Creating And Editing A Macro Timeline - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Forcibly ending a macro timeline
• If the timeline has completed but a macro is still
executing, press the [REWIND] or [RUN] button in the
utility/shotbox control block to forcibly end the macro
timeline.
• In a macro timeline, since a take operation is not
possible, if a macro included in the timeline has a pause
event with a pause time of zero, the remainder of the
timeline after the pause is ignored, and the macro
timeline ends at that point.
Register editing functions
You can use the following editing functions on a register
in which a macro timeline is stored.
• Copying
• Moving
• Swapping
• Merging
• Locking
• Naming
• Deleting
File related functions
You can save and recall a created macro timeline as effect
data, in the File menu.
Timeline operations are carried out on a macro timeline in
the same way as for normal effects.
For details about timeline operations, see "Keyframes"
(page 297).
Note
When using a macro timeline, note the following.
• To use a macro timeline, the Macro region must be
assigned to a region selection button in the numeric
keypad control block.
For details, see "Assigning a Region to the Region
Selection Buttons in the Numeric Keypad Control
Block" (page 410).
• On a macro timeline, only macro recall and execution
actions can be registered. The data for a macro to be
recalled on the macro timeline is not included on the
timeline. It is necessary to create the macro data first.
• A macro timeline can be saved and recalled on the
master timeline or in a shotbox register, but cannot be
saved as a snapshot.
Creating and Editing a Macro
Timeline
This section describes how to set actions, and add
keyframe points. Path settings are not needed for a macro
timeline.
For details about keyframe creation, see "Creating and
Editing Keyframes" (page 310).
Registering a keyframe
The operations for registering use the Macro >Timeline
>Timeline menu (5441) and the [INS] button in the utility/
shotbox control block.
1
Press the [KF MCRO EDIT] button in the utility/
shotbox control block, and press the [EDIT ENBL]
button, turning it on.
This switches the memory recall section to effect
editing mode.
2
Open the Macro >Timeline >Timeline menu (5441).
3
In the "Action" list on the right, select the action
(Recall, Take, Take All, or No Action).
When Recall or Take is selected, select the number of
the macro register.
No. Parameter Adjustment
Recall No
a)
3
Take No
b)
3
a) When Recall is selected
b) When Take is selected
4
Press [Set].
The selected action appears in the list on the left.
5
Press the [INS] button in the utility/shotbox control
block.
This creates keyframe 1 on the macro timeline.
To set the action for a rewind operation
On the macro timeline, when the [REWIND] button in the
utility/shotbox control block is pressed, the action set for the
first keyframe is not executed, but when the [RUN] button
is pressed, then the first keyframe action is executed.
To execute an action when the [REWIND] button is
pressed, it is necessary to set this action (Rewind Action).
To set the Rewind Action, press [Rewind Action] in the
Macro >Timeline >Timeline menu (5441) to open the
Rewind Action menu (5441.1). Operate in the same way as
in the Timeline menu (5441).
Alternatively, you can make settings in the Setup menu so
that when the [REWIND] button is pressed, this executes
the action set for the first keyframe, and when the [RUN]
button is pressed the first keyframe action is not executed.
In this case, the Rewind Action setting is still enabled.
For details, see "Setting the first keyframe when rewind is
executed" (page 427).
375
Number of macro register to recall
Number of macro register to
execute