Panasonic Multi Format Live Switcher Av Hs400n Operating Instructions

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3. Basic operations
3-1. Background transition
3-1-1. Selecting the bus
Press the crosspoint buttons to select the material which will be targeted for the background transition. 
By pressing these buttons, the signals are selected, and the indicators of the selected buttons light. 
The color in which the button indicators light differs depending on the operation status.Lighting in red:  
  When the selected input signals are output to PGM.
  (How

ever, the indicator lights in amber during FTB...


3. Basic operations
3-1-3. Selecting the transition mode
Press the [BKGD] button in the transition area so that its indicator lights in amber. When the [BKGD] button and 
[KEY] button are pressed at the same time, both buttons are selected.
Use the [MIX] and [WIPE] buttons in the transition area to select the background transition mode. 
The indicator of the selected button lights in amber.
3-1-4. Manual transition (using the fader lever)
Operate the fader lever to execute transitions...

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3. Basic operations
3-2. Wipe
3-2-1. Selecting the wipe pattern
BKGD PATTKEY PATT FUNC
WIPE PATTERN / FUNCTIONON WIPE SQ
SL 3D
PAGE
TIME WIPE COLOR
KEY CHR KEY FREEZE
DSK PinP IN/OUT
MEMORY XPT SYSTEM
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
101112
The wipe patterns which are allocated to the 1 wipe pattern buttons are used as the basis for wiping, and each 
button has four pages — wipe, squeeze, slide and 3D — of patterns. (Refer to the table of wipe patterns.)
Displayed for each wipe pattern selector button are...

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3. Basic operations
3-2-2. Selecting the wipe direction
Operate the wipe direction selector buttons to select the wipe direction for the background transition. 
(The key transitions are set by the menu. The direction which is set here will not be reflected.   See 3-3-3.)When the indicators are off:
   Wiping proceeds in the nor mal direction.
When the [R] indicator is lighted:
    Wiping proceeds in the re v

erse direction.
When the [N/R] indicator is lighted:
    The nor mal direction is...

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3. Basic operations
3-2-4. Setting the wipe start position
Any start position can be set for wipe pattern WIPE and SQ #5. The start position has one set of values for a 
background pattern and another set for a key pattern.
1   Press the [FUNC] b utton to light its indicator
 , and press the [WIPE] button to display the WIPE menu.
2   Turn [F1] to display the WIPEPos sub menu or the SQPos sub menu.

WIPEPosSelect X-Pos Y-Pos CopyTo↓
  3/5    BKGD    0.00    0.00     KEY
    KEY
−100.00～...

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3. Basic operations
3-2-5.  Modifying wipe
   Setting the lighting effect
When 3D (1, 3, 7, 9) has been selected as the wipe pattern, a lighting effect can be added.
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  Press the [FUNC] b utton to light its indicator
 , and press the [WIPE] button to display the WIPE menu.
2   Turn [F1] to display the Modify sub menu.
  
 
Modify Light Trim
  5/5     Off     Off
     On
    4:3
3   Turn [F] to select whether the lighting effect is to be added using the Light item.
  On:  The lighting...

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3. Basic operations
3-3. Key
This operation combines the background image with another image. The key definition can be adjusted, and an 
edge can be added to the combined image.
Also available as materials besides KEY for combining with the background image are PinP (picture in picture) 
and DSK (downstream key). The figure below shows their priorities.
KEY
PinP
DSK
Background image
How key combinations work is shown in the figure below.
HS400
HS400Background
Key source
Key fill Output image...

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3. Basic operations
3-3-1. Selecting the key type
1  Press the [FUNC] button to light its indicator, and press the [KEY] button to display the KEY menu.
2   Turn [F1] to display the KEY sub menu.
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   T urn [F] to select the Type item.
  
	
KEYType LumKey Fill PVW
  1/8  Linear ChrmOff     Bus    Auto
    Lum
 Chroma
 ChrmOn  Matte    Off
     On
 Lum (luminance key/self key):
      This is for creating the key signals from the luminance component or luminance and chroma component\
 
of the...

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3. Basic operations
3-3-2. Selecting the key material
   Selecting the key fill and key source signals
Press the KEY button in the AUX bus selection area, and switch the selection of the key fill signal (indicator 
lights in amber) and key source signal (indicator lights in green).

With the indicator of the KEY button lighted in amber, press one of the AUX crosspoint buttons 1 to 10 to select 
the key fill signal.
The indicator of the selected crosspoint button lights in amber. (It will light in...

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3. Basic operations
3-3-3. Key transitions
1  Select key in the transition mode.
    Press the [KEY] button in the transition area to light its 
indicator.
    To e

xecute a background transition and key transition at the 
same time, press the [BKGD] button and [KEY] button together 
to turn on both indicators.
   ON
MIX WIPE
BKGD KEY MIX
WIPE2   Select the transition type.
    Use the [MIX] button or [WIPE] button in the transition area to 
select the key transition mode. The indicator of the...