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1. Play Reverse Play Stop Rewind Fast Fwd Preroll Review Record PB EE Mode PB Tape Eject Machine Control e 15 16 e Machine Control User s Manual 4 System Configuration General System Configuration DVNR VTR 1 4 VTR 1 4 type Configuration Configuration Master System type Alias Baud rate Edit delay No of systems Offset Installed options Audio config System trim TC Source Autoshot trim Playspeed filter Film 24 phase Preroll List trim Postroll Thumbnail trim List trim TC query The system configuration associates a specific DVNR system i e a DVNR configuration with a number of specific VTRs i e VTR configurations Multiple system configurations can be stored This is very useful when different DVNRs or different VTR set ups are used with the same Valhall control system A project always has to be associated with a system configuration The selection is found in the menu Project gt Settings User s Manual System Configuration e 17 System Configuration 18 e System Configuration System configuration default hd xi Help m DYNA System DVNF1000 HD y VTR E HDCAM Y Player b fees Pisy J pa HDCAM y Recorder a Not installed y Ignore E 4 Not installed y Ignore y El Master Follow Player Y Cancel The system configuration associates a specific DVNR system i e a DVNR confi
2. 2 lines in steps of 1 pixel 74 ns Right click on a slider to set default values Press Clear to return to factory defaults or Store to store any changes you have done Y C Adjusts the total delay through the system C Adjusts the chroma delay only System Store power up default Programs the DVNR so that it automatically starts up with the current settings Clear all Sets all processing options to defined unity Bypass all Sets all processing options to electronic bypass Unity The definable unity is used for every Clear key on the panels and Clear buttons in the GUI It is also used for the option to set all events to unity during an EDL import and the Return to unity option during Autoshot operation The definable unity is stored separately for each project and is inherited when creating new projects based on another project Read more on page 113 User s Manual 14 DVNR Processing General Operation Bypass Each processing option is equipped with an electronic Bypass It can be accessed in one of the following ways Pressing the Bypass key on the Colour or Image panel or alternatively pressing the Valhall key and the corresponding option selection key on the Image panel Double clicking on the menu bar or selecting Bypass from the control menu top and leftmost menu in the processing window Bypass is indicated with Bypass after the option name in the menu bar Note Unlike some
3. Copy from Baselayer Co n Layer 1 Clear Cancel Adjustable Clip Independent upper and lower clip separately for Y and RGB Can be used for legal clipping or for artistical effects To access Y clips click on the Y button To access RGB clips click on the R G or B button Misc controls Strength Strength can be used individually or all together Y R G B RGB or All according to the buttons above the left Curves graph to lower the effect of the Curves The left Curves graph always shows the transfer function at 100 strength A Note The effect of Strength can only be seen when Resulting Curves has been enabled Illegal mode Determines how the combined result of Black Gamma Gain and Curves will be clipped in the illegal range Separate controls ate provided for Positive and Negative range Normal No effect on the illegal ranges Linear Sets the illegal ranges to unity i e to linear transfer functions Zero clipped Clips all negative values to 0 Clear Clip When pressed clears all clips Y and RGB on the selected layer Clear Curves When pressed clears all curves Y and RGB on the selected layer 162 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual Viper keying Advanced Colour Processor 2 0 ACP Help IV Primary Base M Primary Layer MM Primary Layer 2 Y Secondary Dutput Processing Curves rea Lx Setup User User s Manual Vert pos
4. From the Image or Colour panel rotate the leftmost knob below the display first select Curves to select a specific point Moving a Point Left click and drag in the graph to move a point While the graph is in focus use the arrow keys to position the selected point Keep the lt shift gt key pressed while using the arrow keys to move the point in larger steps From the Image or Colour panel adjust position by using the X and Y knobs below the display s to move the selected point Deleting a Point Right click on a point in the graph to delete it While the graph is in focus press lt gt or lt del gt on the keyboard From the Image or Colour panel press the Delete button above the displays first select Curves to delete the selected point Clearing Curves Curves can be cleared set to unity independently or all together by right clicking on the corresponding selection button Y R G B RGB or All and selecting Clear from the pop up menu All Curves YRGB on the selected layer can also be cleared simultaneously by pressing the Clear Curves button at the bottom of the dialogue Copy from Baselayer Copy from Layer 1 Copy from Layer 2 Cancel Copying Curves Curves can copied from another layer independently or all together by right clicking on the corresponding selection button Y R G B RGB or All and selecting Copy and the specific layer from the pop up menu ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 161
5. On Primary Layer 1 Processing tab set Input Selection to Base Primary Adjust inside processing with Primary Layer 1 178 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual Cascaded Processing 1 On Primary Layer 1 Processing tab ensure Input Selection is set to Base Primary 2 On Primary Layer 2 Processing tab ensure Input Selection is set to Previous Layer Output One colour and the rest Monochrome 1 On the secondary page select e g vector 1 and pick out the colour to remain in the picture using the eye dropper If necessary adjust HSL width in the analyzer Adjust the selected colour using the processor if needed Select e g vector 2 On sR Qe Right click on the vector 2 button and select Copy settings from Vector 1 6 Set Saturation in the Processor to 0 User s Manual ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 179 180 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual 21 CD Colour Desaturation About Colour Desaturation The CD option colour desaturation is the process of removing or decreasing colour saturation below and above an adjustable luminance level This process greatly simplifies certain types of telecine work where considerable effort would be required by the use of conventional colour correction techniques in order to correct severe colour imbalances Since desaturation can be made both above and below a preset level negative and positive film processing is catered for Similar in appearance t
6. Scene cuts ate indicated with a pair of scissors This is done automatically when the autoshot detector creates a new event To manually set an event to be or not to be a cut right click and select Scene from the pop up menu For some processing options it is important that this flag is set correctly Field dominance Indicates the field dominance F1 F2 in 50Hz 25fps or 60Hz 30fps film originated material In 60Hz 24fps film originated material the field in the 3 2 pull down sequence is displayed as A1 A2 B1 B2 B3 etc in black A broken 3 2 sequence is indicated with red characters Film Video A film frame indicates film originated material while the diagonal stripes indicate video originated material Comment Shows the text entered after pressing lt F2 gt on the keyboard Events can be found in the Search menu by their comments User s Manual Timeline Tip To change the list layout and amount of information shown go to the List layout page in the User Profile The Event indicator ES T ayer yor cc ES The Event indicator lets you know for each process list whether an event is programmed or not if an option is in bypass if a key area is used etc The following indicators are used None No parameters programmed Grey Parameters programmed Red Bypass White fill Key atea used In addition some indicators may appear dimmed to let you know that the settings are identical to
7. Labels F1 F4 and M1 M4 does not restrict the key usage to functions and memories The function keys are defined in the User Profile window under Image keys see page 91 Processing Controls The controls surrounding the larger display are used for processing controls Page selection keys 1 3 are used when more controls are available than will fit on one page A Y 2 PA 3 Ny Y NA JU The Area key can be pressed to access the Area key controls for certain processing options Py yA amma Area Va User s Manual User s Manual When an Area is enabled keys A and B will switch between Main A and Key B processing controls ie A Y E A B YA NA N The Bypass key is used to set the processing to electronic bypass EJ Bypass When pressing the Clear key the settings for the selected page will be cleared set to unity Press and Hold to clear all settings for the selected option Ny Y Clear VA eN Modifier keys The modifier keys Valhall Shift amp All provide additional functionality when used together with other keys A modifier key is either pressed and released before selecting the second key or held wild pressing the second key PS Va Trackball The trackball with the five corresponding buttons layout for both left and right
8. Media video input Video output Setup Delay Drigin X Field dominance y Source Letterbox 16 9 Ya Aspect 16 9 Origin Select if input is Film or Video originated Important for internal processing as e g ASC Field dominance Select 1st or 2nd field dominance depending on the input This is mainly applicable to 50 Hz processing of film based original Note Both origin and field dominance can be changed in the list on an event basis Source Set the picture source format for use with thumbnails Aspect To display the correct aspect of thumbnails set to 4 3 except for anamorphic 16 9 sources DVNR Setup e 103 Video Input DYNR1000 HD E System Unity Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay Input Format r Input Fieldrate 1080 C 23 98 Hz C 1080P 24 00 Hz 1080PsF 25 00 Hz C 1035 C 29 97 Hz 30 00 Hz T 8 bit Syne source C Auto External reference Input C Internal Video Gain Y a 100 0 aaao E Input Format Sets the line format on the input 8 bit The input is normally 10 bit but can be set to 8 bit with this control Input Fieldrate Sets the input frequency Sync source Auto N A External Ref Locks the Frame Store Synchroniser to the B amp B signal fed to the Genlock input Input Locks the Frame Store Synchroniser to the input signal Internal Locks to internal oscillator on the input board No external signal is neede
9. Trim 1 Frame or Trim 1 Frame from the Edit menu in the Event List or use the or key on the numerical keypad Trimming to machine position FRR To trim move the active event to the machine position current timecode just press the Trim key on the Media panel gt E Trim L N User s Manual List Management e 45 Undo 46 e List Management Absolute Trim To trim move the active event to a new timecode enter the new timecode in hh mm ss ff from the Media panel and then press the Trim key on the Image panel gt h a aS h gt m L N m s a N s pi f Va a f L N Absolute Trim with Selections To trim the whole list or parts of the list using the active event as the reference first select the events to be trimmed enter the timecode and press the Trim key E g event number 3 is supposed to be on timecode 00 02 00 00 and all events trimmed accordingly Position the cursor active event at event no 3 which now becomes the active event In this case press All Select to select all events Enter timecode 00 02 00 00 on the Media panel and then press the Trim key List operations can be undone if you make a mistake Up to 5000 levels of undo is available To undo the last list operation press the Undo key on the Image panel gt Undo LL To redo the la
10. User s Manual Device Valhall Version 1 4 Date 04 March 2005 By Digital Vision Part no DV TM063001C Head Office Digital Vision AB Solna Strandvag 98 SE 171 54 Solna Sweden Tel 46 0 8 546 182 00 Fax 46 0 8 546 182 09 E mail sales digitalvision se support digitalvision se Sales Office US Digital Vision US Inc 4605 Lankershim Blvd Suite 700 North Hollywood CA 91602 USA Tel 1 818 769 8111 Fax 1 818 769 1888 E mail sales digitalvisionusa com support digitalvisionusa com Homepage www digitalvision se Copyright Digital Vision AB 2002 2005 i y O i Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft User s Manual Contents 1 gt OVERVIEW oona e e a e a E 1 About DVN aeaiee anaana ran EAEn NANEU iia 1 About Valhalla Ae ee a ina 1 2 gt GETTING STARTED a AS 3 About this Manual oo ci 3 Panel Key Operations iia id 3 The Valhall System icono a a 4 A NN 5 Press and HoOld ti a tates eet leds 5 Numerical Entry aa 5 Timecode Entry 2nd in inn aig eh at nate eh ahaa 5 Mode Selection A o eet alee 5 Modifier keys dias 5 AAA e AN 6 AMS eo d 6 MD ca 7 A 7 User PROT eat cta ad eh te aha reat care oe teat aes Ra 7 A 7 O oe ee a a ete Neate are tg ee ce tate eed at ean NNO ne sakes 7 A ik a a aac a Naga eee a ec cae a Nahe rea eee esa a ee as 7 BOOM Ki as 7 ESE o oes gra uae teak did 8 DVNRi Setup S
11. basic level of grain and noise reduction before using the temporal filtering Global Balance allows a combination of the basic level of spatial filtering and motion adaptive spatial filtering Maximum filtering according to Spatial strength is achieved in areas with motion Optimising the Spatial Filter 1 Set Spatial Strength and Spatial Filter Setup Size Threshold to maximum 2 Set Global Spatial to On 3 Adapt the spatial filter to the noise grain size by decreasing Size in the Spatial filter setup to as low values as possible still with grain noise being removed 4 Decrease Threshold in the Spatial filter setup until edges are not affected a typical setting is around 8 20 5 Decrease Spatial Strength until a desired level of spatial filtering is achieved 6 Choose whether Global Spatial should be set to On filtering of the whole picture or Off filtering only in areas with motion 124 e AGR4 ME Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction User s Manual Chroma Adaptation 3 independent channels of chroma adaptation with a hue resolution of approx 1 allows adjustment of noise reduction levels both spatial and temporal in the regions of the selected colour Only colours with a higher saturation of approx 5 will be detected Select a colour in one of the chroma adaptation channels To accurately see which parts of the picture that are affected by the Chroma adaptation enable the View Chroma Key functio
12. enable Unlink Processor and then click on the colour in the second shot and the colour from the first shot will be applied View Hit Highlight View Hit White Black rr gt AT Final result 170 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual Advanced Colour Processor 2 0 xi ACP Help Y Primary Base IV Primary Layer IV Primary Layer 2 m Secondary Output Setup User Processing Area Area oe T Invert Area IV Enable MAE a T View Area _ FT All Vertical Horisontal AAA Y Limit to Active Picture 446 User s Manual 324 T 354 398 Clear Area Each vector has its own key area in the shape of a rectangle to provide additional isolation of the hit The area is enabled with the checkbox Use Area on the Processing tab of the Secondary To access secondary area controls from the control panel ensure the B key is selected and the press the 3 key Invert Area When enabled inverts the area hits only outside of area View Area Enable to display the outline of the current area All When All and View Area both are selected the outline of active areas are displayed Limit to Active Picture By enabling Limit to Active Picture the area cannot be moved beyond the active picture Tip The control panels provide additional controls to re size the area Ensure Secondary is active B key and Area controls
13. 100 103 108 Media panel 4 8 13 90 204 menu 205 Merge lists 52 Message box 6 Mix level 173 MK III 175 Mode keys 89 direct stote 89 Mode selection 5 199 Modifier keys 5 91 201 Monochrome 101 105 110 195 Motion 134 width 140 Motion compensation 124 Motion estimation 124 Motion Estimation 135 MPEG mastering 117 MPEG1 115 118 N Note command reference 224 comment 61 cue 60 66 delete 60 delete all 61 key 60 199 mode 60 199 224 number 60 quick note 62 recall 60 sets 60 store 60 thumbnail 61 write protect 61 Notes 7 59 shated 78 Numerical keypad 205 O Offset 75 Origin 6 28 100 Output chroma format 110 delay 102 format 101 110 Overlay 67 97 position 67 size 67 232 e Index P Page selection 199 Parameter trim 44 Passwotd 77 Pattern 195 PB 15 PDL 50 Playlist 52 create 53 define 53 restore 54 Playspeed filter 22 Postroll 22 power up default 112 Premium 3 4 27 Preroll 22 Preset See Note Press and hold 5 88 Preview 6 34 36 72 191 209 key 72 Process format 108 Processing order 156 Processor link 169 Profile 125 Progress bar 6 Project 7 based on 11 browser 24 copy 25 delete 25 existing 24 management 78 manager 78 move 25 name 6 11 new 10 11 80 open 10 personal 7 recent 10 80 rename 25 shared 7 Project manager 7 23 25 Q Quick notes 62
14. Quicksave 51 R Re Blanking See Blanking Recall 28 33 all 48 on scroll 83 Recovery 51 Redo 46 Reference 70 Reference store See Still store Repeat rate 88 Review 73 key 73 RGB 209 clip 105 110 162 173 mode 156 RGB legalizer 154 User s Manual RGB Lift 157 RGB mode 156 S Saturation 156 Save 11 51 copy 51 quicksave 51 Scaling 190 Scene detector See Autoshot See Autoshot Scratch detector 146 length 149 width 147 Seatch 28 40 Search dial 86 206 disable 86 Secondaty filter 168 Select 38 all 31 39 invert 39 key 38 number 39 range 39 toggle 38 Selections 38 Set changes only 81 Set on exit 81 always 81 hift key 5 huttle 86 206 acceleration 86 ShuttlePRO 94 ShuttlePRO v2 95 ShuttleXpress 93 Single 47 Single line 84 Skin tone 187 Slope growth 176 profile 164 Soft 183 186 Sony EDL format 50 Sound 97 files 97 Source picture 103 108 Spatial filter 124 Spike 128 Split 123 126 141 149 setup 129 Standard 6 Status bar 6 149 Still comment 66 compare 64 control bar 65 de interlace 96 delete 64 delete all 66 enter 64 export 67 grab 96 grab next 64 import 67 interpolate 96 Mm un User s Manual key 64 199 mode 199 225 overlay 67 97 position 96 positioning 65 recall 64 96 store 64 thumbnail 66 video output 96 wipe 65 write protect 66 Still store 8 63 96 command reference 225
15. Selection key Mode Selection Most keys on the Image panel are assigned for List operation However these keys can also be used for Notes Bookmarks and Still store operation This is determined by the Mode selection keys i List al Still a A The mode is shown in the status bar Note Note Bookmark and Still mode are normally chosen by just pressing the corresponding key However if the mode keys have been set up for Direct store in the Panels section of the user profile the mode is chosen by pressing the Valhall key followed by the mode key Read more about Direct store on page 89 User s Manual Image Panel e 199 200 e Image Panel Up Down keys These generic keys are assigned to various types of navigation depending on the mode selected 5 AN Y N Wipe Wheel This generic high resolution wheel can be assigned to various operations depending on the mode selected Wipe Keys The Wipe keys are associated to the mode and function of the Wipe wheel List Operation keys The List operation keys allow you to control and modify the event list and timeline Most of the List operation keys can be assigned for Notes Bookmark or Still store operation Programmable Function keys Pre defined functions can be mapped to the programmable function keys Modifier keys Valhall and Shift can be used to access another three sets of functions
16. Set Alternatively right click on the event at select Set from the pop up menu to program the event Clearing Settings By clearing settings the event becomes unprogrammed i e it will have the same status as a marked event User s Manual User s Manual First select the events to clear settings in and then press the Clear key on the Image panel Ny Y Clear LY First select the events to clear and then select Clear from the Edit menu or right click on the event and select Clear from the pop up menu Alternatively click on the Clear button in the List Control bar O Clear Clearing Settings by Event number The settings of an event can be deleted without having to press the Select key first by entering the event number and then pressing the Clear key You can also specify a range of events by number by using the key Examples 100 Clears Event 100 150 200 Clears Events 150 through 200 150 Clears all Events up to 150 200 Clears all Events from 200 and forward 10 10 Clears 10 events before and after the list cursor 2 10 Clears 2 events before the list cursor up to event no 10 Recalling Settings Position the list cursor on the event to recall and press the Recall key on the Image panel SY Recall L N To recall e g event number 100 enter 100 on the numerical keypad and press Recall To recall an event located 4 events back type 4 and then press Recall Py n UNS
17. Stop all 15 key 15 73 Sync source 103 109 Syncro 4 System configuration 9 11 17 diagram 4 trim 20 upgrade 78 T TC Freeze 143 Temporal adaptation 135 141 Temporal mix 127 Test pattern 195 Thumbnail 66 100 103 108 aspect 61 66 100 103 108 auto update 82 brightness 85 gamma 85 live 85 manual update 82 size 61 66 85 source 61 66 trim 20 update 36 82 update on enter 82 view 84 85 Timecode 28 71 85 edit box 9 entry 5 9 205 insert 71 query 22 reference 70 source 19 22 trim 9 45 view 84 Timeline 8 30 55 84 85 bookmark 55 close 29 cue 30 open 29 scroll 83 zoom 30 Tip of the day 80 Toolbar 7 Trackball 201 209 axis 175 209 backlight 90 209 buttons 201 Transition 41 Transport controls 90 206 Trim 44 45 Index e 233 absolute 46 key 44 45 selection 46 to machine 45 Trim size 141 U Undo 46 Unity 50 102 107 112 113 176 recall 114 176 return to 81 store 114 176 Unlock 48 Unselect 40 Update on exit 81 User account 10 add 77 management 77 name 10 77 profile 79 properties 78 settings 80 template 78 window 10 User profile 7 77 V VAC 184 187 Valhall 1 application 10 colour 4 image 4 key 90 201 media 4 Premium 27 startup 10 80 Syncro 4 system controller 4 Valhall key 5 206 Vector mode 175 Video 100 101 103 108 Video gain 104 109 157 Video vie
18. The Time Code Reader display at the top shows the current timecode of the source machine VTR1 The list has two types of indicators cursors List Management e 27 28 e List Management The Current event which is associated with the current timecode machine position is displayed with a blue border cursor The Active event to which all list operations are applied to is displayed with a red border cursor also known as the List cursor The Active event can be chosen independently of the Current event Normally the Current and the Active events are one and the same and will be displayed with a purple border cursor To summarize list operations ate normally applied to the event with the purple or red border cursor In the case where selections have been done to one or many events which will turn blue list operations are applied to these and not the current active event Note Right clicking on an event in the event list will also recall and execute its parameters Double clicking on an event will cue up the connected source machine to the associated timecode If the event is active on field 2 the machine will be positioned at field 1 one frame later The Event information The information given at each event is as follows Event number The event numbers are automatically rippled as new events are entered Timecode The timecode associated with the event Field 2 is indicated with an asterisk Scene
19. both Primary and Secondary is put into electronic bypass Clear Clears both Primary and Secondary settings ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 177 Operation ae a Vignette Set your over all processing on the base layer Optionally use Primary layer 1 for additional processing On Primary layer 2 Processing tab select Input Selection gt Previous Layer Output On Primary layer 2 Area tab deselect Normal Select Invert area and if necessary View Area Select Ellipse and adjust size aspect slope and position parameters Go to the Processing tab and adjust your processing to create the vignette typically by setting Video Gain to 0 If necessary go back to the Processing tab Different Processing Inside Outside of a Key Area With overall settings on Primary base Oe ay ee S Sd 9 Adjust overall processing with Base Primary Adjust outside processing with Base Primaty On Primary Layer 1 Area tab deselect Normal Select Invert and Link to Layer 2 Select View Area and set up the area On Primary Layer 1 Processing tab set Input Selection to Base Primary Adjust outside processing with Primary Layer 1 On Primary Layer 2 Processing tab set Input Selection to Base Primary Adjust inside processing with Primary Layer 1 tab Without overall settings on Primary base 1 2 3 4 Adjust outside processing with Base Primaty On Primary Layer 1 Area tab deselect Normal Select View Area and set up the area
20. lt Ctrl gt together with the up and down arrows will increase or decrease the timecode by hours Field based timecode edit boxes Most edit boxes also accept field selection The field is selected by pressing lt gt asterisk which is normally located on the numeric keypad as a single key Getting Started e 9 Starting a Project Double click on the User account you want to login as or click and hit lt Return gt 10 e Getting Started After powering up the Valhall controller and optional control panels you can start the Valhall application by double clicking on the Valhall icon at the desktop or selecting Programs gt Digital Vision gt Valhall from the start menu Login When the Valhall application has started the Login dialogue window will appear User login x User Password Logout Exit Select the proper User account If you haven t got one ask the administrator to create one for you If the User account has a password you will have to enter it Click on the Login button You are now logged in and the User login window will disappear The settings preferences you had when you exited the program last time will now appear again Starting a Project After login the Valhall start up dialogue will appear The following options are available Open one of the recent projects Directly open one of the recent lists in the displayed project Create a new project Open recent proje
21. only Note Normal mode Open Note window and assign certain keys for Note operations Direct store mode Store Note at next available position Note x Close Note window and return to List mode Y Valhall Note Normal mode Store Note at next available position Direct store mode Open Note window and assign certain keys for Note operations Y Valhall Note x Close Note window and return to List mode Shift Note Switch between Note sets Note Recall Note no Note x Save Note no Y Delete Delete selected note Y H Delete Delete note no Y Delete Delet note at current position entered offset Y Delete Delete a range of notes Y All Delete Delete all notes Y Enter Save settings at selected note Y H Enter Save settings at note no Y Enter Save settings at current note entered offset Y Recall Recall settings from selected note except those locked Y All Recall Recall all settings from selected note Y Recall Recall settings from note no Y HH Recall Recall settings from current note entered offset Y Up Go back one note User s Manual Note mode Command Function only Y Valhall Up Go back one note and recall settings Y Down Go forwatd one note Y Valhall Down Go forward one note and recall settings Y Cue Cue to the timecode of the selected note Y Wipe wheel Browse through notes Y Wipe key left Go to first note Y Wipe key right Go to last note Still Store Command Reference User s Manual The following list desc
22. or Video field based originated Important for internal processing as e g ASC Field dominance Select 1st or 2nd field dominance depending on the input This is mainly applicable to 50 Hz processing of film based original Note Both origin and field dominance can be changed in the list on an event basis Source Set the picture source format for use with thumbnails Aspect To display the correct aspect of thumbnails set to 4 3 except for anamorphic 16 9 sources User s Manual User s Manual Video DYNR1000 422 ES System Unity Help Media Video Delay r Fieldrate Input Digital z I Ext Genlock I 8Bit Output Mono I e Bit T Black clip J White clip J Chroma clip M RGB Limit T Low J High Fieldrate Selects input field rate e g 50 60 Hz Input Select input format Ext Genlock The DVNR normally locks the output to the incoming video signal If Genlock is enabled the Frame Store Synchroniser locks to the B amp B signal fed to the Genlock input 8 bit The input is normally 10 bit but can be set to 8 bit with this control Output Select output format Note that this also affects the delay through the system See Delay in this section Mono When enabled sets video output to monochrome 8 bit The output is normally 10 bit but can be set to 8 bit with this control Black Enables black hard clip at luma level 64 0 White E
23. signal is activated with the View Hit control on the Secondaty page Eyedropper Tolerance The Eyedropper Tolerance sets up HSL widths of the analyzer when using the eye dropper When set to Current Width whatever the HSL widths were set to will be used Slope Growth The Slope Growth control determines how the slope grows behaves when adjusted Note All items except Primary Mode is stored in the User Profile and not in the list Unity gt Copy Layer gt Swap Layer gt Clear Layer Clear Bypass Unity The definable unity is used for every Clear button To recall unity select Unity gt Recall To store unity select Unity gt Store To load factory defaults select Unity gt Factory Default To store the factory default as unity select Unity gt Store Copy Layer Copies all settings including processing curves clips areas from one layer to the currently selected one Also available in a pop up menu when right clicking on a layer button 176 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual User s Manual Swap Layer Swaps all settings including processing curves clips areas between one layer and the currently selected one Also available in a pop up menu when right clicking on a layer button Clear Layer Clear all settings including processing curves clips areas on the selected layer Also available in a pop up menu when right clicking on a layer button Bypass When enabled
24. thus adding subjective sharpness to the picture Aperture correction should be employed as the last process in the chain to avoid increase of the overall noise level The Aperture Corrector is a standard feature in the DVNR image processing system Aperture Correction Ea AC Help VAC 14 3 Filter type Normal Clear Aperture Correction AC window Filter Type Selects one of four possible filters Normal Normal Aperture Correction Diagonal More horizontal vertical than diagonal detail enhancement Soft Softens the picture Extra Stronger and larger steps than Normal AC Aperture Correction e 183 HAC Amount of Horizontal Aperture Correction Range is 0 100 in 8 steps where 0 is bypass VAC Amount of Vertical Aperture Correction Range is 0 100 in 8 steps where 0 is bypass 184 e AC Aperture Correction User s Manual 23 AAC Advanced Aperture Correction About Advanced Aperture Correction User s Manual Detail processing for both film and video can be achieved by the AAC Advanced Aperture Corrector Typically it will be one of the last processes carried out in the digital video path post of noise reduction film dirt concealment various filtering and the critical non linear manipulation in the primary and secondary colour corrector Several features put the AAC apart from any other type of aperture correction available Firstly it can operate in either field or frame mode The lat
25. Adjust dialogue is open If changes already have been entered use the following approach 1 Ensure all changes has been entered into the event by pressing the Enter key on the Media panel 2 Press the Undo key until settings have returned to their original state for the active event and then press the Recall key 3 Press the Valhall Trim key on the Media panel to open the Global Adjust dialogue 4 Press the Redo key until all trim settings have been applied and then press the Recall key 5 If some parameters should be excluded from the trim select them one at the time and click on the delete button in the dialogue 6 Select additive multiplicative Yo or set either directly from the GUI or by repeatedly pressing Valhall Trim 7 Select the events in the list to be trimmed and remember to include the active event 8 Press the Apply button in the GUI or the Enter key on the Image panel to close the dialogue and apply trims Otherwise press the Cancel button in the dialogue or press the Valhall key on the Image panel and then press and hold the Trim key Timecode Trim If one or more events are not correctly aligned to e g cuts a trim of the event timecode can be done FFA First select the event s to be trimmed enter the trim offset in hh mm ss ff from the Media panel and then press the Trim key on the Image panel To trim the active or the selected event s in steps of 1 frame from the X GUI select
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27. C Adjusts the chroma delay only System Store power up default Programs the DVNR so that it automatically starts up with the current settings Clear all Sets all processing options to defined unity Bypass all Sets all processing options to electronic bypass Unity The definable unity is used for every Clear key on the panels and Clear buttons in the GUI It is also used for the option to set all events to unity during an EDL import and the Return to unity option during Autoshot operation The definable unity is stored separately for each project and is inherited when creating new projects based on another project Read more on page 113 DVNR Setup 107 DVNR1000 HD RGB 108 o DVNR Setup Media DYNR1000 HD RGB ME System Unity Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay Origin y Field dominance y Source Full Frame bet Aspect 16 9 A Process Format Auto follow input C YUY RGB Origin Select if input is Film or Video originated Important for internal processing as e g ASC Field dominance Select 1st or 2nd field dominance depending on the input This is mainly applicable to 50 Hz processing of film based original Note Both origin and field dominance can be changed in the list on an event basis Source Set the picture source format for use with thumbnails Aspect To display the correct aspect of thumbnails set to 4 3 exce
28. Editing e 75 76 e Editing User s Manual 11 User Management General Administration User s Manual Administrator The Administrator can add new users and grant access to e g user management and system setup At delivery no password is set for the Administrator Access tights are not inherited Adding new Users Administrator Add Remove Properties Go to menu User gt Management Click on the Add button and then enter the new user name and select the user which the new should be based on inherits the User Profile settings in the dialogue that pops up User Management e 77 78 e User Management sa User Properties ES Access Rights J System setup m Password Change password Set password Cancel Note that access rights are not inherited If you want to change these settings select the user and click on the Properties button or just double click on the user name The following access rights are available System Setup Configurations Shared notes System upgrade User Management User Management Project Management Project Management Access via the Project Manager to all users projects lists for copying moving renaming or deleting Tip Add a user e g default user as a template on which all new users can be based User s Manual 12 User Profile Overview General User s Manual Al Profile In the User Profile window yo
29. Enable trackball lights If checked enables the trackball backlight on both Colour and Image control panels Help Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound l General Lit Listlayout VTR Edt Keyboard Panels Media Keys None Valhall Key Press Press and Hold 2 Select VTR1 Show Hide VTR1 3 Select VTR2 Show Hide YTR2 4 Select VTR3 Show Hide VTR3 5 Select VTR4 Show Hide VTR4 6 gt 7 8 Cue prev event Rewind Rev play Rev play x2 9 Stop Standby off 10 Play Play x2 11 0 Cue nextevent Fast Forward 12 Jog Shuttle Jog Shuttle Factory default Assign gt Group Function Press VTR Undefined y Press and Hold DVNR y Clear All y D Only applicable for Valhall Premium The transport control keys are user programmable to match your specific requirements In addition the Valhall key increases the number of controls by providing a second set of programmable transport controls First select a group of functions and then select the specific function Functions can be programmed for both Press as well as Press and Hold operations 4 Swaps programmed function x Makes selected function key non programmed Factory Default Digital Vision provides default settings for the programmable function keys To return to these settings click on the Factory default button User s Manual Image Keys User s Manual Help General List Listlayout V
30. Lightness Preserving Luma Preserving Luma Preserving Legal RGB l Legal RGB HiY I HiC FT HY Hic LoY f Loc Mo mi User s Manual The setup page provides a and clips Most controls ate also available on respective layer comprehensive view of the primary routing ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 173 Proc Order Determines the sequential processing order of Curves and Black Gamma Gain Lift Video Gain controls Black Gamma Gain gt Curves This is the preferred mode when Curves are to be used as a creative effect Curves gt Black Gamma Gain This is the preferred mode if Curves are to be used as a set up to correct e g camera imbalances typically in the Base layer This control is found on the Processing tab of each primaty layer Input The Input Selection control determine from where each layer gets it input from Original Input The layer get its input unprocessed by previous layers Base Layer Output The layer get its input from the output of the Base Layer Previous Layer Output Layer 2 get its input from the output of the Layer 1 These controls are found on the Processing tab on primaty layer 1 and layer 2 Hue Sat Clip Mode Determines the colour space in which Hue and Saturation should be applied either HSY Y Luminance or HSL L Lightness Luminance and Lightness are two commonly used but different ways of representing the brightness in the picture Legal RGB Determines whether the
31. N A Bookmark N A Still N A List Clear entered event Note N A Bookmark N A Still N A List Clear a range of events Note N A Bookmark N A Still N A List Normal Go one event back List Recall on scoll Go one event back an recall settings Note Go back one Bookmark Go bac note k one bookmark Still Go back one still List Normal Go one event back and recall settings List Recall on scro ll Go one event back Note Go back one note and recall settings Bookmark Cue to previous bookmark Still Go back one still and recall List Go one event back and select event Note N A Bookmark N A Still N A List Normal Go one event forward List Recall on scoll Go one event forward an recall settings Note Go forward one note Bookmark Go forward one bookmark Still Go forward one still List Normal Go one event forward and recall settings List Recall on scroll Go one event forward Note Go forward one note and recall settings Bookmark Cue to next bookmark Still Go one still forward and recall List Go one event forward and select event Note N A Bookmark N A Still N A Appendix B e 217 Command Function Enter Enter x H Enter TC Enter 7TC Enter All Enter Recall Recall Recall H Valhall Recall H Valhall Recall All Recall Mark 218 e Appendix B List Set selected event s if changed Note Save settings at select
32. Press and Hold means that the key is kept pressed for an extended duration either to give the key two functions or to prevent accidental activation The time that needs to elapse is determined by the Press and Hold delay control on the Panels page of the User Profile window see page 88 Tip Audio feedback can be provided to indicate when the key can be released This function is available on the Sound page of the User Profile window Numerical Entry Numerical entries event number note number etc are normally done prior to pressing the function key Both absolute unsigned and relative signed entries are supported for most operations Timecode Entry Timecode entries are normally done prior to pressing the function key Both absolute unsigned and relative signed entries are supported for most operations Tip Leading zeros does not have to be typed in E g 2 21 corresponds to timecode 00 00 02 21 Mode Selection Most keys on the Image panel are assigned for List operation However these keys can also be used for Notes Bookmarks and Still store operation This is determined by the Mode selection keys List Note Still and Bookmark Modifier keys The modifier keys Valhall Shift amp All provide additional functionality when used together with other keys A modifier key is either pressed and released before selecting the second key or held wild pressing the second key This is normally represented in the manual b
33. Selecting an Event O MUMBGN rarae E E EA E EAR A E EAER 39 Selecting a range of Events by NUMDET occcoonocccccononccccononcncnnnoncnnnnnnoncnnnnnnnncnnn nn nn nc naar nncnnnnanncnnnnns 39 Inverting a Selection raria trans A AEA 39 Selecting all EVENS iss che foe etsy iii lada cdta Dia cheguceaacuptte cee Dd ii 39 Unselecting All s carac PEAT O EN OA T EAA 40 COMMONS a A aN E A E 40 AddiNg a COMMON bins eet tes ce sheets escdeeh E aa 40 S arching tora Commentate cain ch nde iui ated icetee ede tied et 40 Searchand Selecta das 40 Using Dynamis serenon inicien clica inca enana ana dada ld cada 41 Setting a DINAMICA e Seen dee aaeeneeen eens 42 Dynamic start follows previous CVENL cece ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeaaeeeteneaaeeeseeeaeeeseeaeeeteeaaees 42 Non linear DIN MICOS essre eve dla dieran cena adan apa 42 Setting Default DYNAMICS ssiri eee tre te ne eee erie eerie ee erties naar nr rn naar nn cr nana nncnnnnns 43 Extended Intonation serrana a IAR dl di 43 Global Ajusta 44 Operations i O E E 44 Timecode TiM oncs oia a e aiaa a a TEANN aaa aAA a NAA AEA EN aa AE a A 45 Trimming to Machine positiON oooonnncccnnnnnicinnnnanoccnnnancccnn nor ccnn nono i i Ai aoed e a 45 Absolute TIM eae ciar rada e aoe i 46 Absolute Trim with SelectiONS o oocnnnnncccnnnnncocconnonccnnononaccnn nono nan nr ono n narran rca 46 UNO a 46 FlISTOTY WIN OW cecilia diia ccevipeddeinenduevusescecatagedde dd aid ed 47 User s Manual Contents e
34. Sound ShuttleXpress ShutlePRO ShutlePRO v2 Key Press Press and Hold Set Mark Mark amp Set Scroll up Cue to selection Scroll down Cue to selection Cue prev event Rewind Rev play Rev play x2 Stop All Stop Play Play x2 Cue nextevent Fast Forward Frame Rew Rev play speed Frame Fwd Play speed Assign buttons toup Function P List Set tess Y x Press and Hold List y Recall y The ShuttlePRO provides a number of programmable function keys within easy reach from the jog shuttle dial They can be programmed individually for each user to perform various operations including memoties machine and list control First select a group of functions and then select the specific function Functions can be programmed for both Press as well as Press and Hold Operations al Swaps programmed functions x Makes selected function key non programmed Note The ShuttlePRO page is not accessible unless the ShuttlePRO drivers are installed and the device is connected User s Manual User s Manual ShuttlePro v2 User profile Administrator xi Help General Lit Listlayout VTR Edt Keyboard Panels MediaKeys Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound ShuttleXpress ShuttlePRO ShuttlePRO v2 Key Press Press and Hold 2 Mak Mark amp Set 3 Scrollup Cue to selection 4 Scroll down Cue to selection 5 Cueprevevent Rewind 6 Rev play Rev play x2 7 Stop All
35. and then press the lt Delete gt key on the keyboard select Delete from the Edit menu or right click on the bookmark and select Delete from the pop up menu Deleting All Bookmarks Ensure the Bookmark key is selected then press the All key followed by the Delete key on the Image panel C All Delete Select Delete all from the Edit menu Note A prompt will ask you to confirm the Delete All operation Yalhall A Are you sure you want to delete all bookmarks Printing Bookmarks To print the a list of the bookmarks including comments go to the Event list window and select menu File gt Print gt Bookmarks Bookmarks e 57 58 e Bookmarks User s Manual 8 Notes General User s Manual Edit View Help Edit View Help Project User Shared Project User Shared 1 Skyline 2 Closeup 3 Birdview 1 Skyline 2 Closeup 4 Alley 5 Waiting room 6 Clinic 7 Outdoor 5 Waiting room 6 Clinic 8 Closeup 9 Cottage De 7 Outdoor 8 Closeup 9 Cottage List view Thumbnail view Notes ate used for temporary storage of processing parameters similar to Presets Valhall provides three sets of 100 notes each Project Notes stored on a project basis Personal Notes available upon login Shared Notes accessible by every user but only writable with special permission System Setup access enabled Valhall Premium also p
36. brightness can be set in the User Profile window under the Panels page see page 88 Knobs Each knob has a built in push button switch which is mostly used for clearing the parameter corresponding to the knob To clear the knob has to be held down for a longer period of time determined by the User Profile User s Manual a Tip Each processing window provides an acceleration setting for the controls A used trackball rings or knobs Display As there is no panel print for the different functions parameter accessible from the knobs and buttons labels and values are shown on the display Activated functions will be shown as a box with the text inverted SA Tip You can change the brightness of all displays under the Panels page in i the User Profile dialogue Menu Selection Use the keys above and below the smaller menu selection display to select the processing option to control Normally this operation also opens the processing window in the GUI if enabled under the Panels Page in the User Profile dialogue Press and hold to close the window If options will not fit on the display use the Page selection 1 3 keys Press and hold a page selection key to close all processing windows on that page y Tip By pressing the Valhall key followed by a Menu Selection key bypass will be toggled for the corresponding processing option To clear or set the processing option to unity first press the Shift key and then the Menu
37. button in the Control list bar EN Frame y o Tip To preview the effects of the stored settings press the Valhall key 3 followed by the Frame key on the Image panel The machine will start playback three seconds before the one frame event and return to the original position three seconds after passing the event N yA N A Frame 7 L N L N To enter a loop mode first press the Valhall key and then press and hold the Frame key Press the Stop key on the Media panel to exit the loop mode Updating Thumbnails Thumbnails are normally updated when the source machine enters an event in normal play speed This feature can be disabled in the List tab of the User Profile see page 81 HA To manually update the thumbnail at the active event press and hold the Enter key on the Image panel PS y Enter L A Browsing the List Valhall provides functionality to jump between events for previewing or copy paste of event settings using the list cursor The list cursor can be moved independently of the source machine position TA The machine can be placed at the list cursor position at any time by pressing the Cue key on the Media panel N A EE Cue YS Alternatively press and hold the Event key on the Image panel y co Event Va N 36 e List Management User s Manual User s Manual Stepping Up and Down Press the Up or Down key to step up or down an event in the list AE A v Va NU N N
38. drive can be stored within each A still is stored with the full resolution picture a thumbnail the timecode of the original position in the list processing parameters and an optional comment A complete list of available panel commands for still store operation can be found in the Still Store Command Reference page 225 Still Store e 63 Operation FAA d 64 e Still Store First press the Valhall key followed Still key use the up down arrows to position the cursor Press Enter to store a still Recall to recall a still and Delete to delete a still Right click on a free still and a pop up menu will appear from which enter recall or deletion of the selected still can be done Tip Grab Next is a programmable function in the Still Store group that can be programmed on one of the function keys Grab Next takes a still and places it in the first free position of the Still window Stills by Number Without using the Still store window Enter the Still number from the numerical keypad on the Media panel press and hold the Still key on the Image panel to store press shortly to recall Using the Still store window First ensure the Still key is active enter the still number from the numerical keypad on the Media panel then press Enter to store a still Recall to recall a still or Delete to delete a still To perform an operation on e g the next still position press or 1 followed by the operation Comparin
39. for the programmable function keys depending on selected option Presets The ASC3 dialogue provides the possibility to store presets for the commonly settings to be reused in other projects These presets are available at all times and for all users 142 e ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual View Mode A selection of different overlays of which one can be activated by the View key on the Processing page The following view modes are available Dirt on Luma The detected scratches dirt are highlighted on a monochrome input picture with lowered luminance Dirt on Red Input The detected scratches dirt are shown with red on the unprocessed input signal Dirt on Red Output The detected scratches dirt are shown with red on the processed output signal Difference Processed The difference between the unprocessed input and the processed output is displayed Auto clear Freeze when VTR leaves Stop When enabled removes Freeze when leaving Stop typically the VTR is placed in play mode after a de blotch session Applicable when using the programmable function TC Freeze ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment e 143 144 e ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual 19 CSR Vertical Scratch Removal About Continuous Scratch Removal The CSR continuous vertical film scratch remover effectively removes disturbing effects of vertical film scratches Even pure emulsion damages can effectively be dealt
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41. is shut down abnormally Note If Autosave was enabled when an abnormal shutdown occurred Restart the Valhall application and login in as the same user Valhall will ask if the autosaved version of the list should be used instead of the latest manually saved If so go the top menu List and select Save as after the list has been loaded The recovered list will be deleted if not used when prompted and then saved A recovered list has a name beginning with a dollar sign and is visible in Windows explorer but not in the List Browser Recall on scroll The normal function of the arrow keys on the Image panel is to scroll the event list moving the list cursor If the Valhall key is kept pressed while scrolling parameters are also being recalled By enabling Recall on scroll these functions ate swapped When using the arrow keys only list cursor is moved and the parameters are recalled If the Valhall key is kept pressed the parameters are not being recalled while scrolling Dynamic start follows previous event If this control is enabled the settings of the dynamic start will always be the same as the previous event unless the settings for the dynamic start is set differently User Profile e 83 List Layout 84 e User Profile User profile Administrator xi Help Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound General List List layout VTR Edt Keyboard Panels MediaKeys r Event list a
42. later attention Typically a bookmark could indicate a large piece of dirt needing special attention after a colour grading pass Bookmarks are indicated in the Timeline Valhall Premium only In addition the Bookmarks window presents all the bookmarks in a list together with corresponding timecodes To identify certain bookmarks comments can be added The Bookmarks window is opened by pressing Valhall Bookmark keys on the Image panel 2 FA y Va e Va N First press the Valhall key then press and hold Bookmark to close A complete list of available panel commands for bookmark operation can be found in the Bookmark Command Reference page 223 Bookmarks e 55 Operation 56 e Bookmarks Inserting Bookmarks Quickly press the Bookmark key on the Image panel to insert a new bookmark Py lt E BookM Va N Press the lt Insert gt key on the keyboard Right click in the Bookmarks window and select Insert from the pop up menu or alternatively select menu Edit gt Insert Alternatively click on the Bookm key in the List Control bar D Bookm Accurate Bookmarks Bookmarks can only be considered accurate if the source machine is in still or stop mode If accurate the Bookmark in the Timeline will be green If not the Bookmark will be yellow and a tilde will precede the timecode in the Bookmark window Correcting a Timecode First click in the timecode field of the selected bookmark and t
43. left most menu of the processing option window User s Manual 15 ALS Anti Aliasing About the Anti Aliasing The ALS is an indispensable tool when there is need to improve negative side effects from out of band vertical frequencies showing up as undesired line flicker or twitter Treats scenes with venetian blinds or car grills appearing in their best light as sharp as the line structure in the interlaced television system will allow With two filters and fine user controls in 256 steps the ALS will handle both field video and frame film based source material in an optimum way In addition ALS features a special field correlator mode enabling film look on video originated material Controls User s Manual i ALS Anti aliasing xi ALS Help Filter type Cutoff freq 728 m Clear Anti Aliasing window Filter Type Sharp Sharp cut off Recommended setting X Sharp Very Sharp cut off Film Look Simulates film by removing a field and recreating it by interpolating the remaining field It has little effect on film based material but dramatically reduces the resolution on video based material containing motion Suitable for MPEG1 compression and when using a high compression ratio Cutoff The cutoff controls the amount of filtering and selects how much in percent of the maximum vertical bandwidth that is kept 100 is bypass ALS Anti Aliasing e 115 Start with a high value and low
44. noise reduction without sacrifying the basic Access by selecting menu AGR4 gt Basic Controls Processing Tick the checkbox to enable AGR4 processing Mode The Mode selection should be set according to how the original material was captured Select Video for interlaced video material and Film for film originated material In case of progressive video material set Film Fine Strength The amount of grain noise reduction is automatically set up in the basic mode Use the strength to trim the grain noise reduction Out Mix Sets the mix between the processed signal and the input signal This makes it possible to mix in some of the original grain into the processed picture for a better film look Freeze The freeze control does a frame freeze useful to capture the effects of grain noise reduction 122 e AGR4 ME Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction User s Manual Split The Split function can be used to compare processed against the original source material When enabled one half of the picture is processed and the other half is unprocessed Controls E AGR AGR4 View Help AGR4 View Help Processing Key Setup User Processing Key Setup User Channel A Main p Area Key C B Key I Linked I Enable JZ A Main I View oe Spatial Chroma Trim Pos Neg Ellipse a BR De 1 fl ay Trim Rectangle Clear Area Slope pil l cig 5 E Link M Lik Out peletas ma T G
45. output from the Hue and Saturation processing should be legalized in the RGB colour space or not before being passed on to Black Gamma Gain and Curves processing Layer Clip Enables independent upper and lower clip separately for Y and RGB Can be used for legal clipping or for artistical effects All controls are found on the Curves tab on each primary layers 174 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual User Advanced Colour Processor 2 0 xi ACP Help MV Primary Base IV Primary Layer 1 V Primary Layer 2 Y Secondary Dutput Setup User Preferences m Panel Acceleration m Trackball Axis Define Acceleration for parameter KARMIENIE A G y BN Trim 0 c B GB JV Use Acceleration Vector MKIII C Free 0 Slower Faster Panel Assignment _ _ gt J Pang Mid lt lt Panel Rings q do f Z evere ena CY C RGB Y RGB View Analyser Mode T Panel Gain Ring Config Hinin y a Controls Gain Master Controls Video Gain Eyedropper Tolerance T Area Slope Growth Mode C Narrow ln C Cente C Out Medium C Wide C Current Width Restore Defaults Panel Acceleration The panel acceleration sets the acceleration sensitivity of the ACP controls provided on the Colour and Image panels These settings are stored in the User Profile Trackball Axis The Trackball Axis setting makes it possible to change the axis orientation of th
46. position no Normal mode Open the Bookmark window and assign certain keys for Bookmark operations Direct store mode Insert Bookmark at current timecode Close the Bookmark window and return to List mode Normal mode Insert Bookmark at current timecode Direct store mode Open the Bookmark window and assign certain keys for Bookmark operations Close the Bookmark window and teturn to List mode Go to Bookmark no Go back or forwatd a no of Bookmarks Insert Bookmark at entered timecode Insert Bookmark at current timecode entered offset Select current event Unselect current event Select a range of events Select all events Unselect all events Invert selection User s Manual User s Manual Command Function Delete All Delete H Delete Delete Clear Cleat HH Clear Up Valhall Up Shift Up Down Valhall Down Shift Down List Delete selected event s Note Delete selected note Bookmark Delete selected bookmark Still Delete selected still List Delete all events Note Delete all notes Bookmark Delete all bookmarks Still Delete all stills e e List Delete entered event Note Delete entered note Bookmark Delete entered bookmark Still Delete entered still List Delete a range of events Note Delete a range of notes Bookmark Delete a range of bookmarks Still Delete a range of stills List Clear selected event s from settings Note
47. selections The last event cannot be selected since Valhall considers this an open event For better control of the operations open the Event dialogue by clicking the Edit button on the Valhall Toolbar or pressing Valhall Edit on the Media panel Editing e 71 72 e Editing Make sure that the VIRs you want to use in the edit have correct Ref points set can be found in the Edit dialogue Two mirrored timecoded tapes should have their corresponding Ref set to 00 00 00 00 Performing the Edit Press and hold Edit The selected events will now be imported and edited Edit A Intelligent Editing The Edit mechanism automatically minimizes the total time needed for a number of consecutive edits If the time in between two edits is short the Intelligent Editing will switch off the recording between the two events and switch on at the in point of next event If the time between two edits is long the machine will cue up to next event and perform a preroll Setting Manual Edit Points 1 Select the Player from the Media panel by pressing the VTR 1 key 2 To set the In point either a using the search dial place the tape at the in point of the source material and press the In key ot b type in the timecode from the numerical keypad and press the In key 3 To set the Out point either a using the search dial place the tape at the out point and press the Out key ot b type in the timecode from
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49. the numerical keypad and press the Out key 4 Select the Recorder from the Media panel by pressing the VTR 2 key 5 Using the tape transport keys search dial or manual entry of time code as in 2 place the Recorder on the in point Note A recorder without an in point will not participate in an edit Previewing the Edit To preview the Edit press the Preview key on the Media panel x E Preview Va N Select menu Edit gt Preview in the Edit dialogue User s Manual Executing the Edit When all of the edit points are set correctly you can now execute the edit by pressing the Edit button J N 4 Edit Va N Go to the Edit menu of the Edit dialogue and select Edit Events if events have been selected for editing or Edit Manual Note To prevent accidental changes DVNR option parameters settings can t be changed manually during an edit gt Aborting the Edit To abort the edit before the Out point is reached press the Stop key J Eg E L N Reviewing the Edit EA To review the Edit on the recorder s press the Review key on the Media panel N A Review N Va Select menu VTR gt Review in the VIR recorder dialogue Cue all In point ER To cue all machines to the respective in point press the All key followed by the In key E All In Va N Va N Cue All to Out point EEE To cue all machines to the respective out point press the
50. trackball for red green and blue individually Range 100 100 of the full video amplitude On the Colour panel use leftmost trackball for RGB settings and corresponding ring for luminance setting Gamma Adjusts grey parts of the picture slider for luminance adjustments trackball for red green and blue individually Range 0 25 4 00 Normally set to 1 00 On the Colour panel use middle trackball for RGB settings and corresponding ring for luminance setting Gain Adjusts light parts of the picture slider for luminance adjustments trackball for red green and blue Range 100 100 On the Colour panel use rightmost trackball for RGB settings and corresponding ring for luminance setting Lift The Lift control adds the change independent of original luma level just like a set up Similar operation for RGB The effect of Lift to the left compared to Black on a Luminance ramp Clear all Clears all parameters found in the Primary Colour Correction window when activated Master amp RGB Thresholds With the threshold controls it is possible to set from which point in the grey scale up to white Gain should work or from which point in the grey scale down to black the Black control should work as shown below Gamma has two thresholds Similarly thresholds can be set for RGB controls The thresholds can be set directly in the diagram by left clicking Right click to set Gamma upper threshold Us
51. unhold all options first press the All key on the Image panel and then press and hold the Hold key eS E E All Hold oe eS AS Hiding Lists Option lists if 1t is not being used during a session can be hidden to improve on readability and reduce the size of the list dialogues independently for the Event List and the Timeline Right click in the DVNR field of the list to access this control DWYNR Lock all Unlock All v View CSR v View ASC v View ANR v View AGR v View ZOM v View AAC v View ACP v View CD v View AC Bypass List Programmable on one of the function keys this control bypasses the whole list and does not affect any Hold as described above when disabled List Management e 49 Importing Exporting EDL 50 e List Management EDL Import Open a Lx Look in lt j Valhall data e e Fe Files of type Edl files edi y Cancel I Settounity Enable dissolves Include comments Include reel no 4 Imports an EDL list from floppy or hard disk where the in points on the recorder are used to create the Processing Decision List PDL events Go to the File menu in the Event List and select EDL import The EDL import dialogue offers some options Set to unity automatically sets all events to the defined unity read more on page 113 Enable Dissolves translate EDL dissolves to Valhall list dynamics Include comments finds comments in the EDL and puts the
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53. will save the current list in the background while working Autosave can be enabled under the List page in the User Profile dialogue see page 81 Note If Autosave was enabled when an abnormal shutdown occurred restart the Valhall application and login in as the same user Valhall will ask if the autosaved version of the list should be used instead of the latest manually saved If so go the top menu List and select Save as after the list has been loaded The recovered list will be deleted if not used when prompted and then saved A recovered list has a name beginning with a dollar sign and is visible in Windows explorer but not in the List Browser Saving a Copy of the List To save a copy of the list go to menu List gt Save a Copy List Management e 51 Merging Lists Valhall allows merging of lists where the final list will contain all events from both original lists Events will be re numbered Go to menu List gt Merge to list and pick the list to merge to the current one After the operation is completed go to menu List gt Save as and store the new list in another name Note Settings stored in the second list will override the settings in the first list Only thumbnails from the first list are kept Using a Playlist A playlist is used to create a continuous sequence of images typically after transferring a number of reels to a DDR including leading count down sequences or test signals The p
54. with and CSR processing can be done both tape to tape as well as directly in the telecine transfer process The proprietary and patented process is fully adaptive and allows for fast and effective concealment by the use of advanced digital filtering techniques Due to the adaptive nature of the process only areas suffering from scratches will be processed leaving the remaining part of the image unaffected User control allows for adjustment to select maximum processed size length and relative inter frame movement The CSR offers very cost effective restoration of damaged film and largely avoids the use of manual paintwork Theory of Operation User s Manual CSR contains a scratch detector and a median filter The scratch detector enables the median filter only in the part or part of the picture where scratches are detected to remove the scratches The rest of the picture is left unprocessed CSR also includes the Area Isolation feature The user can select in which areas of the picture processing is allowed This eliminates the risk of CSR removing objects that the scratch detector mistakes for being scratches e g flag staffs The CSR can be set to Global mode where the scratch detector is disabled Instead the user manually controls the amount of median filtering This mode is useful in difficult situations where the scratch detector cannot detect the scratches Area isolation works in Global mode as well allowing the user to on
55. with more noise reduction for the higher settings For fast motion material and a higher than default spatial filter threshold setting a high temporal mix setting may increase the AGR4 ME Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction e 127 probability of artefacts In such cases this setting may be lowered For a lower than default spatial filter threshold setting the Full setting may be used The default setting High should be safe in most circumstances Adaptation Spike Enhances the spatial filter performance by incorporating a spike adaptation The setting should be related to the grain noise characteristics A low setting e g Narrow is suitable for smaller grain amp noise sizes and or less pronounced variations in amplitudes and a high setting e g Wide is suitable for larger grain amp noise and or more pronounced variations in amplitudes Pos Neg Profile Mode Sets Positive more grain reduction in lowlights or Negative more grain reduction in highlights Film mode Threshold The two thresholds determince the point in highlights and lowlights where the Pos or Neg trim is at its maximum Flush The manual Flush control should be used where a flush is needed but where the event cannot be set as a Scene change 128 e AGR4 ME Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction User s Manual User User s Manual Adaptive Grain Reducer xi AGR4 View Help Processing Key Setup User m Panel Ac
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58. 7 SAME A A A RE cea he eS te 107 nity A a aa nae eee 107 DVNR1000 HD RGB lt lt lt lt lt tevvelideeesenss 108 Media oieee toda dba dee Do DA A Cd dd GD CE EAA 108 Process FEO MA dimite fi ae Eee nee eee eee 108 VIDEO INpUt tacita a ieee pinnae ee i apes Delo add eve bie el eee 109 Format sists cee A senda cae A ede es ea 109 Led 9 k 1 eR ep a e a A a a er Ro er ree ene eee 109 Chroma Formatrice iid deb iercee A des eva ated eee 109 SI A dsined ees utaiges E ees anaes oes viaiges ouundied sev igige vu E es vias Stevvidiges Henao tae 109 Video GAIN aie ee A heed a eee A ee nee ee 109 Video QUID ota Pa ened ey ae ee ve ieee ine eee ae 110 OM codec sie handel e A ede RA AA A 110 Chroma FOME 110 A E E E E added Widnes Mainec A Maimee ee laeds Mande E lies iaee 110 Analogue HD MoONitOr ccoo did dida dd 110 SO 111 Scene Change Detector dades dorada dentales deter iodo 111 A seun te Ne E diene sland E E E E deveidiead av lages Mande dseeaggceeniiig tines 111 Delay coco e a a Ada 112 SYSTEM E E A dd vad cede 112 UNIV o ccoo coa E deh ad od PA e e cc E Ed 112 14 DVNR PROCESSING ociciniciciitaaira taria ici atari 113 General Opera ii ita 113 BYPASS E E A o Da A Ca E E E a 113 Bypass Aloe reaa Ee ei led il AS 113 Definable Unity vicio miriadi iee A R a Aa EE ENEN NANE AE Aa 113 Recalling and Stoning sieni ariei innii Eana EE ENE EAEE ANAE ERa 114 User s Manual Contents e ix Factory Detalla idad 114 Setting Uni
59. All key followed by the Out key N A A E All Out Y Va yN User s Manual Editing e 73 74 e Editing Edit Status Valhall keeps track of edit status for each event The status is displayed in the information field of the event Event transferred This green icon indicates that the event has been transferred successfully Edit failed This red icon indicates that the edit failed for some reason the material on the source machine might have been damaged and another transfer is required Event modified This yellow icon indicates that settings has been changed and the event needs to be transferred again at some point Transferring Modified Events Once settings has been modified after the initial transfer the changed events can be transferred without manual selections as follows Selecting the Modified Events In the Event list dialogue select menu Edit gt Select Modified Events Performing the Edit Press and hold the Edit button gt 4 E Edit Go to the Edit menu of the Edit dialogue and select Edit Events User s Manual Trimming Edit Delay and Offset User s Manual Edit Delay 1 2 OO NA 10 11 Open the Edit dialogue Ensure the Reference points are the same on the player and recorder Ensure Rec Inhibit is off on the recorder and that the tape is not write protected Set the Recorder to Regen Internal and VITC On on the VIR Set Insert vi
60. BookM x Close the Bookmark window and return to List mode H BookM Cue to Bookmark no BookM Cue back or forward a no of Bookmarks TC BookM x Insert Bookmark at entered timecode TC BookM x Insert Bookmark at current timecode entered offset Y Enter Insert Bookmark at current timecode Y TC Enter Insert Bookmark at entered timecode Y TC Enter Insert Bookmark at current timecode entered offset Y Mark Insert Bookmark at current timecode Y TC Mark Insert Bookmark at entered timecode Y ETC Mark Insert Bookmark at current timecode entered offset Y Delete Delete selected bookmark Y Delete Delete entered bookmark Y Delete Delete a range of bookmarks v All Delete Delete all bookmarks Y Recall Cue to selected bookmark Y Recall Cue to bookmark no Y t Recall Cue to current bookmark entered offset v Up Go back one bookmark v Valhall Up Cue to previous bookmark Y Down Go forward one bookmark Y Valhall Down Cue to next bookmark Y Cue Cue to selecte bookmark Appendix B e 223 Note Command Reference 224 e Appendix B Bookmark Command Function mode only Y Wipe wheel Browse through bookmarks Y Wipe key left Go to first bookmark Y Wipe key right Go to last bookmark The following list describes all Note operations that can be performed from the control panels The checkmark Y indicates commands that only are available in Note mode All other commands can be used at all times Note mode Command Function
61. Exit is enabled when you begin grading In that way the operator does not need to store the parameters manually when going from one event to the next Building a list using an Edit Decision List Select Import EDL in the List menu Select the EDL file and hit lt Enter gt If another extension is used than EDL type in the File Name edit box A list of non programmed events will be generated The events will be located at the recorder in points where straight cuts including video have been made At the operator s preference the settings from the first event and onward can be changed Each change parameter set up that is stored will be the one used in the next event as well If each event shall have the same starting point e g zero settings in the colour correction then Set up the control parameters and colour grading you want the whole list to use as default Select all events by choosing All Select Press the Enter key All events will be programmed with the same parameters as the first event Now all events have the same basic settings and the operator can start grading User s Manual List Management e 31 Working with the List 32 e List Management General The operator plays the source VTR and monitors the picture on the video monitor If colour correction is to be performed a list consisting of all scene changes cuts has probably been made using one of the two methods described in the previous se
62. Further the internal processing has been designed so that no truncation errors are introduced in the processing chain This is especially important for certain parameters like gamma correction in order to avoid any stepwise action of the curve The ACP also features User s Manual ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 153 user definable transfer functions and thresholds for black gamma and gain control which are useful when perfect match in the primary colour correction stage is required For even greater flexibility precise control and creative effects separate Curves for YRGB are available Two additional layers of primary colour correction including Viper keying are available Each of these layers can process the output of the previous layer the base layer or the original picture Advanced Viper Keying The advanced Viper keying is used to isolate areas in the picture for the two additional primary colour corrector layers The user interface has been designed to provide both speed of operation as well as a high level of control over the key area This has been accomplished by assigning controls on the Valhall Colour Corrector panel for parameters such as position and shape and at the same time providing accurate control with the mouse pointer All area shape manipulation uses the video monitor as the primary display for the key area The Viper provides the colourist with the choice of one out of two key shapes rectangle or ellipse that
63. Load Mem 1 Save Mem 1 Load Mem 2 Save Mem 2 Load Mem 3 Save Mem 3 Cue prev event Rewind Ci Gamma RGB Ch Gamma Cue next event Fast Forward Load Mem 4 Save Mem 4 Load Mem 5 Save Mem 5 Load Mem 6 Save Mem 6 valhall colour Se eee 20010 DN ODA O WN Frame Fwd Fast Forward Play Stop Ch Gain RGB Ch Gain Recall event 2 Copy 2 Scroll up Cue to selection Factory default Recall Recall event 1 Scroll down Cue to selection Set Mark amp Set Assign Group Function Frags DVNR ACP y Cr Black RGB Press and Hold JDVNR ACP y E Black y es Only applicable for Valhall Premium Colour The Colour panel provides a large number of programmable function keys within easy reach from the trackballs They can be programmed individually for each user to perform various operations including memories machine and list control First select a group of functions and then select the specific function Functions can be programmed for both Press as well as Press and Hold Operations Swaps programmed functions x Makes selected function key non programmed Factory Default Digital Vision provides default settings for the programmable function keys To return to these settings click on the Factory default button Sets The Colour panel can also provide differents sets of layouts for the programmable function keys depending on selected option which can be useful when e g controlling the ZOM from the Colour pan
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65. Operation E Trim gt A Global Adjust a k a Parameter Trim is used to apply processing parameter changes trims to more than one event Trims to the active event are recorded and applied to list selections event s marked in blue and not the active event The types of trim operations that can be applied are Set Replaces the original values in the selected events Additive Adds the same amount of change to the selected events Multiplicative Finds the changes in percentage compared to the original values and applies the same changes in percentage to selected events Operation 1 Press the Valhall key and then the Trim key on the Media panel to open the Global Adjust dialogue Change the processing settings If some parameters should be excluded from the trim select them one at the time and click on the delete button in the dialogue Select additive multiplicative Vo or set either directly from the GUI or by repeatedly pressing Valhall Trim Select the events in the list to be trimmed and remember to include the active event Press the Apply button in the GUI or the Enter key on the Image panel to close the dialogue and apply trims Otherwise press the Cancel button in the dialogue or press the Valhall key on the Image panel and then press and hold the Trim key User s Manual Note Currently this procedure requires all changes to be done while the Global
66. Position Press the Event key to place the list cursor at the source machine position Additionally as soon as the source machine leaves still or stop mode the list cursor will automatically follow the machine position N A Uit Event L y List Management e 37 Working with Selections Normally list operations are applied to the event where the list cursor is placed To apply an operation to more than one event Selections can be made A Note Once one or mote selections have been done operations are applied to these and not the event where the list cursor is placed In order to apply a series of operations to the same selected events these remain selected until manually unselected Selected events turn light blue Just in case the selected events are not visible when the list has been scrolled up or down blue lines are shown in the Event list scrollbar and the Select key on the Image panel is lit up User a C BLK Comment Selecting an Event T Position the list cursor at the event to be selected and press the Select key i Y Select Va N To unselect press and hold the Select key N 4 Select Keep the Ctrl key on the keyboard pressed while clicking on an event to toggle selection Alternatively browse to the event using the up and down keys and then press the space bar to toggle selection 38 e List Management User s Manual User s Manual Selecting
67. Py S n UNS Py n VN Py Recall L N Settings can also be recalled while browsing the list using the up down arrows by simultaneously keeping the Valhall button pressed N N AN 1P A Y gt NUS Note If Recall on scroll in the List section of the User Profile has been enabled the list cursor is moved and the parameters are recalled when using the arrow keys only If the Valhall key is kept pressed the parameters ate not being recalled while scrolling List Management e 33 34 e List Management Press lt Ctrl gt r on the keyboard while the Event list or the Timeline is in focus or right click in the information field to the left in the Event List to recall settings By right clicking in a specific processing list only the corresponding settings will be recalled Alternatively click on the Recall button in the List Control bar to recall settings from the current event np Recall Tip The function of recalling while browsing can be programmed on function keys This is found in the List group as Scroll up recall and Scroll down recall Previewing an Event To preview the effects of the stored settings press the Valhall key followed by the Event key on the Image panel The machine will start playback three seconds before the event and return to the original position three seconds after passing the event NS N Y j i Va N V
68. Scene Change Detector Sensitivity E Threshold m Film 3 2 0 Threshold max value 1 8 Threshold min value Scene Change Detector Sensitivity Adjust sensitivity until the Scene Detector picks up all scene changes Threshold By increasing the Threshold value the amount of false detections may be reduced Note Setting this value too high may cause real scene changes not to be detected Film 3 2 The 3 2 detector need to have the below thresholds fulfilled in order to detect a change in the 3 2 phase Threshold max value This threshold is used for detecting the repeated field In an ideal situation the 5 field in a 3 2 sequence should be an identical copy of the 3 field However by setting the Threshold max value higher analogue tape noise and other errors are ignored Default value is 1 Repeated fields may not be detected at all if the threshold is set to 0 Threshold min value This threshold is used for detecting motion High values are used for picture material with much motion Low values are used for picture material with little motion Default value is 8 DVNR Setup e 111 112 e DVNR Setup Delay DYNR1000 HD RGB BEES System Unity Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay Delay Yc 0 7 mF Store Clear This feature enables the user to re time the total delay from the selected input to the selected output of the system by approx
69. Stop 8 Play Play x2 9 Cuenextevent Fast Forward 10 Frame Rew Rev play speed 11 Frame Fwd Play speed 12 13 14 15 Factory default m Assign buttons Group Function Press List y set y Press and Hold List y Recall y g xX The ShuttlePRO v2 provides a number of programmable function keys within easy reach from the jog shuttle dial They can be programmed individually for each user to perform various operations including memories machine and list control First select a group of functions and then select the specific function Functions can be programmed for both Press as well as Press and Hold Operations e Swaps programmed functions X Makes selected function key non programmed Note The ShuttlePRO v2 page is not accessible unless the ShuttlePRO v2 drivers are installed and the device is connected User Profile e 95 Still Store 96 e User Profile User profile Administrator xi Help General Lit Listlayout WIRYEdt Keyboard Panels MediaKeys Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound r General IV Recall after Grab IV Restore position on Recall Video output r Overlay Show field s Deinterlace mode Both fields Double lines Field1 interpolate C Field 2 C Auto m Wipe wheel acceleration Wipe Low High T General Recall after Grab If enabled immediately outputs the grab
70. TR Edit Keyboard Panels MediaKeys Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design StilStoe Sound None Valhall Shift Shift Valhal Key Press Press and Hold F2 Cue prev event F3 Cue next event F4 Autoshot on off M1 Load note 1 Save note 1 M2 Load note 2 Save note 2 M3 Load note 3 Save note 3 M Load note 4 Save note 4 Factory default Assign Group Function Press List y Cue to selection y de Press and Hold List y Undefined y Only applicable for Valhall Premium Pre defined functions can be mapped to the programmable function keys Modifier keys Valhall and Shift can be used to access another three sets of functions Labels F1 F4 and M1 M4 does not restrict the key usage to functions and memories First select a group of functions and then select the specific function Functions can be programmed for both Press as well as Press and Hold Operations e Swaps programmed function x Makes selected function key non programmed Factory Default Digital Vision provides default settings for the programmable function keys To return to these settings click on the Factory default button User Profile e 91 Colour Keys 92 e User Profile User profile Administrator E3 Help General Lit Listlayout VTR Edt Keyboard Panels MediaKeys Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound E a a 1 Key Press Press and Hold Rev play Stop Frame Rew Rewind
71. The S curves are more suited for smaller slopes and the linear ones ate more suited for larger slopes Positioning the Area Key The area key can be positioned in a number of different ways by 1 Pushing the Place key on the Colour or Image panel and moving the mouse trackball 2 Dragging the visible area key with the mouse in the Area window 3 Using the sliders in the Area window Re sizing or Rotating the Area Key The area key can be re sized and rotated in a number of different ways by 1 Using the controls on the Colour or Image panel 2 Using the Area Key display in the Area window Re sizing Hold the right mouse button and move the cursor Rotating Hold down the left right mouse buttons and move the cursor 3 Using the sliders in the Area window 164 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual User s Manual Linking Area Keys It is possible to link Area keys to either provide two layers of processing inside or outside a key area or different processing inside outside the area key by inverting one of the key areas in addition to the base layer processing On one of the layers activate Link to Layer n on the Area Now the area can be adjusted from any of the linked layers and the other one will always follow When layer key areas are linked the graphical representation of the key area will change from blue to red ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 165 Secondary Controls Advanced Col
72. To delete an event or a range of events press the Delete key on the Image panel N lt Delete L N First select the events to delete and then press the lt Delete gt key on the keyboard select Delete from the Edit menu or right click on the event and select Delete from the pop up menu Alternatively click on the Delete button in the List Control bar x Delete Deleting Events by number An event can be deleted without having to press the Select key first by entering the event number and then pressing the Delete key You can also specify a range of events by number by using the key Examples 100 Deletes Event 100 150 200 Deletes Events 150 through 200 150 Deletes all Events up to 150 200 Deletes all Events from 200 and forward 10 10 Deletes 10 events before and after the list cursor 2 10 Deletes 2 events before the list cursor up to event no 10 Inserting one frame Events Sometimes it is necessary to create one frame events e g for scratch removal with a key area Place the source machine at the frame where the one frame event is to be created Ensure the settings you want to program are correct List Management e 35 A Press the Frame key on the Image panel a Frame a N A new event is created at the current position programmed with the current settings Unless an event already exists there will be one programmed one frame later with processing parameters restored Click on the Frame
73. a N To enter a loop mode first press the Valhall key and then press and hold the Event key Press the Stop key on the Media panel to exit the loop mode Click on the Play button in the List Control bar Hh Play Inserting an Event To insert a new event at the current source machine position press the Mark key on the Image panel N 4 Mark NS Alternatively enter the timecode on the Media panel and then press the Mark key Y h LY 7 h LA N A m Va N po m L AN S Va N N Y S Va N N A f Va N 7 f yo IN Mark Ea A A To e g insert a new event one frame earlier than the current source machine position first enter 1 on the Media panel and then press the Mark key In addition when keeping the Mark key pressed the current settings are also programmed User s Manual User s Manual Enter an event by first pressing the lt Insert gt key on the keyboard and then cither pressing the VTR button in the dialogue that pops up in order to enter an event at the machine position or enter the timecode manually Insert event xi Insert event at timecode VTR gt gt bo 01 00 00 Cancel Alternatively click on the Mark button in the List Control bar to enter an event at the machine position When clicking on the MarkSet button the current settings are also programmed E MarkSet Deleting Events
74. a S 77 User s Manual Contents e vii Administratorem mna e a so e o trad eels codos Judo al eee it 77 No OIEA EOS a E A E de 77 Add NE SoTa oea EA A E EEEE E 77 12 USER PROMILE A a aa a a a araa renner ar aa AA TEE Ar aAa AATE aE 79 A 79 General iii dd 79 O A A savbaccnndanreasa stuausstanssenavensaueee 81 SEDE MOM A 81 AUS e Loon deh hi etn ed A da dea 82 Thumbnail Update tin A inert A 82 Selectas Primary Lista a E adel ee eee aid eee ee 82 ME ieee adders a ais Arte yt id a cael ele aruda eat ta tin deat ht a adams alc 82 List Layout aiii ias cancion E A lacada ina Nasutie cuuaeden eessancucdsatuecteesiv gee 84 EVent IS id A a ai ados iva 84 Timeline 0 aa AA ia Aids dE A A es E 85 Thumbnails 232 adds tne ARRE id paa ie aaa ee eaa eecs a 85 MTR EOC iaa 86 Config uration eo iee antriniai A Ad 86 Acceleration E A A da Pe e e 86 El A A AA E AS A AA id 87 A AR O 87 PAS A O 88 BRIQHINGSS cuca id TE PE A P E E E T T sectsaeveevint E T 88 Pressand Hold AAA wh toes a e eA aE E a e ae ER a ae eiae 88 Window Control aeee n aoia eaaa EAEE aa a A Ea ae Aaea E aatas eE aeeie oE e 88 Wheel Acceleration Navigation cccceccceceeeceeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeseeeeaeeeseeeaeeeseeeaeeeseeaeeeeeeaaeees 89 A A 89 MISC 322 stc ll seat aces eit do a Rad A ano drid rad Samara don 90 Media Keys a 90 image Keys coi A A a e as 91 Golur KY S ereire fee stecccea atin ote estine Stes ste cuasatite ctea tev Magative cdg steve cued sted dvesudue cues
75. a range of Events Place the list cursor at the first event in the range press the Shift key and keep it pressed while pressing the Up or Down key y A Al vs Shift A y a N Va NK y Place the cursor at the first event in the range press the Shift key on the keyboard and keep it depressed while pressing the Up or Down key Alternatively using the mouse click on the first event in the range and then keep the shift key on the keyboard pressed while clicking on the last event in the range Selecting an Event by number An event can also be selected by its number by entering the Event no on the Media panel and pressing the Select key on the Image panel Py S n YN Py n UN Py S n UNS Py S Select L N To e g select an event 3 events later of the list cursor enter 3 and press the Select key Same operation applies to unselect but with the difference that one have to press and hold the Select key Selecting a range of Events by number You can also specify a range of events by number by using the key Examples 150 200 Select Events 150 through 200 150 Selects all Events up to 150 200 Selects all Events from 200 and forwatd 10 10 Selects 10 events before and after the list cursor 2 10 Selects 2 events before the list cursor up to event no 10 Same operation applies to unselect but with the difference that one have to press and hold the Select
76. acceleration sensitivity of the AGR4 controls provided on the Image panels These settings are stored in the User Profile CSR Vertical Scratch Removal e 149 Operation General The following approach can be used to optimise the CSR settings 1 Select non Global mode and Autotrack Off 2 Set Area Key where the scratch or scratches are 3 Activate the Status Bar 4 Set Black and or White depending on the scratch type 150 e CSR Vertical Scratch Removal User s Manual 5 Set Coverage Contrast Filter Size and Wobble to maximum 6 Adjust Contrast while looking at the Scratch Length middle field in the Status Bar Try to make the Scratch Length field as bright as possible where the scratches are while keeping it as dark as possible elsewhere 7 Lower Coverage until the scratch disappears Look at the Filter bottom field in the Status Bar 8 Lower Filter Size until the scratch reappears Go back one step on the Filter Size control 9 Check if lower settings of Wobble can be used 10 If too much filtering is applied to the rest of the picture try fine tuning Contrast and Filter Size 11 Ifthe scratch detector has difficulties detecting the scratches try Global mode and adjust Level 12 Try out different Slope settings ye bam Tip When applying CSR filtering try to increase Noise Reduction slightly so q that the effect of the CSR filtering is not so apparent User s Manual CSR Ver
77. al Motion Estimation ME module gives a performance boost both in dirt detection and concealment De blotch The de blotcher is a tool once only available in software applications By placing a cursor on the image the de blotcher removes bigger blotches By clicking on the de blotcher button a de blotcher session is started Read more in the De blotcher section further on ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment e 135 A Note The effects of the De blotcher while working on a still image can only be seen when in Freeze mode Freeze Freezes the current three frames in the pipeline of ASC3 and allows adjustment of parameters on a freezed frame A Note Freeze should only be activated when in playspeed View Provides an overlay preview showing where the ASC3 detects dirt Type of overlay can be set on the Preferences page with the View Mode control Clear Sets all controls on the Processing page to default De blotcher Scratch Concealment III xi ASC Help Processing De blotch Key Max Fiter Setup Preferences JW Cross Control Adjust Enable Excl ci Y Tf uy mm y E Cay Y M 2 mm oe os g amp 2 mou Show eo mg x539 Aways Pe leo r rF Y 353 Fan Clear Crosses 2 Nm Filter Type Y Adaptive Filter Size Copy Next ha IV Black V Adaptive IV White A E IV Adaptive Channel Processing M Y IV UW jv Ignore Mo
78. and next this is how the ASC2 wotks Bypass Don t process the frames before after a cut Note The scene cut processing will only work if there are events in the list e g after importing an EDL or building a list with Autoshot At a first pass using Autoshot the processing will not work Temporal Adaptation The purpose of the temporal adaptation is to exclude falsely detected dirt from processing by comparing with the previous frame s detected dirt within a sizable window The temporal adaptation is enabled on the Processing page Strength Strength determines the amount of influence the previous frames detected dirt will have on exclusion of dirt detection in the current frame A higher value means less processing since more dirt will be excluded Trim Size The trim size corresponds to a window in the previous frame where dirt is searched The smaller the window trim size is the more filtering is achieved Hit Growth The hit growth control is useful when there is dirt with not so well defined edges By increasing the scratch growth the processor is told that the dirt is bigger than it actually appears The result is that the soft edges also are processed Mode In absolute mode the hit mask for all sizes of scratches are grown by the same amount as specified with the Strength control In Relative mode large scratches causes a larger growth Strength Specifies the amount of hit mask growth A higher value mean
79. are chosen 3 key Press the button labelled Size to access Size and Position controls on the knobs below Positioning the Area Key The area key can be positioned in two different ways by ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 171 1 Pushing the Place key on the Colour or Image panel and moving the mouse trackball 2 Dragging the visible area key with the mouse in the Area window Output Advanced Colour Processor 2 0 E ACP Help IV Primary Base IV Primary Layer 1 IV Primary Layer 2 V Secondary Output Setup Preferences Output JW Vignette m HSL Out Vert position m Vignette Colour Hue Sat Lum H 718 zz 00 L 00 Mix Y Mix C T a T 0 0 100 0 100 0 m RGE Clip limit 0 IV Lower IV Upper Hor position 0 p Active Picture 81 7 100 0 FT Invert Invert Size 436 Slope 29 2 Aspect 1 1200 Slope Curve a Invert a E T View 0 1023 ci Snee 0 0 100 0 Rotation 0 000 Roundness 0 0 Place The output processing provides additional controls post of the Secondary Vignette The Vignette layer is used to create vignettes and to simulate other optical effects The vignette layer uses HSL controls to define the vignette colour in combination with a mix control for setting the transparency Vignette Colour Click on the Change button to set the Vignette Colour 172 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor Use
80. at the circle covers the text Deselect View Key Adjust both filter levels and cut off frequencies to your own taste Adjust the Slope for best result You may have to increase the Size one or two steps if the outer filtering starts affecting the outer parts of the text BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation e 119 120 e BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation User s Manual 17 AGR4 ME Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction About Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction AGR 4 is Digital Vision s film grain and electronic noise reducer aimed for film videotape restoration and MPEG pre processing The AGR4 s advanced motion processing and adaptive 3 D filters including a new Edge Preserving Spatio Temporal filter and optional motion estimation allow facilities to produce cleaner and sharper pictures from film and video originated material than ever before The AGR4 can be used in a vast range of applications from reducing the intensity of film grain while preserving its structure to wiping out noise on video material User s Manual AGR4 ME Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction e 121 Controls Basic mode Adaptive Grain Reducer xi AGR4 View Help Processing Basic AJY Processing Video Film Fine Film Medium Film Coarse Mode 1 2 1 0 1 2 Strength y y y Out Mix J Freeze J Split Clear The AGR4 basic mode provides simple control of the grain
81. ate a new configuration General Type Select the type of device VTR DDR Digital Disk Recorder or DVS DDR DDR from Digital Video Systems It is necessary to select DVS DDR if playlists are to be used with a DVS server Alias The user definable alias is used to easily identify each machine System Configuration e 21 Trim The Edit delay trims the edit points on the recorder while the Offset compensates for the delay between the player and recorder introduced by other equipments These parameters are adjusted on the recorder Timecode Source Normally set to Auto On some tapes however LTC may differ from VITC In this case select the timecode source that is correct Playspeed filter The playspeed filter is used to e g prevent false autoshots as the machine goes from stop to play Preroll Normally set to 5 seconds Some machine may require a longer preroll to synchronise during editing Postroll Normally set to 3 seconds Timing List Trim Normally set to 0 Only used for factory testing TC Query Normally set to Field 1 F1 For some machines especially in 24P PsF this parameter may have to be set to Field 2 F2 if editing is not working correctly Audio Use this control to indicate the Audio capabilities of the machine Jog Trim Use this control to set up field and frame step Field Frame Fwd Rew Jog functions can be found in the VTR group when defining the programmable keys The F
82. bed still on the video monitor Restore position on Recall The Still Store provides horizontal vertical positioning of the still If Restore position on Recall is enabled the position of the next recalled still will be restored to factory default Video Output Show field s The output from the still store can be set to display both fields field 1 field 2 or auto where the settings of the Media page in the DVNR setup is used Displaying only one field is especially useful for video originated material with motion between each field Deinterlace mode When field 1 or field 2 has been selected de interlaceing is automatically performed either by doubling lines or interpolating User s Manual Sound User s Manual Overlay The overlay controls sets the position and size of stills when used in Picture within a Picture mode Wheel Acceleration Wipe Determines the acceleration sensitivity of the Wipe wheel when used in Still mode User profile Administrator xi Help General Lit Listlayout VTR Edit Keyboard Panels MediaKeys Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound IV Enable sound Event Sound Autoshot no sound Bookmark Insert Event Mark Event Recall Event Updated panel beep amb awaken04 amb refreshing amb slide Login ani bark01 Logout chime02 Panel Key not defined discratchO02 Press and Hold drum cymbal Value out of range drum cymbal2 Forbidden ope
83. cal entry eel Va NK NK N ee Numerical entry is explained further on in this section Select A Timecode entry EAN EA a AEA EA Va NK NK A NK Sy p Timecode entry is explained further on in this section gt s i Va N A Cue A L N Getting Started e 3 The Valhall System DVNR VTR player VTR recorder 75 Ohm BNC 75 Ohm BNC I i Male Male Male Male i i 000000 SDI Vid Coe SDI Vid 000000 do I AS MITA ATAN gt Do Moon Jo D0000 Ea p 2000 i o o jooon foo o o jooon foo 0 00o eee 00005 sao Remote in Remote in Remote in RS422 9 pin D Sub Male Male Syncro 19 x 1RU METETE LO o Valhall Controller Com DVNR RS422 9 pin D Sub Male Male T ji Com2 VTR 1 4 SDI Video AAA 2 RS422 9 pin D Sub Male Male Coma VLR 2 a MAA Com4 Not Used G Com5 Not Used 75 Ohm Com6 Not Used 0 BNC Com7 Not Used Male Male Comg8 Not Used O B Not Used O Not Used Host Ethernet Ethernet UTP RJ45 Male Male Monito
84. can be positioned resized and rotated Adjustable soft edge with the choice of different profiles is also provided Secondary Colour Corrector The secondary colour processor offers six functionally parallel channels vectors with independent discrimination and processing in the Hue Saturation and Luminance domains Each vector has its own key area in the shape of a rectangle to provide additional isolation Output Processing After Primary and Secondary colour processing a final output processing stage is available including a Vignette layer an RGB legalizer with adjustable levels as well as Hue Saturation and Luminance controls 154 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual Primary Controls Advanced Colour Processor 2 0 xi V Secondary Dutput Black Lift Gamma ACP Help IV Primary Base Y Primary Layer Iv Processing Curves Area Hue Sat Video Gain P00 333 00 333 Y Threshold 56 9 Y Threshold Y Threshold 49 8 i Input Selection HA AAA E y a Previous layer Output ho 21 2 87 1 RGB Threshold 58 4 RGB Threshold RGB Threshold 52 5 Processing Order _ j 1m das AN A BGG gt Curves 27 1 83 9 C Cuves gt BGG Clear Black Clear Gamma Clear Gain Clear MV Lock Thresholds Y RGB V Lock to Gamma Primary processing Standard view Advanced Colour Processor 2 0 E ACP Help Y Primary Base V Primary Layer Iv VO S
85. can be used for alignment and troubleshooting e g Colour Bars Aligning DAC board Ramp Checking for bit errors Pattern Selects one of the internal test patterns test button will show the selected pattern Insert Inserts 64 lines of the selected test pattern on top of the input picture Monochrome Sets video to black white colour difference signals set to 128 8 bit notation Miscellaneous DVNR controls e 195 Blanking Blanking Control xi Blanking Help Upper pa Left jo Lower EN Right jo Presets Blanking window for DVNR500 and DVNR1000 Blanking Control xi Blanking Help Upper far Left jo Lower fiar Right fa Presets 20 9 Cinemascope AAA l Clear Blanking window for DVNR1000 HD RGB Vertical re blanking Vertical re blanking is a standard feature of the Digital Vision image processing system and independent Upper and Lower blanking is supported This is particularly useful e g after Colour Correction of wide screen formats or after Image Stabilisation Several preset formats are selectable as well as possibility for customisation Horizontal re blanking Horizontal re blanking adjustment in the range of 0 to 15 pixels on each side The DVNR1000 HD RGB provides fully adjustable and separate left and right blanking Presets A number of pre defined blankings are available at your disposal Select Custom to set a blanking that does not exist as a Preset 196 e Miscellane
86. celeration Filter Thresholds Define Acceleration for parameter Trim 0 IV Use Acceleration Slower Faster r Panel Assignment IV Image I Colour Set z rm Split Setup O Vertical Horisontal Restore Defaults Panel Acceleration The panel acceleration sets the acceleration sensitivity of the AGR4 controls provided on the Image panels These settings are stored in the User Profile Panel Assignment Valhall Premium only Determines on which control panels the AGR4 controls are available The colour panel can also provide differents sets of layouts for the programmable function keys depending on selected option Split Setup The Split Setup determines if the split function should be enabled vertically or horizontally AGR4 ME Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction e 129 18 ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment About Scratch Concealment ASC3 is Digital Vision s third generation Advanced Scratch amp Dirt Concealer aimed primarily for image enhancement and restoration applications With pioneering algorithms and new filter technology the ASC3 offers a break through in real time dirt removal providing a cleaner image once only available through non real time applications The ASC3 comes with several new tools some previously only available in software which will help enhance even the most unworkable material 130 e ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual Con
87. cs are available Sharp Sharp cut off X Sharp Extremely Sharp cut off Diag Sharp More diagonally sharper cut off than vertically or horizontally Film Look Simulates film by removing a field and recreating it by interpolating the remaining field It has little effect on film based material but dramatically reduces the resolution on video based material containing motion Suitable for MPEG1 compression and when using a high compression ratio Field Frame mode In the Frame mode all filtering in the BWF is done with the help of picture information from a frame consisting of two consecutive fields In Field mode only picture information from one field is used Frame mode is selected in the BWF menu Area Key BWF Help Processing Area key T View Key Size Horz position Vert position The BWF processing can be isolated using an internal key shaped as a circle to a selected area in the picture The small display in the Brickwall Filter window will indicate the position and size of the key as well as the amount of filtering The brighter the more filtering To see the key in the picture use the View Key control Filter Level Inner Outer The user can set the level of filtering between 0 and 100 independently for the area inside and the area outside the circle 118 e BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation User s Manual Operation User s Manual You will have no brickwall filter effects at all i
88. ct Dearest N de Open recent list El part 2 Se E 2 Create a New Project Y Show this at Login Close Select New to start a new project or Open a previously stored project User s Manual User s Manual Note Only projects previously created with the same user account will be visible Creating a new Project New Project Eg Project Name Biased User Shared Based on None y J Set as default Based on Cancel If creating a new project enter the name of the project A new project can be based on an older one or on a template inheriting all project settings If Set as default Based on is checked the selected project will appear as Based on every time the New Project dialogue is shown Click on OK when done Selecting a System Configuration A project is associated with a specific System Configuration a DVNR configuration and a configuration of devices for playback and recording If a new project has been created a prompt for the selection of a system configuration will appear once the Valhall start up dialogue is closed Note If no suitable system configuration is available and or if this is the first time the system is used a system configuration has to be set up Read more about system configuration on page 18 Setting Video Standard Open the DVNR setup window and check that proper input output field rate etc are correctly set before starting the se
89. ct lock from the pop up menu To lock all right click in the DVNR bar and select the command from the pop up menu aor Lock all CSR ASC AGR ZOM A Unlockal D ac All Unlock To unlock all first press the All key on the Image panel and then press and hold the Lock key Py Y N Y All Hold ae Va N Va N To lock or unlock all right click in the DVNR bar and select the command from the pop up menu Note When using the Recall key from the Image panel only settings not locked will be recalled To recall all settings use All Recall S w YS 7 Recall User s Manual User s Manual Hold Event List Acme Commercial xj DVNR U 00 02 10 13 MANI EA HOUR WINUTE SECOND FRAME ALS BWF CSR ASC AGR Z00M AAC ACP CD BLK Comment 4 AE viv viv 00 02 08 00 H E E 4 When enabled parameter settings for the selected processing option are not updated by the list It s a sort of a bypass of the list Also note that it is not possible to program parameters when Hold is enabled First select the processing option from the menu selection on the Image panel and then press the Hold key E Hold Va N Right click on the option in the list and select Hold from the pop up menu All Hold Press All Hold on the Image panel to hold all options All Hold L N Va N All Unhold To
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91. ctions If only noise reduction scratch dirt removal and or other image enhancement processing are used a pre generated list is not necessary The operator will only mark events where the processing needs to be optimised Neither does the operator have to pre build the list for colour correction Autoshot can be enabled at all times as it only generates events when the tape is running That way the operator can run the VTR stop after a scene change apply grading and play further until the next scene change The only drawback is the ability to move quickly from scene to scene only spending the necessary time to make the colour correction A list with all scene changes marked is then necessary to be able to cue up between scenes Programming Events The easiest way to program or update the decision list is to use Set On Exit found on the List page of the User Profile dialogue as no confirmation is needed for changes The changes are stored when the VTR is played into next or previous event To avoid an update of the event a Recall event must be done before entering the next event To manually program an event press the Enter key on the Image panel N Enter 4 If Set changes only is enabled in the User Profile dialogue see page 81 only the changes will be programmed To force all settings to be programmed press All Enter Click on the Set button in the List Control bar to manually program an event aa
92. d Video Gain Separately controls luminance and chrominance gain with a range of 0 to 200 of the input signal Right click on a slider to set default values 104 e DVNR Setup User s Manual User s Manual Video Output DYNR1000 HD _ O x System Unity Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay m Format 1080PsF r Clip T Black M RGE O White I Chroma Dutput I 8bit J Mono Format For some input configurations it is possible to do a conversion to another format In this case you will be able to select an output format When set to Auto the output format is identical to the selected input format Clip Black Enables black hard clip at luma level 64 0 White Enables white hard clip at luma level 940 100 Chroma Enables chrominance hard clip at CbCr levels 64 960 RGB Clips the signal to legal RGB colour space at levels 64 960 Output 8 bit The output is normally 10 bit but can be set to 8 bit with this control Mono When enabled sets video output to monochrome DVNR Setup e 105 106 e DVNR Setup Setup DYNR1000 HD BEES System Unity Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay r Scene Change Detector Sensitivity E Threshold m Film 3 2 0 Threshold max value 1 8 Threshold min value Scene Change Detector Sensitivity Adjust sensitivity until the Scene Detector pic
93. deo on the Recorder in the Edit dialogue Create an event in the list with a duration of a couple of seconds In the list select the event to edit Click on the Test Button on the Valhall Toolbar select a recognisable pattern different from the one found on the tape Select menu File gt Edit in the Edit dialogue After editing verify the actual in and out points of the edit on the recorder Trim the Edit delay in the VTR configuration for the recorder positive if the edit is late and negative if early and repeat steps 8 to 10 until the edit performs correctly Offset 1 2 3 Ds a SAN 12 Open the Edit dialogue Ensure the edit delay as described above is correct for the recorder Ensure the Reference points are the same on the player and recorder Ensure Rec Inhibit is off on the recorder and that the tape is not write protected Set the Recorder to Regen Internal and VITC On on the VIR Set Insert video on the Recorder in the Edit dialogue Enable ganging Set in point for the player one frame ahead of a scene change Set duration of the edit to approx 1 second Select menu File gt Edit in the Edit dialogue 11 After editing verify that the scene change is one frame after the actual in point on the recorder Trim the Offset in the VTR configuration for the recorder positive if the scene change is inserted late and negative if early and repeat steps 10 and 11 until the edit performs correctly
94. e Exclude The Create Playlist dialogue which will pop up suggests the original timecode of the first event in the playlist but this timecode can be changed Choose Include or Exclude selected events from playlist depending on the chosen approach By clicking on OK the Create Playlist dialogue will disappear events not to be part of the playlist will be omitted and the list will be rippled A Note To be able to define a playlist a DVS server must be the player in the current system configuration and physically connected List Management e 53 54 e List Management Restoring the List To revert to the original list select menu item Edit gt Restore Playlist Note Consecutive events that was omitted when creating the playlist will be replaced by a single event when reverting to the original list Original list Playlist Restored list 01 00 00 00 AO y 01 00 00 00 A 01 00 00 00 2 01 00 10 00 __ 01 00 10 00 a 01 00 10 00 3 3 3 01 00 20 00 gt 01 00 20 00 4 01 00 30 00 01 00 20 00 01 00 50 00 6 4 01 01 00 00 p 01 01 00 00 Restored list User s Manual 7 Bookmarks General User s Manual Bookmarks xi Edit Help ld Timecode Comment 1 00 01 09 20 Damaged frame 2 00 01 10 22 Large diagonal scratch 3 00 01 44 20 4 00 01 51 23 5 00 01 53 29 Bookmarks are used to mark parts in the material on the fly for
95. e 199 223 print 57 trim 56 view 85 window 55 BWF 117 area isolation 118 Bypass 113 all 6 107 112 113 key 113 201 210 list 49 Bypass list 227 C CD 181 C OOO00 O hroma clip 101 105 110 delay 102 107 112 hroma flare 134 hroma format 109 hroma key 138 hroma trim 125 ear all 107 112 key 201 205 210 lip 101 105 110 Index e 229 adjustable 162 173 black 101 110 chroma 101 105 110 layer 174 mode 174 RGB 105 110 162 173 white 101 105 Y 162 CMX 51 CMX EDL format 50 Colour adaptation 187 Colour desaturation 181 Colour panel 4 92 207 sets 92 Combine 139 Comment 28 40 61 66 view 84 Compare 64 Contour Design 93 Contrast 134 146 adaptation limits 135 adaptive 135 Copy 2 227 Coring 188 Coverage 147 Crash recording 70 CSR 145 area isolation 147 autotrack 148 Cue 13 28 30 82 206 all 15 73 74 in 73 mode 14 out 73 74 timecode 13 to machine 14 Curves 154 156 159 clear 161 copy 161 D DDR 21 DVS 53 playlist 52 De blotch 135 exclude 136 include 136 De blotcher 136 Delay 102 107 112 Desaturation 182 Direct store 89 199 Display 199 204 209 brightness 88 controls 200 210 Dissolve 41 50 DVNR 1 8 9 20 99 cascade 20 configuration 11 19 setup 8 11 99 DVNR1000 3 DVNR1000 422 100 DVNR1000 HD 103 DVNR1000 HD RGB 108 DVNR500 3 DVS 21 52 playlis
96. e unsigned and relative signed entries are supported for most operations The and the keys are used for relative entries Field selection The key with the asterisks toggles field 1 and 2 for timecode entries An asterisk means field 2 Ny 74 Clear The Clear key C when pressed deletes the last entered digit To clear the whole entry press and hold Ny 4 je Z N Media Panel e 205 206 e Media Panel Tip Leading zeros does not have to be typed in E g 2 21 corresponds to timecode 00 00 02 21 Tip To further reduce the number of keystrokes 1 or 1 can be entered just by pressing or before performing the operation Valhall key The Valhall key is a modifier key along with Shift and All keys on the Image panel that provides additional functionality when used together with other keys The Valhall key is either pressed and released before selecting the second key or held wild pressing the second key i Programmable Media Transport controls Under the tab Media keys in the User Profile you can select how the media transport controls will behave The Valhall key provides a second set of programmable transport controls Edit Controls The Edit controls are used to set in and out points perform editing and more Cue Cues up the machine to a specified timecode Just pressing the key will cue up the machine to the event in focus You can also enter a timecode f
97. e RGB trackballs on the Colour panel Vector Vectorscope mode Default setting MKIII Rotates the axis to match a Rank MK III joystick Free Free rotate between 0 360 Primary Mode The ACP colour processor provides YRGB paths in the primary In the YRGB mode luma level is separately controllable in addition to the RGB controls Le luma level is not affected by changes in RGB balance and vice versa Additionally the Master Rings on the Colour panel can be configured to control Y only RGB or Y RGB This is set up under Panel Rings In the RGB mode luminance is extracted from the resulting RGB changes and the Master rings on the Colour panel affects RGB simultaneously User s Manual ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 175 ACP Menu Panel Rings When YRGB has been selected as Primary Mode described above it is possible to control Y RGB or Y RGB with the rings for Master Black Gamma and Gain When controlling RGB or Y RGB from the rings Black Y Gamma Y and Gain Y are available on knobs under the display When controlling Y from the rings Black RGB Gamma RGB and Gain RGB are available on knobs Panel Gain Ring Config The rightmost ring on the Colour panel normally controls Master Gain as determined by Primary Mode and Panel Rings settings To use the ring to control Video Gain instead select Controls Video Gain View Analyser Mode View Analyser Mode determines how the hit signal is displayed The hit
98. e Reduction User s Manual Setup User s Manual Adaptive Grain Reducer xi AGR4 View Help Processing Key Setup User m Motion Sensitivity r Scene Change Autoflush CO High Medium C Low List M Live Spatial Filter v Spatio Temporal Adaption Temporal Mix High y po Medium y Pos Neg Profile r Mode C Positive Negative m Threshold Low 20 High 33 I Flush Restore Defaults Motion Sensitivity Adapts the temporal filtering in respect to grain size and intensity High corresponds to fine grain and noise with low intensity Scene Change Autoflush The autoflush function clears the internal framestore of the AGR4 preventing picture information leaking into the next scene When List is enabled autoflush will occur at all events marked as scene changed and when Live is enabled autflush will occur at the detected scene changes As long as all events in the list that are labelled as scene changes actually are scene changes the List control can always be enabled Spatial Filter Spatio Temporal Extends the spatial filter to become a 3D spatio temporal filter by including the use of temporal taps for even more noise reduction Temporal Mix Controls the balance between the spatial and temporal taps of the spatio temporal filter The setting affects the noise reduction achieved by the spatio temporal filter
99. e Trim key on the Image panel and then position the overlay using the trackball To restore the position press and hold the Trim key Use the controls on the Still store page of the User Profile Sizing an Overlay To size an overlay use the wipe wheel on the Image panel Use the controls on the Still store page of the User Profile Still Store e 67 a o Tip Optional de interlacing of stills can be performed automatically This is vas set up in the Still store page of the User Profile 68 e Still Store User s Manual 10 Editing General Getting started User s Manual Valhall supports up to four machine VTR Disk based linear editing using P2 Sony control First make sure that both machines are set to Remote control and properly connected to the Valhall Syncro using standard RS422 cables The Player VTR1 should be connected to RS422 connector 2 of the Syncro and the Recorder VTR2 to RS422 connector 3 Note The machines must support the Auto Edit function as found in the Sony VTR Protocol Opening the Edit dialogue For better control of the Edit operations open the Event dialogue Press the Edit button on the Valhall toolbar or press the Valhall key followed by the Edit key on the Media panel to open the Edit dialogue Press the Valhall key followed by the Edit key on the Media panel y N A E 4P Edit AS Va Press the Edit button on the Valhall toolbar N Pre stripi
100. e blotcher Dual Channel Processing Key ASC Help Processing De blotch Key Max Filter Setup Preferences Iv Area Key E Elipse C Rectangle Clear Area Place Size y 290 Slope Aspect T 1 2929 Hor position 0 Vert position 0 T Rotation 141 81 21 7 JW Chroma Key Hue 230 0 Width 10 0 Slope E D D Key Mode The ASC3 provides dual channel processing inside outside a key defined by an area and or a chroma key Viper Area key The Viper area key is identical to the area key of AGR4 and ACP You have two different channels to set parameters in They are called A Main Area and B Key Area Use the key area for very special problems like very big single spots or flash frames at film cuts Chroma Key The chroma key is defined by hue width and slope soft edge Key mode When both the Viper area key and the chroma key are enabled these two keys can be combined in a number of different ways The following combinations are available 138 e ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual Combine Intersect Minus Chroma Minus Area Max Filter ASC Help Processing De blotch Key Max Filter Setup Preferences Filter Type Filter Size Temporal 1 Iv Max Filter B Key Filter Type Filter Size Temporal 2 Iv Max Filte
101. e f Thumbnail size Large y IV View Info Single line IV View Process lists J Live Thumbnail IV View Comment IV Dim Identical Settings m Timeline V View Thumbnail Thumbnail size Medium y IV View Info IV View Process lists m Thumbnails 1 0 Gamma ooo The List layout page determines how the Event List and the Timeline Valhall Premium only will appear Event list View Thumbnail Valhall Premium only If enabled displays a thumbnail of one of the first frames of the event captured by the autoshot View Info Shows the information field including timecode event no etc when enabled View Process lists When enabled the process lists containing information on when settings and dynamics has been programmed is shown Should normally be enabled View Comment Enable to see the comments field to the right Single line Rearranges the layout of the information field to reduce the height of the event Only makes an effect when thumbnail size has been set to small User s Manual Dim Identical Settings Ee SIS wee ge age ge When enabled indicates parameters in programmed events that are identical to the previous event with dimmed arrows Thumbnail Size Determines the displayed thumbnail size in the lists Live Thumbnail By enabling Live Thumbnail the thumbnail at the current event will display the video sequence when in playspeed Timeline Valhall Premium onl
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103. econdary Dutput Setup User le Black Lift Gamma Gain Processing Curves Area EME 1 461 ElS Y Threshold 56 9 Y Threshold Y Threshold 49 8 Hue Sat Video Gain Input Selection EE gt Y Ee Previous layer Dutput lt 21 2 87 1 RGB Threshold 58 4 RGB Threshold RGB Threshold 52 5 Processing Order o _ee_ lt _ H1 Y ra BGG gt Curves 27 1 83 9 C Curves gt BGG Clear Black Clear Gamma Clear Gain MV Lock Thresholds Y RGB JM Lock to Gamma Clear Primary processing Classic view 4 e User s Manual ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 155 A Click on the ACP button at the top of the workspace or select ACP ACP from the Image panel to access the ACP controls To switch between the two views as shown above go to menu View gt Primary or right click on the RGB controls To access primary controls from the control panel press the A key by the display Primary mode The ACP colour processor provides YRGB paths in the primaty In the YRGB mode the luma level is separately controllable in addition to the RGB controls I e luma level is not affected by changes in RGB balance and vice versa Additionally the Master Rings on the Colour panel can be configured to control Y only RGB or Y RGB This is set up in the Setup page of the ACP window In the RGB mode luminance is extracted from the resulting RGB changes and the Master rings on t
104. ected note Del Delete selected note Ctrl r Recall selected note Ctrl q Cue to selected note Ctrl 1 List view Ctrl t Thumbnail view F1 Help F2 Insert comment at selected note Stills Arrow up Go one still back Arrow down Go one still forward Enter Store still at selected position Del Delete still at selected position Ctrl q Cue to selected still F1 Help F2 Insert comment at selected still User s Manual Appendix A e 213 214 Appendix A User s Manual Appendix B Panel Keyboard Reference User s Manual The following list describes all operations that can be performed from the control panels Xx Press and Hold H Unsigned Numerical entry H Signed Numerical entry offset Range unsigned or signed combined TC Unsigned Timecode entry TC Signed offset Timecode entry Key X means that the key is kept pressed for an extended duration press and hold either to give the key two functions or to prevent accidental activation key means numerical input made with the keypad on the Media panel prior to pressing the function key Key Key2 means that Key1 is pressed before Key2 alternatively Key is held while pressing Key2 Command Function All A Key used in combination with other keys to group elements Shift A Shift Key used in combination with other keys to provide extended functionality Valhall An Alt Key used in combination with other keys to provide alternate functions List O
105. ed note Bookmark Insert Bookmark at current timecode Still Save still at selected position List Update thumbnail at the current event Note N A Bookmark N A Still N A List Set entered event Note Store settings at entered note Bookmark N A Still Store still at entered position List N A Note N A Bookmark Insert Bookmark at entered timecode Still N A List N A Note N A Bookmark Insert Bookmark at current timecode offset Still N A List Program all settings at selected event s Note N A Bookmark N A Still N A List Recall settings from current event except those locked Note Recall settings from selected note except those locked Bookmark Cue to selected bookmark Still Recall selected still List Recall settings from event no Note Recall settings from note no Bookmark Cue up to bookmark no Still Recall still no List Recall settings from current event entered offset Note Recall settings from current note entered offset Bookmark Cue up to current bookmark entered offset Still Recall still from current position entered offset List N A Note N A Bookmark N A Still Recall still no as an overlay List N A Note N A Bookmark N A Still Recall still from current position entered offset as an overlay List Recall all settings from current event Note Recall all settings from selected note Bookmark N A Still N A List Create an e
106. el User s Manual Contour Design Valhall supports various multimedia controllers from Contour Design Read more about the products on Contour Design s webpage http www contourdesign com ShuttleXpress Help General List Listlayout VTR Edit Keyboard Panels MediaKeys Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound ShuttleXpress ShuttlePRO ShutiePRO v2 Key Press Press and Hold 1 Cue prey event Rewind 2 Rev play Rev play x2 3 Stop All Stop 4 Play Play x2 5 Cuenextevent Fast Forward Assign buttons roup Function Press List y Cue prev event y Press and Hold VTR y Rewind y The ShuttleXpress provides five programmable function keys within easy reach from the jog shuttle dial They can be programmed individually for each user to perform various operations including memories machine and list control First select a group of functions and then select the specific function Functions can be programmed for both Press as well as Press and Hold Operations z Swaps programmed functions x Makes selected function key non programmed A Note The ShuttleXpress page is not accessible unless the ShuttleXpress drivers are installed and the device is connected User s Manual User Profile e 93 94 e User Profile ShuttlePro Help General List Listlayout VIR Edt Keyboard Panels MediaKeys Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store
107. emove all notes Yes No Thumbnails Size The size of the note thumbnails can be set in the menu View gt Thumbnail Size of the Notes window Aspect When a new note is entered the thumbnail is given the aspect source setting as determined by the Media tab in the DVNR setup To change aspect source for a particular thumbnail right click and select Thumbnail gt source or aspect Notes e 61 Quick Notes 62 e Notes Quick Notes are similar to the regular Notes the difference being that they only can be accessed when programmed on function keys and that they store and recall the settings for the currently selected processing option Quick Notes are only stored on a project basis Tip Ifyou want to have Quick notes on the Colour panel that do not change as other Quick notes depending on the selected option there are dedicated Colour Correction Quick notes for this purpose These programmable functions are found in the DVNR ACP group and are called Mem 1 6 User s Manual 9 Still Store General User s Manual File Edit View Help 3 Birdview 1 Skyline 2 Closeup 5 Waiting room 6 Clinic _ 5 7 Outdoor 8 Closeup 9 Cottage 4 Alley The optional integrated Still store is used to compare reference images stills with the live video mainly when colour grading Stills are tied to projects and any amount of stills depending on the size of the
108. ency Inverse Inverts the luminance Edge Effects only Filter Characteristics Highboost filter 186 AAC Advanced Aperture Correction User s Manual User s Manual Gain Freq 6dB c Peak Cutoff filter A Gain P Freq Peak filter Boost frequency is defined at 6dB VAC 7 HAC 7 Cut frequency is defined at 6dB VAC 7 HAC 7 The vertical filtering is at the equivalent field line cut of frequencies Note For HDTV the cutoff frequency displayed should be multiplied by a factor of 5 5 HAC Amount of Horizontal Aperture Correction Range is 0 100 in 8 steps where 0 is bypass VAC Amount of Vertical Aperture Correction Range is 0 100 in 8 steps where 0 is bypass Adaptation Advanced Aperture Correction xi AAC Help Processing Adaptation Colour Adaptation Sg A LF Cut Boost Off Luminance Adaptation 26 33 o Cut C Boost Cut C Boost Coring nn 13 AAC Adaptation Colour Adaptation By selecting the Colour control it is possible to Cut or Boost Aperture Correction within an area of a specific colour The last two colours are Skin Tone specially set for skin tones where both hue and saturation discriminates selection and Monochrome AAC Advanced Aperture Correction e 187 where saturation has to be below a certain low value for Cut or Boost of noise reduction in monochrome areas Luminance Adaptation Theses two independent con
109. er s Manual ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 157 Lock Thresholds Y RGB Enabling this control locks the relative position of Y and RGB thresholds to each other Lock to Gamma Enabling this control locks the relative position of the Black threshold to the Gamma lower threshold as well as the Gain threshold to the Gamma upper threshold 158 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual Curves Advanced Colour Processor 2 0 E Y Secondary Dutput Setup User MV Resulting Curves ACP Help Y Primary Base V Primary Layer i Processing Curves rea User s Manual IV Hi Clip RGB V Lo Clip RGB Strength Illegal Mode Neg Normal y Pos Normal y 100 0 100 0 0 0 Clear Clip Clear Curves The Curves feature provides user definable gamma like controls transfer function Curves can be used to define black stretch soft white clip solarization and posterizing or other artistical effects They can also be used to apply a film look or to correct for faded color emulsions Different curves can be applied to Y R G and B The curves can be applied before or after the Black Gamma and Gain controls Curves ate programmable in the list on a frame by frame basis Up to 6 points can be added for each curve making a total of 10 points affecting the curve The bottom of the graph represents black and the top represents white similar to a waveform disp
110. er until flicker is removed Recommended setting is around 70 116 e ALS Anti Aliasing User s Manual 16 BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation About the Brickwall Filter Controls User s Manual Jl BWF As the name implies the BWF provides an extremely sharp cut off beyond a user defined point The purpose of this is to create an accurately defined spectral content of material intended for various types of compression processing e g MPEG mastering By doing so and in conjunction with other tools in the DVNR system the image quality subjected to compression can in most cases be dramatically improved The BWF processing can be isolated to selected areas in the scene This allows picture quality to be maintained in the artistic focus of the scene Brickwall Filter x BWF Help Processing rea key Filter type Sharp y Horizontal Cutoff Off Vertical Cutoff Off Inner level 100 Outer level 100 Brickwall Filter window Filter Setup Cut off Frequency Settings for horizontal filtering of the luminance BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation e 117 This small display shows the position and size of the key Click and drag to move the key 31 values between 2 0 and 5 5 MHz The horizontal filtering for chrominance runs at approx 0 55 of the above values The vertical filtering is at the equivalent field line cut of frequencies Filter Type A number of different filter characteristi
111. evel Pos Trim Pos Low Threshold User s Manual AGR4 ME Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction e 125 Viper Key Area Out Mix A final out mix control sets the mix between the processed signal and the input signal This makes it possible to mix in some of the original grain into the processed picture for a better film look Miscellaneous Functions Freeze does a frame freeze useful to capture the effects of the Temporal filters Split The Split function can be used to compare processed against the original source material For the demanding jobs a key area provides dual processing The Viper area isolation includes two basic key shapes rectangle or ellipse to choose from with full control of size aspect and rotation Channel A main and channel B key corresponds to the dual processors where channel A works outside and channel B inside of the defined key area If the key area is disabled channel A is used First activate the area key by checking Area enabled then select type of shape rectangle or ellipse you would like to use Channel A noise reduction is applied outside of the area key while channel B noise reduction is applied inside the inner line of the area key The adjustable Slope the area between the two lines provides soft transitions between the two channels To see the area key on the video monitor while adjusting the controls check View area key 126 e AGR4 ME Adaptive Film Grain amp Nois
112. f both of these controls are set to 0 or S7ze is set to 0 and Filter Level Outer is 0 Slope The Slope control sets how sharp the transition between the two filter settings should be Ranges from Low to X Large Low is a direct cut from inner to outer filtering level Size Sets the size of the circle between 0 and 15 The value 0 means that no circle is visible and only outer filter level has any effect When set to 15 the circle almost covers the entire picture after which only the inner filtering level has any effect Place Click on the Place key on the control panel to position the circle with the trackball You can also click and drag the circle in the small display Alternatively use the Horizontal and Vertical Position controls in the GUI View Key Use this control to see where in the picture the internal key the circle is placed Areas with none or a small amount of filtering will be dark while areas with a high filtering level will be bright Using the BWF on text If you want to highlight or not soften some areas in the picture like text use the area isolation Start with a low or none Inner Filtering Level and a high Outer Filtering Level Select 3 0 MHz or your normal settings as Cut off frequencies Set Size to 7 Activate View Key Place the circle by clicking and dragging it in the GUI or select Place from the Image panel and then using the trackball Adjust the Size control so th
113. g To compare the still and the live video alternate between the Still and the List key Tip Compare is a programmable function in the Still Store group that can be programmed on one of the function keys The Compare function toggles between the previously recalled still and the live video Tip Stills can be stored in a temporary memory instead of being stored on hard disk This memory can be accessed by using the programmable functions Grab to mem and Load from mem User s Manual User s Manual Wiping Wipe Wheel HV Wipe na a Flip Wipe O O Wipe__4 position Wipe wheel on Image panel Use the wipe wheel on the Image panel to wipe between the still and the live video Press the left wipe key to toggle H V wipe Press the right wipe key to flip the wipe Control Bar As an alternative to the wipe wheel on the Image panel there is a control bar available Wipe position H V Wipe a T Flip Wipe Still Control Bar Use slider in the Still Control bar menu View gt Still Control to wipe between the still and the live video Click the left button to toggle H V wipe Click the right button to flip the wipe Tip Wipe Wheel acceleration can be set on the Still Store tab in the User Profile Tip Wipes can be centred by using a programmable function called Wipe Center Positioning To position the image from the still store use the Valhall key in combination with the wipe wheel for horizontal positionin
114. g cue the machine 10 frames back enter 10 and then press the Cue key Alternatively enter 10 and then press the rewind or the fast forward key to go back or forward Machine Control e 13 In the Cue field of the VIR window enter the timecode and then press W lt ins gt on the keyboard To e g cue the machine 10 frames back enter 10 and then press the minus key on the keyboard Read more on how to use the timecode edit box on page 9 Cue one Machine to another Machine FA The Media panel provides ways of cueing one machine to another machine 1 Press the upper leftmost key to enable the main menu IRL VIRZ VIRS YTRA VIRAL TRE TR TRA O 3 Select the machine to cue up O a VIRL VIRZ VIRS VIR4 TRI AE Tip Once the Cue mode has been enabled it can remain on the display and steps 1 2 does not need to be repeated 14 e Machine Control User s Manual User s Manual Cue all Machines to one Machine To cue all machines to the position of e g VTR1 press the All key on the Image panel followed by the VTR1 key on the Media panel All VTR 1 Va N L N All Stop To stop all machines press the All key on the Image panel followed by the stop key on the Media panel E A All Ml Va N Va N VTR Menu The VTR menu in each VTR window provides additional machine commands e g Eject PB EE not supported by the control panels
115. g or the Shift key in combination with the wipe wheel for vertical positioning Alternatively press the Trim key on the Image panel and use the trackball to position the still Storing Origin If the picture origin is not correct adjust the picture position according to instructions above and then select menu Edit gt Store origin Still Store e 65 66 e Still Store d E Ei gt kl Cue to Position in List To cue the source machine to the still s original position in the list ensure the still is selected and the press the Cue key on the Media panel N E Cue Va N Rightclick on the still and select Cue or press lt Ctrl Q gt on the keyboard Adding a Comment Ensure Still key is selected with up down arrows go to the still press lt f2 gt on the keyboard enter text and press return Click at the bottom field of the still wait for cursor enter text and press return Write Protection To prevent accidental erase of specific stills right click on the still in the GUI and choose write protection Deleting All Stills While Still mode is enabled press the All key followed by the Delete key on the Image panel Cc All Delete VA N VA N Select menu Edit gt Delete all in the notes window Note A prompt will ask you to confirm the Delete All operation alhall A Are you sure you want to remove all stills Yes No Thumbnails Size The size of the still thumb
116. guration with a number of specific VTRs i e VTR configurations System configuration default hd xi DVNR1000 HD x default DVNA1000 HD New configuration 1 unra el Diana 1 New DVNR or VTR configurations can be added by selecting New Configuration in the respective drop down list In addition the selected configuration in the list can be edited by clicking on the more button to the right of the drop down list Read more about DVNR and VTR configurations further on The System configuration can be accessed from menu File gt Configurations gt System System Configurations xi DYNR 422 Delete Edit Close Either select an available system configuration and click on the Edit button or double click directly on the configuration or click on new to create a new configuration User s Manual DVNR Selects a DVNR configuration VTR Set the number of VTRs connected and selects specific VTR configurations This affects the appearance of the Edit dialogue A VTR can be set to be a player or a recorder To exclude a machine from editing select Ignore Master Defines the master timecode source All offsets entered are relative to the master DVNR Configuration User s Manual DYNR configuration DYNR 1000 HD xi Help rm General System DYNR1000 HD se Baudrate 230400 E Number of systems fi Installed DYNA process options Mac Aperture Co
117. handed persons is mainly used to navigate in the Windows environment The button closest to the middle and the button furthest away are compatible with the standard two button mouse Use your thumb to move the trackball y Y E Shift E a N The middle button is used to activate the eye dropper of the ACP secondary Image Panel e 201 202 e Image Panel User s Manual 27 Media Panel About the Media Panel The Media panel supports the standard functions of a tape machine is used for numerical entries and operates connected to the Image panel User s Manual Media Panel e 203 Controls 204 e Media Panel M sists O O O Pai Display Numerical y keypad AN Y e Cue Asmbl 7 8 9 NE N N AN lt N 4 Al Ll E dit Edit Rec 4 5 6 I t N AN A N N AN AN controis c Previa Review 4 2 3 Va NK y Va Va N NK N N Y y N ys AN in Out 0 00 Cc Ua NE y va Va NE NU N Y Y N y Y N ra VTR1 VIR2 VTR3 VTR4 Enter N Va N N ys N 7 E ix A E 4P gt y Jog LS E gt L lt E Y Programmable Media Transport keys e h dial See A
118. he Colour panel affects RGB simultaneously RGB or YRGB mode can be set up in the ACP preferences page under Primary mode as described further on In all Master ring configurations except Y only all YRGB controls will stop when one of them hits minimum or maximum value Input Selection The Input Selection control determine from where the selected layer gets it input from Original Input The layer get its input unprocessed by previous layers Base Layer Output The layer get its input from the output of the Base Layer Previous Layer Output Layer 2 get its input from the output of the Layer 1 Processing Order Determines the sequential processing order of Curves and Black Gamma Gain Lift Video Gain controls Black Gamma Gain gt Curves This is the preferred mode when Curves are to be used as a creative effect Curves gt Black Gamma Gain This is the preferred mode if Curves are to be used as a set up to correct e g camera imbalances typically in the Base layer Hue Controls the colour tone chroma phase by rotating the phase of the colour circle Range is 180 to 180 degrees Saturation Increases or decreases the chrominance level The possible gain is in the range 0 400 156 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual Video Gain In addition to the Gain and Saturation controls a separate Video Gain control is available Black Adjusts dark parts of the picture slider for luminance adjustments
119. he knob To clear the knob has to be held down for a longer period of time determined by the User Profile It is actually when the user releases the knob that the clear takes place 208 e Colour Panel User s Manual User s Manual Trackballs When controlling the RGB controls of the primary from a trackball the ball itself or rather the backlight LED s will change colour accordingly if enabled in the Panels section of the User Profile window see page 88 The outer ring surrounding the ball affects the luminance Y and or Master RGB selected in the ACP dialogue while the ball changes RGB values A function to clear centre an RGB value and or Y can be programmed on the function keys of the Colour panel Tip Trackball axis can be rotated in the Setup tab of the ACP dialogue for Vector mode MK III mode or free rotation Tip Each processing window provides acceleration settings on the Setup tab for the controls used trackball rings or knobs Tip Trackball backlight can be disabled under Panels in the User Profile dialogue Programmable function keys The Colour panel provides a large number of programmable function keys within easy reach from the trackballs They can be programmed individually for each user to perform various operations including memories machine and list control The function keys are defined in the User Profile window under Colour Keys see page 92 Tip To preview the programmed functions
120. he source machine a couple of seconds before the start of the event and goes into Play Return amp Set Returns the List cursor active event to the current event source machine and sets parameters Set forced Sets parameters whether changed or not User s Manual Appendix C e 227 228 Appendix C User s Manual Index A AAC 185 AC 183 Access rights 77 ACP 62 153 Additive luminance 169 Additive saturation 169 Administrator 77 password 77 AGR4 122 basic mode 122 AGR4 ME 122 AGR IV area isolation 126 Alias 21 190 All key 5 stop 15 ALS 115 Analogue HD 110 Analyzer 166 link 169 Anamorphic 100 103 108 189 Aperture corrector 183 185 Area key 200 210 ASC 100 103 108 ASC3 130 presets 142 Aspect ratio 189 Assemble 70 Assemble mode 70 Audio 22 71 channel 71 feedback 6 Autoflush 127 Auto recovety See Autosave Autosave 51 83 Autoshot 6 28 31 82 106 107 111 112 113 disable inside list 82 enable 82 filter 82 sensitivity 106 111 settings 106 111 sound 97 threshold 106 111 trim 20 Autotrack 148 User s Manual B Background intensity 80 Backlight 209 Base layer 156 Baudrate 20 Black clip 101 105 110 Blanking 191 colour 191 193 custom 196 horizontal 196 lower 196 upper 196 Bookmark 7 55 accurate 56 browse 56 command reference 223 comment 56 cue 57 delete 57 delete all 57 insert 56 key 199 mod
121. hen enter the new timecode or use the up and down arrows to trim it Read more on how to use the timecode edit box on page 9 Adding a Comment Either press lt f2 gt on the keyboard or click in the comments field of the selected bookmark Enter the text and press the return key Browsing Bookmarks To go to a specific bookmark enter the associated number followed by the Bookmark key N AN A N 4 __ n n n BookM Y ALE NUE T To go to next or previous bookmark press or followed by the Bookmark key To e g go three bookmarks forward enter 3 followed by the Bookmark key To go to a specific bookmark double click on the bookmark To go to next or previous bookmark select Prev or Next from the Edit menu of the Bookmark window User s Manual User s Manual Ei z gt kl Cue to Selected Bookmark First ensure that Bookmark mode is selected then press the Recall key on the Image panel or the Cue key on the Media panel to cue up the source machine to selected bookmark y Pe Recall Cue Va N or N Press lt Ctrl gt Q on the keyboard Deleting Bookmarks Ensure the Bookmark key is selected and then either position the list cursor at the specific event with the up down keys or enter the bookmark number from the numerical keypad and then press the Delete key on the Image panel N Delete L N First select the bookmark to delete
122. hes Coverage Coverage is the length of the scratch compared to the active picture E g setting Coverage to 60 removes scratches equal to or larger than 60 of the active picture Wobble Selects how much the scratch es are alowed to move horizontally and still being detected by the CSR None Small Medium Large Global Mode Controls Global Selects the Global filtering mode In this mode the scratch detector is disabled Filter Size Optimises the median filter for a particular scratch width For example Filter Size 5 removes scratches that are 5 pixels wide or less Level Sets the amount of global filtering When Level is 0 the picture is left unprocessed When Level is 100 maximum filtering is performed Area Key Continuous Scratch Remover x CSR Help Processing Area key Slope 0 Autotrack AH or y PF Show Hit IV View key C Attop Atbottom Ba This feature lets the user select in which part or parts of the picture where processing is allowed In non Global mode this eliminates the risk of the CSR removing objects that the scratch detector mistakes for scratches In Global mode the whole of the selected areas is processed CSR Vertical Scratch Removal e 147 Click the CSR window A vertical stripe will appear in the video picture The stripe can be moved using the mouse trackball Select the area or areas in the video picture that contain unwanted vertical scratches by clicki
123. hich normally appears on the sides of a high contrast scratch The slope also gives a good result when using global filtering and area isolation Show hit Click on Show hit At bottom or At top in the CSR window status display bat appears in the picture as shown below 148 e CSR Vertical Scratch Removal User s Manual User s Manual Area Key Status Bar lt Scratch Length Filter Activated The Status Bar The Status Bar helps you to optimise the CSR settings It contains three fields The Area Key top field shows the selected area key The Scratch Length middle field displays the scratch length using a grey scale The field shows the effect of the following controls Black White Contrast Filter Size and Wobble The Filter bottom field indicates where the median filter is activated In non Global mode this field shows the effect of the Coverage and Slope controls In Global mode it shows the effect of the Level and Slope controls Note If the lower field of the status bar shows no activity the CSR is not being triggered by any scratches within the key area Setup Continous Scratch Remover xi CSR Help Processing Area key f View Split r Acceleration None High Panel Knobs Split Demonstration mode where the upper half of the picture is processed while the lower part is left unprocessed for comparisons Panel Acceleration The panel acceleration sets the
124. hine enters an event in playspeed its thumbnail will automatically be updated Update on enter When enabled thumbnails are updated when the Enter key is pressed to store new settings if the source machine is at the active event Tip Press and hold the Enter key on the Image panel to update a thumbnail manually Select as Primary List Valhall Premium only The List key on the Image panel is used to open the primary list window the list which you use the most while Valhall List is used to open the secondary window Misc Align events to film frames When enabled manually entered events are automatically aligned to film frames Force field 2 cue up This control should be enabled for machines that are not capable of cue up to field 2 Disable scroll lock Normally the event list and the timeline are locked together when scrolling from the wipe wheel or the up and down keys on the Image User s Manual User s Manual panel By checking this control the wipe wheel only scrolls the timeline and the arrow keys only scroll the event list Assign Wipe wheel to event list When in List mode the wipe wheel is normally used to browse in the time line This causes the event list to advance irregularly By enabling the Assign Wipe wheel to event list the wipe wheel browses event by event rather than in time Autosave The Autosave feature automatically makes a copy of the list in the background in case the Valhall program
125. ick on the left mouse button second from the right to place de blotch cursor next one is available immediately To toggle between include and exclude click the middle mouse button third from the right When finished placing click the right mouse button first from the right Note The de blotch cursor should be placed below the upper edge of the blotch and positioned so that as much as possible of the blotch is removed In some cases more than one cursor needs to be placed to completely remove a blotch Leaving the de blotch mode If Auto clear Freeze when VTR leaves Stop has been enabled on the Preferences page of the ASC3 window Freeze is automatically removed when the VTR is played If not Freeze has to be removed manually Continuing de blotching after finishing placing If the VTR still is in stop and freeze is enabled click on the Place button to continue otherwise follow the procedures above and the de blotch function will use next available cursor Adjusting placed cursors Park the machine at the frame where the blotch is ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment e 137 Click on the De blotch button in the ASC3 window or press a function key programmed with De blotch found in the DVNR group Select the cursor to continue with adjust If necessary click on the Place button Follow the procedures above on operation gt bem Tip Normally use a temporal or a copy filter for the d
126. ift left click 212 Appendix A Place list cursor at last event Go one event back an recall settings Go one event forward an recall settings Select current event and move cursor one step up Select current event and move cursor one step down Toggle selection at current event Toggle selection at current event Select a range of events Go one event back Go one event forward Delete current or selected event s Undo last list operation Redo last undone operation Select all events Unselect all events Recall settings from current event Trim Trim current or selected events s plus one frame Trim current or selected event s minus one frame Help Insert event at entered timecode Go one event back an recall settings Go one event forward an recall settings Select current event and move cursor one step up Select current event and move cursor one step down Scroll one page back Scroll one page forward Place list cursor at first event Place list cursor at last event Toggle selection at current event Toggle selection at current event Select a range of events User s Manual Command Function Bookmarks Arrow up Go one bookmark back Arrow down Go one bookmark forward Ins Insert bookmark at current position Del Delete selected bookmark Ctrl q Cue to selected bookmark F1 Help F2 Insert comment at selected bookmark Notes Arrow up Go one note back Arrow down Go one note forwatd Enter Store settings at sel
127. ill change mode Disable Jog control in normal play If enabled this control prevents the VTR stopping if the search dial is accidentally touched during normal play To jog or shuttle first press the Stop key Acceleration Jog Sets the sensitivity of the VTR search dial when in Jog mode Shuttle Sets the sensitivity of the VIR search dial when in Shuttle mode User s Manual Keyboard User s Manual Edit Disables changes during edit Normally during editing the system is locked preventing any changes in the list and accidental keystrokes trackball movements etc This controls overrides this extra security allowing the system to behave the same during editing User profile Administrator xi Help Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound General List List layout VTR Edit Keyboard Panels MediaKeys Shift F8 Fast Forward F9 F10 F11 F12 Assign Group Function None VTR Rewind y 4 Ctrl VTR Undefined y x 4 Shift VTR Ne Undefined y Function keys F5 through F12 in combination with shift or ctrl can be programmed to perform various operations Swaps programmed function X Makes selected function key non programmed User Profile e 87 Panels 88 e User Profile User profile Administrator xi Help Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound General List Listla
128. ing workstation Read more on page 99 DVNR Processing Valhall provides the best control of the DVNR Image Processing tools At the top of the toolbar there is a number of buttons representing the available processing options Read more on page 113 Event List The Event List is used to program processing settings on a scene or a frame basis Read more on page 27 Timeline Valhall Premium only The Timeline provides an alternative view to the Event List It has a look similar to timelines of editing systems Read more on page 29 Machine Control Valhall can control up to 4 VIRs or DDRs In addition to controlling them from the Media panel in the Premium package they can be controlled from both the GUI and from the keyboard if mapped in the User Profile dialogue Read more on page 13 Editing Linear editing is supported for up to 4 machines Edit points can be entered manually or automatically from selections in the list Read more on page 63 Video Viewer Valhall Premium only The re sizeable Video Viewer provides real time monitoring of the DVNR output The video viewer also provides zoom capabilities for regions of interest User s Manual User s Manual System Configuration The System configuration determines how your Valhall system is set up type of DVNR number of VTRs Disks timing etc The System configuration is accessed from the menu File gt Configurations gt System Read more
129. ing in the picture for maximum temporal filtering Motion Compensation The AGR4 is a fully motion compensated noise grain reducer thanks to an optional Motion Estimation ME module This means that much more aggressive settings can be used without introducing smearing Motion Compensation should normally be enabled Spatial Filtering The Edge Preserving Spatial filtering complements the adaptive temporal filters by processing grain and noise in portions of the image that are detected as moving while living non moving areas unaffected The spatial filtering is done upstream of the temporal filters and works in unison with the AGR4 s motion processing The Edge Preserving Spatial Filter is set up based on the grain noise Size in pixels by lines and a threshold The threshold determines when to filter depending on the intensity of the surrounding pixels If there is a high enough intensity contrast e g an edge between the grain noise and surrounding pixels filtering will not occur A low setting will only affect low intensity pixels flat areas while a high setting will start to affect high intensity pixels edges The amount level of spatial filtering is set by Spatial strength Global Spatial enables filtering of the whole picture by switching of the motion adaptation may cause excessive softening of the picture if the Spatial filter is not set up correctly A moderate level of Global Spatial filtering can be used as a
130. ing project More detailed information about the project such as system configuration video standard and more is available To access the Project Browser go to menu Project gt Open List Browser Lists xi View Help part 1 Created Mon Nov 04 2002 Modified Mon Nov 04 2002 part 2 Created Mon Nov 04 2002 Modified Mon Nov 04 2002 part 3 Created Mon Nov 04 2002 03 12 PM Modified Mon Nov 04 2002 03 19 PM part 4 Created Mon Nov 04 2002 03 16 PM Modified Mon Nov 04 2002 03 16 PM The List Browser is used to open a list within the current project In Valhall Premium a thumbnail representing the first event in the list is available To access the List Browser go to menu List gt Open 24 e Project Management User s Manual Project Manager User s Manual Project Manager xi Delete Shared EJ Commercial CJ Feature Administrator Bruce Aoo m User Charlie E B Project part 1 art 2 H E John HE May Nick EJ Pacific Il The Project Manager found under menu Project allows the operator to move or copy projects or lists between users and also between personal and shared folders Project management can be restricted in the User Management dialogue Moving To move a project or a list drag the item to the desired destination Copying To copy a project or a list keep the ctrl key on the keyboard
131. ionality HN Position Horizontal and Vertical sub pixel positioning in all aspects including 1 0 to provide e g Pan and scan H V Filter Controls To provide control of sharpness vs alias reduction of the scaled picture the ZOM provides separate Horizontal and Vertical filter controls in 8 steps 190 e ZOM User s Manual User s Manual HIV Repositioning The ZOM provides independent repositioning controls with 1 pixel resolution so that a downsized picture can be positioned anywhere else on the screen than in the centre A typical application is to zoom out the picture and take a SDTV cut out of the HDTV picture Blanking Separate Upper Lower Left and Right Blanking can be added on top of the picture using the same colour as described below The Blanking can be locked to the repositioning or remain centred In addition the Blanking colour can be set with RGB or YUV values to provide other colours than black This can serve as a warning if the picture might have been positioned too far in one of the directions This is done on the setup tab as described further on Bypass A Bypass control provides a 1 1 output Preview 1 Preview mode Final output A Preview mode is provided so that the complete input picture can be seen with the cut out visible as bright magenta lines when zooming in the picture The re blanking can be seen as thinner magenta lines Note that preview is only available for scale
132. ip Filter Temporal 2 is a special temporal filter that uses minimum amount of information from the current frame This means that the processed signal will not vary as much as the normal temporal filter in terms of luminance intensity Copy Filters Copy Next and Copy Prev should be used for 1 frame in combination with the Keyer and Global mode to replace a big chunk of dirt a big hole or a flash frame with information from the next or previous frame RAN OER User s Manual ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment e 133 Vertical The Vertical filter is a special spatial filter with taps only horizontally It is made specifically to deal with vertical scratches It can to some extent be used on continuous vertical scratches but should then be used with an area around the scratch and all adaptation turned off Global Note This filter is only available in film mode Chroma Flare The Chroma Flare filter is a special filter working in video mode only It is typically used for chroma flares streaks Note Channel processing should be set to U amp V only Adaptive Filter Sizing One of the big news in the ASC3 is adaptive filter sizing When enabled the filter size automatically changes depending on the size of the dirt Channel Processing Normally the processing should be set to all channels but in some cases especially with small dirt better result can be achieved by processing only one or two of the channels Adaptation Adaptati
133. it updates previously programmed set events as soon as the source machine passes an event boundary Set on exit Using Set on exit there is no need to enter settings manually for the events As soon as the source machine passes an event boundary the current settings ate automatically stored in the previous event Always Normally Set on exit only sets an event if there is a change By enabling Always settings will be stored whether they have been changed or not Note This function is not available if Set changes only has been chosen Return to Unity When enabling Return to Unity in combination with Set on exit the next empty event will get unity settings when entered User Profile e 81 82 e User Profile Autoshot Enable Autoshot automatically registers cuts scene changes as the source machine is in playspeed Autoshot On Off can be programmed on one of the programmable function keys Alternatively Autoshot can be toggle pressing Vahall Byp All on the Image panel Disable inside list When enabled autoshot automatically turns off in order not to create any unwanted events when the tape is played back before the last event Filter To prevent false autoshots filling up the list you can set the minimum interval that has to pass after an autoshot has created an event before it creates the next one Thumbnail update Auto update When Auto update is enabled and the source mac
134. ition I Link to Layer 2 Aeon Shas I Enable C Rectangle T View Area Ellipse T Invert Area 0 Hor position 0 J Limit to Active Picture Size 744 Slope 24 0 Aspect 1 4783 Slope Profile Rotation 41 737 Place Initialize Clear Area For the demanding jobs the Viper area key can be activated on the primary layers providing isolation of primary processing The Viper area isolation includes two basic key shapes rectangle or ellipse to choose from with full control of size aspect rotation and positioning To access area controls from the control panel ensure the Area key is selected Click on Initialize and place the key area then select type of shape rectangle or ellipse The colour correction is applied inside the blue area as shown in the GUI of the area key The adjustable Slope the area between the black and the grey line provides soft transitions between the input picture and the processed picture Colour correction can be applied outside the area by enabling the Invert Area control To see the area key on the video monitor while adjusting the controls check View key ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 163 Original Picture Viper key area activated in Layer 1 Changes applied on Layer 1 area inverted Slope Profiles A selection of 4 different profiles is available a Linear Soft knee linear in the centre but with soft knees S curve soft S curve sharp
135. k on the Matte Palette button to choose from the Windows palette ot set a colour in RGB values Alternatively click on the Matte YUV button to set the colours in YUV values Color 12 1x Enter YUY value xi Basic colors Y U We 202 18 55 16 255 128 27 128 127 Cancel Define Custom Colors gt gt Cancel Limits Typically in pan and scan applications there might be a need to limit how far it is possible to move the image in both directions To e g set Horizontal limits first position the picture to the left limit and click on set Then position the picture to the right limit and click on set again Finally activate the limits with the checkbox to the left Limits can be restored to default settings maximum range by clicking on the Clear button ZOM e 193 Presets The ZOM dialogue provides the possibility to store presets for the commonly used aspect ratios to be reused in other projects These presets are available at all times and for all users Setting the Preset as Unity After defining loading a preset to be used in a project it is recommended to store the settings as unity In the ZOM menu select Unity gt Store 194 e ZOM User s Manual 25 Miscellaneous DVNR controls Test Pattern E TEST User s Manual Test Pattern xi Pattern ie Colour Bars T Insert F Monochrome Test window The test patterns are located on the input interface board of the DVNR and
136. k on the second event and select Linear S Linerar Linear S or S S 42 e List Management User s Manual Setting Default Dynamics AC Am on l An l ac Hold Lock Single Default dynamic curve gt Off v Linear 5 Linear Linear 5 5 5 For options supporting dynamic transitions the default dynamic curve ue the type of curve that is enabled the first time the Dyn key is pressed for an event can be set Right click on the option in the list and from the pop up menu select Default dynamic curve For those options not supporting dynamic transitions the only choice will be Off Extended Information By resting the mouse cursor on top of an event with a dynamic extended information like in out point duration and type of dynamic is being displayed as a pop up Processing Option Type of Dynamic a ACP Dynamic Linear In point 01 00 30 02 01 00 31 01 Out point 00 00 00 24 Duration F Reelt 542832 ue Tt pe f e G ay Reel 542832 ACP Dynamic Linear 01 00 30 02 01 00 31 01 00 00 00 24 01 00 31 01 01 00 33 02 00 00 02 01 a 7 Example of an event that is the start of a Example of an event that is both the start dynamic and the end of a dynamic User s Manual List Management e 43 Global Adjust 44 e List Management Global Adjust xi Help CSR Black White Filter Size ASC S A JEI r
137. key Inverting a Selection First press the Valhall key followed by the Select key y N 4 4p Select ON Va N In Event list select menu Edit gt Invert selection Selecting all Events First press the All key followed by the Select key Er All Select Va N Va N List Management e 39 Comments 40 e List Management SA Select menu item Edit gt Select all in the Event List window Alternatively press lt Ctrl gt a when the Event List or Timeline is in focus Unselecting All First press the All key and then press and hold the Select key NY IN r4 E All Select BUG L N L N Simply click on an event to unselect all events or select menu item Edit gt Deselect all in the Event List window Alternatively press lt Ctrl gt i when the Event List or Timeline is in focus Adding a Comment Ensure List mode is selected and that the list cursor is at the proper position in the event list press lt f2 gt on the keyboard enter text and press return In the Event list right click in the comment field to the right wait for cursor enter text and press return Searching for a Comment To find an event based on a comment select Edit gt Find comment in the Event List Enter the word to search for If a comment matches your search criteria the list cursor is automatically placed at that event Press lt f3 gt to find next event to meet your search criteria Find Commen
138. ks up all scene changes Threshold By increasing the Threshold value the amount of false detections may be reduced Note Setting this value too high may cause real scene changes not to be detected Film 3 2 The 3 2 detector need to have the below thresholds fulfilled in order to detect a change in the 3 2 phase Threshold max value This threshold is used for detecting the repeated field In an ideal situation the 5 field in a 3 2 sequence should be an identical copy of the 3 field However by setting the Threshold max value higher analogue tape noise and other errors are ignored Default value is 1 Repeated fields may not be detected at all if the threshold is set to 0 Threshold min value This threshold is used for detecting motion High values are used for picture material with much motion Low values are used for picture material with little motion Default value is 8 User s Manual User s Manual Delay DYNR1000 HD BEES System Unity Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay Delay Yc 0 mF Store Clear This feature enables the user to re time the total delay from the selected input to the selected output of the system by approx 2 lines in steps of 1 pixel 74 ns Right click on a slider to set default values Press Clear to return to factory defaults or Store to store any changes you have done Y C Adjusts the total delay through the system
139. l adjust 44 Grab next 64 Grain size 123 GUL 3 89 199 load 80 save 80 settings 80 H HAC 184 187 HD analogue 110 Help 9 History 47 Hit growth 141 invert 169 Hold 49 all 49 HSL 173 Hue 156 169 Illegal mode 162 Image panel 4 27 91 197 Input selection 156 Input format 101 104 109 Insert 195 Insert mode 70 Internal oscillator 104 109 Intersect 139 User s Manual J Jog 86 206 acceleration 86 key 86 trim 22 K Key repeat rate 88 Keyboard function keys 87 Knee 182 Knob 198 208 L Layer clear 177 clip 174 copy 176 swap 177 LED 88 198 204 208 Lift 157 Limit 193 List 7 81 autosave 11 51 browse 37 browser 24 bypass 49 comment 40 50 control bar 30 copy 25 51 cursor 28 29 39 delete 25 hide 49 hold 49 key 27 29 keys 200 layout 29 84 lock 48 49 merge 52 mode 199 move 25 open 10 24 primary 27 29 82 quicksave 51 recent 10 80 recovery 51 rename 25 restore 54 save 11 51 save a copy 51 secondary 27 82 single 47 state 47 trim 20 22 unlock 48 view 85 zoom 30 List control bar 30 Lock 48 Login 7 10 80 button 10 Logout 80 Loop 34 36 LTC 22 Index e 231 Mark 34 key 34 MarkSet 35 Master 19 Master hue 156 Master RGB 209 Master saturation 156 Matte 193 Max filter 139 MDC 135 140 scale 140 ME 124 See Motion Estimation Media
140. lay However the curve has no relationship with the source image Instead it shows the effect of the curves on a linear ramp If a curve is set to a straight line from lower left to upper right the shape of a linear ramp the curve has no effect on the selected channel s The points are represented by squares with numbers The active point the one which can be adjusted from keyboard or panels has a white filled square The dotted inner square represents the legal RGB range and the horizontal yellow dotted lines represent upper and lower clip levels as described further on ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 159 The right graph shows YRGB simultaneously but does not allow editing of the curves By enabling Resulting Curves the combined result of Black Gamma Gain Curves and Strength are shown Black Gamma Gain only Curves only Black Gamma Gain and Curves combined 160 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual User s Manual Adding a Point In the graph either double click or left click while holding the lt shift gt key on the keyboard pressed to add a new point While the graph is in focus press lt gt or lt space gt on the keyboard From the Image or Colour panel press the Add button above the displays first select Curves Selecting a point Left click on a point in the graph to select it While the graph is in focus press one of the numerical keys to select a specific point
141. laylist is similar to an EDL describing how the pictures should be played out from the DDR The playlist definition will not affect the material on the source machine other than how it is played back A playlist defined in Valhall will have a continuous timecode without any holes including definable start timecode Original list Playlist 1 01 00 00 00 p 01 00 00 00 2 01 00 10 00 __ 01 00 10 00 _01 00 20 00 gt 01 00 20 00 _01 00 30 00 z 01 00 50 00 01 01 00 00 Currently supported servers are models from DVS For information on specific models please contact Digital Video Systems http www dvs de User s Manual 52 e List Management User s Manual Setting up the DVS DDR To setup the DVS DDR for playlist operation perform the following actions 1 Create a new VTR configuration The name of the VTR configuration must contain the IP address or computer name within square brackets E g example DVS 192 168 80 110 or DVS computer name Select DVS VTR in the VTR configuration dialogue General gt Type Defining the Playlist To define a playlist perform the following steps 1 First select the events to be included or excluded from the playlist whichever is most convenient In the Event List select menu item Edit gt Create Playlist Create Playlist x Start timecode r Selected events 00 28 37 23 C Includ
142. lected option in the list Locks all options Unlocks all options Locks everything but the selected option in the list Holds the selected option in the list Forces Hold off on the selected option Holds all option in the list Removes hold from all options List Cue up to selected event Note Cue up to the timecode of the selected note Bookmark Cue up to selected bookmark Still Cue up to the timecode of the selected still Cue up to entered timecode Cue up to entered timecode offset Cue up all machines to selected event Cue up all machines to entered timecode Cue up all machines to entered timecode offset Programmable function key Programmable function keys Cue up all machines to selected machine Programmable function key Go forward a no of events User s Manual User s Manual Command Function lt Play gt TC lt Play gt lt Stop gt All lt Stop gt lt PlayRev gt TC lt PlayRev gt lt Rewind gt lt Rewind gt Asmbl x Asmbl Edit x Valhall Edit Valhall Edit x Rec x Preview Review In In x TC In 7TC In TC In x Valhall In Valhall In x TC Valhall In All In Out Out x TC Out TC Out TC Out x All Out Orig Prev 1 3 x Programmable function key Cue forward to unsigned timecode offset Programmable function key Stop all machines Programmable function key Cue backward to unsigned timecode offset Program
143. ll change depending on how you set the analyzer Below each vector select button there is a small indicator or LED The indicators will light up in green to indicate vectors in use and red when bypassed User s Manual User s Manual When clicking in the Show All checkbox the colour display will show the location of all six vectors Tip To copy settings from one vector to another right click on the vector selection button for the target vector and choose the vector to copy from in the pop up menu Centre C Sets the centre point of the selected control Hue Sat Lum and vector Width W Sets the width range of selected control and Vector The picture below shows the effect of the central point and width on Hue and Saturation of a vector Analyzer GUI controls In addition to controlling Centre and Width the slider used for the analyzer also provides upper lower limit controls for quicker isolations Upper Width Centre Width Lower Note that for the Hue control which is used exactly like the Saturation and Luminance controls the colour wheel moves and the slider always remains centred Slope S Defines the slope soft edge of the selected control and vector Width The different slopes Narrow Medium and Wide ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 167 EM Eye dropper Instead of setting the centre points manually you can use the Eyedropper button Click on it and a cursor will appear on the video
144. lobal F Global Mix J Rotation 501 36 3 m Spatial Filter Setup m Chroma Key View Size Threshole 4h AX Hue 98 0 Width 10 0 sf HF y E CO Hue 214 8 Width 10 0 46 3 _ M H oas e H 1 BE AETS lier Global Balance TF Motion Compensation Freeze J Split Clear F Split Clear General The selection of Video Film Fine Film Normal Film Coarse on the Setup page adapts the temporal filtering in respect to grain noise size Temporal Filtering The newly redesigned Temporal Recursive filters allow for increased grain and noise reduction with reduced motion artefacts In the DVNR1000 HD RGB the AGR4 processes either in RGB or YC YUV depending on selected process format in the DVNR setup In all other systems the processing format is YC Use Temporal Strength to set the amount level of temporal recursive filtering The recursive filtering is the most effective filter in terms of reducing grain noise A special function can Link the three RGB or alternatively the two YC settings together The AGR4 is an Adaptive grain and noise reducer and thus disables the temporal recursive processing of all moving edges within the image to User s Manual AGR4 ME Adaptive Film Grain 8 Noise Reduction e 123 assist in the reduction of motion artefacts Global Temporal enables filtering of the whole picture regardless of motion may cause excessive smear
145. ly process the parts of the picture where there are scratches CSR Vertical Scratch Removal e 145 Controls amp CSR Continuous Scratch Remover x CSA Help Processing Area key Filter Size 3 Pizel mep TT Pa M White Contrast 60 7 Global Coverage 75 Wobble C None Small C Medium Lan ve Clear CSR window Scratch Detector Controls The user has a number of controls to describe the scratch to the scratch detector All of the criteria have to be fulfilled at the same time in order to detect the scratch The scratch detector controls are only available in non Global mode ize Coverage A number of criteria have to be fulfilled before filtering Black Attenuation of Black scratches White Attenuation of White scratches White and Black can be selected at the same time Filter Size Corresponds to the width of the scratch es in pixels E g a setting of 5 pixels will remove any scratch equal to or smaller than 5 pixels Contrast Selects the threshold sensitivity for the detection of scratches If the contrast between scratches and picture information is high set the Contrast control to a low value to minimise processing of real picture information On the other hand if the contrast between scratches and 146 e CSR Vertical Scratch Removal User s Manual User s Manual picture information is low set the contrast to a high value to enable processing of the scratc
146. m current position entered offset as an overlay v Trim Enables positioning from the trackball of the selected still sizing and additional sizing from the wipe wheel in overlay mode Y Trim x Restores still position v H Trim Sets scale of still in percent Y Y Cue Cue up to the timecode of the selected still Y Up Go back one still Y Valhall Up Go back one still and recall Y Down Go forward one still Y Valhall Down Go forward one still and recall Y Wipe wheel Wipe between still and live video Y Valhall Wipe wheel Position still horisontally Y Shift Wipe wheel Position still vertically Y Wipe key left Toggle H V wipe Y Wipe key right Flip wipe User s Manual Appendix C Programmable Functions The following list contains explanations on functions that can be mapped to the function keys on the control panels which are not self explanatory or otherwise explained in the manual Group Command Function DVNR ASC TC Freeze Performs a preroll plays the source machine and enables ASC Freeze at the point where this function was enabled DVNR ACP Load Mem 1 6 Colour Correction Quick notes that do not Save Mem 1 6 change as other Quick notes depending on the selected option List Bypass List Bypasses the whole list and does not affect any Hold when disabled Copy 2 Copy the parameters two events back Copy 2 Copy 2 or forward Copy 2 and paste into current Useful for A B shots Replay Positions t
147. m in the proper comments field of the Event list Include reel no finds the reel numbers in the EDL and puts them in the proper comments field of the Event list The EDL import handles different Sony and CMX formats For availability of other formats please contact your distributor EDL Export Save As BE Save in Sj Valhall data e ek Ee Save as type CMX3600 y Cancel ZA Exports an EDL list with in and out points according to the PDL list Once the filename of the EDL list is determined an EDL Export dialogue appears User s Manual Saving Lists User s Manual The EDL Export dialogue allows a number of different EDL formats CMX3600 CMX3400A CMX3400 CMX340 Grass Valley to be selected Note Since the Valhall list does not have out points the last out point in the EDL is by default set to 1 minute after the in point Save Lists can be saved in different ways Go to the List tab in the Project Manager and choose Save or Save as From the Image panel press and hold the Save key A Save vd N Quicksave When a normal save is performed the thumbnails are defragmented to maintain performance of the list operation A quicksave will not defragment the thumbnails but will on the other hand be a lot quicker To perform a quicksave quickly press the Save key on the Image panel E Save Autosave In addition an Autosave function is available that
148. mable function key Go back a no of events Toggle Assemble and Insert editing modes Switch off Assemble and go to Insert mode Statt autoedit Open the Edit dialogue Close the Edit dialogue Craschrecording Preview entered edits Review previous edits on the recorder Set in point at current machine position Clear in point Set in point at entered timecode Adjust in point by entered timecode offset Set duration out point to in point plus entered timecode Set reference point of the selected machine at current machine position ganging Clear reference point of the selected machine ganging Set reference point of the selected machine at entered timecode ganging Cue all machines to their respective in point Set out point at current machine position Cleat out point Set out point at entered timecode Adjust out point by entered timecode offset Set duration in point to out point minus entered timecode Cue all machines to their respective out point Returns the original settings from the event Recall previous settings Page selection Close all windows related to the page selection Appendix B e 221 Command Function Valhall 1 3 Bypass processing related to the page selection Shift 1 3 Clear processing settings related to the page selection F1 F4 Programmable Function keys M1 M4 Programmable Function keys Wipe wheel List Browse Timeline or Event List Note Browse notes Bookmark Browse bo
149. monitor To discard click on the right mouse or trackball button To accept click on the left one and centre points for the selected vector will automatically be set The sample area of the eyedropper can be set to 1x1 3x3 5x5 or 7x7 pixels with the Sample size control Cursor on video monitor when Eye dropper is selected SA Tip The Eye dropper tolerance can be set on the User page 2 Eye dropper By clicking on adjacent areas to the hit area the width will be enlarged and will include these colours in the hit area as well View Hit When activated a mask will show the parts of the picture affected by the secondary in the selected channel How the hit signal is displayed can be changed in the View Analyser Mode on the setup page of the ACP window All By activating All the View Hit will show all vectors at the same time for the selected channel Filter A filter can be enabled to reduce the effects noise can have on the analyzer 168 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor User s Manual User s Manual Processor The Processor is the part of Secondary that performs the changes of the picture content as follows Hue Sets the chroma phase for the selected channel Range is 180 to 180 degrees Sat Amplifies or attenuates the chrominance of the selected channel Lum Amplifies or attenuates the luminance for the selected channel Additive Luminance Adds instead of multiplies the selected
150. mpty event at current timecode Note N A Bookmark Insert Bookmark at current timecode Still N A User s Manual User s Manual Command Function Mark x TC Mark TC Matk x TC Mark ETC Mark x Dyn Dyn x Trim Trim x TC Trim TC Trim Valhall Trim H Trim Undo Valhall Undo Valhall Undo x Redo Save Save x Frame List Create an event at current timecode and store settings Note N A Bookmark N A Still N A List Create an empty event at entered timecode Note N A Bookmark Insert Bookmark at entered timecode Still N A List Create an event at entered timecode and store settings Note N A Bookmark N A Still N A List Create an empty event at current timecode offset Note N A Bookmark Insert Bookmark at current timecode offset Still N A List Create an event at current timecode entered offset and store settings Note N A Bookmark N A Still N A Set a linear dynamic transition between selected event and the earlier programmed event toggle curve type each time pressed Remove dynamic transition that ends at selected event List Trim the active event to current timecode Note N A Bookmark N A Still Enables positioning from the trackball of the selected still sizing and additional sizing from the wipe wheel in overlay mode List N A Note N A Bookmark N A Still Restores still position Trim the active event to the entered
151. n Select page when accessed from panel When selecting a page on the colour or image panel corresponding page on the processing window in the GUI will be selected if this control is enabled Select panel menu on window select When a processing window is put in focus in the GUI the corresponding processing menu is selected on the panels Select panel page on GUI changed When selecting a page in the GUI corresponding page on the top displays of the panels is selected Wheel Acceleration Navigation Determines the acceleration sensitivity of the Wipe wheel when used for navigation browsing Mode Keys Direct Store The mode keys Bookmark Notes Still with the exception of List can be used in two ways to activate Normal By pressing the mode key the operating mode will be changed accordingly and the corresponding window opened Using the Valhall key in combination with the mode key will store at next available position at Enables note operating mode and opens note Note window N St s Stores a note in next free position Note m B aN D NS Direct Store In this mode The Valhall key is used in combination the mode key to change mode while pressing the mode key will store at next available position hii Stores a note in next free position Z l i la Enables note operating mode and opens note ical window User Profile e 89 Media Keys 90 e User Profile Misc
152. n whereupon the areas in the picture affected by the chroma adaptation will remain coloured and the areas not affected will turn monochrome The adaptation includes a soft edge that will not be visible in the View mode Adjust Hue and or Width if necessary to isolate the colour further After selecting the colours using the chroma adaptation the operator may use the corresponding Chroma trim control to adjust the grain noise reduction for each selected colour Chroma trim allows for the boosting or cutting of both the spatial and temporal filter settings within the selected colout Pos Neg Profile The Pos Neg profile allows the user to select the amount of noise reduction both spatial and temporal applied to the highlights or lowlights within the picture This function is important when dealing with grainy images in positive or negative film stock Positive film will generally show more grain in the lowlights Negative film will generally show more noise in the highlights Select Pos or Neg mode on the Setup page Pos Neg Trim will adjust the noise reduction levels equally for all YUV RGB channels in highlights Neg or lowlights Pos The range of the luminance values affected by the Pos Neg trim can be set by two thresholds The Low threshold pos can be between 0 to 50 luminance and the High threshold neg between 50 and 100 luminance J A9 UOHONPEY SSION 9A9 UOJINP9SY ASION luminance level luminance l
153. n the adaptive mode and is used to tell which range of contrast settings the adaptation is allowed to work in The upper limit is normally set to the non adaptive contrast setting you normally use If both limits are set the same the result is exactly the same as using non adaptive contrast MDC The MDC Motion Detection Current determines whether to look at the previous and next field frame or the previous current and next field frame If set to On this mode ensures higher sensitivity and reduces artefacts down to a minimum For maximum filtering the control may be set to Off Edge Edge protection Sometimes when you have material with fine structures e g houses from a distance or a forest and there is a slight weave present you may see edges being mistakenly detected as scratches If you the tick the box Edge the built in edge detector will affect were ASC3 filters It will reduce filtering were it finds edges Edge should normally be On Adaptation The adaptation works on one channel only normally Y By e g setting R when only red scratches are visible the ASC3 will more precisely detect the dirt minimizing the risk of processing true picture content Temporal Adaptation When enabled excludes falsely detected dirt from processing by comparing with the previous frame s detected dirt within a sizable window The Temporal Adaptation is set up on the Setup page Motion Estimation When enabled the option
154. nables white hard clip at luma level 940 100 Chroma Enables chrominance hard clip at CbCr levels 64 960 RGB Limit N A DVNR Setup 101 102 o DVNR Setup Delay DYNR1000 422 BEES System Unity Help Media Video Delay Delay This feature enables the user to re time the total delay from the selected input to the selected output of the system by approx 2 lines in steps of 1 pixel The Output delay is stored separately for each Input Output and Genlock setting Right click on a slider to set default values Press Clear to return to factory defaults or Store to store any changes you have done Y C Adjusts the total delay through the system C Adjusts the chroma delay only System Store power up default Programs the DVNR so that it automatically starts up with the current settings Clear all Sets all processing options to defined unity Bypass all Sets all processing options to electronic bypass Unity The definable unity is used for every Clear key on the panels and Clear buttons in the GUI It is also used for the option to set all events to unity during an EDL import and the Return to unity option during Autoshot operation The definable unity is stored separately for each project and is inherited when creating new projects based on another project Read more on page 113 User s Manual DVNR1000 HD User s Manual Media D NR1000 HD MA ES System Unity Help
155. nails can be set in the menu View gt Thumbnail Size of the Still window Aspect When a new still is entered the thumbnail is given the aspect source setting as determined by the Media tab in the DVNR setup To change aspect source for a particular thumbnail right click and select Thumbnail gt source or aspect User s Manual User s Manual al E FH B Exporting to other Picture Formats Stills can be exported to JPEG TIFF BMF GIF and PNG picture formats Right click on the still to export and select Export from the pop up menu Importing from other Picture Formats Stills can be imported from JPEG TIFF BMF GIF and PNG picture formats Imported stills can be of any size and will be automatically be centred Right click on the still to import and select Import from the pop up menu This operation will keep the original timecode of the first still 1 available Alternatively select menu File gt Import to place the image at the first available free position Multiple images can be selected Using Overlays A still can be recalled as and placed on top of the live picture as an overlay or a Picture within a Picture Overlay Live picture To recall a still as an overlay press Valhall followed by Recall on the Image panel Right click and on the still and select Overlay recall from the pop up menu Positioning an Overlay To position a still recalled as an overlay first press th
156. ng a tape Set up the Recorder with a tape and the correct machine settings TC Internal gen TC Preset source etc Editing e 69 Editing 70 e Editing Starting a Crash Recording Press on Rec to begin a crash recording with timecode generated from 00 00 00 00 For a different start timecode set any valid timecode as IN for the device and then press on Rec on the Media panel Y Rec Ganging Occasionally the starting point of the recorder may not be the same as on the player In this case a relationship has to be set up between the machines Select VTR 1 typically and enter the reference point of the player press the Valhall key followed by the In key Select VTR 2 typically and enter the reference point of the recorder press the Valhall key followed by the In key Either manually enter the reference timecode in the Ref boxes of the Edit dialogue or press the Ref button when the VTR is located at the reference point Read more on how to use the timecode edit box on page 9 Ganging information is stored and recalled in the project Selecting the Edit Mode Two editing modes are supported Assemble mode and Insert mode Assemble Mode New scenes are added to the end of existing recorded scenes Video audio channels and time codes are recorded at the same time Press and hold the Asmbl key on the Media panel to toggle between Assemble and Insert mode N A E Asmbl Va N Click in the As
157. ng and dragging using the left mouse trackball button If you click and drag on an area that is already selected it becomes deselected When you have finished selecting areas press the right mouse trackball button M Note It is important to select a key area that is just large enough to cover all picture areas that contain the scratch during a scene Autotrack The Autotrack feature automatically moves or deselects selected areas if a scratch moves or disappears Autotrack is useful only in a few situations It should normally bet set to Off Off No action Deactivate This function deselects areas where no scratches are detected This is useful for deselecting areas when a scratch disappears e g after a scene change If a new object that the scratch detector may mistake for a scratch appears in the same position later it is not processed since the area is not selected anymore Widen Widens the selected area if a scratch tends to move out of the selected area Follow Moves selected areas letting them follow a moving scratch In most cases however setting Autotrack to Off and manually selecting areas that are wide enough for the scratch movement is good enough Miscellaneous Controls Slope At Slope setting 0 the horizontal median filtering cuts in and out directly Higher settings of Slope cause the filtering to gradually increase and decrease around edges of the detected scratch This removes some of the ringing w
158. nn rn rr rr 179 21 CD COLOUR DESATURATI N cocccoooococccccccccccncnnnananannncnnnnnnnnnanananannennnnennnns 181 About Colour Desaturation clio Gene rrea Aa a a Doaa paaa EAn EE EEn anarian cuss Etar aaae 181 COMA e AE E A A denuvusdvedueentiensevvaste 181 Panel ControlScan e a a e a a a a ae aeeactaat 182 22 AC APERTURE CORRECTION cocoooncccccccccccccccnnononnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 183 About Aperture Correction iii rre 183 CONIO S wich ce eh ee eae cates Seca Si A aa aaa 183 23 AAC ADVANCED APERTURE CORRECTION ccccccssesssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 185 xii e Contents User s Manual About Advanced Aperture Correction ccccccesseeecee cess eee eneeeeeneeceeeee sen eeanenseeeeeeseseeeeneeeeaees 185 A Fe hk ec acec attendee hae E E Ut styed 186 Adaptations ss seee easan tia aan aeea e beei eaaa Tea tats at odia 187 ZOOM A 189 About ZOM licor seuss AAE NAKKAV KN es ELS ENEKE TANN NAANTALA 189 COMAS E E EE T T T E E evusaossentiensevvasts 190 PFOCCSSING airada AE ATA sat 190 a ROOT 192 PAIN ie ole ene ion nan ae T nO or caras traer mkt 192 Panel Acceleration taco io cus need a a eatcame rines 193 Mattern Scie O 193 TO 193 PROSCUS icf seers ta stati be a ech Doc a ADE ines teddies E a a atea tanned ems E Ai Dai Ti ans 194 Setting the Presetias Uni caia tas 194 25 MISCELLANEOUS DVNR CONTROLS ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeees 195 Test Pattern iis cccsece cick Rect A E nbc tu ea neseuecel
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160. nt List Acme Commercial 00 02 10 13 DVNR User ALS BWA csi ae AGRA zoo AG ACP uel BLig Comment 34 ren amp A E a viv 00 02 08 00 MA al If you want to work e g with just colour grading and deal with the rest of the processing at a later point you can use the Single function This inhibits the programming of everything but the selected processing option Lb x HOUR MINUTE SECOND FRAMI First select the processing option from the menu selection on the Image panel and the press the Single key Y E Single LA List Management e 47 48 e List Management Right click on the option in the list and select Single from the pop up menu DYNR CSR ASC AGR ZOM AAC ACP CD AC Hold Lock Single Default dynamic curve gt Note As soon as any option is locked or unlocked using the Lock function as described below the Single function is disabled Lock Event List Acme Commercial xi fl DVNR scono ream CSR ASC AGR ZOO AAC El j Ad E viv 00 02 08 00 a A One or several processing lists can be locked to prevent accidental programming First select the processing option from the menu selection on the Image panel and the press the Lock key To lock all press All Lock Y E Lock Right click on the option in the list and sele
161. o film errors may occur in the video domain This is often due to incorrect white balancing or mix of colour temperatures during a shot Also cameras that are forced into extreme high and low lights may cause RGB imbalance a Chrominance Desaturation xi cD CD Help Chroma Desat high 83 0 High Low Knee Cutoff Knee Cutoff mm sul Y 1 103 7 89 5 5 5 6 4 Chroma Desat low 98 5 Clear Chroma Desaturation CD window User s Manual CD Colour Desaturation e 181 182 o Cutoff Sets the luminance level where minimum desaturation 0 is performed Knee Sets the luminance level where maximum desaturation according to desat level is performed The desaturation between the 100 threshold and the Desat threshold is a linear function Chroma Desat Sets the amount of Chrominance Desaturation to be performed between the following luminance levels Max White Super White to Desat Threshold High Max Black Super Black to Desat Threshold Low Clear Clears or sets the Colour Desaturation to its default values Panel controls Page 1 selects lowlight controls Page 2 selects highlight controls User s Manual 22 AC Aperture Correction About Aperture Correction Controls User s Manual After all processing the signal can be further enhanced by a two dimensional aperture corrector The aperture processor normally increases response to high frequency content in the signal
162. okmarks Still Wipe between still and live video Valhall Wipe wheel List N A Note N A Bookmark N A Still Position still horisontally Shift Wipe wheel List N A Note N A Bookmark N A Still Position still vertically Wipe key left List Zoom in Note Go to first note Bookmark Go to last note Still Toggle H V wipe Wipe key right List Zoom out Note Go to last note Bookmark Go to last bookmark Still Flip wipe Panel display commands 1 3 Page selection A Selects control of Main area Area Key area setup B Selects control of Key area Bypass Bypass of selected processing option Clear Clears shown settings for selected processing option Clear x Clears all settings for selected processing option 222 Appendix B User s Manual Bookmark Command Reference User s Manual The following list describes all Bookmark operations that can be performed from the control panels The checkmark Y indicates commands that only are available in Bookmark mode All other commands can be used at all times Bookmark Command Function mode only BookM Normal mode Open the Bookmark window and assign certain keys for Bookmark operations Direct store mode Insert Bookmark at current timecode BookM x Close the Bookmark window and return to List mode Y Valhall BookM Normal mode Insert Bookmark at current timecode Direct store mode Open the Bookmark window and assign certain keys for Bookmark operations Y Valhall
163. ol window is automatically opened when Valhall starts and stays on top of every other window It can be closed with the upper right button and opened again by accessing the top menu Window gt List control Functions are explained further on Gg A M Mark Next Prev Building a List The starting point for a tape to tape job is to build a decision list consisting of separate sections with different processing parameters For colour correction the list typically consists of events located at the scene changes or cuts When building the list either an edit decision list EDL or the built in scene change detector can be used to automatically generate events 30 e List Management User s Manual Building a list using Autoshot Select New in the List tab of the Project Manager Rewind the source tape to the start of the program to process Enable Autoshot Autoshot will build a list consisting of blank events with no parameters programmed When parameters are changed the changes in the present event will be the starting point in the successive event E g the change will be carried over to next events When the tape has played through the whole program rewind the tape a Tip In the User Profile Autoshot can be made to automatically turn off in order not to create any false events when the tape is played back before the last event This function is called Autoshot Disable inside list Make sure that Set On
164. on page 17 Help System You can for most dialogues call up help by pressing lt f1 gt on the keyboard when they ate in focus The Help System can also be started from the menu Help gt Contents Tip If a window can be opened from a key on one of the control panels it usually can be closed from the same key by a press and hold operation How to use the timecode edit box 00 00 00 00 The timecode edit box normally appears as shown in the picture above Entering timecode with digits When selecting the edit box the cursor appears on the right side To delete the entire content in the edit box press lt Del gt A new timecode can be entered using the numeric keypad Separators are inserted automatically and the timecode is always right aligned with the two rightmost digits indicating frame count By pressing lt backspace gt the rightmost digit is deleted and can be retyped Pressing the lt gt comma key or the lt gt period key inserts a double zero 00 into the timecode edit box Both characters are used because most keyboards have the dot or comma located next to the lt 0 gt zero key on the numeric keypad Trimming timecode The up and down arrows on the keyboard increase or decrease the timecode by one frame If lt Shift gt is held down the timecode will increase or decrease by seconds and if lt Ctrl gt is held while using the arrow keys minutes can be added or subtracted Both lt Shift gt and
165. on will only be active if the corresponding checkbox is ticked If not the ASC3 works in Global mode filtering the whole picture or a key area with the same fixed filter as selected Motion Set 0 to start with This is NOT equal to no filtering It is equal to maximum motion sensitivity If you think there is not enough filtering in moving parts of the picture then increase Motion in steps Motion set to 100 no motion adaptation at all Contrast The Contrast threshold can be set independent for black and white dirt Set lower if you have very low contrast white spots on light background ot black spots on dark background Lower if the luminance difference between the spots and the background is less or set Contrast to a low value set Contrast to a high value aa Checkbox Black is to be selected if there are black spots to be removed and White checkbox should be ticked if there are white spots to be removed Both can be ticked at the same time If neither is ticked ASC3 will not filter at all 134 e ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual Adaptive contrast The contrast can be set to be adaptive This means that the algorithm itself determines on a pixel by pixel basis which contrast setting is needed When enabled the contrast controls are changed to give more or less effect of the adaptive contrast Contrast Adaptation limits The contrast adaptation limits control only works i
166. ote If Recall on scroll in the List section of the User Profile has been enabled the list cursor is moved and the parameters are recalled when using the arrow keys only If the Valhall key is kept pressed the parameters are not being recalled while scrolling While the Event list is in focus use the up and down keys to step up or down To move the list cursor a number of events at the time use the page up or page down key Jump to Event Number Enter the event no on the numerical keypad and then press the Event key If the Event key is kept pressed the source machine is also placed at the entered event NS n Va N NS n Va N NS n Va N Ny Y Event Va N To e g go three events forward enter 3 followed by the Event key Jump to the First Event Enter 0 or 1 on the numerical keypad of the Media panel and then press the Event key on the Image panel N A N A 0 Event Va N Va N While the Event list is in focus press Home on the keyboard Jump to the Last Event Enter a number on the numerical keypad of the Media panel that is larger than the last event number e g 9999 and then press the Event key on the Image panel SS Y 9 LA Ny Y 9 LA S lt 9 LA N Y 9 Va N pS E Event Va N Y While the Event list is in focus press End on the keyboard Return to Machine
167. other systems the bypass function does not affect the video delay through the DVNR gt g g Bypass All A bypass of all processing options can be done using the Byp All key on the Image panel az N Y E Byp All i Click on the BYP field in the status bar or double click in the background Definable Unity The definable unity is used for every Clear key on the panels and Clear buttons in the GUI It is also used for the option to set all events to unity during an EDL import and the Return to unity option during Autoshot operation The definable unity is stored separately for each project and is inherited when creating new projects based on another project User s Manual DVNR Processing e 113 114 e DVNR Processing Recalling and Storing To recall unity press 0 and then the Note key N A N A E 0 Note Va aN E N To store unity press 0 and the press and hold the Note key To recall unity go to the DVNR setup select menu Unity gt Recall To store unity select menu Unity gt Store Factory Default To load factory defaults go to the DVNR setup select menu Unity gt Factory Default To store the factory default as unity select menu Unity gt Store Setting Unity for a Single Processing Option In addition it is possible to Recall Store and Restore unity for a single processing option in the same manner as provided in the DVNR setup The unity selection is found in the
168. our Processor 2 0 xi ACP Help V Primary Base JW Primary Layer 1 IV Primary Layer2 m Secondary Dutput Setup User Processing Area r Vector 1 2 3 4 5 6 mmm OO OOO Analyser Processor V Link Vector View Hue Sat Lum Hue Sat Lum Analyser Processor Linked to Analyser B ae 5 5 siiET ET ET IN A N ae T E520 U 100 0 U 100 0 0 0 100 0 100 0 W 36 6 L 0 0 L 0 0 5 5 S 3 S 3 I Additive Sat m Eye dropper l i I Additive Lum a 2 Sample size 5 E Invert Hit Filter 1 I ViewHt 7 Al Clear Processor Y Use Area Clear this Vector Clear all Vectors 166 e ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor The Secondary Colour Corrector is divided into two parts The Analyzer and the Processor With the Analyzer you search for a colour to change and with the Processor you change it Click on the ACP button at the top of the workspace or select ACP from the Image panel to access the ACP controls To access secondary controls from the control panel press the B key by the display Analyzer The Analyzer is the part of the Secondary that detects colours in the picture for the Processor to work with It has 6 independent vectors to work with Vector select Click one of the six coloured buttons to select the vector you want to work with The vectors default to magenta red yellow green cyan and blue The colour of the button wi
169. ous DVNR controls User s Manual 26 Image Panel About the Image Panel u f o gt The Image panel handles the list management of the Valhall system as well as controlling Noise Reduction Scratch Concealment and other options except Colour Correction operations requiring trackballs User s Manual Image Panel e 197 Controls Display Key Area setup A Main gt El p 2 il ll S TD ED RD Page IS selection 3 BiKey Menu selection PERIDOT Wipe keys Up Down keys Mode selction Valhall ky List operation O00000 p O Wipe i wheel ha Hold E Sus Page selection N AN AN AN 1 F1 F2 F3 F4 A Programmable Seni Se M1 M2 M3 M Function keys 5 o O O Trackball r ta me keys wv Se I Integrated Trackball 198 e Image Panel See Appendix A Panel Keyboard Reference for detailed information on available keyboard commands Keys Most keys have a built in LED that shows the status The
170. pen Primary List window and assign certain keys for List operations List x Close Primary List window Valhall List Open Secondary List window Valhall List x Close Secondary List window Appendix B e 215 216 e Appendix B Command Function Note Note x Valhall Note Valhall Note x Shift Note Note Note x Still Still x Valhall Still Valhall Still x Still Still x BookM BookM x Valhall BookM Valhall BookM x BookM BookM TC BookM x TC BookM x Select Select x 4 Select All Select All Select x Valhall Select Normal mode Open Note window and assign certain keys for Note operations Direct store mode Store Note at next available position Close Note window and return to List mode Normal mode Store Note at next available position Direct store mode Open Note window and assign certain keys for Note operations Close Note window and return to List mode Switch between Note sets Recall Note no Save Note no Normal mode Open Still window and assign certain keys for Still store operations Direct store mode Grab a still and save it at the next free location Close Still window and return to List mode Normal mode Gtab a still and save it at the next free location Direct store mode Open Still window and assign certain keys for Still store operations Close Still window and return to List mode Recall Still from position no Save Still at
171. ppendix A Panel Keyboard Reference for information on available keyboard commands Keys Most keys have a built in LED that shows the status The brightness can be set in the User Profile window under the Panels page see page 88 Display The display normally shows the current position timecode and status of the VTRs The brightness of the display can be changed under Panels in the User Profile see page 88 User s Manual User s Manual Menu show hide The keys around the display provide additional functionality for machine control and editing To show the top menu press the Media panel menu key as shown below 000 TRI 8 61 25 62 VTR2 6 25 25 62 QTRS 01 00 67 14 VTR4 G1 86 87 12 Sus The display will now reveal the top menu This menu view can be left on the display as it will not interfere with other functionality DADO Edit Cue TRI 6 61 25 62 VTR2 6 25 25 62 VTRS 1 66 87 11 VTR4 G1 86 87 12 CRETA To exit and go back to the original state from any menu level press the menu key again Tip The menu items e g Edit Cue can be accessed directly from the top level without pressing the menu key first Numerical Keypad The numerical keypad is mainly used to enter numbers or timecode for specific operation Normally the number timecode is entered before applying the operation thus reducing the number of keystrokes Absolute and Relative Entries Both absolut
172. pressed and drag the item to the desired destination Deleting Select the Project or list to delete and the click on the Delete button at the top of the project manager Renaming Click twice on the name of the project or list not a double click to rename Project Management e 25 26 e Project Management User s Manual 6 List Management About the List Management When a change of processing parameters has to be done frame accurately list management has to be involved Valhall gives the option to use both a vertical compressed event list and a horizontal timeline Valhall Premium only Note List operations from the control panels Valhall Premium only can only be performed as long as the List key on the Image panel is lit Event list User s Manual Event List Acme Commercial i Lb k DYNR User 7 00 02 10 13 ALS BWF CSR ASC AGR ZOOM AAC ACP CD BLK Comment XAO VO vi VO A A vr viv v v 00 02 06 17 IF LAH vivi v viv wivi v vi 00 02 03 00 H 4 l AE 00 02 09 07 Ei sE ab 00 02 10 16 41 6 tj SAG 00 02 12 05 H E LA 00 02 13 03 IF Event List You can open or put the timeline on top by pressing the List key on the Image panel Press and hold to close If the Event List is selected as the secondary list you must use the Valhall List keys
173. problems in real time The modular approach to the DVNR image processor offers many important advantages Besides the most obvious advantage is the possibility to tailor the configuration to your requirements thus avoiding unmotivated financial investments Valhall is a cutting edge control system for image processing which moves us to the forefront of the industry We like to view Valhall as the heart of your work a complete and comprehensive control system for tape and disk based image processing The compact and customised new Valhall offers great economy in addition to several user friendly advantages in function and design The modular system allows you to add on more functionality as your needs change and grow Valhall is the only control system that accesses the full potential of Digital Vision DVNR Image Processing tools Overview e 1 2 e Overview User s Manual 2 Getting Started About this Manual User s Manual This manual describes how to operate the DVNR500 and DVNR1000 from the Valhall control system Operations that can be performed both from the Graphical User Interface GUD and from the panels Premium only will be indicated by the two following symbols Panels RR GUI Panel Key Operations Panel operations are clarified in the manual as follows Press Ny 4 E 1 List VA N Press and Hold E List Va A Press and Hold is explained further on in this section Numeri
174. pt for anamorphic 16 9 sources Process Format The internal process format typically follows the input format as selected on the Video input page of the DVNR1000 HD RGB setup but can be forced to YUV or RGB User s Manual User s Manual Video Input DYNR1000 HD RGB ME System Unity Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay r Format r Fieldrate C SD 480i fC 23 98 Hz C SD 576i 24 00 Hz C HD 10801 C 25 00 Hz HD 1080P C 29 97 Hz C HD 1080PsF C 30 00 Hz Feb Mono m Chroma Format r Sync source C YUV 4 2 2 C Auto C YUY 4 4 4 External reference RGB 4 4 4 Input C Internal Video Gain vY p fimo x C i 1000 2 Format Sets the line format on the input 8 bit The input is normally 10 bit but can be set to 8 bit with this control Fieldrate Sets the input frequency Chroma Format Sets the input chroma format and typically adapts the internal processing to the same format Sync source Auto N A External Ref Locks the Frame Store Synchroniser to the B amp B signal fed to the Genlock input Input Locks the Frame Store Synchroniser to the input signal Internal Locks to internal oscillator on the input board No external signal is needed Video Gain Separately controls luminance and chrominance gain with a range of 0 to 200 of the input signal Right click on a slider to set default values DVNR Setup 109 110 e DVNR Setup Video Out
175. put DYNR1000 HD RGB ME System Unity Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay gt Format Chroma Format Auto fs Auto 1080P C YUV 422 C 1080PsF C YUV 4 4 4 c Are T Sbit RGB 4 4 4 m Clip Vy Lower 64 Upper 940 MC Lower 64 Upper 960 Y RGB Lower 64 Upper 960 Mono Analogue HD monitor C YUY RGB Format For some input configurations it is possible to do a conversion to another format In this case you will be able to select an output format When set to Auto the output format is identical to the selected input format 8 bit The output is normally 10 bit but can be set to 8 bit with this control Chroma Format Normally set to Auto where the output chroma format is identical to the selected input chroma format Clip Y Enables adjustable luminance hard clips When enabled typically set to 64 0 and 940 100 C Enables adjustable chrominance hard clips at CbCr levels When enabled typically set to 64 and 960 RGB Enables adjustable lower and upper RGB clips for legal RGB colour space When enabled typically set to 64 and 960 Mono When enabled sets video output to monochrome Analogue HD monitor For HD operation an analogue output is available which can be set to YUV or RGB User s Manual User s Manual Setup DYNR1000 HD RGB BEES System Unity Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay gt
176. r De blotch Filter Type Filter Size Copy Next U In addition to the filter selected on the Processing tab a separate Max filter can be enabled This is very useful when you have material with small dirt and some occasional bigger stains Normally when detecting big stains the adaptive filter sizing chooses the biggest possible size for the normal filter type selected When the Max filter is enabled the normal filter used for the adaptive filter sizing takes care of the small dirt but when reaching the upper size limit automatically switches over to another filter determined by the user typically a larger temporal filter The Max filter can also be set to bypass leaving big stains unprocessed to be processed later by the de blotcher or 34 party software ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment e 139 Setup Expert Mode ASC Help Processing De blotch Key Max Filter Setup Preferences Channel A Main C B Key I Linked rA Main Motion Width 30 MDC Scale Edge Offset 45 Edge Scale r Temporal Adaption Strength 80 Trim Size rm Hit Growth A B Se C Absolute cael Relative Hit Growth De blotch TAT Me T Absolute Strength Relative r Scene Cut Processing Split r Processing Mode Inside Scene Fite Pee C Across Scene Bypass J Vertical yuv Clear Most of the controls on the Setup or Expe
177. r Q Loop out Ethernet 2 L SDVNR Video in SD Sync in a HD Sync in a Capture Card LTC in a O A A Syncro Port 1 Ethernet UTP RJ45 Male Male Panel Port 2 Interconnect cable Spare Port 3 penes AE i apa pare ol 000000 900000 Q Ethernet Card O 4 port 0000 0000 Ethernet UTP RJ45 Male Male Local Port 1 00000 o o o g MD of oo0o0 Se 2 26 oe o o00 L House Network Ethernet Card 1 port Media Image Colour The Valhall system consists of Valhall System Controller A Windows based platform running the Valhall application with plug in based software architecture Valhall Syncro A 1RU box that connects to the DVNR Image Processing workstation VTRs and or DDRs Valhall Image An optional control panel for List management and Image Processing included in the Premium packages Valhall Media An optional editing and machine control panel included in the Premium packages Valhall Colour An optional dedicated colour grading panel included in the Premium Colour package 4 e Getting Started User s Manual Panels User s Manual NY Valhall key This section describes some basics on panel operation necessary for the continued reading of this manual Read more on panel functionality starting from page 196 Press and Hold
178. r s Manual Setup Mix Level The Mix Level affects the opacity of the Vignette colour 0 is the same as fully transparent and 100 full Vignette colour Invert Normally the Vignette colour is only applied inside or outside the Vignette area leaving one part of the picture unaffected The Invert control enables full Vignette colour opaque inside or outside the Vignette area while the other part of the picture can be affected with the specified HSL The HSL group of control amount Mix Level of Vignette colour s consists of Hue 180 to 180 degrees Saturation 0 to 400 and Luminance 0 to 200 controls Clips Additional separate Upper and Lower RGB clips are available 0 and 100 corresponds to analogue min black and max white levels Note If lower RGB clips are enabled and adjusted to higher values hi levels of RGB could be affected in order to preserve Hue Advanced Colour Processor 2 0 ACP Help Setup i M Primary Base JV Primary Layer 1 MV Primary Layer 2 Y Secondary Output Setup User m Primary Setup Proc BGG gt Curves Order C Cuves gt BGG Input a E Hue Sat Lightness Preserving Clio Mode Luma Preserving l Legal RGB Layer TT HiY TU HIC Clip Bio Bee 353 53 C aj Fr r r B G G gt Curves C B G G gt Curves Curves gt B G G Curves gt B G Input input Base Layer C Base Layer C Layer1 G Lightness Preserving
179. rame Fwd Rew functions also available in the VTR group can be used by machines supporting 1 frame cue ups A higher speed and shorter time gives quick field frame stepping but is less accurate A lower speed and longer time is more accurate but less quick 22 e System Configuration User s Manual 5 Project Management General Project System Configuration Lists Notes Quick notes Stills DVNR set up DVNR VTR 1 4 VTR 1 4 type Configuration Configuration Master System type Alias Baud rate Edit delay No of systems Offset Installed options Audio config System trim TC Source Autoshot trim Playspeed filter Film 24 phase Preroll List trim Postroll Thumbnail trim List trim TC query A project is like a folder containing lists notes DVNR settings etc Projects can be personal or shared with other users User s Manual Project Management e 23 Project Browser View Help User Shared la Allegro default hd DVNR1000 HD 24 00 1 Created Fri Aug 30 2002 07 35 AM Modified Fri Aug 30 2002 07 35 AM O Avanti default hd DVNR1000 HD 24 00 1 Created Fri Aug 23 2002 04 58 PM Modified Fri Aug 23 2002 04 58 PM default 0 DVNR1000 HD 59 94 8 Created Fri Aug 30 2002 07 32 AM Modified Fri Aug 30 2002 07 32 AM Cancel The Project Browser is used to open an exist
180. ration drum hihat Save drum snare em goodbye em hello em loading em thankyou em welcome fx basketball fx blip fx blip14 fx blip1b fx bliphi fx bonk fx cartrunk fx clickO8 fx click18b fx click33 fx clickhi hall Sound alerts can be attached to specific events like Autoshot prompts etc Only applicable if speakers are connected Note Sound files provided by Digital Vision may not be used in any other application than Valhall Adding sounds Own sound files in wav format can be added in the directory c program filesl Digital Vision Valhall sound files User Profile e 97 98 e User Profile User s Manual 13 DVNR Setup General User s Manual The following is a detailed description of the DVNR Setup window and its controls Please check that proper input output field rate etc is set correctly before starting the work by clicking on OK The DVNR Setup window may look slightly different depending on which image processing device is controlled Note DVNR Setup settings are stored on a project basis and are not programmable in the list with the exception of origin and field dominance which ate stored in both the project and in the list DVNR Setup 99 DVNR1000 422 100 o DVNR Setup Media DYNR1000 422 MA ES System Unity Help Media Video Delay Origin z Field dominance Field 1 Ni Source Full Frame Ni Aspect 4 3 hi Origin Select if input is Film frame based
181. ribes all Still store optional operations that can be performed from the control panels The checkmark Y indicates commands that only are available in Still mode All other commands can be used at all times Still mode Command Function only Still Normal mode Open Still window and assign certain keys for Still store operations Direct store mode Grab a still and save it at the next free location Still x Close Still window and return to List mode Y Valhall Still Normal mode Gtab a still and save it at the next free location Direct store mode Open Still window and assign certain keys for Still store operations Y Valhall Still x Close Still window and return to List mode H Still Recall Still from position no H Still x Save Still at position no Y Delete Delete selected still Y Delete Delete still no Y Delete Delete still at current position entered offset v Delete Delete a range of stills Y All Delete Delete all stills Y Enter Save still at selected position Y H Enter Save still at position no Y Enter Save still at current position entered offset Y Recall Recall selected still Y H Recall Recall still no Appendix B e 225 226 Appendix B Still mode Command Function only Y HH Recall Recall still from current position entered offset Y Valhall Recall Recall selected still as an overlay Y H Valhall Recall Recall still no as an overlay Y t Valhall Recall Recall still fro
182. rom the numeric keyboard see Entering Timecode from Keyboard and press Cue Cue L N Search Dial To support the normal jog and shuttle operation of a VTR or another machine there is a Search dial mounted in the panel To toggle jog and shuttle mode push the dial or press the Jog key Acceleration levels can be set separately for Jog and Shuttle on the VIR page of the User Profile see page86 Tip Changing jog shuttle mode by pushing the dial can be inhibited by enabling the control Disable change of Jog Shuttle from dial on the VTR page in the User Profile User s Manual 28 Colour Panel About the Colour Panel The Colour control panel is dedicated for Colour Grading with programmable function keys within easy reach from the large and comfortable trackballs User s Manual Colour Panel e 207 Controls Display De E EE Page Tar a selection Key Area setup A Main lt Bey tention Keys Function keys O O O f as a Ring Keys Some keys have a built in LED that shows the status enabled or disabled The brightness of these LEDs can be set in the User Profile window under the Panels page see page 88 Knobs Each knob has a built in push button switch which is mostly used for clearing the parameter corresponding to t
183. rovides a thumbnail view of the notes which makes it easier to remember notes without the need for a comment List or thumbnail view can be selected in the view menu A complete list of available panel commands for note operation can be found in the Note Command Reference page 224 Notes e 59 Operation 60 e Notes TaN First press the Valhall key followed by the Note key use the wipe wheel or up down arrows to position the cursor Press Enter to store a note Recall to recall a note and Delete to delete a note Right click on a note and a pop up menu will appear from which enter recall or deletion of the selected note can be done Note Options parameters locked in the list are normally not recalled from a Note When in Notes mode Press All Recall on the Image panel to recall all option parameters independently of options locked in the list N 4 E All Recall LAS LAS Switching Sets of Notes To switch between the different sets of notes press Shift Note on the Image panel gt 4 gt 4 E E Shift Note Pa A Va SJ Tip Access to Project Notes 1 6 95 100 is available for the programmable function keys These are found in the Notes group Notes by Number Without using the Notes window Enter the notes number from the numerical keypad on the Media panel press and hold the Note key on the Image panel to store press shortly to recall Using the Notes window First ensure
184. rrection ACP Advanced Colour Processor AGR IV Advanced Grain Reducer IV ALS Anti aliasing DANA Adaptive Noise Reduction ASC I Scratch Concealment II ASCl Scratch Concealment Il BWF Brickwall Filter CD Chrominance Desaturation CSR Continuous Scratch Remover ZOM Zoom ZOOM Horisontal amp Vertical Zoom lt 4 K lt lt m Timing System trim jo E frames Autoshot trim ps E fields Film 24 Phase trim hz B List trim fo E fields Thumbnail trim fo frames Cancel The DVNR configuration determines the type of DVNR SD HD options that are installed and timing Several configurations can be stored This enables a quick changeover to another DVNR unit with a different configuration Specific DVNR input output settings found in the DVNR setup dialogue are stored separately in the project The DVNR configuration can be accessed from menu File gt Configurations gt DVNR System Configuration e 19 20 e System Configuration DYNR Configurations xi DYNA HD Hither select an available DVNR configuration and click on the Edit button or double click directly on the configuration or click on new to create a new configuration General System Selects the type of DVNR connected Baudrate The baudrate that the DVNR communicates with the Valhall control system Default baudrate is 230400 Number of systems Number of DVNR s
185. rt page are used to optimize the processing further These controls should only be used by experienced operators with a good understanding of the dirt amp scratch concealment process Motion Width Motion Width is used in combination with the Motion control on the Processing tab to define the motion adaptation behaviour When Motion Width is set to O the Motion setting will be used as a threshold discriminating between moving and non moving parts When set to a non zero value the classification will change gradually from no motion to full motion Motion Width then specifies the size of the transition region MDC Scale The higher the setting the more filtering less effect of the MDC algorithm Only active if the MDC control on the first page has been enabled Edge Offset The Edge offset is like a threshold determining when or how well defined the edges have to be before the Edge control has any effect The smaller the value the earlier the Edge control will have an effect Edge Scale Edge scale sets the sensitivity of the Edge control The higher the setting the more pronounced is the effect of the Edge control 140 e ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual Scene Cut Processing Inside Scene Process the frame before a cut only using the current and previous frame Process the frame after a cut only using the current and next frame Across Scene Ignore cuts use previous current
186. s that a larger area around the scratch will be processed Split Horisontal Demonstration mode where the upper half of the picture is processed while the lower part is left unprocessed for comparisons Vertical Demonstration mode where the left part of the picture is processed while the right part is left unprocessed for comparisons ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment e 141 Processing Mode The ASC3 processing can operate in either YUV or RGB mode This can be set independently of the operating mode for the adaptation logic see Processing Adaptation above Within a selected mode processing of individual channels can be disabled using the controls on the Processing tab Preferences ASC Help Processing De blotch Key Max Filter Setup Preferences Panel Acceleration Define Acceleration for parameter Motion y Trim 0 M Use Acceleration oo Slower Faster r Panel Assignment V Image Tl Colour Set 1 v r Presets New Light Medium Delete Heavy za Estra Heavy Store Recall View Mode Dir on Red Output y Panel Acceleration The panel acceleration sets the acceleration sensitivity of the ASC3 controls provided on the Image panels These settings are stored in the User Profile Panel Assignment Valhall Premium only Determines on which control panels the ASC3 controls are available The colour panel can also provide different sets of layouts
187. sari a ed et el cel a 61 Write Protection sti205 ais eediaed elie ii ined 61 Deleting All Notes rnense areia a oa i iia sve ded haces ions 61 Thumbnails segoii iiei a a E Reeth ens 61 ZO rata td A i oti ens 61 APO A AAA ee AA ieee ee 61 eE E OI EE ETE AT A A AT A T TT 62 vi e Contents User s Manual 9 STILE STORE isiin aa sce sies eae een 63 Gener l iii 63 OPS A E AE E T 64 Stills by Number e R fe AE ae A r 64 COMPA MG eea a a a A aa a a a ee a A A eer errr rer 64 WID eaan rt co coating e ato 65 Wipe Wheel sirios ti A a a dd ae aoe 65 ControliBari cirio rt dat art tv eee 65 POSIIONINY Eta tit A li es ea eee 65 SOME ONGI tia lt iden tele ied ent a debeis 65 Gue to Position ia Lista nra cess eccters ake dads ad dei 66 Adding a Comme 4 01 20 cere cents eves ase aed een edi a le eid eee 66 Write Protection 22022 a5 ti Ree tes here a tide teil eit eee ede dee 66 Deleting All StillSe 0 0 datada ea ee eee 66 PRUMDMAIS eo ina a perlite ts herald eerie te tele teeta adie eae ade eae 66 Mr asa teed ee ee OSE sree rast aa ied etry 66 ASD OCU O 66 Exporting to other Picture Formats 00 0 cccceeeseeeeeeeeene creer tenets nano nn nr cano rca r naar rra nr rra 67 Importing from other Picture Formats ooooonnnncccnnnncoccnnnnccncnnnoncn nn no nono cnn rro nn rro nr rn rr 67 USING OVAS ici tddi e 67 Positioning an OVER ee ee ees 67 SIZING AN OVerlaY eres it a eee eet 67 10 EDITING lt a asas 69 GOMO Mall aii ina Sheed E shin RA RA a
188. semble check box to in the Edit dialogue to edit in Assemble mode Note In Assemble mode recording continues for a certain distance beyond the edit out point in order to record control information for the next segment This means that pre recorded information beyond the edit Out point will be erased Please use the Insert mode if you wish to insert material onto a pre recorded tape User s Manual User s Manual Insert Mode A segment of new material is inserted onto the tape between two predetermined points Video audio channels and time code can be recorded separately or at the same time Select one or more of the Insert boxes Video A1 Audio channel 1 A2 Audio channel 2 TC Timecode to select the input signals Note In insert mode editing the recording tape must contain uninterrupted control information Selecting Edit mode Using the Media Panel Menu The Media panel provides a more extensive way of selecting Edit modes 1 Press the upper leftmost key to enable the main menu TRI VTR2 VTRS VTR4 2 Press the Edit key to enter Edit mode O O Edit Cue VTR 6 61 25 62 VTR2 00 25 25 0602 TRES 1 86 87 11 VTR4 G1 86 87 12 OO 3 Select Edit mode Video Audio TC ate the Insert modes OI Aen REF 66 86 88 65 IM A ae ace OUT AAA DUR a a Video Audio TC rarae Edits based on List selections Quick editing can be performed based on list
189. settings greater than 1 The preview mode can be enabled independently of the list and dynamics ZOM e 191 192 e ZOM Setup ZOM Help Processing Setup m Panel IV Image PER se y View Matte Palette Matte YUY m Panel Acceleration None Fast Position Aspect Blanking m Position Limits Min Max H Limit F 1920 1920 Set V Limit M 1080 1080 Set Clear r Presets Factory default Fullscreen New Delete Store Recall Panel Determines if the Image and or the Colour panel are to be used for controlling the ZOM The colour panel can also provide differents sets of layouts for the programmable function keys depending on selected option When Colour is selected the rings normally operating Primary Master controls are assigned to the ZOM according to the picture below Additionally the trackball backlight if enabled in the User Profile will turn yellow when the ZOM controls are enabled User s Manual User s Manual Vertical position NS KE Horizontal position Rings on the Colour panel when assigned to the ZOM Panel Acceleration The panel acceleration sets the acceleration sensitivity of the ZOM controls provided on the Image panel These settings are stored in the User Profile Matte In addition as described earlier the Blanking colour can be set with RGB or YUV values to provide other colours than black Clic
190. ssion by clicking on OK Read more about the DVNR setup on page 99 Saving Lists Lists can be saved in two different ways 1 Go to the top menu List and choose Save or Save as 2 From the Image panel press and hold the Save key Note It is recommended that the list be given a specific name instead of default by choosing Save as in the List menu Getting Started e 11 12 e Getting Started User s Manual 3 Machine Control General User s Manual 1 UNKNOWN Master Ed YTRA View Help 00 01 07 00 HOUR MINUTE SECOND FRAME stor 30 NDE 444 5 gt PP Valhall can control up to 4 VTRs or DDRs In addition to controlling them from the Media panel in the Premium package they can be controlled from both the GUI and from the keyboard if mapped under Keyboard in the User Profile dialogue You can define exactly how the Media panels tape transport controls will behave under Media keys in the User Profile dialogue see page 90 Tip VTR controls can be mapped on keyboard keys F5 F12 on the Keyboard page of the User Profile dialogue Note The machines must be set to use Sony VTR Protocol Cue to a specific Timecode Enter the timecode on the numerical keypad of the Media panel and then press the Cue key Y S Va N N Fa S Va N N Y f Va N Ny Y f LAN 4 co Cue Va N m Va N m Va N h LA h LA To e
191. st operation press the Redo key Py Y Redo Va N To undo the last list operation select Undo from the Edit menu of the Event list window or type Ctrl Z from the keyboard while the Event list or Timeline is in focus Alternatively click on the Undo button in the List Control bar May Undo To redo the last operation select Edit gt Redo or type Ctrl Y from the keyboard Alternatively click on the Redo button in the List Control bar C Redo User s Manual History window Action Lists affected Lk H Set 00 02 10 16 Van Options 8 Set 00 02 08 00 cD 8 set 00 02 13 03 ACP E Sett 00 02 10 16 ASC AGR ACP Set 00 02 08 00 AGR set 00 02 08 00 Asc The History window allows you to jump to any recent state of the list within the limit of undo levels during the session The latest list operation is found at the top of the window Click on an event in the history window to undo all entries done after this events above in the list To open the History window from the Image panel press Valhall Undo a AP Undo L N L N To close keep Valhall Undo pressed Undo pla LA To open the History window from the GUI select menu File gt View History from the Event list window Note When a list is closed the history is lost Working with individual Processing Lists User s Manual Single Eve
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193. t 52 Dyn key 42 230 e Index Dynamic 41 50 default curve 43 duration 43 extended information 43 non linear 42 s curve 42 start follows previous event 42 83 E Edge 135 140 offset 140 scale 140 Edge detection 188 Edit abort 73 box 9 controls 206 disable changes 87 execute 73 74 fail 74 lock 87 offset 75 points 22 preview 72 review 73 status 74 stop 73 Edit delay 22 75 Editing 8 69 EDL 31 107 112 113 export 50 import 31 50 107 112 113 EDL list 50 EE 15 Eject 15 Event active 28 29 align to film frames 82 all enter 32 clear 32 comment 28 40 cutrent 28 29 delete 35 first 37 force settings 32 frame 35 indicator 29 insert 34 jump 37 key 34 last 37 loop 34 mark 34 number 5 28 84 preview 34 program 32 recall 28 33 select 38 set 32 timecode 28 trim 45 Event list 8 scroll 83 scrollbar 38 Event List 27 34 84 Eye dropper 168 201 tolerance 176 User s Manual F Factory default 90 92 114 176 Field step 22 Field dominance 28 100 103 108 Field rate 6 101 104 109 Film 100 103 108 Film look 115 118 Find 40 Flare 134 Frame event 36 key 36 preview 36 step 22 Frame stote synchroniser 101 Frame Store Synchroniser 104 109 Freeze 122 126 136 auto clear 143 Function keys 200 209 G Gain 157 Gamma 157 lock 158 Ganging 70 Genlock 101 102 104 109 Global 147 Globa
194. t Eg Find what Jl T Find and select all Cancel Search and Select To select all events matching your search criteria enable Find and select all The list cursor will be placed at the first selected event Note Selections made prior to the Find and select all operation will be lost User s Manual Using Dynamics User s Manual Eo oo IA A Two consecutive dynamics Overlapping dynamics A dynamic is a transition in time between two sets of parameters typically colour gradings or pan and scan 1 2 3 4 time K _ gt Figure 1 Sequence in Decision list without dynamics 1 2 3 4 time Figure 2 Same sequence in Decision list but with dynamics The following is an example of how a dynamic can be programmed in the list figure 2 above shows the changes of a parameter e g gamma 1 This event is a normal cut parameters stored with Set 2 This is the In or start point of the 1st dynamic Unless the dynamic should start with other parameters than the previous event ensure that both the previous event and the start of the dynamic contain the same settings every time one of them is changed Note that this is not necessary when Dynamic start follow previous event has been set in the List section of the User Profile Read more below 3 Out point of the 1st dynamic Parameters stored with Set Dynamic This event will automatically become the in poin
195. t of next dynamic if any 4 Out point of 2nd Dynamic List Management e 41 Setting a Dynamic HA Define your In and out point with two programmed events On the second press the Dyn key on the Image panel YY Dyn LOA To remove a dynamic press and hold the Dyn Key A Dyn To enter a dynamic right click on the second event and select Dynamic W On from the menu or click on the Dyn button in the List Control bar E Dyn To remove a dynamic right click on the second event and select Dynamic Off from the menu or click on the Dyn button in the List Control bar dE Dyn Dynamic start follows previous event When changing settings in the event prior to the dynamic the settings in the start of the dynamic will always follow When changing settings at the dynamic start the icon will change to an arrow and the previous event will not match the dynamic start Note This is only available if Dynamic start follows previous event has been set in the List section of the User Profile Non linear Dynamics Non linear dynamics or s curves are also provided in addition to the normal linear dynamic EA The different dynamic curves can be accessed by repeatedly pressing the Dynamic key Blue line Linear start stop Green line Non linear start amp linear stop Cyan line Linear start amp non linear stop Red line Non linear start stop To change dynamic curve type from the GUI right clic
196. ter case addresses film originated material where traditional field based correction is unsuitable In addition provision for independent lift or reduction softening of detail in high and lowlights is possible as well as selection of actual detail size by adjustable frequency sweep Details may also be selected on basis of colour hue where the user selects a chrominance range to be corrected This unique function offers the possibility to correct such visibly sensitive areas like human skin but also to process mattes for better keying results AAC Advanced Aperture Correction e 185 Controls AAC SAC Help Processing Adaptation Filter type san EE 2 3 4 5 MHz Cutoff freq 2 5 MHz HAC 28 VAC 28 Clear All Advanced Aperture Correction AAC window Field Frame mode In the Frame mode all filtering in the AAC is done with the help of picture information from a frame consisting of two consecutive fields In Field mode picture information from one field only is used Field Frame mode is selected in the AAC menu Filter Type Selects one of the following filters Normal Normal Aperture Correction Diagonal More horizontal vertical than diagonal detail enhancement preferred setting Soft Softens the picture Extra Stronger and larger steps than Normal Highboost Boosts the signal above a selectable frequency Peak Cutoff First Peak then cut off at selectable frequency Peak Peak at selectable frequ
197. the Clear key the settings for the selected page will be cleared set to unity Press and Hold to clear all settings for the selected option x 4 Clear Vii RI User s Manual Appendix A Keyboard Shortcut Reference The following list describes all operations that can be performed from the keyboard Key Key2 means that Key1 is pressed before Key2 Command Function Event List Arrow up Go one event back Arrow down Go one event forward Del Delete current or selected event s Ctrl z Undo last list operation Ctrl y Redo last undone operation Ctrl a Select all events Ctrl i Unselect all events Ctrl r Recall settings from current event Ctrl f Find comment Ctrl t Trim Trim current or selected events s plus one frame Trim current or selected event s minus one frame F1 Help F2 Insert comment at selected event F3 Find next comment Ins Insert event at entered timecode Page Up Scroll one page back Page Down Scroll one page forward Home Place list cursor at first event User s Manual Appendix A e 211 Command Function End Ctrl ArrowUp Ctrlt ArrowDown Shift ArrowUp Shift ArrowDown Space Ctrl left click Shift left click Timeline Artow up Arrow down Del Ctrl z Ctrl y Ctrl a Ctrl 1 Ctrl r Ctrl t Ins Ctrl ArrowUp Ctrlt ArrowDown Shift ArrowUp Shift ArrowDown PageUp PageDown Home End Space Ctrl left click Sh
198. the Note key is active enter the notes number from the numerical keypad on the Media panel then press Enter to store a note Recall to recall a note or Delete to delete a note To perform an operation on e g the next note press or 1 followed by the operation Cue to Position in List To cue the source machine to the note s original position in the list ensure the note is selected and the press the Cue key on the Media panel N f Cue L N User s Manual a E Ei gt kl User s Manual Rightclick on the note and select Cue or press lt Ctrl Q gt on the keyboard Adding a Comment Ensure Note key is selected with up down arrows or wipe wheel go to the note press lt f2 gt on the keyboard enter text and press return Click at the bottom field of the note in thumbnail view or in the right field of the note in text view wait for cursor enter text and press return Write Protection To prevent accidental erase of specific notes right click on the note in the GUI and choose write protection Deleting All Notes While Note mode is enabled press the All key followed by the Delete key on the Image panel Ser N A E y Va N Va N Select menu Edit gt Delete all in the notes window Note As all other operations Delete All will be applied to the visible set of notes In addition a prompt will ask you to confirm this operation Yalhall A Are you sure you want to r
199. the ones in the previous event This feature can be enabled by checking the Dim Identical Settings control under the List layout page in the User Profile dialogue see page 84 Timeline Acme Commercial 3 xj D0 02 10 16 00 02 12 05 Timeline User s Manual You can open or put the timeline on top by pressing Valhall List on the Image panel Press and hold to close If the Timeline is selected as the primary list use the List key only The blue line indicates the position of the source machine current event while the red line represents the list cursor active event List Management e 29 ZEL The wipe wheel on the Image panel is normally used to browse the timeline while the buttons to the right and left of the wheel is used to zoom in and out of the timeline The larger left most scrollbar at the bottom is used to browse the W timeline The smaller right most scrollbar at the bottom is used to zoom in and out of the timeline A Note Clicking somewhere in the timeline will cue the source machine to the same location A Tip To change the list layout and amount of information shown go to the List dl layout page in the User Profile List Control bar xi o0 Mm r a Oo x won E dd DD M WH h tedo Dyn Dyn Bookm Prev Next Play Mark MarkSet Set Recall Frame Clear Delete Undo The list control window is primarily used when no control panels are available The contr
200. tical Scratch Removal e 151 152 e CSR Vertical Scratch Removal User s Manual 20 ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor About ACP Rect 6 Pri Pri Vignette s rimary rimary Analyzer wP Layer 1 Layer 2 6 09 Layer A Y S w y Data in Primary Secondary RGB Data out X X X fi gt Base Processor legalizer Viper Viper Vignette area 1 area 2 area Primary Secondary XR SN ACP is Digital Vision s third generation Colour Corrector aimed primarily for advanced tape to tape colour correction For the demanding jobs additional primary colour corrector layers with Viper keying provides a power boost The ACP together with the closely integrated Valhall control system has been developed together with some of the most experienced colourists in the business Primary Colour Corrector The internal signal processing of the primary colour corrector is structured around four channels one luminance path and three chrominance paths each one processed with the same bandwidth The ptimary can be configured for use of all 4 paths Y RGB or 3 paths RGB The use of Y RGB paths allow luminance gain and black changes to be made without affecting or needing to realign colour balance Inversely when grading colour the luminance level remains constant
201. timecode Trim the timecode of selected event s Opens the Parameter Trim aka Global Adjust dialogue List N A Note N A Bookmark N A Still Sets scale of still in percent Undo last list entry Open the History list Close the History list Redo last undone entry Quick save of the list Saves the list Mark and Set an one frame event Appendix B e 219 220 e Appendix B Command Function Valhall Frame Valhall Frame x Event Event x H Event H Event x Event Event x Valhall Event Valhall Event x All Event x Byp All Byp All x Valhall Byp All Valhall Byp All x Lock All Lock All Lock x Single Hold Hold x All Hold All Hold x Cue TC Cue TC Cue All Cue TC All Cue ETC All Cue lt blank gt VTR1 VTR4 All VTR1 VTR4 lt Fast Forward gt lt Fast Forward gt Preview current frame once Preview current frame in loop mode Positions the list cursor at the event where the VTR Disk is located Cue source machine to selected event Positions the list cursor at entered event no Cue up to entered event no Positions the list cursor at current event entered offset Cue up to the position of the list cursor entered offset Preview current event once Preview current event in loop mode Cue all machines to selected event Toggle Bypass for all processing Force Bypass all off Toggle Autoshot Force Autoshot off Locks se
202. tion Edge De blotch Freeze View Clear The de blotcher is a tool once only available in software applications By placing a cursor on the image the de blotcher removes bigger blotches Include from processing The de blotcher can also be used to protect objects from being processed Exclude from processing In Exclude mode the cursor will have a hyphen in the upper left corner 136 e ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual Bb Note The De blotcher requires timecode control Note The effects of the De blotcher while working on a still image can only be seen when in Freeze mode The de blotcher overrides A B channel processing Using the De blotcher Park the machine at the frame where the blotch is Click on the De blotch button in the ASC3 window or press a function key programmed with De blotch found in the DVNR group At this point the source machine does a pre roll the picture is frozen at the point where the De blotch was initialized and a frame event is created Operation using a normal mouse When the cursor appears click on the left mouse button to place de blotch cursor next one is available immediately To toggle between include and exclude keep the lt ctrl gt key of the keyboard pressed and click the left mouse button When finished placing click the right mouse button Operation using the Image panel trackball When the cursor appears cl
203. to timecode 00 00 02 21 Tip of the Day dialogue User Settings Determines how User settings should be saved when logging out always never or prompted GUI Settings Determines how GUI settings should be saved when logging out always never or prompted Tip You can always load or save the GUI from top menu User gt GUI Background intensity Sets the intensity of the background to match the selected Windows colour scheme User s Manual List User s Manual User profile Administrator xi Help Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound General List Listlayout WIR Edit Keyboard Panels MediaKeys r Set operation m Autoshot IV Enable IV Update on exit IV Set on exit IV Always T Return to unity I Disable inside list Filter 10 frames Thumbnail update IV Auto update IV Update on Enter IV Align events to film frames IV Force field 2 cue up Select as Primary list Event list Timeline I Recall on scroll Y Dynamic start follows previous event Disable scroll lock I Assign Wipe wheel to Event list IV Auto save list every 14 a minutes The List section determines the operation of the list Set operation Set changes only Normally all settings are programmed at each event By enabling Set changes only only the settings that have been changed will be programmed Update on exit Update on ex
204. trols User s Manual y ASC Scratch Concealment III xi ASC Help Processing De bioteh Key Max Filter Setup Preferences Channel A Main Bikey I Linked IV A Main m Processing Filter Type Y Adaptive Filler Size 0 Mixed 3 y Channel processing VY VU Iv Y IV Adaption Motion 30 MV MDC oaan IV Edge IV Black Contrast D Y lV Adaptive IV White Contrast a IV Adaptive m Adaptation Contrast Adaptation Limits a 5 30 voy x Cul X Cy J Temporal Adaptation V r De blotch Freeze View ASC3 window Clear Set Origin in the DVNR set up window to the correct mode Video if the material is shot with a video camera Film xx fps if it is shot with a film camera or if input is directly from a Telecine The film frame rate it was shot at has to be set too Note The ASC3 does not work as good if at all if these settings are not correct ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment e 131 Processing Scratch Concealment III xi ASC Help Processing De blotch Key Max Fiter Setup Preferences Channel A Main C B Key TF Linked Y A Main rm Processing Filter Type Y Adaptive Filter Size 0 Mixed 3 Me Channel processing M Y WU Iv Y Vv Adaption Motion 30 Y MDC IV Edge IV Black Contrast 0 m IV Adaptive Y White Contrast 0 IV Adaptive m Adaptation Contrast Adaptation Limits cy 5 30
205. trols determine if a cut or a boost of aperture correction is to be applied to the defined areas in black and or in white If the scrollbar is set to 0 the corresponding Cut Boost control has no effect Coring or edge detection A low setting will apply aperture correction on most edges while a high setting will restrict aperture correction to high intensity edges 188 e AAC Advanced Aperture Correction User s Manual 24 ZOM About ZOM The ZOM Zoom amp Aspect Ratio Converter providing high quality frame based filtering can be used in many different ways and applications E g Anamorphic processing Pan and scan prior to external down conversion Cut out of down filtered picture including Pan and scan provided by external equipment The ZOM is together with the Valhall Control System provides frame accurate control including high resolution dynamic changes of scaling and positioning User s Manual ZOM e 189 Controls ZOM ZOM Help Processing Setup Scale Pos Scale 1 404 10 0 Pos Po Tl Lock Aspect Blanking U Repos T Pa Blanking L y Blanking L 0 Blanking R 0 0 0 Repos D Link Blanking Filter H 0 T Preview Filter Y 0 TT View Matte Clear Sharp Soft ZOM window Processing HN Scale Separate Horizontal and Vertical scaling is provided between 0 33 and 2 0 The two controls can be locked with the Lock control to provide zoom funct
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207. u can personalise the operation of control panels and more To open this window click on the User Profile button at the top of the workspace or select menu User gt Profile Settings are automatically stored upon logout User profile Administrator xi Help Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound General List Listlayou VTR Edt Keyboard Panels MediaKeys User V Show Walhall startup at login r User settings GUI settings Save always Save always C Ask before save C Ask before save Don t save C Don t save Background intensity Dark Bright Show Valhall startup at login Determines whether the Valhall startup dialogue should be shown after login or not User Profile e 79 80 e User Profile b A The Valhall startup dialogue gives the operator the choice of directly open the recent project list or create a new project Yalhall xi Open recent project Dearest N Open recent list part 2 hd A Create a New Project Y Show this at Login Close Valhall startup dialogue Show Tip of the Day at login Determines whether the Tip of the Day dialogue should be shown after login or not Tip of the Day provides the operator with useful hints on the Valhall operation The dialogue can also be opened from top menu Help gt Tip of the Day Tip of the Day xi Leading zeros does not have to be typed in E g 2 21 corresponds
208. value to the luma level Additive Saturation Activate the Additive Saturation for colouring of areas with low saturation and where the resulting colour needs to be highly saturated Multiplicative to the left and Additive to the right incl slopes affecting a luma or chroma ramp Clear This Clears both Analyzer and Processor settings for the selected vector Clear all Clears Processor settings Hue Saturation and Luminance for all vectors and sets default values for the Analyzer Invert hit By selecting invert hit the selected colour is excluded from processing and the other parts of the picture are processed This can typically be used to make the whole picture monochrome turning down saturation to 0 with the exception of the selected colour Use area A key area can be enabled for each vector to further isolate the hit Read more in the Area section further on Link Normally the Processor follows the Analyser and the adjustments in the Processor will start from the original colour selected in the Analyser If Link is deselected it is possible to start with the colour that the original one should be turned in to Le setting the processor to the colour blue will cause an object to turn to blue when selected with the eye dropper To e g match colours of an object between two shots first set up an vector with the colour from the first shot e g using the eye dropper ACP 2 0 Advanced Colour Processor e 169
209. vuv y cu Os 4 5 I Temporal Adaptation Iv De blotch Freeze View Clear Channel selection The ASC3 provides dual channel processing inside outside a key defined by an area and or a chroma key read more in the Dual Channel Processing Key section If a key is not available only Channel A is available By selecting the Linked checkbox all changes applied to one channel will be applied to the other Tick the checkbox to activate processing Processing Filters Filter selection depends on your material The filters have been optimised for video and film separately 132 e ASC3 Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual Spatial All filters named Spat Spatial are filters working only within the current frame or field if video mode i e it has taps only in the current frame They are intended for very small spots RA All filters named Mix have taps in both the current frame and the frame previous to and following the current frame That is it has both spatial and temporal taps All these filters however have more taps in the current frame than in the previous and following frames together more spatial taps than temporal These filters are intended for normal spots Temporal Filters called Temporal have both spatial and temporal taps but more temporal than spatial This will enable the ASC3 to remove any size of spots These filters may need more care to not give unwanted artefacts T
210. wer 8 234 Index View hit 176 View mode 143 Vignette 172 colout 172 creating 178 layer 154 172 opacity 173 Viper 126 163 area key 163 VITC 22 75 VTR 19 32 86 alias 21 configuration 19 21 gangine 70 menu 15 protocol 13 set up 17 type 21 window 14 W White clip 101 105 Wipe center 65 Wipe keys 200 Wipe wheel 30 65 82 83 200 acceleration 65 89 97 assign 83 Wobble 147 Workspace 7 Y x clip 162 YRGB mode 156 YRGB mode 156 Z ZOM 189 presets 194 Zoom 8 30 190 User s Manual
211. without executing them keep the Valhall key on the Image panel pressed while accessing the function keys The programmed functions will be displayed on the Colour panel display Tip If you want to have quick notes on the Colour panel that do not change as other Quick notes depending on the selected option there are dedicated Colour Correction Quick notes for this purpose These programmable functions are found in the DVNR ACP group and are called Mem 1 6 Display As there is no panel print for the different functions parameter accessible from the knobs and buttons labels and values are shown on the display Activated functions will be shown as a box with the text inverted Colour Panel e 209 210 e Colour Panel The user can change the brightness of the display in the User Profile dialogue Processing Controls The controls surrounding the larger display are used for processing controls Page selection keys 1 3 are used when more controls are available than will fit on one page AN 4 3 y 4 Va N 2 ES NU ES The Area key can be pressed to access the Area key controls for certain processing options y 4 Area Vas SN When an Area is enabled keys A and B will switch between Main A and Key B processing controls E A EJ B Vas NK N The Bypass key is used to set the processing to electronic bypass Bypass When pressing
212. y View Thumbnail If enabled displays a thumbnail of one of the first frames of the event captured by the autoshot View Info When enabled the information field including timecodes bookmarks etc between the thumbnail and process lists is shown View Process lists When enabled the process lists containing information on when settings and dynamics has been programmed is shown Thumbnail Size Determines the displayed thumbnail size in the lists Thumbnails Gamma Sets the brightness of the displayed thumbnails not only for the event list and timeline but also for notes and still thumbnails User s Manual User Profile e 85 VTR Edit 86 e User Profile User profile Administrator xi Help Image Keys Colour Keys Contour Design Still Store Sound General List List layout VTR Edit Keyboard Panels MediaKeys Configuration Disable change of Jog Shuttle from dial Disable Jog control in play Acceleration Jog Shuttle Slow Fast Slow _j Fast m Edit IV Disable changes during edit The VTR Edit tab sets up some behaviours for the VTR controls and editing Configuration Show window when VTR is selected When selecting a VTR from the Media panel the corresponding window will pop up if this control is enabled Disable change of Jog Shuttle from dial When enabled jog shuttle mode cannot be changed by pushing the dial only the Jog key w
213. y key1 key2 Getting Started e 5 GUI This section will briefly describe the GUI of the Valhall application Toolbar Workspace Status bar Status bar VO On the lowest part of the screen is a status bar displaying various system settings error messages etc 1 we wana VS amp 11 12 6 e Getting Started Message box Shows different type of messages information warnings etc Progress bar Displays progress on time consuming operations and communications with Valhall Syncro User logged in Project name Standard HDTV SDTV Field rate Film Video origin Autoshot On Off click to toggle Bypass All On Off click to toggle Preview functions On Off Indicates if a preview function like split show hit or similar is activated in one or more DVNR processing options click to shut off Audio feedback On Off click to toggle Panel Operating mode List Notes Bookmarks Still User s Manual User s Manual Login Profile gt Project fa Lists Notes Book Toolbar At the top of the workspace a number of buttons are found They represent the different processing options Clicking on one of these buttons will open the corresponding window Keeping Shift pressed on the keyboard while clicking on the button will close the window Tip If a window for some reason is off screen it can be positioned in the upper left corner by pressing lt ctrl gt on the ke
214. yboard while clicking on the corresponding button at the top of the workspace Login The login dialogue automatically available when starting the Valhall prompts you to login using your profile The same dialogue is also used to logout and exit Read more on page 10 User Profile In the User Profile window you can personalise the list behaviour operation of control panels and more All settings are stored separately for each User and recalled upon login Read more on page 79 Projects A project is like a folder containing lists notes default settings etc Projects can be personal or shared with other users Read more on page 23 Lists A List keeps the programmed colour gradings etc Numerous lists can be stored within a project Read more on page 24 Notes Notes are used for temporary storage of processing parameters similar to Presets Read more on page 59 Bookmarks Bookmarks are used to mark parts in the material on the fly for later attention typically indicating large pieces of dirt needing special attention after a colour grading pass Read more on page 55 Getting Started e 7 8 e Getting Started 2 E DVNR Event Pe gt VTR1 Edit Still Store Valhall provides an optional integrated still reference store Still store operation is mainly performed from the Image panel Read more on page 55 DVNR Setup The DVNR setup is used to configure the DVNR Image Process
215. yout VTR Edit Keyboard Panels Media Keys m Brightness Display Indicators LEDs Dim Bright Dm 9 _ Bim m Press and Hold Delay Repeat rate Short Long Fast m Slow m Window control Wipe wheel acceleration Navigation Y Show window when menu is selected Low High J7 Hide window when menu is unselected IV Select window page when accessed from panel IV Select panel menu on window select Mode keys IV Select panel page on GUI changed le Direct store IV Enable trackball lights These controls affect the operation of the control panels Colour Image Media Only applicable for Valhall Premium Brightness Display Sets the brightness intensity of the displays to match room conditions Indicators LEDs Sets the brightness intensity of the key LEDs that are lit to show that the function is activated Press and Hold Delay Sets the minimum amount of time in order to active the delayed press and hold function of knobs and buttons Repeat rate Determines how fast commands are repeated when e g up and down keys are kept pressed Window Control Show when menu is selected When selected process window will appear when selected from the option selection menu on the Image panel User s Manual User s Manual Hide when menu is unselected If this item is selected the previously displayed process window is hidden when a new is selected from the option selectio
216. ystems cascaded Timing The parameters in the Timing section are used for trimming Autoshot and parameter execution timing System trim System trim can be adjusted in order to compensate for any external equipment adding extra delay between the player and the recorder Autoshot trim Adjusts the timing between the timecode source and the scene change detector in the DVNR Film 24 Phase trim Adjusts the 3 2 phase controlled from the list List trim Adjusts the timing between the timecode source and the parameters executed in the DVNR at an event Thumbnail trim If the thumbnails for some reasons are not correct adjust Thumbnail trim to grab the first frame of the scene User s Manual VTR Configuration User s Manual TR configuration HDCAM EI Help r General Type z Alias HOW 500 m Trim Edit delay E frames Offset 0 frames r Timecode Source Auto y Preroll 00 00 05 00 Playspeed fiter 20 H Pasto 00 00 03 00 r Timing List trim fo E fields TC Query F1 E Jogtm 2 CH Analogue Speed Time 4CH Digital Field 31 a 8CH Digital crane je po coca The VTR configuration can be accessed from menu File gt Configurations gt VTR TR Configurations xi New Delete Edit Close Hither select an available VTR configuration and click on the Edit button or double click directly on the configuration or click on new to cre

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