Setting Key Transitions; Selecting The Pattern And Direction For Key Wipes; Making Detailed Adjustments To Key Wipe Patterns; Setting Key Dme Wipes - Sony MCS-8M Operating Instructions Manual

Transition execution
Execute the transition using the fader lever, CUT button,
or AUTO TRANS button.

Key transition

Material selection
Press the KEY bus delegation button.
Select the video for program output.
Select the key material (i.e., the image to be
superimposed on the program video output).
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Set the transition type for the key transition.
Select the pattern and direction for the key wipe or key
DME wipe if necessary.
1) Use the [Key] menu.
Key configuration
Select the key type.
Make detailed adjustments to the key if necessary.
Transition execution
Execute the transition using the KEY TRANS button.

Setting Key Transitions

Set the key transition rate and key transition type for when
a key transition is performed.
You can select any of the following transition types.
Cut: Quickly insert (cut in) or remove (cut out) the key.
Mix: Gradually insert (fade in) or remove (fade out) the
key.
Wipe: Use the wipe to cut out the background and then
embed a key.
DME (Digital Multi Effects): Use a DME effect and
apply the same effect as the DME wipe to the key (key
DME wipe).
Settings menu: [Key Transition] (page II-23)
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Selecting the Pattern and Direction
for Key Wipes
You can cut out the background from a wipe pattern
selected for a key transition and then embed a key.
Settings menu: [Key Wipe Modify] (page II-24)
For details on the wipe directions, see "Selecting the Pattern and Direction
for Wipes" (page II-10).
For details on the wipe pattern numbers, see "Effect Pattern List" (c Basic
Operation).
Making Detailed Adjustments to Key
Wipe Patterns
You can set the position of a wipe pattern, and apply
various variations and modifiers in [Key Wipe].
To display the [Key Wipe] menu
Display the [Key] menu, turn the V1 knob to select [Key
Wipe], and press this knob.
The setting items in the [Key Wipe Modify] menu are the same as those of
[Wipe Modify] in the [Effect] menu. For details on the setting items, see the
corresponding sections of "Making Detailed Adjustments to Wipe Patterns"
(page II-10).

Setting Key DME Wipes

For a key, you can make the same settings as with DME
wipe.
Settings menu: [Key DME Wipe] (page II-24)
For details on the DME wipe directions, see "Selecting the Pattern and
Direction for Wipes" (page II-10).
For details on the wipe pattern numbers, see "Effect Pattern List" (c Basic
Operation).