Key Setting Operations (Menu); Key Setting Menus; Setting The Key Type - Sony XVS-9000 User Manual

Key Setting Operations
(Menu)
There are two ways of making key settings: either using
key setup menus for the switcher bank, or using the key
control block or the Flexi Pad control block.

Key Setting Menus

The key setting menus for each bank (M/E and PGM/PST)
are as follows.
Bank Target keys
M/E-1 Keys 1 to 8
M/E-2 Keys 1 to 8
M/E-3 Keys 1 to 8
M/E-4 Keys 1 to 8
M/E-5 Keys 1 to 8
PGM/ Keys 1 to 8
PST
This section describes key setting operations using key 1
on the M/E-1 bank (M/E-1 >Key1 menu) as an example.

Setting the Key Type

1
Open the M/E-1 >Key1 >Type menu (1111).
2
In the <Key Type> group, select the key type.
Luminance: Luminance key
Linear: Linear key
Chroma: Chroma key
Color Vector: Color vector key
Wipe Pattern: Wipe pattern key
Key Wipe Pattern: Key wipe pattern key
3
Perform the following operations, according to the
selection in step 2.
To enable clean mode for a luminance key, linear
key, or color vector key: Press [Clean Mode],
turning it on.
When chroma key is selected: Press [Chroma
Adjust] to open the Chroma Adjust menu
(1111.1), and make the required settings (see
page 113).
When a wipe pattern key is selected: Press [Pattern
Select] to open the M/E-1 >Wipe >Main Pattern
menu (1151), and select a pattern and set modifiers
(see page 139).
Menu
M/E-1 >Key1 to 8
M/E-2 >Key1 to 8
M/E-3 >Key1 to 8
M/E-4 >Key1 to 8
M/E-5 >Key1 to 8
PGM/PST >Key1 to 8
109
When a key wipe pattern key is selected: Press
[Pattern Select] to open the M/E-1 >Key1
>Transition/Video Process >Wipe Adjust
>Pattern Select menu (1117.2), and select a
pattern and set modifiers (see page 148).
Note
In patterns selected for a wipe pattern or a key wipe
pattern, modifiers for wipe direction and edges are
disabled.
4
Set the following parameters.
When a luminance key or linear key is selected
No. Parameter Adjustment
1 Clip Reference level for key signal
generation
2 Gain Key sensitivity
3 Density Key density
4 Filter Filter coefficient
a) Setting this value to "1" produces "through" state in which no
filtering is applied. The larger the value, the stronger the filtering
applied.
When a chroma key is selected
No. Parameter Adjustment
3 Density Key density
When a color vector key is selected
Parameter group [1/2]
No. Parameter Adjustment
1 Y Clip Reference level for generating the
luminance signal
2 Y Gain Luminance signal sensitivity
3 C Clip Reference level for generating the
chrominance signal
4 C Gain Chrominance signal sensitivity
5 Density Key density
Parameter group [2/2]
No. Parameter Adjustment
1 Y Filter Luminance signal filter coefficient
2 C Filter Chrominance signal filter
coefficient
When a wipe pattern key or key wipe pattern key is
selected
No. Parameter Adjustment
1 Size Pattern size
2 Soft Degree of edge softness
3 Density Key density
a)