Fairlight CVI, User Manual

Page 1: ...r e User Manual Computer Video Instrument...

Page 2: ...ristics are interrelated so that you can combine live video and painted images in a multitude of ways using painted images as backgrounds foregrounds or both capturing live images and combining them f...

Page 3: ...bes how to include ASCII escape sequences to provide font and attribute changes in titles 2 Use the RS232coinmands Load Library LL and Save Library SL to handle the library en masse Thus If the ra re...

Page 4: ...Startea 2 Video Melius...

Page 5: ...required at this stage Presets describes the characteristics of each Factory ROM PRESET including video and paint responses This section also includes photographs of examples of presets and a PRESET Q...

Page 6: ...re they 7 Stencils Wh at are they 10 Presets What are they 12 Sequencer What is i t 13 The Cursor How to use it 14 Concept ual model 15 Functional overview 16 Connecting the CVI 18 CVI external connec...

Page 7: ...Ait The console controls consist of 10 Slider controls 1 v o lD v l J v J o o EJ 16 Push buttons 4A Emi4 MikM4M _ Ri A u WA K At Ai CONSOLE CONTROLS 1 Graphics pad o o C O MP U T RlJMENT d 1 At...

Page 8: ...ld ORANGE ii SATURATION The saturation of a colour is its purity For instance high saturation red is a bright red decreasing saturation goes through various shades of pink until at minimum saturation...

Page 9: ...ves image horizontally ii VERTICAL PAN Moves image vertically iii STRETCH This control affects the aspect ratio proportion of vertical size to horizontal size of the pixels A pixel is a picture elemen...

Page 10: ...ntrol Enables Enable Screen Pick Title Wipe Colour Enable Enables COntrol Colourize push on push off Button number O Stencil Key Controls Will re colour the whole digital image in the colourize type s...

Page 11: ...ection 3 PAINT MENUS under TITLE EDIT menu Use stencil Push on push off Button number 8 Enables you to activate on screen whatever stencil is selected from the STENCIL SOURCE menu See Section 3 VIDEO...

Page 12: ...s the selection of PRESETS To select a particular PRESET press PRESET button then a two digit number 00 to 99 from the number buttons If the required preset is numbered between 0 and 9 you may either...

Page 13: ...n the GRAPHICS PAD The form of this cursor varies with different functions For painting the cursor will show the Colour Brush Shape and Colour Type currently selected When the colour and position of c...

Page 14: ...ries The menus are initially entered by pressing the MENU button This will display the last menu that was used Menus are blue and white pages that appear on the screen For purposes of printing they ap...

Page 15: ...W LOCK button while in MENU mode Most menus also feature a quick selection bar at the bottom of th e page This quick selection bar enables you to gain instant access to any of the PAINT or VIDEO menus...

Page 16: ...on the CVI the following PAINT MENU will appear ii To select PAINT TYPE move cursor to Quick select PAINT 2 or press button number 2 DRAW STENCIL B 1 0 PAINT menus 1 0 VIDEO menus iii We now have disp...

Page 17: ...tion 3 Paint Menu 8 Any change that you make to the stencil will appear on the screen as changes in the areas where the two types of picture are displayed For example assume that you have selected to...

Page 18: ...ed in the CYI but rather used continuously for live stencil effects The size position and shape of the chromakey stencil are determined entirely from the incoming video signal they are not affected by...

Page 19: ...nd accurate control of the CVI in demanding situations and even situations which are not so demanding 4 To allow the recording of MENU selections and control positions that create an effect that you m...

Page 20: ...to be duplicated for identical results The first action in a sequence should be the clearing of the screen in some way usually using a Colour or Stencil Wipe If this is not done replaying the sequenc...

Page 21: ...using specific PAINT METHODS such as circl rect fill etc The tip of the arrow points to the pixel where painting will take place Position is determined by lifting the stylus off the GRAPHICS PAD at t...

Page 22: ...use of COLOUR WIPES or by using the GRAPHICS PAD Painted images can also be digitally controlled to give effects The STENCIL can be used as a keying and protection device with both painted and live vi...

Page 23: ...nhancing system capabilities Physical Layout r CONTROL SLIDERS CONTROL CONSOLE EIJL1ctllLD 0 0 PUSH BUTTONS f GRAPHICS PAD BRUSH SHAPE COLOUR TYPE PAINT TYPE SYMMETRY RECTANGLES CIRCLES TEXTURES etc e...

Page 24: ...RVI EW Video Layout I I VIDEO 2 I COMBINE ANALOG DIGITAL VIDEO COMPUTER 4J11 MENU SELECTION Stencil Layout CHROMA KEY STENCIL PLANE MENU SELECTION STENCIL ON OFF STENCIL SOURCE STENCIL WIPE To Monitor...

Page 25: ...nd application If in doubt about the correct configuration for your i nstallation an experienced video technician or engineer should be consulted The CVI synchronizes to the VIDEO I input which should...

Page 26: ...tch Power VIDEO I in Red I in Green I in Blue I in VIDEO 2 in Red 2 in Green 2 in Blue 2 in Stencil in Digital cascade in Subcarrier in Audio in Remote switch in Expansion port r Optional expansion mo...

Page 27: ...a t e SWl 5 G re e n I Inpul t e r m i n a t e SWl 4 Blue 1 I n p u t t e r m i n a t e SlI l J R e d 2 I n p u l l e r m i n a l e S W 2 l G re e n 2 I n fl u l l e r m i n a l e SWl l B l u e 2 I n...

Page 28: ...and SLIDERS will come on The image on the screen will be the Fairlight logo overlayed on the incoming video signal or black if there is no signal input This is factory PRESET 00 See Section 2 PRESETS...

Page 29: ...eration VIDEO OUT I I I I VIDEO 1 IN Composite monitor I I GEN LOCK VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN I I I I I I VIDEO OUT VIDEO 2 IN LOOP OUT I Professional Video I Camera I L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 122 CVI DESCRIPTION...

Page 30: ...TION DIAG RAMS Low band live studio use r _ C AM E RA CCU CABLE J D Professional Video Camera o o CCU o o Composite Monitor VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT VCR or VTR o 00 0EJOLJEJEJEJLJEJ EJ CVI I CY I...

Page 31: ...D IN GREEN OUT GREEN IN 0 III 0 r l BLUE OUT BLUE IN 8 o DO DDDDODDDDtJ CVI All screen images in this manual were taken using this configuration Better results may be obtained using a film recorder wh...

Page 32: ...IIJD I A o c t 3 t I 0 t t I 0 1_ 3 I L O O P OUT 1 0 RED OUT RED IN G REEN OUT G REEN IN BLUE OUT BLUE IN I r 0 00 o c 1 1 l nI 0 n 0 1 1 ft l 8 t I o o c 3 0 0 EXT VID EO IN SUB CARRIER I SYNC B LA...

Page 33: ...NAL SPG 1 26 CVI DESCRIPTION Video Mixer VCR or VTR Time Base Co rrector 0 0 0 0 REF SYNCS IN PREVIEW VIDEO OUT OUT VIDEO 1 IN CVI 0 I SYNC etc o o o o o o 0 t I 0 OR 0 IZI I IZI OPTIONAL Coder Possib...

Page 34: ...peration at concerts minimum system Eo o o r l Q Professional Video Camera z Composite Monitor VIDEO OUT o DO D DDOO tJDDD D CVI Projection TV RED OUT RED IN GREEN OUT GREEN IN BLUE OUT BLUE IN SYNC O...

Page 35: ...rojection CCU TV or VCR 000 I Eo l i GENLOCK IN 0 SYNC RED OUT RED 2 IN VIDEO IN 0 Q GREEN OUT GREEN 2 IN CCU CAMERA CABLE 1 111 BLUE OUT BLUE 2 IN 11 r r u I OUT I I I PERFORMER Professional Video I...

Page 36: ...IDEO 1 IN SYNCS GENLOCK VIDEO 2 IN o DO 00000 00000 _ _ ___ VIDEO 1 IN SYNCS GENLOCK DIGITAL CASCADE OUT Composite Monitor DIGITAL VIDEO OUT HUHH o 00 OOOOD DOOOEJ _____ C VI VIDEO I N D LOOP THROUGH...

Page 37: ...T Eo LOOP VIDEO 1 0 THROUGH IN IXl o D O D DDDD DD DDD CVI o Delay line o The CVI input to output delay is approximately 0 7 microseconds for RGB to RGB 0 95 microseconds for RGB to composite and 1 3...

Page 38: ...RGB Monitor Q fil I E 0 Q fil Z fil fil 0 I Eo 0 Z fil fil 0 Z fil I III I Eo 0 fil I III Z 0 Z I Il I Eo 0 0 Z I Il UUHUU UHHUU LI LI D JDLlLlOOOO JO LI 0 0 ODOOLJOOOOO CVI CVI The CVI may be used wi...

Page 39: ...U RATION DIAG RAMS Use with domestic video equipment VIDEO OUT VIDEO 1 IN Domestic Video Camera VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN LJ D O DOr JODOEJ O CVI 1 32 CVI DESCRIPTION I TV Set VCR o r VTR e m D O D CCC AERI...

Page 40: ...CON FIGU RATION DIAG RAMS Tape to tape dub with CVI processing VCR o r VTR VIDEO OUT VIDEO 1 IN VID EO OUT DO DDDotJtJtl Db CVI VID EO INPUT TV Set AERIAL RF OUT VCR o r VTR I CVI DESCRIPTION 33 I...

Page 41: ...ties see Section 3 PAINT MENUS It is necessary at this point to have a CVI connected and ready to use For connection details see Section I CONNECTING THE CVI Functions may be combined in numerous ways...

Page 42: ...rawing move the HUE slider All colours from the spectrum should be seen Move the PAN and ZOOM sliders See how it is possible to colour the smallest areas pixels Return the PAN sliders to their central...

Page 43: ...ory PRESETS stored in the CVI and a list of them appears at the end of this section 9 Drawing now will produce random coloured car shapes Rate of randomness is set by the RATE 1 slider At minimum sett...

Page 44: ...ill select the COLOUR TYPE menu Select Translucent by moving the cursor to the number 2 and lifting Easy isn t it Push STOP button to return to image Push SATURATION and VALUE sliders up to top positi...

Page 45: ...lines will be blended into the background giving a much smoother appearance Note that the lines are drawn more slowly when DEJAG is active 12 Another paint method is Rectangle whereby a rectangle of a...

Page 46: ...nt protect an area of screen for instance to change the background but not the stencilled area Another possibility is to copy one stencilled area to a different part of the screen The CVI will allow l...

Page 47: ...epeat steps vi to viii to make further copies of the original object 16 Finally we can title our masterpiece i Press MENU button and select Paint Menu 9 TITLE EDIT ii An alphanumeric style keyboard sh...

Page 48: ...ll on the background This would require at least two floodlights either side of the subject However too much floodlighting can result in hot spots on the chroma key background These areas cannot be ke...

Page 49: ...ith live video behind it Press the WIPE STENCIL button This should leave just live analog video 2 Select PRESET 30 This effect on live video is called pixelatioll or the mosaic effect Try the ZOOM and...

Page 50: ...Horizontal or Vertical wipe 8 Select PRESET 39 and draw Still image is unchanged except drawn areas are brighter This is the stencil being shown Notice DRAW COLOUR button is not lit We are just drawin...

Page 51: ...ee Section 3 DISPLAY CONTROL Menu for more information The ZOOM control can expand the stencil areas without a ffecting the analog areas The RATE 2 slider controls ZOOM speed If RATE 2 is at minimum Z...

Page 52: ...y freezes at a rate set by RATE 2 slider 16 Select PRESET 61 This carries on from PRESET 60 and uses Slide in Video Menu 2 SCREEN CONTROL Slide allows continuous panning of the continually frozen imag...

Page 53: ...to VIDEO INPUT 2 PRESET 92 wipes from top to bottom from VIDEO INPUT 2 to VIDEO INPUT 1 PRESET 93 disintegrates dot wise from VIDEO INPUT 1 to VIDEO INPUT 2 These are useful transitions between video...

Page 54: ...g are on the stencil plane and the field store Press USE STENCIL button to either display or not display the stencilled painted areas Press INVERT STENCIL button to either have the logo and lettering...

Page 55: ...ally brown but may be altered using the H S V sliders Turn off the DRAW LOCK button and use the DRAW button for greater positioning control The stencil is drawn at the same time therefore defining the...

Page 56: ...he background stencil Off Live video must be chroma keyed for this PRESET Set up chroma key using PRESET 99 Also a stencil must be drawn PRESET 09 U N DER OVER SLIDE COLOU RIZE Similar to PRESET 08 bu...

Page 57: ...select a new area to be copied press STOP button and re position cursor Change Brush shape for other effects Build up an image from overlapping cuts and pastes PRESETS 1 3 to 1 7 are part of a graph d...

Page 58: ...and rectangles are drawn in with a thick brush and Paint crawl Move H S V sliders for changes in Paint crawl colours Move PAN STRETCH and ZOOM sliders for more effect Press FREEZE button to get recta...

Page 59: ...rom the video image Move the ZOOM and STRETCH sliders for different size rectangles Move HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL PAN sliders to mid position to stop the sliding Actual content of background can now be...

Page 60: ...PTH is set midway to zero there is no colourizing because there is no depth Press FREEZE to freeze the image Press COLOURIZE to return to normal colours PRESET 27 COLOU RIZE SEPIA TON E Monochrome col...

Page 61: ...s STOP button to terminate scan PRESET 35 SLOW SCAN DOWN Same as PRESET 34 except down the screen PRESET 36 ZOOM OUT I MAGES Precursor to PRESET 37 Live image is grabbed as it zooms out Move ZOOM slid...

Page 62: ...ncilled area at a rate set by RATE 2 slider Zooming makes the stencilled area bigger PRESET 41 SLIDE SHATTER TEXTU RE A Texture is on the stencil plane RATE 2 slider controls delay between live digita...

Page 63: ...colourized area with normal area FREEZE will freeze live video in drawn area Press WIPE STENCIL to clear drawn area PRESET 47 SLAPSTICK Press FREEZE to grab live video image RATE 2 slider controls rat...

Page 64: ...nalog image RATE 2 slider controls alternation rate Use ZOOM and STRETCH to alter pixelation Press FREEZE to capture pixelated image PRESET 55 I MAGE OVER COLOU R WIPE Colour wipe down the screen behi...

Page 65: ...clear background ZOOM and STRETCH work well here PRESET 59 TRAIL Current chroma keyed image is continually and rapidly grabbed or frozen as in PRESET 58 This results in a trail of images A rapidly mo...

Page 66: ...IZONTAL PAN slider positions right mirror Press FREEZE to capture reflections and see left mirror PRESET 65 OVERLAP MIRROR WITH TRAIL AN D STROBE Same a s PRESET 64 except image is continuously frozen...

Page 67: ...image Digital image is always catching up to the analog image RATE 2 slider sets how fast the catch up is FREEZE will halt the catch up INVERT STENCIL will show digital image through the stencil creat...

Page 68: ...PAD The stencil cursor will appear Position cursor to blue area and lift from pad A stencil wipe will commence across the screen taking about 6 seconds Everywhere that is blue ish will have the stenc...

Page 69: ...the live image Thus an i mage can be continually frozen in time with music beats or pulses Adjust the AUDIO SENSITIVITY control in the electronics unit for optimum results PRESET 82 M U SIC TRAIL CRA...

Page 70: ...gh where VIDEO I is chroma keyed PRESET 86 CHROMA KEY VI DEO 2 OVER 1 Same as PRESET 85 except video paths are reversed and hence the source of chroma key is Video 2 PRESET 87 CHROMA KEY 1 OVER 2 COLO...

Page 71: ...creen from VIDEO 2 digital to VIDEO 1 analog Press WIPE STENCIL for another wipe Regain VIDEO 2 by pressing INVERT STENCIL Wipe may be stopped at any time by pressing STOP Re position stencil with VER...

Page 72: ...t of blue a pinky orange colour If keying a face for example set H S V sliders to mid position Adjust HUE red content so that face skin tone is normal colour without chroma key speckles Next adjust VA...

Page 73: ...R OVER COLOURIZED 18 RECTANGLES WITH PAINT CRAWL 19 CIRCLES MOTTLED 20 CHROMA KEY OVER SLIDING STILL 2 1 ZOOM OUT COLOUR RECTANGLES 22 BOILING BACKGROUND 23 FILLING GRID WITH RANDOM COLOUR 24 CHROMA K...

Page 74: ...VE COLOURIZE 69 DOPPELGANGER 70 TRAIL CRAWL 7 1 CATCH UP 72 CATCH UP COLOURIZE 73 GHOST SINGLE FREEZE 74 PERSISTENCE OF VISION 75 SOFT PIXELS 76 DIGITAL IMAGE 77 COLOUR DETECT 78 CLEAN UP STENCIL 79 U...

Page 75: ...s fall on the background This would require at least two floodlights either side of the subject However too much floodl ighting ca n result in hot spots on the chroma key background These areas cannot...

Page 76: ...behind it Press the WIPE STENCIL button This should leave just live analog video 2 Select PRESET 30 This effect on live video is called pixelatioll or the mosaic effect Try the ZOOM and STRETCH slider...

Page 77: ...orizontal or Vertical wipe 8 Select PRESET 39 and draw Still image is unchanged except drawn areas are brighter This is the stencil being shown Notice DRAW COLOUR button is not lit We are just drawing...

Page 78: ...s See Section 3 DISPLAY CONTROL Menu for more information The ZOOM control can expand the stencil areas without affecting the analog areas The RATE 2 slider controls ZOOM speed If RATE 2 is at minimum...

Page 79: ...y freezes at a rate set by RATE 2 slider 16 Select PRESET 61 This carries on from PRESET 60 and uses Slide in Video Menu 2 SCREEN CONTROL Slide allows continuous panning of the continually frozen imag...

Page 80: ...to VIDEO INPUT 2 PRESET 92 wipes from top to bottom from VIDEO INPUT 2 to VIDEO INPUT 1 PRESET 93 disintegrates dot wise from VIDEO INPUT 1 to VIDEO INPUT 2 These are useful transitions between video...

Page 81: ...g are on the stencil plane and the field store Press USE STENCIL button to either display or not display the stencilled painted areas Press INVERT STENCIL button to either have the logo and lettering...

Page 82: ...ially brown but may be altered using the H S V sliders Turn off the DRAW LOCK button and use the DRAW button for greater positioning control The stencil is drawn at the same time therefore defining th...

Page 83: ...he background stencil Off Live video must be chroma keyed for this PRESET Set up chroma key using PRESET 99 Also a stencil must be drawn PRESET 09 U N DER OVER SLIDE COLOU RIZE Similar to PRESET 08 bu...

Page 84: ...lect a new area to be copied press STOP button and re posi ion cursor Change Brush shape for other effects Build up an image from overlapping cuts and pastes PRESETS 1 3 to 1 7 are part of a graph dra...

Page 85: ...white and rectangles are drawn in with a thick brush and Paint crawl Move H S V sliders for changes in Paint crawl colours Move PAN STRETCH and ZOOM sliders for more effect Press FREEZE button to get...

Page 86: ...rom the video image Move the ZOOM and STRETCH sliders for different size rectangles Move HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL PAN sliders to mid position to stop the sliding Actual content of background can now be...

Page 87: ...is set midway to zero there is no colourizing because there is no depth Press FREEZE to freeze the image Press COLOURIZE to return to normal colours PRESET 27 COLOU RIZE SEPIA TON E Monochrome colouri...

Page 88: ...STOP button to terminate scan PRESET 35 SLOW SCAN DOWN Same as PRESET 34 except down the screen PRESET 36 ZOO M OUT IMAGES Precursor to PRESET 37 Live image is grabbed as it zooms o u t Move ZOOM slid...

Page 89: ...lled area at a rate set by RATE 2 slider Zooming makes the stencilled area bigger PRESET 41 SLIDE SHATTER TEXTURE A Texture is on the stencil plane RATE 2 slider controls delay between live digital im...

Page 90: ...olourized area with normal area FREEZE will freeze live video in drawn area Press WIPE STENCIL to clear drawn area PRESET 47 SLAPSTICK Press FREEZE to grab live video image RATE 2 slider controls rate...

Page 91: ...d analog image RATE 2 slider controls alternation rate Use ZOOM and STRETCH to alter pixelation Press FREEZE to capture pixelated image PRESET 55 I MAGE OVER COLOU R WIPE Colour wipe down the screen b...

Page 92: ...clear background ZOOM and STRETCH work well here PRESET 59 TRAIL Current chroma keyed image is continually and rapidly grabbed or frozen as in PRESET 58 This results in a trail of images A rapidly mo...

Page 93: ...ZONTAL PAN slider positions right mirror Press FREEZE to capture reflections and see left mirror PRESET 65 OVERLAP MIRROR WITH TRAI L AN D STROB E Same as PRESET 64 except image is continuously frozen...

Page 94: ...ge Digital image is always catching up to the analog image RATE 2 slider sets how fast the catch up is FREEZE will halt the catch up INVERT STENCIL will show digital image through the stencil created...

Page 95: ...S PAD The stencil cursor will appear Position cursor to blue area and lift from pad A stencil wipe will commence across the screen taking about 6 seconds Everywhere that is blue ish will have the sten...

Page 96: ...the live image Thus an image can be continually frozen in time with music beats or pulses Adjust the AUDIO SENSITIVITY control in the electronics unit for optimum results PRES ET 82 M U SIC TRAI L CR...

Page 97: ...h where VIDEO I is chroma keyed PRESET 86 CHROMA KEY VI DEO 2 OVER 1 Same as PRESET 85 except video paths are reversed and hence the source of chroma key is Video 2 PRESET 87 CHROMA KEY l OVER 2 COLOU...

Page 98: ...reen from VIDEO 2 digital to VIDEO 1 analog Press WIPE STENCIL for another wipe Regain VIDEO 2 by pressing INVERT STENCIL Wipe may be stopped at any time by pressing STOP Re position stencil with VERT...

Page 99: ...of blue a pinky orange colour If keying a face for example set H S V sliders to mid position Adjust HUE red content so that face skin tone is normal colour without chroma key speckles Next adjust VALU...

Page 100: ...U r r _ r I J _ _ il l i r r r _ _ _ _ _ J Drawing on live video Title on live v ideo 03 Instant wipe to colour r ec n 9 Ie 1 1 Rectangles H u e Sat...

Page 101: ...1 2 Cut and Paste I F a 1 l I t j j _ f 1 1 i l t 1 7 Under Over colourized J 2 1 Zoom ou t colour rectangles L c 1 8 Rectangles with pain t crawl 22 BOiling backg round 19 Circl es mottled...

Page 102: ...33 Quad mirror Slow scan across L J _J...

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Page 104: ...56 Under over stencil 57 Under over catch up 58 Push to freeze...

Page 105: ...60 L J _JI L...

Page 106: ...80 Under over texture wipe L J _J...

Page 107: ...L J _Jd r...

Page 108: ...ER OVER COLOURIZED 18 RECTANGLES WITH PAINT CRAWL 19 CIRCLES MOTTLED 20 CHROMA KEY OVER SLIDING STILL 21 ZOOM OUT COLOUR RECTANGLES 22 BOILING BACKGROUND 23 FILLING GRID WITH RANDOM COLOUR 24 CHROMA K...

Page 109: ...GATIVE COLOURIZE 69 DOPPELGANGER 70 TRAIL CRAWL 71 CATCH UP 72 CATCH UP COLOURIZE 73 GHOST SINGLE FREEZE 74 PERSISTENCE OF VISION 75 SOFT PIXELS 76 DIGITAL IMAGE 77 COLOUR DETECT 78 CLEAN UP STENCIL 7...

Page 110: ...ype menu 14 Screen control menu 52 Texture menu 15 Freeze control menu 55 Col o u r control 1 9 Colo u r i z e con trol m e n u 57 Colour type menu 21 Presets control m e n u 61 Symmetry menu 24 Seq u...

Page 111: ...the stencil and field stores 2 Paint Type Selects the simulation of the type of paint you use For example Flat is equivalent to using opaque acrylic paints Shade simulates an airbrush effect and so o...

Page 112: ...Symmetry occurs as the image is drawn 7 Colour Wipes Defines changes to the field store which occur over the entire screen 8 Stencil Wipes Defines changes to the stencil plane which occur over the en...

Page 113: ...by blending the colour of the line edges with the colour already in the field store If DEJAG is selected then the dejag process will be applied to the Draw Rubber band Circle Ellipse and Rays paint me...

Page 114: ...be repeated for more lines It is not necessary to turn off DRAW LOCK between lines as lifting the stylus from the pad will stop the drawing However if DRAW LOCK is on then drawing will begin as soon a...

Page 115: ...en going from the last defined point to the current stylus position f Lift the stylus The line will be drawn in your paint selections Steps d to f may be repeated as often as desired If you press STOP...

Page 116: ...cle will fit just inside or around the desired ellipse Lift the stylus f Put stylus to pad again and an ellipse of dots will appear on screen and will follow the stylus movements on the pad The curren...

Page 117: ...s will appea r joining the rays centre with the current stylus position Steps c to e may be repea ted to create rays with different centres Changes in H S V and COLOUR DEPTH sliders while d rawing ray...

Page 118: ...d a cursor saying fill will appear on the screen If you wish to fill the stencil plane only turn off the DRAW COLOUR button at this point d Keeping the stylus down alter the H S V sliders to desired c...

Page 119: ...If the USE TEXTURE button is on the copied image will be textured 2 As with all Paint Methods if the COLOUR TYPE menu selection is other than Opaque the image copy will not be a solid image For instan...

Page 120: ...es can be used to paint in a variety of ways either on the field store or the stencil plane Drawing will remain in the Brush shape specified until changed Note that BRUSH SHAPE menu is connected to TE...

Page 121: ...ft stylus Further Brush shapes are selected in the following way selected Brush shape for drawing t current llser defined Brush shape t currently selected Texture from TEXTURE menu l moves user define...

Page 122: ...t Brush shape menu will change to this 1 12 PAINT MENU I t move cursor here to jump to TEXTURE menu to change current Texture BRUSH SHAPE EDITOR Position cursor anywhere in this area and lift stylus A...

Page 123: ...IOUS menu button New Brush shape is displayed in selected Brush shape area and user defined Brush shape area Here another Brush shape has been selected for drawing Note that user defined Brush sh ape...

Page 124: ...e 3 Shade The left hand side of the brush will have full intensity colour which will decrease across the Brush shape to the right hand side which will have minimum intensity 4 Shade The top of the bru...

Page 125: ...NCIL WIPES to cover the stencil plane with a pattern Note that the TEXTURE menu is connected to the BRUSH SHAPE menu via the large top right hand box This means that you may use any of the 54 Brush sh...

Page 126: ...he following way selected Texture for drawing t current user defined Texture t currently selected Brush shape from BRUSH SHAPE menu moves user defined Texture into selected Texture moves Brush shape i...

Page 127: ...r disappear Build up a new Texture The new Texture will appear here in actual size as you build it 1 move cursor here to edit Texture menu will change to this 1 TEXTU R E M E N U 1 1 move cursor move...

Page 128: ...ious menu move cursor torJor to here or press DRAW button doubles as PREVIOUS menu button New Texture is displayed in selected Texture area and user defined Texture area Here another Texture has been...

Page 129: ...ormal fashion 1 Music Colour is controlled by music audio input required This selection overrides the H S V sliders 2 Random Colour is controlled by an internal fluctuating program This would be equiv...

Page 130: ...to be Off for instance if you are recording an effect which involves the actual process of stencil drawing Alternatively if the Stencil Show selection is made then the areas where the stencil is On be...

Page 131: ...tion at any one time Colour type selections are closely related to Colourize type selections See Section 3 COLOURIZE TYPE menu Colourize types affect the whole digital image in real time Colour types...

Page 132: ...der 1 Tint The colour you draw with is added to or subtracted from the colour you are drawing over to the extent specified by the COLOUR DEPTH slider This gives an effect somewhat similar to transpare...

Page 133: ...l value is then tinted by the selected colour 7 Contour This colour type is basically a form of posterizing The component red green and blue colours of the HUE SATURATION VALUE selection will determin...

Page 134: ...ntre screen irrespective of pan position This enables you to create an image with multiple centres of rotation and reflection by panning the image so that a new point is at centre screen The SYMMETRY...

Page 135: ...te that the original line position is not drawn only the reflected line This can make it a little confusing to draw with This selection is more applicable to the Copy Paint Method and the Change Colou...

Page 136: ...6 Kaleidoscope A combination of cross and diagonal symmetries giving a total of eight copies of each drawn point Note that this symmetry in particular may be very slow especially when used with large...

Page 137: ...SYM M ETRY M E N U 8 Spin 1 80 degree rotation around the current screen centre giving two images PAINT MENU 27 I...

Page 138: ...nction The light in the WIPE COLOUR button will go out as soon as the colour wipe is completed You may cancel the wipe before it finishes by pressing the STOP button COLOU R WIPE 0 White Clears the sc...

Page 139: ...out four seconds to complete depending on which Colo u r type and Tex t u r e functions are used COLOU R WI PES How it is done a Select Colour i n COLOUR WIPES menu b Return to image c Press the WIPE...

Page 140: ...the screen during the wipe replacing it with new information depending on which Colour type Colour depth Texture Symmetry or Stencil is used You may have an image that you like but wish to change it i...

Page 141: ...of the screen can be protected from disintegration by using the stencil in the norma l fashion COLOUR WI PES How it is done a Select Col our Tunnel in the COLOUR WIPES menu b Return to image c Press...

Page 142: ...s complete For the wipe to have an observable effect the STENCIL SOURCE menu must be set to either Internal or Under over and the USE STENCIL button must be on The wipe may be stopped at any stage by...

Page 143: ...from top to bottom of the screen STENCI L WI PES How it is done a Select Clear in STENCIL WIPES menu b Return to i mage c Press WIPE STENCIL button d The entire stencil plane will be instantly cleared...

Page 144: ...f colours to be stencilled centered around the colour that you specify with the stylus 34 PAINT MENU How it is done a Select Invert in STENCIL WIPES menu b Return to image c Press WIPE STENCIL button...

Page 145: ...ing the INVERT STENCIL button can give alternating On and Off window areas in the stencil The Wipe Wipe r and Disintegrate wipes are each automatically preceded by a Window stencil wipe STE NCI L WI P...

Page 146: ...ow Select characters from the on screen keyboard by moving the cursor over the desired cha racter and lifting the stylus The character will appear in the large box above the keyboard Text will appear...

Page 147: ...ize character will not a ppear in the titling if there is not enough space left for it even though a smaller character will fit ii a big size character ca n be partially overwritten by the next line o...

Page 148: ...The title function automatically turns on the DRAW COLOUR function The DRAW STENCIL button controls whether the title is written to the stencil plane A title can be written to both planes simultaneous...

Page 149: ...to SIZE I SPACE BAR once Select DROP SHADOW 1 d rop RET SPACE BAR 24 times shadow SPACE BAR 1 RET Select UNDERLINE u n derline Select DROP SHADOW 2 SPACE BAR 9 times drop RET SPACE BAR 25 times shado...

Page 150: ...blue backdrop in the studio as many CVI effects require it See Section I CONNECTING THE CVI The VIDEO MENUS menu is a list of the available menus in the live video control category There are some are...

Page 151: ...menu except that instead of controlling the colour for painting this menu controls the colour for real time colourizing 5 Colourize Type Defines how the colours of the digitized or drawn areas will ap...

Page 152: ...which aspects of vidco are displayed where the stencil is On or Off It also determines whether the Field Store is updated by incoming video in the stencil On or Off regions Of course you must have a s...

Page 153: ...input to the Analog Path of the CVI This is not modified by the CVI at all The live digital video is the digitised video input to the Digital Path This may be colourized by the CVI The field store is...

Page 154: ...Off this will be the selection normally displayed in the stencil off regions If INVERT STENCIL is On then it will be the selection normally displayed for stencil on regions The display formats and fre...

Page 155: ...s If FREEZE is on then the frozen Field Store image will be displayed Mix A 50 mix between the Field Store and the live video from the Analog Path is displayed Cascade The cascaded output from another...

Page 156: ...the stencil Off areas Can be used effectively with the Shatter selection in the SCREEN CONTROL menu to rapidly invert the stencil Can be used to create trail effects where both the trailing object an...

Page 157: ...an produce the ca tch up effects of PRESET 7 1 Interesting possibilities with two video sources Colour trail The same principle as Trail above is used except that a splash of the current colour is fro...

Page 158: ...Store above The difference is that paintings made with the Crawl selection will not have constant colour but rather will ha ve colours running continually along the lines This is called Colour Crawl C...

Page 159: ...field store and be displayed Using Internal stencil you may paint over the cascaded image from the second CVI With Chromakey and Under over stencils a variety of complex multi plane and trail effects...

Page 160: ...ela tionship between the field store and the stencil plane and if the image is panned or zoomed the stencil will move with it 1 Cascade The stencil coming from a second CVI in Cascade mode Instead of...

Page 161: ...video signal paths of the CVI The Digital path digitizes video input Therefore this path may be used to colourize store pixelate etc the live image The digital path also includes the Chroma key funct...

Page 162: ...mirror function will only mirror images in the field store that is frozen or drawn images or continually updating field store images By combining these images with others which are not mirrored effec...

Page 163: ...he GRAPHICS PAD This enables you to move objects around the screen by drawing on the pad This is a relative position control so the image will not suddenly jump to the position that you touch the pad...

Page 164: ...ot around the centre of the slider travel to make it easier to stop the image motion If the HORIZONTAL PAN slider is above the central position the image will slide to the right at a speed relative to...

Page 165: ...e See Section 3 OISPLA Y CONTROL Menu for more information on display formats and freezing 0 Continuous This means that the digital path input will continuously update those field store regions that a...

Page 166: ...This changes the normal function of the FREEZE button from a push on push off control to a single push control 4 Music This selection enables the freeze function to be controlled strobed from an exte...

Page 167: ...for this menu 1 H ue Sat Value Fix This is similar to H S V above except that after you have turned the COLOURIZE button On if you then turn it Off again the image will remain olourized and not retur...

Page 168: ...olour changes for digital video COLOURIZING does not affect Analog video The COLOUR DEPTH slider is important as it governs the degree of colourizing as shown below Note that the middle zero position...

Page 169: ...will darken the image 1 Translucent This colourize type is similar to overlaying the image with a translucent film of variable density and colour The degree of translucency is determined by the COLOU...

Page 170: ...ng a black and white photo 6 Contour This colourize type can generate a range of posterizing effects At various settings of the HUE SATURATION and VALUE sliders it will generate a range of colour cont...

Page 171: ...CONTROL CONSOLE Using the Presets Selecting PRESETS while in this menu is the sa me as at other times press the PRESET button followed by a two digit number or the NEXT DRAW LOCK or PREVIOUS DRAW but...

Page 172: ...PRESET the physical positions of the sliders does not necessarily reflect the control value tha t the CVI is actually using The CVI will continue to use the slider control value stored in the PRESET u...

Page 173: ...ections PR ES ETS CO NTROL M E N U How it is done a Selecting Return will result in no change to the PRESET b Selecting Reset preset will reset only the PRESET indicated by the Preset number c Selecti...

Page 174: ...CK button doubles as NEXT PRESET number may be decremented by pressing PRESET then DRAW button doubles as PREVIOUS c Move cursor to number box opposite to preset Box will be outlined d Choose PRESET n...

Page 175: ...ss Memory battery backup for copying There are 1 00 PRESET spaces available for your use to change as desired There are also 1 00 factory PRESETS permanently in the program These factory PRESETS are c...

Page 176: ...ined under Using the Presets above they will not always correspond to the physical positions of the CONTROL CONSOLE sliders Slider values may be changed by moving the cursor to the desired position an...

Page 177: ...g PRESETS w i t h o u t h a v i n g to expl i c i t l y set or Reset th em The PRESET is actually upda ted a t t h e t i m e w h e n you c h a n ge to a n other P RESET Use t h i s select i o n w i t...

Page 178: ...PRESETS you can access all of the CVI s menu functions The PRESETS and the SEQUENCER in combination allow an accuracy and versatility of control which is not possible through manual manipulation The r...

Page 179: ...ures that the CVI will always begin a sequence in a known state If this is not wanted the first step can be removed using the Edit function As an example to record a sequence which changes from Preset...

Page 180: ...RAW LOCK button is pressed If you stop the Play function during a sequence you can then use the Step function to locate the exact point in the sequence to place an Insert or an Edit see below Append T...

Page 181: ...n lines and most of them do the up arrow and down arrolV boxes on the menu let you move up or down by ten lines to see more of the sequence For larger movements i Move the cursor to any line number bo...

Page 182: ...y the methods described under Search ing for li n es above ii Select the line number be ore which you wish to Insert by moving the cursor to light up the appropriate line number box iii Return to the...

Page 183: ...time entry is reduced by 9 seconds then all following times are reduced by 9 seconds When this is not desired the next time entry can be increased by 9 seconds to restore all subsequent entries Using...

Page 184: ...RESETS so that each of your required Paint Methods is stored in a different PRESET ii Record the sequence of Paint Methods that you want by changing between the PRESETS of step i The Brush Shapes Pain...

Page 185: ...Specifically you must fast forward or reverse the video recorder to the point on the tape that you wish to record or retrieve the information and operate the recorder s play and record buttons The Sav...

Page 186: ...tion title via the TITLE EDIT menu c Return to SAVE RECALL menu d Press RECORD on VCR e Select Save option on the menu and press the STOP button f CVI will now generate an identification display incor...

Page 187: ...Thus the image sequencer and presets in the CVI be ore the Recall function is initiated will be lost However this information can be separately saved before Recall if you think you may need it later H...

Page 188: ...Video Menu 6 PRESETS CONTROL 4 Recall Data Recalls the 1 00 user alterable PRESETS and the SEQUENCER information previously Saved to tape This will not affect the current image in the field store The...

Page 189: ...of an error a message is displayed upon completion to indicate whether the PRESETS data SEQUENCER data or both have been corrupted If the error occurred in the PRESETS data the USER PRESETS of the CVI...

Page 190: ...d black and white on the digital data coming from tape Select terminated VIDEO 1 composite input 5 Poor tape or recorder a Use new tape quality indicated by b Use a cleaner ragged jumpy or section of...

Page 191: ...a selection other than Off is made in this menu then when you return to your image press STOP button or position cursor over the white square the selection you have made will override the normal oper...

Page 192: ...ambient light levels is required c Select Chroma key in the STENCIL SOURCE menu Video Menu 1 Select Stencil Show in Paint Menu 4 d Ensure that the video camera is aimed and focussed on the subject th...

Page 193: ...t passed will appear on the screen If the CVI fails the test a ppropriate messages will appear Contact your distributor This is what a self test result looks like After the self test you may return to...

Page 194: ..._ 4 _ i __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ __ _ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ QUICK SELECTION PAINT MENU I...

Page 195: ...__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ _ k__ _ _ H _ _ A__ n m h U L _ _ _ Q b_ _ W _ 4 __ __ __ _ MW __ Q 1 QUICK SELECTION VI DEO MENU I OT TlC K F T F C TTO...

Page 196: ...lilli an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1l _ b h _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 b_ _ __ QUICK SELECTION VIDEO MENU...

Page 197: ...RS232C Port ControI 1 Rev 7 Software Update 1...

Page 198: ...RS232C computer link with the CVI This documentation will be released at a later date in fully typeset format as an update to the User Manual Contents Introduction How RS232C Works Summary of How the...

Page 199: ...ay all be transmitted to and from the external computer Titles may also be entered with more flexibility than is possible with the TITLE EDIT Menu All these functions can be performed at high speed an...

Page 200: ...ntage that virtually any two RS232C equipped devices can be made to talk to one another Computer data Computer data consists of simply I s and O s known collectively as bits of information These bits...

Page 201: ...rpreted as an ASCII character The table of ASCII characters is given at the end of this section Binary data A byte of data will often represent a number which is stored in the computer This is done by...

Page 202: ...1 5 As there is no single character to represent the binary values from 10 to 1 5 the letters A to F are used This gives the hex notation scheme as listed below Binary Value Decimal Value Hex Value 0...

Page 203: ...ne or two of them The CYI can be set to expect and transmit ei ther one or two stop bits using the RS232 PORT CONTROL Menu The use of two stop bits is recommended where possi ble RS232C Signals An RS2...

Page 204: ...e of its handshake outputs RTS or DTR low This output is connected to a handshake input CTS or DSR of the transmitting device and so the transmission should stop When the receiver is ready to receive...

Page 205: ...S and CTS lines for handshaking When the CTS input is held low by the external computer the CVI will stop transmitting data until the line is taken high again The CTS line must be held high for the CV...

Page 206: ...y is connected Maximum Load on CVI RS232C Port Power Supplies 1 2 V 5 V 1 2 V Female 25 pin D m i n i connector Pin 1 8 P i n 25 Pin 15 275 rnA 200 rnA 5 rnA 12V 5V RS232C port Pin 7 GND Pin 3 TXD 2 C...

Page 207: ...the host computer The lines marked and may optionally be omitted with a consequent loss of handshake capability Note that if the line marked is omitted then the CTS pin pin 5 of the CVI must be tied t...

Page 208: ...re CZ PS45 Press the COLOURIZE button Change to Preset 45 DT 056 189 Draw a dot at screen position x y 56 1 89 Commands fall into two categories those which perform a CONTROL CONSOLE function and thos...

Page 209: ...nnn hue SAnnn saturation VAmrn value CDnnn colour depth Rlnnn rate one Paint methods R2nnn rate two HPmrn horizontal pan VP1l111l vertical pan SHmm stretch ZMmm zoom Two parameters are required to def...

Page 210: ...ready to receive The computer may lose some data if this control line is not set See the section on Programming Your Computer for more details Save Sequencer Command SS This instructs the CVI to tran...

Page 211: ...ommand described above This will activate the selections contained in the loaded Preset data WARNING The CVI Presets are used directly by the Central Processing Unit If out of range values or data err...

Page 212: ...to 15 and are represented by hexadecimal characters For example the characters S777 represent a pixel with stencil on and a colour of mid grey as blue green and red are all set to value 7 on a scale...

Page 213: ...will need a program of only a few lines On the other hand a very large program could be written to perform a virtually unlimited variety of functions with the CVI and its data There is a wide range o...

Page 214: ...en the CVI gives a beep each time that you press the key on your compu ter STA RT l It R e a d a c h a ra c t e r f r o m k e y board 1 Wri t e t h e c h a ra c t e r 1 0 t h e R S 2 3 2 p o r t I Exa...

Page 215: ...No handshaking is used except to ensure that the RTS line is high If your computer is not able to keep up with the transmission rate of the CVI Le data gets lost try a slower baud rate or use the prog...

Page 216: ...stop the CVI from transmitting during these t i mes The BASIC language can someti mes be a little slow in switching the handshake outputs of your compu ter a n d it ma y be necessa ry to use a slower...

Page 217: ...STENCIL WIPE COLOUR USE TEXTURE DRAW STENCIL DRAW COLOUR COLOURIZE Byte 13 Most significant nybble 4 bits Paint Type selection Max value 5 Least significant nybble Colour Type selection Max value 8 B...

Page 218: ...select Bit 4 Extended Blanking select Bytes 24 25 Unused CVI RS232C SPECI FICATIONS Baud rate menu selectable 300 600 1 200 4800 9600 1 9200 Parity menu selectable none odd even space Stop bits menu s...

Page 219: ...DC2 I I 2 B R b r 3 ETX DC 3 3 C S c S t I 4 EOT DC4 4 0 T d t T 5 ENQ NAK it 5 E U e u 6 ACK SYN 6 F V f v f v 7 BEU ETB I 7 G W 0 w 8 BS CAN 8 H X h x M IC 9 TAB z E M I 9 I Y I y A L F SUB J Z j Z...

Page 220: ...External Graphics Pad capability Installation If your CVI has already been equipped with R6 Software and a Memory Module ignore Steps 2 and 3 of the following I Turn off the CVI power 2 Install the R...

Page 221: ...l Pad and the Control Panel s pad will function as usual Select Preset 1 8 The reet cursor appears on the screen Press the stylus button once to establish the position of the first corner Move the sty...

Page 222: ...ps unintentional drawing interactions while the Sequencer is playing If you wish to draw while the Sequencer plays simply select Play from the menu and move the stylus off the pad then back on again t...

Page 223: ...nto the Adap or Ca blc or directl y into the CYI To k board D or compulor To C V I The pins available at the Adaptor Cable depend upon which cable is connected betwcen the Graphics Pad and thc CYI Two...

Page 224: ...d can be re enabled after the data has been sent This is done simply by transmitting two 3 byte commands to the Graphics Pad These commands are ControlA RM Disable Graphics Pad ControIA RS Enable Grap...

Page 225: ...RS 232C PORT CONTROL Layout of External Graphics Pad 4 Button Cursor Functions WHITE Preset GREEN Stop RED Last Previous BLUE Next Draw 128 SOFTWARE UPDATE I...

Page 226: ...Memory Modules and hence the user defined data may be transferred between machines equipped with Revision 7 software Always be certain to turn off the CVI before disconnecting or reconnecting Memory...

Page 227: ...ct it The whole word will be highlighted _ P _ A _ _ N _T _M _ E _ T _ _ O_ D ____OCI3 E D r a w D o t s R u b b e r b a n d HI im E l l i p s e R e c t a n g l e R a y s C u t P a s t e F i l l C o p...

Page 228: ...DIT menu Below the Current Title we find the Title Library Up to 99 titles may be stored in the library Five titles from the library are displayed at one time preceded by their library number Several...

Page 229: ...the TITLES menu Rather than positioning and displaying the Current Title onto the field store a sequence of titles from the Title Library is displayed one by one With ROLL selected hitting TITLE bring...

Page 230: ...in directly and more easily As the text edit display area near the top of the menu fills up with text the display automatically scrolls down to make more space available If the title increases to an e...

Page 231: ...g cursor at any point in the edited title allows you to insert more characters at the cursor point by typing them in or to delete characters before the cursor using the DEL key To the left of the curs...

Page 232: ...h Size 1 selected kerning is done in amounts of one pixel Size 2 results in a two pixel shift and so forth Kern Left FS Kern Right SHIFT FS Several European punctuation symbols are accessible via both...

Page 233: ...ion Here is how the title shown with the TITLE EDIT menu on Page 5 was created CLR twice to clear Select Font 6 for Roma Font Select Underline Roma font De select Underline RET to start new line Selec...

Page 234: ...ollows Font RS232 KeyBoard Height Name code code pixels System y 1 1 1 Piccolo F 2 7 Pisa G 3 1 1 Milano H 4 1 2 Olivetti I 5 1 3 Roma J 6 20 Masserati K 7 2 1 User D 8 24 max The small box in the upp...

Page 235: ...ghlighted it usually is 3 Hit SHIFT on the keyboard SHIFT for UPPERCASE 4 Hit L on the keyboard at which stage L should appear in the esc box SAVE places esc as displayed in its little box into the us...

Page 236: ...the font Return to the FONT EDIT menu with the LEFT TRIANGLE button to the right of the menu title F _ O _ _ N_ T __ V _ I_ E _ W __ __ __ __ __ _ I 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K I P A N T...

Page 237: ...ield store DOTS selects a dot mode edit position cursor anywhere in the edit area and lift the stylus A pixel dot will either appear or disappear LINES selects line mode edit similar to RUBBER BAND dr...

Page 238: ...with CLR used during Title Edit it must be hit twice to confirm complete erasure COM inverts complements the contents of the edit box Existing pixels are erased and new pixels created where no pixel e...

Page 239: ...1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a a a a a a a a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a a a a a a a a _ 1 a a a a M t v III l n B 8 m m a AA ouou onon P A I N T 1 11 rrrI51srl8191 V I D E O 0 1 2 3 IlJ 5 6 7 8 9 These two menus have been modi...

Page 240: ...cted as the current brush for drawing Edit When this box is illuminated you can select any of the displayed brushes for editing You may edit the current brush by hitting the large box at the top left...

Page 241: ...either appear or disappear LINES selects line mode edit similar to RUBBER BAND drawing from the PAINT METHOD menu Position cursor in the edit area this defines the start of a series of lines Lift the...

Page 242: ...on d Put stylus to pad The grade cursor will be displayed e Use the HUE SATURATION VALUE and COLOUR DEPTH sliders to vary the cursor colour to the desired setting f Move the tip of the cursor arrow to...

Page 243: ...y by DRAW LOCK iv The COLOUR DEPTH control will only have an effect if the Colour Type menu is set to something other than Opaque for example Translucent This would allow a film of varying translucenc...

Page 244: ...lows the current Preset to be set to the current state of the CVI Select Set and the menu will change At this stage you may either CANCEL the Set function or you may go ahead with it by moving the cur...

Page 245: ...on of the Presets Refer to the Revision 5 User Manual for the meanings of other Preset Control Modes Use the Reset all Presets function if you wish to return to the Factory Presets Controls View This...

Page 246: ...ber selection Up to ten distinct sequences can be recorded and maintained When a Sequence Number is selected all Pla y Record and Edit functions refer solely to that sequence The other nine sequences...

Page 247: ...n select Continue The START modes have been re named These apply to both Record and Play functions Normal Previously named Immediate The Sequencer starts immediately Music Previously named Audio The S...

Page 248: ...rticular slider is recorded resulting in a large saving in memory and greater ease of Sequencer editing Ignore time During Sequencer Play functions it is sometimes desirable to move through a Sequence...

Page 249: ...followed by a two figure number initially zero The following Title entry specifies the the title position The two figure number may be modified during editing to select any title from the Title Libra...

Page 250: ...junction with Block to find the end of a long run of one particular instruction type For example if a large number of consecutive Dot instructions have been recorded it is possible to locate the last...

Page 251: ...Edit functions except Block Search may be carried out in this manner The Sequencer Edit codes for inserting instructions are listed below They are the same as those required for RS232 commands In the...

Page 252: ...Sequence These commands are only recognised by the CVI when the image is displayed that is when not in the menus The three commands are BSlI Begin playing Sequence II RSn Repeat Loop Sequence n ES En...

Page 253: ...ng data and image to tape SAVE DATA saves only the data NOT the image RECALL loads data and or image from the tape as selected by the Recall Options in the box in the lower half of the menu TEST DATA...

Page 254: ...indicates whether each data item was recalled correctly If the message is preceded by a RIGHT TRIANGLE then the indicated data item was corrupted during an unsuccessful recall and thus had to be reset...

Page 255: ...d blue components of Music Colour and Colourize control The envelope is used for triggering Music freezing and Sequencer Start The peak indicators in the display can be reset by pressing the DRAW butt...

Page 256: ...to transmit the data contained in the User Defined Font The amount transmitted varies according to the size of the font resident in the font at the time although a typical size would be 6000 character...

Page 257: ...n The CVI will remain in Load Character mode until an character is received Load Title Command LT The Current Title is loaded with a string of ASCII characters Most ASCII characters from SPACE to z ca...

Page 258: ...n order as two ASCII characters per byte Load Brushes and Textures Command LB The entire set of User Defined Brushes and User Defined Textures are loaded into the CVI with this command The data format...

Page 259: ...bgr specifies the lower limits BGR specifies the upper limits So for example the instruction LM 370 A9F tells the CVI to prepare to load the Palette locations that have blue address between 3 and A gr...

Page 260: ...lue green and red data for the Palette location As an example if you wanted to map all the colours which have only a green component no red or blue to the corresponding shade of grey the following ins...

Page 261: ...ton is pressed or the ES command is received Repeat Sequence Command RSn This command starts Sequence n playing in Repeat or Loop mode It will loop continuously until the MENU button is pressed or the...

Page 262: ...8 24 decimal Bytes 5 onwards Pixel bitmap for character in row order If the character width is less than 9 one byte is used per row otherwise two bytes are used The number of rows is equal to the char...

Page 263: ...l A circumflex I B tilde l C umlaut I D degree 20 n a space 2 1 n a n a 7A n a z 40 copyright 5C inverted 5E SF 7B inverted The LT column indicates how the unusual font characters are specified with...

Page 264: ...I Font 5 olivetti J Font 6 roma K Font 7 masserati D Font 8 User Defined U Underline ON V Underline OFF S Surround ON T Surround OFF L Drop Shadow LEFT R Drop Shadow RIGHT Z Drop Shadow OFF P Kern LEF...

Page 265: ...ys which are coloured light grey on the keyboard Across the top of the keyboard are 1 5 function keys labelled F l to F 1 5 With the exception of F15 these keys are used exclusively in the Title Edit...

Page 266: ...The Title Edit Menu functions are described in detail in the Revision 7 Manual Update Titles may be entered by simply typing onto the menu The Function keys Fl to F1S are used for making font size and...

Page 267: ...yyy set ellipse centre AXxxxyyy set ellipse axis ELxxxyyy draw ellipse Flxxxyyy fill WS wipe stencil US use stencil IS invert stencil ST stop FZ freeze R2nnn rate two HPnnn horizontal pan VPnnn vertic...

Page 268: ...Glossary 1 Index 5...

Page 269: ...bcarrier connect one CVI into another camera control u n i t letter number or symbol video technique of blocking images of a certain colour recolour digital image TV type video signal with a totally b...

Page 270: ...ng video signal is made to capture a moving live i mage timing of video equipment from an external video source touch sensi tive pad used for d r a w ing selecting etc broadcast standard video hue sat...

Page 271: ...ots removal of some colour information instant setup of CVI for a particular effect prevent presets from being altered standard layout of alpha numeric typewriter equipment 1 9 inches wide will fit a...

Page 272: ...z zoom 1 4 REFERENCES downstream of video tape recorders subtle transparent colouring editable lettering transparent colour a video tape format modify a preset brightness of colour video cassette rec...

Page 273: ...ntrol configuration diagrams connecting the CVI contour control console controls view copy Section Page S3 p 36 S4 p 9 S4 p 26 S l p 20 Sl p 15 S3 p 45 S3 p 5 1 S l p 2 S3 p 20 S3 p 5 1 S3 p l S3 p 10...

Page 274: ...S3 p S1 digitizing touch pad S I p O Sl p 6 S4 p 23 disintegrate colour S3 p 3 1 stencil S3 p 35 dots S3 p 4 draw S I p 4 S3 p 4 draw over S3 p 20 drawing control S I p O Sl p 3 S I p 1 4 E edge detec...

Page 275: ...rol colourize control internal stencil invert stencil K kaleidoscope symmetry L live digital logo luminance key I N DEX S l p 1 5 S 3 p 42 S3 p 8 S3 p 8 S3 p 1 4 S 3 p 25 S I p 3 Sl p 4 S3 p 4 l S3 p...

Page 276: ...our type S3 p 22 options S l p 20 option switches S l p 20 P paint display control S3 p 46 menus S3 p l method S3 p l S3 p 3 type S3 p l S3 p 14 pan controls S l p O SI p 2 pan pen S3 p 53 phase adjus...

Page 277: ...put Sl p 1 9 reset preset S3 p 63 RGB inputs and outputs S l p 1 9 rotary symmetry S3 p 26 RS232C Port S4 p l rubber band S3 p 5 S save and recall S3 p 4 l S3 p 75 saturation control S l p O Sl p l sc...

Page 278: ...anslucency control trigger turning on the CVI I 1 10 REFERENCES I Section Page S3 p 23 S3 p 60 S3 p 27 Sl p 10 SI p I S S3 p SO SI p l l S3 p 50 S3 p 4 l S3 p 50 S l p O Sl p 4 S l p I O S l p 3 S 3 p...

Page 279: ...25 wipe S3 p 53 S3 p 30 S3 p 33 video analog Sl p lS S3 pA5 S3 p Sl board S l p 20 digital Sl p lS S3 pA5 S3 p Sl inputs and outputs S l p l 9 menus S3 pAO source S3 p 5 1 view controls S3 p 66 S4 p 2...

Page 280: ...__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Occupation __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Company Name _________________________ Phone __ __ __ __ __ __ _ Address __ _...

Page 281: ...PTY LTD INCORPORATED IN VICTORIA C 64 CLARENDON STREET SOUTH M ELBOU RNE VICTORIA 3205 AUSTRALIA P o BOX 1076 CITY ROAD SOUTH MELBOURNE 3205 lo r j I t TELEPHONE 03 699 83n FACSI M ILE 03 690 5916 TE...

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Page 283: ...08 brush shapes and textures Edit retouch reduce or enlarge strobe freeze 1110ntage you DeHne it Best of all you don t need an engineering degree to make the most of your CVI Push a button slide a fa...