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1. CHROMA KEYER COLOUR CORR VE BYPASS M E BORDER KEY GEN DVE LAYER BYPASS M E M E BGND A SOURCE SELECT DELAY COLOUR CORR M E VE BGND BYPASS DELAY H Bi Bu M E BGND B SOURCE SELECT DELAY COLOUR CORR DELAY P P P P BEE 23 PROGRAM SOURCE SELECT DELAY COLOUR CORR VE BGND BYPASS DELAY Bi PRESET SOURCE SELECT DELAY COLOUR CORR DOWN STREAM OUTPUTS KEYER DELAY DSK SOURCE SELECT CHROMA KEYER COLOUR VE BORDER DSK BYPASS GEN Page A 28 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Bi S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO
2. LIGHTING Position sit Z Positiol ew P Fa wi DSK FTB Sain HOME 100 Position Y Position Z Position Aspect conen e 128 GC 128 a o 128 a HOME 100 position Y Position Z Position Aspect E imi Ee 00 E 00 poy 00 ee 00 8 28 a pa 126 eS 126 p 126 ee zz Se Aspect may be set between 100 and 100 giving the beam shapes shown above at the extremes If Rotation and or Position inputs are made the beam becomes similar to the screens below Rotation eu pp Fa E1 LIGHTING DSK FTE TL Ge An z IC Position Y Position Z Position Aspect X Position Y Position Z Position Aspect Ka imi Golden Se 90 E 06 eae 04 Ea 51 E 90 ee 06 ee 04 Ka 98 S pS 126 en 126 a 126 Eed Zi 126 a 126 a 126 pe T Note The Screens above are for the Shade menus but the Aspect control has the same effect in the Light menus E Position sit Z Positio HOME 100 Golden DavE Page D 48 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO CROP The DVE Crop menus are accessed via the DVE CROP button in the menu group With these menus the picture on the front or back of the tile may be cropped from one or more of the edges DYE CROP DSK Position And Softness Fron DYE CROP i 2 Sef ESS FIL amp F2L These buttons sel
3. B 84 SNELL amp WILCOX JO This menu allows the filtering applied to a DVE tile as the size of it is changed CONFIGURE DYE As a DVE tile is reduced in size artefacts may become visible These may be filtered using the leftmost rotary control The amount of filtering required will depend on the picture content Less filtering will leave more artefacts but give a more sharp image better for titles More filtering will remove more artefacts but produce a less sharp image SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Router Setup S amp W Production amp Post Production This menu is used to set the size of any Integrated and or Pre Selector router an offset can also be set where appropriate CONFIGURE Router Setup Selected Routers Integrated Router Pre Selecting Router Integrated Router Size PreSelecting Router size Input Size Output Size Input Size Output Size BE The two leftmost rotary controls set the input size and output size of the Integrated router When the size has been selected by a rotary control the appropriate rightside button F1R or F2R must be pressed to set the size The central two rotary controls set the input size and output sixe of the Pre Select router if used When the size has been selected by a rotary control the appropriate rightside button F3R or F4R must be pressed to set the size Where the size
4. eee ER ee sie ESE ee ee SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Mix Wipe The Mix Wipe menu is accessed from F1R on the top level DVE Models menu It provides a mix or a wipe between tile 1 and tile 2 pe o ve 1 ae a eee Slee ef The two left side buttons FiL amp F2L select between Mix and Wipe respectively E ann heist I FIR Has no function in SD systems F2R Only applies to Wipe it is greyed out when Mix is selected It controls the direction of the wipe which may be selected from Horizontal Vertical Diagonal and Free When Free is selected the rotary control Angle is enabled this controls the angle of a free wipe The left most rotary control level regulates the amount of wipe or mix and the Softness control affects the edge of the wipe Note 1 When Mix is selected the Direction button does not operate Note 2 The angle control only functions when Direction Free is selected S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 29 SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Drop Shadow The Drop Shadow menu is accessed via F2R from the top level DVE Models menu It provides for various shadow effects to be added to the DVE There are two modes of dropped shadow Tile Offset and Wall Project which are selected sequentially by F1R Tile Offset The shadow is positioned in this mode
5. Framestores amp Stills Grabbed image Computer image S amp W Production amp Post Production There are four framestores in the SD1512 which can contain stills for use as sources A Still may be an image grabbed from live video using the Grab function an image produced in an art package on a computer or an image produced by scanning a photograph If an image is grabbed from live video it is grabbed as a full frame When used as a still there will be some jitter in the picture if there was movement in the grabbed image and the still is displayed as a full frame To overcome the jitter the still may be set to display as a single field field 1 or field 2 Displaying a single field will reduce the resolution of the still image and curved parts will appear jagged These problems can be reduced by setting Interpolate to On which produces the other field by interpolation from the selected field The still in the framestore remains as a full frame subject to jitter if displayed as such However the single frame interpolated picture may be re grabbed to produce a jitter free full frame still A still held in a still store may be saved to the system hard disk for later use When saved it will appear as a thumbnail in the Preview Stills display A saved still may be exported from the system for use in another system of the same standard or for modification in a computer The export may be to a floppy disk a Zip disk or to the FT
6. SNELL amp WILCOX JO The functions of the six rotary controls are Hue Selects the colour to be made transparent by setting it the appropriate hue angle If a range of colour is required Hue is set to the centre value of the range When Take Sample is used the hue of the sampled colour is displayed here unless more than one sample is taken when the centre value of the sampled colour range is displayed Luma Set to the luma value of the colour to be keyed out Different colours have different luma values even though they have been created at maximum luma This may be seen by turning the colour off on a monitor displaying colour bars the grey bars have different luma levels When Take Sample is used the luma of the sampled colour is displayed here unless more than one sample is taken when the average value of the sampled colour range is displayed lf this is not set correctly the brightness of the signal showing through the key will not be right Sat Set to the saturation level of the colour to be keyed out When Take Sample is used the saturation of the sampled colour is displayed here unless more than one sample is taken when the average value of the sampled colour range is displayed lf this is not set correctly the colours of the signal showing through the key will not be right Key Accept Angle Set to the angle value of the range of colours to be keyed out E g if it is required to key out green hue 120 an
7. Screen Saver On or Off If on the screen goes blank after the time set by the leftmost rotary control 1 min steps from 1 to 60 minutes Clear Clipboard Clears the contents of the Copy buffer used in the Copy and Paste facility Hot Jumps Some non menu buttons such as Matte or Wash call a menu appropriate to the button if pressed when illuminated Others such a Luma Chroma or DVE call the appropriate menu when pressed even if not illuminated This function is called a Hot Jump and is activated by default Hot Jumps may be disabled if required by setting F4R to Off Bus Mode This button controls the way the P P and M E busses operate and has three settings Normal Reversed and Fixed Normal the On Air bus is the upper one of the pair Reversed the On Air bus is the lower one of the pair Fixed the On Air bus changes with each transition such that the T bar points at the On Air bus If the T bar is not used in the transition it has to be moved to the correct bus before it has any further effect Calibrate Touch Screen Used to calibrate the usable area of the touch screen After pressing it the screen is cleared and five touch points are sequentially displayed in the centre and the four corners These points have to be touched so the system can determine the size of the display area Sets the time before the screen saver is triggered from 1 to 60 minutes Sets the sensitivity of the rotary
8. S amp W Production amp Post Production The Global level only applies if enabled at the DVE level thus it could be used with only one of the two DVEs After the DVE level or the Global level if used there is a Perspective control D1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 1 SNELL amp WILCOX eu uo Aue e p p j s aq Aew s uiod uorpasu uo AjUO p je su u q sey FAQ 9UO AjUO yl ysa pajoa as o UBD yzoue BJOJaq P9 99a 9S ep q 0 Sey ulod uoip su ue Desen u q ney ON d d HAT J N sjauueyo FAQ SIOEIEAE au UE Bou Inq s uIod UMOUsS au Je papasu aq Aew Siauugu eseu JO 19443 sjauUeYo FAG OM Jo wnwxew E ney AjUO ueo Wa SAS y UMOUS se S UIOd UOIESUI xis YBNoULYy ONG ONINYVM J N gc aA J N LAJA J N O2IH72ENT 39 AVW SAC Y SYSHM SLNIOd SALVOIGNI EXE LOATAS 394NOS MSA z Zw LOATAS AOENOS LASS L dd The DVE functions can be assigned to any six points in the system as shown below However as only two DVEs in total are possible only two points can be active at any one time If two points are selected on must be deselected before another can be selec
9. S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C19 bl ESSE JO Lift amp Gain BUS COLOR EFFECTS Program Red Lift amp Gain BUS COLOR EFFECTS Program Green E a E sano ZE ee eRe e The non affected lift and gain slope is a diagonal from 0 0 to 100 100 shown left Lift moves the slope up or down parallel to the normal position Gain changes the angle of the slope Normal gain is 1 increasing it makes the slope more steep and reducing it makes the slope less steep When the gain is reduced below 0 i e negative gain the slope is in the opposite diagonal direction To change the lift or gain of red blue or green press the appropriate button F1L to F3L to select the colour Note More than one colour may be selected so that lift and gain can be applied equally to two or three colours The two left most rotary controls affect the lift and gain Chroma Saturation The right most rotary control varies the overall Chroma Saturation intensity of colour normal value is 100 00 Note The Chroma Saturation function is upstream of the lift amp gain functions so that if the chroma saturation is reduced or set to zero colour can still be added using the lift gain and user curves functions Page C 20 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Rightside buttons Linear B amp W Preset Sepia Pre
10. DEST Time Touch Enables the setting of a start timecode to control the timeline from a VTR Pressing F1R Time Touch causes three timecode blocks to be displayed below the timelines TIMELINE Time Touch TIMELINE Time Touch eiee oee eeen E d r mamamana an une i E C la 3 DOF 4 po E z OF 4 ig GE IK SS ee 3 a shh NP deed TE Sources he 3 Sources E E 00 00 00 00 1 00 00 00 00 5 00 00 02 16 0 00 00 00 00 02 15 The lefthand timecode is the start timecode which can be set by pressing F2R Set Start Timecode This enables the Keypad allowing the timecode entry TIMELINE Time Touch TIMELINE Time Touch or Ke E d CERN NN Sg 100 ee of 4 ee 200 ST SS EE Pa D mm yy b 0201700 obal IR S F 1 1 1 Il EE 00 00 00 00 0 02 16 0 _ Main 00 10 15 27 0 00 00 00 00 0 00 10 18 12 1 _Main 00 00 00 Timelines 10 16 17 1 Timelines 00 02 15 JDO OO je 00 02 15 ke LE E ee eee ES ES ae DIE r Zi DIE r The righthand code is that of the end of the timeline and the centre one is the current code of the external source F3R and F4R may be used to trim the start timecode to line up with that of the VTR S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B21 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Advanced Config This menu contains two advanced timeli
11. DVE Models EE D 37 Biewer DVE COMO EE D 6 Rolation lt Klee D 17 Rotation Lighting E D 45 Router Een re EE B 85 Router Setup Integrated ccccecccccssseeceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeesseeeeeeeseueeeeseeeeeesseaeeeesaaeeeees B 85 Router Setup Pre Select c cccccccccccceesseeecessceesenseesscceeeeeesensccusseeeneccoesseeeeccnccceseeeess B 40 R n Buttons THIMGUWING scsatcenacesaenecdesocanaciinaeieunsquvtaneianctededoceseaseaestestteauriedaadeaaestdnhlondieetis A 23 S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page xiii SNELL amp WILCOX JO RUN Controls Timeline cc ccccecccccseeccceeeececeeeceeseeeeeeseeceeseeeeessueeeeseeeeesseeesseeeeesaeeeeas B 23 Save DMEM Save Meng cicciccscsccsescccesccesteesceseseteeecesdedaddeendsdeduesestencesseseseresdaseeesdenoeets B 54 UID e GWE eegen B 57 AVS Ole ASIC eenegen B 31 VS OV SUS WE B 76 SNe E B 88 SE COC eege B 95 Se EE e Ir ee RE D 47 SMON E geria o E E EEE E B 59 olab DVE e D 23 Gource Colour CGorrechon ee C 15 SoC e Mapp eege B 89 opn DVE CONTON E D 7 P TEE TIE aerea E E E E E D 18 PS DYE NOOI Agenten D 39 US aa A E E B 58 UE EEN B 66 SU O ene eee ene eee eee E EEE E EE E EA B 65 SHIN E e EE B 53 ROUEN SAVE ege B 57 SWS GE B 53 STEE IMIR eeneg B 6 Suppression Chroma Keyer ccceecccccseeeccecceeeceecceeeeeeeceeeeeeeseaeeeessaaeeesseaeeessaaeeesseas C 9 CC IO eer E B 60 E C ONE Seet B 7
12. GVG Editor Sony Effect Menus Enables Timeline S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 22 63 48 36 83 12 23 17 13 56 52 10 26 94 18 38 62 10 15 75 22 37 19 44 20 2 90 49 43 22 56 57 72 30 16 28 84 64 62 56 20 56 20 SNELL amp WILCOX JO XG eege EEN B 66 Extended Source Tallying eet ieeesgeen deed Bee gn D eg eebe Seed eebe A 37 SEET EE B 68 See EE Te A 27 PIG EE e Eu GE B 70 Flag RITTER e ME B 52 Flags Detalls EE B 55 Flat Tile DVE Models cccccccccccssecccessceceeeeeeceeeceeseceeseceesseeeesseeceeseueeessaaeessaeeeesaaes D 10 Flying Key DVE Models c cccccccccsseeceeeseeeeeeeeeaeeceeeeeeeeeeeseaeeeeesseeseeeeseaeeeeesegeeeeesaaaes D 38 Fragment DVE Models EN D 40 PrE OOO a E E E B 41 Blue A 20 EE EE eege D 57 H CN B 67 E CG Be e ut E B 77 ICD al SIZES e te soseri An EEEE AEEA OAE EEE AAEN D 67 GRIO E B 91 Grab Store EE B 30 Grabs Gite B 44 EE ae EEE E E T EEE A 30 MOO E B 65 MOONIN E RUE A 34 MOULTING EE B 80 meraca ROUT e E B 85 Interpolation Timeline ANERER B 19 Wig eeler B 69 Key Control DSK iicss ccccciccsceccscessccsscnessacsececssaneecccisdanceedsceueteccsecsceddenesssecsecsbsensseccasescess A 16 Key Conirol CAN A 19 Key Fil Male speriene E EE EE ia B 47 KY MD E E B 87 ENEE genee B 32 POAN oe E A E A 12 KOVDU ees A 25 Key Source Cmroma Key er eeg
13. In either inverse case the light or shade is everywhere except within the spot or bar beam In this mode the light or shade source is large and bright with the centre of the beam always perpendicular to the plane of the tile but not necessarily pointing at it As the pitch and yaw angle of the tile changes so does the pointing angle of the beam If the beam does hit the tile light reflection is back along the beam Spot is the best model for this mode In diffuse mode the following rotary controls do not function Controls Width amp Softness Position Aspect Rotation None of the rotation controls have any effect This mode is to produce visible reflected light from the tile The beam is aimed at the plane of the tile such that it is slightly off the perpendicular by an angle that will cause light to be reflected at the viewer if the beam hits the tile As the pitch and yaw angle of the tile changes so does the pointing angle of the beam In specular mode the following rotary controls do not function Rotation Yaw amp Pitch In this mode the light beam is directed in a user controlled angle regardless of the position and angles of the tile except that if Auto Track is switched On the beam will be automatically centred on the tile whenever the tile is in screen In directed mode all rotary controls function except when Auto Track is On when the following do not Rotation Yaw amp Pitch In tile fixed mode the beam is alway
14. S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A31 SNELL amp WILCOX JO If exporting to a Zip or floppy disk insert a formatted disk and press F1L to export the marked stills in the selected format If exporting to the FTP directory on the system hard disk simply press Export right screen above to export the marked stills in the selected format Super White Some stills contain white detail above the normal white level this detail is known as Super White The exported still cannot handle this extra white so the Super White button toggles between Clipped and Scaled Clipped simply cuts off the super white information and Scaled compresses the whole signal so that the super white level is within the acceptable scale Scaling may make the picture rather drab and flat STORED STILL FOR EXPORT EXPORTED STILL SUPER WHITE 2 2 SCALED WHITE WHITE CLIPPED BLACK BLACK NEEDS CLIPPING OK OR SCALING SCALED CLIPPED The Exported File If exporting to a Zip or floppy disk simply remove the disk and use as required If exporting to the FTP directory the file although technically exported remains on the system hard disk To transfer it to a computer a network connection between the system and the computer plus an FTP program are required Network Connection A computer may be either connected directly to the switcher mainframe or via a network hub If connecting di
15. SNELL amp wiLcox JO Log Off is used when a number of panels and mainframes are connected to a LAN Pressing F6R Log Off disconnects the panel from the mainframe and displays the menu below Page B 74 The display shows all the mainframes connected to the network and whether they are in use or free If in use the name of the associated panel if it has been given a name is shown To connect to a free mainframe touch the screen to highlight the mainframe and press Connect SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO CONFIG The top level Configure menu is accessed via the Config button in the menu group F1L System Entry to the System set up menus which configure parameters which probably wont change after installation F2L User Entry to the User set up menus which configure parameters more likely to be changed for different users F3L Bus by Source This menu is used to set whether Keying Colour Effects Border and Mask are applied by bus or by source for the Prog Pre Mix Effects Key 1 Key 2 and DSK buses F6L Set Clock Set the date and time and adjust the accuracy of the real time clock S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B75 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Config System System Load Loads previous stored System set up files from the internal hard disk Accessed via F1L System on th
16. With the keypad non illuminated pressing the lt or gt buttons causes the calculator to lt be displayed on the screen a The and buttons act as divide multiply subtract and addition keys A transaction is completed when another operator key is pressed thus the calculation 3 4 displays the answer 7 when any of or is pressed Pressing DMEM Store or DMEM Recall allows the current DMEM values to be DMEM DMEM RECALL STORE stored or a selected DMEM to be loaded Press DMEM Store key in the number of the DMEM file and press Enter If an existing number is used a prompt is displayed Press DMEM Recall key in the number of the required DMEM and press Enter For greater control over the saving and recalling of DMEM files use the Save DMEM to disk and Load DMEM from disk menus SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A25 Menu functions Other buttons Moving the parameter selection Deleting Stills Page A 26 SNELL amp wiLcox JO or more of the six control knobs to vary analogue values touching the name box of the analogue function enables the keypad allowing a numerical value to be entered Key in the required Dee numerical value and press Enter This method facilitates the setting of an precise value more easily than using the knobs In the above situation pressing the NORM button once causes the analogue value to go to the nearest factor of ten
17. window to be flown over a background The Key Position Rotation and Spin may be set for both Target and Source DYE MODELS Key 1 Flying Key Target Position OF 0 ou ol Hm E m EI a Rotation Center Size Control may be by the rotary controls or the joystick Page D 38 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Splits The Splits menus are on the second page of Models menus accessed via F6R on the top level DVE Models menu This function splits the tile into a number of parallel strips and pulls alternate strips of the tile apart along the length of the Strips DYE MODELS Key 1 Splits E e FSS es ee Rotation menu Position Moves the two section of the tile apart i e even strips in one direction and odd strips in the opposite direction Level Sets the number of strips 0 2 strips minimum Softness softens the edges of each strip Rotation Sets the direction of the strips Spin Continuously changes the direction of the strips and thus the direction they are pulled apart Phase menu Position Level and Softness are the same as in the Rotation menu Phase Moves the start of the splits such that the two outer strips are not the same width as the rest Spin Continuously changes the phase S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 39 SNELL amp WILC
18. FIR bp Position Y Position Z Position RS ee a 128 SCENE mA a GE LIGHTING on Aai The shade menus are the same as those for light with the exception that there is no Matte menu for shade as it can only be black The shade menus are accessed via F6L which enters the shade equivalent menu of the light menu from which it was called except that if called from the Matte menu Shade Controls is entered _Auto Track Track ES Ripples SS Pr e ao isk se oe een HONE woen _ Softness Opacity eri pang imi Eee 00 jee Rg e S m r m ae This is the Shade On Off control It is independent of the Light On Off control even though it is titled Lighting It must be set to On for the Shade facility to function The Control Position and Rotation controls function in the same manner as for Light DYE LIGHTING Key 2 Shade Rotation Auto Track Track ES Ripples 2 Shade Position a Position Z Positi Mimic Zoom 0 00 100 EE See Rotation Re 0 00 HOME 100 Golden DaVvE Ripple Phas RG GE A m SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 47 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Aspect The Aspect rotary control in the Light Position menu and the Shade Position menu changes the shape of the beam DYE LIGHTING Key 2 Shade Position DYE LIGHTING Key 2 Shade Position _ Auto Track Track ES Ripples SS
19. Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO WASH GENERATOR Four Corner Hue Luma Sat Hue Spin S amp W Production amp Post Production This menu is used to set the colours and appearance of the Wash signal which can be selected as a source on the M E and P P buses The menu is accessed by pressing the Wash button in the menu group WASH GENERATOR The Wash generator has two modes Four Corner and Shaped Ramp selected by F1R This mode uses all the four colours with one being positioned in each corner of the picture in the order shown in the above menu screen The generator produces smooth gradations between each of the adjacent colours Each colour is selected for setting by either the buttons F3L to F6L two or more buttons may be selected at once to set multiple colours at one time or by touching the appropriate colour block The rotary colour setting controls have the following functions Sets the actual colour of the Matte The hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the Indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta sets the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for the selected hue Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturatio
20. N E 2 Key 1 a Te SS 1 OF 3 This mode grabs and displays a still as soon as the mode is selected Whether the grab is full frame first or second field is determined by F2R to F4R Regrab Pressing F6R will grab a new still every time it is pressed S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 57 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Multi Grab Mode DYE EFFECTS Key 1 Freeze N E 2 Key 1 S Dt Multi Grab Mode causes the picture to be continuously frozen and released A frozen and live time in fields are set by the two leftmost rotary controls The rightside buttons select whether the grabs are the next full frame the next field the next field 1 or the next field 2 During the live periods the field frame displayed is also set by these buttons Pull Down Mode DYE EFFECTS Key 1 Freeze N E 2 Key 1 ae a a 1 0F Pull Down Mode is similar to multi grab but with no live period It provides the ability to emulate 3 2 Pulldown Continuous grabs are made with the freeze time adjustable for the alternate grabs The freeze times are set in fields by the two leftmost rotary controls Time A and Time B The normal setting is 3 and 2 but any number between 0 and 255 may be set Page D 58 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Pixellate This menu produces pixellation of the image Itis accessed from the
21. Nei t s Eeertao Halley Pogitdar bijeg Posisi Bi 0 06 oi Wall Mimic Positd Distance Zoom 8 12 0 00 2s H 1 100 Show Wall OFF 1 Drop Shadow R 7 e Dr otation Wall Yaw Angle Wall Pitch Angle Wall Roll Angle sk 30 Fe 30 r 00 00 00 0010 0 0 04 0 08 go S 05 0 1 Mimic HOME Wall Yaw Wall Pitch Wall Roll Mimic Zoom Angle Angle Angle Zoom 0 00 0 17 0 04 0 00 0 100 olden 0 100 IEN Dave GH ERS The functions available for rotation depend on the Wall Pos selected for Free the rotary controls rotate the wall in Yaw Pitch and Roll They are disabled in all other Wall Pos selections Mimic Zoom has no affect on the output it is only to aid locating the Wall if tt moved out of the standard view area i Shadow Mode Shadow Mode 00 01 00 Wall Project Wall Project Show Wall OFF ition Halles at 2 00 _00 00 00 00 0 p p A Wall Wall Opacity idoo Mix Scale X Scale Y 100 00 8 26 2 17 1 99 Zec H 100 x tng H 10 H 10 H i SEN FT Bee Mimic Zoom 0 00 100 Ee eee ee softens the edge of the shadow Varies the transparency of the shadow Mixes video into the shadow If any form of keying is applied to the tile Softness and Video Mix are not available F4R changes the Program Output from showing the shadow to showing the wall onto which the shadow will be projected This is intended to aid setting up the shadow and is not intended to be used in on air situations Th
22. Sine Saw Tooth Triangle or Square is selectable from each menu but only one type is possible for both horizontal and vertical The Modulation sub menus are called from any of the five main sub menus but the one which is accessed directly from them is the Modulation X menu Itis from this menu that the other is accessed Modulation Type The Modulation Type may be selected from either the Modulation X sub menu or the Modulation Y sub menu WIPE GENERATOR Program Preset Modulation Y There are four modulation types available Sine Saw Tooth Triangle Square The required modulation type is selected using the buttons F3R to F6R The selected modulation may be applied in the horizontal or vertical direction to the wipe patterns using the rotary controls on either menu FIR Modulation On Off must be set to On for the modulation effect to function S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B15 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Modulation X The Modulation X sub menu may be accessed from any of the wipe generator main sub menus or from the modulation Y sub menu WIPE GENERATOR Program Preset Modulation X The buttons down the right side enable the modulation and select the type The Modulation X sub menu affects wipe pattern modulation on vertical edges The four rotary controls along the bottom of the screen from the left are Amplitude Controls the am
23. Sou 1 Sz ee Golden Dave Select the source of the grab by rotating the rightmost rotary control until the required source is displayed Use the Keypad to enter a file number for the saved grab Press the appropriate rightside button and the grabbed image is placed in the selected store and saved to the hard disk under the entered file number or the next free file number if no number was entered Saving grabs The current contents of a framestore may also be saved from this menu Select the store by pressing the Select button Enter the file number and press Save File to save the still Exporting a Still Stills saved to the system hard disk may be exported using the Stills Export sub menu of the Miscellaneous menu Enter the Miscellaneous menu and press Export to enter the sub menu below left Select the destination of the export using the rightside buttons and enter a menu similar to that below right MISCELLANEOUS Export Still Super White Clipped 10 24 2000 16337 06 08 1999 15 33 06 08 1999 15333 06 08 1999 15 32 06 08 1999 15332 08 02 1999 15 34 Mark 06 08 1999 15332 Rhine Mark All 06 08 1999 15 33 Delete All BHP Win FTP Stills BMP lt 052 PP a0 Tarca 02 16 0 HUE Using the leftside rotary control select the still s to export press Mark for each one required Select the file format for the exported file with rotary control Export Still As
24. The Mask menus can be accessed by the Mask button in the menu group or the Mask button in the appropriate key group The left screen is accessed by the menu group button the right screen may be accessed from the left screen or from the key group button MASK Key 2 sim Fe Spoons B a sain ee ee ee a The three Mask functions are enabled by side buttons F1R to F3R Page B 26 FIR F2R Fan The Mask Control has to be set to On for the selected Key for any of the Mask functions to operate This needs to be set to ON for the mask wipe functions to operate This needs to be set to On for the mask store functions to operate The upper three leftside buttons select the menus for box mask mask wipe and mask store The lower two buttons enter the menus which allow defined masks to be stored for future use and loaded back when required SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Box Mask Box mask allows a rectangular mask to be sized and positioned over the key Press F1L to enter the Box Mask menus Position Mask MASK Key 1 Position MASK Key 2 Position S 00 00 15 00 01 00 7008 01 00 kel UE ECHT MSY Ee el El E e les bel el S el es del Led J UNS Sal Ae ef SY HEES L PS eT el es iat Wipe Mask Store Mask ore Corner Store Wipe Top Right Combine Keys Corne EN Sai Bottom Righ Corner _ Store Mask Mas
25. selected tile face Select the Position amp Softness menu the Edges menu or the Matte menu DYE BORDER DSK Position And Softness Fron IVE BORDER DSK n And Softness Front Horizont tal tic s Size a 2 00 ch _ Softness Horizontal zontal Vertical cal ea Poa 00 DavE Softens the inner edges of the border Moves the bordered area over the tile to the left or right Moves the bordered area up or down over the tile Increases or decreases the width of the border In this menu the joystick also moves the border horizontally and vertically and affects its width S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Edges Border DYE BORDER DSK Edges Front Top Bottom Left Right Note S amp W Production amp Post Production The Edges menu allocates the rotary controls as the crop controls and the joystick as the position and size control DYE BORDER DSK Edges Front In this menu the rotary controls have the following functions This control increases the width of the border on the top edge of the tile This control increases the width of the border on the bottom edge of the tile This control increases the width of the border on the left edge of the tile This control increases the width of the border on the right edge of the tile The joystick moves the border horizontally and or vertically and affects its width SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Pag
26. they are Control Models Lighting Crop Border Effects Trail Store and Global Each group is accessed by the appropriate button in the Menu buttons group except that the Controls menu is accessed by the button Size amp Posn Pressing one of the menu buttons calls that menu for the currently selected DVE If no DVE is currently selected the menu for M E Key 1 is the one displayed The DVE Control menus can also be accessed by the DVE insertion point buttons located to the right of the Wipes buttons M E Key 1 M E Key 2 M E Background M E Layer P P Background and DSK Pressing one of these buttons enters the Control menu for that point Similarly pressing the DVE button in the appropriate button group also calls the Control menu for that DVE M E Layer is not selectable in this manner Pressing the Size amp Posn menu buiton enters the DVE CONTROL lt selected DVE gt Target Transfer Position menu From here the other Control sub menus can be accessed Pressing the Menu Exit button in this position accesses the top level of the Control menu which is only available in this manner This menu allows the selection of the DVE to be controlled DYE CONTROL The left side buttons F1L to F6L select the menu for a particular DVE Even if a DVE is not currently selected it may still be set via its menu The switcher remembers the settings for all six DVE insertion points and a DVE takes those settings when it is placed
27. to its current value Pressing NORM again causes the value to go to that held in DMEM 000 The V 16 9 button is used to aid 16 9 positioning and enters the value 0 5625 i e 9 16 The Cancel button cancels an action and closes the keypad The Delete button deletes the numeric character to left of the cursor The Enter button completes a data entry and closes the keypad When the keypad has been called from a rotary control parameter window the lt and gt will change the selected parameter to the next left or right one When in the Save Still or Save DMEM menus the and the buttons are used as separators when entering numbers of Stills or DMEMs to delete The button acts as a comma to separate individual file numbers and the button acts as a hyphen to specify a range of file numbers e g 4 9 sets the range of files 4 to 9 inclusive SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Fade to Black FTB Wipe Patterns S amp W Production amp Post Production Note The FTB group of buttons control the Fade to Black function on the main Program Output The FTB ENABLE button enables the Fade to Black function If it is not illuminated the FTB operation will not function Pressing it causes It to illuminate green during a FTB transition it is amber turning to red when the transition is complete Pres
28. two of the selected DVE to be push or squeeze the other off P Sve 1 AE en E E FIR This button selects between Push and Squeeze F2R This selects the direction of the Push or Squeeze The leftmost rotary control or the joystick controls the actual push squeeze effect The Overlap control sets the degree of gap or overlap between the leading and trailing tile Page D 36 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Ripples DYE MODELS Key 1 Ripples BC Ka EE EE E Ee FIR F2R Controls Modulation S amp W Production amp Post Production The Ripples menu is accessed via F4L from the DVE Models menu second screen It produces a ripple effect on the tile DYE MODELS Key 1 Ripples Ripples On Off control must be set to On to the effect to function Fixed Tile or Fixed Screen The effect is either modulating a fixed position tile or causing the tile to move with respect to the screen The controls menu affects the frequency of the ripples and their amplitude It also allows control over the phase of the ripples The phase may also be allowed to change automatically to give an actual rippling effect The angle of the ripple modulation may be changed in this menu The angle may also be set to change automatically SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 37 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Flying Key This menu allows a Key
29. AAA OA A TA A A The required timeline is selected by the leftmost rotary control User bits 1 to 6 are set or cleared by the rightside buttons To assign a user bit to a particular keyframe on an existing timeline or timelines proceed as follows Select the required keyframe in the Timeline menu Select a timeline in the User Bits menu Set the user bit Select another timeline if required and set the user bit When all required timelines have the required user bits set press the MODIFY button in the Timeline Edit button group This allocates the User Bit settings to the selected keyframe on the selected timeline s Repeat the process for any other keyframes S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Ripple Editing Note Example Duplicate Whole Keyframe Change All Change All Matching Matching Until Change S amp W Production amp Post Production The Ripple Edit function is accessed by the Ripple Modify button in the Timeline Edit group When Ripple Modify is pressed a menu pops up over the current menu It overlays the top four leftside buttons and the centre of the display Buttons not overlayed will still perform their menu functions The central display Modify Modes is split into two sections the left column selects the criteria for modifying keyframes and the right column controls the range of keyframes modified One button in each column may be
30. Aspect control changes the aspect of some wipe patters it has no effect if User Aspect is Off Rotate causes certain wipe patterns to rotate if Position is set to ON Both these controls are also in the Position and Angle menu Page B 8 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO S amp W Production amp Post Production F1R F2R F3R F4R Note F5R F6R The left of the two right hand two rotary controls sets the width of the wipe pattern border F3R Border must be set to ON for this to function The right most rotary control adjusts the amount of edge softness of the wipe pattern see the Border menu for more details of softness The six buttons down the right side of the menu are on off switches for four functions and on off other for the other two The functions of these six buttons are the same for six of the sub menus one buttons function changes for two of the sub menus and those on the ninth menu have totally different functions For the six sub menus including the Patterns menu the buttons functions are ASPECT Selects whether the selected wipe pattern has its normal aspect or an alternative aspect The alternative is usually square or rectangular operation e g centre screen wipes such as star circle diamond and square change to horizontally elongated versions USER ASPECT Allows the operator to change the wipe p
31. Control is a facility which allows one switcher control panel to control two switcher mainframes simultaneously so for example a program can be produced in both HD and SD at the same time from one control panel The basic Button Bus function is a RS422 protocol which outputs a serial code on a selected mainframe serial port when a key is pressed or released By connecting two mainframes together this facility may be used to allow one control panel to control two mainframes simultaneously using the function Button Bus Multi Control To use this facility ensure that both mainframes have the same set up and are in the same operational situation otherwise problems will arise when using certain control buttons such as toggle functions Set one of the serial ports on each of the two mainframes to B Bus Multi Ctl using the Config System Set Port Protocols Connect these two ports together using a RS422 swap cable With the system set up as above any button presses joystick movements or T bar movements will control both mainframes simultaneously Page A 38 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO MENUS Standard System Note Menu Normal Menu Tree Normal Macro Rec S amp W Production amp Post Production The menus are used to set parameters for the switcher functions such as transition profiles wipe pattern characteristics matte and wa
32. E EE E gencmecneca Framestores UE Grabbing E E UNE EXO RAG A UE PRIS OIG A SU NEE ue In EE AT NEE Control Panel Source Tallying ccccccecccccccceeesseeceeeeeeeeeeceeeeseeeeeeeeeeesseaseeeeeesseueeeeeeeeaaas Extended Source Tallying c cccsccccccsesececcesseceeceeeeeecceeeseceeseaseessaeaeeesssaaueeessaaneeess Button Bus Multi Control EE SECTION B MENUS Standard System leide CG Ten WEE A typical menu screen TWAS WC E E e nt Ce TEE Nonm Adaitive MIE aaa tet oe iat an ae ree rn ee on E ae ey ee ee OUDE EE lege Wipe EE te WE Patterns amp EE leie FO SIMON MNS E POTIONS amp SPIS EE Se EE leie EE Me WE Baian UU LE MODON WEE STEE Ze His CNR ee EE POVAMCCO COMING EE PUNC ONIO amie meee tetera ee ne E VS Si EE RIDO CUMING WEE S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 SNELL amp WILCOX JO VE E B 26 Siet a B 27 Wipe Mask Patterns B 28 Wipe Mask Position cccccccseeeeceeeeeeseeeeeeeaeeeeceeeeesaeeeessaeeeeseaeeessaeesseeesseneeeseeeenas B 29 Grab Store Mask EEN B 30 Save amp Load Store MASK ou eeeeccccssseceeceeeeeeeceeeeeceeseeeeeeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeeeseaeeeesseeeeeeeas B 31 FREY GPP EE B 32 Peripherals A B 34 alte eee E EE E E B 35 GVG 4000 8100 B 35 EEN B 36 Sony BVE 9100 A DMEMS B 37 Sony BVS DVS Protocol with BVE 9100 2 0 ceecccceceeseeseeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeesaaeeeeeees B 38 Pre Select Router ccccccccsseeecccceeece
33. Examples S amp W Production amp Post Production Note Hue sets the actual colour Sat Saturation controls how much of the given Hue is applied and Luma Luminance controls the amplitude brightness of the Hue amp Saturation The Hue control operates in a 360 degree colour wheel where the following angle values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta Saturation operates between 0 and 100 where 0 is no saturation and thus no colour i e only shades of grey and 100 is fully saturated e max colour The Luminance brightness control also operates between 0 and 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for a particular hue Sat Luma Hue 100 100 0 Bright Red Sat Luma Hue 50 100 0 Pink partially saturated Red Sat Luma Hue 100 50 270 Dark Purple The hue angles are not the same as those on a vectorscope SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 7 SNeLL amp wiLcox JO WIPE GENERATOR The Wipe Generator menu can be selected by the WIPE menu button or by pressing either the WIPE button in M E Transitions or the WIPE button in P P Transitions when it is illuminated WIPE GENERATOR Em RE Ee These menus set parameters for the Wipe Patterns B i R ee eee SS SS E When the menu is called from the WIPE menu button the left screen is displayed F1L or F2L then select the appropriate P P or M
34. F6L have the same functions as the Lift amp Gain sub menu The Master On Off button F1R is also the same The rotary controls are used to add or subtract one of the three primary colours from the selected colour The display shows three bar graphs one for each of the three colours The three bars within each graph are for the colour which can be added or subtracted the left bar is for red the centre one for green and the right one for blue The normal situation is the graph for the reds part of the picture showing 100 red 0 green amp O blue that for the green parts of the picture showing O for red 100 for green amp 0 for blue and that for the blue parts of the picture showing O for red O for green amp 100 for blue as depicted above In the screen shot below the red channel has been modified by the addition of some green and the subtraction of some blue The green channel has some red subtracted and some blue added and the blue channel is unaffected The three leftmost rotary controls add or subtract red green or blue to from the selected colour BUS COLOR EFFECTS Program Blue Bleed SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C23 SNELL amp wiLcox JO DELIBERATELY BLANK Page C 24 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO DIGITAL VIDEO EFFECTS Note This set of menus requires the DVE hardware to be installed The SD15
35. Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Run Controls Looping Auto Run S amp W Production amp Post Production This menu provides control over the running of timelines There are two functions available in the run controls menu Looping and Auto Run Looping has three positions Off Count Forever Count runs the timeline for a pre set number of times the number is set by the leftmost rotary control from 1 to 120 inclusive Forever continues looping until stopped Off has no looping This has two states Off amp On When On a timeline stored as part of a DMEM will run as soon as the DMEM is loaded SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B23 User Bits Page B 24 TIMELINE User a a g be o D bk SY Se HI MANA es a a ba bes e deis ks ke Ne We Risike Pa Na a siehe ne Sa We Ve DE n A ES 2 WE Bkod INE 1 ma Program Preset 1 PAP Bkod IVE 1 Source Setup 1 Global A SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Bi ts aa Ce a e A E e El ESSE JO Six flag bits are available which can be linked to specific keyframes for one or more timelines These flags can be used as General Purpose Outputs GPO to trigger external devices when particular timeline functions Occur TIMELINE User Bits up A 3 1l 2l m o2 al 2l Bars al 2l A 3 a 2l ee ee ee Bee ie ee Bis Res ei he fF H
36. Keys This combines the visible grabbed key area s with the current visible key so that all are visible Combine Masks This combines the grabbed mask area s with the current masked area such that the only visible part of the key is where the current key area overlaps a stored key area or areas Note If Combine Masks is selected and Grab Clear is pressed no key will be visible as the store contains no visible key area to overlap with the current area Page B 30 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wicox JO Save Store Mask Load Store Mask Note Note Saves the current contents of the Mask Store to the internal hard disk Press F6L on the top level appropriate key Mask menu MASK Key 1 Store Mask Save File 10 20 1999 16327 10 20 1999 16327 01 23 2001 14 53 11 23 2001 14259 10 20 2000 14 08 06 29 1999 09341 06 29 1999 09 41 a Enter an ident number for the file or highlight a previously saved one using the leftmost rotary control and press Ei Save File Only the content of the store is saved the current wipe is ignored The setting of F3R Store Mask has no effect on the save This menu recalls a previously stored mask It is accessed via F5L on the top level appropriate key Mask menu MASK ey 1 Store Mask Load File 10 25 2000 14323 Enter the ident number of the required file or highlight one using the leftmost rotary control
37. Sony Select 9100 Project menu and press F3R Zip Once the light on the Zip drive goes off type in a new project name and press F1L Create Project Make sure that this folder is the one highlighted and then press MENU EXIT Perform edits including Switcher Learns as usual on the BVE 9100 Every time a new INITIAL PANEL is performed the light on the Zip drive should go on Likewise if old edits are recalled and previewed the light on the Zip drive should go on and the relevant switcher state should be recalled At the end of the edit job save the EDL from the BVE 9100 to floppy disk as usual Then remove the Zip disk from the switcher and keep it with the BVE 9100 s EDL floppy as a set When this edit job is next worked on reinsert the floppy into the BVE 9100 and recall the EDL onto it as usual Then place the matching Zip disk into the switcher Go to the Peripherals Sony Select 9100 Project menu The switcher will attempt to select the last folder used If it doesn t or you wish to select a different folder press F3R Zip As soon as the list of folders appears on the display turn the rotary control to highlight the relevant project and then press MENU EXIT Note This setting only controls the destination of new edit information all existing edits will be recalled from wherever the EDL specifies therefore for read only edit sessions this step may be omitted Finally proceed with recalling and or making
38. amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 31 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Wall Project Drop Shadow Positions menu F2R F6R When Wall Project is selected two more buttons appear on the right side These additional buttons are Wall Pos the wall may be placed to the left the right on the ceiling on the floor at the back or in a freely locatable position These positions are sequenced by consecutive pressings of F2R Selects whether Show Wall is On of Off This function is to aid location of the wall when setting up the effect and is not for use in the program Page D 32 The Wall Project Mode Positions menu is shown above and at the top of the page The available functions depend on the Wall Pos selected for Free the rotary controls move the wall in the X Y and Z planes for every other wall position the only control is Wall Distance this changes the distance between the wall and the tile SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Rotation menu DYE MODELS Key 1 Drop Shadow Rotation PP See 1 Se HOME Controls menu HOME HaLinX kaii Y 100 Position Position Golden Dat Softness Opacity Video Mix Note Show Wall Wall Scale X amp Y DVE MODELS Key 1 Drop Shadow Rotation DVE MODELS Ki sie Wall Prteh Angle Matt Roll le ISK aa FTE ap TL one Erna Bab ke Uroj
39. and Time Line have nine sub sections called Flags and shown in the three blocks below the Snap Shot amp Time Line main flags Each of the nine flags has between one and eight sub flags These flags and sub flags determine which parts of the set up will be saved for Snap Shot and Time Line Time Line consists solely of the Time Line settings and the actual Time Line Snap Shot refers to the physical settings of the control panel such as Wipe Patterns bus source selection Key set up and SO on The Flags and sub flags for the Time Line and Snap Shot are the same Thus whatever is saved for one is also saved for the other unless the overall Time Line or Snap Shot Flag is disabled when nothing is saved for that function Page B 54 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production ESSE JO Flags Details SAYE DMEM To Disk Flags Details S amp W Production amp Post Production Note F2L in the Save DMEM menu gives entry to the Flags Details menu shown on the left below SAYE DMEM To Disk Flags Details M E P E E A r af AJ P P Trans DVE m P PP Wi EE ISK FIB ec The left and right side buttons of the Flags Details menu F1L to F6L and F1R to F4R select the nine Snap Shot amp Time Line Flags and the Frame Store Flag No control or setting of the flags is available from this menu Pressing one of the ten side buttons gives entry to the actual sub flag settings menu for t
40. and back of Tile 2 and that on either end is the front and back of Tile three Note The allocation of source to Tile is carried out in the DVE Sources menu Top ff F1R Keep Aspect Sets whether the pictures keep their original aspect ratio or are compressed expanded to fit the wall as defined by the depth control F2R to FoR Sets the orientation of the picture on the appropriate wall of the box Each button may be set independently to Normal H horizontal Reflected V vertical Reflected or H amp V Reflected Repeated pressing cycles through these settings Depth This sets the depth of the of the box when F1R Keep Aspect is set to Off When F1R is set to On this control has no effect Gap This moves the sides of the box relative to each other FIL amp F3L Access the Crop Sides and Crop Ends sub menus F2L amp F2L Access the Sides Border and Ends Border sub menus S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 23 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Crop Sides Ends Slab These menus crop the picture on the appropriate face of the DYE MODELS Key 1 Slab Sides Crop DYE MODELS Key 1 Slab Ends Crop e ag we ap EE Katee SE Eeer isk Sse re eee fae fae The effects of this menu and the functions of the controls depend on the setting of the Keep Aspect button on the Slab top level menu Keep Aspect On amp Crop Off Rotary controls and joystick expand or compress
41. and press F1L Load File The setting of F3R Store Mask has no effect on the load except that the mask will not be visible until and unless it is set to On S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B31 SNELL amp WILCOX JO KEYER The keyer menus are entered by the Keyer button in the menu group Controls The Keyer menus allow the setting of Luma Keying for Key 1 Key 2 and DSK The Controls menu for the required Key is entered via F1L to F3L of the top level Keyer menu above KEYER Key 1 Controls F2L Selects the Fill Matte menu to set the colour of the key fill see next page The rotary controls have the following affects Clip Controls the range of the keying action Gain Controls the steepness of the keying action Opacity Controls the transparency of the key fill Page B 32 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Fill Matte The Keyer Fill Matte menu is reached from the Keyer Controls menu KEYER Key 1 Fill Matte The rotary controls set the colour of the key fill in the manner described below The coloured block below the key name indicates the set colour Hue Sets the actual colour of the Matte The Hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta Luma se
42. available on the selected store button on any of the buses Load Save The Load Save button allows the loading or saving of a still from to disk by file number Pressing the Load Save button calls a load shortcut a second press calls a save shortcut A more detailed still load and save facility is provided in the load and save menus Framestore Grabs Enter the top level Framestore menu and press the Grabs button to enter the Grab sub menu below right FRAME STORE CONTROL Store Grab Select a still store in which the grab will be placed by pressing one of the leftside buttons Select the source of the grab by either touching one of the boxes or by rotating the rightmost rotary control until the required source is displayed Press the Grabs button bottom right and the grab is made and the result placed in the selected store Page A 30 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Save Grab amp Save Enter the Save menu and press Save Still to enter the Save Still sub menu below right from where grabs may also be made SAVE Still To Disk Grab Save Store 1 Grab Save Store 2 Grab Save Store 3 e i 02 21 2000 05357 02 21 2000 05359 06 28 2000 10343 Oe 12 21 2000 06 01 04 11 2000 18 26 09 07 2000 13332 04 12 2000 11308 Grab Save Store 4 Over lay off Select Store 1 Grab Source
43. binary SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 67 SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Factory Reset This menu facilitates resetting various parts of the system to pre defined states The menu is accessed via F1R on the top level Misc menu MISCELLANEOUS Factory Reset MISCELLANEOUS Factory Reset eset Switcher To Factory State re You Sure e e G0 aa EE ee ee se ee There are four types of reset available plus a complete system re boot Switcher Reset Sets the panel to the factory DMEM defaults User Config Reset Sets panel to the User Config settings Engineering Reset Sets to the System Config settings Total Reset All the above System Reboot Boots the system as in a power on Page B 68 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production IP Address MISCELLANEOUS Change System IP Addresses ss Panel e Reboot Note Note Alternate Mainframe Note S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO This menu allows the address of the Control Panel and the primary Mainframe to be changed and the address of the Alternate Mainframe to be set This menu is accessed by F2R on the top level Misc menu za Les E ose Te EH weess MISCELLANEOUS Change System IP Addresses Changing the Mainframe address changes the actual address of the mainframe and the primary communications address of the panel Thus the panel still communicates wit
44. by the rotary controls When the tile is moved the shadow moves relative to the tile as if the tile is moving with respect to a light source located in front of the screen Wall Project This mode uses the light position controls in the light menu to project a shadow of the tile onto a wall which may be located behind to either side or above or below the tile Moving the tile causes the shadow to move relative to the tile as the tile moves with respect to the light source Note The rightmost rotary control Mimic Zoom has no effect on the program output it only zooms the menu display in order to enable location of the mimic if it is moved out of normal vision Page D 30 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Tile Offset Drop Shadow Positions menu The Tile Offset Positions menu is shown above The three leftmost rotary controls move the shadow in the X Y amp Z planes and the next right one Scale changes its size Rotation menu The rotation menu is not available in Tile Offset Mode Controls menu The Tile Offset Controls menu is shown above If the tile is keyed the only rotary control available is Opacity This makes the tile more or less transparent If keying is not used the two greyed out rotary controls become available Softness Softens the edge of the shadow Video Mix Mixes the second video source into the shadow S
45. can be adjusted from a hard line to a gradual blend Note There is only one Intersect Softness control which can be adjusted with any of the three Tiles selected Mimic Zoom This control has no effect on the output but is used to zoom out the mimic display so that any DVE tile that is lost off the edge of the display can be found S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 19 bi ES JO Corner Pin Triple Tile This sub menu is accessed via F6R from any other Dual Tile menu DYE MODELS Key 1 Tile 1 Corner Pin Top Left DYE MODELS Key 1 Tile 1 Corner Pin Bottom Right Ne 1 ee UES LC Ee mmm eer A Slee ey In this menu each corner of the tile can be moved independently of the others to distort the tile to any rectangular shape Be a ao F4R The Mode must be set to On for this menu to affect the output F5R This button may be set to On or Off The effect of perspective is discussed below The left side buttons select which part of the tile will be affected by the rotary and or joystick controls F1L Top Left With Top Left selected the joystick moves the top left corner of the tile in the X and Y direction The four rotary controls move the top left and top right corners in the X and Y directions F2L Top Right With Top Right selected the joystick moves the top right corner of the tile in the X and Y direction The four rotary controls move the top left and top
46. for Program Preset bus wipes Sets the wipe border colour for the Mix Effects bus wipes Calls the Key Fill sub sub menu to allow setting of the fill colour for each of Key 1 Key 2 or DSK Calls the Key Border sub sub menus to allow seiting of the key border colours for Key 1 Key 2 or DSK More control over the Key borders is available via the Border Menus SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 45 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Note The key border facility is an option requiring extra hardware Selecting a leftside button function or Key Fill causes the menu screen to change to one similar to that below The functions of FiL to F2R remain the same as the top level menu The rotary controls have the following functions Hue Sets the actual colour of the Matte The hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta Luma sets the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for the selected hue Sat Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Hue Spin Causes the hue to continually vary a
47. group BUS COLOR EFFECTS BUS COLOR EFFECTS SKI Program DSK ea BS saan elt The central area of the display shows the graphical representation of any colour effects applied to each of the seven switcher buses The left and right side buttons are used to select which bus is to have its colour characteristics changed FIL selects the Program bus F2L selects the Preset bus F3L selects the M E Background A bus F4L selects the M E Background B bus FIR selects the Key 1 bus F2R selects the Key 2 bus F3R selects the DSK bus To select a bus press the appropriate FL or FR button or touch the appropriate small graph Page C 18 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production ESE JO Common Menu Functions Selecting a bus from the top level menu enters the Red Lift amp Gain menu for that bus shown left However the functions of buttons F1L to F6L and F1R are common to all the sub menus BUS COLOR EFFECTS Program Red Lift amp Gain ae 0 omnes Z ss F1R This button is the Master On Off control It must be On for any of the Colour Effects to affect the output C E ene DEER F1L to F3L Select the colour s to be affected One two or three colours may be selected together for equal adjustment F4L to F6L Select the effect to be applied and call the appropriate menu The available effects are Lift amp Gain User Drawn Curves and colour Bleed
48. new edits as required Page B 38 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production DEST Points to Consider Floppy disk S amp W Production amp Post Production lt may seem tempting to choose to store the edit information on the hard disk rather than the Zip drive however in most circumstances we don t recommend this This is because of the risk of having data from multiple edit jobs muddled together When the switcher receives a request from the editor to send the DMEM information it will instead write the information to the next available DMEM number in the Sony 9100 Current Folder and then send that DMEM number and folder name to the editor for storage in the EDL Therefore the only Knowledge as to which DMEMs in any given folder belong to a given Sony project lies in the EDL lf a rigorous procedure is carried out whereby a new project name on the hard disk is ALWAYS used for every edit job or a single project folder is used that is always cleared out before use and then archived to removable media or network after use then hard disk operation can work but we feel that it is safer to write the data directly to a removable medium which can then be kept with the original 9100 EDL floppy as a companion disk without risking any confusion as to which data belongs to which job Hence the Sony 9100 Current Folder default of folder name SONYEMEM on the Zip drive The drive and folder name of
49. one or both of the optional peripheral units External Quad DSK box or Flexi Cache may be connected Setting F1R and or F2R to on blue causes the system to look for the unit s Note Setting these buttons to on when the unit s are not available causes the system to waste time looking for something that cannot be connected CONFIGURE Peripherals When the state of F1R and or F2R have been changed it is necessary to go to the System Save menu and save file number zero and then reboot the system S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 81 SNELL amp WILCOX JO System Delays Border Gen Delay DVE Delay Page B 82 Note FIR In this menu a delay of up to 20 lines in the video signal may be introduced in the Border Generator CONFIGURE System Delays There are two methods the Border Generator can use to generate a border above i e earlier in time than the incoming picture Shift the picture downwards and place the border where the picture without a border would have been Delay all the video and key sources passing through the card so as to have enough time to generate the border before the signal is required at the output The leftmost rotary control allows progressive adjustment between method a and method b With the control set to 0 there will be no introduced delay and a border above the picture will cause the picture to move down
50. right corners in the X and Y directions F3L Bottom Left With Bottom Left selected the joystick moves the bottom left corner of the tile in the X and Y direction The four rotary controls move the bottom left and bottom right corners in the X and Y directions F3L Bottom Right With Bottom Right selected the joystick moves the bottom right corner of the tile in the X and Y direction The four rotary controls move the bottom left and bottom right corners in the X and Y directions Rotary Controls The four controls move either the two top corners left or right or the two bottom corners left or right of the tile depending on the above settings The X controls move the left or right corner horizontally and the Y control move it vertically Page D 20 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production EEE JO Perspective This button determines whether the picture on the tile is distorted in a linear manner or in view to distance manner The diagrams below show the difference Original Corner Pin Corner Pin Picture Perspective Perspective Off On The wireframe mimic shows that with Perspective Off the centre of the picture is defined by the cross point of lines drawn from the centre of opposite sides whereas with Perspective On the centre is the cross point of lines drawn from diagonally opposite corners DYE MODELS Key 1 Tile 1 Corner Pin Top Left DYE MODELS Key 1 Tile 1 Corne
51. selected by touching it alternatively the left column may be stepped through using F1L Select Changes and the right column stepped through using F2L Select Range When ready to carryout the modification press F3L Do Modify alternatively press F4L to cancel the selections and return to the original menu Assume a seven keyframe timeline that flies a DVE around the screen The border of the DVE is red throughout except for keyframe five where it is green The current keyframe is 2 Change the border colour on the current keyframe from red to blue select Forwards in the right column and press Do Modify What happens for each of the left column selections is detailed below This will cause the entire current keyframe including the DVE position and any other changes to be copied throughout the rest of the timeline This is normally only used for initialising a series of keyframes This will cause the border colour of keyframe 2 and the higher number keyframes up to and including keyframe 5 to change to blue This will cause the border colour of all higher number keyframes with border colour matching the current keyframe 2 to change to blue Keyframe 5 will not change The border colour of keyframes 2 to 4 only will change to blue SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B25 MASK SNELL amp WILCOX JO The Mask menus allow the key signal to be masked using a simple box mask using a wipe pattern or a combination
52. size of the overall border unless one of the four corner buttons is pressed The joystick grows a border from the left side and the top edge of the picture it also controls the overall size of the border The joystick grows a border from the left side and the bottom edge of the picture it also controls the overall size of the border The joystick grows a border from the right side and the top edge of the picture it also controls the overall size of the border The joystick grows a border from the right side and the bottom edge of the picture it also controls the overall size of the border In this menu the rotary controls also grow a border from each edge The back of the tile has the same menu set as the front accessed by the button F2L DYE BORDER DSK Matte Back SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 55 SNELL amp WILCOX JO EFFECT The DVE Effect menus are accessed via the EFFECT button in the menu group DYE EFFECTS DYE EFFECTS Key 1 N E 2 Key 1 a a E TEE ee Blur DYE EFFECTS Key 1 Blur N E 2 Key 1 a Ey a 1 OF 3 BS LTT FIR amp F2R These buttons switch on off the blur effect independently for the front and rear of the tile F3R This sets the blur on the back of the tile to equal that on the front regardless of the settings for the back of the tile F5R amp F6R These buttons link or not the vertical and horizontal blur controls for the front of the tile F5
53. start point of the modulation and thus the relative position of the peaks and troughs to the vertical edge of the wipe E g D amp E are of different phases Spin Applies a continuous change to the Phase of the modulation which produces movement in the ripples Note A amp B are the same amplitude but different frequency B amp C are of the same frequency but different amplitude D amp E are the same amplitude and frequency but different phase S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B17 bi EEE JO TIME LINE This menu is accessed by the Time Line menus button TIMEL INE TIMEL INE 00 00 00 0 00302215 Pe Ue Ze n ei p OE ee There are nine timelines which are enabled independently The shots on each Timeline are shown as diamonds The number above each diamond is the number of that shot Pause keyframes are indicated by a double vertical bar symbol instead of a diamond Transition keyframes are indicated by a T Bar symbol instead of a diamond Timeline Offset Timelines may be offset from the left so that they do not start running until sometime after the RUN button has been pressed This is achieved by enabling just those timelines using the Timeline Enable menu and adjusting the Timeline Offset knob at the bottom left Key Frame Duration Sets the duration of an individual keyframe Current Position Used for fine movement of the cursor position on the Time
54. the left or right Vertical Moves the crop window up or down over the tile Size Increases or decreases the size of the crop window Note In this menu the joystick also moves the crop window horizontally and vertically and affects the crop size Edges Crop The Edges menu allocates the rotary controls as the crop controls and the joystick as the position and size control DYE CROP DSK Edges Front E WE et In this menu the rotary controls have the following functions Top This control crops the picture on the tile from the top Bottom This control crops the picture on the tile from the bottom Left This control crops the picture on the tile from the left Right This control crops the picture on the tile from the right Note The joystick moves the crop window horizontally and or vertically and affects the size of the crop window Page D 50 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Joystick DYE CROP DSK Corners Front DYE CROP DSK Corners Back BE N C RLN BT The joystick controls position and size of the crop window unless one of the four corner buttons is pressed Top Left The joystick crops from the left side and the top edge of the picture it also controls the size of the crop Bottom Left The joystick crops from the left side and the top edge of the picture it also controls the size of the crop Top Right The joystick crop
55. 1 03 2 19 95 BMP lt 052 gt PPH TARGA The Still may be exported to a Zip or Floppy disk or to the FTP File Transfer Protocol directory of the internal hard disk A Floppy disk does not have the capacity to hold an uncompressed Still The destination of the export is selected by the leftside buttons F1L to F3L Whichever destination is selected the next menu screen is as shown on the right above The required Still is selected using the leftmost rotary controller Selector The file format for the export is selected by the second left rotary control Export Still As F1L starts the export function For information on the FTP function see next page S amp W Production amp Post Production DEST FTP Note ER Ech fee ere Hele FTP File Transfer Protocol is a method of transferring files between systems directly or over networks The D1512 has a pair of directories named export and import in the user volume on its hard disk Files can be sent from a PC to the import directory or taken by a PC from the export directory using a FTP program The pictures below are shots of a PC FTP program screen The left part of the left display relates to the Client connection your computer and the right side of the display relates to the Server connection the switcher To make connection to the switcher enter the IP address of the Panel alongside Server Name Enter a User Name and a passwor
56. 1 Page B 27 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Wipe Mask Patterns This facility allows a wipe pattern to be applied to the mask This pattern is completely unrelated to any wipe applied to the M E or P P layers For the mask wipes to function F1R must be set to On There are 68 wipe patterns available which may be selected by the two leftmost rotary controls the selected one is bordered in red Rotary Controls Softness This control affects the softness of the edges of the wipe Aspect Changes the aspect of some of the wipes Only functions if F4R is set to ON Mask Level Controls the amount of wipe Rightside Buttons Aspect Switches between Normal and Alternative where the alternative is a horizontally elongated version of the pattern User Aspect Enables the Aspect rotary control which allows the user to vary the aspect of the wipe pattern Invert Inverts the masking effect of the wipe Position Enables the positioning of certain wipe patterns Page B 28 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Wipe Mask Position This menu allows some wipe patterns to be positioned rotated or spun with respect to the mask MASK Key 2 Position The functions of the rightside buttons are the same as in the previous menu The rotary controls Aspect and Mask Level have the same function as the previous menu the others have the following functions
57. 2 jipg 508837 8 stil0015_jpg 133057 ASCBACK JPG stil0016 jpg 33269 BALLOO 2 JPG stil0017_jpg 33269 BALLOON JPG stil0018_jpg 42329 BBCASTON JPG stil0013_jpg 39237 stil0022_jpg 80696 DYLAN_JPG stil0026 jpg 95001 FGD TGA stil0023_jpg 100552 APG stil0038_jpg 100552 GINA JPG Direct STILO638 JPG HOMT STIL0639 JPG c misc TRAIN JPG Ech eeng Directory Current directory is user import Binary Overwrite Having established FTP communications with the switcher control panel select the Import directory on the switcher hard disk right window by entering lt User Import gt in the top box under File Names and pressing Enter This contains all files previously imported to the FTP directory Select the required directory on the computer left window set the transfer protocol to Binary and drag the Still files from the left window to the right window The Stills will now be available in the Preview Stills menu for loading into a Stills store SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 35 SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Preview Assign Note Aux Assign Note Note There are two Preview outputs available from the SD1512 These outputs are assigned using the PVW 1 and PVW 2 buttons in conjunction with the Preview and Aux Bus source buttons PREVIEW ME ME P P P P DSK DSK l l PGM PVW PGM PVW PGM PVW PVW 1 PVW 2 POM PVW_ PVW a BLAC l 1 see f 12 STORE STORE STORE STORE WASH HIE The Previ
58. 2000 04356 02 03 2000 04356 02 03 2000 04 56 02 03 2000 04356 02 03 2000 04356 03 23 2000 13 50 MISCELLANEOUS File Management Destination Project TITE MEM Ep mae Destination HOME ER The rightside buttons F1R to F3R select the disk of the Source or Destination Project The leftmost rotary control selects the Source or Destination Project Having set the Project locations F3L enters the file selection menu as shown on the previous page S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B71 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Disk Format This menu may be used to format floppy or zip disks MISCELLANEOUS Disk Format MISCELLANEOUS Disk Format Ce EE Leftside buttons F1L and F2L format a Zip or Floppy disk Although these are Operation buttons confirmation is required before the formatting actually occurs Page B 72 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Overlay MISCELLANEOUS M E Key 2 Preview Overlay F1L Overlay F2L PVW Overlay F3L DVE Overlay F4L Action Area F5L Title Area F6L Clean Area F1R Background F2R Source Axis F3R Target Axis F4R DVE Grid F5R Cursor F6R Grab Color S amp W Production amp Post Production The Overlay menu aids picture logo title and DVE tile placement by providing various overlays on the Preview 1 output It is accessed b
59. 24 DVE facility allows an image to be moved scaled and rotated in three dimentional space The image tile is only two dimentional but the DVE processing makes the space the image moves in appear three dimentional Each DVE image has two sets of local controls which affect position size and rotation These control sets are termed Source and Target The source controls affect the original image and the target controls affect the source affected image Note As well as the Local controls there is another set of two Global controls Again they are termed Source and Target The Global source controls affect the image after the local controls and the Global target controls affect the image after the Global source control The Global contols only affect an image if Global Trans has been enabled in the Local control menu For the Tiles DVE model each tile has yet another set of Source amp Target controls which come before the Local controls The diagram below shows how the different sets of Source and Target controls affect the image E g the Global controls affect everything The red source and target controls are only available for the Tiles model for all other models the first control is source at the DVE 1 or DVE 2 level i e the blue source control SOURCE SOURCE TILE 1 TILE 2 TILE 3 TILE 1 TILE 2 TILE 3 TARGET i i i i i i TARGET SOURCE DVE 1 DVE 2 pager ee GLOBAL TARGET Note
60. 6 ovsem DEYS eege B 82 Take Sample Chroma Keyer cccccccccccsssseceececeeeeeeceeeeeaeeseeeeeeeeaseueeeeeessueaaeeeeeesaageess C 6 TIE Ofset een tt EE D 31 Tile Ofiset POSION EE D 31 Tile Offset Rotation i ecccccccccssseecceeceeeeeeeeeeeeaeeseeeeeeeeeesseeeeeeseaaeeeceesseaaaeeeeeessaaaeeeeess D 31 Time rouch TIMENE coer esesessecianss ss aces agement ETEA B 21 rt EE B 18 ier Re te ME A 22 Re UE te NEE D 60 Re wel ee td EE B 4 Triple Tile DVE Models ccccccccccccesseceeeceeeceeeceeeeceeeeeeeceeseeaseeeeseasseeeseeaeeeessaeeeesseaaes D 15 Under Grop GOD EE D 49 Upgrade System MEN B 61 User Bits Timeline ccccccccccsssscccceeeeecccesseeecsausececseaseeeecsaeeeessuseceessgeeeessaeeesssaaeeees B 24 JUser CONIO MENU NEE B 88 User Drawn Curves Bus Colour Effects C 22 Wall Project Drop Shadow cccccecccccccecceesseeeeeeeeseeeeceeeseaeeeeeeeesaeaeeeeeeeessaaaeeeeeeesagsess D 32 Wash General r geed B 49 Waites EECH REVET saceiecascecatcnessarndatcssnindcaves aaa ia aeea C 13 lee EE B 8 Wipe Mask Patterns E B 28 Wipe Mask Position EE B 29 Wipe Patterns A 27 YPbPr Adjustment Source Colour Corrector ccccccsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeaeeneeees C 16 Page xiv SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual describes the operation of the Snell amp Wilcox SD1512 s
61. E Background B bus and the Key bus es The switching function is performed on a matrix with the incoming signals forming the vertical parts of the matrix and the bus outputs the horizontal parts SOURCE INPUTS BUS OUTPUTS A SWITCHING CROSSPOINT A bus button is a matrix crosspoint when pressed it routes the source signal to the bus output S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 5 P P amp M E Switching P P Switching Note Program Preset Page A6 SNELL amp WILCOX JO The P P and M E switching sections of the SD1512 are very similar however they are both covered here for completeness This is the section that controls the on air output of the switcher It has two rows of source selections Program and Preset DSK is covered under Keying PROGRAM BLACK 2 3 11 12 TORE TORI STORES STORES E ASH ME PRESET BLACK 1 2 3 11 12 TORE TORI STORES STORES ASH M E This selects the current on air signal source This selects the signal source that will become the on air signal after the next P P transition The signal sources available to both buses are Black Video inputs 1 to 12 Stores 1 to 4 Matte Wash M E Section Output The type of P P switching transition is selected by the buttons under P P Transition to the left of t
62. E parameter screen as shown on the right for P P If called from the P P or M E Transitions buttons the appropriate parameter screen is displayed directly The two sets of three pictures displayed on the left screen show the current Pattern Border and Position parameters or the wipe generator for each of P P and M E The buttons F1L to F6L to the left of the screen enter the series of menus for Program Preset or Mixer Effects wipe pattern parameter setting There are a total of nine sub and sub sub menus for P P and for M E these menus are effectively the same except that they operate on the different transition switchers Patterns amp Softness The right screen above is the first screen entered by pressing the Program Preset or the Mixer Effects button on the left screen If the menu is entered from the Wipe button in the P P or M E group the relative patterns menu is entered directly The Patterns menu is used to select the required wipe pattern from the 100 patterns available Only thirty patterns are displayed at any one time the two left most rotary controls below the display step the highlight rectangle through the patterns in a horizontal or vertical direction The vertical control also scrolls the display up or down through the other patterns as does the touch slider The highlighted pattern is the one selected The two centre rotary controls relate to User Aspect F2R and Position F4R With User Aspect set to On the
63. EY VIDEO FILL MATTE FILL AUTO SEL KEY S amp W Production amp Post Production The LIN LUMA and CHROM buttons select the DSK keying mode LIN LUMA CHROM This button is used when the source has already been keyed such as the output from a character generator where video outside the key area is black The LUMA button is for use when a normal non keyed video signal is used as the source Selects the optional Chroma Keyer when fitted These buttons are mutually exclusive if all three are off a full key is assumed i e the layer is completely visible This button inverts the keying so that the Program output is either keyed by the actual key signal or its INV background e g titles with Matte fill will be coloured Matte titles over the program or coloured Matte background with program showing through title letters The following three buttons determine how the DSK signal appears over the program material VIDEO MATTE VIDEO FILL FILL KEY Normally provides a self key where the keying signal is as selected on the Key Bus However separate key cut and key fill signals may be set by using Source Mapping Fills the key cut with a video signal which may be the same source as the cut signal self key or a separate one Fills the key cut with the Key Matte Only applies to Auto Sel Key Provides keying where the key cut and key fill AUTO sources may be freely selected With AUTO SEL KEY
64. F6L This button calls a menu for use when the Sony BVS DVS protocol is running from a Sony BVE 9100 editor The menu allows selection of the current 9100 Project as well as the creation and deletion of such projects Information regarding BVE 9100 Project use follows Page B 36 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO sony BVE 9100 and DMEMs S amp W Production amp Post Production One of the features of the BVE 9100 editor is its ability to store the state of the switcher in the EDL It does this by asking the switcher to memorise its current state as a temporary DMEM and then uploading that DMEM to the EDL When the time comes to restore the state it first downloads it from the EDL to a temporary DMEM on the switcher s hard disk which it then tells the switcher to recall to its front panel The temporary DMEM is usually number 99 Unfortunately the amount of room in the DMEM transfer section of the Sony BVS DVS protocol is not sufficient to hold a complete DMEM The GVG 4000 protocol known on the BVE 9100 as M3000 also supports transfer of DMEMs to from the EDL but doesn t suffer from the same restriction This problem is overcome with switcher V2 00 and later software When the editor asks the switcher to upload the temporary DMEM to the EDL the switcher instead makes a copy of the temporary DMEM into a permanent DMEM ina directory spec
65. Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 27 SNELL amp WILCOX JO DVE Buttons Note A different wipe may be selected for the M E transition and P P transition whether from the 23 buttons or from the Wipes Menu screen This is achieved by pressing the P P Wipe or M E Wipe buttons located below the Wipes buttons before selecting the wipe The Shot Box button allows DMEMs 1 to 23 to be recalled Press the Shot Box button followed by one of the other 23 buttons The group of six DVE buttons indicate or select the insertion points of the two optional DVE channels Either one of the two optional DVE channels may be inserted at M E M E any of the six points by use of the Ggs selection buttons The insertion point s may be changed at any time M E BGND M E P P Any of the points may be selected by pressing one of these six buttons alternatively five of them excluding M E Bgnd may be selected in the appropriate button group The insertion points are shown diagramatically below If all the fitted DVE channels one or two are allocated one insertion point has to be released before another can be selected OPTION CARDS M E CHROMA KEYER COLOUR CORR VE BYPASS oe INDICATES POINTS WHERE A DVE MAY BE INSERTED BORDER KEY 1 GEN M E KEY 2 SOURCE SELECT
66. JO CONTROL PANEL FUNCTIONS MENUS TRANS CTRL Wip DVES BORDER MI KE FRAME STORES MATIE WASH conn EFFECT MI LAYEI SIZE amp pen MODELS PT ROP BORDER FRAMESTORES TRAIL DVE DVE EFFECT STORI TATUS GRAB TATUS MISC CONFIG PREVIEW enu MENU EM EH PASTE MAL EE MAL M E TRANSITION KEY CONTROL KEY 1 2 TIMELINE CONTROL TIMELINE ENABLES BGND KEY1 KEY2 PRIOR EDIT GoTo BLACK 1 2 3 ei Li ri D Lin ei store J enzel stores stores MATTE WASH ON EIN LUMA CHROM DN ENABLE INSERT MODIFY DELETE START BACKGROUND A SET MIX NAM SUPER wipe VIDEO MATTE VIDEO pris top opey veer snap RIPPLE FLIP SRC LIMIT FILL FILL KEY SS PREV NEXT SNAP won ROP ME P P Sen BLACK 1 2 3 ES Sieg al store2 ab stores MATTE WASH Se LIMIT FLIP COLOUR RESET ME PP ON ae FLOP REN DYE BORDER Erect MATTE MASK DVE PAUSE Sre Kc TIME REV BGNI BGND GLOBAL LINE Du DVE BACKGROUND B PVW KEY1 KEY2 PVW om auro FVW Key key2 KEY1 KEY2 PVW ENABLE DISABLE PROFILE SNAP TIME LA a ei Li ri D Lin ei Ei stores bal enzel stores STORES MATTE WASH Tr
67. Line for greater accuracy of event positioning Zoom The Zoom knob allows the timeline view to be expanded to check fine detail F1L TimeLines Accesses this menu from the other sub menus F2L Details Accesses the Interpolation Profiles sub menu F3L Speed Profile Accesses the Interpolation Profiles Speed Profile sub menu F4L Enables Enters a sub menu which allows individual parts of each Timeline to be enabled or disabled from running or being edited FIR F4R These buttons are used to allow control of the Time Line by the tape timecode from a VCR see page B21 for information on this function Page B 18 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production ESE JO Interpolation Profiles Key Frame Duration F1R Step F2R Linear F3R Curve Note Linearity Acceleration Tension The graphs S amp W Production amp Post Production These menus are accessed by the Details button F2L and Speed Profile button F3L from any Time Line menu TIMELINE Interpolation Profiles e a SSS These menus control how the time line operates The progression from one key frame to the next is affected by the rotary controls which have the same function in each menu Sets the duration in frames of the next shot inserted in the currently enabled timeline s The move between shots is a jump The move between shots is a smooth continuous speed movement The move between shot
68. Main is off all the sub flags in the displayed timeline are ignored and treated as being off If the sub flags have been overridden by the Main flag being turned off the sub flags remember their settings but are greyed out Note The left screen shot above is the top level Flags Details display from where no control of the flags is possible To set the sub flags or overall flag On Off select the required Flag with the left and right side buttons this enters the Flags Details menu for the appropriate flag From this menu the sub flags can be set or cleared using side buttons F2L to F6L and F1R to F4R F1L sets the overall Flag to On or Off Note To change the sub flag settings from those of the saved DMEM return to the load menu MUST be via the Prev Menu or Menu Exit buttons If Load is selected from the menu group buttons the flag settings return to those of the saved DMEM Note The flags and sub flags are further described under Save DMEM Page B 52 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Load Still This menu allows previously saved Stills to be loaded into one of the four framestores 15 28 2000 10 43 02 21 2000 05357 02 21 2000 05359 06 28 2000 10343 02 21 2000 06301 04 11 2000 18326 03 07 2000 13332 To select a Still to load either enter its file number from the Keypad or highlight it with the Selector control a thumbnail of the highlighted St
69. Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Show Tallies F2L enters the Extended Source Tallies display control menu STATUS Extended Source Tallies The extended source tally facility allows sources which are contributing to program output but not indicated on the source busses i e key cut sources and DVE sources to be displayed Pressing and holding one of the left or right side buttons will cause any program contributing sources for the appropriate bus to illuminate See page A19 for more information on Control Panel Source Tallying Extra Features The extra features menu allows optional features to be enabled or disabled under password control STATUS Extra Features STATUS Extra Features Licence Feature FEATURES ENABLED PASSWORD f ME 1 RR se SE A be From the Extra Features menu pressing F4R Enter a Password enters the password menu and enables the Keypad The password is keyed in and Ok or the enter button pressed Note The password is obtained from Snell amp Wilcox Technical Support see page ii S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 59 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Switcher ID F1R displays the Switcher ID and allows a Mainframe and Panel name to be entered STATUS Switcher ID Switcher ID 0800 3E2A 1550 MainFrame Name Panel Name Switcher ID This is a unique f
70. OW lead connected to E Protective Earth Conductor BLUE lead connected to N Neutral Conductor BROWN lead connected to L Free Plug Free Socket Live Conductor Control Panel Power cable tie A cable tie mount is located by the power inlet on the control panel A cable tie may be used lt 7 Oo to fix the power cable to the unit to prevent accidental disconnection of power o If this facility is used allow enough cable after Cable tie the tie to allow the power plug to be easily n removed from and inserted into the power socket PA mount Min length after tie 20mm Page iv SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO A Battery Warnings Lithium Battery Empty Holder There is a Lithium battery on the VME card which is mounted piggy back on the Mainframe CPU card If this battery is incorrectly replaced there is a danger of explosion Ensure that the same make and model of battery is used if replacement is required a manufacturer recommended equivalent may be used if the Original type is not available Used batteries should only be disposed of according to the manufacturers instructions The battery must only be replaced by a trained service technician There is an empty battery holder on the MBX card in the Control Panel this holder is not used No battery should be fitted to this card S
71. OX JO Fragment F1R Edge F2R Layer Level Fragments Distance Horizontal Vertical Spin Rate The Fragment menus are on the second page of Models menus accessed via F6R on the top level DVE Models menu Fragment slices the image vertically or horizontally and flies the slices off the screen The leftside buttons call the other Fragment menus and give return to this one from them The rightside buttons have the following functions Selects the edge top bottom left or right from which the slicing will occur Sets whether the flying slice will remain in front of the main image be behind it or fly through it The rotary controls have the following functions Produces the slice and moves it away from the image A new slice is made when the level value is equal to 100 divided by the number of slices fragments Sets the number of slices into which the image will be fragmented Determines how far the slice will fly across the screen before it vanishes and the new slice starts Causes the slice to grow or shrink in the horizontal direction as it flies away from the image Causes the slice to grow or shrink in the vertical direction as it flies away from the image Causes the slice to follow a circular path around the screen The paths radius is determined by the setting of the Distance control and by the Level Page D 40 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Productio
72. P directory on the system hard disk lf exported to the FTP directory it must then be transferred to a computer by an FTP program over a network connection An image to be used as a still may be produced on a computer To completely fill the video display the Still must be the correct pixel size which is 720 pixels wide by 576 pixels high If the image is oversize the outer parts will be off the display area and if it is too small there will be a black border around it Having produced the still it should be saved in one of the formats acceptable to the switchers namely JPEG BMP Win BMP OS2 PPM TARGA The still file may be transferred imported to the switcher on a floppy disk a Zip disk or direct to the FTP directory on the system hard disk SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 29 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Grabbing a Still A still may be grabbed from the Grabs sub menu of the Framestore menu from the Save Still sub menu of the Save menu or by the Framestore buttons on the control panel Panel Buttons Grabs This group of buttons allows a picture from one of the sources to GRAB 2 be grabbed and stored in one of the four framestores as a Still kaka SAVE 3 4 Grab To perform a grab press the GRAB button select the required source on the Aux Bus and press the appropriate Store button The selected picture is frozen and stored when the Store button is released The grabbed still is now
73. R and the back of the tile F6R If linked rotating one control will cause both values horizontal and vertical to change Note The amount of change for H amp V is not equal but is in the ratio 100 H to 3 13 V The rotary controls are grouped into two identical pairs one pair for the front tile face and the other for the rear face The controls add blur in the horizontal and vertical planes Zero is no blur horizontal blur may have a maximum value of 100 whilst vertical blur may only have a maximum value of 3 13 The maximum amount of available vertical blur is thus much less than the maximum amount of available horizontal blur Page D 56 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Freeze The Freeze menu which contains a range of DVE freeze and multigrab effects is accessed from the top level DVE Effects menu DYE EFFECTS Key 1 Freeze N E 2 Key 1 es Ey es 1 OF 3 There are four modes selected by the leftside buttons F1L to F4L Field Mode Frozen Mode Multi Grab Mode and Pull Down Mode Note F1R Freeze On Off must be On for any of the Freeze modes to function Field Mode Field Mode menu screen above is not really a freeze mode at all It interpolates a single field of live video so that switching from live to frozen does not cause a vertical jump F3R amp F4R select the first or second field Frozen Mode DYE EFFECTS Key 1 Freeze
74. Stores 1 to 4 F1L to F4L Selects the Frame Store containing the Still to be cropped or positioned F5L Enters the Still grab menu S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 41 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Position Still The Position Still menu allows the Still to be moved in any direction so that part or all of it is off the screen FRAME STORE CONTROL Store 1 Still Position FRAME STORE CONTROL Store to mim on man rec Page B 42 EE __ eee eee eee eee The move is made by either the two rightmost rotary controls or the joystick Rotating the joystick handle crops the image equally from all edges The four leftmost rotary controls crop the still from the four edges Top Bottom Left or Right Note The functions of the rotary controls are not affected by the leftside buttons These buttons select the function of the joystick SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Position Crop In this menu the joystick positions the crop area over the Still Note If the crop area edge hits the screen edge the image is cropped further FRAME STORE CONTROL Store 1 Crop Position ESE EERE ESE EE The joystick moves the crop area but it cannot be moved so that any part is off the screen When an edge of the crop window reaches the limit of the screen represented by the r
75. The four rotary controls move the top left and top right corners in the X and Y directions F3L Bottom Left With Bottom Left selected the joystick moves the bottom left corner of the tile in the X and Y direction The four rotary controls move the bottom left and bottom right corners in the X and Y directions F3L Bottom Right With Bottom Right selected the joystick moves the bottom right corner of the tile in the X and Y direction The four rotary controls move the bottom left and bottom right corners in the X and Y directions Rotary Controls The four controls move either the two top corners left or right or the two bottom corners left or right of the tile depending on the above settings The X controls move the left or right corner horizontally and the Y control move it vertically S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 27 bi ESE JO Page E B D 28 Perspective This button determines whether the picture on the tile is distorted in a linear manner or in view to distance manner The diagrams below show the difference Original Corner Pin Corner Pin Picture Perspective Perspective Off On The wireframe mimic shows that with Perspective Off the centre of the picture is defined by the cross point of lines drawn from the centre of opposite sides whereas with Perspective On the centre is the cross point of lines drawn from diagonally opposite corners
76. There are nine timelines in the SD1512 one for each of the three keys one each for the P P amp M E transitions one each for the for the P P amp M E Background DVEs one for the Sources and one for the Global transforms Each timeline may be enabled or disabled independently of the others The set up of a timeline uses the Timeline Enables and the Timeline Control groups of buttons shown below 7 TIMELINE ENABLES TIMELINE KEY 1 KEY 2 DSK EDIT ENABLE INSERT MODIFY DELETE M E P P SRC SETUP PREV NEXT SNAP RIPPLE MODIFY ME BGND DVE PP BGND DVE GLOBAL PAUSE KF INSERT TRANS UNDO EDIT RESET TIME LINE SNAP SHOT TIME LINE STILLS ENABLE ALL DISABLE All ALL PROFILE MENU TIME SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 The Timeline Enables select which of the nine timelines will be recorded The Timeline Control buttons allow keyframes to be inserted modified or deleted The EDIT ENABLE button must be illuminated red before any of the creation edit buttons will function The buttons in the Timeline Control block have the following function Enables the Timeline creation edit functions Places a Keyframe into the timeline at the position of the timeline cursor Is used to change an existing keyframe It is only available for use when the cursor is exactly over
77. This button toggles between GVG Save and Current It controls whether DMEMs stored on the switchers hard disk at the request of the protocol are stored in the GVG Save directory or in the current working project directory as specified inthe Miscellaneous Change Current Project menu Note GVG Save is the default setting S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 35 SNELL amp WILCOX JO PERIPHERALS SONY PERIPHERALS SONY SELECT 9100 PROJECT The settings within these Editor menus are storec as part of the User Config file SE EE ISK _ FIR This button which toggles between Enable amp Disable controls whether the switcher performs any commands sent to it by the sony BVS DVS protocol with the exception of and Aux Bus commands F2R This button which toggles between Enable amp Disable controls whether the switcher performs any Aux Bus commands sent to it by the Sony BVS DVS protocol Note This only applies to commands which instruct the switcher to perform an operation requests for switcher state will function regardless of the setting of F1R F3R This button toggles between GVG Save and Current It controls whether DMEMs stored on the switchers hard disk at the request of the protocol are stored in the GVG Save directory or in the current working project directory as specified inthe Miscellaneous Change Current Project menu Note GVG Save is the default setting
78. USER MANUAL D1512 sNeLL amp wiLcox JO SNELL amp WILCOX JO D1512 User Reference Manual Issue 9 Revision 1 April 2003 1998 2003 Snell amp Wilcox Post Production Division The Business and Technology Centre Shire Hill SAFFRON WALDEN Essex CB11 3AQ U K Tel 44 0 1799 523817 Fax 44 0 1799 528081 Support Tel 44 0 1799 508100 Support Fax 44 0 1799 508800 Support E mail post support snellwilcox com Web http www snellwilcox com COPYRIGHT Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable material and information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted including without limitation material generated from the software programs which are displayed on the screen such as icons screen display looks etc Information in this manual and software are subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Snell amp Wilcox Ltd The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may not be reproduced or copied in any manner without prior agreement with Snell amp Wilcox Ltd or their authorized agents Reproduction or disassembly of embedded computer programs or algorithms prohibited No part of this publication may be transmitted or reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopy recording or any information storage and retrieval sys
79. X Position Moves the centre of certain wipes in the horizontal direction Y Position Moves the centre of certain wipes in the vertical direction Rotate Rotates certain wipe patterns Spin Causes certain wipe patterns to spin at a rate and direction determined by the position of the control S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 29 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Grab Store Mask This menu allows various parts of the key mask wipe to be grabbed and stored MASK Key 2 Store Mask Grab F3R Store Mask must be set to On for this facility to function The leftside buttons have the following effects Grab Full Displays the full key area as set in Box Mask Grab Clear Clears the Mask Store Grab Key Grabs the full key area as set in Box Mask and freezes it behind the continuing key action Grab Wipe Stores the current wipe mask size and position moving the wipe position will leave the stored image also displayed Pressing Grab Wipe again will store the new location and release the previous one Add Wipe Similar to Grab Wipe but when making subsequent grabs previous ones are not lost thus complex masks can be designed Remove Wipe The opposite function to Add Wipe in that it masks off visible parts of the key This permits areas within the visible key area to be masked off F4R Store Wipe This button affects the visible results of the various grabs it has two values Combine
80. X SUPER WIPE MIX Selects mix dissolve for the next transition NAM Selects a non additive mix for the next transition A non additive mix operates on a brightest parts wins basis the switching levels can be set in the Non Additive Mix menu SUPER Selects a super mix where the output passes through the Matte colour before reaching the selected signal WIPE Selects a wipe transition the actual type of wipe is selected from the Wipes keypad or from the touch screen which is accessed by pressing the WIPE button again when it is illuminated The TIME button sets the transition time for the AUTO transition TIME Allows the duration of an auto transition to be set in frames Pressing the Time button brings up the numeric keypad key in the required value and press ENTER AUTO Starts an auto transition using the selected transition type and duration In normal set up wipes always start from the same point e g a circle square star etc open from the centre horizontal starts from the top and vertical starts from the left hand side REV If REV is selected the start point is reversed FLIP FLIP FLOP lf FLIP FLOP is selected the start point alternates Page A 10 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production DEST CUT Provides an instantaneous transition cut regardless of the transition type selected If an CUT Auto transition is in progress pressing CUT will insta
81. a keyframe Removes an existing keyframe It is not enabled unless the cursor is exactly over a keyframe Step through the timeline keyframes in either forward or reverse direction Causes a jump to the keyframe nearest the current cursor position Allows ripple editing of the timeline s see the timeline menus description in section B for information on using Ripple Modify S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Pause KF Insert Trans Undo Edit Reset Timeline Enable All and Disable All Profile Menu The Run Buttons Time Goto Start Flip Flop Setting up Timelines S amp W Production amp Post Production Rev Run Is used to generate a Pause Keyframe it also indicates if a keyframe is a pause keyframe A Pause Keyframe is one where the timeline will stop until the Run button is pressed To change an existing keyframe into a Pause Keyframe select the required keyframe press the Pause KF button and when it illuminates press the Modify button Allows a M E or P P Transition to be inserted in the timeline When during a Timeline edit a transition is made using a T bar the Insert Trans button illuminates Pressing the button at that time inserts the transition in the Timeline Undoes the last editing operation including the loading of a fresh timeline There are up to 16 levels of Undo depending on available disk space Is used to reset clear all the enabl
82. actory set character string that identifies the switcher Mainframe Name Allows a name to be entered for a mainframe when used in multi system networks This name will then be displayed in the Select MainFrame menu which is accessed from the Miscellaneous menu by the Log Off button Panel Name Allows a name to be entered for the panel when used in multi system networks This name will then be displayed in the Select MainFrame menu which is accessed from the Miscellaneous menu by the Log Off button Note see Miscellaneous Log Off Page B 60 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO MISC The Miscellaneous menu consists of a number of sub menus mostly related to archiving away from the switcher and restoring DMEM Still Config and System files From these menus the system software can be upgraded the unit can be reset to known settings and the control panel and mainframe communication addresses can be changed The top level menu is accessed via the Misc button in the Menus button group The left and right side buttons F1L to F6L and F1 R amp F2R call the various menus F6R is for when the control panel is used with two mainframes a High Definition one and a Standard Definition one Pressing F6R changes the address of the control panels outgoing communications so that it talks to the other mainframe See the IP Address menu for more informati
83. age B13 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Blend Position amp Angle This menu is accessed from the Blend Patterns sub menu WIPE GENERATOR Program Preset Blend Position The right side buttons F1R to F6R are the same as on the Patterns Position amp Angles sub menu The five rotary controls along the bottom of the screen from the left are Aspect This control adjusts the aspect ratio of the wipe pattern It is only functional if the F2R User Aspect is set to ON Spin If set away from zero applies a spin to the wipe pattern The farther from zero the greater the spin speed The direction of spin rotation is dependant on the direction of knob rotation Rotate Rotates the wipe pattern X Position Moves the reference position of the wipe in a horizontal direction Y Position Moves the reference position of the wipe in a vertical direction Joystick Replicates the function of the last three rotary controls Note Spin Rotate and Position including joystick control are only enabled if F3R Position switch is ON The display shows the wipe position centre and the wipe level The position indication will change as X Position Y Position or Joystick are moved Page B 14 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Modulation There are two modulation sub menus one for horizontal modulation and one for vertical modulation The type of modulation i e
84. age show during the turn The rotary controls affect the turn as follows Controls the actual page turn when at zero there is no turn and the amount of turn increases as the value of the position control increases This control affects the curvature of the page turn Zeroisa sharp edge turn and higher values cause a greater curve in the turn This sets the angle of the turn over 360 degrees so that the turn can be left to right right to left top to bottom bottom to top or at any diagonal angle Causes the angle of the turn to rotate during the turn The speed of change of angle is dependant on the value of spin The direction of spin is different for negative and positive values This button increases the effect of the Position control allowing the page to be turned off the screen even if the DVE tile is very small There are four levels of Range 100 200 400 and 800 consecutive presses of the button step through those values D1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 11 DEST Page Turn Lighting The Lighting Highlight and Lighting Shadow buttons access the menus below DYE MODELS Key 2 Page Turn Lighting Shadow P bei P F i Ee Jee The left side buttons are the same as previously The rotary controls affect the highlight on the rear of the turning page and the shadow cast on the top of the turning page by that part of the page that is turning The controls which are totally independen
85. amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page V SNELL amp wiLcox JO Safety Standards This equipment complies with the following standards BS EN60950 2000 Safety of information Technology Equipment Including Electrical Business Equipment EMC Standards This unit conforms to the following standards BS EN 55103 1 1997 Electromagnetic Compatibility Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 1 Emission BS EN 55103 2 1997 Electromagnetic Compatibility Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 2 Immunity Federal Communications Commission Rules Part 15 Class A 1998 EMC Environment The product s described in this manual conform to the EMC requirements for and are intended for use in either The commercial and light industrial environment including for example theatres E2 or The controlled EMC environment e g purpose built broadcasting or recording studios and the rural outdoor environment far away from railways transmitters overhead power lines etc E4 EMC Performance of Cables and Connectors Snell amp Wilcox products are designed to meet or exceed the requirements of the appropriate European EMC standards In order to achieve this performance in real installations it is essential
86. ans KEY1 KEY2 active ACTIVE KEY ALL ALL MENU TIME RUN SHOT une STILLS P P TRANSITION DSK DSK KEYPAD FTB Black El iis Ia ei ri Li Lin eiis el sTo bi stroef stores i stores MATTE BGND SK ME LAYER DMEM ENN a gt vices sH e WASH LAYER ON LIN LUMA CHROM nv RECALL STORE FTB ON ff ENABLE PROGRAM 7 8 9 NORMAL OG MIX NAM SUPER WIPE ser VIDEO MATTE VIDEO SN LIMIT FILL FILL KEY REY BLACK 1 2 a El vi Si Wl Lin eis el store bi enzel eps stores MATTE WASH ME 4 5 6 CANCEL TIME FLIP REV DVE COLOUR Flop Y PYE LIMIT Borer rpect MATTE MASK DVE ON 1 2 3 DELETE PRESET BLACK Bus Switching Overview From the operational view point the control panel of the standard SD1512 may be split into four sections the Program Preset P P bus switching including DSK the Mixer Effects M E bus switching including Key 1 amp Key 2 the Timelines and the Menus A switcher will have a number of signal buses In the case of a 1 5ME system there will be the Preset bus Program bus DSK bus ME Background A bus M
87. ansfer to another system Which parts of the set up are saved are controlled in the Save DMEM menu There are three main groups of panel information Snap Shot Timelines and Frame Store The Snap Shot is a copy of the physical state of the panel A timeline is a programmed sequence of events affecting one or more sections of the switcher which runs automatically when triggered Framestore is the contents of the Still stores Each of the groups is sub divided Snap Shot and Timeline into seven sub sections relating to the different parts of the switcher set up These sub sections can be set to be saved or not as part of the DMEM However there is only one set of sub section controls so each must be saved or not for both Snap Shot and Timeline unless the overall Snap Shot or Timeline saving flag is disabled Frame Store is divided into the four Still stores so that only the required store contents is saved as part of the DMEM Including a Still in a DMEM increases the save and load time of the DMEM Stills may also be saved independently in the Save Still menu The default setting of Save DMEM is to save all seven sub sections of Snap Shot and Timeline but no Frame Store SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 3 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Config Files In addition to the DMEM files there are two types of Config files which can be saved as part of the system set up System Config These files contain engineering set u
88. at that insertion point SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D3 EEE JO The following screen is the one which will normally be entered when calling a Control menu DYE CONTROL Key 1 Target Transform Position Key 1 0 OF o Transform Position This menu allows control of the position and size of the DVE tile The left side buttons select the Control sub menus FIL Position Allows control of the position and size of the Source or Target DVE tile F2L Rotation Allows control of the rotation angle of the Source or Target DVE tile F3L Allows control of the rotation spin of the Source or Target DVE tile F4L Allows control of the reflection of the Source or Target DVE tile F5L Selects between DVE Source and Target F6L Allows control of the perspective of the Source or Target DVE tile The right side buttons are On Off toggles for FIR DVE Active must be ON for any DVE function to appear on the output F2R Source Trans sets whether or not the Source Transform controls affect the DVE F3R Target Trans sets whether or not the Target Transform controls affect the DVE F4R Global Trans sets whether or not the Global Transform controls affect the DVE F6R Perspect Lim sets whether or not Perspective Limiting will affect the output If set to On normal the tile will NOT be able to pass through the users viewpoint which causes the tile to wrap back onto the screen from an unusual a
89. attern aspect with the Aspect rotary control BORDER Switches the wipe border on or off See the Border sub menu for more details of wipe pattern borders POSITION Allows the positioning of the wipe to enabled or not When off the wipe is referenced to the centre of the screen when on the reference point can be moved to any position on or off the screen The reference point can be controlled by the rotary controls from the Position amp Angle sub menu or by the joystick from this menu or the Position amp Angle menu The joystick function may be locked to control pattern position from any menu if required MULTIPLIER This switches the multiplier effect on or off See the Multiplier amp Splits sub menu for more details SPLITS This switches the splits effect on or off See the Multiplier amp Splits sub menu for more details SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 9 SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Borders The Border sub menu is accessed from any of the other five wipe generator main sub menus WIPE GENERATOR Program Preset Border WIPE GENERATOR Program Preset Border Multiplier Dr Splits OFF WIPE GENERATOR am Preset Patterns WIPE GENERATOR Aken Position Rotate Soo ae ae Ap 0 00 Ier m a Je a 3 lt a HOME wan Softness peed HOME wan _ Softness peed ess 100 peed peed porden poe m par ae mo E E 00 pa 2 43 r por ge SE m The buttons on either side are the same a
90. aueceeeseuaeseeeeessaaaeeeees D 9 Poe DVE EE D 59 aigle ee EE B 79 Wall Border Ee E C 3 Postion DVE ed wise sce ests ond cnievassicncineatadastucnicseswacinnetpeueansincbantcutevenaresdeciebaiadunseevctaiess D 5 Position Triple KU D 16 Position Lighting cceecccseececceeceeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeeeseaeesseaeeessaseetsaeesseeeessaueessageeesaneeesaess D 45 Position amp Angle WIPE ENEE B 11 Position amp Angle Wipe ou cccccceccccsssecceeseccceeseeceeececsueeeessueeessaeeecsauseeseaeeessageessansesseass B 14 Position A Softness Border Generator cccceccccccesssseeceeeeeseeseeeeeesseaeeeeeeeeesuaaeeeeeees D 52 Position amp Softness Crop u cccccecccccccssececccesseeecceescecceeeeeeessauseeecseaseeesseauseesseeseeesssagee D 50 Position Still Frame Store ccccccccccsscccceseeeceeseeceeeeeeeeeeeseeseeseeeessegeeeseseessaeeessaees B 42 Pre SeleCl ROULEr EE B 40 PVCVICW SSI EE A 36 SVR ll B 53 Pull DOWN Mode Freeze u cccccseccccccsseececcceeeeeecceeeeeeseaeceeseeeeeeseesseeesseaeeesssauseessseneeees D 58 Push A Squeeze DVE Models ccccccseseccccseeeeeeceeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeeeeseaseesesaaeeeessaneeees D 36 Reflection DVE CONOL EN D 8 Re B 64 RGB Adjustment Source Colour Corrector ccccccceseeccceeeeeeeseceeseeaeeeeeeeeesaaaseeeeeeas C 16 Ripple Editing Timeline ccccccccseccccseececceseeeceeeeceueeeceueeesseueeeceueesseueeessueeesseseessaaes B 25 Ripples
91. by pressing F2L Trail Key from any other Trail Store menu TRAIL STORE M E Layer Key Controls Less OO Ce The two right most rotary controls DVE Opacity and Trail Opacity are the same as in the Trail Fill menu The other three rotary controls have the following functions Trail Mix This control affects the transparency of the trail Trail Decay Rate Controls the persistence of the trail zero causes a permanent trail and 100 causes no trail due to instant decay In between values cause variable trail fade times Sparkle Rate Controls the rate at which the solid trail breaks up in to sparkles and disappears Page D 62 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Trail Sparkle Matte These two menus allow the colour of the Trail and Sparkle to be set TRAIL STORE M E Layer Trail Matte TRAIL STORE M E Layer Sparkle Decay Matte PE EAA ee The colour of each is set in the same way EE Sols ee Be rr Oe Hue Sets the actual colour of the Matte The hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta Luma sets the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for the selected hue Sat Sets the saturation intensity of the colo
92. cessed from any of the other five wipe generator main sub menus The buttons down either side are the same as on the previous menu except for F2R which enables the wipe pattern variable aspect function see below The five rotary controls along the bottom of the screen from the left are Aspect This control adjusts the aspect ratio of the wipe pattern It is only functional if the F2R User Aspect is set to ON Spin If set away from zero applies a spin to the wipe pattern The farther from zero the greater the spin speed The direction of spin rotation is dependant on the direction of knob rotation Rotate Rotates the wipe pattern X Position Moves the reference position of the wipe in a horizontal direction Y Position Moves the reference position of the wipe in a vertical direction Joystick Replicates the function of the last three rotary controls Note Spin Rotate and Position including joystick control are only enabled if F3R Position switch is ON The display shows the wipe position centre and the wipe level The position indication will change as X Position Y Position or Joystick are moved S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B11 Multiplier amp Splits Page B 12 Horizontal Multiplier Vertical Multiplier Note Splits Phase Note SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 SNELL amp WILCOX JO The Position amp Angle sub menu is ac
93. cessed from any of the other five wipe generator main sub menus WIPE GENERATOR Program Preset Multiplier amp Splits 00 00 15 00 01 00 WIPE GENERATOR am Preset Geseit Position The buttons down either side are the same as on the Patterns menu Multiply allows the wipe pattern to be multiplied horizontally and or vertically to create repeating patterns across the screen E g using circular wipe with 5 horizontal multiplies and 3 vertical multiplies would give fifteen circles on the screen before they become interlinked Split provides enclosed wipe patterns with multiple internal edges E g a circular wipe with 4 splits would look like an archery target The four rotary controls along the bottom of the screen from the left are Sets the number of horizontal replicated patterns Sets the number of vertical patterns F4R Multiplier has to be set to ON or Block Only for the above controls to function If F4R is set to ON they function in all situations If F4R is set to Block Only they only function when the main wipe is being blended with a block wipe pattern and only the block pattern is multiplied If F4R is set to ON both patterns will be multiplied Sets the number of internal edges Sets the concentric positioning of the internal edges with respect to the centre of the pattern F5R Splits has to be set to ON for the Splits and Phase controls to function S amp W Production amp Post Pr
94. ch timeline to be enabled or disabled from running Each individual timeline is divided into several sub sections which can be individually enabled or disabled by what are known as sub flags The left menu shows the nine flags with their sub flags P P Trans DVE and M E Trans DVE have no sub flags A green button against a sub flag indicates that the sub flag is enabled a grey button indicated disabled If the top button of each flag group Main is grey the whole flag is disabled regardless of the sub flag settings Pressing one of the left or right side buttons enters the sub flag enables menu for the appropriate flag the Key 1 Flag sub flag menu is shown on the right above F1L Main controls the whole timeline When Main is off all the sub flags in the displayed timeline are ignored and treated as being off when Main is on the individual sub flags settings take precedence If a sub flag button in the centre of the screen is down and green the sub flag is enabled if it is up and grey it is disabled If the sub flags have been overridden by the Main flag being turned off then the sub flags remember their settings but are greyed out In the Key 1 example above Main DVE Color Effect and Border Gen are enabled and Layer Source and Keying are disabled The flags are enabled or disabled toggled by the FL and FR buttons Page B 20 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production
95. cher This may be done via a floppy disk Zip disk or using the FTP facility Stills produced externally are imported into the switcher using the Stills Import sub menu of the Miscellaneous menu Enter the Miscellaneous menu and press the Import button to enter the sub menu below left Select the source of the import using the leftside buttons and enter a menu similar to that below right If importing from a Zip or floppy disk insert the disk before pressing the source selection button MISCELLANEOUS Import Still P bei E mmm A LEE asec ee S S S ee S Select the required file s using the leftmost rotary control and press Mark for each one required Enter a File No or File Start No and press Import to start the transfer Once imported the files will be found under the Preview Stills menu Page A 34 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production Import via FTP S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO If importing via the FTP Directory the files need to be transferred to the switcher from the computer by an FTP program over a network connection See under The Exported File for information on network connection between a computer and the switcher The picture below is a shot of a PC FTP program screen FTP Program XY File Edit View Connection Help Client Server vme_5 File Names File Names image gif image
96. controls SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 93 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Bus By Source This menu is used to set whether Keying Border and Mask are applied by bus or by source for the Key 1 Key 2 and DSK buses Leftside buttons F1L to F3L select the effect and the rightside buttons toggle between By Source and By Bus for the key buses and the selected effect Page B 94 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Set Clock CONFIGURE Set Real Time Clock Second ae ay elei The date and time are set by the six rotary controls Date The three leftmost rotary controls set the Year Month and Day Time The three rightmost rotary controls set the Hour Minute and Second When the correct values are set press F6R to enter them Calibrate The accuracy of the clock can be adjusted using the Slower and Faster buttons F1R amp F2R The Calibrate indicator displays a positive or negative number incremented by 1 for each press of F2R and decremented by 1 for each press of FIR The correction effect is different for positive and negative values A positive calibration number equals 4ppm approx 10 5 seconds per month and a negative number equals 2ppm approx 5 25 seconds per month Example Calibrate 3 would cause the clock to run faster by approximately 31 5 seconds per month Calibrate 2 would cause the clock to ru
97. controls the functions of which from the left are This control moves the tile left or right This moves the tile up or down This moves the tile into or out of the screen Its effect is similar to the zoom control except that it doesn t have the range of the zoom control Also the centre point of Z Position is the centre of the screen whereas the centre of the zoom control is the centre of the tile This increases or decreases the width of the tile This increases or decreases the height of the tile This control changes the size of the tile The wire frame mimic diagram shows the effects of the controls of the transforms The DVE tile is shown in white the outer edge of the TV screen is shown in cyan and the centre of tile rotation is shown as three directional arrows in green With no effects applied the white rectangle of the DVE tile hides the cyan rectangle of the TV screen Page D 16 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production bl ESSE JO Rotation Triple Tile Yaw Angle Pitch Angle Roll Angle X Axis Y Axis Z Axis S amp W Production amp Post Production Pressing F4L enters the Rotation sub menu The left and right side controls in this sub menu are the same as in the Position sub menu The rotation of the DVE tile is affected by the six rotary controls the functions of which from the left are Rotates the tile such that the left or right s
98. d fill source on the Key Bus then hold down the AUTO SEL KEY button and press the required key cut source on the Key Bus The AUTO SEL KEY button will light amber to indicate the temporary coupling This temporary association only lasts until the next time a button is pressed on the Key Bus AUTO SEL KEY To semi permanenily select separate fill and key sources LOCKED SPLIT mode press and hold the AUTO SEL KEY button While holding down the AUTO SEL KEY button press the required key cut source on the Key Bus twice The AUTO SEL KEY button will now go red In this mode the Key Bus selects the key source while AUTO SEL KEY is pressed and the fill source while it is not pressed LOCKED SPLIT mode is particularly useful in DVE models such as DUAL TILE where the key source is treated as a second video source To exit LOCKED SPLIT mode without affecting the output picture follow the same procedure as you did to enter it i e simply hold down the AUTO SEL KEY button and press the button on the Key Bus that is already lit Alternatively you can press either MATTE FILL or VIDEO KEY to exit SPLIT mode although these may result in changes to the output picture No matter which mode the button is in holding down the AUTO SEL KEY button will make the Key Bus indicate the current key cut source when it is released the Key Bus will go back to showing the current key fill Page A 20 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Prod
99. d in the appropriate boxes and click on Open The factory default IP address for SD switchers is 128 181 160 197 but check the Misc IP Address menu SrEImg TT FERRET Kvkiasee a ql Jee viet Lead all re Oe vs iain WH HE Diri Ech Deier a Note Network Connection File Transfer S amp W Production amp Post Production C JL Ges A K n Having established FTP communications with the switcher control panel select the Export or Import directory on the switcher hard disk by entering lt User Export gt or lt User Imxport gt in the top box under File Names right side of right picture above and pressing Enter The export directory shown contains files exported to the FTP directory Files may be copied to the Import directory or from the Export directory by the computer Care should be exercised in using the FTP transfer facility The only SD1512 directories which may be used are USER IMPORT amp USER EXPORT A computer may be either connected directly to the switcher mainframe or via a network hub If connecting directly use a cross wired swap Ethernet cable to connect a computer network card to the 10 Base T connector on the rear of the switcher mainframe lf connecting via network hub use a standard pin to pin Ethernet cable from the hub to the switcher mainframe 10 Base T connector Transfer mode should be set to
100. d yellow hue 60 the Hue control should be set to 90 and the key accept angle to 60 i e amp 30 on the Hue of 90 to give 60 and 120 If this is not set correctly the key window will include not enough or too many colours Clip amp Gain Sets the luma level at which the key window will be completely open to show the full level of the underlying signal Note The above controls have their values set by the Take Sample function Page C8 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production EEE JO Suppression Chroma Accept Angle Chroma Suppression Luma Suppression S amp W Production amp Post Production This sub menu is accessed from any of the other Chroma Keyer sub menus by pressing F2L The right side buttons F1R to F4R and F6R are the same as in the Main sub menu The three left rotary controls Hue Luma amp Sat are the same as in the Main sub menu The other three rotary controls are Sets the range of colours in the keyed signal to be suppressed Removes apparent colour cast in underlying signal caused by keying signal Sets the amount suppression applied to the unwanted colours in the keying signal Sets the amount of suppression applied to the luma content of the keyed signal SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C 9 SNELL amp wicox JO Chroma This sub menu is accessed from any of the other Chroma Keyer sub menus via F3L The right
101. delete a Still or a range of Stills SAYE Still To Disk 02 21 2000 05357 04 12 2000 11 08 To delete a Still either highlight it using the leftmost rotary control Selector or enter its number from the keypad and press F4L Delete Still The confirmation box as shown in the left screen will be displayed Press F1L OK to complete the deletion or F2L Cancel to cancel it S amp W Production amp Post Production To delete a range of Stills press F5L Delete Range the range box shown above right will be displayed Enter the range to delete using the key pad Use the symbol between the outer numbers of the range use the symbol as a link between two ranges and use the symbol to add a single Still to the range s SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 57 SNELL amp WILCOX JO STATUS The Status menu displays the software version and system configuration It is accessed by the Status button in the Menus button group Card ID Firmware ID CPU 1x 0976FD1C DVE 1 13707A3F OPT 1x 101DD817 INP 1X O71BOBOL o7SC7or2 This menu shows the software version at the top and the situation regarding the cards including their ID and firmware ID Each card is allocated a specific slot which are numbered from the left looking into the front of the mainframe unit There are two DVE option cards which are identical but if only one is fitted it must be in slot 5 Page B 58 SD1512 User
102. e B 47 Border Gen Note Note Note Hue Luma Sat Hue Spin SNELL amp wiLcox JO This menu allows the setting of the border colour for Key 1 Key 2 and DSK Option Card O is required for the Border function The above display is the same for each of Key 1 Key 2 and DSK Selection of the required Key is by the buttons F1L F3L and F5L or by touching the colour blocks There is only one border colour available with the SD system The Outer buttons F2L F4L and F6L have no function More control over the key borders is available in the Border Menus The rotary controls have the following functions Sets the actual colour of the Matte The hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta sets the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for the selected hue Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Causes the hue to continually vary at a rate dependant on the setting of the spin control This produces a continuous changing colour Page B 48 SD1512 User Manual
103. e D 53 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Matte Border The Matte menu allows the colour of the front and or back borders to be independently set DYE BORDER DSK Matte Back DYE BORDER DSK Matte Front ees eis In this menu the rotary controls have the following functions Hue Sets the actual colour of the Matte The hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta Luma sets the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for the selected hue Sat Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Hue Spin Causes the hue to continually vary at a rate dependant on the setting of the spin control This produces a continuous changing colour Note The Hue Luma and Sat may also be set with the joystick Joystick Page D 54 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production DYE BORDER DSK Corners Front ee 8 Top Left Bottom Left Top Right Bottom Right Note Back S amp W Production amp Post Production DEST The joystick controls position and
104. e E a C 14 Lift amp Gain Bus Colour Effects C 20 GORMO DYE EEN D 41 PO AG IMGT SE seresa r r e E a E E E R B 51 Beie RI RE B 51 Bettel UN B 53 Od SOL EE B 31 PAG FSV SUC EE B 76 Bee EE EEN B 88 LOG O WEE B 74 Luma Chroma E C 11 Vu ONCA EE A 9 MWE TRANSOM COMMON E A 7 Main Chroma beer C 7 EE En UC B 26 Page xii SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Mao EE B 45 Matte Border Generator cccccccccccsssssecceeceeeeeeceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeessaaeeeeeessssaageeeeeees C 4 Mate DOD COW E D 35 Mallo el D 54 Maite Lol le e EE D 46 Menu SS E B 93 Miscellaneous TER B Gi Mix Wipe DVE Models cccccccccccssssscecceeseeeeccaeeceeeseeeeeeseeseceeseaueeeessauseeesssaaseeesaaaeeess D 29 Models DVE E D 10 Modulation NVC seeerp EAE E E B 15 Multi Grab Mode Freeze D 58 Multiplier amp Splits WiC cceesccceeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeesssaeeeeeeeeesseeeeeeeeeseaas B 12 Non Adaditive MIK EE B 5 Da ee D 14 T E B 73 Ae MING EE A 6 Page Turn Models ssce ascents aspccetchessseedcbactncoiebiesddeatsarcnaboiscneadssernbesedeeunceeddennianeenseeseanek s D 11 Patterns A Softness Wipe 20 cccccsececcceeeceseseeeeeeeesseeeceeeeseseeeeceeeeesseaeeeeeeessaeaaeeeeees B 8 Peripherals Config System B 81 Peripherals EN B 34 Perspective DVE Control ccccccccccccssssecceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeseeseceeeeseaa
105. e Select menu Above right is a Standard 24 input mainframe Below left is using a 32x32 Integrated router and below right is a 112x112 Integrated router BEE 8s ae 2 as s Eg s s s s s 85 Em PP sk so Fe ao _00 00 00 00 0 TL HOME Router Router a Output Input Golden f 112 7 112 Dave a ee PP HE 1 isk so re eee 00 00 00 00 0 HOHE Router Router Output Input 35 38 1 64 1 112 EN For a Pre Select router that has more outputs than the mainframe or Integrated router has inputs an offset can be introduced to select which block of router outputs will be connected to the switcher Golden Delt FIR Pressing this button transmits the routing set up to the router F3R Selects the next page of crosspoints where there are more than 32 F6R This button sets input 1 to output 1 2 to 2 and so on Note In order for External Router to function the router protocol has to be selected for the appropriate port in the Configure System Port Protocols menu Page B 40 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO FRAME STORE The Frame Store menus are accessed by the Frame Store button in the menu group FRAME STORE CONTROL The Frame Store menus have two functions To Crop and Position the stills in Stores 1 to 4 To grab stills from one of the signal sources and place them in
106. e Show Wall facility is used in conjunction with the two rotary controls Wall Scale X amp Y scale the wall produced by the Show Wall function above in the horizontal and vertical directions S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 33 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Using Wall Project Having positioned the wall in relation to the tile the shadow is thrown on it by positioning the light in the Light menu The light source is indicated by the orange star Enter Lighting Position menu and lock the joystick to the light source position Return to the Drop Shadow menu and the light source can be moved in the mimic to assist a shadow to be produced Page D 34 Note Note SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 When a shadow is cast beam lines radiate from the light source past the tile to produce the shadow When using the Light menu Light Position controls to produce the shadow in Wall Project mode the Lighting On Off button F1R does not need to be set to On If it is set to On the tile will be illuminated but the shadow will be no different Also the type of beam has no effect on the shadow In any Drop Shadow menu the light source light beam and any shadow are displayed The light beam and shadow only appear if an actual shadow is caused S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Matte menu DYE MODELS Key 1 D
107. e top level Config menu 13 25 2001 11 29 07 28 1999 10331 02 24 2000 13320 07 06 2000 1331 05 08 2001 14347 Select the required System file from the list using the leftmost rotary control Selector Alternatively key in the file number using the keypad Press F1R to load the file System Save Saves the current System set up to the internal hard disk Accessed via F2L in the System menus CONFIGURE Save Enter the number under which the set up is to be stored using the keypad Alternatively if an existing file is to be overwritten select the file using the leftmost rotary control Selector Press F1R to save the System set up file F6R Delete System Deletes the file numbered in the top file window or if no number is present in the box deletes the file under the highlight bar Page B 76 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production DES Genlock amp Output F1R Genlock On Off F2R Analogue PVW F3R Output F4R Genlock Ref F5R Ancillary F6R Set Standard Genlock H amp V Phase Digital Reference S amp W Production amp Post Production Sets various Genlock and Output parameters Accessed via F3L in the System menus CONFIGURE System Genlock The rightside buttons have the following functions Enables or disables genlocking to an external reference Selects the format of the analogue preview output It can be either RGB or Y Pb Pr Selects whe
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109. ecceeeeeeeeseeeceeeeeuseeeeseaaeceeeeaseeesseaaeeessaaeeeeessageeees B 40 ATV CONS he EE B 41 Neel EU B 42 e HE B 43 EI EE B 44 Var B 45 KV Eegeregie B 47 BJE ENT 0 EE B 48 EE EE EE B 49 Bet e NEE B 51 Load eil B bi IAG DCIS aesavaaniteveacted A B 52 UE B 53 ETE A S T A A E E E A A Ee B 54 EE DMENT ee B 54 EE ee EEN B 55 DEICIDE E B 56 SUNG ebe B 57 IS eege B 58 OW PANES tege B 59 Ee B 59 VE Te EE B 60 Ve B 61 Upgrade Systemi E B 61 Change ei EE B 62 e B 63 Ree B 64 LETS OMT GE B 65 ETGEN B 66 ES eege B 67 PACIOM e B 68 IP e ele B 69 File Management in vincntivinnsdnticdaudcntstiecuacantiacnasdedtcedisunnidsblosdnidsianixaterqumnectieaxannantantoens B 70 RI a ed saaa E E E E E A E E B 72 WENA E B 73 EOD O WE B 74 ie ue ME B 75 SE NEE B 76 Bette B 76 Gen ock A Oumut cece cccccceeeeeeeceeeeeeseseeeeeeeeeseeeeeseaeeaseeeeeeeseaaeeeeesesaeaaeeeeees B 77 Being Seele E B 79 Input TIMING EE B 80 Peripherals B 81 System RI B 82 EA ae Le NEE B 83 DYE SEUD E B 84 POUE r oD seer E E E EE EE B 85 Spare Router QUIDUNS gegen regeiert innin ni iiid edida aiiai B 86 Key Map StU EE B 87 Page viii SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO BE LOGO Se SAVE EN Source MAD DING EE aile line W E WEE Menu Settings BUS B SOUNGE bes egbebegeeh Eege eege Eege geet EE ek Ee ee SECTION C OPTION CARD O Border Generator Ch
110. ect which face of the tile is to be affected F5 amp B6BL amp R These four buttons determine which corner of the tile will be cropped by the joystick FIR Switches on the effect for the face of the tile that is the current menu Must be set to On for the crop function to affect the selected tile face F2R amp F3R Select the Position amp Softness menu or the Edges menu Under Crop Under Crop overcomes the problem where the soft semi transparent edges of a DVE tile allows the background picture to be seen around the edges of a full size DVE tile The function under crops the actual picture video to move the soft edge out of the visible picture area When a full size tile is set the system detects this and automatically provides under cropping However if a tile is full size in the horizontal or vertical dimension but reduced in the other the auto facility does not function In this case manual under crop should be selected to remove the transparency effect on the full size edges S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 49 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Position amp Softness DYE CROP DSK Position And Softness Front DYE CROP DSK Position And Softness Fron DEER ke a In this menu the rotary controls function as follows Softness Softens the edges of the tile regardless of whether it has been cropped or not Horizontal Moves the crop window over the tile to
111. ed dotted box in the mimic it stops if movement is continued the opposite edge of the crop window moves closer thus reducing the size of the crop window Rotating the joystick changes the size of the crop equally from each edge Corner Crop Controls FRAME STORE CONTROL Store 1 Crop Top Right Sources Of T E E F3L to F6L allow the joystick to crop a corner of the Still In each case rotating the joystick crops the still by an equal amount from each edge S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B43 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Grabs Frame or Field Page B 44 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 The Grabs menu allows Stills to be grabbed from any signal source including Black Matte Wash or the program output This menu is reached by pressing F5L from the top Frame Store menu Leftside buttons F1L to F4L select the Frame Store where the Grab will be placed Use the touch screen or the rightmost rotary control to select the Source of the Still to be Grabbed Press F6R to make the Grab Although the Grab is a Still it is a full frame grab and there may be some movement between the two fields The rightside buttons F1R to F3R allow the Frame Store signal to be the full frame or one of the individual fields lf a single field is used the missing field may be replaced by interpolating from the selected field This is achieved by F4R S amp W Productio
112. ed timelines It must be pressed twice to cause a reset the first press causes it to illuminate red it must then be pressed again whilst still red to reset the timelines Either enable or disable all nine timelines at the same time Has a toggle function which calls or cancels the Timeline Interpolation Profiles menu screen Allows the overall timeline run time to be changed It enables the Keypad for the entry of atime The Edit Enable button does not need to illuminated Moves to the start point of the timeline or the end if the Rev button Is on Causes the timeline run direction to alternate on consecutive runs Selects whether the timeline will run forwards or in reverse If illuminated it runs in reverse Causes the enabled timelines to run The timeline menu displays the state of the timelines which are enabled and which disabled which timelines have keyframes and where those keyframes are with respect to the start time and other timelines The four Timeline menu shots on the next page provide some examples how timelines may be set up See also pages B18 to B 25 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A23 DEST TIMEL INE TIMEL INE Timelines x 00303200 pes z Dn Shot 1 Timelines for Key 1 and Key 2 were enabled all others disabled and four INSERTs were made Key 1 timeline was then disabled and the timeline position indicator redline was moved to between Keyframes 1 and 2 Anoth
113. een the two colours in the horizontal direction Y Position This control moves the junction between the two colour in the vertical direction Softness This controls the transition of the junction between the two colours The junction may be varied from a sharp hard edge to a soft blend Page B 50 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production ESE JO LOAD Load DMEM S amp W Production amp Post Production FIL F2L FIR The Load menus allow data stored on the system disk to be loaded The Load menus are accessed by the Load button in the Menus group LOAD DMEM From Disk 07 25 2001 12 30 06 20 2000 17358 03 21 2001 17 34 15 91 2 17726 1 21 2001 17 26 12 09 1999 14318 03 22 2001 17 10 08 03 1999 09309 The left screen is the top level Load menu that on the right is the Load DMEM menu see below The Load menu Enters the Load DMEM menu Enters the Load Stills sub menu Switches the Preview Overlay facility on and selects Stills the contents of the four Framestores are then displayed on the Preview output When On pressing again switches the facility Off See the Miscellaneous Overlay menu for details of this facility See right hand screen above The DMEM to be loaded is selected from the list of files by the leftmost rotary control Selector When the required DMEM file is highlighted pressing F1L loads it Which parts of a saved DMEM are
114. elected from the Wipes keypad or from the touch screen which is accessed by pressing the WIPE button again when it is illuminated Note See pages B4 to B17 for information on transition control and NAM Super Mix and Wipes The TIME button sets the transition time for an AUTO transition TIME Allows the duration of an auto transition to be set in frames Pressing the Time button brings up the numeric keypad key in the required value and press ENTER WS AUTO Starts an auto transition using the selected transition type and duration S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 7 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Page A 8 REV FLIP FLOP CUT DVE PVW Trans Transition Limit In normal set up wipes always start from the same point e g a circle square star etc open from the centre horizontal starts from the top and vertical starts from the left hand side If REV is selected the start point is reversed FLIP REV If FLIP FLOP is selected the start point alternates Provides an instantaneous transition cut regardless of the transition type selected If an Auto CUT transition is in progress pressing CUT will instantly complete it selecting DVE means that the next transition will be DVE a DVE transition This button selects a special mode in which all P P Transitions are shown on the main Preview Output PVW instead of the Program Output The Program Tran
115. elected transition the fundamental curve shape is selected by the F1R to F5R buttons The Sine Curve and Cubic Curve are similar and are like that shown for Mix Effects and DSK although the shape can be changed with the Profile control The Sine S and Cubic S curves are also similar and are like those shown for Program Preset and Fade to Black The actual shape can be varied with the Profile control Linear is a straight line as shown for all four transitions in the left screen shot Itis not variable The curves represent the manner in which a transition will function The curve shown for the P P transition starts and ends fast with a slow section in centre The M E transition starts fast and slows down towards the end whereas that for DSK starts slowly and speeds up That for FTB starts slow has a fast centre section before slowing down again at the end Page B 4 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production DES NON ADDITIVE MIX The Non Additive Mix menu can be selected by the NAM menu button or by pressing either the NAM button in M E Transitions or the NAM button in P P Transitions when it is illuminated ee ee 9 ee or a This menu sets the parameters for the P P and M E Non Additive Mix functions SSS E EE Non Additive Mix is a mix where the brighter parts of either picture are more prominent than the darker parts during the transition Thus the brighter parts of the fading ou
116. elects the Red channel of RGB Selects the Green channel of RGB Selects the Blue channel of RGB The graphs for the YPbPr adjustments lift amp gain have two scales One in white from 0 to 100 for the Y component and the other in green from 100 to 100 for the Pb and Pr components SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C15 SNeLL amp wiLcox JO YPbPr Adjustment To make colour corrections to one of the YPbPr components press the appropriate button F1R to F3R SOURCE COLOR CORRECTION Input 1 Y SOURCE COLOR CORRECTION Input 1 Pr Oz D 002 nput Leve nput Leve P E T ISK _ ISk _ E A A To The two left most rotary controls affect the lift and gain of the selected component The three component levels are shown on all graphs Y in white Pb in blue and Pr in red RGB Adjustment The RGB graphs are different from the YPbPr graphs in that as well as lift and gain they have gamma They also have a bleed colour adjustment via a separate menu SOURCE COLOR CORRECTION Input 4 Green SOURCE COLOR CORRECTION Input 1 Blue The three left most rotary controls affect the lift gain and gamma levels for each colour There is one line on the graph for each colour the red line represents red the green line represents green and the blue line represents blue The three right most rotary controls affect the bleed function Although they can be adjusted from the Lift Gain amp Gamma menu the
117. enus e g the colour correction menus where all the settings for Y Pb Pr etc are pasted A typical menu screen TITLE BAR TIMELINE CHROMA KEYER Key 1 Key Generator Main Dd Key al ken 2 0f 4 lt g lt F1L to F6L EEN F1R to F6R SOFT KEYS SOFT KEYS Suppression Luma Regions l gt S Oz Luma Level 1002 JOYSTICK FUNCTIONS FTB 5 S LEE TI ee LBE G eee E d CURRENT PROJECT amp DMEM Y SONNE E D ene FUNCTIONS OF ROTARY CONTROLS TOUCH TITLES TO SET Ce ANALOGUE VALUES TIMES FROM NUMBER KEYPAD At the top of the screen is the menu title bar this shows the main menu name plus any sub menu names Below the title bar is the area for a timeline not all menus have associated timeline Down the left and right sides of the display are the touch buttons They align with the hardware switches alongside the display either may be used to perform the operation function of the button These buttons switches are designated F1L to F6L leftside and F1R to F6R rightside Page B 2 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Button types Note Joystick S amp W Production amp Post Production There are three types of button which are described below FUNCTION MENU OPERATION MENU On Off Selection OPERATION The large button is This button type is The middle size used to select used as an On Off button caus
118. er INSERT was made and then Key 1 timeline was enabled again Thus the shot shows both timelines enabled and all the keyframes on Key 1 timeline occurring at the same time as those on Key 2 except that Key 2 has an extra keyframe between Key 1 s keyframe 1 and 2 Note The keyframe numbers on the Key 2 timeline changed with the insertion of the extra keyframe Shot 2 Key 2 timeline has been disabled and DSK and Global timelines have been enabled No keyframes have been inserted into those timelines at this stage Shot 3 One keyframe has been inserted into the Key 1 DSK amp Global timelines on the position indicator line between Key 1 keyframes 2 amp 3 All subsequent Key 1 keyframes have incremented in number to accommodate the extra keyframe Shot 4 A Pause keyframe has been inserted into the Key 1 DSK amp Global timelines on the indicator line between Key 1 keyframes 3 amp 4 Page A 24 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Keypad Maths functions DMEM functions S amp W Production amp Post Production This group of buttons is primarily used for the entry of numeric data to set parameters in the menus It can also be used in the rapid storing or recalling loading of DMEM files Basic mathematical functions add subtract multiply and divide may also be carried out Keypad je owen lt vsa Ke pom 4 ele CANCEL BH H
119. es an menus switch or to make instant action a selection by operation stepping through a list of functions Along the bottom are six parameters which are adjusted by the rotary controls located below them on the console The displayed values change as the controls are rotated By touching the name box above the value displays the Keypad becomes enabled allowing direct numeric entry of values Below the rotary controls on the console are small circular buttons which are each associated with the control above If the corresponding control is adjusted such that the value associated with it is not normal a light in the switch glows blue In this case pressing the switch once moves the value to nearest whole number and pressing it again sets the value to that defined in DMEM 000 Below the six hardware switches to the left and right of the display F1L F6L amp F1R F6R are two more switches one either side of the display These are MENU EXIT left and MENU BACK right Menu Exit goes up one level in the menu structure Menu Back goes to the previous menu accessed Up to eight levels of back up are possible one step for each press of the switch The joystick located to the right of the console controls parameters which are displayed in the box below and to the right of the main display above the right hand three variable parameter boxes The joystick operates in three axes and the value of each is displayed in real time S
120. es have their own menus the Light menus are entered by the Light button in the Menu group The Shade menus are accessed by F6L in the Light menu Once in the Shade menus F6L changes to Light and is used to return to the Light menus From the entry menu above the other Light and Shade menus can be accessed by the left side buttons Buttons FiL to F3L are the same for the Light and Shade menus calling the Control Position and Rotation sub menus FAL is only present in the Light menus and facilitates the setting of the colour of the light F6L accesses the Shade menus when in the Light menus and the Light menus when in the Shade menus Its name changes as it is pressed The right side button F1R switches the Light or Shade function independently On or Off This button must display On for the required Light and or Shade function to operate The Model button F2R selects the source of light or shade It may be Spot or Bar or Inverse Spot or Inverse Bar The Mode button F6R selects the type of light or shade It may be Diffuse Specular Directed and Tile Fixed Page D 42 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production DEST Model Spot Bar Inverse Spot or Bar Mode Diffuse Specular Directed Tile Fixed Auto Track S amp W Production amp Post Production This is a circular beam of light or shade directed at the tile This is a rectangular beam of light or shade directed at the tile
121. essing this button causes the source s contributing to the DSK keying or the DSK DVE function to be indicated In straight keying the Primary Key Fill and Primary Key Cut sources will illuminate red if DSK is On or green if Off When a DVE is assigned to the DSK the sources allocated to the various tile faces will illuminate only when they are visible in the program output Thus for a rotating tile Yaw or Pitch only the indicated source will change as the tile rotates Any selected but not visible source s is are not indicated The illumination is red if DSK is On or green if Off The Key 1 and Key 2 buttons in the bottom left corner of the Key button group are the extended tally buttons Pressing either button causes the source s contributing to that Keys keying or DVE function to be indicated In straight keying the Primary Key Fill and Primary Key Cut sources will illuminate red if the appropriate key is On or green if Off When a DVE is assigned to a Key the sources allocated to the various tile faces will illuminate only when they are visible in the program output Thus for a rotating tile Yaw or Pitch only the indicated source will change as the tile rotates Any selected but not visible source s is are not indicated The illumination is red if the Key is On or green if Off SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 37 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Button Bus Multi Control Button Bus Multi
122. ew outputs may be assigned to one of the internal mixing points Preview Bus or any of the sources on the Aux Bus except Pgm Clean Pvw 1 or Pvw 2 To assign a signal to a Preview output press the appropriate Preview button PVW 1 or PVW 2 and then select the required signal using the Aux Bus or the Preview Bus buttons The assignment for PVW 1 made above is overridden by the Key and Transition preview functions PVW Trans P P or M E PVW DSK and PVW Key There are Tour auxiliary outputs available which are assigned signals using the Aux Delegate buttons together with the Aux Bus buttons and the ME Pgm button on the Preview Bus PREVIEW M E AUX1 AUX2 AUX3 AUX4 d AUX PGM AUX5 AUX6 AUX7 AUX8 SHIF f PGM PVW PVW BLAC 1 WW 12 STORE STORE STORE STORE WASH HIE The Aux Delegate buttons AUX 1 AUX 2 AUX 3 and AUX 4 select the required Aux output The source for the Aux O P is then selected using the Aux Bus buttons or the ME Pgm button on the Preview Bus The Aux Shift button and Aux selections 5 to 8 have no function on a SD1512 system unless it is used with an Integrated Router In such a case Aux O Ps 5 to 8 are from the router and are untimed Aux O P control may also be from a remote panel see the Installation Manual for details of this Page A 36 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Control Panel So
123. fecting the output picture follow the same procedure as you did to enter it i e simply hold down the AUTO SEL KEY button and press the button on the Key Bus that is already lit Alternatively you can press either MATTE FILL or VIDEO KEY to exit SPLIT mode although these may result in changes to the output picture No matter which mode the button is in holding down the AUTO SEL KEY button will make the Key Bus indicate the current key cut source when it is released the Key Bus will go back to showing the current key fill This button toggles on amp off the optional border BORD generator and calls the BorderLiner menu This button toggles on amp off the Bus Colour Effect which requires the optional Colour Corrector card If the card is fitted the DSK Colour Effects menu is called EFFECT This button selects the DSK Matte menu from where MATTE the DSK Matte fill colour can be set This button toggles on amp off the MASK Generator and calls the DSK Mask menu MASK Q This button routes the DSK through one of the optional DVE channels DVE The TIME button sets the transition time for the AUTO transition Allows the duration of the DSK transition to be set in frames Key in the required value TSG on the numeric keypad and press ENTER Starts a DSK mix of the specified TIME duration The button is amber during the AUTO duration and if pressed again whilst amber the mix is paused It may be res
124. for the selected hue Sat Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Hue Spin Causes the hue to continually vary at a rate dependant on the setting of the spin control This produces a continuous changing colour Page D 26 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production ESSE JO Corner Pin This sub menu is accessed via F6L from the Models menu DYE MODELS Key 2 Corner n DYE MODELS Key 2 Corner n PP eet PP E 1 S CH Ee Tu LC CH a mma EI a Benen o e eles d e In this menu each corner of the tile can be moved independently of the others to distort the tile to any rectangular shape F4R The Mode must be set to On for this menu to affect the output F5R This button may be set to On or Off The effect of perspective is discussed below The left side buttons select which part of the tile will be affected by the rotary and or joystick controls F1L Top Left With Top Left selected the joystick moves the top left corner of the tile in the X and Y direction The four rotary controls move the top left and top right corners in the X and Y directions F2L Top Right With Top Right selected the joystick moves the top right corner of the tile in the X and Y direction
125. h are present on all the menu screens applicable to a particular key Each of the sub menus utilises the six rotary controls but a number of the control functions apply to more than one sub menu SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C 5 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Take Sample Page C6 Clear Last Clear All The Take Sample function should be used to set up the chroma keyer to make transparent the required colour s of the foreground picture Using this function reduces the need to make adjustments to all the manual controls in the various menus The Take Sample facility may be used from any of the Chroma Keyer sub menus Its function is to simplify the setting of the colour s to be become transparent in the keying operation CHROMA KEYER Key 1 Key Generator Main e sg 2 OF 4 S A Pressing the Take Sample button causes the switcher to measure the Hue Luma and Saturation of a selected point on the program output The sample point is indicated by the Cursor which is switched on made visible by F6R and positioned with the joystick The colour under the cursor is displayed in the vertical bar on the right hand side of the Sampled Colours box When the Take Sample button is pressed the colour becomes a horizontal bar in the sampled colours box Taking a sample causes Hue Luma and Sat to take the values of the sample thus setting the keying colour The Blacks Blacks to Main Main to Wh
126. h the Mainframe Although changing the Mainframe address has no effect on the system operation if another control panel has access to the Mainframe as its Alternate Mainframe that access will be lost unless changes are also made within that control panel The left side buttons select the address to set Selecting Mainframe or Panel address causes a second set of address windows to be displayed alongside the bottom two sets of windows Mainframe and Panel After Reboot The number in each these four windows can be set to between 0 and 255 by the four rotary controls When the new Mainframe and or Panel address es have been set pressing F1R changes the values in the left windows Rebooting the system will change the actual addresses The Mainframe and Panel Current address displays do not change until after the reboot Both the Mainframe and Panel After Reboot addresses are changed together therefore ensure that both are set correctly before pressing F1R The control panel may be set to control a different mainframe The address of the alternate mainframe is set via F1L in the Same manner as above This procedure has no effect on the actual mainframe address Then pressing F6R will cause the panel to talk to the new address The alternate mainframe may be connected directly to the panel in place of the standard mainframe or it may be connected to the standard mainframe when communication to it will be via the standard mainf
127. he T bar see diagram below P P Transition M E M E BGND DSK LAYER LAYER ON MIX NAM SUPER WIPE ___ ___L_____ _ _ _ S_ _2 S CUT AUTO Trans The functions of the various buttons are described below SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO The BGND DSK and M E buttons select which layer of the P P that will be affected by the next P P transition M E BGND DSK LAYER BGND Selects the preset bus for the next Mix NAM Super Wipe transition DSK With DSK selected the next transition fades the DSK signal over the current program output M E LAYER Selects the output of the M E section for the next Mix NAM Super Wipe transition The M E LAYER ON button illuminates green when the M E signal is the P P output Kc lf the M E LAYER ON button is selected the ON program output is the M E section output The MIX NAM SUPER and WIPE buttons select the type of transition MIX SUPER WIPE MIX Selects a standard mix also Known as a dissolve or crossfade for the next transition NAM Selects a non additive mix for the next transition A non additive mix operates on a brightest parts wins basis the switching levels can be set in the Non Additive Mix menu SUPER Selects a super mix where the output passes through the Matte colour before reaching the selected signal WIPE Selects a wipe transition the actual type of wipe is s
128. he selected Flag that for P P is shown to the right above Each of the sub flags has a left or right side button which will enable or disable it F1L is Main in all Flag menus and is used to enable or disable the entire Flag regardless of the settings of the sub flags When all the Flags and sub flags have been set as required return to the Save DMEM menu SAYE DMEM To Disk 07 07 1999 12 29 12 01 1999 14348 lis d ees i Z 08 06 1999 10 7 08 06 1999 10 56 HA akg ib Enter a number for the DMEM using the keypad and press F1L Save File or Enter on the keypad There is only one flag sub flag set up per Flag for both Snap Shot and Time Line Thus is not possible to save something under Snap Shot and not save it under Time Line unless the main Time Line Flag is disabled so that nothing for any Flag is saved under Time Line SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 55 SNELL amp wicox JO Delete DMEM Page B 56 SAYE DMEM To Disk zc IT 0 E 05 21 2001 17326 12 09 1999 14 18 Cance 03 22 2001 17310 18 03 1999 09 09 01 18 2000 09319 as 08 09 1999 12 06 F5L and F6L on the Save DMEM menu are used to delete a DMEM or a range of DMEMs GVG saved file 01 18 2000 09319 08 03 1999 11 44 08 09 1999 12306 003 05 21 2001 17 26 ancel a WA 12 09 1999 14 18 5 005 DMEM File 03 22 2001 17310 po _ p3 03 1999 09 09 007 008 009 To delete a DMEM either highl
129. ide turns into the screen Rotates the top or bottom of the tile into the screen Rotates the tile clockwise or counter clockwise Moves the centre of rotation along the horizontal axis of the tile Moves the centre of rotation along the vertical axis of the tile Moves the centre of rotation into or out of the screen SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 17 Spin Triple Tile Page D 18 EEE JO Pressing F5L enters the Spin sub menu DYE MODELS Key 1 Tile 1 Target Spin cy a ar The left and right side controls in this sub menu are the same as in the Position sub menu The DVE tile spin is affected by the three left most rotary controls the functions of which from the left are Yaw Spin Spins the tile such that the left or right side turns into the screen Pitch Spin Spins the tile such that the top or bottom of the tile turns into the screen Roll Spin Spins the tile in a clockwise or counter clockwise direction SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Controls Triple Tile Pressing F6L enters the Rotation sub menu DYE MODELS Key 1 Tile 1 Controls There are two controls on this menu that affect the tile Opacity Controls how transparent or opaque the selected tile is Intersect Softness Adjusts how hard or soft the intersect line where one tile passes through the other tile is The intersection
130. ified by the user It then uploads the filename of this permanent DMEM to the EDL When the time comes to restore the state the editor downloads the filename from the EDL back to the switcher which then uses it to recall the previously saved permanent DMEM from its final resting place back to the temporary slot used by the editor to recall it to the switcher s front panel Each new permanent DMEM is created with the next available DMEM number in the target folder so up to 999 such DMEMs can be created per folder space in the editor s EDL for all the filenames permitting The permanent folder can be located on the Zip drive floppy drive or on the switcher internal hard Disk however the default is a folder named SONYEMEM on the Zip drive To change the location of this folder and or create a new one press the F6L Select Project button from the Peripherals Sony menu Select from Hard Disk Floppy Disk or Zip Disk using the F1R to F3R buttons then dial up the folder required using the leftmost rotary control To create a new folder simply type the desired name and press F1L Create Project Similarly to delete an unwanted folder highlight the one concerned and then press F3L Delete Project SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 37 SNELL amp WILCOX JO sony BVS DVS Protocol with BVE 9100 Suggested Operation Procedure At the start of the edit job insert a Zip disk into the switcher Go to the Peripherals
131. ight it using the leftmost rotary control Selector or enter its number from the keypad and press F6L The confirmation box as shown in the left screen will be displayed Press F1L OK to complete the deletion or F2L Cancel to cancel it To delete a range of DMEMs press F5L Delete Range the range box shown above right will be displayed Enter the range to delete using the key pad Use the symbol between the outer numbers of the range use the symbol as a link between two ranges and use the symbol to add a single DMEM to the range s SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production El ESET JO Save Still Delete Still SAVE Still To Disk The Save Still menu is accessed via F2L from the top level Save menu or via F3L from the Load Still menu SAYE Still To Disk 02 21 2000 05 57 02 21 2000 05 59 06 28 2000 10 43 2 21 2000 06 01 04 11 2000 18 26 09 07 2000 13 32 04 12 2000 11 08 mi 003 ia ti vm ri Kai ea E mmm am e There are two ways to save a Still to disk Using the right side buttons F1R to F4R which will grab a frame from the source selected by the rightmost rotary control place it in the appropriate Frame Store and save it to disk Alternatively using F6L Save File to grab a frame from the Grab Source selection and save it disk without also placing it in a Frame Store F4L and F5L on the Save Still menu are used to
132. ightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for the selected hue Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Causes the hue to continually vary at a rate dependant on the setting of the spin control This produces a continuous changing colour S amp W Production amp Post Production CHROMA KEYER S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO The SD1512 has three independent Chroma Keyers for M E Key 1 M E Key 2 and DSK A specific individual keyer menu may be accessed directly by the CHROM button in either the Key Control group or the DSK group Alternatively the overall keyer menu may be called by the Chroma Keyer button in the Menu group CHROMA KEYER If called from the Menu group the above screen is displayed the required key menus may now be accessed via the Key 1 Key 2 or DSK buttons F1L to F3L The above menu screen would be accessed directly from the CHROM button in the Key Control group with Key 2 On There are six sub menus relating to the Chroma Keyer function they are Main Suppression Chroma Luma Blacks and Whites They are accessed by the left side buttons F1L to F6L whic
133. ill that hole with a picture or a matte Where two signals are used one the key cut cuts the hole in the background and the other the key fill fills that hole The fill has to be shaped to match the hole Where one signal is used it both cuts and fills the hole This process of keying with a single signal is known as a self key or video key There are three types of keying available on the SD1512 24 they are Luma Keying Linear Keying and Chroma Keying Luma and Linear are standard features but Chroma is a cost option Linear keying is used where the key signal is already keyed i e the area outside the required video is at black level It is also used where there are separate key cut and key fill signals The key signal s cut and fill are usually anti aliased soft edged shaped signals created by a character generator or graphics system There may also be translucent areas intended to allow some background to show through the key e g for watermarks A key effect which is typically used on sources that are not pre keyed such as those from a camera The key cut signal is generated from the video signal using clip and gain controls The portions of the signal that are greater in luminance than the clip level cut the hole in the background The key clip and gain levels are user adjustable The fill may be the same source as the cut or from a different source or matte generaior When only one source is used for both key fil
134. ill will be displayed at the bottom of the display Then either press F1R to F4R to load the selected Still to the Frame Store or press the Store 1 to Store 4 button on any bus other than the Aux bus that stores number will display in F6R and pressing F6L Load File will load the Still to that store Note An entered file number overrides the highlight bar Preview Stills As an alternative to stepping through the Stills one by one select the Preview Stills menu via F1L fe nF Bsns Ee Up to sixteen Stills are displayed and the required one can be selected by touching it The selector control can also be used to move through the Stills If there are more than sixteen Stills the selector control will cause them to be displayed in blocks of four when the highlight rectangle reaches the bottom right corner Having selected a Still is can be loaded to a framestore as described above S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B53 SAVE Save DMEM Note Note SNELL amp WILCOX JO The save menus are accessed from the Save button in the menus group They allow control panel set ups DMEMs and grabbed Stills to be saved to the hard disk The Save DMEM menu allows part or all of the control panel settings to be saved to hard disk There are three groupings in the DMEM shown in the lower part of the screen display which are Snap Shot Time Line and Frame Store Snap Shot
135. imilarly to the rotary knob adjustments there are three circular buttons associated with the joystick If any axis of the joystick is moved off normal the appropriate button illuminates pressing the button once moves the value to nearest multiple of 10 and pressing it again sets the value to that defined in DMEM 000 The forth circular button marked Lock is used to lock the function of the joystick to the menu in which the lock was pressed regardless of any menu that is subsequently selected When the lock is released the joystick will operate the functions of the then current menu SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 3 SNELL amp wiLcox JO TRANSITION CONTROL The Transition Control menu is accessed by pressing the TRANS CTRL menu button TRANSITION CONTROL TRANSITION CONTROL Fade To Black On pressing TRANS CTRL the left hand screen is displayed this shows the current profiles for the four transitions Program Preset Mixer Effects DSK and Fade to Black The white horizontal and vertical lines which intersect on the curves show the current position of the relevant transition controls Pressing any one of the four left side buttons F1L to F4L causes the display to change to that on the right except that the title and the highlighted buttons on the left and right will depend on which button was pressed and which curve is selected for that transition These menus allow the setting of the curve for the s
136. imum brightness possible for the selected hue Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Continuously cycles the hue through 360 degrees thus producing a highlight of changing colour at a speed dependent on the value of the spin control SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 13 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Opacity Page D 14 Front Opacity Back Opacity SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 This sub menu is accessed via F6L from the DVE Models Page Turn sub menu The left side buttons are the same as previously This menu sets the transparency opacity of the turning page The page transparency can be set independently for the front and rear of the page The unturned part of the page can be made fully opaque through to fully transparent If fully transparent a fully unturned page is not seen the page below being fully visible If fully opaque the page appears as a normal book page The back of the page as it becomes visible during the turn can be made fully opaque through to fully transparent If fully transparent the page disappears as it turns If fully opaque it is aS a book page turning S amp W Production amp Post Production El ESSE JO Tiles The menus for the Tiles DVE Model a
137. ing menu In this situation the AUTO SEL KEY button lights green However pressing and holding the Auto Sel Key allows for real time selection of the key cut signal in the manner described below To temporarily change the key source being used with the current key fill SPLIT mode select the required fill source on the Key Bus then hold down the AUTO SEL KEY button and press the required key cut source on the Key Bus The AUTO SEL KEY button will light amber to indicate the temporary coupling This temporary association only lasts until the next time any button is pressed on the Key Bus To semi permanently separate the fill and cut sources LOCKED SPLIT mode press and hold the AUTO SEL KEY button While holding down the AUTO SEL KEY button press the required key cut source on the Key Bus twice The AUTO SEL KEY button will now go red In this mode the cut and fill sources may be freely selected on the key bus The key fill by simple selection and the key cut by holding the Auto Sel Key button down during selection Page A 14 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Note Chroma Keying Typical Application S amp W Production amp Post Production To exit LOCKED SPLIT mode without affecting the output picture follow the same procedure as you did to enter it i e simply hold down the AUTO SEL KEY button and press the button on the Key Bus that i
138. ing the DVE button in the DSK Control group DYE MODELS DSK Corner Pin Top Left Press the Paste button under the menu group The parameters are copied across DYE GLOBAL Source Transform Position 1 RR 0 Of o Note For menus such as Size and position holding the Paste button down will cause all the sub menu parameters to be copied across not just those for the currently displayed menu Page D 66 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO GLOBAL SIZE amp POSN This menu is similar to the DVE Controls menus except that instead of only affecting the DVE for the particular insertion point it affects all the insertion points Thus any parameters set here will affect any and every DVE no matter where it is inserted Note A DVE is only affected by the Global settings if its Global Trans button is set to On This button is F4R in the DVE Control menus There are two sets of four Global menus one for Target Transform and one for Source Transform they are selected by F5L Target Source DYE GLOBAL Target Transform Position em Ka oe i b a on i i itel ect ISk FTB They function in the same manner as the DVE Control menus of the same name S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 67 sNeLL amp wicox JO END OF MANUAL S amp W Producti
139. ites and Whites values are also set by the sample More than one sample may be taken in which case the value of Key Accept Angle changes to encompass the range of colours and the values set in Hue Luma Sat Blacks Blacks to Main Main to Whites and Whites are representative of the various samples Pressing this button clears the last sample taken from the system If more than one sample is present in the Sampled Colours box pressing Clear Last will cause the values of Hue Luma Sat Blacks Blacks to Main Main to Whites and Whites to return to the values based on the other samples lf there is no other sample the values do not change Pressing this button clears all the samples from the Sampled Colours box none of the set values changes with this function SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Main F1R F2R F3R amp F4R S amp W Production amp Post Production F6R E Cee Eee 1 EE eee Main in this instance does not refer to the main menu but to the adjustment menu for the main part of the key signal The other parts of the signal are the highlights Whites and the shadows Blacks Down the right side of the menu and repeated on all the Chrome Keyer sub menus are five function buttons This is the keyer on off control when set to off there is no Chroma Keyer function Take Sample is used to sample the colour luma and saturatio
140. k ES Store Wipe Store Wipe Combine Keys Corner Top nee Corne E ae Bottom Right Corner e P OME 4 z Key 2 a P 98 vi E Key 1 Position TSK Set FTE TL Se ES ISK JE FTE TL Se Ee ta greca HOHE HOHE 100 _ Bottom E 100 Bottom o Let moa Golden Golden ad a Dave Dat The size of the mask may be set using the rotary controls which move the edges individually or by rotating the joystick which moves all edges together The joystick may be used to position the mask vertically or horizontally without changing its size Corner Controls MASK Key 2 Corner Controls off Store Mask Off Store Wipe Store Wipe Combine Keys Combine Keys Bottom Left Corner Bottom Righ Corner PP 30 ME 1 30 MASK Key 2 geg Controls Ier CT bt ee ee The lower four leftside buttons allocate to the joystick control over the two edges adjacent to the selected corner ke Bottom Right Corner PP EI ME 1 30 MASK Key 1 Corner Controls mk ap re ap m gz sog Let Bottom Size 8 1 83 3 00 den Top Bottom Left Right Golden 9 00 RRE 3508 e 48 00 P Dave eee eee ET Det Rotating the joystick controls the overall mask size The rotary controls continue to function as in Position Mask S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev
141. l and key cut the key is called a Self Key or a Video Key In chroma keying the key cut signal is derived from colour rather than level A particular colour of a picture is made transparent to the background leaving the other colours visible over the background The transparent colour is user selectable and may be a range of colours or a single colour There are various controls to reduce fringing and other artefacts from appearing in the composite picture Chroma Keying is a cost option requiring Option Card JO it also functions differently to Linear and Luma keying and so will be dealt with later in this Keying section SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Linear amp Luma Keying Keyer Sources Source Mapping S amp W Production amp Post Production Note The set up for Luma and Linear keying is carried out in the Keyer menu There are three controls for clip level gain and opacity KEIER Key 1 Controls Clip sets the luma level at which the key operates Gain affects the sharpness of the clip point Opacity controls how transparent the key is For a self key or a matte filled key the key source is simply selected on the appropriate key bus for Key 1 Key 2 or DSK Where a key is require to be filled by a different video signal split key source selection is required There are two methods of split key selection using the Source Mapping me
142. le hides the cyan rectangle of the TV screen SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D5 Rotation Yaw Angle Pitch Angle Roll Angle X Axis Y Axis Z Axis EEE JO Pressing F2L enters the Rotation sub menu DYE CONTROL Key 1 Target Transform Rotation EGE wmm A EE DSK ER leg S S L The left and right side controls in this sub menu are the same as in the Position sub menu The rotation of the DVE tile is affected by the six rotary controls the functions of which from the left are Rotates the tile such that the left or right side turns into the screen Rotates the top or bottom of the tile into the screen Rotates the tile clockwise or counter clockwise Moves the centre of rotation along the horizontal axis of the tile Compare the two screen shots below Moves the centre of rotation along the vertical axis of the tile Moves the centre of rotation into or out of the screen ee eg gw eee Page D6 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production El ESSE JO Spin Pressing F3L enters the Spin sub menu DYE CONTROL Key 1 Target Transform Spin The left and right side controls in this sub menu are the same as in the Position sub menu The DVE tile spin is affected by the three left most rotary controls the functions of which from the left are Yaw Spin Spins the tile such that the left or right side turns into the
143. loaded depends on the setting of the flags at the bottom of the display screen When a DMEM is selected the flags will be as set when the DMEM was saved Enabled flags may be disabled so that some saved settings are not loaded SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 51 Ei EEE JO Flags Details Pressing F2L from the Load DMEM menu enters the Flags Details menu LOAD DMEM From Disk Flags Details LOAD DMEM From Disk Flags Details Key 2 a BR P wl a a al P P Trans DVE P P The Flags affect which functions and parameters of the stored DMEM are loaded back into operational memory All the flags other than Frame Store and the overall Timeline and Snapshot Flags apply to both Timeline settings and Snapshot settings Note Snapshot saves the set up of the system other than the Timelines and the Frame Stores Each flag is divided into several sub flags which can be individually enabled or disabled If all the sub flags in a given flag are enabled the appropriate button in the Time Line Enable button group is green If only some of the sub flags in a given flag are enabled the button is amber If the timeline as a whole is disabled regardless of the state of the sub flags the button is not illuminated Pressing the Time Line Enable button for the Flag toggles the overall flag enable between off non illuminated and on green or amber depending on the sub flags F1L Main controls the whole timeline When
144. lour of the light The rotary controls affect the light colour in the following manner Hue Sets the actual colour of the Matte The hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta Luma sets the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for the selected hue Sat Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Hue Spin Causes the hue to continually vary at a rate dependant on the setting of the spin control This produces a continuous changing colour Mimic Zoom This control has no effect on the output but is used to zoom out the mimic display so that any DVE tile that is lost off the edge of the display can be found Page D 46 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO SHADE KURT j DES Fe Fee Lei Kgl bal gt Kei Lg Leg e ell el dl Ve Ee et Lt E E eet CH kee Fr o a0 e ao sx ao re een HOHE ew P Fa EI ssk 30 Fn SE TL S amp W Production amp Post Production o Width _ Softness Opacity a Eo 00 pa i EN
145. marked press F1L to archive them SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B63 SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Restore This function is the opposite of Archive The menu allows previously archived files to be restored to the internal hard drive The menu is accessed via F4L on the top level Misc menu MISCELLANEOUS Restore MISCELLANEOUS Restore fF men A 2 Ranta ee ee S If restoring from a Zip disk F1L Zip the right menu appears lf from a floppy F2L Floppy the called menu is the same except that there is no Still button The left side buttons now decide what type of file to restore Whichever is selected the called menu looks the same except for the files shown MISCELLANEOUS Restore File The files may be restored to any existing project not necessarily the project they were archived from The destination project is selected by the rightmost rotary controller The source project if there is more than one on the archive disk is selected by the leftmost rotary controller The files to be restored are selected by the second from left rotary controller Selector and marked for restoring by F1R When all required files are marked pressing F1L copies them to the internal hard disk Page B 64 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Import MISCELLANEOUS Import Still This function enables the importing of Stills in a number
146. mp W Production amp Post Production EEE JO COLOUR CORRECTOR Note Source Colour Correction a a ew Poe ae pikes 1 ees Dees S amp W Production amp Post Production FIR F2R F3R F6R FIL F2L F3L F4L FOL F6L There are two types of colour correction adjustment in the D1512 Correction adjustment may be applied by source or by bus Source Colour Correction applies the adjustment to a source regardless of which bus it is selected on Bus Colour Effects applies the adjustment to a whole bus so that any source selected on that bus receives the same adjustment The Source Colour Correction and Bus Colour Effects menus require that Option Card O is fitted The menus are accessed by pressing the COLOR CORR button in the menu group ea E pasos 2A S R ESS Colour correction may be applied as lift and or gain in RGB and or YPbPr and as gamma adjustment and or colour bleed in RGB The right side buttons are Master On Off switch this must be On for the corrections to have any effect Enables the RGB part of the colour corrections including the bleed function Enables the YPbPr part of the corrections Enters the Bleed menu This button is only present when one of F4L to F6L Is selected The left side buttons select which component or colour is to receive correction Selects the Y component of YPbPr Selects the Pb component of YPbPr Selects the Pr component of YPbPr S
147. n DYE MODELS Key 1 Fragment SNELL amp WILCOX JO DYE MODELS Key 1 Fragment Pe cer QO Ce UH eee ee 22 3 es yr ae S SL E E 1 OSS E E Si 2 ees ME S Des This menu above left causes the slices to rotate as they fly away Fragment Rotation Yaw Pitch Roll Level amp Angle Direction S amp W Production amp Post Production The three rightmost rotary controls set the amount of rotation Rotates the tile such that the left or right side turns into the screen Rotates the top or bottom of the tile into the screen Rotates the tile clockwise or counter clockwise The three leftmost rotary controls move the centre of rotation Moves the centre of rotation to the left or right Moves the centre of rotation up or down Moves the centre of rotation into or out of the screen Most of the controls on this menu are also on the Level amp Size menu The only new one is the Direction rotary control This control sets the direction the slice flies across the screen D1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 41 DES LIGHTING Introduction The DVE Lighting group of menus is accessed by the Light button in the Menu button group The menu screen below is the one first accessed The DVE Lighting facility provides a source of light or shade which can be directed permanently at a tile or directed into the 3D space through which a tile will pass The Light and Shade sourc
148. n amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO MATTE F1L Source Prog Pre F2L Source MixEffects F3L Super Mix Prog Pre FAL Super Mix MixEffects F5L Wipe Prog Pre F6L Wipe MixEffects F1R Key Fill F2R Border Gen S amp W Production amp Post Production The Matte menus are utilised to set the various colour mattes which are used within the switcher Some of them can also be set under other function specific menus by pressing the Matte button in the appropriate function group to go directly to that functions Matte menu MATTES Alternatively to access the top level Matte menu press the MATTE button in the Menu group There are eight sub menus which can be accessed from the top level menu screen above by the buttons F1L to F6L or FIR amp F2R The six left button functions plus the three Key Fills can also be accessed by touching the appropriate colour block The eight sub menus are used to set the following Sets the Matte colour for the Program Preset bus this sub menu may also be called by pressing the MATTE button on either the Program Preset or DSK bus when tt is illuminated Sets the Matte colour for the Mix Effects bus this sub menu may also be called by pressing the MATTE button on either the Background A Background B or Key1 2 bus when it is illuminated Sets the Matte colour for the Program Preset bus Supermix Sets the Matte colour for the Mix Effects bus Supermix Sets the wipe border colour
149. n of a part of the video signal which is to be the keyed area It is used with the Cursor on off control F6R which when selected to on displays a crosshair on the program signal which can be moved with the joystick Placing the crosshair over a colour and pressing the Take Sample button F2R causes the Hue Luma and Saturation of that colour to be entered into the keyer analyser system More than one sample may be taken The samples are displayed in the Sampled Colours box in the bottom right of the menu The vertical colour bar to the right of this box is the colour currently under the cursor These two buttons Clear Last and Clear All refer to the taken samples and when pressed clear the last sample taken or all the samples currently entered Setting this button to On causes a crosshair to be superimposed on the program output the position of the crosshair is controlled with the joystick The crosshair is used in the Take Sample function The six rotary controls along the bottom of the menu split into two groups Hue Luma amp Sat form part of the Suppression Chroma and Luma sub menus as well as this one Any adjustment made to them in any of those menus will have the same effect The other three Key Accept Angle Clip and Gain are specific to this menu except that the Clip amp Gain controls are affected by the Clip amp Gain controls in the Blacks and Whites sub menus SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C 7
150. n slower by approximately 10 5 seconds per month S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B95 SNELL amp wiLcox JO DELIBERATELY BLANK Page B 96 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO OPTION CARD O MENUS The menus in this section require that Option Card O is fitted BORDER GENERATOR Note FIR F2R to F4R FIL to F3L Note S amp W Production amp Post Production The border generator adds border effects to the keyed video signal of the selected key bus The border function only operates with a keyed signal The border generator menus are accessed by the Border button in the menus group or the Key group BORDER GENERATOR The above menu screen is the one first accessed if the menu group border button is used The left side buttons F1L to F3L select the required Key source and the Controls menu is entered BORDER GENERATOR Key 1 Controls Border On Off Must be On for the Border Extrusion Drop Shadow functions to operate Selects the Border Generator function Border Extrusion or Drop Shadow Selects the Border Generator sub menus The Graduation Profile graph does not function in SD systems SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C 1 bi EEE JO Border Enables the Border function BORDER GENERATOR Key 1 Controls Key 1 oof Extru
151. n to be linked to the selected GPI Rotating the knob brings up a screen displaying the list of available functions shown on the right above and moves the highlight bar through them selects the part of the input signal which will trigger the function It may be on the falling edge rising edge either edge a high level or a low level Two of the functions DMEM and DMEM amp Run have a value input the DMEM number which is entered by this control CONFIGURE GPI Status D For more information on setting the GPIs see the installation manual SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B91 CONFIGURE GPO Status SNELL amp WILCOX JO PPO Active State PEGEA LEI kee ee Rotary Controls Active State F2R Add Condition F1R Next Condition F3R Remove Condition Combining Conditions Page B 92 E j The leftmost control GPO selects the GPO the next one GPO Class selects the occurrence group and GPO Mode selects the actual occurrence If T L User Bits is set as the GPO Class the rotary control T L User Bits selects the actual bit 1 to 6 to be flagged The rotary control Pulse Width determines the time that the output relay is activated The active state of the output relay may be set as Closed or Open by F5R Relay which toggles between open and closed The rightside buttons F1R to F4R set up the conditions and the way they combine to produce an acti
152. n which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Causes the hue to continually vary at a rate dependant on the setting of the spin control This produces a continuous changing colour SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 49 SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Shaped Ramp In Shaped Ramp mode only two colours Colour 1 amp Colour 2 are used The two colours may be placed at any angle to each other and the junction between them moved to anywhere in the picture The manner of the transition between the colours may also be set The Shaped Ramp parameters are set in the Controls sub menu which is accessed by pressing Ei Controls WASH GENERATOR OUNCES 4 2 OF 5 i ji g i j I F2L Causes a return to the colour setting menu touching any one of the colour blocks will also cause a return to colour setting FIR Selects between Four Corner Mode and Shaped Ramp Mode Note Although the Controls sub menu may be accessed in Four Corner Mode or Four Corner Mode may be selected from the Controls sub menu the rotary controls will have no effect they only function in Shaped Ramp Mode The four rotary controls have the following functions Angle This sets the relative positions of the two colours Either colour may be positioned at any angle with respect to the other X Position This control moves the junction betw
153. ne carefully as shadows or colour casts on the backdrop may make complete suppression of the backing difficult if not impossible Also no shades of the backing colour should be present in on the person otherwise he she will become transparent SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A15 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Key Source Although the major use of Chroma Keying is as above it does have other uses The Key Source facility in the Chroma Keyer menu allows the fill to be provided from a split key selection There are two settings for Key Source Fill and Independent Fill uses the Chroma Key signal as the fill Independent uses a split key selection as the fill in the same manner as in Luma keying DSK amp Key 1 Key 2 The functions of Key 1 and Key 2 are identical and those of the DSK very similar but they are treated separately here Both the DSK and Key1 2 bus have the same sources available DSK Control This set of buttons see below control the Down Stream Keyer functions VIDEO MATTE VIDEO ee FILL FILL KEY Se BORD COL matte Mask DVE EFFECT TIME CUT AUTO PVW The functions and effects of the buttons is described below ON This button switches on the DSK layer Itis keyed over the selected Program signal Page A 16 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO LIN LUMA CHROM INV VIDEO K
154. ne setup functions It is accessed from the Interpolation Profiles menus Details or Speed Profile TIMELINE Interpolation Profiles Config TIMELINE Interpolation Profiles Config epa E sens ones ee S a S E Step Changes This controls when step changes e g changing a DVE model or switching a key on or off occur There are two possibilities Early or at Keyframe Early The step change will occur just after the previous keyframe has been passed Thus if anew model is selected on keyframe 3 it will actually take effect just after keyframe 2 has been passed at Keyframe The step change will occur when the selected keyframe is actually reached Thus if a new model is selected on keyframe 3 it will actually take effect when keyframe 3 is reached Note Whilst at Keyframe may seem a more logical method it can give counter intuitive results in practice although it is preferred by some users Undo This facility enables or disables the Undo Edit function of the button in the Timeline Edit group There are up to sixteen levels of undo available depending on available disk space If editing multiple complex timelines the undo feature can slow down operation as all timelines are written to disk every time an edit operation is made This undo enable disable button allows the function to be disabled to prevent slowdown Note The default setting of Undo Enable Disable is Disable Page B 22 SD1512 User Manual
155. ngle For some special effects it could be useful to set Perspect Lim to Off However doing so may produce unpredictable results in cases of extreme control settings Page D4 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production Bi ESE JO Position X Position Y Position Z Position Horizontal Vertical Zoom Note S amp W Production amp Post Production DYE CONTROL Key 1 Target Transform Position Key 1 0 OF Wi WE CONTROL Key 1 Target Transform Position Bee The position and size of the DVE tile is affected by the six rotary controls the functions of which from the left are This control moves the tile left or right This moves the tile up or down This moves the tile into or out of the screen Its effect is similar to the zoom control except that it doesn t have the range of the zoom control Also the centre point of Z Position is the centre of the screen whereas the centre of the zoom control is the centre of the tile This increases or decreases the width of the tile This increases or decreases the height of the tile This control changes the size of the tile The wire frame mimic diagram shows the effects of the controls of the transforms The DVE tile is shown in white the outer edge of the TV screen is shown in cyan and the centre of tile rotation is shown as three directional arrows in green With no effects applied the white rectangle of the DVE ti
156. ntly complete it DVE Selecting DVE means that the next transition will eg DVE be a DVE transition PVW Trans This button selects a special mode in which all M E Transitions are shown on the main Preview Output PVW instead of the M E Output The Program Output is Trans completely unaffected by any transitions in this mode allowing transitions to be tested before actual program use PVW Trans overrides the current Preview Source Selection and turns off any other bus PVW Trans mode Transition Limit The two buttons associated with the M E Transition T bar allow a Transition Limit to be set This limit SET affects both manual T bar transitions and Auto IMIT button transitions To set a limit move the T bar lever to the desired Se place and press the SET LIMIT button With the LIMIT ON button pressed any following transition will only travel as far as the limit and will not complete no bus swap 98 54 Pressing LIMIT ON again will cancel the set limit S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 11 SNELL amp WILCOX JO KEYING Linear Keying Luma Keying Chroma Keying Page A 12 Note Note Keying is the process of inserting a specific part of one video signal key signal into another video signal background to create a third signal The key signal has two jobs and may be one signal or two It has to cut a hole into the background and f
157. nu or using the Auto Sel Key facility The Source Mapping menu is located under the Configure User menu CONFIGURE Source Mapping Fill With this menu a bus source button can be allocated a Key Fill and a Key Cut source When a mapped source is selected on a key bus the Fill provides the key fill signal and the Key provides the key cut signal For a non key bus only the Fill signal is used SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 13 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Auto Sel Key Provides keying where the key cut and key fill sources may be freely selected or pre allocated using the Coupling menu The Auto Select Key Coupling menu is located under the Configure User menu CONFIGURE Auto Select Key Coupling The coupling menu allows for each source to have a key cut source coupled to it The lower source in each block is the coupled source providing the key cut signal and the top source provides the fill The coupling function is used when the Auto Sel Key and Video Fill are enabled in the appropriate Key button group If Matte Fill is selected with Auto Sel Key the fill is the matte and if Video Key is selected the selected source provides a self key Whether or not the Coupling function is used the Auto Sel Key facility provides for manual split key selection With Auto Sel Key enabled the source selected on the key bus provides the key fill and the key cut signal is dependant on the settings in the Coupl
158. oduction SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Blend The Blend sub menu is accessed from any of the other five wipe generator main sub menus WIPE GENERATOR Program Preset Blend Position P P Trans 0 OF 0 The buttons down the right side are the same as on the Patterns menu The left side button F2L calls the Blend Position and Angles sub menu Blend allows the main wipe pattern selected from the Patterns sub menu to be blended with another pattern selected from this sub menu There are three categories of wipe patterns they are Blocks Circles and Polygons A Blend can only occur between patterns of different categories Note A blended pattern is not guaranteed to produce a wipe that completes properly Any user blended pattern should be tested before use The Blend Pattern is selected in the same manner as the main wipe i e using the Left Right and Up Down rotary controls or the touch slider to move through the off screen patterns and then touching the required pattern The two right most rotary controls have the following functions Blend Controls the amount of blending between the main pattern and the blend pattern This control is replicated in the Patterns amp softness sub menu Softness Controls the edge softness of the blended wipe This control is replicated in the Patterns amp Softness sub menu and in the Border sub menu S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 P
159. of formats including BMP and JPG The top level Import menu below left is accessed via F5L on the top level Misc menu MISCELLANEOUS Import Still E DES S amp W Production amp Post Production Note Note The Still may be imported from a Zip or Floppy disk or from the FTP File Transfer Protocol directory of the internal hard disk A Floppy disk does not have the capacity to hold an uncompressed Still The source of the import is selected by the leftside buttons F1L to F3L Whichever source is selected the next menu screen is as shown on the right above A list of the available Still files is displayed in the left window and the required one is selected using the leftmost rotary controller Selector The Still is given a number in the central box using the keypad The Still may be given a name Description if a PC keyboard is connected to the rear of the control panel The Import function is started by pressing F1L Import For information on the FTP function see later SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B65 ESSIEN JO Export Page B 66 MISCELLANEOUS Export Still EE ES EE Note Note SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 This function enables the exporting of Stills in a number of formats including BMP and JPG The top level Import menu below left is accessed via F6L on the top level Misc menu MISCELLANEOUS Export Still 10 03 2000 11331 10 03 2000 1135
160. of either router is sufficient an offset can be added using the two rightmost rotary controls SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 85 Spare Router Output Page B 86 ESSE JO Where the Integrated router has more than 32 outputs the extra outputs may have inputs routed to them in this menu CONFIGURE Spare Router Outputs This menu shows all the outputs above 32 on one or more pages at 32 outputs per page F3R steps through the available pages of outputs The leftmost rotary control steps through the available router outputs and the adjacent control sets a router input for the selected output F1R must be set to Enable for the router control to function SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Key Map Setup This menu allows any user keymap to be enabled or disabled CONFIGURE Key Map Setup F1R toggles between Enabled and Disabled This function is used when a user keymap is installed and allows that keymap to be switched on or off S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 87 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Config User Load Config Save Config Page B 88 F6R Delete Config Loads previous stored User Config set up files from the internal hard disk Accessed via F2L System on the top level Config menu Select the required file from the list using the leftmost
161. omputer and the mainframe communications can be established with the control panel using it s IP address provided the panel and mainframe are correctly connected and both are powered On File Edit View Connection Help Client File Names image 1 _gif image2 pg stil0026 ipg 95001 stil0023 jpg stil0038_jpg 100552 Directory c misc Ech contac 1 C temp E c geoff sdriv Server vme_5 File Names enen ooo STILOO00 JPG STILO001 JPG STILO002 JPG STILO101 JPG STILO636 JPG STILO637 JPG Directory Current directory is user export DIE Binary Overwrite Having established FTP communications with the switcher control panel select the Export directory on the switcher hard disk right window by entering lt User Export gt in the top box under File Names and pressing Enter The export directory contains the currently exported files plus others previously exported to the FIP directory Select the required directory on the computer left window set the transfer protocol to Binary and drag the required Still files from the right window to the left window The Stills will now be in the selected directory on the computer SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A33 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Computer Graphic Still Importing a Still MISCELLANEOUS Import Still Note Stills produced or modified on a computer need to be imported into the swit
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163. on on this subject Upgrade System This menu is used to upgrade the system software A release of upgrade software will be provided on a Zip disk Press F1L MISCELLANEOUS Upgrade System Insert Disk 1 and Press OK EE Stage 1 Read files from floppy disks Insert the disk into the Zip drive and follow the on screen instructions The software will install and the unit re boot S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 61 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Change Project Page B 62 Note Note A Project is in effect a folder in which DMEMs Stills and User Config files are stored This menu allows the creation of different Projects which may contain the system set up for different users and the switching between them The menu is accessed via F2L on the top level Misc menu MISCELLANEOUS Change Current Project Projects can be located on the internal hard disk a floppy disk or a Zip disk The default project is named Home and is located on the hard disk Still files cannot be stored on a floppy disk due to lack of disk space To change to an existing project select the drive using F1R to F3R Use the leftmost rotary control to highlight the required project that project is now the current project DMEM files Stills and User Config files can now be loaded from that project via the appropriate load menus System Config files are not stored under projects To c
164. opriate key KEY 1 KeY2 layer is on If a particular KEY is selected the on off status of the other KEY is shown by these buttons These buttons are indicators only pressing has no effect The ON button switches the selected layer on or if on switches it off SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A19 SNELL amp WILCOX JO VIDEO KEY VIDEO FILL MATTE FILL AUTO SEL KEY The following three buttons determine how the Key signal appears over the program material VIDEO MATTE VIDEO FILL FILL KEY Normally provides a self key where the keying signal is as selected on the Key Bus However separate key cut and key fill signals may be set by using Source Mapping Fills the key cut with a video signal which may be the same source as the cut signal self key or a separate one Fills the key cut with the Key Matte Only applies to Auto Sel Key Provides keying where the key cut and key fill sources may be freely selected With AUTO SEL KEY the key cut source is automatically selected depending upon the key fill that is currently selected on the Key Bus Which Key Cut source is associated with which Key Fill source is defined in the User Config Coupling menu These permanent couplings cannot be changed except through that menu In this mode the AUTO SEL KEY button lights green To temporarily change the key source being used with the current key fill SPLIT mode select the require
165. otary controls Blacks Blacks to Main Main to Whites and Whites set where the boundaries between the shadows mid tones and highlights occur The Clip and Gain controls above adjust the clipping level for the whites highlights area defined with the Main to Whites and Whites controls Note The four left most controls are the same in both this sub menu and in the Blacks sub menu The two right most controls are specific to each of the two sub menus Those in this sub menu affect the clipping level of the defined highlights and those in the Blacks sub menu affect the clipping level of the defined shadows S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C13 ESSE JO Key Source The source of the key may be the source selected on the appropriate key bus Fill or the source selected on the key bus using the Auto Sel Key button Independent Fill With the Key Source set to Fill the key cut signal and the foreground is the source selected on the appropiate key bus and the background is the source selected on the Program bus Any split key selection has no effect Independent If the Key Source is set to Independent the key cut signal is the source selected on the appropriate key bus with the Auto Sel Key held down The foreground is the source selected on the appropriate key bus and the background is the source selected on the Program bus Page C 14 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S a
166. p data relating to the installation and are not likely to be changed e g video standard and communication protocols User Config These contain user preferences which may be set for specific sessions g Source Mapping video key coupling and tallies Projects DMEM and User Config files are stored in Project folders the default project is Home but others may be created in the Change Project menu System Config files are not stored by project Power Up At power on or on a re boot the Switcher loads DMEM 000 from the Home project If there is a User Config file 000 in the Home project it is loaded and System Config file 000 is also loaded System Resets There are various resets available from the Miscellaneous menu Switcher Reset Sets the parameters which are affected by DMEMS to the factory defaults It does not change the number of the current DMEM This is useful to return the system to an operable condition if it is an unknown set up User Config Reset Sets the parameters which are affected by User Config to factory defaults Engineering Reset Sets the parameters which are affected by System Config to factory defaults This may set parameters to values which are not valid for your system set up e g video standard Total Reset All the above System Reboot Boots the system as in a power on Page A A SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox
167. plitude peak to trough distance of the modulation E g C is greater amplitude than B Frequency Controls the frequency number of peaks per centimetre of the modulation E g B is greater frequency than A Phase Controls the start point of the modulation and thus the relative position of the peaks and troughs to the horizontal edge of the wipe E g D amp E are of different phases Spin Applies a continuous change to the Phase of the modulation which produces movement in the ripples Note A amp B are the same amplitude but different frequency B amp C are of the same frequency but different amplitude D amp E are the same amplitude and frequency but different phase Page B 16 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Modulation Y The Modulation Y sub menu is accessed from the Modulation X sub menu WIPE GENERATOR Program Prese rans 0 OF 0 The buttons down the right side are the same as on the Modulation X sub menu The Modulation Y sub menu affects wipe pattern modulation on horizontal edges ye EA w The four rotary controls along the bottom of the screen from the left are Amplitude Controls the amplitude peak to trough distance of the modulation E g C is greater amplitude than B Frequency Controls the frequency number of peaks per centimetre of the modulation E g B is greater frequency than A Phase Controls the
168. r Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D9 SNELL amp WILCOX JO MODELS The DVE Models menus are accessed by the Models button in the Menu group of buttons or by the DVE button in the applicable button group DYE MODELS e BS nines ee S S S ee a One or other of the above menu screens is the first called depending on earlier selections From the top screen select the required DVE point this calls one of the lower screens which allows the actual DVE model to be selected Left and right side buttons F1L to F6R select the required model and cause entry to the associated sub menus for all except Flat Tile which has no sub menus Note The Transform settings in the Control menus affect the tiles in the Models menus Flat Tile Flat Tile has no sub menus and is solely the effects of the other DVE menus Page D 10 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Page Turn Position Radius Angle Spin F1R Range S amp W Production amp Post Production The Page Turn set of sub menus are accessed via F2L from the DVE Models menu DYE MODELS Key 2 Page Turn This model simulates the turning of a page whereby the picture is effectively a page in a book and that page is turned to reveal the next page which is a different picture The left side buttons F1L to F4L plus F6L access Page Turn sub menus which set the way the highlights and shadows of the p
169. r Pin Top Left H Set E a eee LEES ER ee EE Ze G lle Su S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 21 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Defocus Page D 22 F1R amp F2R F5R F6R SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 This menu is accessed via F4L from the DVE Models menu DYE MODELS Key 2 Defocus This menu allows the picture on the front and or back of the tile to be defocused The amount of defocusing is set by the rotary controls There is a pair of defocus controls for the front of the tile and another pair for the back Of each pair one control is for defocus in the horizontal plane and the other for defocus in the vertical plane The effects of the horizontal and vertical defocus controls may be linked so that either control will change the amount of defocus equally in both directions These buttons enable the defocus function for the front and back of the tile Links the horizontal and vertical defocus for the front of the tile Links the horizontal and vertical defocus for the back of the tile S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Slab This menu is accessed via F5L from the DVE Models menu DYE MODELS Key 1 Slab This menu provides a Slab or Box effect where the main picture on the front and rear of the box is the front and back of Tile 1 that on the top and bottom is the front
170. r the rotary control is released Note The key and fill sources for Key 1 Key 2 and DSK can be set to Primary Key Fill or Secondary Key Fill Primary causes the Key or Fill selection to be that on the Key bus in the normal manner To select a Secondary Key Fill the Video Fill button is held down whilst selecting the Key or Fill on the Key bus The Video Key button acts like a shift button to move the normal selection from Primary to Secondary Page D 64 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO DVE STATUS The DVE Status menu enables rotary control parameters to be easily copied from one DVE menu to another DVE menu with the same parameter types The DVE Status button in the menu group gives access to the top level menu left screen from where the required DVE source is selected The DVE type menu is then selected example Copy the settings for DVE Models Corner Pin from P P Background to DSK Press F4L P P Bond in the top level menu above left press F2L Models from the above right menu Select Corner Pin and enter the Corner Pin menu which has been set with the required parameters DYE MODELS PZP Bkgd Corner Pin Top Left Press the Copy button under the menu group this copies the parameters to holding buffers S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 65 EEE JO Change the DVE source to DSK us
171. ram Bus These buttons select the source that will become the M E main background after the next M E transition provided that BGND is selected on the M E Transition group of buttons see below It is the M E equivalent of the P P Preset Bus The Background A amp B buses each have an extra source selection BGND OFF This sets that the appropriate background of the M E to black so that the M E Key will not contain a background This is used when the M E is to be a Key layer for the P P The M E switching transition is selected by the group of buttons under M E Transition to the right of the T bar M E Transition BGND KEY 1 KEY 2 PRIOR CUT AUTO Trans The functions of the various buttons are described below SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 9 SNELL amp WILCOX JO The BGND KEY 1 and KEY 2 buttons select which layer of the M E that will be affected by the next M E transition BGND KEY 1 KEY 2 BGND Selects the background B bus for the next Mix NAM Super Wipe transition KEY 1 Causes the selection for Key 1 to overlay the current background at the next Mix NAM Super Wipe transition KEY 2 Causes the selection for Key 2 to overlay the current background at the next Mix NAM Super Wipe transition PRIOR This button causes the priorities of KEY 1 amp KEY 2 PRIOR to be exchanged as the transition progresses The MIX NAM SUPER and WIPE buttons select the type of transition MI
172. rame SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 69 File Management Page B 70 SNELL amp WILCOX JO The File Management menu allows files to be copied between floppy disk zip disk and the internal hard disk or between different Projects on the same disk The top level File Management menu is accessed by F4R on the top level Miscellaneous menu MISCELLANEOUS File Management The leftside buttons F1L to F3L select the type of file to copy pressing any one enters a menu screen similar to that below MISCELLANEOUS File Management The column to the left shows the Source Project of the file to be copied and the right column shows the Destination Project Those in the above example are Source GVG MEM on the internal hard disk Destination HOME on the internal hard disk The leftmost rotary control selects the file s to be copied Highlight each file to copy using the rotary control and mark it using the rightside buttons Press F4L to copy the file s The Source and Destination Projects can be changed via menus called by F1L and F2L as shown below SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production El EEE JO MISCELLANEOUS File Management Source Project a a Source Project and Files Source Project and Files DMEM File DMEM File i DEN File DMEM File t DHEN File DG DMEM File S GYG saved file bs RER EEE 02 03 2000 04356 02 03
173. rammed to load DMEMs run key macros control VTRs or diskstores or other PBIB controllable equipment or any combination of the three Skateboard also has four sets of DSK controls for use with the Snell amp Wilcox Quad DSK Various routers Snell amp Wilcox or third party may be used with the SD1512 to increase the number of sources These routers may be of the Pre Select or Integrated type and in either case are controlled by the switcher Check with Snell amp Wilcox for routers which may be used with the SD1512 Page A 2 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO SWITCHER SETUP Panel Set up Snap Shot Timeline Framestore S amp W Production amp Post Production Any SD1512 may be configured in a number of different ways to meet requirements for video standards control protocols source mapping and video key coupling among others The various set up parameters are split into two separate groups The configuration settings may be saved for future use allowing various set ups to be available for particular uses of the switcher As well as the configuration set ups the actual operation set up of the panel can be stored This includes the selected transition the key sources the still store contents and the timeline settings The various set up information is stored as detailed below The panel set up is saved in a file called a DMEM for future use or tr
174. rd Pressing F6R changes the Current Standard to the selected one Allows the Ref Sync Out signal to be delayed or advanced with respect to the Program Output For both Genlock and Sync H amp V Phase controls rotating clockwise provides delay and rotating counter clockwise provides advance S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Port Protocols CONFIGURE Set Port Protocols None GYG 100 M E 1 GVG 100 PZP GYG 4000 oui GYG 4000 PM 7 GYG 4000 PV W2 gt Sony DVS Auxi Sony DVS PI VTR Ballistics VTR No B stics Follow Real YTR GAN Tally GA Router GEN Router no Aux Aux 1 Aux 2 Aux 4 Aar Selectable Leet Selectable ProBel T8320 Port 1 Protoco Port BEC Camera mt 3 Protoco Button bus P Bus ProBel Router Ext ProBel Rtr Ext NVision Rtr Ext PESA Rtr Ext Quartz Rtr ProBel Simple This menu allows the communications protocol for each of the four RS422 serial ports to be set CONFIGURE Set Port Protocols The current settings are shown in the four boxes across the lower part of the display Rotating the rotary controls brings up the list of available protocols and moves a highlight selector bar through them Releasing the control causes the list to vanish and the selected protocol is displayed in the box above the rotary control CONFIGURE Set Port Protocols P NE 4 Dok ENEE Pee tape S amp W Production amp Post Production As soon a
175. re accessed from the top level DVE Models menu via F3L Tiles DYE MODELS Key 1 Tile 1 Target Position Key 1 0 OF O This function provides for three totally independent tiles which can have different pictures and follow different transforms The left side buttons have the following functions FIL F2L These buttons select either the Source or the Target for the Transform function setting FL selects the Position sub menu this menu for either Source or Target F4L Selects the Rotation sub menu for either Source or Target F5L Selects the Spin sub menu for either Source or Target F6L Selects the Controls sub menu which is the same for Target and Source The right side buttons have the following functions FIR Selects Tile 1 to be affected by the controls F2R Selects Tile 2 to be affected by the controls F3R Selects Tile 3 to be affected by the controls F4R sets whether or not the Target Transform controls affect the DVE F5R Sets whether or not the Source Transform controls affect the DVE F6R Selects the Triple Tile Corner Pin sub menu S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 15 SNELL amp wiicox JO Position Triple Tile X Position Y Position Z Position Horizontal Vertical Zoom Note DYE MODELS Key 1 Tile 1 Target Position The position and size of the selected DVE tile Tile 1 or Tile 2 is affected by the six rotary
176. reate a new project connect a PC keyboard to the rear of the control panel Type in a project name and press FiL Create Project To delete a project highlight it and press F6L Delete Project SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Archive MISCELLANEOUS S amp W Production amp Post Production Note Archive This menu allows DMEMs Stills User and System Config files to an external disk Zip or floppy Stills cannot be archived to floppy disks due to lack of disk space The Archive menu left below is accessed via F3L on the top level Misc menu MISCELLANEOUS Archive If F1L Zip is pressed the right menu appears If F2L Floppy is pressed the called menu is the same except that there is no Still button The left side buttons now decide what type of file to archive Whichever is selected the called menu looks the same except for the files shown MISCELLANEOUS Archive fp lf all the files are to be archived press F3R Mark All followed by F1L Archive lf less than all are required either move the highlight box using the leftmost rotary control Selector over each file to be archived and press F1R Mark until all the required files are marked Alternatively if a majority are to be archived press F3R to mark all of the files and then unmark the ones not required using the Selector and F2R When all the required files are
177. rectly use a cross wired swap Ethernet cable to connect a computer network card to the 10 100 Base T connector on the rear of the switcher mainframe lf connecting via network hub use a standard pin to pin Ethernet cable from the hub to the switcher mainframe 10 100 Base T connector FTP Program A FTP File Transfer Protocol program is used to transfer files between two network systems Page A 32 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO S amp W Production amp Post Production Note The picture below is a shot of a PC FTP program screen The left part of the display relates to the Client connection your computer and the right side of the display relates to the Server connection the switcher File Edit View Connection Help Client File Names stil0026 ipg stil0023 jpg stil0038_jpg Directory c misc Ech 95001 100552 100552 contac 1 CT temp c geoff sdriv Server Username Password Server Name fi 28 181 160 197 sp1 012_0perator Anonymous FTP ASCI Overwrite To make connection to the switcher enter the IP address of the Panel alongside Server Name Enter a User Name and a password in the appropriate boxes and click on Open The Panel and Mainframe IP address can be found in the Network menu under the Miscellaneous menu Although the cable connection is between the c
178. results are only visible on the Bleed Controls menu accessed by button F6R and where the controls are repeated Page C 16 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Multiple Colour Component Adjustment SOURCE COLOR CORRECTION Input 1 Red Bleed RGB OUrCeS 0 OF 0 S amp W Production amp Post Production Note SOURCE COLOR CORRECTION Input 1 Y Any two or all three of the RGB or YPbPr buttons may be pressed together in order to make the same adjustment to each colour component As the graph scale is different for the Y signal and the Pb Pr signals the same adjustment will separate the lines on the graph The bleed menu is accessed via F6R from any of the RGB Lift Gain and Gamma menus SOURCE COLOR CORRECTION Input 1 Red oOurces The three bar graph blocks represent the red green and blue parts of the picture The three leftmost rotary controls add or subtract the selected colour to from the other colours The left screen above shows each colour as 100 with no other colour added or subtracted The screen on the right shows that red has been reduced by 25 green has 50 red added and blue has 25 red subtracted SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C17 ESSE JO Bus Colour Effects The colour effects menus are accessed by the COLOR EFFECT menu button or by the COL EFFECT buttons in either the Key Control or DSK
179. roduction amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Trail Fill The Trail may be of picture content or of Trail Matte or Sparkle Matte or a combination This menu determines which It is accessed by pressing F1L Trail Fill from any other Trail Store menu Ee Ce The three left most rotary controls affect the trail contents in the following manner Mix to Matte This control mixes the trail from DVE Tile picture content to Trail Matte content O is pure tile video and 100 is pure matte Decay to Matte Rate Only functions with Decay On causes the trail to decay from the result of Mix to Matte to Sparkle Matte Sparkle to Matte Rate Only functions with Sparkle On causes the trail to decay from the result of Mix to Matte to Sparkle Matte As Sparkle is On trail may be sparkling depending on Sparkle Rate in the Trail Key menu Note With both Decay On and Sparkle On the Decay to Matte Rate and the Sparkle to Matte Rate have the same effect on the trail i e cause trail to mix to sparkle matte DVE Opacity Sets the opacity of the DVE Tile does not affect the trail Trail Opacity Sets the opacity of the trail Note For details of setting Trail Matte and Sparkle Matte see later pages S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 61 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Trail Key This menu sets the rate of trail decay and the rate of trail break up due to sparkling It is accessed
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181. rop Shadow Matte ea EA ee Hue Luma Sat Hue Spin S amp W Production amp Post Production The Matte menu is the same in Tile Offset and Wall Project as is shown below Matte is the colour of the shadow if no keying is applied and Video Mix is zero As video mix Is Increased the matte colour decreases Fie ie So eee The matte can be set to any colour and brightness by the rotary controls in the following manner Sets the actual colour of the Matte The hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta Sets the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for the selected hue Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Continuously cycles the hue through 360 degrees thus producing a matte of changing colour at a soeed dependent on the setting of the spin control SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 35 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Push amp Squeeze The Push amp Squeeze menu is accessed via F3L from the DVE Models menu second screen It provides for tile one and tile
182. rotary control Selector Alternatively key in the file number using the keypad Press F1R to load the file Saves the current User Config set up to the internal hard disk Accessed via F2L in the User menus CONFIGURE Save Config File To Disk Enter the number under which the set up is to be stored using the keypad Alternatively if an existing file is to be overwritten select the file using the leftmost rotary control Selector Press F1R to save the User set up file Deletes the file numbered in the top file window or if no number is present in the box deletes the file under the highlight bar SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Source Mapping This menu allows the source selector buttons to be mapped to any of the physical inputs CONFIGURE Source Mapping CONFIGURE Source Mapping Fill Key Selected Router Fill Japs to EE EE The source buttons may be mapped for both Fill and Key FIR Selects whether the mapping will be done independenily for Fill and Key or if they will be the same Key Fill The leftmost rotary control selects the source button to be mapped The next two controls select the physical input to be mapped to the source for Fill and Key lf F1R is set to Fill Key the rotary control for Key Input is greyed out and has no effect F5R Normalise Fill This button sets the physical Fill input to be the same as the
183. s Output is completely unaffected by any transitions in this mode allowing transitions to be tested before actual program use PVW Trans overrides the current Preview Source Selection and turns off any other bus PVW Trans mode The two buttons associated with the P P Transition T bar allow a Transition Limit to be set This limit affects both manual T bar transitions and Auto button transitions To set a limit move the T bar lever to the desired SET place and press the SET LIMIT button With the LIMIT ON button pressed any following transition will only travel as far as the limit and will LIMIT not complete no bus swap ON Pressing LIMIT ON again will cancel the set limit SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production DEST M E Switching Background A Note Background B S amp W Production amp Post Production Note The Mixer Effects section is very similar to the Program Preset section It supplies its output to the P P section rather than directly to the Program Output lts two rows of 19 source buttons provide the same sources as the P P switcher except that the M E Output is not available and the Matte and Wash colours are set independently of the P P Matte amp Wash colours The key bus is covered under Keying This row of buttons selects the source of the main background of the M E It is the M E equivalent of the P P Prog
184. s already lit Alternatively you can press either MATTE FILL or VIDEO KEY to exit SPLIT mode although these may result in changes to the output picture No matter which mode is being used holding down the AUTO SEL KEY button will make the Key Bus indicate the current key cut source when it is released the Key Bus will go back to showing the current key fill Chroma keying requires that Option Card O is installed in the switcher mainframe this card also provides Colour Correction and Border Generation Setting the parameters for Chroma Keying is done in the Chroma Keyer Menus i ye m i i oa i There are seven Chroma Keyer menus which may be used to set the parameters required to perform a perfect chroma key Alternatively the Take Sample function can be used this samples the colour to be keyed out and sets the parameters accordingly Typically Chroma Keying is used to place a person located in a studio in front of an outdoor scene This is achieved by the person being in front of a backdrop of blue or green which is suppressed by the chroma keyer leaving the person as the key cut and key fill signals A hole is cut in the outdoor scene by the key cut signal and filled by the key fill thus placing the studio bound person in the outdoors The Take Sample function is used to select the colour to be suppressed and measure its saturation level Manual adjustment of Gain may be required It is important to set the studio sce
185. s from the left side and the top edge of the picture it also controls the size of the crop Bottom Right The joystick crops from the left side and the top edge of the picture it also controls the size of the crop Note In this menu the rotary controls also crop the picture S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 51 SNELL amp wiLcox JO BORDER DYE BORDER FIL amp F2L FO5 amp 6L amp R FIR F2R F4R Position amp Softness DYE BORDER DSK Position orizont tal tic S SC 20 2 00 ae _ Softness Horizontal zontal Verti Vertical bo lden GE 00 In this menu the mem controls function as follows Softness Horizontal Vertical Size Note Page D 52 And Softness Fron SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 The DVE Border menus are accessed via the DVE BORDER button in the menu group With these menus a border black white or coloured may be placed on one or more sides or fully around the tile Each face may be independently bordered And Softness Fron DYE BORDER DSK Position Mix Effects DSK Layer 0 OF 0 00 01 00 Mix Effects Layer These buttons select which geen front or prey of the tile is to be affected These four buttons determine which corner of the tile will be affected by the joystick Switches on the effect for the face of the tile that is the current menu Must be set to On for the border function to affect the
186. s is set by the Linearity Acceleration and Tension controls The following controls only function if Curve F3R is selected Functions in conjunction with the Tension control to affect the directness of the path between shots Sets the amount of acceleration between shots in the currently enabled timelines Zero is no change in speed a negative value produces a slowing down and a positive value an acceleration Affects the path of the movement between shots The path may be direct or wandering If linearity is set to 100 the Tension control has no effect If Linearity is set to 0 Tension has considerable effect The graphs at the bottom of both menus display the affects of the linearity acceleration and tension controls That in the left menu Is indicative of the path between the keyframes It is only correct if the actual path is a similar shape to the graph i e a Z shaped path otherwise it is only an indication Adjustments affect the current keyframe plus adjacent ones the affects to a number of keyframes can be seen in the right Speed Profile menu graph SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B19 bl ESSE JO Time Line Enables The left menu is accessed by the Enables button F4L in the Time Line menu The flag menus Prog Pre shown on right are accessed by the appropriate button in the Enables menu TIMELINE DMEM Enables Key 2 Flag Details The Flag Enables and Details menus allow parts of ea
187. s pointing at the tile and is always perpendicular to the plane of the tile All rotary control functions operate in tile fixed mode This function is only applicable to Directed Mode If Auto Track is switched On in Directed Mode the beam will be automatically centred on the tile whenever the tile is within the screen area SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 43 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Controls Lighting DYE LIGHTING Key 2 Light Controls Kg E Tl In the Light Controls menu the rotary controls have the following functions Width Sets the width or diameter of the beam Softness Sets how hard sharp or soft the edge of the beam is Opacity In effect controls the brightness of the light When set to zero there is no visible light on the tile When set too high the light is so bright as to make the picture on the illuminated part of the tile obliterated by the beam Ambient Level This controls the amount of light on the whole tile If it is set too high the tile becomes a white or coloured block Mimic Zoom This control has no effect on the output but is used to zoom out the mimic display so that any DVE tile that is lost off the edge of the display can be found Page D 44 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Position Lighting DYE LIGHTING Key 1 Light Position Rotation Lighting Mimic Zoom S amp W Prod
188. s the eg menu The Border button F3R must be On for border to function The rotary controls from the left are Width Adjusts the width of the pattern border Softness Adjusts the softness of the edges of the wipe or border This control is also in the Patterns amp Softness and Blend menus Softness Bias Biases the softness towards the inner or outer edge of the border Hue Adjusts the hue of the border colour see page Luma Adjusts the brightness of the border colour see page Sat Adjusts the saturation of the border colour see page Joystick The joystick also controls the Hue Luma amp Sat levels The screen displays the border colour the border profile and the softness profile which are affected in this menu It also shows the current position and angle of the wipe these values may be changed from the Position amp Angle sub menu WIPE GENERATOR Program Preset Border WIPE GENERATOR Program Preset Border WIPE GENERATOR am Preset Patterns WIPE GENERATOR am Preset Patterns Gees Position Rotate Pda od Position 62 6 46 D I ES ES HOME 100 poen The four screen shots above show a narrow border a wider border a border with inner amp outer edge softness and a border with a soft inner edge and sharp outer edge Page B 10 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Position amp Angle The Position amp Angle sub menu is ac
189. s the highlight bar is on a protocol different to the current one the appropriate Set Port button illuminates blue Pressing the button changes the current protocol to the selected one SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B79 SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Input Timing Page B 80 Time From F1R Note Action On F6R SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 This menu shows and allows adjustment of the mainframe timing CONFIGURE Input Timing The numbers against the inputs which have video indicate the genlock delay in lines and pixels for that input e g 21 lines amp 438 pixels for input 2 The overall delay is affected by any Border Delay inserted and it is adjusted by the Genlock H amp V Phase controls Sets the point in the source signal from where timing starts It can be F start of field or V start of actual video F is safer as some sources do not have correct V pulses but where V pulses are correct timing from V gives a greater source timing window for clean cuts Where an Integrated router is used set Time From to V This function selects the timing of control panel button switching actions When pressing a button which will change an output signal the action will take place on the 1 Field of the Frame the 2 Field of the Frame or on the Next Field S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Peripherals This menu is used to inform the system that
190. screen Pitch Spin Spins the tile such that the top or bottom of the tile turns into the screen Roll Spin Spins the tile in a clockwise or counter clockwise direction The right most rotary control is Mimic Zoom The mimic zoom control changes the size of the wire frame and TV screen mimic so that the tile position can be seen relative to the TV screen even when the tile has been moved off the menu display S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D7 ESSE JO Reflection F1R F2R F3R F4R Target Source Pressing F4L enters the Reflection sub menu DYE CONTROL Key 1 Reflection The left side controls in this sub menu are the same as in the Position sub menu The picture on the front and or back of the DVE tile may be reflected in the horizontal or vertical direction It may be useful when rotating a tile to have the front and rear picture in the same orientation The reflections are set by right side buttons F1R to F4R Sets the front of the tile to be normal or reflected in the horizontal plane Sets the front of the tile to be normal or reflected in the vertical plane Sets the back of the tile to be normal or reflected in the horizontal plane Sets the back of the tile to be normal or reflected in the vertical plane DYE CONTROL Key 1 Targe ransform Position Serre Tee LS f F5L toggles the Position Rotation and Spin controls be
191. set Invert The rightside menu buttons F2R to F5R have the following effects Removes any non linear setting made in the User Drawn Curves menu see later Pressing F2R returns the graph line for the selected colour to a straight line whose position and angle depend on the settings of the lift amp gain controls Sets the graph lines for Red Green and Blue to the normal position i e 0 0 100 100 and sets the Chroma Saturation to Zero Sets the Chroma Saturation to zero which removes all picture chroma content Then sets the red green and blue gains to 10 2 and 10 respectively This gives the picture a sepia appearance Inverts the video signal making the picture a negative of its correct colours BUS COLOR EFFECTS Program Red Lift amp Gain BUS COLOR EFFECTS Program Red Lift amp Gain BUS COLOR EFFECTS Program Red Lift amp Gain B amp W Preset with Invert Sepia Preset with Invert S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C21 SNELL amp wicox JO User Drawn Curves This menu allows various fixed shape curves to be applied to the gain slope for each colour Alternatively curves may be drawn on the touch screen by hand nput Leve P BE Me 4 DSK ER P _ 2 et ISL Litt ez The left side buttons Ei to F6L have the same functions as the Lift amp Gain sub menu The Master On Off button F1R is also the same B
192. sh colours luma keying levels and system set up Almost all the menus have sub menus which are called from the main menu The main menus are accessed from the top six rows of buttons to the left of the display screen see below or for some directly from buttons in the operational button groups Some sub menus can also be accessed from operational group buttons Menus for the options Colour Correction Border Generator Chroma Keyer and DVE are described in separate sections The five buttons in the bottom row do not access any menus but have the following functions Sets all the values in the current menu to those defined in DMEM 000 Menu Tree Normal sets all the values in the current menu plus all its sub menus to those defined in DMEM 000 Used in recording a Key Macro Starts and stops the recording of button presses D1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 1 ESE JO Copy The Copy function copies the settings of the rotary controls of the current menu to a buffer The buffer has separate and independent stores for every function of the rotary controls E g when in a Hue Luma Sat menu the values are stored for H L amp S whereas in a Position menu the values are stored for X Y amp Z Paste Sets the values of the rotary controls in the current menu to previously copied values for those functions For some menus holding the Paste button down for a few seconds will set the values for associated m
193. side buttons F1R to F4R and F6R are the same as in the Main sub menu The three left rotary controls Hue Luma amp Sat are the same as in the Main sub menu The other three rotary controls are Luma Comp Compensates for different luma level in the picture Chroma Core Compensates for chroma noise which cause variations in hue Key Filt Used to reduce prevent keying off high frequency picture detail in the wanted foreground areas Page C 10 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production El EEE JO Luma This sub menu is accessed from any of the other Chroma Keyer sub menus via F4L The right side buttons F1R to F4R and F6R are the same as in the Main sub menu The three left rotary controls Hue Luma amp Sat are the same as in the Main sub menu The other three rotary controls are Luma Accept Compensates for different luma level in the picture Luma Core Compensates for different luma level in the picture Video Filt Softens the edges of the overlaying picture S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C11 Blacks Clip amp Gain Note EEE JO This sub menu is accessed from any of the other Chroma Keyer sub menus via F5L The right side buttons F1R to F4R and F6R are the same as in the Main sub menu The two right most rotary controls are These function relative to the clip and gain controls in the Main sub menu
194. sing it again clears the FTB facility The TIME button works in conjunction with the AUTO button Pressing TIME enables the Keypad so that a time in frames can be entered for Auto Fade to Black operation Key in the required number of frames and press the Enter button Pressing CUT when FTB Enable is green or red causes an immediate cut to or from black Pressing AUTO when FTB Enable is green or red causes the start of an auto transition to or from black The duration of the transition being the number of frames set under TIME The AUTO button illuminates amber during the transition The T bar next to the FTB buttons Is used with the Timeline function and has no connection with Fade to Black There are a total of 100 wipe patterns available Twenty have been allocated to the WIPE selection buttons Some of the wipe buttons can access other related wipes by further presses e g the clock wipe has four versions 12 3 6 and 9 oclock The buttons illuminate green when their primary wipe is selected or amber for their alternatives USER 1 USER 2 12 USER 3 18 i en BOX i We Three User Wipes may be allocated to the buttons USER 1 USER 2 and USER 3 This is achieved by selecting a wipe from the Wipes Menu and then pressing the required User button and holding it down until it illuminates amber about 2 seconds The wipe is then linked to that button SD1512 User Manual
195. sion BORDER GENERATOR Key 1 Controls Key 1 Of Drop Shadow Enables the Drop Shadow function E LL BEE WIR WE Note The menu selected by the leftside buttons affect Border Extrusion and Drop Shadow Page C 2 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production El ESSE JO Position Be ee ee eee DSK FTB le eege Softness This sets the softness of the edge of the Border Extrusion or Drop Shadow Width Sets the width of the Border or the Extrusion X Position Moves the Drop Shadow horizontally Y Position Moves the Drop Shadow vertically Direction This controls the direction of the extrusion Joystick Controls the position of the Drop Shadow and the width of the Border and the Extrusion Border Fill Opacity BORDER GENERATOR Key 1 Border Fill Opacity Key 1 0 OF 0 Fill Opacity Controls the opacity of the Key Fill be it Matte Fill or Video Fill Border Opacity Controls the opacity of the Border Extrusion and Drop Shadow S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page C 3 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Matte Page C4 Hue Luma Sat Hue Spin SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 BORDER GENERATOR Key 1 Matte The colour of the Border Extrusion or Drop Shadow is set by the Inner Matte menu controls Sets the actual colour of the Matte Hue values are between 0 and 360 Sets the luminance br
196. source number F6R Normalise Key This button sets the physical Key input to be the same as the source number S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 89 Coupling Page B 90 SNELL amp wiLcox JO This menu sets the association of key fills and key sources for the Auto Select Key function CONFIGURE Auto Select Key Coupling The top source in each block is the key fill and the bottom coupled source is the key source which will be associated with that source button when Auto Sel Key is selected The leftmost rotary control selects the source button and the adjacent control is used to select the coupling source F6R Normalises the selections so that source and coupling are the same SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production bl ESSE JO GPI O GPI Description Edge Value Note S amp W Production amp Post Production The GPI O facility allows a switcher function to be operated by an external signal and an output to operate when an event occurs There are 8 user programmable general purpose inputs and 32 user programmable general purpose outputs available The GPIs are programmed using the menu screens below CONFIGURE GPI Status Available GPIs The rotary controls have the following functions The GPI number is selected by the leftmost rotary control The Description control selects the functio
197. t a rate dependant on the setting of the spin control This produces a continuous changing colour Page B 46 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Key Fill The key fill menu keeps the same basic menu screen but changes the function of the buttons down the left side MATTES Key 1 Key Fill The buttons F1L to F3L select which key fill matte will be adjusted The required key may also be selected by touching the appropriate colour block The rotary controls have the following functions Hue Sets the actual colour of the Matte The hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta Luma sets the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for the selected hue Sat Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Hue Spin Causes the hue to continually vary at a rate dependant on the setting of the spin control This produces a continuous changing colour S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Pag
198. t for the Highlight and Shadow sub menus have the following effect Position This control moves the highlight shadow across the page relative to the curve of the turn Width Adjusts the width of the highlight shadow Softness Adjusts how sharp of soft edged the bar of highlight shadow is Opacity Affects the opacity transparency of the highlight shadow bar Ambient level Controls the brightness of the parts of the page outside the bar of highlight shadow F1R Lighting On Off toggle for the Highlight Shadow effect An independent control for each function must be set to On for the highlight or shadow effect to be visible Page D 12 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Highlight Matte Hue Luma Sat Hue Spin S amp W Production amp Post Production This menu affects the colour of the highlight bar and is accessed via F4L from the DVE Models Page Turn sub menu The left side buttons are the same as previously The highlight bar can be set to any colour and brightness by the rotary controls in the following manner Sets the actual colour of the Matte The hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta sets the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the max
199. t picture are apparent for longer than the darker parts Compare this to a normal mix where the fading out picture fades equally across all its brightness levels When the menu is called from the NAM menu button the left screen is displayed F1L or F2L then select the appropriate P P or M E parameter screen as shown on the right for M E If called from the P P or M E Transitions buttons the appropriate parameter screen is displayed directly The shape of the transition profile is mirrored so that it is the same from either direction It can be changed from an S curve similar to that shown for M E to a ramp similar to that shown for P P The shape is changed via the Profile control where 100 00 gives the curves and 0 00 gives the ramps The level control affects the amplitude of the profile where 100 00 equals max amplitude which produces a full Non Additive Mix 100 of source A NAMmed with 100 of source B at the profile peak and 0 00 produces a flat line which results in a normal linear mix i e no Non Additive mixing S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 5 SNELL amp wiLcox JO SUPER MIX The Super Mix menu can be selected by the SUPER menu button or by pressing either the SUPER button in M E Transitions or the SUPER button in P P Transitions when it is illuminated SUPER MIX SUPER MIX Mix Effects SS a eee gi ee ea This menu sets the parameters for
200. tarted by pressing once more Provides an instantaneous transition cut regardless of the transition type selected If an CUT Auto transition is in progress pressing CUT will instantly complete it SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO PVW DSK KEY 1 2 Control KEY 1 KEY 2 ACTIVE ON S amp W Production amp Post Production This button causes the DSK Key to be viewed on the Preview Output The Program Output is PVW unaffected by the DSK The button has 3 states Bez Off No Key Preview 17 Press green Preview Key Fill 2 Press amber Preview Key Source When active this button overrides the Preview Selection made by the Preview Delegate buttons and cancels any other Transition Preview Selection The group of buttons shown below control the two keying layers KEY 1 amp KEY 2 Key Control T l VIDEO MATTE VIDEO pnt TOP FILL FILL KEY KEY BORD EFFECT MATTE MASK DVE KEY 1 KEY 2 PVW SE Ss ACTIVE ACTIVE The functions and effects of the buttons most of which can be applied to Key 1 or to Key 2 are described below The KEY 1 amp KEY 2 buttons select which keying layer the rest of the buttons with the exception of the 2 ACTIVE buttons apply to Thus pressing KEY 1 means that any other button that is activated will have an effect on KEY 1 keying The KEY 1 ACTIVE and KEY 2 ACTIVE buttons illuminate when the appr
201. ted z L LOATAS 27010 WVWeDOdd usm hil LOATAS AOENOS 4 CUNO z J usm hl LOATAS 3J94NOS V GNOd H EI z LOATAS 394NOS z AA Z LOATAS 394NOS AA N HO HAN SSVdAd ysa__ yaquo HYNO1OD VAIOYHO JAA HAN YHOO WVAYLS AN DO upCHO Av1aq NMOG Avaa PS AIS SSYdAg an9g N0109 AC did did YHOO AIS yNO109 Avaa YHOO egen anaa AV1gd ere AIS ZA J N J N SSVdAd REINA 1 N YHOO HAA SAC J N SSYdAg ZAgM 3q 08 YNOTOD VAIOYHO JAQ J N es N YHOO HAA SSVdAg LAgy H32OHCH YNO1OD VWAIOHHOD AGC J N sa dHYo NOILdO S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D2 SNELL amp WILCOX JO CONTROL S amp W Production amp Post Production Note There are eight groups of DVE menus
202. tem without permission being granted in writing by the publishers or their authorized agents Page ii SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO SAFETY Explanation of Safety Symbols This symbol refers the user to important information contained in the accompanying literature Refer to users manual serviceable parts inside This unit should only be serviced by trained personnel CG This symbol indicates that hazardous voltages are present inside No user Safety Warnings Servicing instructions where given are for use by qualified personnel only To reduce risk of electric shock do not perform any actions on this equipment other than contained in the operating instructions unless you are qualified to do so Refer all servicing to qualified personnel WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE Always ensure that the unit is properly earthed and power connections correctly made This equipment must be supplied from a power system providing a PROTECTIVE EARTH connection and having a neutral connection which can be reliably identified The power outlet supplying power to the unit should be close to the unit and easily accessible Power Supply and Connections Mains Supply Voltage Before connecting the equipment observe the safety warnings section and ensure that the local mains supply is wi
203. the P P and M E Super Mix functions SLL A Super Mix is one where the output passes through the Super Mix Matte colour between the two pictures Thus for a full Super Mix the output before during and after the mix would be Picture A Matte Picture B When the menu is called from the NAM menu button the left screen is displayed F1L or F2L then select the appropriate P P or M E parameter screen as shown on the right for M E If called from the P P or M E Transitions buttons the appropriate parameter screen is displayed directly The shape of the transition profile is mirrored so that it is the same from either direction It can be changed from an S curve similar to that shown for P P to a ramp similar to that shown for M E The shape is changed via the Profile control where 100 00 gives the curves and 0 00 gives the ramps The level control affects the amplitude of the profile where 100 00 equals max amplitude where the Matte will be completely solid at the profile peak and 0 00 produces a flat line which results in no Matte in the mix The Hue Luma and Sat controls set the colour of the Matte in the manner described on the next page The Hue Spin control causes the value of Hue to cycle through the full colour range The greater its setting the faster the rate of colour change Page B 6 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO Colour Setting
204. the key cut source is automatically selected depending upon the DSK key fill that is currently selected on the Key Bus Which Key Cut source is associated with which Key Fill source is defined in the User Config Coupling menu These permanent couplings cannot be changed except through that menu In this mode the AUTO SEL KEY button lights green To temporarily change the key source being used with the current key fill SPLIT mode select the required fill source on the Key Bus then hold down the AUTO SEL KEY button and press the required key cut source on the Key Bus The AUTO SEL KEY button will light amber to indicate the temporary coupling This temporary association only lasts until the next time a button is pressed on the Key Bus SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 17 BORD COL EFFECT MATTE MASK DVE TIME AUTO CUT SNELL amp WILCOX JO To semi permanently select separate fill and key sources LOCKED SPLIT mode press and hold the AUTO SEL KEY button While holding down the AUTO SEL KEY button press the required key cut source on the Key Bus twice The AUTO SEL KEY button will now go red In this mode the Key Bus selects the key source while AUTO SEL KEY is pressed and the fill source while it is not pressed LOCKED SPLIT mode is particularly useful in DVE models such as DUAL TILE where the key source is treated as a second video source To exit LOCKED SPLIT mode without af
205. the permanently saved DMEM files are stored in the EDL therefore when the same EDL is used at a later date the switcher will attempt to recall the DMEM files from exactly the same place they were stored It is not possible to override this information Therefore if the files were originally stored on the hard disk you will have to restore them back from removable media or network to wherever on the hard disk they were saved at the time It is possible to save the Sony Project on a floppy disk however it is not recommended due to lack of space and access time considerations SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B39 SNELL amp wiLcox JO Pre Select Router The Pre Select Router facility allows a third party router to be used in conjunction with the switcher The inputs of the pre select router which can be up to 1024x1024 may be routed either to the inputs of the switcher mainframe or to an Integrated router such as the Snell amp Wilcox SD1132 d Set Integ Router Size Set Pre Sel Router Size CONFIGURE Router Setup PPr 1 WW sk 30 Fe 30 m 00 00 00 0010 Integrated Pre Sel HOME Router Router Offset Offset Output Input 0 0 74 Golden 0 o fo 48 DAE Output 6 1 112 The size of the pre select router is set in the Configure menus It is this size setting together with the number of inputs of the switcher or Integrated router that determines the number of cross points in the Peripherals Pr
206. the second picture Keep Aspect Off amp Crop Off Rotary controls and joystick have no effect on the picture Keep Aspect Off amp Crop On Rotary controls and joystick expand or compress the second picture Keep Aspect On amp Crop On Picture is cropped as per control designation see below FIL Allows the Mask as set by the crop controls to be moved over the picture by the joystick Note When moving the mask with the joystick if one edge of the mask reaches the edge of the Tile Sides window further picture cropping occurs F2L to F5L Selects which corner of the slab will be cropped by the joystick DYE MODELS Key 1 Slab Sides Crop Top Right BEEN Key 1 Slab Sides Cro BEE BEE Key 1 Slab coe ee m Left SCH Top ze Porto Size ISK FTB n TL mmm ea SS Ge SS TL ee Ze Rotary Controls The controls Top Bottom Left and Right crop those edges of the picture regardless of the leftside buttons Page D 24 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Side End Border Slab DYE MODELS Key 1 Slab Sides Border Key 1 DF 0 Side Border TE PIES Key 1 Slab Sides Berger P EE ISK Sere e e e eS These menus allow a border to be placed around the edge of the pictures on the top amp bottom and left amp right ends FIR FIL Note F2L to F5L F6L Rotary Controls S amp W Production amp Post Prod
207. ther the SDI outputs are 10 bit or 8 bit Selects whether the systems genlocks to the external analogue reference or to the digital reference selected by the second from right rotary control Digital Reference Determines whether the Ancillary Data e g embedded audio comes from the current Program Bus selection or from the Digital Reference selection See below Changes the current line standard to that selected by the rightmost rotary control Choose Standard See below The rotary controls from the left have the following functions Allow the video outputs of the switcher to be delayed or advanced with respect to the incoming genlock signal Selects any one of the serial video inputs to be specified as the Digital Reference which may be used for either or both of Genlock Ref and Ancillary source D1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B77 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Page B 78 Choose Standard Sync H amp V Phase Note SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Selects the output line standard The current standard is displayed in the box towards the bottom of the display Rotating the control brings up the list of available standards and moves a highlight bar through them CONFIGURE System Genlock When a standard different to the current one is highlighted the Set Standard Button F6R illuminates blue Releasing the control causes the list to vanish with selected standard displayed below Choose Standa
208. thin the rating stated on the rear of the equipment A CAUTION A THIS EQUIPMENT MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE POWER SUPPLY no REDUCE THE RISK on SARE SHOCK DISCONNECT ALL POWER SU CORDS BEFORE SERVICI Ne 115 230V 60 50 Hz 2 0 1 0A AUTOMATIC VOLTAGE SELECTION 115 230 V POWER 2 POWER 1 T T ve ve 5A 250V 5A 250V NS 4A 250V PANEL MAINFRAME The SD1512 systems have auto ranging power supplies that are suitable for voltages of 115V to 230V AC 50 to 60HZ S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page ili SNELL amp WILCOX JO Power cable supplied for the USA The equipment is shipped with a power cord with a standard IEC molded free socket on one end and a standard 3 pin plug on the other If you are required to remove the molded mains supply plug dispose of the plug immediately in a safe manner The color code for the lead is as follows GREEN lead connected to E Protective Earth Conductor WHITE lead connected to N JO Neutral Conductor BLACK lead connected to L Free Free Live Conductor ene eee Power cable supplied for countries other than the USA The equipment is shipped with a power cable with a standard IEC moulded free socket on one end and a standard IEC moulded plug on the other If you are required to remove the moulded mains supply plug dispose of the plug immediately in a safe manner The colour code for the lead is as follows GREEN YELL
209. to set the shadows luma level at which the key window will be completely open to show the full level of the underlying signal The Clip and Gain controls adjust the clipping level for the blacks shadows area defined with the Blacks and Blacks to Main controls The four left most rotary controls Blacks Blacks to Main Main to Whites and Whites set where the boundaries between the shadows mid tones and highlights occur These boundary positions are indicated in the Luma Regions bar graph The four left most controls are the same in both this sub menu and in the Whites sub menu The two right most controls are specific to each of the two sub menus Those in this sub menu affect the clipping level of the defined shadows and those in the Whites sub menu affect the clipping level of the defined highlights Page C 12 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production El EEE JO Whites This sub menu is accessed from any of the other Chroma Keyer sub menus via F6L CHROMA KEYER Key 1 Key Generator Whites Key 1 O E E 2 OF 4 The right side buttons F1R to F4R and F6R are the same as in the Main sub menu The two right most rotary controls are Clip amp Gain These function relative to the clip and gain controls in the Main sub menu to set the highlights luma level at which the key window will be completely open to show the full level of the underlying signal The four left most r
210. to use cables and connectors with good EMC characteristics All signal connections including remote control connections shall be made with screened cables terminated in connectors having a metal shell The cable screen shall have a large area contact with the metal shell COAXIAL CABLES Coaxial cables connections particularly serial digital video connections shall be made with high quality double screened coaxial cables such as Belden 8281 or BBC type PSF1 2M D TYPE CONNECTORS D type connectors shall have metal shells making good RF contact with the cable screen Connectors having dimples which improve the contact between the plug and socket shells are recommended Page vi SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp WILCOX JO CONTENTS Section by Section Ba UY EE CONTENTS Section Dy Gechon cccccsceccesceseeeeesceseeeescsseeeeecossneescceeecesesees CONTENT eet EE INT ROG ON E SECTION A CONTROL PANEL FUNCTIONS ADo t this Manual EE Ualige e Sle fol eee ee eee E E A E ee eene e ne nee ee ee ene een ee A E E E Control Panel GT elei eu BUS Switching Overniew Si Sei ne EE VT Co ne ME KEVING EISE serana n a n EEE e EAEE EOE AE AE EEEE Linear amp Luma Keying E CHONG SINC VUNG ege BS CONTON deele eu GOON eier Blut le EE Wate CONTO EE PUn BUONG oirein E E E E E NAE STING UD Hin KOVAC ege See le EE Wipe PAGS EE DYE tte sense an E
211. top level of the Effects menu DYE EFFECTS Key 1 Pixellate M E 2 Key 1 oes a eee 1 OF 3 There are only two controls in this menu FIR Must be set to On for pixellation to occur Level The leftmost rotary control sets the amount of pixellation S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 59 SNELL amp WILCOX JO TRAIL STORE The Trail Store facility enables the production of a trail to follow a DVE Tile as it moves on the screen This trail can be related to the picture on the tile a matte colour a sparkling colour or a mix of them The Trail Store menus are entered by pressing the TRAIL STORE button in the Menu button group TRAIL STORE There are five menus for Trail Store the entry menu above and four others accessed by the left side buttons Ei to F4L The four left side buttons and the three right side buttons are present in all menus their functions are FIL Enters the Trail Fill Controls menu F2L Enters the Trail key Controls menu F3L Enters the set Trail Matte colour menu F4L Enters the set Sparkle Decay Matte colour menu FiR The function On Off control must be On for the trail facility to be visible on the output F2R Decay On Off control Allows the length of time that the trail is visible to be set F3R Sparkle On Off Determines whether the trail will contain sparkles Page D 60 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W P
212. ts the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible for the selected hue Sat Sets the saturation intensity of the colour It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Hue Spin Causes the hue to continually vary at a rate dependant on the setting of the spin control This produces a continuous changing colour Note Touch the coloured block below a key name to change to that key S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 33 SNELL amp wiLcox JO PERIPHERALS F1L Editor F3L External DSK F4L Pre Select Router F5L Skateboard Setup P Bus F6R Editors The Peripherals menus are used to set parameters for various optional external devices The menus are accessed by the peripherals button in the menu group PERIPHERALS The left side buttons select the peripheral To set parameters for use with Sony or GVG editors To set the parameters for the external Quad DSK box This facility requires the External Quad DSK option and is described in the separate Quad DSK user manual To set the crosspoints of an external router To set up the button displays and key macro function of Skateboard This facili
213. tween the Source and the Target Transforms Page D8 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Perspective DYE CONTROL Key 1 Perspective Perspective Limit DYE CONTROL Key 1 Perspective Pressing F6L enters the Perspective sub menu DYE CONTROL Key 1 Perspective The left and right side controls in this sub menu are the same as in the Position sub menu The DVE tile perspective is controlled by the leftmost rotary control The normal no perspective value is 2 50 The perspective control only has effect if there some degree of Yaw or Pitch rotation Adding perspective with this rotation gives depth to the tile making it appear as a physical tile would if rotated away from the observer The above menu screens show perspective added to pitch rotation The left screen has only the pitch rotation with no perspective the right screen shows the effect of perspective Perspective Lim F6R affects the perspective function If it is On the normal setting the change in perspective is linear If it is Off rotating the perspective control can cause a sudden jump to an unexpected view The left screen below shows an amount of perspective with Perspective Limit On the right screen shows the same amount of Perspective but with Perspective Limit Off DYE CONTROL Key 1 Perspective Her S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 Use
214. ty requires the Skateboard option and is described in the separate Skateboard user manual To set the VTR control functions of the P Bus facility This facility requires the Skateboard option and is described in the separate Skateboard user manual Overall enable disable control for the Sony amp GVG editors Page B 34 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNeLL amp wiLcox JO Editor The editor menus allow for a specific editor protocol to be enabled or disabled and for the location of DMEMs stored on the switchers hard disk to be set PERIPHERALS SONY PERIPHERALS GYG 4000 There are three editor sub menus one each for the Sony BVS DVS GVG 4000 and GVG 100 protocols These are accessed by buttons F1L F2L or F3L F6R This button is the master enable disable control for all three protocols If set to disable all protocols are disabled if set to enable the specific editor enable disable has control GVG 4000 amp 100 These two menus are fundamentally the same and appear as the right screen above except the 4000 changes to 100 in the GVG 100 menu FIR This button which toggles between Enable amp Disable controls whether the switcher performs any commands sent to it by the applicable protocol Note This only applies to commands which instruct the switcher to perform an operation requests for switcher state will function regardless of the setting of F1R F3R
215. uction The side buttons have the following functions Switches the border function On Off must be set to On for the border to be visible Allows the Border to be moved over the picture by the joystick When moving the border with the joystick if one edge of the border reaches the edge of the Tile Sides window picture cropping occurs Selects which corner of the slab will gain a border by using the joystick Allows the colour of the border to be set see next page The controls Top Bottom Left and Right bring in a border from the appropriate edge of the picture The Softness control allows the inner edge of the border to be made soft by a variable amount SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 25 DEST Border Matte Slab DYE MODELS Key 1 Slab Sides Border Matte Key 1 0 OF 0 Side Border NEE 1 a LC CH a eee ai ee E A i These menus allows the colour of the Side and or end border to be set The softness control is the same as in the other Border menus The other rotary controls operate in the following manner Hue Sets the actual colour of the Matte The hue value can be set between 0 and 360 where the following values produce the indicated colours 0 Red 60 Yellow 120 Green 180 Cyan 240 Blue 300 Magenta Luma Sets the luminance brightness of the colour It has the range O to 100 where 0 is no luminance i e black and 100 is the maximum brightness possible
216. uction amp Post Production BORD COL EFFECT MATTE MASK DVE PVW KEY S amp W Production amp Post Production DEST This button toggles on amp off the optional border generator and calls the BorderLiner menu BORD This button toggles on amp off the Bus Colour Effect which requires the optional Colour Corrector card COL If the card is fitted the Key 1 or Key 2 Colour Effects EFFECT menu is called This button selects the Key 1 or Key 2 Matte menu from where the appropriate Key Matte fill colour can MATTE be set This button toggles on amp off the MASK Generator and calls the Key 1 or Key 2 Mask menu MASK This button routes the current keying layer through one of the optional DVE channels DVE This button causes the current Key to be viewed on the Preview Output The Program Output is PVW unaffected The button has 3 states KEY Off No Key Preview 1 Press green Preview Key Fill 2 Press amber Preview Key Source When active this button overrides the Preview Selection made by the Preview Delegate buttons and cancels any other Transition Preview Selection SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A21 SNELL amp WILCOX JO TIMELINES Note Timeline Control Edit Enable Insert Modify Delete Prev amp Next Snap Ripple Modity Page A 22 A timeline is a recording of switcher occurrences which can be played back automatically time and again
217. uction amp Post Production In the Light Position menu the Position rotary controls and the joystick move the light source In all Models Modes other than Tile Fixed and Directed Auto Track the pointing angle of the beam is not changed In Tile Fixed and Directed Auto Track the beam remains pointed at the tile so its pointing angle changes as the source is moved The Aspect control only operates with the Spot and Inverse Spot model It changes the shape of the beam from a circle to an ellipse This control has no effect on the output but is used to zoom out the mimic display so that any DVE tile that is lost off the edge of the display can be found DYE LIGHTING Key 2 Light Rotation SS B elle The Yaw Pitch and Roll controls point the light beam in 3D space However in Diffuse Mode the light source is spherical and therefore not directional and the controls are greyed out In Specular Tile Fixed and Directed Auto Track Mode the beam is automatically aimed at the tile and the Yaw and Pitch controls do not function but Roll and Spin do In Directed Mode with Auto Track Off all four rotation controls function SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 45 SNELL amp WILCOX JO Matte Lighting DYE LIGHTING Key 2 Light Matte DYE LIGHTING Key 2 Light Matte Front View Top View We LIGHTING Key 2 Light Matte DSK Cl 5 EE SSS The Light Matte menus is used to set the co
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219. ur It has the range 0 to 100 where 0 is no saturation which is no colour only a shade of grey dependant on the hue and luma and 100 is fully saturated which is the maximum intensity possible for the selected colour Hue Spin Causes the hue to continually vary at a rate dependant on the setting of the spin control This produces a continuous changing colour S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page D 63 SNeLL amp wiLcox JO DVE SOURCES These menus allow the signal source to be pre set for the front and back of each tile of each DVE DYE SOURCES Select the required DVE group M E or P P amp DSK and a menu screen similar to that below left is presented DYE SOURCES M E DYE SOURCES M E Tile 2 Front Fill SURFACE KEY 1 KEY 2 BACKGROUND DE el ae ea al al sl ile 2 Bac i Le E rim Feee EAE There are two methods of allocating a source to a tile or key a Touch the appropriate rectangle in the centre of the left above screen this will bring up the right screen Either touch the required source or use the rotary controls to select it The display will return to the left screen automatically after use b Press the appropriate leftside button F1L to F6L Rotate the rotary control for the required tile key and the above right screen will appear Use the rotary control to select the source The display will return to that on the left automatically soon afte
220. urce Tallying Note Extended Source Tallying DSK Key 1 Key 2 S amp W Production amp Post Production Control Panel Source Tally uses the source button illumination to indicate which sources are or could be contributing to the program Red for contributing and green for could be In basic no key or DVE operation the P P amp M E bus buttons indicate which source s and bus ses is are currently included in the program output those illuminated red and those which will be included in the program output if the appropriate transition is made illuminated green The Key busses in this situation show the Primary Key Fill source for the DSK and which of Key 1 or Key 2 is selected Pressing the Auto Sel Key button in a Key button group will cause the Primary Key Fill source to extinguish and the Primary Key Cut source to illuminate Pressing the Video Fill button in a Key button group will cause the Secondary Key Fill source to illuminate Pressing the Video Fill button and the Auto Sel Key button will cause the Secondary Key Fill source to extinguish and the Secondary Key Cut source to illuminate The Key Fill source and the Key Cut source may be the same The Extended Source Tallying function enables other sources which are contributing or could contribute to the program output to be indicated on the appropriate busses The button in the bottom left corner of the DSK button group is the extended tally button Pr
221. uttons F2R to F6R have the following functions F2R Applies a sine wave which sits on aramp The amplitude of the sine wave and the angle of the ramp are controlled by the gain control in the Lift amp Gain menu F3R Applies a saw tooth wave which sits on a ramp The amplitude of the wave and the angle of the ramp are controlled by the gain control in the Lift amp Gain menu F4R Applies a horizontal plane sine wave the amplitude of which is controlled by the gain control in the Lift amp Gain menu F5R Applies a horizontal plane saw tooth wave the amplitude of which is controlled by the gain control in the Lift amp Gain menu Note The frequency of the applied wave is set by the Frequency control Set the frequency before applying the wave F6R Applies a stepped ramp the amplitude of the steps and the angle of the ramp are controlled by the gain control in the Lift amp Gain menu Note The number of steps max 7 is set by the rightmost rotary control Posterize Steps Set the number of steps before pressing F6R Note Curves may be drawn on the touch screen or the preset Curves modified using a wand or even a finger Page C 22 SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO S amp W Production amp Post Production This sub menu allows the addition of Red Green or Blue to the Red Green or Blue signals w a a e SE o The left side buttons F1L to
222. ve output Pressing this button adds another condition to the original single condition One or two extra conditions may be added When a second condition is added they are titled Cond 1 and Cond 2 another addition becomes Cond 3 When there are two or three conditions this button is used to step through them The active one has green text whereas the other s have white This button removes the currently active condition and renumbers the others if necessary Each condition is programmed independently of the others Select the condition with F1R and use the rotary controls as detailed previously The GPO will be active when the combination of conditions conforms to a specified state The combination state is selected by F4R Combination which steps through those available For two conditions the states are C1 and C2 or C1 or C2 With three conditions there are four available states they are C1 and C2 and C3 C1 or C2 or C3 C1 and C2 or C3 or C1 or C2 and C3 Note For more information on setting the GPls see the installation manual SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Menu Settings F1R F2R F3R F4R FSR F6R Screen Saver Timeout Knob Sens S amp W Production amp Post Production CONFIGURE Menu Settings History Sets the number of Menu Back steps are possible The maximum available is 8 and the minimum 2
223. wards With the control set to 20 there will be 20 lines of extra signal delay through the switcher but borders of up to 20 lines above the picture can be added without causing picture shift However the Border Generator can produce a border of up to 40 lines above the picture which will give rise to a picture downward shift of 20 lines with maximum delay added To set the delay rotate the control to the required setting and press F6R Set Delay to input the value The Set Delay button will illuminate blue when the selected delay value is different from that in use Passing video through a DVE incurs a delay of one frame To compensate for this all non DVE paths have one frame delay added when the DVE card option is fitted This button allows the compensation delay to be switched off if required when DVEs are not being used SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 S amp W Production amp Post Production SNELL amp wiLcox JO Aux Locking This menu is used to stop sources allocated to auxiliary outputs to change when a DMEM is loaded CONFIGURE Aux Locking When a DMEM is loaded the Aux allocations stored in that DMEM overwrite the current selections To stop this happening Aux outputs 1 to 4 may be individually locked to their current values Rightside buttons F1R to F4R effect the locking or unlocking S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B 83 DVE Setup Page
224. wipe patterns Linear Non Additive and Super Mixes and Fade to Black Option cards may be added to the mainframe to provide colour correction border generation chroma keying and digital video effects S amp W Production amp Post Production SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page A 1 SNELL amp wiLcox JO System Diagram QUAD DSK OPTION REMOTE AUX CONTROL OPTION E ve e e e e UU DUU 24 INTEGRATED OR PRE SELECT ROUTER OPTION Remote Aux Control Quad DSK Skateboard RollerSkate Router SD1000 CONTROL PANEL MAINFRAME CP1512 SKATEBOARD OPTION PGM CLEAN PVW 1 PVW 2 STANDARD SYSTEM AUX O Ps ii e Eh tte Ee E ce eee eet e eh Le cy See pc Seg et ey a Bet ap Te ve ce cca ey Sc Ter rt ae ety Le ee er et Fa cy ter The standard system consists of the control panel and the mainframe Options available include one or more remote panels to control the Aux buses the Quad DSK the Skateboard multi function control unit and one or more routers Pre select Intergrated or both One or more Quartz panels may be connected to the mainframe to select sources to the Aux outputs see the installation manual for more details The Quad DSK is a four channel down stream keyer Skateboard amp RollerSkate are control units which have a total of 112 buttons in 4 groups of 28 which can be individually user prog
225. witcher It also provides general information on switcher technology and functions The manual provided with the system applies to the software version installed at the time of shipment If the software is upgraded a new manual may be required Note The functions of the buttons on the control panel may be changed by the user by editing the panel keymap This manual refers to the control panel button layout as defined in the standard CP1512 panel keymap HOES DSDS GEZ CEV TEREE ALLI DW nng gpgp WE ET E Babe es E EGGS ANENE ARAE E AEA g S888 GmmEm AANE E Spe E S288 SESS AANE E HEE Ba ze E SEER ANEN E TER E E RI GRpRRRERRRERRaSSSER ool ES rw Ree The SD1512 switcher comprises a 1 5 M E control panel pictured above and a 5U high 19inch rack mounting mainframe The control panel connects to the mainframe via a network cable A keyboard PC compatible and a VGA compatible display may be used in conjunction with the control panel All video input and output connections are to the mainframe This user manual only relates to the control panel See the Installation manual for details of connections to the mainframe The SD1512 has twelve video inputs all of which are usable as either video or key four framestores for video and key and three keyers including one DSK It provides a full mixer etfects architecture with 100 modifiable
226. y F5R from the Miscellaneous top level menu MISCELLANEOUS M E Key 1 Preview Overlay The left and right side buttons switch on and off the various overlays The overall On Off control must be On for any overlay to be visible Toggles between DVE Graphics and Stills Stills displays the contents of the four still stores together with the store number DVE Graphics must be selected for any of the overlays below to function Overlays a mimic of the DVE tile Also Overall On Off control for the other DVE overlays which are Source Axis target Axis and DVE Grid Overlays an adjustable size box plus a fixed size 4 3 box The adjustable box is controlled by the centre two rotary controls Overlays an adjustable size box the size of which is controlled by the two leftmost rotary controls Overlays a fixed size box for max view area Overlays a fixed full screen grid Overlays the X Y amp Z axis arrows for the Source tile Overlays the X Y amp Z axis arrows for the Target tile Overlays a grid on the DVE source tile mimic Overlays a cross cursor which is can be moved by the joystick and the two rightmost rotary controls Grabs the colour under the cursor the colour is displayed in the centre of the screen together with its Hue Luma amp Sat values It is also stored on the clip board an so can be pasted into any matte or border colour generator SD1512 User Manual Issue 9 Rev 1 Page B73 Log Off

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