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Supplement Software Release V3.4.5DD35 Production Switcher
The new software V3.4.5 is released with the following main features:
D DVx Functions improved
D RAM Recorder added
D Macro Attachment viewer and Macro Editor
D Soft Patch Panel
D RSAT Macros can be selected via sidepanel menu (Config / Panel / RSAT)
The following sections describes the new functions.
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2.INTERNAL DVx PROCESSOR
2.1DVX GENERAL
The FX Processor is a powerful option for the XtenDD switcher mainframe. It improves the feature set and the value of switcher significantly for all production purposes. It supports the user of XtenDD to increase the efficiency of productions and
investments.
The FX Processor provides internal DVx (DVE) and huge video storage capabilities
to the XtenDD user. The DVE is mainly designed to cover the basic effects that are
widely used in day to day productions. Integration of the DVx into the switcher
avoids the requirement of additional space for installation, additional power supply
and additional cabling. No inputs or Aux buses are required to feed the DVx. This
frees all the I/O of the switcher for other video signals.
Close integration of DVx control into the user interface of the switcher gives more
creative power to the operator and optimizes the efficiency of the operation personal.
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FX Processor functions:
D DVx
The FX Processor board provides 4 channels of DVx with linear effects in 3D
space. Every channel handles video or key signals. Sizing, Positioning and
Rotation in all 3 axis can be performed and perspective representation of the
images.
A combiner function combines the DVx channels on the board to not block the
keyers or transition means on the XtenDD M/E. The combiner also provides
Z–intersection for the DVx channels.
All DVx channels can be controlled independently or a any number of channels
can be controlled together through a global control channel
Examples for applications are picture in picture, over the shoulder boxes,
cubes, and more.
D RAM Recorder
The FX Processor also includes 4 channels of RAM Recorder. Each channel
can store 8 sec of uncompressed video together with embedded audio data.
The 4 channels can also be combined to form one channel of 32 sec. The channels can be cascaded to 16, 24, or 32 sec ( 2, 3, or 4 channels ).
D Key Shadow
The FX Processor includes 3 key stores for generation of far shadows. The 3
key shadow stores are dedicated to M/E1 to M/E3.
For many applications it will make the need for an external DVE obsolete or enable
it to be used for more sophisticated true 3D effects.
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2.2VIDEO ARCHITECTURE
The XtenDD internal DVx (DVE) offers a high flexibility in the way it can be controlled. You can control it in the same way you control existing DVEs, that means
you can combine up to 4 channels via a combiner and feed it into the switcher via
a video and a key input. That means you can combine up to 4 channels via the combiner and the Video and Key are internally supplied to the input bus.
It is also possible to break down the architecture into two 2–channel DVxs each with
a video and key signal. Both DVxs can be controlled independently.
Each of the 2–channel DVxs can further be split into two 1–channel DVxs. In this
case the input into the switcher is superblack.
So up to 4 individual DVxs can be controlled independently for e.g. background–
or key–transitions.
DVx architecture can differ per DVx effect.
IN
IN 1
IN 2
IN 3
IN 4
BLACK
DVx 1
DVx 2
DVx 3
DVx 4
RAM 1
RAM 2
RAM 3
RAM 4
OUT 1OUT 4OUT 2 OUT 3
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2.3DVx MAIN MENU
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2.3.1DIALOG BUTTONS
DVE Extern
DVx Main
DVx Edit
DVx Settings
Previous Menu
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Switch to control page for extern DVE 1 + 2.
Current page.
Switch to edit page for intern DVx.
Switch to settings page for intern DVx.
Return to the previous menu. For details refer to section Introduction.
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2.3.2INNER WINDOW
The inner window consists of several sections:
D FX inputs
D FX outputscan be hidded via DVx Settings
D Effect selection (6 x 5 buttons)
D Current effect no.can be hidden via DVx Settings
Input Selection
Input selection for the 4 FX processor channels, click on the according fields for
source selection:
Output Selection
Each channel has a separate source for front and back side, which is automatically
selected, depending on the rotation angle of the channel.
Note:
Keep in mind that the inputs of the DD35’s DVx are also used for the according RAM recoder (DVx1 for RAM recorder1 etc.).
Depending whether the front or the backside of the DVx channel is active,
this source is used for the RAM recorder.
Since a fully equipped FX processor can provide 8 signals in parallel (4x a single
channel DVE plus 4 RAM recorder channels) depending on your configuration, you
can run short in available outputs.
On the main crossbar of the DD35 there are only 4 returns available from the
FX processor, named “DVX1” ... “DVX4”.
For the large (standard) mainframe you can buy a “FX direct RAM Output option”
which gives you 4 more FX processor outputs at the rear panel of the mainframe.
These outputs can be re–entered into free inputs by short looping cables.
DVX1 ... DVX4:click on the according fields to change to another
signal (DVx or RAM recorder)
RAM1 ... RAM4:click on the according fields to change to another
signal (DVx or RAM recorder)
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Example Settings
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Since there is no need to change these settings, you probably will hide the complete FX outputs section (DVx Settings menu).
FX direct Ram Output option not installed:
Since this option is not installed, you should hide the RAM outputs part of the FX
outputs section.
For a fully equipped FX processor your setting could be:
DVX1:DVX1
DVX2:DVX2
DVX3:RAM1
DVX4:RAM3
In this case you still could use all 4 channels of DVE in combiner mode (DVX1 =
DVE video, DVX2 = DVE key) as one DVE or two pairs with superblack (DVX1 =
combiner1 on superblack, DVX2 = combiner2 on superblack) as two independent
DVE’s.
On DVX3 you can access RAM recorder1 – which can be cascaded with RAM recorder2.
On DVX4 you can access RAM recorder3 – which can be cascaded with RAM recorder4.
You can change these settings on the fly by macros or by timelines. T o indicate a
deviation from your default setting you can define your defaults in the DVx Settings
menu.
A deviation will then be highlighted.
Note:
The sources named “RAM1” ... “RAM4” which are available as internal
sources can only be used on the sendbuses to the DVx! When selected here
this will feed the according RAM recorder output directly into the DVx channel in a shortcirciut mode on the FX processor. “RAM1” ... “RAM4” selected
on any other bus will generate full frame white. So be careful when rename
the inputs for the re–entered RAM outputs to not get confused with the inernal names.
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Effect Selection
30 buttons for DVx effect selection (in total 120 effects on 4 pages).
In the bottom part per button you find an indication of the channels used in the ac-
cording effect.
Tip
Current Effect Nr.
To select an effect, first pre–select it (dark blue border) then press OK – or double
click an effect directly.
The selected effect (light blue background) can be controlled by the motion control
buttons or by the DVx digipot on the right side.
The effect selection can be learned in a macro.
Since you can run up to 4 DVx effects simultaneously, learning motion con-
trol commands in macros have to be done carefully.
Pressing the “Play” button while learning a macro, this macro will record a
play command for the first channel in the selected effect.
Example: the effect contains channel 2,3,4 – the macro will record the play
command for channel 2. This macro can be used to play any effect containing
at least channel 2, because a play command for one of the used channels will
play all used channels. So 4 macros is enough to play all effects.
In this section you find an indication of the selected effect per channel. This can
differ from the last recalled effect, since an effect recall only loads the channels included in the DVx effect.
”WB” (workbuffer) means this channel is currently in editmode. This section is only
interesting for users using the DVx as a multi DVE. If you use the DVx channels only
in a single DVE mode, you probably will hide this section.
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2.3.3FUNCTION BUTTONS
Highlight eff nr.
This feature is only a help to get a quick overview, which channel is used in which
effect. This is only important for customers using the DVx as a multiple DVE!
The overlay row is special and consists of two parts, which have to be selected independently.
no showno highlighting
1 incl.Highlight all effects which contain at least one of the
all incl.Highlight all effects which contain all of the selected channels.
exactHighlight all effects which contain exactly the selected channels.
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selected channels.
No x–point chan 1 – 4
Refresh
––– / chan 1toggle selection channel 1: ”– – –” is off, ”chan 1” is on.
––– / chan 2 toggle selection channel 2: ”– – –” is off, ”chan 2” is on.
––– / chan 3 toggle selection channel 3: ”– – –” is off, ”chan 3” is on.
––– / chan 4 toggle selection channel 4: ”– – –” is off, ”chan 4” is on.
––– / global toggle selection global: ”– – –” is off, ”global” is on.
If active, recalling or playing an effect does not recall the sources stored per keyframe for the according channel.
Refresh the display of the menu and reload the workbuffer for editmode.
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Motion Controls:
– Start
– Reverse
– Pause
– Play
– End
Modify
Motion control buttons for selected effect, see below Inner Window, middle part.
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2.4.1GENERAL CONTROL PRINCIPLES
The edit control consists of 2 rows of 8 index cards.
D You can toggle between the two rows of 8 with the arrow button (top row left).
D To select an index card press the according button in the top row of the GUI
panel.
Most index cards have several pages (functions) with up to 4 controls.
D You can toggle through the functions with the function select button (top row
rigtht of the GUI).
D The up to 4 controls per page can be controlled by the 4 digipots on the right
side.
D Some controls can also be set with numeric values (see below)
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Tip
The tabulators of the index cards indicate the following states:
D Dark blue background: At least one value of the index card is not user default.
D Name of the cards is followed by an asterisk (*), e.g. “2–D *:
At least one value of the index card does not match the according values of the
selected keyframe. In this case you will loose your changes when you press
next / previous keyframe. To keep your changes first select “Modify / Sel. KF”.
D The dark blue index cards, marking a non default are not visible on Windows95
systems.
Channel selection:
You can select per local channel whether this channel should be affected by the
global channel. Click the buttons with the mouse to select / de–select. The buttons
are only enabled when the global channel is set to used in the Setup index card.
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2.4.2DIALOG BUTTONS
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DVx 1
DVx 2
DVx 3
DVx 4
When selected, the associated channel is preset for function controls.
Since only the values of one channel can be displayed at a time (the colored name
in the inner window),
You may not see a change in values, because e.g. the display is set for the values
of DVx 1, but only DVx 2 and DVx 3 are selected. In this case channel 2 + 3 will
be controlled, but the value change will not be reflected.
To change the channel to be displayed double press (double click) the according
channel. This will put the channel to display and deselect all other channels.
Depending on the type of index card the channel to be displayed can only be channel 1 – 4 (local channel) or global channel. If you select an index card of that type,
the channel to be displayed is forced accordingly.
Forced local channel:
D INPUT
D 2–D
D 3–D
D CROP
D KEY
Previous Menu
D COLORS
D COMBINER
Forced global channel:
D PRIORITY
D CUBE/SLAB
D GLOBAL
Don’t care:
D COPY
D SAVE/RECALL
D MISC
D TIMELINE
D SETUP
Return to the previous menu. For details refer to section Introduction.
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2.4.3FUNCTION BUTTONS
DVx Run Control
Standard editing controls
Motion controls
Set Trajectory
Trajectory controls
Toggles bottom row controls between standard editing controls and motion controls:
Toggles bottom row controls between standard editing controls and trajectory controls:
Tip
“Arrow Up” and “Arrow Down” (in Timeline “Arrow Left” and “Arrow Right”):
Go to next / previous keyframe.
Some of the bottom controls refer to the “selected” control (the control box
with light blue background)
There are two ways to change the selected control:
D Touch the according digipot
D Press the button of the selected index card (top row) again to advance the
selection
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2.4.4STANDARD EDIT CONTROLS
In general the commands below are executed for the selected channels (with Dialog buttons) only.
Default
Factory AllSets all values for all selected channels to factory default values.
User default:
AllSets all values for all selected channels to user default values.
SelectedSet the selected (light blue) control to user default.
FunctionSet all controls of a page to user default.
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Goto
Insert
MenuSet all controls of all pages of an index cards.
SaveSave the actual values of DVx 1 and the actual values of the
global channel as user default.
StartGo to start of timeline (first keyframe).
EndGo to end of timeline (last keyframe).
Other commands not yet supported.
Ins. at SelInsert actual state as keyframe before the selected keyframe.
Ins. at EndInsert actual state as keyframe after the last keyframe.
PauseInsert pause after the last keyframe.
Other commands not yet supported.
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Modify
Sel. KFModify the selected keyframe
SelectedAllows numeric input for geometric parameters.
If you use the keypad in the Master–Ti/ME–Memo section of the
main control panel:
Toggle +/– is the relocate button.
Decimal point is achieved by pressing the digit “8” twice.
Other commands not yet supported
Delete
DeleteDelete the selected keyframe. The total duration of the effect will
RemoveSame as delete, but the keyframe duration of the deleted keyframe
PauseDeletes the selected Pause.
Delete AllDeletes all keyframes. One keyframe always remains with factory
2.4.5MOTION CONTROLS
Start:Set effect to begin (first keyframe)
Reverse:Play effect in reverse direction
be reduced by the keyframe duration of the deleted keyframe.
If this keyframe is the only one, the values are set to factory default.
is added to the following one, maintaining the total effect length.
default values.
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Pause:Pause effect
Play:Play effect in normal direction
End:Set effect to end (last keyframe)
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2.4.6TRAJECTORY CONTROLS
There are 5 types of trajectory for transitions between keyframes:
Accelerated SplineSpline curve with variable speed
SplineSpline curve with constant speed.
Accelerated LinearLinear interpolation with variable speed.
LinearLinear interpolation with constant speed.
Jump:No interpolation at all, just switch to the values
These 5 types can be set selectively:
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(slow start and end).
of the next keyframe.
SelectedSet the selected.
FunctionSet all controls of a page.
MenuSet all controls of all pages of an index cards.
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