Ultimatte-9 Operations Manual
March 1, 2000
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4. BG Saturation Master
This control adjusts the saturation of the colors in the BG scene. If the saturation of the colors in
the BG scene does not appear to match the saturation of the BG View colors, adjusting BG
Saturation Master
may produce a more convincing composite.
The BG Saturation Master control can completely remove all color from the BG scene and
produce composites with the FG subject in full color against a monochrome (black and white) BG
scene.
Any offset in the BG Saturation Red, Green or Blue controls added from the BG Contrast /
Saturation menu will be preserved as BG Saturation Master is adjusted.
5. Fade / Mix
Turning the FADE control from 100% to 0%, the FG object will gradually start fading, and will be
substituted by the BG scene instead.
When in MATTE OFF or in View FG modes, turning the MIX control from 0% to 100% will
gradually mix the FG image with the BG image, proportional to the MIX % setting. Also when the
MIX control is at 100%, the View BG LED will be on. When the MIX control is turned to 0%, the
View FG led will be on.
The Fade-Mix
function allows blending of FG and BG images in order to match edges of set
pieces in the FG scene to their corresponding objects in the BG scene.
6. BG Color Reset
This switch returns the BG color controls (white, black, contrast and saturation) to their default
values (factory or user) without affecting the settings of the other controls.
7. Test Signal Enable
When enabled, the incoming BG signal is substituted with an internally generated test field. This
is useful in situations when the BG signal is not available.
