Applications; Creating A Pip Image; Picture-In-Picture - Videonics MX-1 Instruction Manual

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Picture-In-Picture (PIP)
When one picture can't quite tell the story alone, "picture-in-
picture" allows you to combine two images on one screen, placing
one in a small rectangle. The inset picture can be scaled to any size
and moved to any location on the screen.
Definitions
Picture-In-Picture (PIP) places one moving
video picture (the foreground video) in a small
rectangle (called a window) on top of another
video image, (the background video).

Applications

With PIP you can show two events at once or give the viewer two points of
view. For instance, you can show an instructor explaining how to assemble a
machine and in a small window in the corner, show a close-up of the proce-
dure that is being described. In a video of a sporting event, you can show the
scoreboard in a small window while the action fills the rest of the screen. Or
you could watch two games at once!
Any two sources can be used for the foreground and background videos.
You can move the window to any place on the screen, set it to any size, stretch
it horizontally or vertically, and add a colored border. You can freeze the
background video. You can move the superimposed window while the re-
sulting PIP image is recorded.

Creating a PIP Image

Choose the Background and Foreground Sources
Begin by setting the CURRENT and NEXT sources: The CURRENT source
will become the background image and the NEXT source will become the
foreground.
Example: To make a PIP that looks like the above illustration, if the bridge
is on source A and the woman is on source C, press CUT A to make the
bridge the CURRENT source and press the C button to make the woman the
NEXT source.
You can choose COLOR as the background image, to place a moving
picture on a solid color. You cannot use COLOR as the PIP image — to do
that, use Compose (Chapter 16).
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