Sony DVS-9000 User manual

Production Switcher System DVS-9000/9000SF System (With CCP-8000 Series)
Production
Switcher System
DVS-9000/9000SF System
(With CCP-8000 Series Center Control Panel)
User’s Guide [English]
Volume 2
1st Edition (Revised 7)
3-704-667-08 (1)
User’s Guide
Volume 2
1st Edition (Revised 7)
[ English ]

DVS-9000/9000SF System
(With CCP-8000 Series Center Control Panel)
User’s Guide
Production Switcher System
Volume 2 [English]
1st Edition (Revised 7)
Software Version 7.20 and Later

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Table of Contents
Chapter 11 DME Operations
Three-Dimensional Transformation Operations.......................................15
Basic Operations....................................................................................15
Three-Dimensional Parameter Display .................................................19
Entering Three-Dimensional Parameter Values....................................20
Graphics Display ...................................................................................21
Canceling Virtual Images......................................................................23
DME Special Effect Operations ..................................................................24
Border Settings ......................................................................................24
Crop Settings .........................................................................................27
Beveled Edge Settings...........................................................................29
Key Border Settings ..............................................................................31
Art Edge Settings...................................................................................32
Flex Shadow Settings ............................................................................40
Wipe Crop Settings ...............................................................................46
Color Mix Settings ................................................................................50
Defocus Settings....................................................................................52
Blur Settings ..........................................................................................54
Multi Move Settings..............................................................................56
Sepia Settings ........................................................................................57
Mono Settings........................................................................................58
Posterization and Solarization Settings .................................................58
Nega Settings.........................................................................................59
Contrast Settings....................................................................................60
Mosaic Settings .....................................................................................61
Sketch Settings ......................................................................................61
Metal Settings........................................................................................64
Dim and Fade Settings ..........................................................................65
Glow Settings ........................................................................................67
Mask Settings ........................................................................................68
Freeze Settings ......................................................................................71
Nonlinear Effect Settings ......................................................................72
Lighting Settings ...................................................................................99
Trail Settings .......................................................................................104

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Motion Decay Settings ........................................................................108
Keyframe Strobe Settings....................................................................110
Wind Settings ......................................................................................112
Spotlighting Settings ...........................................................................114
Background Settings............................................................................123
Separate Sides Settings........................................................................124
Shaped Video Settings.........................................................................125
Invert Settings......................................................................................127
Key Density Settings ...........................................................................128
Key Source Selection ..........................................................................128
Interpolation Settings ..........................................................................129
Global Effect Operations ...........................................................................131
Combiner Settings ...............................................................................131
Brick Settings ......................................................................................136
Shadow Settings ..................................................................................139
Chapter 12 External Devices
Control of External Devices.......................................................................142
Control of P-Bus Devices ...........................................................................143
Creating and Editing the P-Bus Timeline............................................143
P-Bus Trigger ......................................................................................146
Control of GPI Devices ..............................................................................147
GPI Timeline Creation and Editing.....................................................147
Control of VTRs, Extended VTRs, and Disk Recorders ........................150
Controlling the Tape/Disk Transport ..................................................150
Checking VTR/Disk Recorder/Extended VTR Information ...............155
Cueup & Play ......................................................................................156
VTR/Disk Recorder/Extended VTR Timeline ....................................164
Disk Recorder/Extended VTR File Operations...................................170
Chapter 13 Keyframe Effects
Sequence of Keyframe Operations............................................................177
Displaying the Timeline Menu ..................................................................178
Interpreting the Timeline Menu ..........................................................178
Settings in the Timeline Menu ............................................................180
Recalling a Register....................................................................................182
Specifying the Region and Edit Points......................................................187
Selecting the Region in Which Editing Applies..................................187
Setting the Edit Points .........................................................................189

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Creating and Editing Keyframes ..............................................................191
Creation ...............................................................................................191
Insertion...............................................................................................192
Modification ........................................................................................192
Deletion ...............................................................................................196
Movement............................................................................................197
Copying ...............................................................................................198
Pause....................................................................................................198
Keyframe Loop (Repeated Execution of a Specified Range) .............199
Undoing an Edit Operation..................................................................202
Duration Mode Setting ........................................................................202
Transition Mode Settings for User Programmable DME....................203
Time Settings...............................................................................................204
Setting the Keyframe Duration............................................................204
Setting the Effect Duration..................................................................205
Setting the Delay .................................................................................206
Path Setting .................................................................................................207
Basic Procedure for Path Settings .......................................................207
Executing Effects ........................................................................................211
Executing Effects in the Keyframe Control Block..............................211
Setting the Run Mode..........................................................................212
Executing an Effect in the Flexi Pad Control Block ...........................213
Saving Effects..............................................................................................215
Creating and Saving a Master Timeline...................................................217
Creating and Saving a Master Timeline Using the Buttons in the Numeric
Keypad Control Block .............................................................217
Creating and Saving a Master Timeline With the Menu.....................219
Register Operations in the Menus.............................................................222
Effect Attribute Settings......................................................................222
Effect Status Display ...........................................................................223
Effect Register Editing ........................................................................223
Displaying a List of Effect Registers for Editing ................................228
Chapter 14 Snapshots
Snapshot Operations From the Numeric Keypad Control Block ..........232
Saving and Recalling Snapshots..........................................................232
Snapshot Operations in the Flexi Pad Control Block .............................238
Banks and Registers ............................................................................238
Saving and Recalling Snapshots..........................................................240

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Snapshot Operations in the Menus ...........................................................244
Selecting a Region or Reference Region in a Menu............................244
Setting Snapshot Attributes.................................................................244
Snapshot Status Display ......................................................................247
Setting Key Snapshot Attributes .........................................................249
Creating and Saving a Master Snapshot..............................................249
Snapshot Register Editing ...................................................................250
Displaying a List of Snapshot Registers for Editing ...........................251
Operations in the Misc >Snapshot menu.............................................251
Chapter 15 Utility/Shotbox
Utility Execution .........................................................................................256
Executing a Utility With the User Preference Buttons (Menu Control
Block).......................................................................................256
Executing a Utility in the Utility/Shotbox Control Block...................257
Executing Utilities With the Cross-Point Buttons in the Key 2 Row .258
Shotbox Register Creation.........................................................................260
Creating a Shotbox Register in the Numeric Keypad Control Block..260
Creating a Shotbox Register Using the Menus ...................................262
Shotbox Execution ......................................................................................265
Shotbox Execution From the Numeric Keypad Control Block...........265
Shotbox Execution in the Flexi Pad Control Block ............................266
Shotbox Execution in the Utility/Shotbox Control Block...................268
Executing a Shot Box Function With the Key 2 Row Cross-Point Buttons
269
Shotbox Register Editing ...........................................................................270
Chapter 16 Engineering Setup
Setup for the Whole System.......................................................................273
Network Settings (Network Config Menu) .........................................273
System Settings (System Config Menu) .............................................274
Setting the Signal Format (Format Menu) ..........................................276
Setting the Screen Aspect Ratio (Format Menu).................................277
Selecting the State After Powering On (Start Up Menu) ....................278
Reset and Initialization (Initialize Menu)............................................280
Installation and Device Setup (Install/Unit Config Menu) .................281
System Maintenance (Maintenance Menu).........................................294
Setup Relating to Operations From the Control Panel...........................300
Overall Control Panel Settings (Config Menu)...................................300

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Cross-Point Settings (Xpt Assign Menu) ............................................321
Auxiliary Bus Control Block Settings (Aux Assign Menu)................329
Setting Button Assignments (Prefs/Utility Menu) ..............................334
Interfacing With External Devices (Device Interface Menu)..............345
Operation Settings (Operation Menu) .................................................352
Screen Saver and Other Settings (Maintenance Menu).......................359
Setup Relating to Switcher Processor.......................................................361
Settings for Switcher Configuration (Config Menu)...........................361
Signal Input Settings (Input Menu) .....................................................365
Signal Output Settings (Output Menu)................................................367
Settings Relating to Video Switching (Transition Menu) ...................371
Settings Relating to Keys, Wipes, Frame Memory and Color Correction
(Key/Wipe/FM/CCR Menu) ....................................................373
Settings Relating to Function Links (Link Menu)...............................377
Interfacing With External Devices (Device Interface Menu)..............383
Setup Relating to DME ..............................................................................393
Settings Relating to Signal Inputs (Input Menu).................................393
Settings Relating to Signal Outputs (Output Menu) ...........................395
Interfacing With External Devices (Device Interface Menu)..............396
Setup Relating to DCU...............................................................................400
Settings Relating to Parallel Inputs (Input Config Menu)...................400
GPI Input Setting (GPI Input Assign Menu).......................................401
Parallel Output Settings (Output Config Menu)..................................404
GPI Output Setting (GPI Output Assign Menu) .................................406
Serial Port Settings (Serial Port Assign Menu) ...................................408
Setup Relating to Router Interface and Tally..........................................418
Router Interface Settings (Router Menu) ............................................418
Tally Group Settings (Group Tally Menu)..........................................421
Wiring Settings (Wiring Menu) ..........................................................421
Tally Generation Settings (Tally Enable Menu) .................................423
Tally Copy Settings (Tally Copy Menu).............................................425
Parallel Tally Settings (Parallel Tally Menu)......................................426
Serial Tally Settings (Serial Tally Menu)............................................428
Simple Connection of the MKS-8080/8082 AUX Bus Remote Panel.....430
Procedure for Simple Connection .......................................................430
Setting Status of the MKS-8080/8082 in Simple Connection.............431
Chapter 17 Files
Operations on Individual Files ..................................................................434

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Displaying the Individual File Operation Menus ................................434
Viewing Detailed File Information .....................................................434
Selecting Regions ................................................................................436
Selecting a Device for Operations.......................................................436
Saving Files .........................................................................................437
Loading Files.......................................................................................438
Copying Files ......................................................................................440
Renaming Files....................................................................................441
Deleting Files ......................................................................................443
File Batch Operations.................................................................................446
Displaying the Batch Operation Menu................................................446
Batch Saving Files...............................................................................446
Batch Loading Files.............................................................................447
Batch Copying Files ............................................................................448
Importing and Exporting Files..................................................................449
Displaying the Import/Export Menu ...................................................449
Importing Frame Memory Data ..........................................................449
Exporting Frame Memory Data ..........................................................450
Directory Operations..................................................................................451
Displaying the Directory Menu ...........................................................451
Creating a New Directory....................................................................451
Renaming a Directory .........................................................................452
Deleting a Directory ............................................................................452
Copying Files Between Different Unit IDs ...............................................453
Saving Files Recalled by Autoload............................................................455
Chapter 18 Macros
Macro Operations in the Numeric Keypad Control Block and the Key-
frame Control Block .......................................................................458
Recalling a Macro Register and Executing a Macro ...........................460
Creating and Editing a Macro .............................................................461
Saving a Macro....................................................................................468
Macro Operations in the Standard Type Flexi Pad Control Block .......469
Recalling a Macro Register and Executing a Macro ...........................470
Creating and Saving a Macro ..............................................................473
Macro Operations in the Simple Type Flexi Pad Control Block ...........477
Recalling a Macro Register and Executing a Macro ...........................478
Creating and Editing a Macro .............................................................479
Saving a Macro....................................................................................482

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Macro Editing Using Menus......................................................................483
Macro Register Editing .......................................................................483
Online Editing of Macro Events..........................................................483
Offline Editing of Macro Events .........................................................489
Macro Attachment Assigning....................................................................495
Setting and Canceling a Macro Attachment........................................495
Displaying the Macro Attachment List ...............................................499
Executing a Macro by Macro Attachment...........................................500
Menu Macros ..............................................................................................502
Recalling a Menu Macro Register and Executing a Menu Macro ......502
Recalling a Menu Macro Register.......................................................502
Menu Macro Creation and Editing......................................................504
Menu Macro Register Editing .............................................................509
Macro Timeline...........................................................................................511
Creating and editing a macro timeline ................................................511
Chapter 19 Color Corrector
Preparations................................................................................................514
Overall Color Corrector Operations ........................................................516
Enabling Color Corrector ....................................................................516
Copy and Swap Operations .................................................................516
Color Corrector Functions ........................................................................518
Input Video Processing Operations.....................................................518
Primary Color Correction Operations .................................................518
Secondary Color Correction Operations .............................................522
RGB Clip Operations ..........................................................................522
Luminance Processing Operations ......................................................523
Spot Color Adjustment ........................................................................525
Output Video Processing Operations ..................................................527
YUV Clip Operations..........................................................................528
Chapter 20 DIAGNOSIS
Checking the Communications Status......................................................532
Communications Status Display .........................................................532
Appendix (Volume 2)
SpotLighting................................................................................................537
Texture Patterns...................................................................................537
Shape Patterns .....................................................................................538