Selecting Key Fill And Key Source - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Knob Parameter Adjustment
2 Soft
3 Density
5
Make the following settings as required.
To invert the black and white sense of the key
source: Press [Key Invert], turning it on.
To adjust the horizontal position or key source
width for a luminance key, linear key, or
chroma key: Press [Key Position], turning it on,
and set the parameters.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
1 H Phase
2 Left
3 Right
To set the key priority: Press [Key Priority] or select
VF7 'Misc' and HF3 'Key Priority' to access the
Key Priority menu.
For details, see "Setting the Key Priority by a Menu
Operation" (page 72).

Selecting Key Fill and Key Source

Notes
In the case of the MVS-8000X, only the premium inputs
(inputs to the switcher PREMIUM INPUTS connectors 1
to 20) can be selected as key signals on the M/E-4 bank.
Selecting key fill and key source
To select key fill and key source for key 1 on the M/E-1
bank, use the following procedure.
1
In the M/E-1 >Key1 menu, select HF1 'Type.'
The Type menu appears.
2
In the <Key Fill> group, select either of the following
for use as key fill.
Key Bus: signal selected on the key 1 fill bus
Matte: signal from the dedicated color matte
generator
3
If you selected [Key Bus] in step 2, press the key
delegation button [KEY1] in the cross-point control
block and select the key fill signal in the key row.
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Key Setting Operations Using Menus
Setting values
Degree of edge 0.00 to 100.00
softness
Key density 0.00 to 100.00
Setting values
Key horizontal –4.00 to +4.00
position
Key left edge –4.00 to +4.00
position
Key right edge –4.00 to +4.00
position
4
If you selected [Matte] in step 2, in the same Type
menu, press the [Matte Adjust] button to display the
Matte Adjust menu, then adjust the single-color or
two-color combination color matte. Select whether to
use a single-color matte or a two-color combination in
the <Fill Matte> group.
Flat Color: Adjust color 1 with the following
parameters.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
1 Luminance Luminance
2 Saturation Saturation
3 Hue Hue
Mix Color: Carry out a color mix. Adjust color 1 and
color 2, and select a mix pattern (see the next
section).
5
In the <Key Source> group, specify the key source
selection mode.
Self: The key fill bus signal is automatically selected
as the key source.
When the key type is selected as chroma key,
select [Self].
Auto Select: The signal allocated, being paired with
the key fill bus signal, to a cross-point button is
automatically selected as the key source. The
setting of key fill and key source pairs is carried
out in the Setup menu.
For details, see "Cross-Point Settings (Xpt Assign
Menu)" in Chapter 19 (Volume 2).
Split: You can select a key source signal
independently of the key source automatically
selected in Auto Select mode.
6
When [Split] was selected in step 5, hold down the
[KEY1] button and press the appropriate button in the
key row to select the key source signal.
To select the video signal assigned to the button, turn
off the [KEY] button in the AUX bus control block,
and to select the key signal, turn on the [KEY] button
before pressing the button in the key row.
Notes
• Carrying out a [KEY] button operation in the AUX
bus control block requires the [KEY] button
operating mode (Key Source Bus Select Mode) to be
set. With the factory default setting (Key), the
[KEY] button is always off, and it is only possible to
select a key signal assigned to a button as the key
source signal.
For details, see "Setting the Button Operation
Mode" in Chapter 19 (Volume 2).
Setting values
0.00 to 100.00
0.00 to 100.00
359.99 to 0.00