Compositing A Subject And Background (Chroma Key) - Roland VR-6HD Reference Manual

Compositing a Subject and Background (Chroma Key)

Here's how you can cut out a video by turning its blue or green portion
transparent, and then superimpose it on the background video. This lets
you composite a subject that's photographed against a blue background
or green background.
Compositing using DSK
1 .
Press the PANEL [SETUP] button.
2 .
Touch <DSK>.
The DSK setup screen appears.
3 .
Touch the setup screen to make the following settings.
Parameter Explanation
MODE SELF KEY
TYPE CHROMA
CHROMA (page 2)
COLOR Specify either "GREEN" or "BLUE" as the key color.
4 .
Touch <DSK SOURCE> to select a DSK video source.
5 .
Press the DSK [PVW] button to turn on the preview output
(lit).
A preview of the composition results is displayed in the PVW section
of the multi-view.
At this stage, the final output has not yet been changed.
Background video DSK video source
Blue or green
6 .
Touch the setup screen to adjust the intensity of the effect.
Parameter Explanation
DSK
Adjusts the degree of extraction (transparency) for
LEVEL
the key.
Adjusts the degree of edge blur (semi-transmissive
GAIN
region) for the key.
Adjusts the fade-in/out time for the DSK video
TIME
source.
* For details on the parameter, refer to "4: PinP/DSK" (p. 123).
7 .
Press the DSK [PGM] button to turn on DSK compositing (lit).
The composition results is sent to final output.
8 .
To turn off DSK compositing, press the DSK [PGM] button
once again.
Turning DSK/PinP composition on/off in tandem
with video transitions
You can make DSK/PinP composition turn on/off in tandem with the
video transitions.
1 .
After setting "PANEL OPERATION" to "PGM/PST" from the
Ó
[MENU] button "SYSTEM"
SYNC" to "ON".
2 .
After step 5, use the [AUTO] and [CUT] buttons to switch the
video.
DSK composition turns on, and the composited result that is
previewed is sent to final output.
Video Composition Operations
Ó
, set "EFFECTS TRANSITION
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