Using Chroma-Key To Combine Images - Edirol V-8 Owner's Manual

Using Chroma-Key to Combine Images

When you apply chroma-key compositing to the image of a bus, the area of the key color will become transparent, and the
image will be combined with the image of the other bus.
1
Set the [MEMORY] knob to memory number 1.
2
Press a bus A INPUT SELECT button to select the background image.
3
Press a bus B INPUT SELECT button to select the image that you want to key-composite.
4
Press the bus B EFFECTS [2 (CHROMA KEY)] button to turn on the Chroma-key effect.
5
Move the video fader to the bus B position.
The Chroma-key effect will be applied to the bus B image, and it will be combined with the bus A image and output.
6
Operate the bus B [CONTROL] fader to adjust the key level.
7
Press the [2 (CHROMA KEY)] button once again to turn off the Chroma-key effect.
The [2 (CHROMA KEY)] button will go out.
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For each bus, you can use up to four effects simultaneously. However, there are some combinations of effects that cannot
be used simultaneously. For details, refer to "Effects that Cannot Be Used Simultaneously" (p. 107).
• For details on specifying the key color and edge level, refer to "Detailed settings for key-compositing effects" (p. 47).
• You can change the effect that is assigned to the [2 (CHROMA KEY)] button. For details, refer to "Assigning Different
Effects to the EFFECTS Buttons" (p. 53).
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When using chroma-key to composite the images of bus A and bus B as described above, you can't use the bus A
[CONTROL] fader to fade out (p. 31) the bus A image.
* The factory preset settings are assigned to memory number 1. For details on
the [MEMORY] knob, refer to "Storing the Operating Panel Settings" (p. 28).
The [2 (CHROMA KEY)] button will blink.
* The [2 (CHROMA KEY)] button blinks to indicate that you can use the
[CONTROL] fader to control the Chroma-key level.
Using Effects
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