Setting The Downstream Key (Dsk) - Panasonic AG-HMX100 Operating Instructions Manual

Setting the Downstream Key (DSK)

A downstream key refers to a key which is mixed at the end
of the effects including transition and keying. A key that you
want to display in the foreground of an image is set as a
downstream key.
The set downstream key can be saved as a title key in
memory.
The [DSK FADE] menu is used to insert the downstream
key.
[DSK FADE] menu
This menu appears when the DSK FADE button is pressed
or the DSK selector button is pressed for preview of the
downstream key.
POS. X 128 Y 128
Z 512
EVENT ME TIME
00 2:00
E F
DSK FADE
DSK KEY FILE
SOURCE SDI1 SDI1
DSK SLICE SLOPE
0
KEY
CROP
0
ME TRIG SLIDE I.
DSK
OFF
ON/OFF OFF
DSK
EFFECTS
OFF
FADE TO AUDIO
BLACK
Scroll the screen to display.
[DSK SOURCE]
[KEY] and [FILL] can be set.
A key is material used as the downstream key, while a fill is
video to be inserted to the material selected as the key.
For example, characters such as a text or material in the
shape of a pattern are created on the background of a
color and specified as the key. Other video can be inserted
as the fill to the key.
Rotary 1 Rotary 2 Rotary 3
DSK KEY FILL
SOURCE SDI1
SDI1 SDI1
SDI2 SDI2
SDI3 SDI3
SDI4 SDI4
HDMI1 HDMI1
HDMI2 HDMI2
VIDEO1 VIDEO1
VIDEO2 VIDEO2
DVI-I DVI-I
TITLE TITLE
BODMAT
PATTERN INT
9501 WHT
PAGE MODE
1 WRITE
REVERSE K LEVEL
8 OFF 255
0 0 0
SLIDE O. SPEED
OFF 8
PHONE
ON AFTER
Rotary 4 Rotary 5
PAGE MODE
SDI1 1 WRITE
1-30 (480i/59i) WRITE
1-30 (576i/50i) VIEW
1-14 (720p)
1-6 (1080i)
To select the key video
Use the rotary 2 control.
The choices are [SDI1] to [SDI4], [HDMI1], [HDMI2],
[VIDEO1], [VIDEO2], [DVI-I], and [TITLE] (still picture
saved in title memory).
To select the key fill video
Use the rotary 3 control.
[BODMAT] (border matte) can also be selected as well as
[SDI1] to [SDI4], [HDMI1], [HDMI2], [VIDEO1], [VIDEO2],
[DVI-I], and [TITLE] (still picture saved in title memory).
To save DSK as a title key
1
Use the rotary 4 control to select the page
number of memory where the title is saved.
2
Set [MODE] to [WRITE] using the rotary 5
control, and press the
The title is saved on the selected page.
However, if the preceding page of the selected
page is unsaved (EMPTY), the preceding page, the
selected page and the following pages can be used
for saving the title.
 NOTE
• Title keys cannot be set if the title memory count is set
to 0 in the [MEMORY] submenu of the [SETUP] menu
( page 27).
• Upon save of a title, set [MODE] to [VIEW] to prevent the
saved title from being overwritten.
• All of the saved titles are erased when the power is turned
off.
• If [KEY] and [FILL] are set during title key creation with a
title or the star or heart pattern selected, the key fill settings
are changed to a title using the MIX (56) pattern. (The
selected title, star, or heart pattern is canceled.)
[DSK KEY]
For the video for the downstream key selected in the
[DSK SOURCE] submenu, it is possible to change the
transparency level and select whether to reverse the video.
Rotary 1 Rotary 2 Rotary 3
DSK SLICE SLOPE
KEY 0
0-255 0-15
Set [SLICE] (slice level) in the range of [0] to [255] using
the rotary 2 control.
The factory default setting is [0].
The slice is set to specify the brightness level of the area to
be removed. The setting value can be increased to remove
only the area brighter than the specified area.
Set [SLOPE] in the range of [0] to [15] using the rotary 3
control.
The factory default setting is [0].
key.
Rotary 4 Rotary 5
REVERSE K LEVEL
8 OFF 255
OFF 0-255
ON
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