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1. 1 al N A E ear Y y E Ei N Y Programmable Media Transport keys a eee dial See Appendix 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 Display The display shows the current position timecode and status of the VTRs The brightness of the display can be changed under Panels in the User Profile User s Manual 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 absolute 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 Clear The Clear key C when pressed deletes the last entered digit To clear the whole entry press and hold TR Tip Leading zeros does not have to be typed in E g 2 21 corresponds to timecode 00 00 02 21 ye Tip To further reduce the number of keystrokes 1 or 1 can be entered just E by pressing or before performing the operation V
2. Slow Window control M Show window when menu is selected IV Enable trackball lights T Hide window when menu is unselected Select window page when accessed from panel T Select panel menu on window select Select panel page on GUI changed These controls affect the operation of the control panels Colour Image Media Only applicable for Valhall Premium Enable trackball lights If checked enables the trackball backlight on both Colour and Image control panels 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 User Profile e 39 Media Keys 40 e User Profile Window Control Show when menu is selected When selected process window will appear when selected from the option selection menu on the Image panel 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 selection Select page when accessed from panel When selecting a page on the colour or image panel corresponding page on the processing wi
3. gt 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 117 Controls Display QUO OOOO Page P d selection Key Area gt Area 3 setup L A Main BiKey Pak O O E AROSO mo o ae Wipe keys r N Sge Page Up Down selection keys A E F2 F3 F4 7 Programmable PRAN v M mz M3 Ma Function keys Mode REKO O Trata selction om we keys Valhall key List N 7 operation i Integrated Trackball 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 brightness can be set in the User Profile window under the Panels page Knobs Each knob has a built in push button switch which is mostly used for clearing the parameter corresponding to the
4. SA Ne E AQ ug O Se 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 area used In addition some indicators may appear dimmed to let you know that the settings are identical to the ones in the previous event This feature can be enabled by checking the Shadow Identical Settings control under the List layout page in the User Profile dialogue Time Line Timeline Acme Commercial a x 00 02 09 07 00 02 10 16 00 02 12 05 Timeline Z0 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 while the red line represents the list cursor A Note Clicking somewhere in the timeline will cue the source machine to the same location User s Manual List Management e 13 Building a List 14 e List Management Tip To change the list layout and amount of information shown go to the List layout page in the User Profile The starting point for a tape to tape job is to build a decision list consisting of separate sections with different processing paramet
5. Inserting an Event FER To insert a new event at the current source machine position press the Mark key on the Image panel Alternatively enter the timecode on the Media panel and then press the Mark key In addition when keeping the Mark key pressed the current settings are also programmed 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 FER Press the Frame key on the Image panel 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 Ae Tip To preview the effects of the stored settings press the Valhall key E 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 Updating Thumbnails EA To manually update a thumbnail press and hold the Enter key on the Image panel 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 16 e List Management User s Manual Once one or more selections have been done operat
6. m Of 7 F Show Hit IV View key C Attop At bottom 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 Click the CSR window A vertical stripe will appear in the video picture The stripe can be moved using the mouse trackball CSR Vertical Scratch Removal e 83 Select the area or areas in the video picture that contain unwanted vertical scratches by clicking 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 proce
7. 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 Setup System DVNR Timing VTR1 vTR 2 Alias Edit Type VTR TE M Master m Setup Edit delay Offset E frames frames Audio 2CH Analogue 4CH Digital 8CH Digital TC uto Playspeed filter pp The VTR tab sets up the default behaviour of the connected machine Alias The user definable alias is used to easily identify each machine Edit Type This is where you set up if the machine is a player or a recorder To exclude a machine when editing select Ignore Master Defines the master timecode source All offsets entered are relative to the master Setup 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 Audio Use this control to indicate the Audio capabilities of the machine since this is not automatically detected TC Normally set to Auto On some tapes however LTC may differ from VITC In this case select the timecode source that is correct System Setup e 115 Playspeed filter The playspeed filter is used to e g prevent false autoshots as the machine goes from stop to play 116 e System Setup User s Manual 25 Image Panel About the Image Panel y f o
8. Set Level to 15 in your key area you will get a copy and paste from next frame to current in real time On the first frame after the frame with the spot set another event and deselect Use Key to go back to using settings for Main Area for the whole picture ASC Il Advanced Scratch Concealment e 79 80 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual 17 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 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
9. User s Manual Device DVNR1000 422 HD DVNR500 Controller Valhall Date 26 March 2002 Software 1 0 By Digital Vision Part no DV TM063001 Head Office Digital Vision AB Upplagsvagen SE 117 43 Stockholm 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 UK Tel 44 1923 232 270 Fax 44 1923 232 520 e mail sales digitalvision co uk support digitalvision co uk 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 7 Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft IBM PC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation User s Manual Contents Dic ROMER VIEW na 1 ADOUT DVN ociosa ces peedeanes Sea seed ceived des Sececia cbecsunsancetaes E A loceavepederectecttsnevensiee 1 ADOUEV alla iat E E EEA cis 1 Zi GETTING STARTED ivissccats sacecasasccccaceccacsadaccaccetecccecacazesecetecesccatecanscadececcceisiatess 3 About this Manual car pipi pd Ep bainet 3 The Valhall system Aaa 3 A A I T E T E T 4 Press and Hold is o ae a a ADE ct Sag aga tal o a 4 Numerical Entry pares caretas A Miners
10. 115 Master hue 91 Master Lift 91 Master Saturation 91 MDC 75 Media 46 48 Modifier keys 4 41 120 Monochrome 47 50 111 MPEG mastering 57 MPEG1 55 58 N Noise FM threshold 67 Note comment 26 Notes 6 25 Numerical keypad 123 O Origin 46 Output delay 48 52 Output format 47 P Page selection 119 PAL Plus 107 Password 31 Pattern 111 Playspeed filter 116 Premium 3 4 11 press and hold 4 Press and hold 39 Preview 109 Processing Decision List 9 Profile 64 Project manager 5 8 Q Quick notes 26 R Re Blanking See Blanking Recall 12 16 Redo 19 Repeat rate 39 RGB 127 RGB Lift 91 RGB limit 47 RGB processing 62 S Saturation 91 Save 8 Scratch detector 82 Scratch width 83 Search 12 User s Manual Search dial 37 124 Select 17 all 15 Set changes only 34 Set on exit 34 Shuttle 37 124 Shuttle acceleration 37 Single 20 Skin tone 105 Soft 101 104 Sony EDL format 21 Sound 43 Spatial filter 63 Split 71 78 85 Status bar 5 Status Bar 85 Syncro 4 System setup 5 T Test pattern 111 Thumbnail 36 aspect 36 size 36 update 16 view 35 36 Timecode 12 entry 4 Timeline 6 13 23 Toolbar 5 Trackball 120 127 backlight 39 Transition 18 Transport controls 41 123 Trim 19 User s Manual U Undo 19 Unselect 17 User account 8 window 8 User management 31 User profile 33
11. Bypass All 53 Bypass list 135 User s Manual C CD 99 Chroma clip 47 50 Chroma delay 48 52 Chroma trim 64 Clip 47 50 CMX 21 Colour desaturation 99 Comment 12 18 26 Contrast 82 Copy 2 135 Coring 106 Coverage 83 CSR 81 area isolation 83 autotrack 84 Cue 9 Cue up 123 D Desaturation 100 DIS 107 Display 119 122 brightness 39 DVNR 1 113 setup 5 8 45 DVNR1000 3 DVNR1000 422 46 DVNR1000 HD 48 DVNR500 3 Dynamic 18 E Edge detection 106 Edit delay 115 Editing 6 27 EDL 14 import 14 EDL list 21 emulsion damages 67 74 Event indicator 13 insert 16 number 12 Event list 6 11 16 Eye dropper 94 120 Index e 137 F Field correlator 55 58 Field dominance 12 46 48 Field rate 46 49 Film 46 48 Find 18 Format preset 109 Frame key 16 Frame Store Synchroniser 49 Freeze 66 Function keys 120 127 G Gain 91 Gamma 89 91 Ganging 28 Genlock 47 49 Global 83 Grain size 62 GUI 33 119 H HAC 102 105 Help 7 History 20 Hold 21 Hue 91 HZOM 107 Input format 47 49 Insert 111 Insert mode 28 Internal oscillator 49 J Jog 37 124 Jog Acceleration 37 K Key repeat rate 39 Knob 118 126 L LED 39 118 122 126 Lift 91 Limit 47 List autosave 8 layout 12 save 8 List cursor 17 List layout 35 List trim 115 Lock 21 Login 5 7 Login button 8 138 e Index Mark 16 Master
12. Filter Type Sharp Sharp cut off Recommended setting X Sharp Very Sharp cut off FieldCorr You can say that the Field Correlator removes a field and recreates it by interpolating the remaining field Le simulating film look 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 ALS Anti Aliasing e 55 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 Start with a high value and lower until flicker is removed Recommended setting is around 70 56 e ALS Anti Aliasing User s Manual 13 BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation About the Brickwall Filter Controls User s Manual 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 re
13. system and take full advantage of the latest technology Such a policy is more an exception than a rule in our industry enforced by short product life cycles and high rates of technological development Digital Vision can demonstrate a user network with fully modern performance from systems purchased in 1989 We have had the same product since then just a few more upgrades We are proud to keep your investment 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 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 GUI The Valhall system User s Manual MTE player 75 Ohm BN
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15. Center Sets the centre point of the selected control Hue Sat Lum and vector Width 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 Slope Defines the slope soft edge of the selected control and vector Width The different slopes Narrow Medium and Wide Eye dropper Instead of setting the centre points manually you can use the Eye dropper button Click on it and a cursor will appear on the video 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 94 e ACP Viper User s Manual User s Manual van Cursor on video monitor when Eye dropper is selected 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 Processor The Processor is the part of Secondary that performs the changes of the picture content as follows Hue Changes 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 value to the luma level Additive Saturation Activate the Additive Saturation fo
16. E 113 DUNA 113 MVR A as 113 DUNA iii 114 MIMO A ada caries 114 MT ceuacuet cneeae cencccuessuccntenshiagersdacenetcecaecescucuereise 115 20 IMAGE PANEL o a r a cis 117 About the Image Pannel ccccssseeeseseeseeseceeeeeeeeeeeeeueeeeeeeuseeeeseaaeeeeseaseeeeeeeaseaeeeeaeeeeeeeaeseeeeeaeseenenees 117 Control iii 118 A cd e a i E ee dicted cee et Bete ML r a a e area batts 118 IKMODS tri do A Be lr ER E 118 Display cosa 119 Menu Selection hiri 119 Mode Selection idad 119 Up Down KEYS cerris enit nnise A E EE A ea 119 Wipe VATA A E A E E A EE 119 ES a a EEE E vegen birds calados adsidA 120 Programmable Function keys rr non cnnna cnn cnn anna cnn r ana rra rana rnnnnnr 120 Processing Contos suada ee aaae idad 120 Moder KEYS orn koina a ER ieee oi tae iaa 120 Trackball sarana n A A A E O a Reve eres 120 26 MEDIA PANEL said 121 About the Media P nek rarena ana A A A R A AA 121 Conio ii an 122 O 122 Display ao eA rA EE A TATE i ee en elias ee ae 122 Numerical K6ypad sas icc enn ten a bica datas ta eet iodide tel Seach bla ellen ao styl na dt eua aa 123 Nala Key stein ie erates dt entee acid 123 Programmable Media Transport controls cnn conan canon anar cnn rra 123 Edit Controls ratios 123 Search Dial ant 124 21 COLOUR PANEL cinta nta aii Pi 125 User s Manual Contents e ix Control A A E a S EE 126 KEYS ia iin SN eau elon asin avi eevee vast ER 126 KNODS a E mt So taht inden id 126 Trackball
17. Importing Exporting EDL Import EDL 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 The EDL import handles different Sony and CMX formats For availability of other formats please contact your distributor Export EDL 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 The EDL Export dialogue allows a number of different EDL formats CMX3600 CMX3400A CMX3400 CMX340 Grass Valley to be selected Note Since the PDL does not have out points the last out point in the EDL is by default set to 1 minute after the in point List Management e 21 22 e List Management User s Manual 5 Bookmarks General User s Manual x DX KW ld Timecode Comment 1 00 03 36 10 Large scratch 2 00 03 46 04 Dropout 3 00 03 59 14 4 00 04 03 04 5 00 04 03 17 Bookmarks are used to mark parts in the material on the fly for 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 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 th
18. Only makes an effect when thumbnail size has been set to small Shadow Identical Settings riv vivis joe ager ages aye ayy peo aye f cu fo age cu When enabled indicates parameters in programmed events that are identical to the previous event with dimmed arrows Timeline Valhall Premium only View Thumbnail If enabled displays a thumbnail of one of the first frames of the event captured by the autoshot View Info Removes the information field including timecodes bookmarks etc between the thumbnail and process lists when enabled View Process lists When enabled the process lists containing information on when settings and dynamics has been programmed is removed Thumbnail display Source Set the picture source format Aspect To display the correct aspect set to 4 3 except for anamorphic 16 9 sources Size Determines the displayed thumbnail size in the lists 36 e User Profile User s Manual VTR User s Manual User profile Administrator x List List layout YTR Keyboard Panel Media Keys Image Keys Colour Keys Sound events m Configuration IV Show window when YTR is selected Shuttle from dial m Acceleration Jog Shuttle Slow Fast Slow Fast The VTR tab sets up some behaviour for the VTR controls Configuration Show window when VTR is selected When selecting a VIR from the Media panel the corresponding window will pop
19. 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 in the User Profile dialogue under List 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 FIAN To manually program an event press the Enter key on the Image panel If Set changes only is enabled in the User Profile dialogue only the changes will be programmed To force all settings to be programmed press All Enter User s Manual List Management e 15 Recalling settings FER Position the list cursor on the event to recall and press the Recall key on the Image panel 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 Settings can also be recalled while browsing the list using the up down arrows by simultaneously keeping the Valhall button pressed Right click in the information field to the left in the Event List to recall as settings By right clicking in a specific processing list only the corresponding settings will be recalled
20. V VAC 102 105 Valhall application 7 colour 4 image 4 key 40 123 media 4 Syncro 4 Video 46 48 Video gain 49 92 Video viewet 7 Viper 64 89 90 96 VTR 15 37 113 VZOM 107 W White clip 47 50 Wipe wheel 119 Wobble 83 Workspace 5 Z Zoom 109 Index e 139
21. 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 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 112 e Miscellaneous DVNR controls User s Manual 24 System Setup System System DYNR Timing VTR 1 DYNA System DYNR1000 HD Baudrate 230400 y VTR rated Cancel to DVNR Selects the type of DVNR connected and at which baudrate it communicates with the Valhall control system Default baudrate is 230400 VTR Set the number of VTRs connected This affects the appearance of the Edit dialogue User s Manual System Setup e 113 DVNR Not connected Not connected Set up which DVNR Image Processing options that are installed The parameters in the System timing window are used for trimming Autoshot and parameter execution timing Autoshot trim Adjusts the timing between the timecode source and the scene change detector in the DVNR 114 e System Setup User s Manual VTR User s Manual
22. 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 Split Demonstration mode where the upper half of the picture is processed while the lower part is left unprocessed for comparisons CSR Vertical Scratch Removal e 85 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 86 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
23. improve filtering performance 1 D These filters only have vertical taps in the current field and should be used to remove line dropouts and FM sparks in video mode Spatial All filters named Spat Spatial are filters working only within current frame or field if video mode i e it has taps only in current frame They are for very small spots Mix All filters named Mix have taps in both current frame and the frame previous to and following current frame I e it has both spatial and temporal taps All these filters however have more taps in current frame than in the previous and following together more spatial taps than temporal These filters are for normal spots ASC Il Advanced Scratch Concealment e 69 Temporal Filters called Temp Temporal at the end have both spatial and temporal taps but more temporal than spatial This will enable the ASC II to remove any size of spots These filters may need mote care to not give unwanted artefacts 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 next or previous frame 70 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual Keyer You have two different channels to set parameters in They are called Main Area and Key Area Use the key area for very special problems like very big singl
24. knob To clear the knob has to be held down for a longer period of time determined by the User Profile 118 e Image Panel User s Manual User s Manual Tip Each processing window provides an acceleration setting for the controls 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 Tip You can change the brightness of all displays under the Panels page in 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 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 Selection key Mode Selection Most keys on the Image panel ate assigned for List operation However these keys can also be used for Notes Bookmarks and Stillstore operation This
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26. mote care to not give unwanted artefacts 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 next or previous frame RAN QER Keyer You have two different channels to set parameters in They are called Main Area and Key Area Use the key area for very special problems like very big single spots or flash frames at film cuts Turn on key area To use the Key Area tick the box Use Key located in the Area Isolation part of the window ASC Il Advanced Scratch Concealment e 77 Operation Define area Define the area by clicking on Place First place your upper left corner of your box by moving the mouse to the desired position then click left button and hold Then move the lower right corner and release the mouse button Set parameters Set all parameters for the key area to desired settings Special controls Edge 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 unwanted artefacts from ASC II If you the tick the box Edge the built in edge detector will affect were ASC II filters It will reduce filtering were it finds edges Global C If you want more filtering in chroma than you have with selected settings and don t want to change filtering for luminance y
27. phase by rotating the phase of the colour circle Range is 180 to 180 degrees Master Saturation Increases or decreases the chrominance level The possible gain is in the range 100 100 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 The thresholds can be set directly in the diagram by left clicking Right click to set Gamma upper threshold Master amp RGB Lift Normally Black is a linear function between black and white where white is untouched by the Black control However selecting Master Lift the Black control adds the change independent of original luma level Similar operation for RGB The effect of Lift to the left compared to Stretch on a Luminance ramp To go back to the normal view click on Less User s Manual ACP Viper e 91 Video Gain In addition to the Master Gain and Master Saturation controls a separate Video Gain control is available ACP Menu Primary settings copy gt Secondary settings copy gt Unlink Processor Define Panel Acceleration gt Panel Gain Ring Config gt Bypass Clear Primary settings copy Provides different options of copying
28. rate e g 50 60 Hz 46 e DVNR Setup User s Manual User s Manual 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 clip Enables black hard clip at level 64 0 White clip Enables white hard clip at level 940 100 Chroma clip Enables chrominance hard clip at level 960 RGB Limit Limits to legal RGB Can be set for low and ot highlights If neither checkboxes are set no RGB limitation will occur Note RGB limitation is only available with ACP Delay DVNR1000 422 x Help Media Video Delay Delay vece po p PE Store Clear DVNR Setup e 47 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
29. 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 5t field in a 3 2 sequence should be an identical copy of the 37d 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 51 52 e DVNR Setup Delay Help Media Video input Video output Setup 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 74 ns 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 User s Manual 11 DVNR Processing General Operation Bypass Each processing option is equipped with an electron
30. settings between to channel A and Channel B Bypass When enabled both Primary and Secondary is put into electronic bypass Clear Clears both Primary and Secondary settings 92 e ACP Viper User s Manual Secondary Controls Advanced Colour Processor ACP View Help Primary Secondary Area key Channel A Main T Bypass A CB Key I Linked T Bypass B m Vector 1 2 3 4 5 6 mm EO OOS ma Analyser m Hue r Saturation m Luminance Center Width Center width Center Width 36 6 136 0 116 0 Slope Slope Slope 1 y 1 IT 52 0 Medium 72 9 Narrow 58 0 Wide LS 2 m Processor Linked to Analyser Hue D 0 Saturation T Additive Luminance Additive Standard view User s Manual Clear this Vector Clear all Vectors Advanced Colour Processor xi ACP View Help Primary Secondary Area key Channel A Main T Bypass A C B Key I Linked T Bypass B Vector 1 2 3 4 5 6 mm OO OO Oe Analyser Hue C 52 0 Sat C 72 9 Lum C 58 0 T Show All Hue Width 36 6 A Slope Medium pr EZ Z Saturation Luminance Width 136 0 Width 116 0 4 T Slope Narrow Slope Wide F m Processor Linked to Analyser Hue 0 0 Sat 100 0 Lum 100 0 T Additive Lum I Additive Sat Classic view Clear this Vector Clear
31. the edit performs correctly Offset 1 2 3 30 e Editing 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 After editing verify that the scene change is one frame after the actual in point on the recorder Trim the Offset in the System Setup 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 User s Manual 8 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 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 Note that access rights are not
32. through notes Y Wipe key left Go to first note Y Wipe key right Go to last note 1340 User s Manual Appendix B Programmable Functions The following list contains explanations 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 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 and paste into current Useful for A B shots Replay Positions the source machine a couple of seconds before the start of the event and goes into Play User s Manual e 135 136 User s Manual Index A AAC 103 AC 101 Access rights 31 ACP 26 89 Additive luminance 95 Additive saturation 95 Administrator 31 password 31 AGR IV 61 area isolation 64 ALS 55 Analyzer 94 Anamorphic 36 Anti alias 108 Aperture corrector 101 103 ASC 46 48 ASC II 67 ASC II 74 Aspect ratio 108 109 Assemble mode 28 Autosave 8 34 Autoshot 14 34 filter 34 sound 43 trim 114 Autotrack 84 B Backlight 127 Baudrate 113 Black clip 47 50 Blanking custom 112 horizontal 112 lower 112 upper 112 Bookmark 6 23 delete 24 window 23 BWE 57 area isolation 58 Bypass 53
33. 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 will 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 Profile e 37 Keyboard User profile Administrator x Panels Help List List layout VTR Panels Media Keys Image Keys Colour Keys Sound events Key None Ctrl Shift Rewind Stop Play Fast Forward Assign Group Function None VTR he Rewind y 4 Ctrl VTR y Undefined y x 4 Shift VTR E Undefined y Function keys F5 through F12 in combination with shift or ctrl can be programmed to perform various operations 4 Swaps programmed function x Makes selected function key non programmed 38 e User Profile User s Manual Panel User s Manual User profile Administrator x Panels Help Media Keys Image Keys Colour Keys Sound events List List layout VTR Keyboard m Brightness Display Indicators LEDs Dim Bight Dm Bight Press and Hold Delay Repeat rate Short gt Long Fast
34. you think there is not enough filtering in moving parts of the picture then increase Motion in steps Motion set to 15 no motion adaptation at all Contrast Set to around 8 or 9 Lower if you have very high contrast white spots on dark background or black spots on bright background Higher if the luminance difference between the spots and the background is less or set Contrast to a high value set Contrast to a low value ER 68 e ASC Il Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual 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 ASC H will not filter at all Filters Filter selection depends on your material The filters have been optimised for video and film separately Origin Video Origin Film Small Mix Small Mix Medium Mix Medium Mix Large Mix Large Mix X Large Temp X Large Temp 1 D Small Spat S Cross Mix L Cross Mix XL Cross Mix 1 D Large Temp L Cross Temp XL Cross Temp Copy Prev Copy Next S Cross Spat L Cross Spat S Cross Mix L Cross Mix S Cross Temp M Cross Temp L Cross Temp Copy Prev Copy Next Note The top four filter types are identical to the filter types in the old ASC and have been kept in the new design for compatibility reasons Using the other filters instead will further
35. 24 60Hz is supported Note Video mode is currently not implemented use Film Fine instead Temporal Filtering The newly redesigned Temporal Recursive filters allow for increased grain and noise reduction with reduced motion artefacts AGR IV provides the choice of RGB or YUV processing in the AGR IV menu YUV processing is recommended for most applications Use Temporal Strength to set the amount level of temporal filtering Values up to 7 supports more subtle levels of filtering with higher precision while values above 7 boost the filtering A special function can Lock the three RGB or alternatively the two UV settings together 62 e AGR IV Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction User s Manual User s Manual The AGR IV is an Adaptive grain and noise reducer and thus disables the temporal recursive processing of all moving edges within the image to assist in the reduction of motion artefacts Global Temporal enables filtering of the whole picture regardless of motion may cause excessive smearing in the picture for maximum temporal filtering 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 AGR IV s motion processing The Edge Preserving Spatial Filt
36. BWF on text Ifyou 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 Click on centre Activate View key Centre the circle to the text using the Centre button Adjust the Szze control so that 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 59 60 e BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation User s Manual 14 AGR IV Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction About Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction User s Manual AGR IV is Digital Vision s latest film grain and electronic noise reducer aimed for film videotape restoration and MPEG pre processing The AGR IV s advanced motion processing and newly developed adaptive 3 D filters including an Edge Preserving Spatial Filter allow facilities to produce even cleaner and sharper pictures from film and video originated material than ever before The AGR IV has a greatly improved overall performance by more sophisticated motion adaptation low retention framestore and extensive filter sele
37. C 1 Male Male IT 00000 y Eoo n SDI Video onoono o o Sjoooo joo o 00 o D0000 D0 Remote in gt EN DVNR 19 x 7RU Tm MA MAA VTR recorder o o y 0000 Remote in RS422 9 pin D Sub Male Male Syncro 19 x 1RU RS422 9 pin D Sub Male Male 75 Ohm BNC Male Male I AAA SDI Video 00000 J D a 0 0000 Ag E oo 0 0 0 oo 0000000 Zoo 0 Remote in Valhall Controller 19 x 4RU Com2 VTR 1 3 HUI LO y Com3 VTR 2 RS422 9 pin D Sub Male Male SDL Video E mm Com4 Not Used Com5 Not Used 75 Ohm Com6 Not Used i E l Com7 Not Used jale Male Comg8 Not Used Dy Not Used O Not Used Host Ethernet Ethernet UTP RJ45 Male Male Monitor Loop out Ethernet 2 L gt DVNR Video in SD Sync in o HD Sync i in o Capture Card LTC i in o ea Ethernet UTP RJ45 Male Male po D mona erne Male Male Interconnect cable Panel Porte Spare Port 3 Interconnect cable z q Spare Port 4 200 200000 200000 Ethernet Ca
38. N A Select current event Unselect current event Select all events Unselect all events Select range of events with arrow up down List Delete selected event s Note Delete selected note Bookmark Delete selected bookmark List Delete all events Note Delete all notes Bookmark Delete all bookmarks List Clear selected event s from settings Note N A Bookmark N A List Go one event back Note Go back one note Bookmark Go back one bookmark List Go one event back and recall settings Note Go back one note and recall settings Bookmark N A List Go one event forward Note Go forward one note Bookmark Go forward one bookmark List Go one event forward and recall settings Note Go forward one note and recall settings Bookmark N A List Set selected event s if changed Note Save settings at selected note Bookmark N A List Program all settings at selected event s Note N A Bookmark N A Update thumbnail at the current event List Recall settings from current event except those locked Note Recall settings from selected note Bookmark Cue to selected bookmark List Recall all settings from current event Note N A Bookmark N A List Recall settings from event no Note Recall settings from note no Bookmark N A User s Manual Command Function Recall Mark Matk x TC Mark TC Mark x TC Matk TC Matk x Dyn Dyn x TC Trim Undo
39. Own sound files in wav format can be added in the directory c program filesl Digital Vision Valhall sound files User s Manual User Profile e 43 44 e User Profile User s Manual 10 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 with the exception of origin and field dominance are stored on a project basis and are not programmable in the list DVNR Setup e 45 DVNR1000 422 Media DYNR1000 422 Ea Help Media Video Delay Origin y Field dominance auto be Origin Select if input is Film frame based 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 Video DYNR1000 422 x Help Media Video Delay m Fieldrate 525i 59 94 Hz Input Dita I Ext Genlock T seit E Dutput Mono 8 Bit I Black clip I White clip Chroma clip M RGB Limit Low T High Fieldrate Selects input field
40. S ii a eC eC A E E UDN DES a Sade a 127 Programmable function keys rear o narran rana antan narran rana 127 Disp cor AA E 127 APPENDIX A PANEL KEYBOARD REFERENCE ccccssccecceeeceseeeeeeeeeeeas 129 Bookmark Command ReferenCe oocccooconccconnoccconanccnonancccnonanoncnnanononnna cono nancrnnnana rca nan rrnananarnnananos 133 Note Command Reference sisiiisiccecicdcdicecseccctesdiccedeccncccdccccedesavedocesacccdesaczecasaectuadsssctussaccedvascecasenda 134 APPENDIX B PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTIONS cccccsccssecesceeseeseeeeeneeeeeaes 135 INDEX E ted seoccevaczscctccazees A EE E 137 x e Contents User s Manual 1 Overview About DVNR About Valhall User s Manual The purpose of the DVNR Image Processor toolbox is to carry the instruments of the trade to be instantly available to the craftsman The tool shall be like an extension of the uset s will it must be effective but yet precise A well designed maintained and applied toolbox is a source of power power that can be transformed to performance cost efficiency and competitiveness Designed to solve real 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 Another advantage supported by our upgrade policy is that you can at any time upgrade the
41. Valhall Undo Valhall Undo x Redo Save BookM Valhall BookM Valhall BookM x H BookM H BookM Frame Valhall Frame Event H Event H Event x H Event H Event x Valhall Event Byp All Byp All x Lock All Lock All Lock x User s Manual List Recall settings from current event entered offset Note Recall settings from current note entered offset Bookmark N A Create an empty event at current timecode Create an event at current timecode and store settings Create an empty event at entered timecode Create an event at entered timecode and store settings Create an empty event at current timecode entered offset Create an event at current timecode entered offset and store settings Set an dynamic transition between selected event and the earlier programmed event Remove dynamic transition that ends at selected event Trim the timecode of selected event s Undo last list entry Open the History list Close the History list Redo last undone entry Save a copy of the list Insert Bookmark at current timecode Open the Bookmark window and assign certain keys for Bookmark operations Close the Bookmark window and return to List mode Go to Bookmark no Go back or forward a no of Bookmarks Mark and Set an one frame event Preview current frame Positions the list cursor at the event where the VTR Disk is located Positions the list cursor at entered event no Cue
42. WE on EM an tag lt tno od aaa naan O 59 14 AGR IV ADAPTIVE FILM GRAIN 8 NOISE REDUCTION 61 About Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction serena 61 5 AA eee RR da weed RR SOME ioc ce ated da AR RAR RA RR 62 O SURDO ae 62 Temporal FIREM tt ER REST AD 62 Spatial Filtering iss A Leh Gee Geet 63 Optimising the Spatial Filter ce aeaaaareraneananaaaaaaeaeaaaaaanananos 63 Chroma Adaptation rta A AR etme 63 Pos Neg Prowile sisters cacon Sew adeace ea Ras T TAT eee aaa 64 Viper A O 64 Miscellaneous ii E o 65 AGRIV Mena tas 65 15 ASC Il ADVANCED SCRATCH CONCEALMENT 67 About Scratch Concealment oooononoccccccnnnnnnnnonncnoncccnnnnnnnnncnn nn nc cnn 67 Control ici E E 68 Fil TS taa ae ie eat eee A a eed ee de 69 KO Clas o ae DE is a Ae 71 Specialicontrols ara A cala SL RE vets pashan enna ee dads oad 71 ASC Me AAA eee eee ae ee 71 Operation uss aaan a Aara aa cabia css davncdeadautdusectva fevesddesctwuduuecretcuducctiecedesevedcenees 72 Removing big spots with the Keyer re occ n rn n cnn naar nr rra 72 16 ASC II ADVANCED SCRATCH CONCEALMENT 74 About Scratch Concealment iii enanas 74 COMTI A TO 75 A A OS 76 A Ro e e el dl te Ae Beh Ls 77 Special controlS ii dto ete tre ciara 78 ASC AH Control Menciona at A A A A RA 78 A O O EE TTT 78 Removing big spots with the Key
43. a key Filter type Sharp 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 57 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 characteristics are available Sharp Sharp cut off X Sharp Extremely Sharp cut off Diag Sharp More diagonally sharper cut off than vertically or horizontally Fld Corr You can say that the Field Correlator removes a field and recreates it by interpolating the remaining field Le simulating film look 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 Key Area The BWF processing can be isolated using an internal key shaped as a circle to a selected area i
44. a scene or a frame basis Read more on page 11 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 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 27 User s Manual 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 different processing options Read more on page 31 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 Help System You can for most dialogues call up help by pressing lt f1 gt on the keyboard when they are in focus TES Tip If a window can be opened from a key on one of the control panels it E usually can be closed from the same key by a press and hold operation Starting a Project 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 As the Valhall application has started the Login dialogue window will soon appeat User login x U
45. alhall key SY The Valhall key is a modifier key along with Shift and All keys on the Image panel that provides additional functionality when used together Valhall E with other keys The Valhall key is either pressed and released before selecting the second key or held wild pressing the second key 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 from the numeric keyboard see Entering Timecode from Keyboard and press Cue User s Manual Media Panel e 123 124 e Media Panel 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 in the VIR menu of the User Profile Tip Changing jog shuttle mode by pushing the dial can be inhibited by enabling the control Disable change of Jog Shuttle from dial under the VTR tab in the User Profile User s Manual 2 Colour Panel About the Colour Panel The Col
46. ality as well as better control over aliasing line twitter The latter is especially important when going to letter box formats Normally the VZOM is used to compress an anamorphic picture but can also be used to convert 4 3 tape stock to 16 9 format e g for PAL Plus transmission This is achieved with the VZOM expanding the image 25 in the vertical direction The HZOM option mainly addresses the needs for Pan amp Scan processing converting between film up to 2 35 1 and video 4 3 16 9 formats using an electronic film master e g D1 tape This is of particular interest in HiRes1440 because full 4 3 bandwidth can be maintained through the Pan amp Scan process even for 2 35 1 Cinemascope originated material The small 4 difference in PAL and NTSC active line can also be corrected fully in the digital domain by the HZOM process option In addition the VZOM together with the HZOM can be used to restore full active picture after DIS Digital Image Stabilisation To meet the exceptional high quality requirements Digital Vision has developed a range of proprietary conversion filters User s Manual ZOOM e 107 Controls 108 e ZOOM Horizontal amp Vertical Zoom x ZOOM Help Setup l Vertical Aspect 1 000 Frame Filtering Position 0 I Anti Alias Horizontal FASDECEO eee 1 000 I Field interpolate Position 0 0 T Preview Global _ 100 0 Clear Zoom wi
47. all 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 Tip To preview the programmed functions 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 The user can change the brightness of the display in the User Profile dialogue Colour Panel e 127 128 e Colour Panel User s Manual Appendix A Panel Keyboard Reference The following list describes all operations that can be performed from the control panels x Pres
48. all Vectors 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 Secondary controls of the ACP To switch between the two views as shown above go to menu View gt Secondary Channels The Viper option enables dual parallel primary and secondary colour correctors including advanced Viper keying between the two Channel A and B corresponds to the dual colour correctors where channel A works outside and channel B inside of the defined key area If the key area is disabled channel A is used More information about the Viper keying is available further on ACP Viper e 93 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 will 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 to indicate vectors in use When clicking on the All button the colour display will show the location of all six vectors
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50. ate the area key by checking Area key enabled then select type of shape rectangle or ellipse Channel A colour correction is applied outside the black line of the area key while Channel B colour correction is applied inside the grey line of the area key The adjustable Slope the area between the black and the grey line provides soft transitions between the two channels To see the area key on the video monitor while adjusting the controls check View key 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 spinboxes in the Area window ACP Viper e 97 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 spinboxes in the Area window Copying Channel Settings To copy channel A settings to channel B use one of the following approaches 1 Use the controls on the Colour or Media panel 2 Select Copy Settings A to B or Copy Settings A to B in the Control menu 98 e ACP Viper User s Manual 19 CD Colour Desatura
51. atures 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 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 User s Manual ACP Viper e 89 Primary Controls ACP View Help Primary Secondary Area key Channel A Main I Bypass A C BlKey Linked I Bypass B Black Thresholds i I M I ny nos 4 aa M Lift TO Lift RGB E Bypass Clear Gamma Thresholds i I to DNA n RGBL 257 Bypass _ Clear r Gain Thresholds B M I 3 RGB f 423 T Bypass Clear Master Hue Master Sat Video Gain J Clear All 0 0 0 0 100 0 Primary Standard view Advanced Colour Processor x ACP View Help Primary Secondary Area key Channel A Main C B Key T Linked I Bypass A I Bypass B Black Thresholds M l RGB T FT LitM I Lift RGB Gamma Thresholds oo SA co TA A m ii AL ea Bypass E Gain M v RGB i 429 Thresholds I Bypass Clear Master Hue Master Sat Video Gain o Clear All D 0 0 0 100 0 Primary Classic view Click
52. ction 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 latter 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 103 Controls Advanced Aperture Correction xi SAC Help Processing Adaptation Filter type ES RR 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 consistin
53. ction to match source material AGR IV is not only Digital Vision s fourth generation film grain and electronic noise reducer it is also based on the new DVNR real time processing engine AGR IV Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction e 61 Controls Adaptive Grain Reducer xi AGRAY View Help Processing Key setup Spatial filter Setup mB Key I Bypass Freeze Global Temporal Global Spatial Temporal strength Chroma trim Y u VT Lock 2 MM LLL trr D 0 0 Spatial strength 0 Pos Neg Trim 0 General Processing Key setup Adaptive Grain Reducer Eg AGR IV View Help Area Key Width Height Threshold 15 3 T Area key enabled TO View Ka Ellipse A Main Rectangle F Bypass Freeze GlobalTemporal I Global Spatial Set Default Area Temporal strength Chroma trim w U V I Lock Ha E Size Slope Aspect A a Hor position oo oo 0 Vert position 0 eal 7 8 8 0 0 0 Rotation 0 0 D E m Chroma Key 1 Spatial strength 8 Pos Neg Trim 0 Hue Width 10 0 Pana m Chroma Key 2 Hue 230 0 LIM width 10 0 m Chroma Key 3 Hue pra Wa Width 10 0 m Pos Neg Profile Low 0 High 0 The selection of Video Film Fine Film Normal Film Coarse in the AGR IV menu adapts the temporal filtering in respect to grain size 3 2 pulldown for Film
54. der also called a list cursor A 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 Y Scene Scene cuts are indicated with a pair of scissors This is done automatically when the autoshot detector creates a new event 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 H A E Film Video A film frame indicates film originated material while the diagonal stripes indicate video originated material A film frame with a diagonal cut tells you that that the 3 2 is discontinued Comment Shows the text entered after pressing F2 on the keyboard Events can be found in the Search menu by their comments tm Tip To change the list layout and amount of information shown go to the List K layout page in the User Profile 12 e List Management User s Manual The Event indicator
55. 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 Vertical Scratch Removal e 87 88 e CSR Vertical Scratch Removal User s Manual 18 ACP Viper About ACP Viper ACP is Digital Vision s third generation Colour Corrector aimed primarily for advanced tape to tape colour correction For the demanding jobs the Viper option provides a power boost with dual parallel primary and secondary colour correctors including advanced Viper keying between the two The Viper includes two basic key shapes to choose from with full control of position size aspect and rotation Primary Colour Corrector The internal signal processing of the primary colour corrector is structured around four channels one luminance path and three chrominance paths Y RGB each one processed with the same bandwidth Further the internal processing uses higher number of bits as required to avoid truncation rounding off errors This is especially important for certain parameters like gamma correction in order to avoid any stepwise action of the curve The use of the 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 The ACP also fe
56. difference that one have to press and hold the Select key Unselecting All FRA First press the All key and then press and hold the Select key User s Manual List Management e 17 Comments Using Dynamics 18 e List Management ER 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 tight 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 Comment x Find what I 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 e ae Two consecutive dynamics Overlapping dynamics A dynamic is a transition in time between two sets of parameters typically colour gradings or pan and scan User s Manual Timecode Trim EER time Figure 1 Sequence in Decision list without
57. do the last list operation select Undo from the Edit menu of the X Event list window To redo the last operation select Edit gt Redo History window xi Action Lists affected 19 Set 00 02 10 16 All Options E Set 00 02 08 00 cD E set 00 02 13 03 ACP E Sett 00 02 10 16 ASC AGR ACP E set 00 02 08 00 AGR E 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 FER To open the History window from the Image panel press Valhall Undo To close keep Valhal Undo pressed Working with individual Processing Lists Single E ent List Acme Commercial 0 13 DVNR PANE ALS BW CSR ASG AGRE ZOO AAG ACP CD al Comment ve pRRGGRRCEA 00 02 E 00 H i aS 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 E xi l User E E First select the processing option from the menu selection on the Image panel and the press the Single key Note As soon as any option is locked or unlocked usin
58. 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 3 Out point of the 1st dynamic Parameters stored with Set Dynamic This event will automatically become the in point of next dynamic if any 4 Out point of 2nd Dynamic Define your In and out point with two programmed events On the second press the Dyn key on the Image panel To remove a dynamic press and hold the Dyn Key If one or more events are not correctly aligned to e g cuts a trim of the event timecode can be done 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 Correcting mistakes Undo User s Manual FER List operations can be undone of you make a mistake Due to memory limits up to 5000 levels of undo is available To undo the last list operation press the Undo key on the Image panel To redo the last operation press the Redo key List Management e 19 To un
59. e Image panel First press the Valhall key the press and hold Bookmark to close Bookmarks e 23 Operation 24 e Bookmarks Inserting Bookmarks Quickly press the Bookmark key on the Image panel to insert a new bookmark Browsing Bookmarks To go to a specific Bookmark enter the associated number followed by the Bookmark key To go to next or previous bookmark press or E followed by the Bookmark key To e g go three bookmarks forward enter 3 followed by the Bookmark key 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 To delete all bookmarks press All Delete Right click on the bookmark and select delete from the pop up menu User s Manual 6 Notes General View View Project User Shared Project User Shared 1 Skyline 2 Closeup 4 Alley 5 Waiting room Skyline Closeup Birdview Alley Waiting room Clinic Outdoor Closeup Cottage 7 Outdoor 8 Closeup List view Thumbnail view Notes ate used for temporary storage of processing parameters similar to Presets Valhall provides three sets of notes Project Notes stored on a project basis Personal Notes available upon login Shared Notes accessible by eve
60. e spots or flash frames at film cuts Turn on key area To use the Key Area tick the box Use Key located in the Area Isolation part of the window Define area Define the area by clicking on Place First place your upper left corner of your box by moving the mouse to the desired position then click left button and hold Then move the lower right corner and release the mouse button Set parameters Set all parameters for the key area to desired settings Special controls Edge 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 unwanted artefacts from ASC II If you the tick the box Edge the built in edge detector will affect were ASC II filters It will reduce filtering were it finds edges Global C If you want more filtering in chroma than you have with selected settings and don t want to change filtering for luminance you can set Global C by ticking the box Global filtering will be applied for chroma all pixels will have their chroma filtered but WITH motion adaptation and if selected edge detection still working It is not the same as selecting Global This control affects both Main Area and Key Area Global If you want to turn the adaptation off completely tick the box Global You can then set the amount of filtering with Level 0 bypass and 15 all pixels are 100 filtered using selected filter H S
61. e wipe wheel or the up and down keys on the Image 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 By Autosave The Autosave feature automatically makes a background save of the list when enabled Note that Autosave does not store thumbnails To store both the list and the thumbnails go to the List page of the Project Manager and choose Save or Save As 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 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 are automatically stored in the previous event Store thumbnail When enabled automatically updates the thumbnail 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 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
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64. er is set up based on the grain noise size in width pixels height lines and a threshold i e width 7 height 5 is a 7x5 pixel filter 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 basic level of grain and noise reduction before using the temporal filtering Optimising the Spatial Filter 1 Set Spatial Strength and Spatial filter setup Width Height Threshold to maximum 2 Set Global Spatial to On 3 Adapt the spatial filter to the noise grain size by decreasing Width Height 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 s
65. ers 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 or the built in scene change detector can be used to automatically generate events Building a list using Autoshot e Select New in the List tab of the Project Manager e Rewind the source tape to the start of the program to process e 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 e When the tape has played through the whole program rewind the tape 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 e Make sure that Set On 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 e Select Import EDL in the List menu e Select the EDL file and hit enter 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
66. etermines how your Valhall system is set up type of DVNR number of VTRs Disks timing etc The system setup is accessed from the menu File gt System Setup Read more on page 113 DVNR Setup The DVNR setup is used to configure the DVNR Image Processing workstation Read more on page 31 Project Manager 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 Getting Started e 5 6 e Getting Started Al Profile Notes Book VTR1 Event d Edit 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 33 Notes Notes are used for temporary storage of processing parameters similar to Presets Read more on page 25 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 23 Machine Control 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 in the User Profile dialogue Read more on page 9 Event List The Event List is used to program processing settings on
67. for most operations Mode Selection Most keys on the Image panel are assigned for List operation However these keys can also be used for Notes Bookmarks and Stillstore 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 by key1 key2 User s Manual GUI User s Manual Login DYNR ES Project This section will briefly describe the GUI of the Valhall application 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 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 keyboard while clicking on the corresponding button at the top of the workspace Status bar On the lowest part of the screen is a status bar displaying various system settings error messages etc 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 7 System Setup The system setup d
68. g 28 e Editing 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 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 Click in the Assemble check box 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 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 Time Code to select the input signals Note In insert mode editing the recording ta
69. g 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 frequency Inverse Inverts the luminance Edge Effects only Filter Characteristics Highboost filter 104 e AAC Advanced Aperture Correction User s Manual User s Manual Gain Freq 6dB c Peak Cutoff filter 4 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 7 where 0 is bypass VAC Amount of vertical Aperture Correction Range is 0 7 where 0 is bypass Adaptation Advanced Aperture Correction xi SAC Help Processing Adaptation Colour Adaptation E a Cut Boost Off Luminance Adaptation 26 33 A Cut C Boost Cut C Boost Cor
70. g the Lock function as described below the Single function is disabled gt H Lock MEA Acme Commercial DYNR User ALS BWF CSR ASC AGR 200 AAC ACR CD BLK Comment Lb a Viv E if o S E a N 2 Dos E ee lop SP 20 e List Management User s Manual gt H FER On 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 Note When using the Recall key from the Image panel only settings not locked will be recalled To recall all settings use All Recall Hold Event List Acme Commercial x DYNR User E HOUR MINUTE SECOND FRAMI ALS BWF CSR ASC AGR z00M AAC ACP CD BLK Comment sE amp A b s a 00 02 08 00 ES 4H 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 First select the processing option from the menu selection on the Image panel and press the Hold key Press All Hold on the Image panel to hold all options 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 Importing Exporting EDL User s Manual File Menu
71. hould be set to On filtering of the whole picture or Off filtering only in areas with motion 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 Note The Eye dropper is not implemented in this version AGR IV Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction e 63 To accurately see which parts of the picture that are affected by the Chroma adaptation enable the View function to the right of the Chroma adaptation area in the AGR IV window 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 colour Pos Neg Profile The Pos Neg profile allows the user to select the amount of noise reduction both spatial and temporal applied to the high
72. ic Bypass It can be accessed in on of the following ways Pressing the Byp key on the Colour or Media 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 Bypass is indicated with Bypass after the option name in the menu bar Note Unlike some other systems the bypass function does not affect the video delay through the DVNR gt E Bypass All A bypass of all processing options can be done using the Bypass All key on the Image panel s User s Manual DVNR Processing e 53 54 e DVNR Processing User s Manual 12 ALS Anti Aliasing About the Anti Aliasing Controls User s Manual 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 Anti aliasing Yalhall x ALS Help Filter type x Sharp Cutoff freq 87 3 Anti Aliasing window
73. ideo camera Film xx fps if it is shot with a film camera or if input is directly from a Telecine Note The ASC II does not work as good if at all if these settings are not correct 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 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 7 no motion adaptation at all Contrast Set to around 8 or 9 Lower if you have very high contrast white spots on dark background or black spots on bright background Higher if the luminance difference between the spots and the background is less ASC Il Advanced Scratch Concealment e 75 ot set Contrast to a high value set Contrast to a low value ER 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 ASC II will not filter at all Filters Filter selection depends on your material The filters have been optimised for video and film separately O
74. inance 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 e 49 50 e DVNR Setup Video Output DVNR1000 HD x Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay r Format Auto C 1080P 1080PsF m Clip TO Black FT White I Chroma r Output 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 clip Enables black hard clip at level 64 0 White clip Enables white hard clip at level 940 100 Chroma clip Enables chrominance hard clip at level 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 User s Manual User s Manual Setup DVNR1000 HD x Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay gt Scene Change Detector Sensitivity 5 Threshold Film 3 2 o Threshold max value fi fe 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
75. 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 User s Manual e Set up the control parameters and colour grading you want the whole list to use as default e Select all events by choosing All Select e 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 Working with the List 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 sections 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
76. ing 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 105 where saturation has to be below a certain low value for Cut or Boost of noise reduction in monochrome ateas Luminance Adaptation Theses two independent controls 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 The red grid will show the luminance ranges where the boost or cut of aperture correction will be applied 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 106 e AAC Advanced Aperture Correction User s Manual 22 ZOOM About VZOM amp HZOM The VZOM option mainly addresses the needs for vertical conversion and positioning between film up to 2 35 1 and video 4 3 16 9 formats using an electronic film master e g D1 tape To change the aspect ratio in the digital video domain instead of making a new telecine transfer also provides a number of additional advantages Overall higher and more consistent picture qu
77. inherited If you want to change these settings click on the Properties button Tip Add a user e g default user as a template on which all new users can be based User Management e 31 32 e User Management User s Manual 9 User Profile General Al Profile List User s Manual In the User Profile window you can personalise the operation of control panels and more To get to this window click on the User Profile button at the top of the workspace Settings are automatically stored upon logout User profile Administrator x Panels Help List List layout VTR Keyboard Panels Media Keys Image Keys Colour Keys Sound events r Set operation I Set on exit T Store thumbnail IV Align events to film frames IV Force field 2 cue up I Disable scroll lock I Assign Wipe wheel to Event list P Auto save list every jo 4 minutes Autoshot M Enable Disable inside list Filter 10 frames Select as Primary list Event list Timeline The List section determines the operation of the list Align events to film frames When enabled manually entered events are automatically aligned to film frames User Profile e 33 34 e User Profile 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 th
78. ion 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 Miscellaneous A Split function can be used to compare processed against the original source material When enabled the upper part of the picture is processed while the lower part is bypassed Freeze does a frame freeze useful to capture the effects of the Temporal filters AGR IV menu v YUW processing RGB processing v Video Film Fine Film Medium Film Coarse Pos Neg Trim Ch 4 gt Pos Neg Trim Ch B gt Split Auto Flush View Chroma Key Freeze gt Global Temporal Global Spatial gt Define Panel Acceleration gt Clear Bypass User s Manual AGR IV Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction e 65 66 e AGR IV Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction User s Manual 15 ASC I Advanced Scratch Concealment About Scratch Concealment User s Manual The ASC II is an all new design using the experience of five years with the ASC The ASC II effectively removes in real time the disturbing effects of film dust dirt and randomly dispersed scratches Even pure emulsion damages can be effectively dealt with The proprietary and patented process is fully adaptive while retaining full resolution of the image Its versatility is outstanding al
79. ions 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 Selecting an Event Position the list cursor at the event to be selected and press the Select key To unselect press an hold the Select key Keep the Ctrl key on the keyboard pressed while clicking on an event to toggle selection Selecting a range of Events SmE Place the list cursor at the first event in press the Shift key and keep it pressed while pressing the Up or Down key Place the cursor at the first event in press the Shift key on the keyboard W and keep it depressed while pressing the Up or Down key Selecting an Event by number EA 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 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 ER 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 forward 10 10 Selects 10 events before and after the list cursor Same operation applies to unselect but with the
80. is determined by the Mode selection keys Up Down keys These generic keys are assigned to various types of navigation depending on the mode selected 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 Image Panel e 119 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 or Bookmark 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 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 Processing Controls The controls surrounding the larger display are used for processing controls Page selection keys 1 3 are used when mote controls are available than will fit on one page The Area key can be pressed to access the Area key controls for certain processing options When an Area is enabled keys A and B will switch between Main A and Key B processing controls The Bypass key is used to set the processing to electronic bypass When pressing the Clear key the settings for the selected page will be cleared
81. lights 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 in the AGR IV menu 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 Pos threshold can be between 0 to 50 luminance and the Neg threshold between 50 and 100 luminance J A9 UOHONPEY SSION 99 UONONP9Y ASION luminance level luminance level Pos Trim Pos Threshold Viper Key Area 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 64 e AGR IV Adaptive Film Grain amp Noise Reduction User s Manual 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 reduct
82. lowing it to be used for material previously considered to be lost to the final touching up of virgin negative transfers In tape mode the ASC I allows concealment of artefacts related to video recording media typical examples are 2 Quad dropouts Betacam bearding and digital bit errors as well as FM threshold noise A unique function giving users a very powerful tool is the keyer function In a separate window it is possible to set different processing parameters This function can be used to remove very big spots without affecting the rest of the picture or do a copy and paste for flash frames in real time In terms of film dirt concealment in real time the ASC II sets a new standard ASC Il Advanced Scratch Concealment e 67 Controls ASC Help Processing Area key amp Main Filter type Iv Black V White Motion 7 Edge Contrast T Global EKE Filter type Is Black To White level Jo Edge lontrast V Global Clear All ASCII window Set Origin in the 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 A Note The ASC II does not work as good if at all if these settings are not correct Motion Set 0 to start with This is NOT equal to no filtering It is equal to maximum motion sensitivity If
83. n 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 You will have no brickwall filter effects at all if both of these controls are set to 0 or Size 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 58 e BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation User s Manual Operation User s Manual 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 button to position the circle You can also click and drag the circle in the small display Centre A click on this button centres the circle 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
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85. ndow Processing Vertical Frame Filtering Mode In the Frame Filtering Mode all filtering of the VZOM option is done with the help of picture information from a frame consisting of two consecutive fields When not in Frame Filtering Mode picture information from only one field is used Anti Alias A filter with slower vertical roll off that removes inter field flickering when activated The combination of the two controls Frame Filtering mode and Ant Aliasing Filter results in filtering as follows Frame Filtering Anti Alias Result Field Filter no Anti Alias X Frame Filter no Anti Alias X Frame Filter medium Anti Alias X X Frame Filter maximum Anti Alias Aspect Sets the vertical aspect ratio compression expansion Position Positions the output picture vertically Horizontal Aspect Sets the horizontal aspect ratio compression expansion User s Manual User s Manual IN A Position Positions the output picture horizontally Can be used in a dynamic to create a pan amp scan Tip To clear both vertical horizontal aspect and position select none in the Format Preset drop down list of the Setup page Field Interpolate Normally every parameter is updated on a frame basis during dynamics and cuts But when this control is ticked the horizontal position will change every field during a dynamic to give a smooth pan amp scan Preview Preview mode Final output When you are using ho
86. ndow 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 User profile Administrator xi Panels Help List List layout YTR Keyboard Panels Media Keys Image Keys Colour Keys Sound events None valhat Key Press Press and Hold Select VTR1 Select VTR2 Select VTR3 Select VTR4 Cue prev event Rev play Stop 10 Play 11 Cue next event 12 Jog Shuttle O 00 y MM woh Show Hide TR1 Show Hide VTR2 Show Hide VTR3 Show Hide VTR4 Rewind Rev play Standby off Play Fast Forward Jog Shuttle Assign Group Function Press VTR Select VTRI x qx Press and Hold VTR Jr Show Hide VTA y 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 User s Manual 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 Image Key
87. nging Clear reference point of the selected machine ganging Set reference point of the selected machine at entered timecode ganging Set out point at current machine position Clear out point Set out point at entered timecode N A N A Page selection Close all windows related to the page selection ypass processing related to the page selection B Clear processing settings related to the page selection Programmable Function keys Programmable Function keys User s Manual Command Function Wipe wheel Wipe key left Wipe key right List Browse Timeline or Event List Note Bookmark List Zoom in Note N A Bookmark N A List Zoom out Note N A Bookmark N A Panel display commands Bypass Clear Clear x Page selection Selects control of Main area Key area setup Selects control of Key area Bypass of selected processing option Clears shown settings for selected processing option Clears all settings for selected processing option 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 Bookmatk Command Function mode only Y Valhall BookM Open the Bookmark window and assign certain keys for Bookmark operations Y Valhall BookM x Close the Bookmark window BookM I
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89. nsert Bookmark at current timecode and assign certain keys for Bookmark operations H BookM Go to Bookmark no BookM Go back or forward a no of Bookmarks Y Delete Delete selected bookmark Y All Delete Delete all bookmarks Y Enter x Update thumbnail at the current event Y Recall Cue to selected bookmark Y Up Go back one bookmark Y Down Go forward one bookmark Y Wipe wheel Browse through bookmarks e 133 Bookmatk Command Function mode only Y Wipe key left Go to first bookmark Y Wipe key right Note Command Reference 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 only Y Note Open Note window and assign certain keys for Note operations Y Note x Close Note window and return to List mode Valhall Note Switch between Note sets Note Recall Note no Note x Save Note no Y Delete Delete selected note Y All Delete Delete all notes Y Enter Save settings at selected note Y Recall Recall 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 Y Valhall Up Go back one note and recall settings Y Down Go forward one note Y Valhall Down Go forward one note and recall settings Y Wipe wheel Browse
90. ntrol e 9 10 e Machine Control User s Manual 4 List Management About the List Management Event list User s Manual 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 Acme Commercial x a DYNR U 00 02 10 13 HOUR MINUTE SECOND FRAME ALS BWF CSR ASC l AGR ZOOM AAC ACP CD BLK Comment 00 02 Es 17 y Y y y y y do Ci v Y pS 00 02 i 00 lala E o IP A Sl Al SI A 00 02 e 07 i 00 02 L 46 00 02 a 08 kJ y Y v DE Wo o io Y y y d 00 02 ae 03 i 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 The Time Code Reader display at the top shows the current timecode of the source machine selected as master The event that is associated with the current timecode will have a blue border List Management e 11 An event that has been selected by the user will have a red bor
91. on the ACP button at the top of the workspace or select ACP from the Image panel to access the Primary controls of the ACP To switch between the two views as shown above go to menu View gt Primary Channels The Viper option enables dual parallel primary and secondary colour correctors including advanced Viper keying between the two Channel A and B corresponds to the dual colour correctors where A works outside and B inside of the defined key atea If the key area is disabled channel A is used More information about the Viper keying is available further on Black Adjusts dark parts of the picture slider for luminance adjustments trackball for red green and blue individually Range 25 25 of the full video amplitude 90 e ACP Viper User s Manual 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 50 1 99 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 99 On the Colour panel use rightmost trackball for RGB settings and corresponding ring for luminance setting Master Hue is used to control the colour tone chroma
92. ored timecoded tapes should have their corresponding Ref set to 00 00 00 00 Press and hold Edit The selected events will now be imported and edited 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 Trimming Edit Delay and Offset User s Manual Edit Delay 1 Open the Edit dialogue 2 Ensure the Reference points are the same on the player and recorder 3 Ensure Rec Inhibit is off on the recorder and that the tape is not write protected Editing e 29 Do SN ON 10 11 Set the Recorder to Regen Internal and VITC On on the VIR Set Insert video 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 System Setup for the recorder positive if the edit is late and negative if early and repeat steps 8 to 10 until
93. ou can set Global C by ticking the box Global filtering will be applied for chroma all pixels will have their chroma filtered but WITH motion adaptation and if selected edge detection still working It is not the same as selecting Global This control affects both Main Area and Key Area Global If you want to turn the adaptation off completely tick the box Global You can then set the amount of filtering with Level 0 bypass and 15 all pixels are 100 filtered using selected filter H Split Demonstration mode where the upper half of the picture is processed while the lower part is left unprocessed for comparisons V Split Demonstration mode where the left part of the picture is processed while the right part is left unprocessed for comparisons ASC II Control Menu Bypass When enabled the ASC II is put into electronic bypass Removing big spots with the Keyer Ifyou have a big spot in one frame that is not removed with the filter settings you have for your Main Area make an event at exactly the frame were the big spot is For this event turn on Key Area Put your keyer over the spot Select Global for the key area and select filter size COPY NEXT or COPY PREV 78 e ASC l Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual If it is the first frame after a cut you must select COPY NEXT and likewise if it s the last frame before a cut you must select COPY PREV
94. our 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 125 Controls Display Pee ee Ce a f age r a selection Key Area setup A Main gt lt B Key Programmable a Function keys Keys Some keys have a built in LED that shows the status The brightness can be set in the User Profile window under the Panels page 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 preferences It is actually when the user releases the knob that the clear takes place 126 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 User Preferences window The outer ring surrounding the ball affects the luminance Y while the ball changes RGB values A function clear centre an RGB value and or Y can be programmed on the function keys of the Colour panel Tip Each processing window provides an acceleration setting for the controls used trackb
95. pe must contain uninterrupted control information Setting 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 User s Manual or b type in the timecode from 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 Executing the Edit When all of the edit points are set correctly you can now execute the edit by pressing the Edit button Stopping the Edit To stop the edit before the Out point is reached press the Stop key Edits based on List selections Quick editing can be performed based on list 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 Make sure that the VTRs you want to use in the edit have correct Ref points set can be found in the Edit dialogue Two mirr
96. per White to Desat Threshold High Maz 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 20 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 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 Ed AC Help VAC 14 3 Filter type Normal v 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 101 HAC Amount of Horizontal Aperture Correction Range is 0 7 where 0 is bypass VAC Amount of Vertical Aperture Correction Range is 0 7 where 0 is bypass 102 e AC Aperture Correction User s Manual 21 AAC Advanced Aperture Correction About Advanced Aperture Corre
97. plit Demonstration mode where the upper half of the picture is processed while the lower part is left unprocessed for comparisons V Split Demonstration mode where the left part of the picture is processed while the right part is left unprocessed for comparisons ASC Il menu Bypass When enabled the ASC II is put into electronic bypass ASC Il Advanced Scratch Concealment e 71 Operation Removing big spots with the Keyer e Ifyou have a big spot in one frame that is not removed with the filter settings you have for your Main Area make an event at exactly the frame were the big spot is e For this event turn on Key Area Put your keyer over the spot Select Global for the key area and select filter size COPY NEXT ot COPY PREV e If it is the first frame after a cut you must select COPY NEXT and likewise if it s the last frame before a cut you must select COPY PREV Set Level to 15 in your key area you will get a copy and paste from next frame to current in real time e On the first frame after the frame with the spot set another event and deselect Use Key to go back to using settings for Main Area for the whole picture 72 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual ASC Il Advanced Scratch Concealment e 73 16 ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment About Scratch Concealment The ASC II is a new High Definition scratch concealer based on the industry standa
98. r colouring of areas with low saturation and where the resulting colour needs to be highly saturated 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 ACP Viper e 95 Viper keying 96 e ACP Viper ACP Menu Primary settings copy Secondary settings copy gt Unlink Processor Define Panel Acceleration Panel Gain Ring Config gt Bypass Clear Secondary settings copy Provides different options of copying settings between to channel A and Channel B Bypass When enabled both Primary and Secondary is put into electronic bypass Clear Clears both Primary and Secondary settings Multiplicative to the left and Additive to the right incl slopes affecting a luma or chroma ramp For the demanding jobs the Viper provides a power boost with dual parallel primary and secondary colour correctors including advanced Viper keying between the two 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 and B corresponds to the dual colour correctors where channel A works outside and channel B inside of the defined key area If the key area is disabled channel A is used User s Manual User s Manual Advanced Colour Processor First activ
99. rd E JE E oo CE 00000 Ethernet UTP RJ45 Male Male ocal Pati B 00000 g KOY 00000 000000 Doon g9 Oe L House Network oO O Ethernet Card WY 1 port Media Colour Getting Started e 3 Panels 4 e Getting Started N ES HA P N Valhall key The Valhall system consists of Valhall System Controller A 4RU Windows 2000 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 Read more about installing the Valhall system on page Error Bookmark not defined This section describes some basics on panel operation necessary for the continued reading of this manual Read more on panel functionality starting from page 113 Press and Hold 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 Numerical Entry Numerical entries event number timecode etc are normally done prior to pressing the function key Both absolute unsigned and relative signed entries are supported
100. rd ASC II With new filters and enhanced Motion Adaptation the ASC II further reduces the need for manual paintwork or non real time processing The ASC II effectively removes in real time the disturbing effects of film dust dirt and randomly dispersed scratches Even pure emulsion damages can be effectively dealt with The proprietary and patented process is fully adaptive while retaining full resolution of the image Its versatility is outstanding allowing it to be used for material previously considered to be lost to the final touching up of virgin negative transfers A unique function giving users a very powerful tool is the keyer function In a separate window it is possible to set different processing parameters This function can be used to remove very big spots without affecting the rest of the picture or do a copy and paste for flash frames in real time In terms of film dirt concealment in real time the ASC II sets a new standard 74 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual Controls Click on the ASC button at the top of the workspace or select ASC from the Image panel to access the ASC I controls User s Manual Scratch Concealment l Ed ASC Help Processing Area key N MDC rA Main Filter type Black MV White Motion V Edge Contrast Global BEN ASC II window Set Origin in the set up window to the correct mode Video if the material is shot with a v
101. red on a project basis 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 User s Manual 7 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 Pre striping a tape Set up the Recorder with a tape and the correct machine settings TC Internal gen TC Preset source etc Press Edit on the Valhall toolbar Unlock lock checkbox next to the Rec button on the Recorder column dialogue located in the Edit dialogue Press on Rec to begin a crashrecording with timecode generated from 00 00 00 00 For a different start timecode set any valid timecode as IN for the device and click 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 Editing e 27 Editin
102. rent ways 1 Go to the List tab in the Project Manager and choose Save or Save as 2 From the Image panel press and hold the Save key This is a quick save that do not store thumbnails In addition an Autosave function is available that will save the current list in the background while working Autosave can be enabled under the List page in the User Profile dialogue User s Manual 3 Machine Control General User s Manual 1 UNKNOWN Master Ed VTR View Help 00 01 07 00 HOUR MINUTE SECOND FRAME STO P NDE lt A 4 pb 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 Cue to a specific Timecode Enter the timecode on the numerical keypad of the Media panel and then press the Cue key To e g cue the machine 10 frames back enter 10 and then press the Cue key In the Cue field of the VIR window enter the timecode and then press 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 Tip VTR controls can be mapped on keyboard keys F5 F12 on the Keyboard page of the User Profile dialogue Machine Co
103. rigin Film Origin Video 2 Pixel Spatial 3 Pixel Mix 3 Pixel Spatial 1 Line Mix 4 Pixel Mix 2 Lines Mix 6 Pixel Mix 1 Field Small Temp 8 Pixel Mix 1 Line Spatial 12 Pixel Mix 4 Pixel Mix 16 Pixel Mix 5 Pixel Mix 20 Pixel Mix 1 Line Large Mix 1 Frame Small Temp 1 Field Medium Temp 1 Frame Medium Temp 1 Field Large Temp 1 Frame Large Temp 1 Field X Large Temp Copy Prev Copy Prev Copy Next Copy Next Line These filters only have vertical taps in the current field and should be used to remove line dropouts and FM sparks in video mode Field Frame These filters have the capacity to remove a piece of dirt the size of a field frame Spatial All filters named Spat Spatial are filters working only within current frame or field if video mode i e it has taps only in current frame They are for very small spots 76 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual Mix All filters named Mix have taps in both current frame and the frame previous to and following current frame Le it has both spatial and temporal taps All these filters however have more taps in current frame than in the previous and following together more spatial taps than temporal These filters are for normal spots Temporal Filters called Temp Temporal at the end have both spatial and temporal taps but more temporal than spatial This will enable the ASC II to remove any size of spots These filters may need
104. rizontal aspects greater than 1 zoom out you can activate the preview mode left picture to see exactly which parts of the picture dimmed will be omitted in the final output right picture The preview mode can be enabled independently of the list and dynamics Global Global Zoom Changes horizontal and vertical aspect ratio compression expansion simultaneously Presets ZOOM Help Processing Setup Format Preset The Format Presets provides pre defined settings for the most commonly used aspect ratios ZOOM e 109 110 e ZOOM User s Manual 23 Miscellaneous DVNR controls Test Pattern Test Pattern xi Pattern 0H f Colour Bars T Insert Monochrome Test window The test patterns are located on the input interface board of the DVNR and 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 User s Manual Miscellaneous DVNR controls e 111 Blanking Blanking Control x Blanking Help Ver upper Ver lower Horizontal left right O pixel Presets a TR 32 lines 32 lines Cea Blanking window Vertical re blanking Vertical re blanking is
105. ry user but only writable with special permission Valhall Premium also provides 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 User s Manual Notes e 25 Operation Quick Notes 26 e Notes To switch between the different sets of notes press Valhall Note on the Image panel 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 press 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 Adding a Comment Ensure Note key is selected with up down arrows or wipe wheel go 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 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 sto
106. s User profile Administrator xi Panels Help List Colour Keys Sound events None Valhall Shift Shift Valhall Key Press Press and Hold Cue to selection Cue prev event Cue next event Autoshot on off Load note 1 Save note 1 Load note 2 Save note 2 Load note 3 Save note 3 Load note 4 Save note 4 Assign Group Function Press List y Cue to selection y 4 Press and Hold flit l 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 Swaps programmed function x Makes selected function key non programmed User s Manual User Profile e 41 Colour Keys 42 e User Profile User profile Administrator xi Panels Help List List layout VTR Key Press Cir Black RGB Rev play Frame Rew Load Mem 1 Load Mem 2 Load Mem 3 Cue prev event Clr Gamma RGB Cue next event Load Mem 4 Load Mem 5 Load Mem 6 Frame Fwd Play Ch Gain RGB Recall event 2 Scroll up Recall Scroll down Set Keyboard Panels Media Keys Image Keys a Press and Hold Clr Blac S
107. s and Hold Unsigned Numerical entry Signed Numerical entry offset TC Unsigned Timecode entry ETG 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 Key1 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 Open Primary List window and assign certain keys for List operations List x Close Primary List window Valhall List Open Secondaty List window Valhal List x Close Secondary List window Note Open Note window and assign certain keys for Note operations Note x Close Note window and return to List mode User s Manual e 129 130 e Command Function Valhall Note H Note H Note x Still Select Select x All Select All Select x Shift Up Down Delete All Delete Clear Up Valhall Up Down Valhall Down Enter All Enter Enter x Recall All Recall Recall Switch between Note sets Recall Note no Save Note no
108. ser Password Logout Exit User s Manual Getting Started e 7 Double click on the User account you want to login as or click and hit return 8 e Getting Started 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 Open the Project Manager dialogue click on the Projects tab Then select Personal or Shared folders to the right in the dialogue Project Manager Administrator Projects Lists Default a Created Mon Jan 14 2002 04 46 PM E 4 Modified Mon Jan 14 2002 04 46 PM Personal Shared Del Arrange by Name C by Date Select New to start a new project or Open a previously stored project Note Only projects previously created with the same user account will be visible The Administrator can open any project If starting a new project enter the name of the project and click on OK when done Setting Video Standard Open the DVNR setup window and check that proper input output field rate etc are correctly set before starting the session by clicking on OK Read more about the DVNR setup on page 45 Saving Lists Lists can be saved in two diffe
109. set to unity Press and Hold to clear all settings for the selected option Modifier keys The modifier keys Valhall Shift amp All provide additional functionality 47 when used together with other keys A modifier key is either pressed and Valk all fey Rs before selecting the second key or held wild pressing the second ey Trackball The trackball with the five corresponding buttons layout for both left and right handed persons is mainly used to navigate in the Windows environment The button closest to the middle and the button furthest away ate compatible with the standard two button mouse Use your thumb to move the trackball The middle button is used to activate the eye dropper of the ACP secondaty 120 e Image Panel User s Manual 26 Media Panel About the Media Panel User s Manual Media Panel e 121 Controls 122 e Media Panel SER Edil Display Numerical keypad N AN N N AN A Cue Asmbl 7 8 9 a NU VA Va NK N Edit Rec 4 5 6 Edit gt Va NK La Va NK y na controls Preview Review 1 2 3 Va AA Va L NE N N AM N AM Fj E In ot A o 00 c Va Va A EES VIR1 VIR2 VTR3 VTR4 Enter La y L YV N NK y SJ N Valhall key
110. sponds 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 82 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 scratches Wobble Selects how much the scratch es are alowed to move horizontally and still being detected by the CSR Small Medium Large Extra large 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 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 CSA Help Processing rea key Slope 0 Autotrack
111. ssed 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 which 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 A status display bar appears in the picture as shown below 84 e CSR Vertical Scratch Removal User s Manual User s Manual Area Key Status Bar lt 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
112. that has to pass after an autoshot has created an event before it creates the next one User s Manual List Layout User s Manual Select as Primary List Valhall Premium only The List button 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 User profile Administrator x Panels Help List vTR Keyboard Panels Media Keys Image Keys Colour Keys Sound events Event list Thumbnail display M View Thumbnail Source Full Frame hd M View Info Single line M View Process lists Aspect 43 y M Shadow Identical Settings Size Medium y m Timeline r Thumbnail display M View Thumbnail Fun Frame z M View Info cate MV View Process lists Aspect 43 y Size Medium po 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 removed User Profile e 35 Single line Rearranges the layout of the information field to reduce the height of the event
113. 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 only process the parts of the picture where there are scratches CSR Vertical Scratch Removal e 81 Controls Continuous Scratch Remover x CSA Help Processing rea key Filter Size 3 Pixel H M Black M White Contrast 60 I Global Coverage Wobble C None Small C Medium C Large 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 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 Corre
114. tion About Colour Desaturation Controls User s Manual 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 to 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 Chrominance Desaturation xi CD Help Chroma Desat high 83 0 High Low Knee Cutoff Knee Cutoff am sel D 10 89 5 5 5 6 4 Chroma Desat low 98 5 Clear Chroma Desaturation CD window Cutoff Sets the luminance level where minimum desaturation 0 is performed CD Colour Desaturation e 99 100 e 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 Su
115. 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 DVNR1000 HD Media DYNR1000 HD x Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay Origin E Field dominance auto be 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 48 e DVNR Setup User s Manual User s Manual Video Input DVNR1000 HD x Help Media Video input Video output Setup Delay m Input Format r Input Fieldrate C 1080i C 23 98 Hz 1080P 24 00Hz 1080PsF C 25 00Hz O 1035i C 59 94H EN 00 He I 8 bit Syne source C Auto C External reference Input Internal Video Gain 7 100 0 aa 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 at all needed Video Gain Separately controls lum
116. top Rewind Save Mem 1 Save Mem 2 Save Mem 3 Rewind Ch Gamma Fast Forward Save Mem 4 Save Mem 5 Save Mem 6 Fast Forward Stop Ch Gain Copy 2 Cue to selection Recall event 1 Cue to selection Mark amp Set Assign Group Press DvNR ACP y Cr Black RGB y A Press and Hold DYNA ACP y Cir Black y Function x 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 4 Swaps programmed functions x Makes selected function key non programmed User s Manual Sound events List List layout VTR Panel Media Key Map Image Key Map Colour Key Map Sound events I Enable sound List event updated panel beep List Mark event amb awaken04 Panel Key not defined amb refreshing01 Login Insert Bookmark Walue out of range Logout em goodbye em hello em loading em thankyou em welcome GETTOWRK golf GOODMORN GUTMORG HEYMAN horseshoe JOLLY dci le Here you can attach a sound to a specific event like Autoshot prompts etc Only applicable if speakers are connected Adding sounds
117. 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 Toggle Bypass for all processing Force Bypass all off Locks selected option in the list Locks all options Unlocks all options e 131 132 o Command Function Single Hold Hold x All Hold All Hold x Cue TC Cue TC Cue TC Play TC PlayRev Asmbl Edit x Valhall Edit Valhall Edit x Rec x Preview Review In In x TC In Valhall In x Valhal In x TC Valhall In Out Out x TC Out Orig Prev 1 3 1 3 x Valhall 1 3 Shift 1 3 F1 F4 M1 M4 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 Bookmark Cue up to selected bookmark Cue up to entered timecode Cue up to entered timecode offset Cue forward to unsigned timecode offset Cue backward to unsigned timecode offset Select Assemble editing mode Start 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 Set reference point of the selected machine at current machine position ga

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