in step 1 7 Click the EXECUTE button 9 to execute the command Check if the sound effect is played as intended 8 Click OK 40 to apply changes 76 6 HANABI Virtual Link System Using Virtual Link of a HANABI series switcher allows you to switch between cameras linked via crosspoint switching For HVS 300HS up to eight camera position buttons can be assigned to Virtual Link tallies For HVS 350HS up to 16 camera position buttons can be assigned to the Virtual Link tallies See the HVS 300HS HVS 350HS Virtual Link Operation Manual for details on Virtual Linking A VRCAM2 HANABI Virtual Link system configuration can be categorized into two types A system
61. kward by moving the mouse wheel on the GFX pad Allows you to pan and tilt the mouse camera by dragging the left mouse button on the GFX pad Allows you to zoom the mouse camera in and out by moving the mouse wheel on the GFX pad 53 3 12 SELECT CAMERA The SELECT CAMERA pane allows you to select cameras and positions The SELECT CAMERA pane is normally displayed but it can also be hidden in the system menu See section 3 2 System Menu for details In addition camera buttons can also be hidden Up to 32 camera positions can be displayed in the SELECT CAMERA pane SELECT CAMERA WICAM1 WICAM2 WICAM3 WICAM4 18 D SELECT CAMERA MICAM1 WICAM2 WICAM3 LICAM4 1 10 v CAM 2 1 10 v CAM 3 1 10 D ua wes een wen 7 Showing CAM1 only A drop down list next to each camera button allows you to move between camera positions o4 3 13 THUMBNAIL Clicking the PROGRAM tab displays the THUMBNAIL pane at the bottom of the screen The THUMBNAIL pane can also be hidden in the sytem menu See section 3 2 System Menu for details THUMBNAIL C1P1 CPs WEIR GIRAS acABba appa alu ulpa R Tta NS NE Tort gt m CR ee ES ae Ro be i al BE E E i mure SWAP THUMBNAIL Pane PREV upper buttons Displays the saved camera position OA lower buttons Displays the camera position thumbnail Allows you to select how many rows of thumbnail buttons to be Number of lines displayed on the page 1 to 4 lines Up to
62. meters with the parameters copied to the clipboard 34 The optimal ORIENTATION P and FIELD OF VIEW values can be calculated in the AUTO ADJUSTMENT pane 6 If the camera or camera position is selected after changing the REAL CAMERA or VR CAMERA settings in RECALL mode the changes will not be saved To save the settings change to STORE mode See section 3 11 VIEW for details 2 CLIP VIDEO pane Allows you to remove the unnecessary area of the video image for chroma keying Setting to 0 1 removes 1096 of the image CLIP VIDEO HORIZONTAL LEFT um RIGHT VERTICAL TOP uwo BOTTOM CLIP VIDEO Pane HORIZONTAL Allows you to remove the left and right areas of the video image VERTICAL at you to remove the top and bottom areas of the video PASTE Overwrites the above parameters with the parameters copied to the clipboard 3 VR CAMERA pane Allows you to set the camera position and orientation of the Brainstorm eStudio virtual camera VR CAMERA POSITION ORIENTATION H 0 000 FIELD OF VIEW T E TRANSITION ET VR CAMERA Pane Allows you to enter the values of the virtual camera position in POSITION the relative value of the real camera position Clicking the RESET button resets the X Y or Z value to O Allows you to enter the values of the virtual camera orientation ORIENTATION in the relative value of the real camera orientation Clicking the RESET button resets the H P or R value to O Allo
63. n VRCAM2 Cont respectively See section 3 8 PIO Settings for details Contrary to VRCAM2 Cont commands must be entered to edit settings in the PIO Settings dialog box instead of dragging and dropping buttons PIO Settings PIO Assignments Number Pin No Col A Input Icon List Items B Output Icon List Items PosSelect Frame Pos13 PIO Settings 4 6 HVS Settings Clicking the HVS Settings button in the Camera Control dialog box displays the HVS Settings dialog box The behavior in the HVS Settings dialog box is the same as that of settings under the HVS gt TALLY ASSIGN tab in VRCAM2 Cont See section 3 9 HVS Settings for details Contrary to VRCAM2 Cont numbers must be entered to edit settings in the HVS Settings dialog box instead of dragging and dropping buttons MB HVS Settings HYS Assignments Number Tally No Col A Camera No Col B Position No Col C XPT No HVS Settings 58 4 7 System Settings Clicking the System Settings button in the Camera Control dialog box displays the System Settings dialog box The behavior of settings in the System Settings dialog box is the same as that of settings in VRCAM2 Cont IL System Settings See section 3 10 HOST Settings See section 3 8 1 PIO SETUP See section 3 9 1 HVS SETUP System Settings 59 5 Using VRCAM2 This section describes necessary preparations before using VRCAM2 5 1 Setup 5 1
64. n and click OK The following steps are for when Camera Switch Plugin for DRS 21 22 41 42HS is selected for System Configuration Ex 2 1 In MBP 12Server choose Plugins Camera Switch Plugin for DRS 21 22 41 42HS If the item is not found in the menu check if the Camera Switch Plugin for DRS 21 22 41 42HS is selected under the CamSwPlugin tab If it does not appear in the menu although the selection has been made under the CamSwPlugin tab restart the MBP 12Server 2 he setting dialog box appears Complete the settings according to the system 3 Click the Serial Port Setting button The SerialPort setting dialog box appears Complete the settings according to the DRS series router to be connected then click OK 4 Last select the Plugin Enable checkbox and then click OK 84 6 4 VRCAM2 Cont Settings 6 4 1 Settings for HANABI Switcher Connection PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO keet Cd Fee Ee TALLY ASSIGN SETUP HVS TYPE HVS 350HS Di v EDIT O USE AUX C SHOW INFO COM SETTINGS LAN SETTINGS PORT 4 s OPEN v ON LOAD OPEN XPT CONTROL ENABLE C ON LOAD ENABLE BAUDRATE MU ADDRESS 192 168 100 10 BYTE SIZE c NENNEN STOP BITS CONTROL BUS M E BUS XPT NO MODE VR XPT DEFAULT APPLY SETUP 1 Load a program in the SELECT LIBRARIES dialog box 2 Checking the EDIT checkbox under the HVS SETUP tab enables the settings under the SETUP pane 3 Select a HANABI switcher from the HVS T
65. ngs NON LINK Hides all settings except HVS TYPE and EDIT If an HVS 300HS or HVS 350HS is used HVS TYPE HVS 300HS S50HS select HVS 300HS 350HS If an HVS series switcher other than the Other HVS HVS 300HS or HVS 350HS is used select Other HVS If an HVS series switcher is used for camera switching when Virtual USE AUX Link is performed check the USE AUX checkbox If VRCAMe is directly controlling a DRS series router for camera switching uncheck this checkbox A data analysis system that displays the VRCAM2 internal SHOW INFO processing information in Command Prompt when Brainstorm eStudio is started It is recommended to turn off this checkbox since it is not used during normal operation There is no HVS series switcher that currently supports Other HVS 47 COM SETTINGS Pane PORT Allows you to set the port number for serial communication with the HANABI series switcher Allows you to open and close the port If the OPEN button is pressed when communication is not possible SKS the OPEN button turns yellow If communication is possible the OPEN button turns green For a program saved using SAVE IPF while the ON LOAD OPEN ON LOAD OPEN checkbox is checked the port will automatically open the next time the program is loaded Allows you to select the baudrate from 9600 14400 19200 38400 BAUDRATE 57600 or 115200 The default setting is 38400 Allows you to select the packet size from 7 or 8 BYTE
66. nt to the HANABI input ports CG IN and DL IN Allows you to assign camera signal output to CG Component to the HANABI AUX OUT port In the example in this section settings are set as below ADVANCED GENERAL Menu The LAN CNT menu is available on the HVS 350HS only and will not be displayed on the HVS 300HS ADVANCED VR XPT Menu NO ENABLE DUMY X CAMERA 1 2 VROl zON z N01 I NOI NO LSBLEG X TALLY VR01 CG Vus o we we me B 80 For the HVS 300HS up to eight crosspoints can be assigned For the HVS 350HS up to 16 crosspoints can be assigned In the example in this section eight VR buttons are assigned ADVANCED CG COMPONENT Menu ON sl zVRI1 1 SHARED 2 3 ABUS zNON N04 BLK AUX1 System Configuration Ex 1 when AUX is used System Configuration Ex 2 when a DRS series router is used FIX ME The DELAY and AUX OUT settings under the CG COMPONENT menu differ for System Configuration Examples 1 and 2 as shown above In addition if TYPE is changed bus selection in VRCAM2 must also be changed See section 6 4 2 VR XPT Settings for details CG COMP 1 F X ME PGM To virtualy link a VRCAM2 and HANABI switcher select any of the following four settings e FIX ME PGM The composited image is output when VR XPT is selected on the M E PGM bus FIX ME PST The composited image is output when VR XPT is selected on the M E PST bus FIX
67. nter the measured camera coordinate in POSITION 2 4 Enter the measured camera orientation in ORIENTATION 3 If the camera orientation is along the Y axis enter 0 O 0 5 Enter the camera field of view in a range of about 30 to 50 in FIELD OF VIEW Next calculate the optimal FIELD OF VIEW and ORIENTATION P values using the measured values as described below 6 Check the SHOW TARGET MODEL checkbox 5 7 Enter the height of the person in SIZE 8 If the real camera is focused on a person s upper body enter the height that is out of camera view from foot to upper body in OFFSET 0 9 While viewing the output image enter the values to align the yellow markers of the target model to the top and bottom of the person in a range of 0 5 to 0 5 in POSITION 8 10 Click the OPTIMAL CALCULATE button The ORIENTATION P and FIELD OF VIEW optimal values of the real camera are automatically calculated Since changes made are not yet saved switching a camera at this point will clear the values entered into the REAL CAMERA pane 11 After the REAL CAMERA values are determined click the STORE button 40 to enter STORE mode the STORE button lights up Select a camera you wish to save settings for CAM in the example above from SELECT CAMERA 4D 12 After settings are saved you will be returned to RECALL mode the STORE button turns off 13 If there are multiple cameras select a camera in SELECT CAMERA and repea
68. o file and set the loop count and volume Allows you to set the area of the mask objects when sensor is Ess used If the layer of objects in the virtual set does not appear as you expect changing the rendering order by checking the ENABLE BIN ORDER checkbox then changing the value may solve the problem You can also change the rendering order to correct the appearance of translucent parts of objects The bin order for the video wall is set at 100 as default If the camera image and virtual set image are not layered as you expect checking the ENABLE BIN ORDER checkbox then setting the bin order for the object to a number larger than 101 may solve the problem EDIT POS COLOR TEXTURE TEXT VIEW SOUND MASK IN EFFECT OUT EFFECT I Se ee EEN KH MEIN MEIN 2 MEIN 3 IN EFFECT 1 Z w GC IN EFFECT 2 IN EFFECT 3 IN EFFECT 4 IN EFFEGT 5 A D Ya H IN EFFECT 6 IN EFFECT 7 IN EFFECT 8 IN ERREGI 9 EDIT Pane IN EFFECT Tab EDIT POS COLOR TEXTURE TEXT VIEW SOUND MASK IN EFFECT OUT EFFECT RRS EES RE E SE ME EIERE ME EIERE MC OUT 3 OUT EFFECT 1 ZEE C OUT EFFECT GIE NE AN OUT EFFECT 5 W OUT EFFECT 7 W OUT EFFECT 5 OUT EFFECT 4 OUT EFFECT 4 OUT EFFECT 5 EDIT Pane OUT EFFECT Tab 30 IN EFFECT and OUT EFFECT Tabs Allows you to excecute IN EFFECT of the VRCAM2 camera MG IN1 MC INS image Three types of effects are available Allows you to excecute IN EFFECT of the object selected in the DBS list
69. oughly to ensure you understand the product After reading it is important to keep this manual in a safe place and available for reference 2 setup 2 1 Installing VRCAM2 This section describes how to install the dongle driver Microsoft Visual C 2008 Runtime Windows Installer 3 1 NET Framework 3 5 SP1 and VRCAM on the computer If different computers are used for playout and control NET Framework 3 5 SP1 must also be installed on the control PC In addition if the operating system is Windows 7 there is no need to install Windows Installer 3 1 and NET Framework 3 5 SP1 for both playout and control 2 1 1 Installing Dongle Driver 1 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive and double click License SSDI751 exe in Windows Explorer to run the wizard A User account confirmation dialog box may appear in Windows7 If one appears click Yes to continue the installation Click Next Select accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next Select Complete and click Next Click Install to start the installation After the installation is complete click Finish Plug the license dongle into the USB port If plugging the dongle in blocks the USB device connected to the adjacent port use the supplied extension cord When you first plug the dongle in the screen as shown below is displayed Select No not this time and click Next 8 Select Install the software automatically Recommended and click Next
70. paid to the Company 1 User waives the license 2 User destroys or loses the software package and prevents the Company from being able to confirm its existence c After termination of this agreement User may not use the Product in any way or form 7 Ownership The Company and its program licensors retain all rights including copyright and intellectual property rights to the Product User may not modify any program included in this software nor disassemble decompile or reverse engineer a program to analyze its source code 8 Others This agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with copyright laws and treaties in Japan and by laws and international treaties relating to intangible property rights User must comply with all copyright laws and applicable laws and regulations when using the Product 9 Jurisdiction Any dispute relating to the Agreement shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court 10 Support If the Company discovers a flaw in the software or revises a program within one year after User receives the software the Company will provide information regarding the flaw or revision or a revised program to User free of cost VS FlexGrid Pro 8 0J Copyright C 2001 2007 ComponentOne LLC Upon Receipt Unpacking VRCAM2 Sensorless Virtual Studio System and their accessories are fully inspected and adjusted prior to shipment Operation can be performed immediately upon completing all re
71. played in the lower right of the screen VDCP SETTINGS Allows you to set serial communication settings between the VRCAM2 processor and MBP 100SX MBP 110SX or MBP 100PD separate purchase Checking the CONTROL ENABLE checkbox enables the VIDEO CONTROL button in the PROGRAM pane The saved video files can be controlled See section 3 5 7 VIDEO CONTROL for details MBP VDCP PATH Allows you to specify the directory to save video files CONTROL ENABLE Allows you to set the port number for serial communication to the EENS MBP series unit Allows you to open and close the port If the OPEN button is pressed when communication is not ME possible the OPEN button turns yellow If communication is possible the OPEN button turns green PREFERENCES Allows you to select the language used in VRCAM2 Cont For some menus the language setting will not be applied until VRCAM2 Cont is restarted Enabling DEFOCUS lowers the rendering performance If rendering is not being done in real time disable DEFOCUS CONTROL 3 11 VIEW Clicking the CAM PARAMS or CAM MOTION tab displays the VIEW pane at the bottom of the Screen VR CAMERA D MOUSE CAM REAL CAM VR CAM 2 eme 3 EN 5 VIEW Pane D Camera mode MOUSE CAM and REAL CAM are used for adjustments For normal operation select VR CAM Description Displays the mouse camera view in the GFX window on the MOUSE CAM VRCAM2e processor Dragging the mouse allo
72. put OFF Add Command for Pio Output PULSE Add Command for Initialize Pio Free Out 3 he following four command menus appear Each pin can be selected only if Free Function is assigned under the PIO OUTPUT ASSIGN tab If Free Function is assigned to the pin External Function Free appears under COMMAND STRING under the PIO OUTPUT ASSIGN tab Event Name Add Command for Pio Output ON Enables output of the selected pin Add Command for Pio Output OFF Disables output of the selected pin p Enables and then disables output of the selected pin The Add Command D ER time interval between On and Off is approximately 100 Output PULSE eae Add Command for aus oo Pio Free Our Disables all pins to which Free Function is assigned 45 Method 2 Assignment through EDIT VIRTUAL SET 1 Click EDIT VIRTUAL SET in the PROGRAM pane to open the EDIT VIRTUAL SET dialog box gt EDIT VIRTUAL SET gaze ini xi FOLDER ACTION LIST CamSelect PosSelect NN CamMove lt PioConfig Icon X jure lie SCENE CHG 2 Select vrcam2 from the DBS drop down list D 3 Click the EVENT button to display FOLDER ACTION LIST 4 Under the tree in FOLDER ACTION LIST expand PioConfig 3 5 Click an item under PioConfig gt PioOut Pin 96 denotes the pin number to control Each pin has the following three events Enables output of the selected pin Off Disables output of the sele
73. quired connections and operational settings Check your received items against the packing lists below ITEM REMARKS Both VRCAM2 Proc and VRCAM2 Cont are CD ROM 1 included on the same CD ROM Operation manual PDF One each for VRCAM2 Proc and VRCAM2 Cont Check Check to ensure no damage has occurred during shipment If damage has occurred or items are missing inform your supplier immediately Table of Contents FARTO kcal a o eR T T E 7 IUe erst dee 7 Te Tre At IN CS EE EET 7 E ADOUE ENIS Manual sssr 8 e EE 9 2 Ee E Mee We KEE 9 2 Tet Instalindgebondie DTIVOE EE 9 2 1 2 Installing Windows Installer 31 9 2 153 InstaligsNET Framework 9 5 OP T 222 ptt tte hahet ebot han ERO o eoe Ren apa FEE ATOT ARR 9 2 1 4 Installing Microsoft Visual C 2008 Runtme 10 2 1 5 Installing VRCAM2 Cont Control PC On 10 2 1 6 Installing VRCAM2 Proc VRCAM2 Processor Onhv 10 2 2 Slanting anc Exiting olas cem 11 2 2 1 Starting VRHOAM OP LUIGI BET 11 2 2 2 Lag VRCAMZ e EE 11 2 2 9 oltdr mgBrairstorm eS tUd EE oe e Gnas nese eege deles entis 11 2 2 4 Loading eLibrary EE 11 2 2 5 Exiting Brainstorm eSldlO oc hec he ha a he he RE A 11 22 O E XUNG VRCAMZ CONT EE 12 3 Windows and RE eh ie ET 13 SENNIN ON a 13 oom OVS OMN MEDU EE 14 3 9 DISaDINO dn EE 17 94 e tee WE LEE 17 PROGRA M S uie ME MMC EL LE 18 9 9 T M alpr VITIO EE 18 CS AMI Bim dB EE 19 9 539 RLAYLIS PP aNG us etate a EE DEE 20 SUA LEAT I UD ENDE 23 9
74. r DRS control signal Signal that controls DRS through MBP 12Server The steps in this section describe how to assign the following VRCAM2 camera positions to HANABI switcher ME PGM buttons 1 to 8 If HANABI Virtual Link is used camera positions are switched through the HANABI switcher and camera positions that are not assigned to HANABI Virtual Link cannot be switched 18 6 1 HANABI Settings This section briefly describes how to set HANABI Virtual Link settings for VRCAM2 For detailed instructions see the applicable HANABI manuals 6 1 1 Ethernet Settings Under the SETUP SYSTEM ETHERNET menu verify that IP address and netmask are properly set The IP address should be the same as the MU ADDRESS setting in the LAN SETTING pane under the HVS gt SETUP tab in VRCAM2 Cont SYSTEM P ADDRESS 1 4 ETHERNET 192 168 100 010 UU SYSTEM NET MASK 2 4 ETHERNET 2255 255 255 000 Kl 6 1 2 Camera Tally Signal Port Settings HVS 350HS Only The HVS 300HS sends serial tallies through the editor port and the HVS 350HS sends serial talies through the RS 422 port In the example in this section Port3 is used for the HVS 350HS The settings should be set as below under the SETUP SYSTEM RS 422 menu HVS 300HS SETUP EXT I F RS 422 EXT I F SELECT FUNC BAUND PARITY 1 1 R5 422 EDITOR VTALY 38400 ODD HVS 350HS SETUP SYSTEM RS 422 SYSTEM SELECT FUNC
75. rmat 14 File Forma The DIRECT PLAYLIST and TEXT pane settings under PROGRAM prg2 are saved See section 3 5 PROGRAM Note that the OA NEXT selection status in the playlist is not saved EI The CAM PARAMS see section 3 6 ADJUST CAMERA and CAM MOTION see section 3 7 MOTION PATH settings are saved The settings included in prg2 file and cam2 file are both saved The VRCAM file format The VRCAM file format vc The VRCAM file format IMPORTANT If the VRCAM data is loaded into VRCAM2 part of the data may be converted Before using the data loaded from VRCAM check its content Clicking the LOAD button displays the Open dialog box Selecting a file and clicking Open loads the file If you load a prg2 or vrc2 file that differs from the currently opened program a confirmation message for changing the library appears Clicking Yes changes the library and applies the loaded data Clicking No applies the loaded data without changing the library Clicking Cancel cancels loading data e SEL CAM v THUMBNAIL PROGRAM W DIRECT PLAYLIST e TEXT DIRECT k in J VRCAM2GUI ex E3 Name M Date modified E Type images 3 29 2011 8 14PM File folder SELECT CAMERA WICAM1 WICAM2 CAM 1 1 8 File name Flesoftype vaca20w2 z THUMBNAIL C1 P1 C1 P2 C1 P3 C1 P4 C1P5 C1 P6 C1 P7 C1P8 me B SWAP 2 SAVE IPF Left clicking the SAVE IPF button saves the Brainstorm eStudio data to
76. s and Dialog Boxes 3 1 Main Window After VRCAM2 Cont is started the screen as below appears The VRCAM2 Cont main window consists of four panes gt VRCAM2 Cont ver 1 2 0 Mazen ini x D System menu MSELCAM THUMBNAIL SSS PROGRAM CAMPARAMS CAM MOTION PROGRAM Y DIRECT MPLAYLIST WTEXT SELECT LIBRARIES _ EDIT VIRTUAL SET DIRECT TEXT uP 2 Setting area SELECT CAMERA MICAM1 WICAM2 WICAM3 MICAM4 SELECT CAMERA EAM 1 P CAM PES CAM 18 CAM4 NER pane 1 5 THUMBNAIL THUMBNAIL oy epe eme CT GP Ci P6 pw C1 P8 1Line pane SWAP Main Window CD System menu Allows you to show and hide the SELECT CAMERA pane and THUMBNAIL pane select the VRCAM 2 processor and save and load settings 2 Setting area The tabs at the top allow you to select a category and view the corresponding screen After the VRCAM2 Cont is started the PROGRAM tab will be selected 8 SELECT CAMERA pane Allows you to switch between the virtual cameras and positions 4 THUMBNAIL pane Allows you to assign virtual cameras and positions to the PREV buttons upper buttons and thumbnails to the OA buttons lower buttons 13 3 2 System Menu System menu allows you to show and hide the SELECT CAMERA pane and THUMBNAIL pane select the VRCAM2 processor and save and load settings D Show hide 2 VRCAM2 processor selection 3 Save and load data v SEL CAM v THUMBNAIL fr m LOAD SAVE SAVE IPF System Menu D Show hide Allows yo
77. save multiple tasks as a group so that they can be Insert Group Item executed in one take Clicking the arrow button next to the group name displays the group name only Import CSV Allows you to load text from the selected CSV file E Changing ltem Order There are two ways to change the item order Changing Item Order Using UP and DOWN Buttons Clicking the UP or DOWN button while an item is selected moves the item one position up or down If a green highlited group name is selected the whole group can be moved Items cannot be move into or out of a group using the UP or DOWN buttons Changing ltem Order by Dragging Items To move an item out of a group drag the item using the left mouse button When dragging an item a blue horizontal line that indicates the insertion position will appear between items into where the item will be dropped While dragging an item the TEXT pane cannot be scrolled B Group Group is a useful function to execute multiple items in one take Note the following usage details Only items under the lowest level are executed sequentially For example if Group 2 is created inside Group 1 the items in Group 1 will not be executed sequentially If no group is saved in the list all items are considered to be under the lowest group and therefore are executed sequentially To avoid doing so create at least one group with an item A Group item in the TEXT pane can be added by dragging and dropping into the PLAY
78. set lte Target pe top 20 40000 bottom 04000 Optimal Values Camera Parameters 56 4 3 Camera Motion Clicking the Camera Motion button in the Camera Control dialog box displays the Camera Motion dialog box The behavior in the Camera Motion dialog box is the same as the MOTION PATH pane in the VRCAM2 Cont See section 3 7 MOTION PATH for details Mi Camera Motion ial x Camera No a _ Show Path Show Camera Default Values Transition BI Number orkeytames 1 inser aaa enn cua Keyframe Selection Selected KeyFrame Camera Position x s 1 50000 y 9 0000 SES Camera Orientation x BE y s 11 210 z 0 00000 Camera FOV BEE Distance qu ow men mmm ham uc Strength 0 00000 Aperture 0 00000 Preview Enable Transition Bitche Fr Camera Motion 4 4 MC Effect Clicking the MC Effect button in the Camera Control dialog box displays the MC Effect dialog box The behavior of buttons in the MC Effect dialog box is the same as those of MC IN and MC OUT under the IN EFFECT and OUT EFFECT tabs in the EDIT VIRTUAL SET dialog box in VRCAM2 Cont Mc Effect MC IN1 MC IN2 MC IN3 MC OUTI MC OUT2 MC OUTS MC Effect 57 4 5 PIO Settings Clicking the PIO Settings button in the Camera Control dialog box displays the PIO Settings dialog box Columns A and B correspond to the PIO INPUT ASSIGN and PIO PIO OUTPUT ASSIGN tabs i
79. stallation 3 After the installation is complete click Exit 2 1 5 Installing VRCAM2 Cont Control PC Only 1 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on the control PC and double click SetupVrcam2Cont msi from My Computer in Windows Explorer to run the wizard 2 Click NEXT three times consecutively when it appears on the respective pages 3 After the installation is complete click Close 2 1 6 Installing VRCAM2 Proc VRCAM2 Processor Only 1 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on the VRCAM2 Processor and double click SetupVrcam2Proc msi from My Computer in Windows Explorer to run the wizard 2 Click NEXT two times consecutively when it appears on the respective pages 3 After the installation is complete click Close 10 2 2 Starting and Exiting Application 2 2 1 Starting VRCAM2 Launch VRCAM2 Launch automatically starts when the VRCAM2 processor is started If the icon of VRCAM2 Launch does not appear on the taskbar on the VRCAM2 processor double click VrCam2Launch on the desktop 2 2 2 Starting VRCAM2 Cont Make sure that the icon of VRCAM2 Launch is displayed on the taskbar on the VRCAM2 processor On the desktop of the control ae PC double click VrCam2GuUI to start VRCAM2 Cont If the same computer is used for playout and control start VRCAM2 Cont on the same computer in which VRCAM2 Launch is installed WrGameaGLll 2 2 3 Starting Brainstorm eStudio VRCAM2 automa
80. t steps 1 to 12 14 Uncheck the SHOW TARGET MODEL checkbox 5 63 5 2 5 CLIP VIDEO The example in this section describes how to remove the unnecessary blue screen area of a real camera image Before setting CLIP VIDEO settings first select REAL CAM in VIEW and CAM1 in SELECT CAMERA CLIP VIDEO HORIZONTAL LEFT um B RIGHT VERTICAL TOP T MEE BOTTOM 1 Select the CAM PARAMS tab 2 CLIP VIDEO allows you to remove the unnecessary blue screen green screen area of the camera image while viewing the output image Ex any CLIP VIDEO setting that is set to 0 1 removes 10 of the image from the edge Since changes made are not yet saved switching a camera at this point will clear the values entered into the CLIP VIDEO pane 3 After the CLIP VIDEO values are determined click the STORE button 40 in 5 2 4 to enter STORE mode the STORE button lights up Select a camera you wish to save settings for CAM in the example in 5 2 4 from SELECT CAMERA Q in 5 2 4 4 After the settings are saved you will be returned to RECALL mode the STORE button turns off 5 If there are multiple cameras select a camera in SELECT CAMERA and repeat step 1 The CLIP VIDEO settings are not necessary for the camera that the ENABLE SENSOR checkbox in ADJUST CAMERA is checked In this case the clip setting is not applied even if the value is changed 64 5 2 6 VR CAMERA The example in this section describes how to set the virt
81. ters the position values where the camera image is displayed 0 0 will be entered in X and Y and a value of 0 1 10 cm substracted from the HEIGHT SIZE value in the AUTO ADJUSTMENT pane will be entered in Z Allows you to set the position that the image comes into focus with DISTANCE the value of distance from the virtual camera The DISTANCE setting is available in DISTANCE mode only In POINT and DISTANCE modes Allows you to set the camera aperture f number The larger the size the wider the area that will come into focus In DIRECT mode Allows you to specify the area that will come into focus distance from the focus position Allows you to set the defocus value The larger the value the more SIRENGTH defocused an image will be If set to 0 no defocus will be applied APERTURE 40 4 PREVIEW pane Allows you to preview the transition of the motion path set in the MOTION PATH pane PREVIEW CIENABLE TRANSITION ff PREVIEW Pane ENABLE Select this checkbox for previewing the motion of the virtual camera TRANSITION The appearance of the camera changes according to the slider position 41 3 8 PIO Settings Clicking the PIO tab displays the PIO setting screen The PIO setting screen consists of INPUT ASSIGN OUTPUT ASSIGN and SETUP 3 8 1 PIO SETUP The SETUP page allows you to set the general setting to use PIO PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO SETUP See ery oe eee ree ey
82. the ENABLE VRCAM checkbox 4 VR CAMERA pad Changing VR CAMERA parameters using the left mouse button and mouse wheel on the VR CAMERA pad is more intuitive than entering numeric values To change parameters using the VR CAMERA pad select the VR CAM camera mode CU LOCK Disables parameter changes via mouse It is recommended that this button is selected during normal operation to prevent accidental changes Allows you to change VR CAMERA ORIENTATION X and Z under the CAM PARAMS tab and rotate the camera up down left and right by dragging the left mouse button on the VR CAMERA pad Allows you to change VR CAMERA FIELD OF VIEW under the CAM PARAMS tab and change the field angle by moving the mouse wheel on the VR CAMERA pad Allows you to change VR CAMERA POSITION X and Z under the CAM PARAMS tab and move the camera up down left and right by dragging POS the left mouse button on the VR CAMERA pad Allows you to change VR CAMERA POSITION Y under the CAM PARAMS tab and move the camera forward and backward by moving the mouse wheel on the VR CAMERA pad 52 5 GFX Allows you to change the mouse camera position using the left mouse button and mouse wheel To move the mouse camera using the GFX pad select the MOUSE CAM camera mode C Allows you to rotate the viewpoint of the mouse camera by dragging the left mouse button on the GFX pad Allows you to move the viewpoint of the mouse camera forward and bac
83. the VRCAM2 processor It overwrites the selected program with the current settings To load the saved program data select a program in SELECT LIBRARIES See section 3 5 5 SELECT LIBRARIES Right clicking the SAVE IPF button and choosing Disable Save Ipf disables the button Selecting Enable Save Ipf enables the button 15 The following VRCAM2 Cont settings are not saved to a file Which one of PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO HVS and SETUP is selected Which one of MOUSE CAM REAL CAM and VR CAM is selected Which one of LOCK POS and ORT is selected Which one of HPR and PTZ is selected Which camera Cam1 Camw4 is selected Which camera position 1 32 is selected Which thumbnail button is selected OA NEXT status in the playlist Mouse camera settings adjusted in GFX 16 3 3 Disabling Settings To prevent accidental changes you can disable some settings Disabled Settings Right clicking the CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO HVS or SETUP button and choosing Disable Change Parameters disables settings Choosing Enable Change Parameters from the right click menu enables the settings again CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO Enable Change Parameters Disable Change Parameters General settings The following settings will be disabled ADJUST CAMERA under CAM PARAMS MOTION PATH under CAM MOTION VR CAMERA and STORE in VIEW PIO HVS SETUP Right clicking the SAVE IPF button and choosin
84. tically starts Brainstorm eStudio There is no need to start VRCAM2 manually 2 2 4 Loading eLibrary VRCAM2 automatically loads eLibrary There is no need to load eLibrary manually 2 2 5 Exiting Brainstorm eStudio VRCAM2 automatically closes Brainstorm eStudio Normally there is no need to close Brainstorm eStudio manually To manually close Brainstorm eStudio click the X button in the upper right corner of the GFX window on the VRCAM2 processor lll Brainstorm eStudioPreparation 11 39 21179 release XD as Administrator pipe i PT 1 xi Click 2 2 6 Exiting VRCAM2 Cont Click the button in the upper right corner of the VRCAM2 Cont main window to exit VRCAM2 Cont Click O MAAN Cond ver 120 1 sl SEL CAM THUMIBAAIL ol GA PROGRAM CAM PARAMS CAM MOTION PIO dei SETUP RN RE WEN B GG 0 t4 Pe HDIRECT zJPLAYLIST EJTEXI E E E DIRECT DCN TEXT Ta DEBA TFILIESRAJI CAMERA CONNU IEXT TEXT LOM ALL TION LINK a SELECT CAMERA H cami H cami xjcaM3 FICAM 4d CERE CAM2 79 g 2 THUMPBNAII C1P1 C1P2 C1P3 C1P4 C1P5 C1P6 CIPT KUER D SWAP Main Window If Brainstorm eStudio is running on the VRCAM2 processor exiting VRCAM2 Cont displays the following dialog box Click Yes to exit both VRCAM2 Cont and Brainstorm eStudio Click No to exit VRCAM2 Cont without exiting Brainstorm eStudio Click Cancel to cancel exiting VRCAM2 Cont VRCAM2 Cont X 12 3 Window
85. tudio lt telop1 gt text2 TEXTURI TEXTURE CG 1 lt telop1 gt text3 lt telop1 gt InOut3 FILE ROWSE DISPLACL X 0 000 np STRING lFONTLIS OON TROL TRANSITION SCENE CHG Ox Draging an item in the list using the left mouse button allows you to change the order Clicking the heading TEXT in the list and pressing the F2 key allows you to edit the label Changes will be applied when TAKE is performed and the text in the STRING in the TEXT pane in EDIT VIRTUAL SET will be updated If TAKE is performed for text with no linked event the text will still be updated 23 The OA item in the TEXT pane will be highlighted red and the NEXT item highlighted green Items that will be sequentially executed with the next take will all be highlighted green The following three buttons are available for the created TEXT TAKE Plays the current NEXT item in the TEXT pane and sets the next item as the NEXT item SKIP Skips the current NEXT item in the TEXT pane and sets the next item as the NEXT item Sets the top item in the TEXT pane as the NEXT item These three buttons can be added by dragging and dropping into PLAYLIST using the left mouse button By doing this text can be output with intended timing through PLAYLIST E Menu The following right click menus are available for the text in the list Right Click Menu Removes the selected item from the TEXT pane Removes all items from the TEXT pane Allows you to
86. u to show and hide the SELECT CAMERA pane and THUMBNAIL pane The pane that can be shown and hidden on each page differs as below CAM CAM SEOM 7 v EM eege 2 VRCAM2 processor selection Allows you to select the VRCAM2 processor to be controlled through VRCAM2 Cont The top item OA or OA PREV should be selected as standard To view and change the VRCAM2 processor settings select the SETUP tab See section 3 10 HOST Settings IMPORTANT If a single VRCAM2 processor is selected when two VRCAM2 processors are selected OA PREV mode HANABI Virtual Link will not be available H HANABI Virtual Link is used set PORT to CLOSE and XPT CONTROL to DISABLE See section 3 9 1 HVS SETUP for details 3 Save and load settings VRCAM2 Cont have two save options SAVE and SAVE IPF Save Option Saves the VRCAM2 settings to a file Once the camera settings are SAVE saved to a file they can be used for other scenes To load the settings click LOAD Saves the program data Loading the saved program data recovers the settings to the last time it was saved Use this option after creating SAVE IPF program data in VRCAM2 Cont The thumbnail images in DIRECT PLAYLIST and THUMBNAIL are saved with the SAVE IPF button only 1 SAVE and LOAD Clicking the SAVE button displays the Save As dialog box Selecting the file format enter the file name and clicking OK saves the settings with the selected file fo
87. ual camera settings Before setting VR CAMERA settings first select VR CAM in VIEW and CAM1 in SELECT CAMERA VR CAMERA POSITION X 0 000 i 12 000 2 000 RESET ORIENTATION H 0 000 m P 8 000 E 0 000 RESET FIELD OF VIEW 0 000 RESET TRANSITION 1 000 B VIEW MOUSE CAM REAL CAM VR CAM SIORE HENABLE VRCAM SELECT CAMERA GICAM 1 KAM2 EAM LEAM 4 CAM 1 DE B CAM 2 Select the CAM PARAMS tab While viewing the output image specify the position of the virtual camera in POSITION CD 3 Specify the orientation of the virtual camera in ORIENTATION 4 5 Enter the transition duration in seconds to the right of TRANSITION Set the field of view of the virtual camera in FIELD OF VIEW Since changes made are not yet saved switching a camera at this point will clear the values entered into the VR CAMERA pane 6 8 9 After the VR CAMERA values are determined click the STORE button to enter STORE mode the STORE button lights up Select a camera you wish to save settings for CAM1POS in the example above from SELECT CAMERA After the settings are saved you will be returned to RECALL mode the STORE button turns off Repeat steps 2 to 7 for all necessary positions If there are multiple cameras select a camera in SELECT CAMERA and repeat steps 1 to 8 10 Click camara position buttons in SELECT CAMERA to check the appearance of the image If the legs of the person
88. wer the rendering performance 68 5 3 Switching Between Cameras This section describes how to switch between cameras and camera positions 5 3 1 Switching Through VRCAM2 Cont OA Only SELECT CAMERA in VRCAM2 Cont allows you to switch between OA cameras and camera positions SELECT CAMERA WICAM1 WICAM2 MICAM3 WICAM4 2 9 SELECT CAMERA 1 To switch to Camera 1 click CAM1 CD The output image will change via a cut transition 2 To change the position of Camera 1 click a desired camera position button 1 32 below CAM The transition of the output image will be animated 3 To change the position of Camera 2 while Camera 1 is selected click a desired camera position button 1 32 below CAM2 In this case the appearance of the output image will not change 4 To change to Camera 2 click CAM2 The output image will change via a cut transition 5 The method for switching between Camera 3 and Camera 4 is the same Up to four virtual cameras can be set in VRCAM2 and 32 camera positions can be set per camera However the number of positions that can be shown at the same time is only 32 Set the number of cameras and positions to show using the checkboxes 6 and drop down list respectively according to the program 69 5 3 2 Switching Through VRCAM2 Cont OA PREV SELECT CAMERA or THUMBNAIL in VRCAM2 Cont allows you to switch between OA and PREV cameras and camera positions To use OA PREV mod
89. will change via a cut transition 8 To change the image on OA to Camera 2 click SWAP 5 in THUMBNAIL The output image will change via a cut transition 9 The method for switching between Camera 3 and Camera 4 is the same 70 Using THUMBNAIL THUMBNAIL C1P1 UE bCiP3 L614 CIPD LCIR6 LEIP Wikia B Ses KEL bu Pu ies SE Su 4 THUMBNAIL 1 In THUMBNAIL you can select the number of rows to display from 1 through 4 Lines CU Eight thumbnails are displayed on each row and 32 thumbnails can be displayed at most 2 In THUMBNAIL the camera buttons and camera position buttons selected for OA output will be displayed in red and those for PREV output will be displayed in green 3 To change the image on PREV to Camera Position2 click C1 P2 25 The output image on PREV will change via a cut transition 4 In THUMBNAIL the camera and camera position for OA output can be switched directly To change the image on OA to Camera 1 Position 5 click Gm The transition of the output image will be animated 5 To swap PREV and OA click SWAP The image on PREV will change via a cut transition If the cameras for PREV and OA are the same the transition of the output image on OA will be animated If the cameras are different the image on OA will change via a cut transition IMPORTANT Note that in OA PREV mode Camera Parameters settings See section 4 2 Camera Parameters must be the same for both OA and
90. ws you to chang the point of view It is useful to set the camera position and motion path Displays the real camera view in the GFX window on the REAL CAM VRCAM2 processor It is useful to set settings in the ADJUST CAMERA pane VR CAM Displays the virtual camera view in the GFX window on the VRCAM2 processor 51 2 STORE button Allows you to switch between RECALL and STORE mode The button turns red in STORE mode and turns brown in RECALL mode RECALL mode EE you to recall values saved to the selected camera and Allows you to overwrite the selected camera and position EE values with the current values 1 Change the REAL CAMERA and VR CAMERA values 2 Click the STORE button The button turns red to indicate that you have entered STORE mode In STORE mode click a camera button The changed REAL CAMERA value is saved to the camera In STORE mode click a position button The changed VR CAMERA value is saved to the selected position button After completing steps 3 and 4 you will be returned to RECALL mode To save the changed values to multiple cameras or positions repeat steps 2 through 4 CO IN O1 If a camera or position is changed in RECALL mode after changing the REAL CAMERA or VR CAMERA values the changed values will not be saved 3 ENABLE VRCAM checkbox If the ENABLE VRCAM checkbox is unchecked the camera image will disappear and only the virtual set will be displayed For normal operation check
91. ws you to enter the values of the field of view of the virtual FIELD OF VIEW camera in the relative value of the field of view of the real camera Clicking the RESET button resets the value to O TRANSITION Sets the motion duration of the virtual camera in seconds PASTE Overwrites the above parameters with the parameters copied to the clipboard If the camera or camera position is selected after changing the REAL CAMERA or VR CAMERA settings in RECALL mode the changes will not be saved To save the settings change to STORE mode See section 3 11 VIEW for details 35 4 DEFOCUS pane Allows you to set defocus settings To enable the defocus settings check the DEFOCUS CONTROL checkbox under the SETUP tab DEFOCUS MODE POINT DISTANCE DIRECT POSITION X KO EARCH R APERTURE ar M STRENGTH T E DEFOCUS Pane MODE Allows you to select from POINT DISTANCE and DIRECT modes Allows you to set the position that the image comes into focus in coordinates The POSITION settings are available in POINT mode only POSITION Clicking the MC button enters the position values where the camera image is displayed 0 0 will be entered in X and Y and a value of 0 1 10 cm substracted from the HEIGHT SIZE value in the AUTO ADJUSTMENT pane will be entered in Z Allows you to set the position that the image comes into focus with the DISTANCE value of distance from the virtual camera The DISTANCE setting is available
92. y Noise may appear on the output image when setting a thumbnail to a command button 19 3 5 3 PLAYLIST Pane To create a playlist left click on a button to drag and drop one of the buttons shown in the below table into PLAYLIST using the left mouse button Pressing the F2 key while selecting an item in the playlist allows you to enter comments under CAMERA and COMMAND Thumbnails and comments help operators during scene takes Up to 64 items including the green highlighted items with the group name displayed can be added to the playlist CG Change Buttons That Can Be Added to the PLAYLIST Pane CAM through CAM4 buttons SELECT CAMERA CAM1 through CAM4 position buttons 1 to 32 pane To change a camera and its position simultaneously for example switching to CAM2POSA the camera and position must be changed in one take In such case Group can be used Buttons in the CONTROL pane EVENT POSITION COLOR TEXTURE TEXT VIEW STOP PAUSE PLAY SOUND EDIT Galea tox VOLUME SCENE CHG MC IN through MC IN3 MC OUT H through MC OUT3 IN EFFECT1 through IN EFFECT9 OUT EFFECT1 through OUT EFFECT buttons DIRECT pane Command buttons placed in the DIRECT pane TEXT pane The TAKE SKIP TOP buttons and Group item in the list The OA item in the playlist will be highlighted red and the NEXT item highlighted green The items that will be sequentially executed with the next take will all be highlighted green Press the Pa
93. ylist control commands can be copied 4 If the button on the switch box connected to the pin shown in PIN NO under the PIO gt INPUT ASSIGN tab is pressed the corresponding item under COMMAND STRING will be executed 5 If an item under COMMAND STRING under PIO gt OUTPUT ASSIGN tab is executed a GPI tally of correspoinding pin number will be output to the connected switch box CAMERA Drag and drop Assigns a camera only e g CAM1 Assigns a camera and camera position Drag and drop e g CAM1POS1 POSITION Drag and drop while pressing the key Assigns a camera position only e g POS1 Enter a path to z DBS Name lcon to assign the icon stored in the custom folder in Brainstorm eStudio Choose TAKE SKIP BACK or TOP from the right click menu shown under the PIO INPUT Right click menu ASSIGN or PIO OUTPUT ASSIGN tab END is available under the PIO OUPUT ASSIGN tab only 72 5 3 4 Controlling Playlist Through the Numeric Keypad You can also control Playlist from a switch box or the numeric keypad See section 3 5 9 PLAYLIST Pane for details on PLAYLIST To control from the numeric keypad set the key off Using the Numeric Keypad Plays the current item in the playlist and sets the next item as the Skips the current NEXT item and sets the next item as the NEXT SKIP e Oe Moves the item selected for NEXT one line up Sets the top item in the playlist as the NEXT item Page Up mm Moves the item
94. you to add command buttons that enable you to switch cameras or start and stop an event with a single click To add a command button drag and drop a button into the DIRECT pane using the left mouse button Up to 64 buttons can be added to the DIRECT pane Buttons That Can Be Added to the DIRECT Pane SELECT CAMERA CAM1 through CAMA buttons pane CAM through CAM4 position buttons 1 to 32 Buttons in the CONTROL pane EVENT POSITION COLOR TEXTURE TEXT VIEW STOP PAUSE PLAY SOUND EDIT dialog SET VOLUME SCENE CHG MC INI through MC IN3 MC OUT 9 through MC OUT3 IN EFFECT1 through IN EFFECT9 OUT EFFECT1 through OUT EFFECTO9 buttons TEXT pane Group item in the list To move or resize the added button left click on and drag the button using your mouse Drag to resize the edge of the button In addition the following right click menus are available Fight Giick Menu New button Allows you to create an empty button Allows you to edit the command to be executed when the button is Edit command ios For details on external device control using PIO output see section 3 8 3 PIO OUTPUT ASSIGN Captures the current image from the GFX window and displays it Set thumbnail onthe BURGI Remove thumbnail Removes the thumbnail from the button Removes the selected command button from the DIRECT pane Removes all command buttons from the DIRECT pane NOTE Overlapped buttons in the DIRECT pane may not work properl

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