Key Source Selection; Key Adjustments (Key Control Block); Key Edge Modification - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Key Source Selection

Set a key source using the key fill/key source selection
buttons.
When using a selected key fill and paired key
source signal
Press the [AUTO SEL] button, turning it on.
When using a signal other than the selected key
fill paired signal
Press the [SPLT] button, turning it on.
Using any of the following methods, select the key source.
• On the cross-point control block, press and hold a key
bus delegation button in the cross-point Flexi Pad, then
select a signal using the cross-point buttons in the 1st
row/2nd row.
• Press and hold the [SPLT] button in the key control
block, then select a signal using the cross-point buttons
in the cross-point control block.
Notes
• You can assign a key source bus delegation button to the
1st row or 2nd row of the AUX bus control block in the
Setup menu (see page 417).
• To select a video signal, first set the [KEY] button
operation mode in the Setup menu (see page 99).
When using the selected key fill signal as the key
source
Press the [AUTO SEL] button and [SPLT] button
simultaneously.
When both buttons are off, Self mode is selected.
Note
When chroma key is selected as the key type, select Self
mode.
Key Adjustments (Key
Control Block)
You can make the following adjustments in the key control
block.
• Key edge modifications (see page 114)
• DME effects for keys (see page 115)
• Other key adjustments (see page 116)
For details about buttons and parameters on the key
control block, see "Key Operations (Key Control Block)"
(page 112).

Key Edge Modification

Press a key modifier button to select an edge type (see
page 96).
[BDR] button: Border
[DROP BDR] button: Drop border
[SHDW] button: Shadow
[SOFT EDGE] button: Soft edge
Pressing a button, turning it on green, displays the
parameter name and value of each parameter item on the
display.
Note
To use a normal, outline, emboss, or zabton key edge, use
the menu (see page 104).
Setting the border parameters
The parameters to configure vary depending on whether
the separate edge function is enabled/disabled.
The separate edge function is set using [Separate Edge] in
the Edge menu for the key.
When [Matte] is selected in the <Edge Fill> group of the
Edge menu for the key, you can adjust the color of the edge
fill.
When separate edge is disabled
No. Parameter
1 WIDTH
4 DENSITY
When separate edge is enabled
The border width settings can be made independently for
left, right, top, and bottom sides. The separate edge
function is only available when luminance key, linear key,
color vector key, or chroma key is selected as the key type.
114
Adjustment
Border width
Border density