Chapter 12 • Freeze; Stop Motion - Videonics MX-1 Instruction Manual

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With the touch of a button, you can freeze a picture on the screen.
Input effects and transitions can also be frozen.
At any time, you can freeze the picture by pressing the FREEZE button.
Whatever is on the output (on the OUTPUT monitor) — whether it's a single
source, a source with an input effect applied, or two sources in mid-transition
— will be frozen at that instant. You can release the frozen picture by
pressing FREEZE again.
Audio is not affected by FREEZE — it continues normally.
You can freeze the picture in the middle of a transition. The entire transi-
tion will freeze, including the video images. When you release the freeze, the
transition will continue. Note: If you freeze a manual transition, use PLAY to
complete the transition — the T-bar will not complete it.
Note the difference between pressing FREEZE and pressing PLAY in mid-
transition. PLAY halts the transition but the video continues to move. FREEZE
turns the whole picture (sources, transition, and all) into a still image.
You can transition from a frozen image to any source (including the frozen
source). Because holding a frozen picture consumes video memory, some
transition effects behave differently with a frozen picture. Most video scaling,
including compresses and slides, are translated into wipes and other effects
are automatically changed into simpler effects. These effects are indicated by
# in the Effects List at the back of the manual.
Note that some effects, marked by a * in the Effects List, will only operate
in one direction when the CURRENT source is frozen. Reverse has no effect
in these cases.
A technical note: The freeze function captures a field, not a frame. The
frozen field is repeated to form a frozen frame. (See Chapter 20, "Video
Quality.")

Stop Motion

Normally, the FREEZE button freezes and unfreezes the picture, switch-
ing between frozen and moving video. You can perform a "stop motion"
effect instead, in which each press of FREEZE captures a new snapshot of the
video source, replacing the previous image. In this mode, you never see
moving video — each press simply updates the frozen image, like a slide
show of still images.
To use stop motion, press SHIFT and FREEZE at the same time. Now, each
time you press FREEZE, a new still replaces the one on the OUTPUT monitor.
The PREVIEW screen continues to show moving video images so you can
watch for the moments you want. Press PLAY ( or SHIFT and FREEZE again)
to end the stop motion effect.
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