Applying Special Effects (Lighting/Recursive Effects); Lighting Settings - Sony XVS-9000 User Manual

Applying Special Effects
(Lighting/Recursive
Effects)

Lighting Settings

You can specify the intensity and color of the light and the
lighting pattern. The following lighting patterns are
available:
Plane: Illumination of the entire screen.
Bar: Bar illumination. You can specify the width and
angle of the bar, and its softness.
Preset: Lighting pattern suitable for nonlinear effects.
When Bar is selected, the following modes can be selected.
Normal: Emphasizes the bar highlight area.
Specular: Creates an effect like light striking a surface
with metallic reflections.
Mat: Creates an effect like light striking paper, cloth, or
another diffusively reflective surface.
Applying the Lighting effect
1
Open the DME >Light/Trail >Lighting menu (4151).
2
Press [Lighting], turning it on.
3
In the <Light Pattern> group, select the lighting
pattern (Plane, Bar or Preset).
4
Set the following parameters, according to the selected
pattern.
You can make the Lighting effect more effective by
adjusting the [Total Ambient] parameter to lower the
brightness of the entire image.
The [Total Ambient] setting is common to the
Spotlighting function.
When [Plane] is selected
No. Parameter Adjustment
1 Light Intensity of light in highlight area
5 Total Brightness of whole image
Ambient
When [Bar] is selected
No. Parameter Adjustment
1 Light Intensity of light in highlight area
2 Ambient Intensity of light in ambient area
No. Parameter Adjustment
5 Total
Ambient
When [Preset] is selected
No. Parameter Adjustment
1 Light
2 Ambient
a)
3 Shade
5 Total
Ambient
a) Setting is available when Page Turn, Roll, Cylinder, or Sphere
nonlinear effect is selected.
Shade
area
Highlight
area
Setting the bar shape of the highlight area
When [Bar] or [Preset] is selected in step 3 of "Applying
the Lighting effect" (page 257), set the bar shape.
1
In the DME >Light/Trail >Lighting menu (4151),
press [Light Modify].
2
Set the following parameters.
No. Parameter Adjustment
1 X
2 Y
a)
3 Angle
4 Width
5 Soft
a) There are some nonlinear effects for which this cannot be set.
Center point
of bar
Width of
bar
257
Brightness of whole image
Intensity of light in highlight area
Intensity of light in ambient area
Intensity of light in shade area
Brightness of whole image
Ambient
area
X-value of bar center point
Y-value of bar center point
Angle of bar
Width of bar
Softness of boundary
Angle of
bar