Avid Technology Digidesign USD User Manual page 57

Ensure that all the proper video connec-
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tions have been made, and that you've se-
lected the correct positional reference.
After you have completed these steps,
you'll burn a window dub—with time code
addresses based upon the selected posi-
tional reference—onto any video signal
that's passing through the USD.
To turn off window dubbing:
Deselect Window Enabled.
To enable window dub using the front panel
controls:
Using the Set, Down, and Up switches,
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select Burn Enabled (burn EnA).
Press the Set switch again. The LED Time
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Code Display will switch to display the cur-
rent On or Off setting for Window Burn.
Use the Down and Up switches to switch
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between the parameter values.
When you have chosen your desired op-
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tion, press Set.
The time code character generator can now
burn time code addresses based upon the
selected positional reference, onto any
video signal that's passing through the
USD.
If you need to change the appearance of
the window dub—in terms of size, vertical
position, horizontal position, and color—
you'll need to use Pro Tools or USD Setup.
These parameters cannot be adjusted from
the USD's front panel controls.
Window Burn Display Options
If you need to change the appearance of
the window dub—in terms of size, vertical
position, horizontal position, and color—
you'll need to use Pro Tools or USD Setup.
These parameters cannot be adjusted from
the USD's front panel controls.
Size Sets the relative size of the window
dub. The choices are Small or Large. The
default setting is Large.
Vertical Position Sets the vertical position
of the window dub, relative to the bottom
of the video picture. The choices range
from 10% From Bottom to 50% From Bot-
tom, in 10% increments. The default set-
ting is 20% From Bottom.
"10% from Bottom" vertical position is out-
side the standard "safe title" area, which
means it may not be visible on some video
monitors.
Horizontal Position Sets the window dub's
relative horizontal position within the
video picture. The choices include Extreme
Left, Left, Center, Right and Extreme Right.
The default setting is Center.
The "Extreme" horizontal positions are out-
side the standard "safe title" area, which
means they may not be visible on some video
monitors.
Color Sets the color of the time code num-
bers in the window dub, and the color of
the window dub's background. The choices
include White on Black Bkgnd; Black on
White Bkgnd; White on Video Bkgnd; or
Black on Video Bkgnd. (Video Bkgnd
means that the window dub's background
is transparent, so that the time code num-
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