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With this feature, you can set a signal source A in your studio. The function operates on line A buttons on an additional panel in the lower left corner of the screen. On this panel, you can select A, B, C and D signal sources for your studio.

Select a source from a drop-down list in the V/C Studio Stream field. When you press a key with V/C Studio: Set Bus A Source function assigned, a button with the selected source will light up on the panel.

Image shows a selected source: Camera1.

• The active CAM1 button is backlit on the panel.
• V/C Studio: Set Bus B Source function allows you to set a source for the line B,
• V/C Studio: Set Bus C Source function – a source for line C and consequently,
• V/C Studio: Set Bus D Source function – for line D.

This function is used to enable a particular camera shot. First, select a virtual cameraman (V/C1 to V/C4) in the V/C Unit field. Later, select a shot’s index (1 to 15) in the Camera field and then, select a type of a virtual camera movement in the V/C Transition field. Should the camera move around the studio in a linear fashion: Linear or in a curved one: Curved (real dynamic). The last value to set is a speed of the virtual camera motion in 3D studio – in the Speed field.

Note that, for this function to be executed, image from this virtual camera V/C has to be on the air, that is on the PROGRAM screen.

Let’s assume that a virtual cameraman V/C1 is in a certain position in the studio (e.g. SHOT 1). When you are programming a Trigger for this V/C1 cameraman, the camera moves (Linear or Curved) to SHOT 2 at an indicated speed after the KeyF is activated. The image below.

This way you can design a path a camera moves along. To Key F1 you can assign V/C 1 cameraman’s movement to SHOT 2, make a close-up to the presenter (talent), to Key F2 you can assign V/C 1 cameraman’s movement to SHOT 3 and so on.

This function has one more important feature. Typically, during production, when you go through consecutive shots of a virtual camera, they all have the same transition speed and Linear or Curved (real dynamic) type set. However, a camera movement programmed with V/C Studio: Select Camera function can have any speed and movement type set. Therefore, the camera path composed of sequences triggered by F keys can have different transition speed and type parameters in each part of motion.

With this function, you can load a chosen studio from the hard drive. The path to the studio file is set in the Studio File field.

Just as the MIX function, this function is used to make the content shown on the Preview screen go on the air to the Program screen. The only difference is that it is implemented in an instant, without delay.

When you enable this function the Program screen will make a transition to black. All you need is to tick Enabled checkbox. If you leave the box unchecked, you will get an opposite function, i.e. the black screen will be turned off.

This function is used to make the content shown on the Preview screen go on the air to the Program screen. The same operation is performed by V-Key 100 T-bar handle or a T-bar handle on the production screen. You can set T-bar’s transition time in seconds or in frames in the Transition field.

With this feature you can choose what is to be visible on the Program screen after pressing a function key. Select a source from the drop-down list in the Output Media field. This function operates on the upper line (Bus) of the video mixer’s PRG (Program) buttons. The active button is backlit in red. When you press a key with Output: Select Program function assigned, a button with the selected source will light up red.

With this feature you can choose what is to be visible on the Preview screen after pressing a function key. Select a source from the drop-down list in the Output Media field. This function operates on the bottom line (Bus) of the video mixer’s PRV (Preview) buttons. The active button is backlit in green. When you press a key with Output: Select Preview function assigned, a button with the selected source will light up green.

This feature allows you to turn Stop function on (stops playing back a file, the next playback will start from the beginning of the file) for a chosen tray: Media1, Media2, Still1, Still2, Text1, Text2 or Sound.

If you have more than one file to choose from as a source in the tray, Media: Select function will allow you to select a proper file. First, from the drop-down list in the Media Stream field select a tray: Media1, Media2, Still 1, Still2, Text1, Text 2 or Sound. Then, in the Container Page field, select Page tab number, and in the Media File field, set a path to the file by clicking on an icon with 3 dots. Files (or rather their shortcut icons, as the files themselves remain on the disk and are not copied to the trays) can be added earlier to the tray and so that they appear in the window. If you want to add a shortcut to a file that is not in the tray, but is on the disk, click on the black background in the open window, not on any of the files shortcuts’ icons. You will be automatically transferred to the folders on the disk. After selecting the file
from the disk and clicking on it, its shortcut icon is added to the tray.

Note: When you play a sequence of multiple files (All Play) from a given tray and you use Triggers function Media: Select concerning one of the files in the sequence, then the sequence will be turned off and solely the selected file will be played.