Cutting Between Sources; Dissolving Between Sources; Other Transitions Between Sources; Effects - Datavideo SE-800 Instruction Manual

Cutting between sources

The simplest way to cut (switch) between source video inputs: use the Video Main Source buttons
(4.) to select which input goes to the program monitor (output). Look at the results on your program or record
monitor.

Dissolving between sources

Select the Main Video Source (4.) by pressing the appropriate channel button. The LED for the
channel you have selected should be lit and you should see that source on the program monitor.
Select the Sub Video Source (5.) you want to dissolve to.
Make sure the Mode Selector (11.) is on Video (the LED on the button will be lit).
With nothing selected in the Transitions (20.) controls (no LEDs lit on any of the buttons means none
are selected. If one is selected at power up, press it to deselect.), the default transition is dissolve. Move the
T-Bar (12.) to the opposite position and watch the dissolve happen on the program monitor. You can stop
the dissolve part way through and watch a mix of the sources.
Or:
Select the Fade transition button (20.) by pressing it until it is lit. Set the speed for the transition
using the SPD key on the Keypad (18.) to change the read out in the Speed window, on the right above the
Keypad (1 is slowest, 9 is fastest). Hit the Take-button (20.) and watch the transition automatically happen. If
you want to switch automatically between the audio channels associated with each source, make sure the
A+V button (6.) is lit. You should see the resulting transition on your program monitor.

Other transitions between sources

Select Main and Sub sources as above.
Press the Wipe key (20.) so it is lit. Use the Keypad (18.) to select the wipe you wish to use. Wipe
styles are numbered from 01 to 24 and displayed in the left window above the Keypad.
At this point you can either use the T-Bar to perform the wipe manually or set the speed on the
keypad as above and use the Take-button to do auto-wipe.
For more information, see Using Transitions, page 35.

Effects

There are two places on the SE-800 where you can add effects: in the Special Effects section (14-
16.) and in the Auto plays section (20.). Some of these work on a single source, and some need two sources
to work. Select a Main Video source and try the following:
In the Auto play section; select Freeze to grab a still frame of the Main Source video. Hit the Take
button to cut to the Sub Video Source or move the T-Bar to manually dissolve to the Sub Video Source.
Again, in the Auto play section, press the MISC button à01 buttons à and then Take button to
apply a strobe effect (automatic successive freeze frames) to the selected Main Source Video. Choose a
speed from the Keypad (18.): 1 is fastest (more freeze frames per second) and 4 is slowest. Press the MISC
button à02 buttons à and then Take button to apply a black and white video effect
In the Special Effects section, press the Mosaic (16.) button so that the LED on the button is lit. As
you can see, this pixilated the video, or turns it into blocky chunks. Select the size of the pixel blocks by
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