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6. We will keep our promises. 7. We will treat the competition with respect. ii • Thank You For Choosing Ross — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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“ Important Safety User/Installation Manual installation Instructions ” listed in the front of your Setup instructions. Manual to avoid personnel injury and to prevent product damage. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Document Information • iii...
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Radiocommunications Labelling This product has been determined to be (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Notice 2008. compliant with the applicable standards, regulations, and directives for the countries where the product is marketed. iv • Document Information — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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If you need more information on the collection, basis, plug in circuit boards or other reuse, and recycling systems, please contact replacement parts may be supplied free of your local or regional waste administration. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Document Information • v...
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Carbonite Black Solo Toll Free Technical +800 1005 0100 • Upgrade Notes (4840DR-500) — upgrade Support instructions, new features, and known issues (International): for a given software version Technical Support: (+1)613-652-4886 vi • Document Information — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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• Configuration Guide (4840DR-100) — product description and marketing codes for switchers and options • CarboNET Installation (4805DR-100) — installation instructions for the Carbonite PMC translator. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Document Information • vii...
Live Assist................19 DVE Keys..................38 PaneLINK..............19 To Set Up a DVE Key..........38 Custom Controls..............19 To Apply a DVE to a Key (Fly Key)......39 MediaManager...............19 To Apply a Border to a DVE Key......39 viii • Contents — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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To Capture a Still............50 Media-Store Attributes............50 Understanding the Attributes Menu....50 To Set Media-Store File Attributes.......50 To Lock a Media Number Place and Bank..............51 MediaManager...............51 Using MediaManager ...........51 The MediaManager Window........52 Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Contents • ix...
A matte generator and complex wash generator create the look you want, or you can use one of per ME, capable of multi-color washes comes 10 • Features — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
Transition area and Preview bus for the MiniME 1 MiniME 2 background and keyers so that the next Note: No edge blending is available. transition takes the same sources on-air that were on-air in the memory. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Features • 11...
Most wipes can be rotated, bordered, multiplied, aspectized, and repositioned. Tally Outputs The switcher has 16 assignable tally relays. Each tally can be assigned to any number of combinations of input and output or bus. 12 • Features — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
6. Positioner — The positioner is used to number of ports and connectors that are used control some wipe, border, and wash for power, signal input/output, and external parameters, as well as some external communications. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Control Panel Overview • 13...
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12. Output BNCs — provide 5 configurable SDI outputs. 13. Input BNCs — provide 6 configurable SDI inputs. 14. Reference In — supports house sync using selectable tri-level sync or analog black burst. 14 • Control Panel Overview — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
If you select a source button that an external device is assigned to, the peripheral control menu for that specific device is shown. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Menu System • 15...
• Internal — Internal video sources come from internally generated video, such as Media-Store channels, matte color, and black. 16 • Switcher Basics — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
FlexiClean provides a second program output will not be able to select the bus on the ME, MiniME ™ , Aux, that is derived from a different location than chroma key, or keyer. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Switcher Basics • 17...
Copy. 2. Click a Source button to select the source you want to copy. 3. Click a Destination button to select the destination that you want to copy to. 18 • Switcher Basics — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
DashBoard, you must have Microsoft ® Internet Explorer ® 10, or • RossTalk Server Port — the network port higher, installed. that the switcher is listening on for RossTalk commands. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — DashBoard • 19...
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20 • DashBoard — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
The bus selection buttons allow you to select the different buses on different ME outputs of the switcher. To select a source on a bus, press the bus selection button, and press the MultiViewer box Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — ViewControl • 21...
3. Enter a name for the button in the Button Name field. Tip: You can change the name of a tab by selecting a button on the tab and then entering a new name in the Group Name field. 22 • ViewControl — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
• On a MiniME , Background and key 2 only Effect selects the pattern for the DVE transition support Dissolve and Cut transitions. ™ • There is no preview output for a MiniME Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Transitions • 23...
Figure 16: Example Cut Transition A cut is performed either by selecting different sources on a background or key bus, or by pressing a CUT button. 24 • Transitions — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
A wipe transition requires that you select a wipe 1. Press DISS. pattern, set the direction and number/size of wipe pattern, as well as set a background and Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Transitions • 25...
4. Press NEXT. • PushL — Push Left (0) 5. Select a default or custom color for the • PushR — Push Right (double-press 0) border. • PushU — Push Up (1) 26 • Transitions — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
Wipe border is not supported. the transition manually could result in jumps • DVE (3) — Use the Start knob to select in the animation. the point where the dissolve starts and Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Transitions • 27...
GPI output triggering. transition limit point. 1. Prepare the transition as required, but do 4. Toggle the Limit knob (On) to set the not perform the transition. transition limit point. 28 • Transitions — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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2. Press the transition type button again to bring up the transition menus. 3. Use the RlClip knob to select whether the GPI output is triggered (On), or is not triggered (Off). Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Transitions • 29...
6. Use the Border knob to apply a border to of the second custom color. the wipe. Tip: Use the Soft and NEXT > Load knobs to configure the border. 30 • Patterns, Washes, and Mattes — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
6. Use the Sat knob to adjust the saturation of your custom color. 7. Use the Lum knob to adjust the luminance of your custom color. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Patterns, Washes, and Mattes • 31...
Every time the key is initialized, the switcher control over background/foreground resets all the Chroma Key parameters to transition areas. their default settings. 34 • Keying — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
You can control the upper-end of the counter-clockwise around the color Translucency range by setting a wider wheel to select a base color. hue-range to constrain the area. You can also Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Keying • 35...
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15. Use the Cntrl knob to select Clip and use the 6. Press the Init knob to initialize the chroma Value knob to adjust the foreground key. clipping. 36 • Keying — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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27. Use the Cntrl knob to select Reject and use semi-transparent reflections. the Value knob to include or reject adjacent 21. Use the Type knob to select Shadow. hues to the base. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Keying • 37...
Status page in DashBoard. b) Press HCrop and use the Left/R knob to Keep the following in mind when working crop the key horizontally on the left side with a Fly Key: only. 38 • Keying — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
• Custom — press NEXT and use the BHue, BSat, and BLum knobs to select your own Refer to the section To Apply a Border to a color. DVE Key on page 39 for information on borders. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Keying • 39...
11. Adjust the position of the top and bottom 14. Use the Border and Soft knobs to apply a sides of the box mask as follows: border to the mask. 40 • Keying — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
If the new alpha source is not assigned to a source button, press any other button on the key bus and use the Alpha knob to select a different alpha source. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Keying • 41...
FLOAT mode so that key elements may be recalled to other keys than originally stored. • 1 — ME • 3 — MiniME ™ 42 • Memory Functions — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
• Matte colors (background, wash or memory and then recall it as stored, or override borders) the attributes stored in the memory and apply different ones when the memory is recalled. A Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Memory Functions • 43...
• Memory — settings come from the • NoRcl — shared pattern generator memory being recalled settings are not recalled • NoRcl — transition selections are not recalled 44 • Memory Functions — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
• NoRcl — camera shots are not recalled 3. Use the Key knob to select the keyer you • Recall — camera shots are recalled want to set the attribute for. (default) Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Memory Functions • 45...
You cannot clear individual memory registers. To Clear the Memory Registers 1. Press MENU > RESET > NEXT > NEXT. 2. Press the Clear Mems knob to clear the memory registers. 46 • Memory Functions — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
• All — store all registers to the set. • Mems — store only the memory registers to the set. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Switcher Sets • 47...
(00-99), and the Item Number (0-9). The Place is through the animation by turning the either 0 for internal stills, or 1 for external. positioner clockwise or anti-clockwise when the animation is stopped. Shuttle speed is 48 • Media-Store — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
For example, press 1051 to select the USB(1) selection. drive, Media 051. • <..> — up one 4. Press Select. • USB(1) — the USB drive • Internal(0) — the internal cache Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Media-Store • 49...
Understanding the Attributes Menu 3. Press NEXT. When you select a still or animation, the menu system displays a number of attributes that 50 • Media-Store — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
Lock setting are specific to the and using the MediaManager: channel they are set on. • Ross Video recommends using Google Chrome ™ v14.0 running on Microsoft ® Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Media-Store • 51...
The item in the playlist that is being shown on the Media-Store channel indicated with a check-mark. The playlist does not loop back to the top when it reaches the last item. 52 • Media-Store — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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If you delete a playlist that was loaded into a Media-Store channel, it does not clear that channel. Expand or Expand or Collapse the Collapse playlist area for the Media-Store channel. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Media-Store • 53...
Transport Controls 1080p 29.97Hz 1. Step Back — Step backwards by 1/10 second. 1080p 2. Play/Pause — Play the current clip forward 25Hz at 1-times normal speed. 1080pSF 29.97Hz 54 • Clip Player — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
When you select the clip player on a bus on the control panel, the menu follows and allows you to select and cue a clip. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Clip Player • 55...
1. Press MENU > BANK CC > START/STOP. inserted. 2. Use the Bank knob to select the bank that the custom control you want to record will be stored on. 56 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
• GPO — use the Pin knob to select the GPI • A maximum of 128 custom controls can be output run at the same time. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 57...
• Copy — copy the entire custom control • Delete — delete the entire custom control 5. Press the Func knob to start editing. • Delete Event — delete the currently selected event 58 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
Click the Source button (%) field. and select the source that you want on the selected bus. Cancel All CC Special > Cancel all running custom Cancel All controls. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 59...
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Click the Action button Click a Mode button to and select Cut. select whether you want the chroma key to operate in basic mode (Basic), or advanced (Advanced). 60 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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(Reset) the parameter. color you want to apply Some selections will not to the border. be available when you reset the parameter. Enter an aspect ratio in the Value (%) field. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 61...
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(Absolute) or reset (Reset) the parameter. Some selections will not be available when you reset the parameter. Enter the amount of cropping in the Value (%) field. 62 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Enter a new size in the Enter the amount of Value (%) field. cropping in the Value (%) field. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 63...
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ME that you want to you want to use for the perform the event on. DVE wipe. Click Reset to reset the DVE wipe parameters. 64 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Enter the DID value you be available when you want to use in the Value reset the parameter. field. Enter the SDID value you want to use in the Value field. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 65...
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GPI output that you want to configure. Click a Level to select whether the level trigger uses a high (High) or low (Low) level trigger. 66 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Click the Action button and select whether they key should perform a cut (Cut), or auto transition (Auto Trans). Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 67...
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(On) or key you want to swap. not (Off). Loop CC Special > Insert a loop into the custom Loop control. 68 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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(Absolute) or reset (Reset) the parameter. Some selections will not be available when you reset the parameter. Enter a new position in the Value (%) field. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 69...
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Some selections will not reset the parameter. be available when you Enter a new position in reset the parameter. the Value (%) field. Enter a new position in the Value (%) field. 70 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Enter a size for the Some selections will not border in the Value (%) be available when you field. reset the parameter. Enter a new position in the Value (%) field. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 71...
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Pattern Click the ME button for multiplied in the Value Mask Reset the ME that you want to field. perform the event on. Click Reset Params. 72 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Click the ME/Matte Color Reset button for the ME or aux that you want to perform the event on. For an ME, click the Matte button and select Matte. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 73...
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Channel button for the Media-Store channel you want to perform the event on. Enter the number you want to assign to the capture file in the Capture File field. 74 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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(Internal) or on the USB media item in the Value (USB). field. Enter the number of the media item you want to load in the Media Number field. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 75...
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Click the Parameter button and select Playback Speed. Enter the speed, faster or slower than 100%, that you want the animation to play at in the Value (%) field. 76 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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X-Pos. button and select GPO. Enter a new position in Enter the GPI output the Value field. that you want to trigger with the MediaWipe in the Value field. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 77...
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Set Media Cut. Click the ME button for the ME that you want to perform the event on. Click the Layer button to select what the MediaWipe animation covers. 78 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Click the Value button memory that you want and select whether to recall. blending is applied edge (On) or not (Off). Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 79...
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(Reset) the parameter. Value (%) field. Some selections will not be available when you reset the parameter. Enter the amount of offset in the Value (%) field. 80 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Some selections will not be available when you reset the parameter. Click a Value button and select whether the label on the selected box is on (On) or not (Off). Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 81...
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(On) or Click a Value button and not (Off). select whether the label on the selected box is at the top (Top) or bottom (Bottom). 82 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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HSL component you want to assign a value to. A value should be applied to all three components. Enter a value for the selected component in the Value (%) field. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 83...
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(Absolute) or reset (Reset) the parameter. Some selections will not be available when you reset the parameter. Enter the horizontal position of the clock in the Value (%) field. 84 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Click a MultiViewer button to select which MultiViewer you want that you want to perform the event on. Click the Layout button and select the layout you want to use. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 85...
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Enter the number of the • Cut — cut the function you want to transition to the end trigger in the Function field. 86 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Enter the shot number you want to recall from Click the CC button and in the Shot field. select the custom control you want to play. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 87...
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Click the ME button and field. select the area that you want to perform the event on. Click the Value button and select whether roll clip is on (On) or not (Off). 88 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Enter the layer that you Enter the take item id of want to resume in the the item you want to Layer field. have focus in the Take ID field. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 89...
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Click Take. for the selected source, Click the RossTalk all those entries will be Device button and deleted. select the device you want to send the RossTalk command to. 90 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Enter the point in the background and/or the transition that you want keys that you want to to place the trans limit include in the next in the Value (%) field. transition. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 91...
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Value (%) field. Click a Channel button to select the channel you want to send the command to. 92 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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(Off). reset the parameter. Click the Parameter button and select Direction. Click the Value button and select whether the wipe moves in a forward (Forward) or reverse (Reverse) direction. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 93...
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(Reset) the parameter. Some selections will not be available when you reset the parameter. Enter an amount of softness for the pattern or border in the Value (%) field. 94 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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(Absolute) or reset (Reset) the parameter. Some selections will not be available when you reset the parameter. Enter a new position in the Value (%) field. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 95...
4. Use the Func knob to select Rename. 4. Press Copy. 5. Press the Func knob. 6. Select a name as follows: 96 • Custom Controls — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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5. Select the custom control that you want to paste into. 6. Press Paste. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Custom Controls • 97...
You can also press and hold MENU and press with a switcher reset Reset All. 5. Repeat this for the remaining Media-Store channels. 6. Use the Attrib knob to select Aux. 98 • Switcher Soft Reset — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
(X is the number of the aux bus) Menu double-press the the value for that knob is Items knob for the value reset you want to reset Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Switcher Soft Reset • 99...
Generally, increasing the gain for a specific color component causes the video signal colors to become increasingly saturated with that color. 100 • Glossary — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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By rotating colors around the wheel, hue values will shift. Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Glossary • 101...
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A multiplicative key where the Key Alpha cuts a hole based on the gradient values of the alpha. Shades of gray are translated into transparency levels, giving the key a soft edge. Unshaped Key 102 • Glossary — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
Mask (Pattern) — Edge Softness Clean Feed Mask (Pattern) — Horizontal Multiplication Color Framing Mask (Pattern) — Pattern Cut Transition Mask (Pattern) — Reset DVE Freeze Mask (Pattern) — Rotation Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Index • 103...
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MultiViewer Box — Border Trans Elements MultiViewer Box — Green Tally (Preview) Trans Limit — On/Off MultiViewer Box — Label Trans Limit — Reset MultiViewer Box — Label Mode Trans Limit — Set 104 • Index — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Advanced CutKey Basic Cropping Hold 38–39 IncKey Freeze Loop Invert Pause Key Priority Resume Mask State Menu Overview TrnKey MiniME Custom Controls (CC) Self Key Cut Transitions Split Split Keys Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Index • 105...
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Access Mode Selecting Attributes Sources, Layering Bus Hold Sources, Re-Entry Effects Dissolve Split Key MemoryAI Split Keys Recall Mode Status Storing Storing Memories Memories, clear Memory AI Menus Auto-Follow Navigating 106 • Index — Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0)
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Direction Custom Control Buttons Dissolves Keyer Transition Buttons Transition Buttons Flip-Flop GPO Trigger Limit Media Washes Menu Overview WhiteFlash MiniME Wipe Transitions Pause Performing Rate Roll Clip XPression Control Wipes Carbonite Black Solo Operation Manual (v2.0) — Index • 107...
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