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1. Computer Type Next Confirm your selection Next Ok Finish Connect the USB ALADIN dongle the dongle LED shows after a few seconds indicating that everything is OK Explore the Windows 2000 keylink Service Upgrade by double clicking the CD R icon in My Computer In the 4 BEFORE KEYLINK folder double click KFIRST2 EXE Setup If need be if the last the black screen remains in waiting mode press Spacebar the kfirst notepad shows close it as well as all opened screens ALADIN purple dongle l Re install the Back up Files Open the Keylink backup drive see preliminaries and copy it back to the C drive Keylink is now ready to work under Windows 2000 J Install Keylink version v9 xx Download and install the most recent Keylink version found on http labs aaton com Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 36 2004 May 20
2. the view edit screen shows VideoTC i o Duration Audio TC i o and operator entered offset Auxiliary TC i o Keycode i o Camera Date Scene Take Camera Operator s tools roll Sound roll and Commentaries Clear Overlaps be it telecine controller misbehaviour or any other cause transfer lists may show Video TC overlaps which are for NLEs the most hated encounters Clear Overlaps limits them to the one frame accepted by NLE and CMX editors Move up In points are moved by N frames the overlap protection limits the move up action to the former event out point Clear Underlaps due to in cameralC late break detection an up to two sec gap can show between event n out point and event n in point Clear Underlaps move these points up or down to reduce the gap to zero frame see pict Event specific editing Event Devalidation by un marking the event validation button in the right control window the devalidated event shows In grey and will not be printed nor listed in the ATN Flex etc it can later be re validated Text Edition arrow keys scroll Scene Take Cam roll and Snd roll fields of the event for the operator to modify them Note that the event numerical order is replicated in the Sc field if there is no prior scene ID entry BorderMover key TAB to hilite the top two lines and move in out points with horizontal arrows to shift the border backward forward On each
3. PassTwo modes A VirtualSlate is a page of data triggered on the In point displayed on the the first A frame of the take Facility ID Keylink ID film title LabRoll DailyRoll Video Tape AudioRoll Sorting lag Keycode vae 6fiim stock ref video TC V slate 2 audio TC playback timecode ia M scene take CamRoll audio roll Digital M length 5 frames Hoe r commentaries and RGB points IP The Virtual Slate Keycode being E IF frame accurate it can be used Digtal M length 5 frames to check the 3 2 pulldown aR and eliminates the need for permanent windows on the master tape Qut WindowSlate analog and digital WindowSlates turn any or all windows on amp off at a single keystroke The Insert key toggles digital inserts and Alt right Insert toggles analog switchable windows To select the switchable analog windows see the window configuration chapter To automatically insert a WindowSlate from the Gpi in press the VW key the VW button turns red WindowSlate can be triggered through the telecine controller Gpi 2 In order to show a complete 3 2 pulldown sequence the deferred VirtualSlate is five frame long it can be set from to 9fr Note WindowSlate triggering can t occur in activated automatic mode If an A or D channel is selected for WindowSlate it is no longer available for VirtualSlate On the fly configuration selection 3h The top line permanently displ
4. video tc vtr and manu breaks Audio syne mode Breaks aa Mag Manu breaks like Slate Manu breaks this mode allows the mag follower LTC entered through the auxilliary input to be inserted in windows 3line VITC and database as the reference Audio TC provided it carries the same fps as the video signal itself e g 25 In PAL 29 97 df or nd in NTSC Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 19 2004 May 20 Aaton Clear similar to Slate Manu breaks but the time incrementation is the film camera fps selected in the parameter configuration To be used when the keyed time is read on a Digislate driven by a 24 fps Smpte generator or on the human readable part of the AatonCode if the matrixes are unreadable Note if the parameter configuration is Camera Speed 24 and Audio LTC out 30 the 3 2 conversion makes a film image 11 show as a frame 4 All entries including Comments keyed while the telecine is prerolling are inserted in the Virtual Slates and stored into the database as soon as the telecine passes in forward sync speed bull s eye center is green over the in point of the take Since during PassOne it would be a waste of time to preroll and pass over the in point in forward sync speed to store the data the enter key manually validates the slate entries and Comments VirtualSlates WindowSlates 3g VirtualSlate is available under Aaton Manu Breaks Slate Manu Breaks and
5. Inch the telecine to see the cross In the video monitor key sp FDL60 Quadra weave optimized for release print transfer these telecines Incorporate features which make negative film code reading more difficult wider rollers better eliminate jumps induced by bad print splices but they let the Keycode track weave see Telecine Deck Rollers in the installation chapter Audio sync error of two to four frames when recording and checking images on a DigiBeta set in confidence mode there is a two to four frame shift between images delayed by the digi expander and the video audio LTC tracks Before version 3 37 Pogle was forcing the proper non confidence mode no more now so don t forget to switch your VIR into non confident if you want to hear frame accurate Audio LTC while transfering CCD line telecines since CCD imagers rely upon a frame store to reconstruct the images from a single line scan it is necessary to move the film across the CCD to get an image in inching mode even The operator should always inch forward by at least two frames to dynamically resync the frame count prior to key in any static entry such as slate time Useful Tips Autocatch disable Keylink is always waiting for catch i e waiting to correlate the first valid AatonCode and or Keycode to the telecine frame count As soon as caught appears stop the telecine shuttle to the slated image or go to the in point you want sh
6. Inserters amp Keyers 3i Analog Digital HD Characters Vitc Vanc setups called Customer Templates are stored in the film title database they are carried over to the titles which are created by cloning an existing one VITC Characters are inserted in the Out amp Out 2 of both the Analog and Digital ADX keyers To hide characters and get VITC only on the Out 2 channels set Hide V2 channel lines lower than to 20 in NTSC and 25 in PAL If the Digital and Analog keyers are both in use the sum of the external device delays must be identical to insure accurate inserts on both signals Above the HD window 48 50 shows for 23 96 and 25 HD P Preferably select Film Video ANC for the VANC type inserts The 66 buttons becomes red when a video signal is detected They become blue when a click on the button Itself or the insert key disable the keyers Characters Characters can be inserted anywhere in the video frame Activate the character line to be moved and use the Ctrl up down left right keyboard arrows e Keycode with perforation locator and wild speed tag Footage amp frame Video TC e Parity pulldown al a2 bl b2 b3 cl tc2 ditd2 d3 23 976 NTSC or alta2 bltb to x x2 x3 24 amp I1 PAL field identifiers VideoTape ID LabRoll ID DailyRoll ID RGB values Printer Lights In camera real time eln camera date Camera ID Sound roll ID Auxiliary sound IC e Editable text Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p
7. 12 46 15 3 12 48 23 etc The colorist will then stop on the 2 3 marked frames consult the assistant s list and enter this ClearTime like a digislate time Non centered 6mm matrixes if the matrix is not recorded in the middle between perforations low reading rate results V9 Is less sensitive to matrix vertical positioning than former ones all 6mm AatonCode matrixes can be read with the vertical framing performed with the Aaton delivered test loop Keep in mind that a minute modification of theVertical Framing parameter can make the AatonCode delay jump by one full frame It is mandatory to dynamically check the 6mm Keycode delay if a vertical framing adjustment had to be done Non vertically centered 35mm matrixes Panavision Moviecam and Aaton do not record matrixes in the same frame line related position it is thus necessary to create a configuration with a different framing for each type of camera You should add the mention Panaflex Aaton35 etc in the configuration description Low Keycode readings If the reading rate is under 80 on the K dial there is a problem Most of the time cleaning the reader head lenses with pressurized air solves the problem Edge fogged keycode Move the Code Exam window red line to a non fogged area of the barcode if this doesn t help make a cross on the image next to the keycode dot select keycode manu and Tutorials key in the keycode number enter
8. from the VIR is properly phased If it stays Yellow while the telecine Is running at sync speed this means some essential data is missing e g not enough pre roll before the in point or Keylink not receiving a correct LTC from the VIR wrong field dominance or drifting speed While Keylink is in the Yellow state there is no VITC insertion nor proper database recording the transfer should be stopped and the cause of the mishap be corrected before resuming the transfer The central alphanumerics show the actual telecine speed this is a cross examination of the proper Telecine Controller setting and functionning The Green Crown video sync monitor the rotating white dot shows the video reference signal presence The Blue Crown telecine speed monitor the rotating white dot Is activated by the telecine tacho bi phase CoA it runs according o ae to the speed amp cN direction of the ey telecine capstan ie Note the blue pees crown dot rotates cw in forward mode if it runs c c w while the telecine is running forward the biphase wiring has been inverted somewhere During TK25 PAL or TK30 NTSC transfers both the green and blue crown dots run at the same speed During TK23 976 29 975NTSC the telecine blue crown dot runs slower than the video green crown dot Video Phasing Phasing Dials Keycode violet used to set the Keycode35 dot position during Keylink first installation It shows the position of the do
9. mini DIN Mouse USB Aaton delivered Om cables can be extended to 20m 4 COM 2 subD 9M HiPi data connection DATA keycode communication to 2K Data HIPI inserters Spirit J21 Rack2 C Reality see explanations page 7 Note To allow FileLogger Logalone to directly enter video tape in points from a VTR use an RS232 gt RS422 level shifter such as the Addenda RS 2 8 90 www ADDENDA COM rs28 htm 5 Dongle USB The dongle is mandatory to run the transfer program and to get access to software options It must be plugged either to the PC rear USB bottom socket or to the PC front socket 6 Ethernet RJ 45 Communication between InDaw MxX Keylink InstaSync Passage and the Decalog Logalone Edilite Preloader software suite 8 COM I subD 25M w converter TLC and Kodak TCS see explanations page 7 Used to send Keycode to the telecine controller or Kodak TCS box The subD 25 female to subD 9 male cable is user provided Please note that on some devices Ix is on 2 and Rx on 3 a crossed over connection cable should be used see Misc Cables page 6 O MTC CodeMaster board 10 Telecine UCR head subD 5F The 10m long Aaton delivered 55 964 90 cable can be extended to 20m On C Reality the 3x subD 9 holder should be replaced by a subD 15 holder Contact Cintel to get a relay cable and a rear panel w subD 15 socket see pin out table next page I One pulse per fame
10. the system beeps to warn the operator to switch to manual If the telecine Is in variable speed or ramping up a w shows in the keycode message this wild mode works backward amp forward in 35mm forward only in 6mm it stores an accurate database but shows lfr in the burn ins Keycode manu generates ascending descending Keycodes from keyed edge numbers Stop the telecine select manu make a grease pencil cross on the frame opposite an edge number dot key in the number select ascending or descending bring the crossed frame into the gate and key space to lock the number onto the displayed image A 20fr increment is generated in Sl6mm and 6fr in 35mm Ifa 40 fr increment is needed select Footage 4 Note if a readable Keycode suddenly shows a beep on each reading reminds the colorist to fold back to keycode auto mode ywoode TET EKOO 0000 0000 00 upside down keycode track 7 Slate Auto breaks this mode builds the database from keycode breaks detection and or operator Gpis As soon as Keylink catches the first valid Keycode of the roll it creates an in point the operator stops the telecine shuttles back to the start punch hits shift tab or click Move 61 to locate the in point and lets the telecine run to the end of the roll GPls can be entered on the fly or telecine in full stop If for any reason the event is not recorded into the database the white amp black big figur
11. 00 Foot amp fr has been keyed you can complete an unfinished text While the telecine is prerolling even The window is closed by enter or passing over the in point Keep joo Click the keep box in the comment menu the take is incremented each time a new event is entered and or detected but all other windows remain the same Keep is mainly used to enter on the fly comments during non stop transfers Corrections To correct comments shuttle to the event key make the modification close with enter key escp to resume the transfer By opening comments with all keyed data is stored into the event N showing while pushing the N appears at the top of the comment area If the operator just created event N shuttling the telecine backward into the preroll space makes event N be the current event entering sc tk at this stage would be stored for event N As Keylink can t know if the shuttle bkwrd is part of event N preroll the comments will be applied to the wrong event p 24 Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 Transfer list sneak preview The currently active database file can be viewed viewed only not edited without exiting the VideoXfer screen Telecine on stop click on ViewLog to display all the events of the file Note the end of roll point entered by FI on a OO Keycode punch is not accurately displayed by ViewLog only File
12. 20 2004 May 20 Characters are active or switchable during the tranfer any mix can be set The insert key or GPI 2 is used to de activate the switchable characters during the transfer while the windows are desactivated the 66 button it also can be mouse clicked becomes blue This function is used to momentarily flash a window made of switchable characters such as editable text or HD graticules If a character window doesn t show it is either placed in the retrace space or hidden by another window The brightness level of the keyer can be adjusted grey instead of flashy white characters are less tiring for the editor eyes K Lov ce c 10 ye ee of EERTE aaja EER Tg Wa PRRGSLRRGSRRRSSPRss athe 5 3 DRs a ii vwa w f Text position and entry Property of General Studios Grenoble Contiguous 3Line VITC Line VideoTC UB Line 2 Keycode Default position is 19 20 21 in PAL 16 17 18 in NTSC Contiguous 3lineVITC is compatible with regular 2LineVITC readers since teir Line are identical in content and position VITC highest line ADX board version 9 1 and later NTSC Analog line 12 PAL Analog line 9 NTSC Digital line 9 PAL Digital line 6 VITC Overwriting be careful to set the VIR not to overwrite or blank Keylink inserted VITC lines The 3line VITC is easily differenciated by the eye from the VIR s 2line VITC Closely look at the VITC lines the
13. Aaton2 Arri reader w UCR head TCP IP Keylink Windows Passage Windows Vanc reader analyser Vitc inserter fe naan Hen He tee He EE E B 4 g 26ers Li Li a CD Rom HD 24 23 98p sf SDI 2 HD VIR downconverted HD wi Vanc amp char graticules logos SDI w VITC amp char nn di _ __________ _ _ _ I Synced audio AES ALE FleX lists Physical Installation gi Ettin S St P l6 Cag Note if at power on the VGA screen Is scrambled reboot the computer press F2 and select 56Hz in the BIOS screen settings for a Silicon Graphic flat screen driven through a VGA to SGI adapter select 60Hz When using a standard flat screen optimize the quality by choosing 800x640 sx Color ane controller H page t sl 24fps edl Decalog Edilite InDaw BWF files direct import into Avid version 10 53 Simultaneous HD and SDI transfer w VANC VITC insertion InDaw MX the audio digitizing and postsyncing station is networked to Keylink for on the fly syncing Keylink ip v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 p 3 External Connections O Siemens PC 840 Pentium Ill 0 7GHz Printer subD 25F Not an Aaton delivered cable 2 VGAmonitor subD I5F Aaton delivered Om cable can be extended to 30m with buffer amplifiers CRT 7minimum Flat Screen 65000 colors or more 1024x768 3 Keyboard
14. Adaptec 2940 UW board unreliable This board features 68 pin and 50 pin internal connectors plus an external 68 pin connector note that only two connectors can be used at a time While the computer is booting up press Ctrl A to get access to the SCSI BIOS menu w up dwn arrows hilite Configure View host adapter settings enter w up dwn arrows hilite Host adapter SCSI termination enter Make a choice according to the connected SCSI devices 68 pin internal only LOW ON HIGH ON the standard Keylink InstaSync configuration 68 pin external only LOW ON HIGH ON 68 pin internal amp 68 pin external LOW OFF HIGH OFF the standard InDaw config with a CD rom burner 50 pin internal only LOW ON HIGH ON 50 pin internal amp 68 pin internal LOW OFF HIGH ON 50 pin internal amp 68 pin external LOW OFF HIGH ON PC deep problem Siemens PCs used for the Keylink are under one year on site and three year off site waranty please call Aaton 33 4 7642 9550 or email lt post support aaton com gt to get your country s distributor In the USA Info Sys Burlington MAO 803 tel 617 1273 0480 fax 617 1221 0231 Virus Scan since virus detectors can t be installed in Keylink check all diskettes of unknown origin on a Norton disk doctor equipped PC before using them CCIR 60 insertion jitter vertical jitter in the digital channel windows comes from a lack of sync between the analog video signal and the digita
15. Audio playback acceleration in 24 25 mode to speed up a Sony 7030 50 by 4 program it as follows Sync Pb gt Disable Ref tcF gt 25film not 25Ebu Re chase gt On not On 2 Time Date amp Camera ID entered from Aatoncode or keyed from a digi slate Audio TC appears in cam slate time of comment menu The Audio TC the one which is recorded in the database burn in windows amp VITC can be different from the cam slate time two reasons the 30 fps Audio TC converted from a 24 fos cam time carries jumps induced by the 24 to 30 conversion AatonCode or Cleartime modes e g camera frame 4 becomes video frame 7 this doesn t apply to slate time which already is numbered at 30fps 2 a frame offset remains which has been keyed to compensate for a wrong digislate init from one frame to 24hours PAL and 24fps For many good reasons in PAL countries it is wiser to shoot films at 24fps than at 25 In NTSC it is common practice to convert 24fps films into 30fps video with the system called 3 amp 2 pulldown Out of four A B C D film images this system makes five video images Alot tA2e Blo B2e B30t Cle C20 Dle D20 D3e o odd e even In PAL world the conversion of 24 fps film into 25fps video is less straightforward Two methods are in competition one is the frame for frame called 24 25 which speeds up the film tempo the other called 24 1 emulates the NTSC pulldown to get 25
16. PAL and 120 for 3 2 NTSC Select the shortest possible value until a one frame discrepancy appears between the keycode burnin window and the database recorded keycode The rule of thumb is N preroll time in sec minus sec x 24 A warning appears if the ramping speed and or phase servo control are unstable these misbehaviors induce a one frame discrepancy between inserted Characters amp Vitc and database recordings 3rd HD standard o correctly handle simultaneous transfers it is mandatory to make the following settings in the HD world then adjust the HD SD delay see step 5th while recording the downconverted signal on a DigiBeta KeylinkIP_ v9 7x User Manual 2004May20 p l2 4th Telecine gate 6mm Super 6 Wetgate 6 35 4Perf etc this choice reminds the operator about the various phasings found between the biphase castellations and the sprocket wheel of the different telecine gates it also reminds the operator that a wet gate film path can be one to three frames longer than a standard gate one 5th Telecine speed actual telecine sync speed 23 98 24 25 OF 29 97 and video standard To start with select Tk speed 239 Ntsc or Tk speed Film Cam LTC num MM peca Pitch A NTSC 23 98 3 2 0 e ee TO cae aio 25 Pal Note to 25 set up a TK24 Pal A configuration you o must go through the full setting 0 o process vertical ne framing 24 l 0 o compensation phasing etc 6th Camer
17. bottom line should be different from the top one if they are identical it means the internal VTR s 2Line VITC generator Is overwriting the Keylink inserted lines Check with the VIR room supervisor that the Digi Beta is Internal VITC off and that the 703 menu shows all lines set in through Line 3 AatonCode Alternate 3Lines VITC Line VideoTC UB Line 2 Keycode Line 3 AatonCode Default position is 18 20 22 in PAL EBU 2Line rec is 19 21 5 17 19 in NTSC Since it passes unseen through the regular 2LineVITC Alternate 3lineVITC has the advantage to let the Digi Beta stay on its Internal VITC on position at all times Even if the operator overlooks the Operator s tools Internal VITC switch position there is no risk to see the Alternate 3LineVITC be destroyed by the standard VTR lines e g PAL lines 8 20 22 don t overlap lines 19 21 e g NTSC lines 5 17 19 don t overlap lines 16 18 Reminder The DigiBeta 703 menu must show all lines set in through VANCs Keylink generates two types of Vancs Video Vancs referenced as Vitc are inserted between the EAV and SAV flags line 9 as indicated in RP188 Film Vancs 222 bytes of information are inserted after the SAV flag the line rank can be adjusted into the Windows Vito popup menu common practice for Film Vanc is line 0 The Keylink HD Vanc inserter complies to the following standards Smpte 292M 1998 Smpte 274 1998 Smpte
18. en building this list 4 E 42 d biet ene ai 1 pee op ae eer Keylink stores eee both Cam Slate Sane maaa C mi Sees a ae y ois JJe a ET Auxilliary TC but crit a s AE there is only one fee cea aos sound field in res dich VT N Flex you must ap e s Je e prefer one of Sef eee ene me Lee A nee the other Note the Sound field carries the Audio TC extracted by Keylink from the film or from the slates the Auxilliary field carries the timecode which is sent to the auxilllary LTC input If during the transfer the operator has to introduce an offset on the chasing ATR to sync up the sound in Slate mode most of the time because the electronic slate doesn t match the audio recorder TC connecting the LTC out of the chasing ATR to the Keylink auxiliary input makes the Auxillary TC become the real audio time code the one used by non linear editing systems In this case use Aux to create a FleX file in which it replaces cam slate Snd TC FTL for Evertz compliant NLEs ODB for LightWorks Some other preferences Breaks select Keycode only to ignore the AatonCode breaks which are strored in the AatonRoot database Networking click target path and key in the target full path The path name must include the target drive letter and no backslash at the end eg E aaton telecine Opening FileLogger makes it default to the A drive Batch editing Select a file with up dwn click view
19. files When all the files are moved into the selected column click on the list building bar To speed up the selection key the video tape ID in the field on top of the video tape column all desired files are moved to selected in one go File Devalidation Redundant files e g preliminary tests incorrectly timed transfer etc can be devalidated for the AatonRoot not to carry them Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 25 2004 May 20 down into the post production chain Select the desired files and drag amp drop them into the unused files left side box Ascii transfer list selection ALE is directly imported into Avid film composers ATN stores Acmade amp Keycode together both Film amp Aux TC it inserts a new header each time a transfer parameter is modified e g 24 25 camera fps change or audio TC origination toggling between AatonCode and ArriFlS in the same spliced labroll Protected by check sum against text modifications done outside the frame accurate Logalone ATN is the list to use to build pull and cut lists for the Edilite software and list export to InDaw ATNs can be converted into ALEs by AvidLogExchange v 2 5 up but it is preferable to directly generate ALE lists for the AVID never use FLeX for this purpose FleX Keylink stores both Keycode and Acmade numbers but as they share the same field in FleX lists you must select one or the other tas A u Pgs am ve Pa menu before a a
20. film to be in the middle of reference surface the film passage nor exactly parallel to the head walls Up Down amp focusing fine adjustments To precisely adjust the head up down position load a 35mm film and create a provisional configuration In the Set Up screen top control bar select Audio TC Aaton then Config open the Head Adjust window to verify that the 35mm film right edge click the Aatoncode button and the left edge click the Keycode button are aligned with the red triangles showing in the frame FDL Spirit damper rollers The spring loaded B damper makes for a variable length between the UCR f head and the image scanner It induces up to 2fr error in 16mm and a dot jump of to 4 perfs in 35mm To eliminate this effect weaken the B roller spring until the roller stays in tts top position Another approach is to install the Spirit clamping rig ref 1 128 100 037 designed for both the Spirit and the Quadra Either way this doesn t affect steadiness The B roller must stay In a fixed position Cintel mirror cleaning The UCR A U2 head is mounted on a two position carrier To clean the CRT face plate clockwise rotate the head to leave room for the mirror housing to be fully opened Keylink ip v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 p 9 Preliminaries The telecine engineer settings creation is the first thing to do when installing a Keylink This operation
21. in Windows amp VITC sent as Audio LT C out and recorded in AatonRoot This procedure is the one which is applied to AatonCode initializing mistakes also Break point tuning while in caught shuttle back to the latest entered in point of the take hit shift tab or clik Move This entry can be deleted with ctrl bkspace deletion works for the Tutorials last entered in point only To ease in point keying have the telecine controller TLC Astec Pogle etc Gpi switch connected to the Keylink Gpi input The latest created In point can be deleted by control backspace The telecine must run in forward sync speed the video dial central circle becomes green over the in point to be stored on the right frame into the database Sc amp Tk entries the slate time being keyed telecine in full stop click inside the Sc amp Tk Comments window All comments entered before the telecine passes again in forward sync speed over the TAB keyed in point will appear in the Virtual Slate and the database Hit to add comments while you are still transferring the take at sync speed enter to close including during backward and forward shuttle Comments edition lo later correct the comment lines while the telecine is on full stop go to the desired event hit type your corrections enter esc resumes the transfer CameraCode amp InstaSync Question Is any camera pre roll required when filming with the Aaton ti
22. input while entering the xfer screen If you change the standard don t forget to exit then re enter this screen Also there are some confi gurations which are not working and make the keylink warning you For example if you set a Dual mode Xfer 24 psf or 30 psf are not available HD has to be 23 98 or 29 97 An HD video signal being present the first decision is to select HD only or dual HD amp SD see HDT V amp SDI simultaneous Xfer page 28 You then enter the Daily Roll and Tape IDs which are mandatory to track the film O ao originals through database sorting of the tapes Duw d ony Dusieanster l DailyRoll ID A telecine roll is either a DailyRoll ie a spliced print or negative or a LabRoll original negative This ID also is the hinge between PassOne and Pass Iwo transfers When Preloader is not in use see later the DailyRoll becomes the LabRoll it appears in windows and database VideoTape ID Provided it is not inserted in the Video TC user Operator s tools bits this ID can be alphanumeric in the Characters windows and transfer lists If the ID has already been used in a former project a warning appears In case the operator later discovers he made an error while entering this ID it remains possible before closing the session to edit it by clicking at the bottom left of the XFER screen Database or not Each time a session is opened the default setting Is Build a database but In some occasions I
23. insure that the reader head positioning works for both 35mm and 6mm run a fresh 35mm film and verify that the nearest to the UCR head roller makes the film flush to the deck side flange If this is not the case loose the two screws of the deck shaft holder move the shaft up e g by a few tenth of a millimeter until the film runs in permanent contact with the deck side flange 35mm film should run flush to the deck side flange leaving Imm on the other side THIS IS A MANDATORY VERIFICATION Physical Installation Head amp holder selection The UCR head is universal since it handles all possible 16 and 35mm codes with no need for operator intervention from one code to the other But since each telecine manufacturer has its own l6 to 35 centerline specifications there are 3 different types of UCR heads and four different holders Order the one which fits your telecine and remember that a head which works on an Ursa can t be later used on a C Reality or Vialta CINTEL Mk Ursa amp Millennium light The 35 gt 16 centerline A 1 27mm up Keycode is deck side UCR A head w U2 carrier clamped to the roller ahead of the scanning gate On Mk 3s verify the film position see preliminary verifications above e Note the UCR A head is mounted on a U2 two position carrier which allows to downward rotate the head to leave room for opening the mirror holder when cleaning the CRI face plate see pict end of thi
24. pixels that the Vtr perfectly re clocks The ADX Odd Out twisted Molex cable goes to the HDK IN I The HDK OUT I goes to the MTC a pty If there is no HDK board Odd Out GOAO i i Pu Video CCIR in directly goes to Video CCIR in Odd Even ADX Sync Out to SRC 3 Video In Physical Installation Note the HDK board is used in PASSAGE to read HD Vanc metadata ahead of the downconverter this data is then inserted as 3line Vitc and Characters in the downconverted SDI channels InstaSync audio player SRC 3 optional Four AES amp two analog OdB monitoring video synced outputs at 48Ks 47 952Ks Dirto Disk 46 xxxKs 25 23 98 amp 50Ks 24 25 When installing this board its analog Video VTG in must be connected to the ADX board Sync Out click on video cable and tts VideoCCIR connected to the HD board Odd Even output twisted Molex cable The audio disk loading message is white on red if the internal video routing Is OK it is white on blue if it is not InstaSync disk driver SCSI 3 optional A 68pin 70 500 27 ribbon is connected between the SCSI 3 board and the drives If a Rorke removable drive and a CD R drive are both connected the CD R through a B3 2 Scsi converter must be in first position in term off then the Rorke in term on If a CD R is connected only it must be placed at the end in term on For HDD IRQ programmation see Tutorial engineer problem solving
25. punched image a digislate or an Arricam slate Some Quadras need to be rephased in forward sync speed before using the forward inching Do not inch backward on these machines this could produce a 6 frame error Please read the Quadra bi phase paragraph and contact your vendor if you are not sure a New Tacho Design has been installed Cintel telecines Please always place the 35mm frame line in perfect alignment with the black cross of the sprocket ahead of the scanning gate do not use the electronic framing which induces a wrong Keycode dot position detection 35mm first first set the 35mm configurations When it comes to 6mm VERIFY THE RACK OVER ADJUSTMENT of the gate framing it must be in the position one of two which induces the very same Static delay as the 35mm one Keycode 35mm 4Perf and 8Perf Run the telecine when Keycode is read slide the Keycode phase button until the white dot is in the middle of the pink pie see pic 4Perf dot position setting see page The 35mm Keycode reference dot can have four or eight positions in relation to the picture frame line click the Perf pos FrameLine arrows to get 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 1 8 2 8 etc One to N hyphens appear in the video inserted Keycode characters as peace of mind indicators for the negative cutter looking at the edited video tape The Keycode phase white dot must be in the pink part of the pie at al
26. requires the knowledge of a telecine engineer it is very important since the accuracy of the burn in characters and databases relies on the correct and stable phasing between the telecine tacho one pulse per frame biphase and the house video signal which syncs the telecine Once set these configurations are available to the colorist They don t have to be selected before entering a film project the right one can be selected when starting the transfer session and can be changed during the session itself Note to export Keylink ADX DOS configurations into Keylink IP Windows read DOS to Windows at the end of this manual and make sure you got the CFconvert exe application from Aaton Configuration creation In the main transfer screen click the Config button to open the Configuration manager menu hilite an existing configuration click Create New Up to 100 engineering configurationss can be stored Their descriptors can be modified with explicit words e g MNR II noise reducer on or Super 6 wet gate e g config O 35mm 24 30 audio 30 no noise reducer The Correction button allows the telecine engineer to modify with due precautions an existing master configuration CONFIG 16nep amp 25 cam24 IBC 2001 CONF BH Bnegk2Z5 canis IC 2001 CONF OD FAN TR24 NTSC C24 AGO ADIOKD10 S000 VRID CONF SS FAN TRGWUNTSE Ca A24 ADS HDS SO VRBO CONF OS 5 4N TESVNTSC C24 A24 ADDS KD SDOO VFO
27. showing on the report to lt post support aaton com gt ArriCode drop outs drop outs appear in the LTC output in no catch mode they show in the burnin windows as twice the same TC followed by a hole but all is OK in catch mode Explanation in no catch Keylink delivers an exact repliqua of the film TC in catch unless there is a break of more than five frames the TC generator stays caught and filters the drop outs induced by the fact that Arri cameras record the time as it comes with no time camera speed phasing Left Right mispositioning if the matrix is not centered in the matrix view menu adjust the up down position of the head It could be that the width of the roller nearest to the head lets the film weave please read Preliminary Verification page 6 Unreadable AatonCode matrixes the MatrixView screen shows the matrix black dots if they are fat overexposed or very thin underexposed type O for overexposed U for under exposed Y or U U for very underexposed the case with most b amp w stocks which are quite insensitive to the recording LED red light I to come back to normal If the matrixes are totally destroyed use the ClearTime rescue ask an assistant to pencil mark an incrementing number on the first man readable AatonCode time of each take opposite the matrix next to the sec figure is the OO fr and to make a list for the colorist e g 12 45 22 00 2
28. slate entries While transfering a Keycode only film the colorist can nevertheless enter frame accurate Audio IC from digi slates or Arri In Camera Slates and add Sc amp Tk documented in points Start of Roll punched hole select slate auto break the catch button shows KC autocatch FIO Run the telecine forward at sync speed waiting for catch shows as soon as KC caught Del sp shows a green circle appears on the TakePage at the catching point Stop the telecine shuttle back to the head punch and Shift Tab to move the in point to this frame This in point can be deleted by Ctrl BkSp but Keylink recreates it as soon as the telecine runs IN SyNc again The end of roll mark on a OO frame Keycode punched hole can be entered by FI Note that it is not accurately displayed by ViewLog Only FileLogger shows its exact value Audio Chase while in caught enter your color corrections shuttle backward or forward to the digislate image key enter to activate the slate time window key in time and date of the slate then or enter From now on the Audio TC is generated at the fps selected in the configuration menu it can be used to chase sync an ATR or an audio disk through InstaSync If you do not enter a digislate time the Audio TC will carry the computer deferred date amp time Digislate offset to compensate offsets click 45 and a frame value the Audio TC digislate entry is corrected and inserted
29. the telecine shuttles for preroll If a Nagra T Audio or a Sony DAT 7030 is connected to the Keylink Audio T C output it chases the audio code into the preroll space The audio tape being parked ahead of the start of take 5 to 7 sec depending on VIR requirements the ATR has plenty of time to reach a stable forward sync speed before the first image of the roll Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 29 2004 May 20 Note AatonCode and Keycode are database recorded and VITC inserted as soon the telecine passes again in forward sync speed over the take in point InstaSync transfer run forward as soon as a new AatonCode is read meaning a new take is coming in waiting for catch then caught appear as soon as a Keycode Is read Erther let the telecine run if you have an InstaSync which on the fly syncs the sound or stop and read chasing in caught over Since the InstaSync doesn t suffer from the ATRs ramping speed syndrom there is no longer a reason for the sound engineer to start Nagras or DATs five or seven seconds before the camera start Audio Preroll the nightmare of sound engineers becomes a thing of the past Audio TC recording the Audio IC which is recorded in the database and 3Line VITC can and should also be recorded as LTC ona track of the video tape for later audio synchronisation Audio offset if an offset shows between images and sounds the cam slate time can be offseted F4 The
30. 296M 1997 Smpte 29 M 1998 and the following recommended practices Encoding Film Transfer Information into Vertical Ancillary Data for 292M Bit Serial interface Smpte RP 88 1999 Smpte RP201 1999 In simultaneous HD SD transfer Keylink delivers an SD LTC to the SD VTR there is currently no means to generate an HD LTC for the HD VTR recording the Film VANC bypasses this limitation Note Aaton PASSAGE extracts the VANC data and converts it to 3LineVitc and characters inserted into the Analog and SDI downconverted channels Graticules The HD graticule dimensions are memorised in the project database In order to appear at the beginning of the take only they can be triggered on and off by the operator in the same way as the window slate and switchable characters Logos The Logo inserter imports bmp images from any folder A mouse left click grabs the imported image and drags it anywhere over the screen A right click removes the Logo HD Logo Inserter Setup X HD Screen AFTON Loadiloga Remove Keylink IP v9 7x User Manual p 21 2004 May 20 Main transfer screen Buls Eye This colorist peace of mind indicator is a trouble shooting tool for the telecine engineer also It is made of three elements The Central Circle Red while the telecine is on stop or not up to speed the Central Circle turns Green as soon as the telecine reaches sync speed and the speed ramp up is accomplished and the video LTC
31. 35mm 3Perf AatonCode hh mm ss figure is starting frame Ol the Aaton Code 00 frame is at the end The Keycode 00 frame is opposite the Keycode dot To determine the dot position see next page AO I AOO 35mm 3Perf AatonCode 00 35mm 3Perf Keycode 00 dot pos Keylink IP_v9 7x User Manual p 10 2004 May 20 Video Engineer Settings How to find the Keycode dot position related to 35mm perforations The following method applies to normal ascending and upside down descending 3Perf and 4Perf keycodes It avoids any mistake particularly when handling rewound 35mm short ends and split 1000 foot rolls setting up the telecine configs To determine what is the dot perf position count by how many perfs the dot is going past the last frame line crossing the man readable part of the keycode With a film running with the keycode in normal position this rule makes you count the perfs head to tail from the frame line With a film on which the keycode is on the opposite P 3 side of the film this rule makes you count the perfs lt _ _ tail to head from the frame line Note be careful not to confuse the large Keycode figures every foot and the small half foot ones travel direction gt N cutting negatives To know the direction by which you must count the frames from the OO keycode image consider the barcode as a staircase it leads you from OI to 02 O03 etc As examp
32. Aaton hot line engineers The Decalog suite These softwares run in Windows 95 to 2000 standalone PCs LogAlone RS 422 connected to a VIR Logalone makes all possible modifications to telecine transfer lists while leaving Keycode VideoTC and AudioTC linked together it eliminates overlaps shifts in out points tunes AudioTC and allows for the re creation of forgotten breaks Edilite delivers 4Perf and 3Perf keycode cut and pull lists from video IC only Edls such as FinalCut Edls It also translates the Edl of the first best light transfer into an Edl carrying the videoTC of the selected transfer and insures that all edits and M2s can be imported into Flame Henry etc It also converts SDI into HD Edis Preloader converts any foot amp frame indexed speadsheet into a file that Keylink imports to insert Characters and VITC while regenerating a video indexed transfer list for the editing room VANG characters and reticule in the HD channel VITC plus characters in the downconverted SD channel Keylink ip v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 Pod Telecine room lay out Install the Keylink PC near the telecine cabinet a VGA monitor CRT 17 mini Flat Screen 65000 colors or more 1024x768 keyboard and mouse on the colorist s desk Put a wide push button at colorists hand and connect it to the GPI input it s easier to Tab the take in points that way Sound playback HD Telecine InDaw6 Windows Keycode
33. Aaton video post Keylink Ip TRF transfer software At boot the Windows password is Keylink Available on http labs aaton com o Copy the TRF9nn exe file on a blank DOS formatted 4Mb diskette Do not open the file Installation o Close the former Keylink application o Insert the diskette in the Keylink A drive and click on the TRF9nn exe icon the installer verify runs for one minute o After acceptation of the license agreement pop up menu shows Keylink as the destination click on Install Logalone Preloader and Keylink icons appear on the desktop Note in order to create the Keylink folder on the hard disk TRF must be installed prior to KMU for the first ins tallation of the system only Then you can any time install anew KMU option file e All format contact free reading head for Keycode AatonCode and ArriFIS e Dual transfer 4 4 4 HD Vanc logo amp reticule SDI Vitec amp char inserter e 4K DATA transfer e Accurate reverse 3Perf keycode e InstaSync audio syncing DVDER DVD Ram Hdd via FireWire Network installation amp user manual Keylink ip v9 7 winNT amp win2000 KMU maintenance update key Received by private email o Copy the KMUnnn exe file on a blank DOS formatted 4Mb diskette Do not open the file Installation o Make sure the USB Aaton dongle is plugged in the bottom rear USB socket o Insert the diskette in the Keylink A drive and double clic
34. Anode 7 00 Cathode 2 gt u 3 gt v 2 open collector 3 Gnd LBI CREAL 55 250 20 MM C Reality Rascal SepMag SK20 subD I5 F Keylink MTC subD 9 F Keylink Com 2 DATA subD 9 male 2 Tx OMIR 5 Gnd Keylink Com 1 V24 Controlers subD 25 male w conv 2 Tx ORR 7 Gnd On some devices Tx is on 2 and Rx on 3 a crossed over cable should be used Keylink AES out subD 25 female 13 Gnd 6 Out l 5 Out l 15 Gnd 2 8 Out 2 7 Out 2 RS232 Cable 9female male 2 gt 2 3 gt 3 5 gt 5 RS232 Cable 25female 9 male 2 gt 2 orto 3 3 gt 3 orto 2 7 gt 5 AES Cable 55 953 00 25male two XLR 3 male 3 gt shield 6 gt 3 white 5 gt 2 red 5 gt I shield 8 gt 3 white 7 gt 2 red C Rity Spirit J21 subD 9 female 2 Rx O 5 Gnd subD 9 TLC Telecine subD 9 female CORREC OEO 5 Gnd subD 9 Recorder XLR 3 female 1 Gnd l 3 In 2 In 1 Gnd 2 3 In 2 2 In 2 3 2B lop 4 O B G gt lop 5 Gnd Case 8 2A Ippf 9 IA ppf Spirit TC gen out J23 R2 subD 9 F 1 R Ippf appr 7 GND OQ 5V 300mA polyswitch fuse 3 gt 3 4 gt 2 shield 8 gt 8 9 gt 7 LBI SPRT 5V 55 947 0 gt 7 5 gt 8 shield 9 gt 2 9 gt 3 FDL90 Quadra Scepmag LBI FDL 5V Follower subD 9 F 1 R 2 10 ppf 5 S 2 10 pp
35. Audio TC sent to the LTC ouput recorded in the AatonRoot and inserted in Windows amp VITC Is sync correct The offset shows in ATN lists as At PassOne PassTwo In terms of transfer speed and database accuracy this Aaton method is the ideal compromise between best light non stop transfers which detect in points a little too late and the stop for slate transfer hindered by agonisingly long VIR prerolls Note The PassOne PassTwo system can t handle 3Perf 35mmkKeycodes PassOne Select PassOne in Paths Keylink opens a database in which all edit points with their Keycode Aatoncode and colorist s entries Sc amp Tk and Comments are recorded This is a fast operation since the colorist shuttles the film from flash to flash catches the codes at sync speed enters corrections in the color controller and shuttles back to mark the in point Telecine parking since the common reference between the PassOne database and the future Pass Iwo transfer can only be the Lab roll ID and the frame count Keylink prompts the operator to park the telecine on the reference frame of the roll punch hole Carefully enter the lab roll ID which is the only link between Passone amp Pass Two PassOne AatonCode Select aaton manu breaks run the telecine at sync speed into the take until you read caught meaning that Keycode and Aatoncode are both acquired shuttle back to the desired in point key tab then shuttle to next ta
36. Ihe white dot shows the phase of the AatonCode amp ArriFis codes vs the telecine biphase This phasing can be stored in the same configuration provided the audio sync pull down menu see 3f is successively activated on AatonCode then ArriFis a Video Engineer Settings 12th 3 3 Keycode phase Pink Pie his setting is once and for all done on a given telecine during the Keylink first installation All 35mm master configurations will then be copied from this one to reuse the dot adjust settings below Very important read before anything else Spirit amp Shadow telecines Prior to setting up Keycode phases set the Spirit Shadow Framing setting to zero or very close to zero in more refined setups Load the film and frame it up by slipping it a perf or two on the sprocket wheel The key is to always keep the Spirit framing at or very near zero Then Keylink configs can be set in the normal fashion as long bas any reframing is done at the gate NOT ELECTRONICALLY The same rules apply for setting up 3Perf 4Perf and 8Perf This is the only known method to assure reliable biphase information from Spirit or Shadow telecines By the very nature of their CCD line scanning Fdl Quadra Marconi Spirit Shadow telecines are storing and displaying the static images out of a frame store the operator should always inch them FORWARD after running in reverse this is the way to be frame accurate on a
37. Logger shows its exact value End of transfer sc amp tk edition Press Fl to enter the end of roll point on a OO Keycode Click on the Edit button at the bottom left of the Take View window or key Fl the background becomes yellow to remind the colorist he now can browse through the takes with the bottom scroll bar and add modify Sc amp Tk amp Comments New Roll Changing the Lab Roll creating a new file can be done without exiting the VideoXfer screen first uncatch the code reader by the space bar SP and click NewRoll Accidental Unloading whenever the current film is unloaded it is mandatory to validate the transfer and open a new database file If for some reason cleaning the gate or reframing the 35mm frame line the film loses contact with the gate sprocket wheel the frame count is lost you must go to New Roll to open a new file later merged with its neighbours in the transfer list Lab Roll Has Been Unloaded Enter New Roll shows if a keycode is currently read on a frame already carrying another database stored keycode This also warns the telecine engineer if for some reason the telecine biphase generator no longer functions properly End of Roll Mark to set the out point of a Keycode transfer key Esc while the telecine is still running The other way is to stop the VIR PassOne The PassOne Two system allows for a quick first pass of the film with no video recording and a se
38. a oa ee TEER iais one SETET ospe e e ADX V3 isa W Odd Out TSL TOTEL TCH oe I gt 7 Wen Extension slot 3 2 pulse LTC in out GPls teed Pieciat no video sync verify the red switch is in down position G i ili Toshiba CD R 70500 33 ID5 prty on term off PAV off test off Plextor PX 32 ID5 prty on term off test off block off Keylink ip v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 p 7 Contactfree reader head The Universal Code Reader head is a six lens video camera contact free it doesn t interfere with the telecine dynamic behavior nor generate a single dust particule on freshly processed negatives It can and should remain in place at all times since it never touches 35mm nor 6mm films AatonCode Arri FIS II amp Keycode op side 35mm 2 ArriFis 16mm 3 Keycode mm 4 AatonCode 6mm 5 ArriFis 35mm 6 Keycode deck side 35mm The wide gap motorized focus 6 CCD imager head reads all film codes with no pressure whatsoever on the film edges Preliminary verification 35mm telecine rollers are 36mm wide and 6mm rollers are 6 25mm wide to let loosy tape splices go through To avoid film wave telecine makers either slightly bend the roller shaft or adjust the roller to deck distance for the film to run with a slight pressure against the roller reference flange deck side thus neither 35mm nor 16mm films can weave on the rollers To
39. a Audio Controller and click Properties Rtx PCI Device Properties In the Disposition pane select Shared OK Apply Switch off the PC by Start Shutdown and if applicable INSTALL THE HDK CARD see preliminaries page one otherwise directly go to the F section F RTX and the HD board Start Programs VenturCom Rtx Rtx properties Plug and play etc etc please execute the very same operations as in E RTX and Keylink boards till Shared OK Apply Tutorials G RTX and external devices Start settings click on control panel system double click on hardware device manager double Click on Ports COM amp LPT make a mouse right click on Communications Port COM1 Select Disable To the question Disabling this device Yes Close Device Manager System Properties and Control Panel H Dongle activation only The dongle still being out of the USB socket see preliminaries page one explore the Windows 2000 keylink Service Upgrade CD R by double clicking the CD ROM icon in My Computer In the 3 USB DONGLE DRIVER folder double click HDD32 EXE Install shield self extracting exe Yes Warning hasp device driver setup Yes HASP device driver status Next Setup option click Custom in the menu Key search select USB only Next Parallel port mode Next
40. a fps test films delivered with Keylink are shot at 24 select 24 fps 7th Audio LTC out see table above 8th Pos Neg do not perform the LED in POS 9th Head Alignment checking LEDs See LED calibration in Tutorials page3 1 centering The film edge must be aligned to the top and bottom markers of the Head Calibration screen If they don t add or remove some Aaton delivered spacers to up down fine tune the head position on the roller shaft w i focusing With the focus motor actuator 2 move the head closer or farther the film to get the best reading rate as seen on the AatonCode and Keycode dials see next page AatonCode should reach 60 to 0 100 matrix reading in LEMM Keycode should reach 95 to 100 To improve Keycode reading on prints use the control scroll bar 3 to displace the red reading line to the most Zoom Pana 53510771 Video Engineer Settings evenly exposed part of the Keycode track 160 Zoun Pand A374744 vertical centering use the up down scroll bar 4 to center AatonCode matrixes A vertical centering modification can make Keycode amp AatonCode readings jump by one frame it is thus important to dynamically verify phases and delays see below after any intervention on the vertical centering The following parameters must be controlled by jogging through the tape recorded on a field accurat
41. alibration page 29 U I O matrixes Facing extremely under or over exposed matrixes the LED brightness auto adjustment may not be powerful enough to properly separate the dots and the reading rate may fall to under 20 If the matrixes look bold key O or click over if they look weak key U or click under if they still look too weak key U U or click under under Click ideal to come back to normal mwe Back on Track na Pht achustement Provided the lab printing lights are not outrageously out of tolerance printed Keycode can be nevertheless read on a badly exposed rushes projection print by moving the CCD camera ME ee reading red line in the best Aubscsdetpresin Mimi Aot exposed part of the Keycode S track In points Always inch forward after a backward run on a Thomson BTS telecine before entering an in point In points are entered from the keyboard Tab or by a click on Make 60 or from the telecine controller GPI or from a push button connected to the Keylink GPI input The latest created event can be deleted with the on screen Del button 62 or Ctrl BackSp from the keyboard The latest entered in point can be reframed to the frame on which the telecine is stopped Shift Tab or a click on Move 61 This is most useful to reframe the first auto caught keycode break of the roll on the first 00 keycode punched hole when transfering a film in the Slate Auto Br
42. already in place in the PC 840 3 Download a new KMUxxxx file you will automatically receive its installation instructions by email 4 Download the latest Keylink IP v9 xx release from http labs aaton com loggin password opera Tutorials Save DOS technical configs To save the Keylink UCR ADX v8 master configurations and carry them into Keylink IP v9 Exit to DOS from the Keylink PATH screen 2 Insert a blank floppy disk into the A drive 3 Type copy conf doc a enter then copy dataconf doc a enter Save client project titles from DOS Make an AatonRoot diskette for each project you want to carry into Keylink IP v9 Install the Keylink IP Software Install the latest Keylink IP v9 software TRF9xx 2 Install the option file KMUxxxx Import former Keylink v8 tech configs Ask post support aaton com to mail you the CfConvert exe program and drag it to the desktop 2 Insert the floppy holding the saved Keylink UCR ADX v8 configurations into the A drive 3 Double click on the CfConvert program icon 4 By clicking on the Browse button select A conf doc path and Dataconf doc path fields 5 Select the type of telecine Keylink IP is running on 6 Click on proceed into both Import former Keylink v8 client projects This procedure copies all the project database files but not the settings like the position of characters and VITC lines latest
43. amp date in the AudioSync pane You can do it a few frames away from the slate closure if the digislate numbers are more visible there To fine tune the digislate sync click the offset window enter the offset and Earlier or Later Use to fine tune to a quarter of a frame see Tutorials for Arri In Camera Slate reader box connection to Keylink Autotab PassOne system is used to prepare the non stop Pass Iwo transfer The take in points can be automatically entered by the Alt S synced point itself you can select autotab and replace the none value by a 0 2 to 9 second ahead value Autotab is eliminated either by selecting none or by entering the end tail slate sync point by Alt E in this later case the take In point should be tabed before going to the end slate Time Offset To compensate for digislate offsets or camera recorder initializing errors the Audio TC can be offseted There is no need to patch the Aux TC from the ATR to replace the regular TC burned into windows andVITC Click the offset window key in h m s fr key to Increment the frame quarters and for the sign This offset is applied to AatonCode or Slate Time before their conversion into Audio TC For later reference the offseted Audio TC is recorded in the Dt field of the ATN lists with frame quarters and inserted into the 3Line VITC This offset is applied to the following takes until it is set back to zero by Space S
44. ample rate converter The Instasync sample rate converter is always on to generate audio signals in sync with the digital video To directly record 29 97tps audio on an Avid Media Recorder select off Note To eliminate time consuming audio digitization into the Avid the InDaw recorded CD ROMs should be directly copied into the Avid film composers ver and later With former Avid FC ver 7 Operator s tools you should use a BVWVF to OMF converter called AatonXfer this Mac OS 9 plug in is available on http labs aaton com Sc amp Tk and Comments Slate auto amp manual breaks mode as soon as the slate time Is entered activate the comment window mouse click anywhere in the window Comments can be entered during preroll even until the window is closed by passing over the in point in forward sync speed or by enter Note the current take is automatically incremented each time the comment menu is opened under the same Scene it folds back to with a new Scene AatonCode auto break Only the comments window is accessible and it closes as soon as the telecine rolls over the auto detected break in forward sync speed The Virtual Slate is triggered a few images after the break point In PassOne the comments window closes by enter since there is no reason to shuttle back and pass over the In point On the fly entries Since comments a are attached to the omega take in which the 10 00 00
45. apter dia28 dia34 h44 cylindern To install the head the A roller must be momentarily removed be careful not to displace its easy to loose up down positionning spacers SONY Vialta The 35 gt 16 A O0mm Keycode is operator side UCR B head w SI carrier clamped to the Aaton delivered 29 42mm A cylinder see pict CTM Dixi 2 The 35 gt 16 A Omm Keycode operator side UCR B head w SI carrier clamped to the upper roller 2 G Head positionning Up Down coarse adjustment the spacer method URSA C Reality Dixi 2 Spirit w steadi gate blocks Load a 35mm film push the head holder against the deck and measure the distance between the film bottom edge and the flat UCR head reference surface see pic substract Imm to this value to know the width of the spacer you should put to start with select the proper combination of Aaton delivered spacers four O mm one Imm one 2mm thick to make for this width Physical Installation Up Down coarse adjustment the sliding cylinder method FDL Quadra loosen the dia28 dia34 h44 adapter cylinder screws and slide the cylinder up and down until the 35mm film bottom edge runs Imm over the head reference surface Focusing coarse adjustment aa The head is factory delivered shaft in tts focus 00O position Rotate the head around its clamp axis for the distance between the film and the LED lamphouse to be around 3mm DONOT position the head for the
46. arrying an E prefix A B etc of the episode as entered by ScriptLink Keylink or Logalone ex Scen E123b4 Non E events remain active for Border Mover and event creation devalidation but they disappear from the E ATN FLeX lists This episode sorting generates ATN FLeX ODB lists containing the E episode only for Avid or L Wks digitization Preloader PreLoader generates ScriptLogs i e frame indexed lists to be imported before the transfer session To make ScriptLogs it is possible to import transfer lists such as FLeX ALE etc which can be modified prior to their export under the LOG format to Keylink or create ScriptLogs from scratch The data fields are open to all possible film shooting events and film code recording For better legibility of the tables relevant fields y PreLoaderNT Bcolon database Pal35 odb File View Window Help D wm amp BN Ink start Scene Take Snd roll Cam roll Keycode start Comme FFFO 0000600 P RZ 34 0287 5435615 Revers FFFO 0013608 FFFO 0018600 FFFO 002362914 fa fe a KZ 34 0287 5489804 Frro 0037835 O E 34 0287 5511810 FFFN NNIALIA 1777777 7 RR PRAT E7 34 NPA COL should be selected only see opposite pict To insert or delete a line in the list hilite the desired one then Insert or Del an inserted Acmade must lie between its two neighbours To modify floppy disk recorded files click Open To copy the file on a floppy disk cl
47. ate instasync Select Slate manu or auto break audio transfer mode 3f Run the film at sync speed Keycode being caught green dot under the timeline shuttle the film to the clapstick open the comments window by enter or or a mouse click on its pane it becomes white Open the InDaw made slate list sorted by Sc Tk and Cam ID with up dwn arrows or mouse select the event descriptor which matches the clapstick Just remember the following rule for every new event the comments window should be opened and must not be closed before it is fed with three parameters a caugth keycode past the in point the slate time value and the entry of the in point itself Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 23 2004 May 20 Scene Select amp Link parks the audio playstick on the slate mark in the audio waveform pane and makes the Sc amp Ik s show in the comments window As an alternative you can also directly enter the Sc amp Tk IDs in the comments window then Sort by Scene Take Record order type Ctrl 3 Shuttle back to the take Scene Take Cam Drive Comments first image and make a enn Tab to create the in point or ShifttTab or click on Move if need be Enter the telecine controller in point then perform the comments window closes itself while the TLC is passing over the edit at sync speed DigiSlate instasync Key in the digislate or Arri in cam slate time
48. ation with the proper Compensation AatonCode Keycode delays and Static Storage values Note 3 telecine controllers are able to force an in point on the 3 2 pulldown Al frame but they unfortunately are unable to create A in points during the 24 pulldown mode 12th 1 3 Video Tach phase On the SD green pie and the HD dark green pie the white doe lew We Pe between the video and Phases parameters FimTCoheso MA the telecine tacho biphase Keycode phase n2 sf To accommodate the left Peroration postion vam ine Sos right shift induced by the Video rhave Ma ap NON scan track of flying spot HD Video phase telecines place the dot in the middle of the circle gut while running the telecine To do so open Phase and slide the color correlated video phase scroll bar Select the VIR mode to perform this setting If you select a different field dominance 1 vs 2 recheck the phase If for some reason the 3 2 pull down value has to be adjusted recheck the phase If the white green dot jumps out of its pie at telecine start it means that either the 35mm image frame line is not correctly set on the gate sprocket should be on the marked teeth or that the 3 2 signal is too weak It is wise to use a buffer amplifier to drive both Keylink and color controllers It can also mean that the DVNR is not consistently reset at start up 12th 2 3 InCameraCode phase Blue Pie
49. ays the descriptor of the master configuration in use for the transfer session While transfering a film the colorist can any time stop the telecine and select a different master configuration then resume the transfer This is used when a 35mm film roll is made of normal keycode followed Operator s tools by upside down descending keycode made by shooting on rewound short ends or split and 400 re spooled 000 rolls It can also be used to swap between two AatonCode reading master configurations when a roll is made of spliced Panaflex and Aaton 35 shot films These p cameras do not record the Delays AatonCode matrixes in exactly nee a gt the same vertical position it is Sii E thus necessary to use a different D EQ 3 master configuration for each PRE El 2 Because master configurations aici os can be used by several film titles they can t be altered but locally modified only If there is aa rong A El a need to modify one parameter e g tuning the matrix vertical framing you can modify and store a local configuration without destroying the master The modified config is stored in the film database and available for this film only Select the master configuration to modify and click edit Don t forget to dynamically test your modified configuration on a VTR The latest configuration used for a transfer is recalled for the next one 35 4N TK30 NTSC C24 424 AD25 KD25 SDOO Delete
50. bD 15 male 14 rd bk wh bl com shield gnd rd nc 5 bk stat ccd 5 wh mot clk aux 6 URSA Turbo Electrum SBK5 LBI URSA mini Din 7 F 55 860 90 M M 1 2 B Gnd gt 8 2 A Gnd DS 4 1 A 4 gt 2 6 22 B 6 gt 3 Keylink MTC subD 9 F 8 90 Cathode 7 00 Cathode 2 00 Anode 3 O 90 Anode bl mot Sync aux 13 cx ye ev 0 1 cx ye shield 75 Ohm ev 0 2 cx gr ev 8 cx gr shield 75 Ohm ev 7 cx rd amp cx rd shield pw head 9 cx bk cx bk amp cx or shield pw gnd 12 cx or clk ccd 4 URSA G D SkK4 Vialta Aux5 10 subD 9 F 11 1 OPJ 2 inv B 4 Gnd 5 OP inv 6 OP l norm 2 OP 2 norm LBI GOLD 55 9nn70 M M gt 8 Shield 5 gt 7 6 gt 2 9 gt 3 Keylink MTC subD 9 F 8 O20 Cathode gr commut or lamp ye led voie2 15 7 00 Cathode 2 O0 Anode Cable 3 ph90 Anode subD 9 male Keylink GPI in outs GPIs switches subD 9 female Gpi in take in points 4 5V through resistor 8 Gnd Gpi in 2 WindowSlate 5 5V through resistor 9 Gnd Gpi out tab key Meta Spd Millennium Biphase MS CABLE MAG I F subD 9 F 2 Pin MM 2 MAGO ve lpo 2 gt 8 3 MAGO2 ve ppf 3 gt 2 j 6 Gnd shield Keylink MTC subD 9 F 8 90 Cathode 2 O OO Anode 4 gt w 8 gt x 9 gt z 7 MAGO ve_ Ipo Wes 8 MAGO2 ve ppf oS 3 90
51. biphase subD 9F The 10m long cables can be extended to 20m Since each telecine manufacturer uses a different bi phase output connector be careful to select the right one when ordering See biphase instructions and cable pin out tables below Check the transfer screen bull s eye while running the telecine the bull s eye white on blue dot should run cw if not the biphase cable wiring is inverted Physical Installation if tt runs at twice the video dot speed the telecine is set for a two pulse per frame output instead of a one ppf if the dot shows erratic movements the biphase signal is too weak verify its level Used by some other accessory it could be under 3 6V p p if such is the case insert a drive amplifier O MTC CodeMaster extension 14 GPls subD 9F GPI should be connected to a large push button on the colorist s desk some facilities use a mouse GPI 2 is to be used for the window slate activation from the telecine controller pin out below 15 SMPTE LIC break out box subD 9F Audio LTC in XLR 3 male from ATRs 2 Video LTC in XLR 3 male from VTRs 3 Video LTC out XLR 3 female 4 Audio LTC out XLR 3 female 16 Frame pulse 3 2 24 I pull down BNC MKIII w Digi4 BNC SK20 Turbo Ursa amp Gold BNC SK33 C Reality BNC Read Frame Sequence NOT the 3 2 Pulse BNC Spirit BNC JI 7 Rack3 FDL60 90 amp Quadra SubD25 pin 7 Frid pinl8 Gnd Ext 2 Millennium BNC 3 2 Se
52. c at take start without impairing the use of the tape as a master see 6 page 15 WindowSlates shows selected characters only it is activated by Alt right Insert in the analog channel and Insert in the SDI 4 2 2 channel 3Line VITC easy to differenciate at first glimpse from the VTR s 2lineVitc since tts third line Audio TC is not identical to the Video TC first line 3LineVitc is the best way to garantee that Keylink generated Video TC is recorded on the tape and not the VTR s one which doesn t carry the proper user bits Note check Tutorials with the VTR room operator that the Beta Digital recorder setting is internal VITC off and that the 703 menu shows all lines set in through HDTV amp SDI simultaneous Xfer Feeding the HDK keyer board with an HD signal opens a window in the transfer screen select Dual mode HD amp SD at the same time or HD only This window not opening means there is no HD signal With an HD Keylink you can simultaneously xfer HD and SD with real time down conversion made by the HD VTR or a standalone downconverter In this case the database is an SD database to feed the Avid If the HD database is different from the SD one SD fps different from HD fps database EDL conversion can be performed by an HD Edilite to conform the master HD If SD and HD fps are the same you can directly use the SD EDL out of the AVID to make the master HD Keylink IP can generate a 30fps aud
53. cond non stop pass with video recording which receives the first pass collected data Since there is no recording during PassOne there is no need for a Video TC ref The colorist shuttles the film from flash to flash runs the telecine at sync speed for Keylink to catch the codes stops the telecine on the slate mark if any opens the Comments window by enter or by a click on the digislate field enters the digislate or ArriCam slate TC or the slate mark using the Sc amp Ik descriptors imported by the InDaw disk enters his comments goes to the in point of the take hits TAB to create the event then closes the Comments window see tutorial PassTwo Passlwo uses the PassOne built database Selection of the PassOne database of the reel to be transferred shows all the PassOne recorded events on the working screen Pass Two can be performed with no telecine stop or the normal way performing edits on selected takes In points Burnt in AatonCode and Keycode characters plus VITC are accurate from the first frame Operator s tools of the take This also garantees instant syncing of InDaw recorded audio disks Virtual Slates carry colorist comments also FileLogger FileLogger displays all the transfer files of the film Modifications if any are stored in the AatonRoot database alongwith the original transfer data which is not erased This data is later converted Into ASCII transfer lists for the editing machi
54. ct is stored and reactivated each time a project is recalled Seeking Film titles can be sorted by ascending or descending names dates and configurations To quickly find a project type the first letters of its sorting column in the editing line Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual 2004May20 p 16 Deletion Before deleting a title from the hard disk rt is wise to use Filelogger to make a copy of its AatonRoot on a 4Mb floppy and archive tt IPMA V o Transfer 3 Two main transfer modes are available DataMode Direct transfer only SD HD Video Direct transfer Pass one amp Pass two transfer DataMode Transfer The telecine 2K scanner sends DPX Images through the HiPPi firewire connection to the disks Each time a keycode is read it Is phased by the tacho biphase signal then sent to the telecine which telecine embeds the Keycode data Select a transler mode into each DPX file COM 2 usage in datamode transfer since there is no video sync involved in data transfer all operations take place under the telecine tacho generator control Keylink sends data packets on each read Keycode 3 frame delayed to insure consistancy through the COM 2 subD 9 port Packets of information are only sent on each keycode reading and right after telecine full stop The engineering configuration selection is accessible from the transfer screen VideoMode Transfer Keylink detects the type of HD video available on its
55. e Shaper Board The former Aaton 55 861 90 bi phase cable GND referenced should be replaced by the 5V referenced LBI FDL 5 cable 55 948 90 if and only if there is no other device connected to the D Sub 9A Sepmag socket pins 3 amp 6 Spirit Shadow Datacine use the Aaton LBI SPRT 5 cable do not short circuit the 5V 40A supply Philips delivers a adapter with a 1A max polyswitch now incorporated in recent machines Upgarding the Spirit software toggles the config to 10x pulses per frame BiPhase go to the GCP panel SPECIAL EXTERN D put SepMag Config and TC Generator Coupling to x BiPhase If a frame counting problem arises during Play and Stop transitions Exit Exit appears on Keylink screen contact your Spirit vendor and ask for the SIS 2000 009 modification on Spirit SDC2000 200 1 or SIT2000 003 modification on Shadow STE BI Check that the Spirit is genlocked to the in house video reference setup menu on the Spirit control panel NOT running in internal sync mode Keylink ip v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 p 5 Physical Installation Biphase Cables Keylink MTC subD 9 F 8 O 90 Cathode 7 OOO Cathode 2 Q OO Anode 3 O 90 Anode MK II SK24 Merido Converter LBI URSA 55 362 90 T 55 660 70 M M 5 GND 5 gt gt 8 14 5 gt 2 2 gt 7 D L gt 4 4 gt 2 2 2 7 2 gt 6 6 gt 3 UCR head subD 5 male MTC card subD 5 fem subD 1 5 fem Aaton 55 964 90Cable su
56. e VIR 10th Field dominance Most facilities work under field 1 dominance To confirm this selection even if you are setting a TKspd 23 97 Ntsc or a Kspd 24 Pal configuration eliminate the pull down compensation and momentarily pretend as If you are in a frame for frame transfer in the NTSC world run the telecine at 29 97 fps under Tkspd 29 9 Ntsc and camera fps 30 in the PAL world run the telecine at 25 fps under Tkspd 25 Pal and camera fps 25 To eliminate the one field delay which toggles the field dominance at random be sure the Vertical Position delay of the MNRI I still store is set to zero Do NOT set an MNRIO for a several line delay this induces CCIR 60 jittering images Record the video output and jog through the recorded tape the correct or 2 odd or even puts the same film image e g the K of the test film on the amp fields of the same video frame number As the Aaton test film is shot at 24 fps the message bad camera fps shows switch it off by del Once set put the NTSC telecine speed back to 23 98fps select Tk spd 23 9 Ntsc and camera fps 24 In PAL put the telecine speed to 25fps select Tk spd 25 Pal and camera fps 24 liith Pull down Compensation his parameter corrects the delay induced by noise reducers placed between the digiscan frame pulse generator and the video output in which VITC a
57. e a normal snapshot of the settings you must regularly check them against the MetaSpeed Co recommended values FDL60 an FMO735 one pulse per frame board must be installed on the Sprocket Pulse Shaper FD267 mother board If not remove the FD0267 13 piggy back and replace it by a FMO735 Drwg 2 2658 43 SP Place the top left white jumper of the FMO735 board to generate either 2 or 10 ppf for the mag follower on the Sepmag R amp S outputs while Keylink uses the ppf R amp S Connect a 55 86190 GND referenced bi phase cable FDL90 New Tacho Design SI 95 001 should be installed The new sprocket wheel tacho FH 1018 or FH 6018 generates precise frame count and requires a new FY 0806 Sprocket Pulse Shaper Board It also requires modification of the unit FD AP DF 632 004 and of the capstan control FD0728 with Eprom PR 835BT replacing 644BT this helps verify if the FDL90 is updated As a side advantage New Tacho Design brings 4perf and 3Perf operation The former Aaton 55 861 90 bi phase cable GND referenced should be replaced by the 5V referenced LBI FDL 5 cable 55 948 90 if and only if there is no other device connected to the D Sub 9A Sepmag socket pins 3 amp 6 Quadra get a bi phase Eprom PR840F Philips ref 3 14 715 840 for square BLACK covered tacho wheel sensors or bi phase Eprom PR8 5C Philips ref 3 14 715 875 for cylindrical RED covered tacho wheel sensors to be installed on the FY 0806 Sprocket Puls
58. e delay automatically folds back to zero if the least telecine movement is detected Operator s tools VTR with breaks in a multicamera transfer it common practice to use the Audio Ltc as the VideoTC ref to get several times the same IC for the Avid to sync cameras and sound in one go It Is important to manually set the out points F12 to avoid any TC overlap on the breaks Note F12 can be used in all VideoTc modes but VTR Breaks reminds the operator that he must set the out points VideoTC Users Bits 3c Video Tape ID requested by some logging softwares this mode prevents the Video Tape ID to use all albhanumerics since user bits can only carry O to F Keycode last 8 digits VWhenever possible avoid to put Keycode in user bits this is not a very safe practice with most LTC orVITC readers which unable to interpret this code induce one to two frame errors Sortinglags they uniquely correlate each and every a ee video image to the database data and comments highly recommended choice Tape ID Keycode a m7 AuxTC from Playback LTC user bits I Custom Custom to enter customer requested alphanumeric messages e g audio cassette D lab reel ID etc Keylink IP_ v9 x User Manual p 18 2004 May 20 Keycode 3d Keycode handling takes many facets Keycode auto this is the most common practice for rushes transfer If no keycode reading occurs after 5 seconds
59. e film roll ID and the video tape ID is secured remains to decide using the top of the screen blue to pink buttons which is the operating method and the codes to be keyed in the video images and stored in the database Whatever the colorist s decision three codes are generated Video TC with user bits in the first Vitc line Keycode and or Acmade in the second Vitc line Audio TC AatonCode ArriCode or Digislate in the third Vitc line Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 17 2004 May 20 Each time the telecine is on stop the selection can be modified with the 3n buttons see pic below The latest selection in use before exiting is recalled for the next transfer of the same film title Video TimeCode 3b Three possible references can be used for VITC LTC generation and database indexing Telecine Tach the VideoTC is generated from the biphase pulse The operator enters the start time on the Keylink keyboard VIR Ltc since Keylink handles simultaneous HD and SD transfers here is the place to select the LTCref in the HD VITR and the LTC frequency out for Video TimeCode setup ALT x Video TC generation YTR DDOS 0000 Free Run the SDI If there is a shift or fe 3b E discontinuity between the VTR ee and the telecine sync reference LTC timecode in coming from ia Vv 7 j LTC timecode out going to i iF the bull s eye turns from green Delay Tape to Tape 0 Frames to r
60. e take in point and so on At any time you can switch back to keycode auto to catch the non fogged Keycode at sync speed when caught appear shuttle back and tab the in point etc Ending PassOne At the end of the roll hit esc An AatonRoot file AFnnn T xx is created AF is the PassOne ID and nnnn is the lab roll ID PassTwo Pass Iwo can take place right after PassOne or days later All the files recorded under PassOne are displayed highlight and enter the one corresponding to the roll to be PassTwo transferred Keylink prompts you to park the telecine on the punched frame PassOne has been activated upon enter In the NTSC 3 2 amp PAL 24 pulldown world have the telecine controller make this punched frame an A frame for the PassOne entered GPIls to fall on A frames too Tracing IDs key in the Tape Reel ID since the Lab Roll ID is already there The TakePage of all takes appears when all setups are completed You can activate the VirtualSlates they will show accurate Keycode AatonCode and colorist comments of the take to come Note that Passlwo must be performed telecine non stop or with perfectly done video edit points Wild sound w black video This mode is used to transfer an audio tape to a video tape carrying black or frozen video images lt only works if the Audio IC is in sync with the VideoTC i e Smpte 25 in PAL and Smpte 30 in NTSC In the codes menu select VIR or FREE VideoTC selec
61. eaks mode Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 22 2004 May 20 Note ask your film processing lab to write the 35mm perf position i e 1 2 3 or 4 on the Keycode punched image this will allow you to verify that the engineering configuration and the telecine phase are still valid by comparing this to 4 lab figure to the number of hyphens burnt in the Keycode window at the punched frame Full stop entered in points the codes must be caught for the GPI in point to be recorded Click on the Comment window to get access to Sc amp Tk and Comments Event xx appears click on the bottom window to enter time amp date If you are on event 0 key tab to create an event in point On the fly entered in points they can be entered in all modes In this case the Audio TC data taken from the computer clock is not to be used to sync sound In AatonCode auto mode the video TC in point of the take is shown on the screen after going into the take for color correction key in this TC in point for the telecine controller to automatically make an edit on the first image of the take AutoCatch NoCatch Autocatch the button becomes waiting for catch then caught when a code Is read at forward sync speed The TakePage display shows where is the frame in the gate a green circle shows the image on which the codes are caught In some facilities the film is run through the complete platter several camera roll
62. ed Cance Important notice since pre coded tapes can t be supplied for every new timecode hour virtually all transfer sessions demand to work in assemble mode A common error is to set the VIR to external LTC instead of internal while the Keylink is set to look for VIR code The LTC being looped in and out both systems expect the other to be generating the code this jeopardizes the edit point since Keylink locks onto VIR during pre roll and the VIR looks for external code at the edit point and stops generating internally Keylink notices the momentary disruption and outputs a one frame error in response If a facility wishes to get user bit info into the LTC this way they must accept the frame error Note that whenever Keylink is not able to pass at sync speed over the in point of the take the top of the screen big figures stay in their grey warning state instead of turning full white after a successfully performed edit Free Run this mode is used to generate Smpte LTC and VITC synced to the house video to pre track tapes The operator enters the Video TC start time deferred value is 01 00 00 00 Note The D key toggles drop amp non drop NTSC In drop mode colons separators are replaced by semi colons Tape to Tape delay the delay between the Video TC in and out must be set to zero during telecine transfers but it can be set to a non zero value for Tape to Tape sessions see fig To avoid any mishap th
63. enter AatonCode by reading the man readable figures recorded on the edge of the film ask an assistant to pencil mark an incrementing number on the first man readable AatonCode time of each take opposite the matrix next to the sec figure is the OO fr and to make a list for the colorist e g 12 45 22 00 2 12 46 15 3 12 48 23 etc You will then stop on the 2 3 marked frames Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 32 2004 May 20 consult the assistant s list and enter its ClearTime like a digislate time Note that the AatonClear mode activates a 24 film to 30 video TC conversion Also use this mode if a digislate driven by a 24fps Smpte instead of the normal 30 shows up Arricam Slate lo use the Arri In Camera Slate Reader box that decodes the ArriCam slates connect the TC output of the box to the Keylink Auxilliary TC input and select Audiolc MagFollower You ll get the Arri ICS timecode data into all Audio TC fields database and burnin windows If you don t have an Arri Reader box you can nevertheless use the In Camera Slate information displayed into the video as if it was a digislate select Audio TC Slate stop the telecine at the start of each take to read the human readable part of the matrixes First go to the date carrying image make a note of the date then go to the timecode carrying image key in the date and timecode in the comments pane like you currently do for digislates
64. equence can be either the 3 2 pulldown signal itself or a 6Hz signal or the 00 05 numeration found on A frames 14th Keycode delay elecine running record the burnt in characters and check for the K to appear on the 00 frame of the played back keycode window If the frame figure is O with a delay of N set the delay to N 1 you will get 00 6mm ball park no noise reducer Quadra 45fr Ursa 37fr Spirit 38 C Reality 1 31 35mm ball park no noise reducer Quadra 2If Ursa 12 fr Spirit 15 C Reality 58 5th AatonCode delay Telecine running record the burnt in characters and check for the OO image A mark you wrote on an AatonCoded film to appear in the AatonCode burn in characters see page 10 to know how to put an A on the O00 image If the frame figure is Ol with a delay of N set the delay to N to get 00 Video Engineer Settings 6mm ball park no noise reducer Quadra 45fr Ursa 37fr Spirit 35 C Reality 32 35mm ball park no noise reducer Quadra 2Ofr Ursa 3fr Spirit 15 C Reality 58 16th Arri delay o accurately set this parameter you must order an ArriCode Test film either from Joe Sheehan ARRI NY office tel 914 353 1400 or from your Arri representative 35 mm ITC Test Film ref K2 47141 0 USD 321 00 16 mm IC Test Film ref K2 47140 0 USD 210 00 17th Static delay Once the settings above are dynamically verified run a fi
65. es at screen top prompt the operator to ENTER a manual GPI The figures become white as soon as the telecine runs over the event in point at sync speed Slate Manu breaks transfer mode to enter in points to colorist s decision As soon as Keylink catches a valid Keycode the operator stops the telecine shuttles back then tab or key an external Gpi to set the in point Footage Acmade Iink 3e Key in the xxxyyy DailyRoll ID which also shows as the LabRoll ID when transfering an original negative with no preloaded entries and the Video Tape ID Park the telecine on the reference frame punch select footage epee 6select 4 amp 4 fr or 3 amp 5 fr or Foig FFFF 0000 00 2 amp 6 fr styles Key in the 4 3 a af or 2 char prefix O to 9 A to F 16mm Counting 2i Fremes 40 Frames characters only the 4 5 or 6 Footage instead of keycode in 3Line VITC n figure footage count numerics only and frames 2 numerics _ select l mm incrementation Impot o oR Oe T E T E ren Operator s tools full foot the 35mm incrementation is 16 frame only 21 21 22 footage count on 3Perf 35mm is not possible As soon as a footage is keyed the frame count is set to zero and a frame count window appears To import ScriptLogs click Import and follow the page 27 Preloader instructions Keycode reading if any is still handled Both footage and keycode are stored in AatonRoot ATN ODB and ALE lists Bu
66. et the keycode delay 3 by comparing the keycode of the K referenced image of the test loop and the keycode figures displayed on the Keylink VGA control screen ballpark delay is 15 frames 35mm and 38 frames 6mm on a Spirit e Config 20 Perforation Keycode delay A aS lt lt Prev Next gt gt C Reality When selecting Telecine Cintel 1 the RS422 protocol toggles to Cintel Data This protocol makes the DPX recorder take advantage of keycode values already phased and delayed by Keylink there is no need for a Learn Head Offset process like the Spirits one below Spirit When selecting Telecine Spirit 1 the RS422 protocol toggles to Thomson Data which requests the keycode information to be sent with a constant 3 frame delay Adjustments made by Keylink for tts VGA display and database are not taken Into account by the Spirit they are done again by the telecine GCP itself The Spirit must be initialised by power off power on to recognize the Aaton protocol Go to the TK Config amp Timecode menu of the GCR Readerlype Aaton should appear in the KeyCode window oz poet Sa Keycode data being 3 frame 74 7274 VSN 200 delayed another delay must be added by the GCP controller e g 15 3 I2 frames 48 perfs Please carefully read the Learn Head Offset paragraph 5 9 4 page 6l of the Spirit GCP operating manual Video E
67. f 3 R ppf 6 S ppf 9 5V with 300mA polyswitch 7 Gnd shield 55 740 70 MM ony 5 gt 2 Re 3 gt 7 Wh eo pl 9 gt 2 Rd Jae 3 O 90 Anode 2 O00 Anode 8 O 90 Cathode 7 00 Cathode Keylink MTC M M subD 9 F 7 00 Cathode 8 90 Cathode 2 000 Anode 3 O 90 Anode Keylink MTC Mag subD 9 F XLR 3 F 3 Q 7 00 Cathode 8 90 Cathode 2 O0 Anode 3 90 Anode Keylink ip v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 p 6 Internal Board Connections CodeMaster MT C v2 UCR head in out for AatonCode2 ArriFis Keycode reading bi phase input main board 3 2 frame pulse input Video tc Aux tc in Audio tc Video tc out Gpi in out extension slot When replacing former Vtg and Ccir boards by an Adx board the red switch see pic below must be set in its DOWN position Analog amp SDI Keyer ADX v3 Dual channel Composite Component keyer and dual channel CCIR601 keyer for 3Line Vitc VirtualSlates and Characters The 3Line Vitc keying doesn t modify the incoming 601 signal EDH A former ADX board carried over into a PC840 must be factory updated into ADX V3 High Def keyer HDK 292 optional VANC Character Reticule and Logo inserter BNC 75 Ohm video in amp Out see standards in tutorials As 4 4 4 is made of 4 2 2 0 2 2 just send the 4 2 2 signal thru the HDK board and directly connect the 0 2 2 to the recording Vtr the HDK delay is a few
68. f warning on Betacam SP switch the VIR LTC output to its off tape position or Tach from the telecine biphase or Free Run from the house sync If tach is your choice key in the start time deferred 01 00 00 00 while the film punch is in the telecine gate Be sure the Static delay has been properly set Video UserBits whenever possible select Sorting Tags they are mandatory if InDaw or Sorter are to be used for online to offline copy including 1080p 24 HDTV or audio post sync or 16 9 to 4 3 carry on of the 3lineVitc Warning if you select Keycode be aware that a standard TC reader will probably show a delayed and wrong value of 2 to 3 frames Keycode reading if there is no keycode on the film select Key manu key in the edge numbers opposite the punch move the punch into the gate and key space bar Transfer style the auto break mode is the dominant style be it for Aaton Arri or Keycode only transfers In point position fine tuning can be done by shift tab or after the transfer session by FileLogger or Logalone The manu breaks mode which requires operators in point keying as soon as the caught sign lights up Is only used by colorists who have to select a few takes within the roll We only describe auto break since manu break obeys to the very same rules VirtualSlate amp Windowslate a VirtualSlate shows all transfer parameters Film title Keycode video I C AatonCode Comments et
69. f a 30 fps video tape transferred under NTSC 2 3 pull down A2e B2e Cle D3e discarding the duplicated D le Pros no Audio pitch acceleration compatible with all audio playback machines video tapes play real time images and can be used for sound syncing in a pure video environment Cons the Lightworks one field only digitization process reduces image vertical definition pan shot jerkiness makes the video tape usable for dailies only Avid said it will handle this mode by September 1999 24 24 PAL24 Using the 65 Line PAL24 format is the only solution to respect both film and audio pitch at 24fps this is the system Aaton has been offering since 1976 in its film camera video assists both in b amp w and color Since the scanning horizontal frequency 1 5kHz remains the same the PAL24 651 format is compatible with all existing NTSC PAL monitors Post facilities do not yet use this solution waiting for an affordable direct to disk recording machine insuring quick download into NLE stations Note July 2001 thank to the HDTV 24 use it seems that the 24 24 system is gaining more acceptance thanks to what is now called Slow PAL Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 33 2004 May 20 Keylink migrations to Windows 2000 RTX 5 Three cases Migration of a Keylink UCR ADX v8 MS DOS in a Siemens RI 25 to a Keylink IP Windows 2000 RTXS This can only be done by exchanging the former PC by a Siemens PC 840 2 Migration of a Key
70. ick Save Note the footage format is 4 amp 4 fr or 3 amp 5 fr or 2 amp 6 fr the prefix can receive 0 to 9 A to F characters only Operator s tools Importing ScriptLogs in a transfer session Insert the Preloader made floppy disk The floppy disk is to be imported before the transfer session by clicking Footage 3e in the transfer screen Select AudioSlate Manu and Keycode Auto Park the telecine on the footage start mark of the DailyRoll punch Type in the foot and frame count related to the count of the first event of your imported file verify the file hs been made with the same X amp Y fr style then without exiting out of the pop up window import the appropriate file click Import to get access to the DRxxxyyy LOG files By up dwn and enter select the one which carries the start mark footage just keyed PreLoader options available displayed Remove selected Unda medication i 21x Tine TakePage Regarder dans E preloader O mg instantly displays a ol am 000044 log the preloaded 000454 log 002158 log takes Running 015459 l0g the telecine at sync speed makes Sc amp Take Sound roll Camera roll Comments show in the comment window the Labroll show on the left of the DailyRoll They are stored in the transfer database Flex database only flx Lightworks database only odb Avid Log Exchange da
71. if tab it perform an edit with preroll the take in point is correlated to the take under which appears the green dot provided the telecine runs at sync speed green bulleye s center over the in point the big figures are white and not black and white As soon as Keylink finds an uncorrelated code by entering into a new take at sync speed it uncatches then catches again waiting for the film codes to be revalidated There is a limit to that feature transfering Spots often requires to shuttle back and forth between Keycode uncorrelated spliced takes since the keycode readings are not revalidated at shuttling speed there Is a risk to stay catched to the code of a take down the roll it is then better to eliminate the Autocatch function by F10 Audio Lock In InstaSync mode Continue makes Keylink play the audio signal right into the next take This insures sound continuity on the VIR audio track past the tail of the take right to the end of the audio file To prevent the editor to mistakenly use the next take Images with the preceding take sounds stop the telecine to let the VIR record a freeze frame Note the audio LTC and VITC generators are no longer activated the audio tail is not recorded in the database since there Is no valid Keycode attached Aaton ClearTime matrix rescue 24fps digislates n case a severe edge fogging or a dramatic overexposure or a broken diode make the Aaton matrixes unreadable you can nevertheless
72. io LTC as well as 30fps audio character insertion during pure 24fps HD transfer HD 4 4 4 as it is made of 4 2 2 0 2 2 just send the 4 2 2 signal thru the HDK board and bypass the 0 2 2 The delay introduced by the HDK is so small a few pixels that the recording VIR perfectly reclocks the two signals HD SD transfers Keylink inserts metadata in a Film formatted VANC w embedded Keycode alongwith the Video formatted VANC which carries no Keycode data This means that facilities have access to both 30fps TC for SD through the Keylink video LTC out and 24fps TC from the metadata that all HD VIRs can extract from the Video formatted VANCs Tech Characteristics SMPTE 292M 1 5 Gb s HD Serial Digital Video SMPTE 274M 1080 24 25 29 97 etc scans Keycode only no slate The colorist confirms the auto detected Keycode in point on the head punch then transfers the roll non stop or with a few stops In points are on the fly entered by a Tab keystroke on the flashed images between takes and or by keycode break detection Auto detected in points are late by two to twenty frames but as clip separators they nevertheless are useful to speed up tape digitization on NLE systems It is recommended to later fine tune the auto detected in points with the Logalone BorderMover Catch button KC autocatch FIO shows Run the telecine forward at sync speed waiting for catch appears as soon as Kc caught a
73. ions enter the PAC and Machine ID Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 35 2004 May 20 into the edit boxes enter your EXACT e mail address you will immediatly receive your license key Back to the Keylink station enter the licence key Choose destination location Browse change path from files venturcom to C Program Files WCIRTX OK to create then Yes Select a program folder accessories show by default Next Start copying files Next Setup complete select for Yes want to restart Finish The computer should reboot itself if tt doesn t switch it off by pressing the PC front panel on off button E RTX and internal boards Start Programs VenturCom Rtx Rtx properties Plug and play Uncheck shows filtering list at the bottom left of the menu Make a mouse right click on Multimedia audio controller select ADD RTX INF Support Apply Ok Start settings click on control panel system double click on hardware device manager Go to the yellow question mark make a mouse right click on Multimedia Audio Controller a Confirm Device Removal menu opens Select Uninstall OK Reboot the computer by Start Shutdown Computer is rebooting RIX installs Multi Media board Start Programs VenturCom Rtx Rtx properties Plug and play in RIX properties make a mouse right click on Multimedi
74. k on KMUnnn exe o Acceptation of the license agreement performs the installation The user manual and the latest TRF software are available on http labs aaton com Only those facilities which are under valid maintenance update programe can run the latest TRF software To revalidate your KMU key contact post support aaton com or 33 4 7642 9550 IF YOUR KEYLINK SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME IS OVER DO NOT INSTALL VERSION 9 FIRST VERIFY WITH AATON POST SUPPORT THAT YOUR KEYLINK PC IS COMPATIBLE WITH IT IN TERMS OF CPU SPEED AVAILABLE RAM AND INTERNAL BOARDS SOFTWARES ARE MADE AVAILABLE AS IS AATON DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH REGARD TO SOFTWARES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND IN NO EVENT SHALL AATON BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF ITS SOFTWARES Keylink ip v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 p l More efficient transfers thanks to unique features Simultaneous HD amp SD Keylink correlates the film codes and HD SD video TC by inserting VANC Reticules Logos and VirtualSlates in the HD channel as well as VITC plus characters in the downconverted SDI channels In one pass This is a grea
75. ke PassOne Keycode only Select slate manu breaks run the telecine at sync speed into the take until you get kc caught shuttle the telecine to the DigiSlate enter to open the time comment window key in Scen amp lake Cam roll Audio roll Comments Tutorials Shuttle back to the desired in point and hit tab or the Gpi key of the Keylink connected telecine controller the in point is acknowledged by the event N incrementation A wrong in point entry can be erased by ctrl bcksp or moved by shift tab Hit enter to close the time comment window To speed up the process key F10 to keep the current keycode in a caught state there Is no longer a need to catch a new keycode at sync speed after each take flash But watch out don t miss the splices key F10 again and slow down to sync speed to catch the new Keycode 35mm dot position after a splice Important notice in the NTSC 3 2 and 24 1PAL pulldown world the Gpis must be entered every other 4 film images from the punched frame for the final database in points to be on A frames during PassTwo Select Video TC Tach on the first in point enter a OO frame video TC all 00 05 frames will be A frames Keycode fogged films PassOne can be used to rescue a fogged films select keycode manu go to the cross penciled opposite a selected edge number key in this number enter space to store Shuttle back to the start of take tab to create th
76. keystroke VideoTC Keycode and Audiol C in out points are all moved together The move is one video frame for 24 25 25 25 and 30 30 transfer it is five video frames A frame to A frame for 3 amp 2 pulldown NTSC transfer twenty five video frames for 24 pulldown PAL transfer Ctrl hor arrow makes the move 240 frames at a time If the two events are Linked BorderMover shifts the in out points into the preceding following event To respect the CMX standard common frame overlap is the norm In C keylink keylink find the project folder open the Aatonroot ASnnnnnnTOx with Notepad in the GLOBAL gt line the labReel is in the third field right before the date field separated by a pipe Make the correction and exit Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 26 2004 May 20 Event Creation any event can be split into two the borders of the split can be moved to the desired in out points The operation can be repeated ad libitum an event can thus generate as many events as needed AudioTC modification if for some reason the Audio TC values are not correct or not meaningful e g PC clock instead of AatonCode or digislate go to the sound field and key in the desired in point value the out point follows You also can eliminate theAudio TC The same procedure applies to AuxTc Episode Sorting selection of E episode in the preference window highlights E events in the view edit screen that is each scene c
77. l signal do not use the analog output of a noise reducer to sync Keylink take the analog video out of the telecine itself Tutorials Phase reference dot in different pos at each telecine start Check that your Spirit is genlocked to the in house video reference setup menu of the Spirit GCP It should not run in internal sync mode One frame discrepency between Characters and database Make new engineering configurations with a more generous Ramp up parameter until the one frame discrepancy between the keycode burnin window and the database recorded keycode disappears The rule of thumb is N preroll time in sec minus sec x 24 EDH alarms a VFM 60 analyser generates EDH alarms when connected to the output of the SDI keyer board when in VideoXfer mode only not in Paths This is normal since the keyer inserts new data Vitc and or Characters and doesn t recalculate the EDH According to the 60 standard the EDH calculation is not mandatory that s why a DigiV TR has no problem recording this signal You should disactivate or ignore this alarm when analysing the ADX board CCIR601 outputs LED calibration LEDs are fading and dying with age if the reading rate is declining you should perform the LED calibration procedure remove the film out of the UCR head as indicated into the message pop up window and click on the LED Calib button found in the head calibration window They should be in the 40 to 150 ra
78. l times if it shows in the grey part there will be no Keycode data generation at alll Keycode 35mm 3Perf Primarily designed for 4Perf pitch the 64 perforation Keycode period makes the reference dot permanently change position on a 3Perf shot film two feet of 63 perfs are followed by one foot of p 14 Keylink IP_ v9 x User Manual 2004 May 20 66 perfs The keycode pie shows 3 3 2 3 1 3 3Perf dot position setting see page First make a K2 mark or punched hole on a frame opposite a position 2 keycode dot Rewind the film for ten feet and run forward to refresh the Keycode reading stop and inch the telecine for about two to ten frames after the K2 mark and look at the video burn in keycode window you should see two hyphens If not leave the telecine on stop open the phase parameter menu and click the arrows to get a two hyphen insert Alternately you can make a test film marked on consecutive keycodes with one two and three marks to show the perf number on the video screen Note while transfering a 3Perf film the keycode dial shows an apparent 3 2 sequence because the half foot keycodes small figures and dot make the dot detection be 3 2 3 2 The Keycode phase white dot must be in the pink part of the pie at all times if it shows in the grey part there will be no Keycode data generation at alll 13th Frame pulse the system which is used to sync the A frame s
79. les the opposite 3Perf filmstrips show the 2 frame foot marked 00 to 20 attached to the Perf keycode dot the 2 frame foot marked 00 to 20 attached to the Perf 2 keycode dot and the 22 frame foot marked 0O to 2l attached to the Perf 3 keycode dot TWHEEREEREEREEREEEEEE AatonCode P2 notes l Only the Aaton Decalog Edilite software is upside down able to generate 00 accurate Keycode cut and pull descending lists for 35mm 3Perf in both direct and reverse mode keycode from simple Avid video EDLs rewound rol More on http www aaton com products postprod decalog index php normal ascending keycode untouched rol 2 Keylink can read the Arri FIS code recorded on the track opposite the keycode track same position as the AatonCode on cameras which can t record it in between the perforations and the Super35 image like the former 535B cameras were able to do it see Arricam FIS track on the central film strip P showing a perf2 Keycode Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 p ll lI DataMode configs The DataMode configuration creation is accessible from the transfer screen itself The telecine scanner sends DPX images through Transfer parameters oe HIPPI while Keylink sends Gate i 549 a keycode data packets Pos Neg Neo through COM 2 on each Head calibration Open read keycode mi a Once the keycode phase and perforation dot position 2 have been adjusted s
80. link UCR ADX v8 MS DOS in a Siemens PC 830 to a Keylink IP Windows 2000 RTX5 in the same PC Since three PCI slots only are available in the 830 and since there is no built in ethernet socket you can install the following options only a aera and InstaSync Audio SCR SCSI b Ethernet and InstaSync Audio SCR FireWire c Ethernet and HD keyer d HD keyer and InstaSync Audio SCR SCSI e HD keyer and InstaSync Audio SCR FireWire 3 Migration of a Keylink IP v2 Windows NT in a Siemens PC 830 to a Keylink IP Windows 2000 RTX 5 in the same PC Since three PCI slots only are available in the 830 and since there is NO built in ethernet socket you can only install the a b c d e options see above l Keylink UCR ADX v8 MS DOS in RI 25 to Keylink IP v9 Windows 2000 RTX5 in a PC 840 Before proceeding la If you upgrade a Keylink ADX first verify that the ADX keyer board is labeled ADX v3 If this is not the case do not carry this board from your DOS computer to the Siemens PC 840 first contact Aaton to get an ADX v3 upgrade Ib If the former Keylink is a Keylink UCR with Analog VTG and Digi 601 keyers discard these boards they are replaced by the ADX v3 delivered with the PC 840 2 Strictly follow the board placement and the internal connection lay out found on pages 4 and 7 of the physical installation section of the Keylink IP user manual The hard drive containing Windows 2K and RIX 5 is
81. lm until a keycode is caught and stop it as soon as you see the K mark you marked on the film Swiftly stop the telecine in order not to loose the last reading attached to the K then frame by frame inch backward then one frame forward to park the K image in the telecine gate Make the burn in keycode window show a 00 frame by keying the left right arrows from 99 to 3 18th HD to SD delay This delay is induced by the HD gt SD downconverter it can be measured by comparing the characters keyed in both the SDI and HD channels it should be adjusted to get the same figures on the control screen Reminder in the HD 23 98 to SDI 29 97 downconversion world all comparisons should be made on HD frames OO only Keylink IP_v9 7x User Manual p 15 2004 May 20 Getting started In the Logon Information pop up menu of Windows the user name is keylink the password field is keylink too The desktop opens double click the K icon a dark gray opening screen shows At the top of the screen appear the Keylink software version and the last opened project title The Help button opens facility name Keylink ID ending date of the software maintenance and activated options Keycode Operator s tools Operating Sceen At the top of the screen are the PATH buttons giving access to the programmes that Keylink runs Config Manager 1 Project Manager 2 Xfer 3 amp 4 FileLogger 5 Preloader 6 The end of this
82. mecode system It is no longer imperative to have camera pre rolls and only minimal audio pre rolls as the colorist can always when need be park the telecine on a read code and wind back extrapolating audio TC so that the first frame of every take is in sync The only time a camera pre roll is required is if the TK facility is doing a single non stop pass of lab rolls Then on some takes the beginning of useable picture sound may be earlier than the required lock up time of most studio DAT players Since InstaSync syncs audio disks in a brisk 2 1 00th of a second the need for pre roll in any shooting situation is eliminated Aaton auto break mode offers non stop sync transfer with InstaSync or sync sound chasing transfer of films carrying AatonCode Since Keylink requires a Keycode reference before catching an AatonCode select Keycode manu if Keycode is not readable or not present some b amp w stocks Run the telecine forward caught appears as soon as Keylink reads one AatonCode time and camera ID and one Keycode Stop and with Shift lab shift the in point to the start of take punch Reminder unless your InstaSync equipped Keylink can on the fly syncs audio discs made on INDAW you should ask location recordists to start their audio recorder 5 sec before the film camera this allows for audio chase during VTR Telecine prerolls Chasing in caught Keylink continuously generates frame accurate Audio TC while
83. nd windows are burn in 3 2 comp try different compensation values O to 4 until the same film image appears on Al A2 or BI B2 B3 or Cl C2 or D D2 D3 Use dust marks to help you differentiate the images The 3 2 compensation is identical every 4 film frames thus if a telecine accessory introduces a frame delay 7 4 3 will be the value to select Warning each time you change the 3 2 value you must open the video phase adjust window and run the telecine to manually put the video phase white dot on top of the light green pie p 13 Keylink IP_ v9 x User Manual 2004 May 20 24 comp is used for telecine running at 24fps Tk spd 24 and PAL transfer in which an extra video field is inserted every 2 frames The pull down ID shows the following sequence Al A2 BI B2 KI K2 LI L2 L3 MI M2 WI W2 XI X2 X3 A A2 Use a negative on which you write random signs on twelve consecutive images run this part of the negative and record it with burnt in characters Making as many trials as necessary increment the 24 compensation parameter from to 2 until you see an identical image your markings or dust spots help differentiate on either LI L2 L3 or X1 X2 X3 Note I on the MNR 9 0 noise reducer select Medium Filter On and type to get a constant 3 frame delay on the MNR I the delay is a constant 2 frames Note 2 if you use a different noise reducer create a new engineering configur
84. nes nee Se AatonRoot Since Keycode Video TC etc as well as Aaton Sortinglags can be recorded in the VITC any video image can instantly finds its correlated database down the post production chain thanks to the Sorting lag which is also recorded in the AatonRoot To make an AatonRoot diskette insert a formatted floppy in the A drive or the AatonRoot floppy of the same title click AatonRoot button or alt A Go Between AatonRoot stores ALL the transfer files of a given film title tt should be used to go to a Logalone file editor Archiving AatonRoot is the most compact transfer database 60 hours of film on a 4Mb floppy Problem Solving Should you have a transfer problem email to lt post support aaton com gt either the AatonRoot of the complete film or the AatonRoot of the questionable file only move the file in selected and click HotLine in the build transfer list format pane Join a text indicating what s wrong then call the 33 4 7642 9550 hot line to get a quick answer if you are under valid maintenance contract File Merging Since Lightworks and Avid NLEs request one Video Tape ID per file only you should only merge and convert the transfer files related to the video tape du jour It still is possible to merge different Video Tape ID files Move the files to be merged into the selected window on the screen right by activating the right pointing arrow then clicking the desired
85. nge if a diode shows 255 it must be replaced a factory operation Send the report to lt post support aaton com gt Exit Exit This reloading warning appears when Keylink reads the same keycode values on two different positions of the film line defined by the biphase counter In 35mm only one perf discrepancy is enough to trigger this warning The possible causes could be the following the film has been unloaded or manually reframed by one perf or more the white dot measuring the biphase video phasing which shows in the video phase pie comes out of the green section of the pie Is your telecine on external sync it must be It could be a problem with the biphase generator of the telecine Do you have the latest version of the millenium metaspeed control software Problem Solving colorist Low code readings At under 40 reading rate activate matrix view to have a look at the head calibration parameters focus mechanical alignment LED brightness A low rate could also mean that the LED are worn out see LED Calib below LED calibration LEDs are fading with age if the reading rate is low whatever the head mechanical adjustments you can do Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual 2004May20 p 31 perform the LED calibration procedure remove the film out of the UCR head as indicated into the message pop up window and click on the LED Calib button found in the head calibration window Send the values
86. ngineer Settings 2 VideoMode HD SD configs The SetUp screen opens with Video C Tacho Keycode Auto Audio Sync AatonCode The Video TC Keycode and Audio TC characters show in the middle of the video image to help the operator tune the parameters by recording playback on a VIR showing video fields one after the other Beta SP or Digi Beta not a BVU nor a VHS HD first then SD Start the parameter settings using the HD channel if available then set the HD to SD delays Follow the setting order below Ist Telecine elecines don t share the same frame pulse logic nor signal levels select the right model 2nd Speed Rampup Overshot he capstan speed catch up of telecine controllers varies between large limits Most controllers up to speed delay is 2 jia seiaates qo pode F Teecre frm z Kapoor lay to 3 sec followed HTE LEER fo by a phase tuning PERSEE fan delay ma period of about S s z Suse delay u to p one sec Keylink e F tt 3 measures the film pE to video phase Pomes Na E at the end of Heed calibiason Open lt lt Prev Config Sm New gt o Fieid dominance Fred iz CAUNTSC C26 AD 75 S000 the phase tuning ae TE period which can gas ci 1 be as short as 20 r merue fu z EE frames or as high as 140 frames in NTSC with 3 2 pulldown compensation The shortest value i e 25 is given by the Astec controller in PAL A safe value is 75 for
87. nserted before powering the Keylink PC FireWire hard drives Mado porate can be un plugged while powered a but must be unmounted from the aici Pare desktop before unplugging cen asians Click the Instasync button on top irs que of the audio window select a title in the sound project box and click Import to get access to the audio files If you want to play a file with no timecode coming from a slate or camera e g copying MOS sounds to the video tape double click on the file name AatonCode instasync Aaton or ArriCode auto break transfers only InstaSync syncs the sound at the head of each take the play stick lands on the corresponding sound waves Clicking Continue makes the sound play with no interruption pass the tail of the take to the end of the audio file obviously it is wise to stop the telecine but not the recording VTR If the audio file TC date is not identical to the in camera TC date select time only instead of time date in the InstaSync preference box This is not x recommended when the audio disk carries twice the same timecode several shooting days since there is no longer a means to automatically select one or the other In this case the date should be corrected on the original files with InDaw Coatinec Ca oe ee ES z A Ala To speed up playback tests slide the horizontal scroll bar ALANMU Tesi adormite curt kiyik ee44 00 Test hchiees s n 44100 x Trad sl
88. of customer projects still in progress make a backup copy of the C Keylink folder since it will be totally erased Copy it on a removable drive D E etc you will reimport it at the end of the following operations 4 At some point during this installation you must have access to an internet connected PC to get a password from Venturcom http support vci com license licenseform asp B Setting the IRQs Insert the WINDOWS 2000 CD R into the CD R drive Reboot the computer by Start Shutdown Looking at the start screen be very reactive to swiftly press F2 to activate the Setup Utility Note if you are too slow to react the only solution is to reboot and try again Into the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility using lt gt arrows go to BOOT SEQUENCE using vertical arrow select ATAPI CDROM DRIVE and move it to the top with the key then go to ADVANCED using down arrow select PCI enter PCI IRQ 10 PCI IR 2 5 PCI IRQ 3 10 PCI IRQ 4 Auto then Esc Enter Yes Be very attentive and FAST to react on the message Press any key to boot from CD press SPACE BAR if you miss this message please switch off the PC and retry next time you will be quicker C WINDOWS 2000 installation SETUP WINDOWS 2000 Enter agree F8 Choose the hilited strip C FAT 2045 Enter Continue C Using the up arrow select Format the partition using NTFS file s
89. oller gt noise reducer chain Out l amp Out 2 3LineVITC Characters and VirtualSlate Out 2 can be programmed to let VITC only be inserted see VITC page 18 O HDK 292 keyer board optional 17 HD video Only use HDT V specified 75 Ohm cables In top BNC Out bottom BNC O SCSI 3 driver board optional 18 SCSI subD68 Connecting a Centronic equipped CD Rom burner be warned that most SCSI 3 to CENTRONIC cables are not up to specs if at start up the answerback is not Immediate order an Aaton 70 500 26 cable to insure the right load Do not connect a JAZ drive to this socket if an internal removable hard drive is installed Note most external drives do not come with a built in Scsi termination don t forget to plug one O SRC InstaSync player board optional 19 AES audio out subD 15 Use the subD 15 to two XLR 3 Aaton delivered Y pink cable to connect this output to a 4 track VIR Note the bottom subDI5 of this board audio LTC input of InDaw is not used by InstaSync 20 Analog audio Out Cinch These two outputs IOdB S N unspecified are to be used for monitoring only not for recording O Biphase Cables see pin out tables next page Cintel Ursa Gold Diamond SK4 subD 9 F For davVinci controllers use the bufferised BNC triax output Cintel Mark lll SK 24 McMurdoF A McMurdo to mini Din 7F converter Aaton 55 862 90 should be ordered with a standard LBI URSA cable bu
90. omputer start Shutdown OK Switch off the PC Switch on the PC Computer is rebooting Right after the very start and as soon as UMB shows shortly press F2 and release it for entering Setup Utility In the PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility go to Boot Sequence Bring the Hard Drive at the top with the key Exit Enter YES Windows 2000 is now installed D RTX 5 software installation Put the Keylink Service Upgrade Aaton CD R Make a mouse right click on the windows desktop and select Properties Settings colors 16 bits screen area 1024 x 768 Apply Explore the CD Keylink Service Upgrade by making a double click on the CD R icon in My Computer In the RTX folder click on RTX5 1 laRuntime exe Welcome Next Software license agreement Yes Venturcom RTX 5 1 setup Next Product registration please enter the PAC Number written on your sticker and your email address Next WARNING to the question Does this computer have a web access to the internet always answer NO since you can t install foreign boards or softwares on Keylink Manual registration Note the PAC four sets of characters and Machine ID 18 characters on a piece of paper and keep it with you while you go to a PC Mac where you get an internet connection to the Venturcom website http support vci com license licenseform asp Follow the webpage instruct
91. ppears stop the telecine go back to the head punch key Shiftt Tab to reset the in point On the fly transfer Preroll Record Run the TakePage opens a new event each time a Keycode break is detected You can Tab your own Gpis on the take flashed images Ctrl BkSp to delete These flying entries are merged with auto detected breaks if they Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 28 2004 May 20 are within 3 sec of each other the first entered makes the in point At the end of roll key exit to mark the out point In general to fine tune the last entered in point position stop the telecine shutle to the desired ipoint frame Shiftt Tab on the parked frame You also can later use the FileLogger bordermover Sc amp Tk amp Comments entries click into the commentwindow while the telecine is running if too short a take ends before you finish typing your comments will nevertheless be correctly applied since they are attached to the clicked take Note In the absence of a film audio timecode reference film digislate or auxiliary TC input Keylink fills the Audiol C field with the PC clock time Fogged keycode sections if a sudden absence of Keycode arises stop the telecine hit sp to uncatch and select keycode manu manually enter an edge number and validate If Keylink finds readable keycodes again t will beep to warn the operator to switch back to Auto and let the system create its own In points Keycode with
92. q pulse The frame pulse drives the NTSC and 24 1 PAL pull down Missing Frame Pulse shows on the operators screen if frame pulses are missing for more than 256 frames This warning can also appear if a wrong telecine type choice has been made Shared with some other telecine accessories this signal can be weak in this case install a Drive Amplifier Out of phase frame pulse appears if the signal phase is not right PY Le CY J C bed Lej e _ BOO 0 O O O ooo erty ee Siemens PC840 Ed iz i COM i r ey Enana bey KE APO pouse IOA 2N naa S A m OON a O OoN t oo 7 7 ie ibe ee ia o kad Keylink ip v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 p 4 O ADX 3 keyer board 12 Analog Video top subD 3 socket Connect the subD 3 to 3 BNC expander see pict In composite or component Y channel taken at the end of the telecine gt color controller gt noise reducer chain Out amp Out 2 3LineVITC Characters and VirtualSlate Out 2 can be programmed to let VITC only be inserted see VITC page 18 In component mode separate Y keying the ADX board delays the Y signal by 2Ons a 2Ons delay line should be inserted in each color diff channel SubD 3 to 3 BNC expander 13 42 2 SDI video optional bottom subD 3 socket Connect the subD 3 to 3 BNC expander only use 75 Ohm cables not 50 In 4 2 2 taken at the end of the telecine gt color contr
93. s section CINTEL C Reality 35 gt 16 A mm down Keycode is deck side UCR C head w RI carrier clamped to the left top roller Pass the cables through the deck remove the subD9 plate Contact Cintel to get a subD 15 socket equipped telecine cabinet CINTEL Rascal 35 gt 16 A Imm down like the C Reality Keycode is deck side UCR C head w U2 carrier see Ursa pict above CINTEL Millennium Millennium Light see Ursa 35 gt 16 A lmm down Keycode is deck side UCR C head w three position MI carrier clamped to the bottom roller holder The up position is used for 16 amp 35mm code reading the down position for 65mm Keycode reading The down 2 position leaves room for 7Omm film passage but is not meant to be used for code reading Keylink ip v9 7x User Manual 2004 May 20 p 8 THOMSON Spirit Shadow 35 gt 16 A 27mm up Keycode is deck side Pict UCR A head w U3 carrier on the Thomson delivered Aaton baseplate Do not forget to freeze the dampening mechanism see end of this chapter Note the middle position of the base plate for the Aaton head Pict 2 UCR A head w U3 E carrier on the Thomson delivered Aaton adapter attached to the B roller Do not forget to freeze the dampening mechanism see end of this chapter FDL 60 90 amp Quadra The 35 gt 16 centerline A is 27mm up Keycode is deck side UCR A head w U3 holder clamped to the Aaton ad
94. s spliced together to colorcorrect first and then transfer If the operator forgets to uncatch as he begins the actual transfer Keylink continues to count from the keycode caught at the end of the platter even though it is now reading new keycode numbers To avoid that mishappening a strong warning reminds the colorist to uncatch No catch it is possible to permanently turn off autocatch by F10 or a click on the Catch button The Sp key momentarily uncatches but doesn t permanently disable the autocatch mode as F10 does In slate auto manu breaks kc caught del Sp appears as soon as Keylink reads one keycode at sync speed During telecine and VTR pre rolls the system uses the tach pulses to generate frame accurate Keycode from the very beginning of the take even if the edit point is well ahead of the first readable Keycode of the roll Keylink uncatches at the end of the event and reactivates the function for the next take During a Slate Auto Manu Breaks transfer with no more Keycode reading you must uncatch with Sp before selecting Keycode Manu In AatonCode amp ArriFlS modes Caught Del sp appears as soon as one Keycode and one camera code are both read Note if there is no Keycode on the film select Keycode Manu to let the system catch on the camera codes Operator s tools InstaSync Since they are not hot plug Le there is a risk of interface destruction SCSI drives must be i
95. space 7 is used to show the latest active engineer configuration EASTMAN ECN 500 T 5296 00 59 56 08 23 59 56 05 AAAA 1087 10 00 59 39 14 KJ45 1308 5838 00 23 59 38 17 AAAA 1061 06 nmay f diyan ELT Config manager I The engineering configurations setting is the first thing to consider when installing a Keylink on a telecine This operation requires the knowledge of a telecine engineer it is very important since the accuracy of the burn in characters and databases relies on the correct and stable phasing between the telecine tacho one pulse per frame biphase and the house video signal which syncs the telecine This deserves a full chapter see Engineering Set up page 10 Once set by the telecine engineer these configurations are available to the colorist They don t have to be selected before entering a film project the right one can be selected when starting the transfer session and can be changed during the session itself 200 00 00 00 Project manager 2 Creation starting a new production the operator highlights an existing title carrying the template closest to the analog digital Characters and VITC lay outs requested by his client clicking New Project carries the former project template into the new one Only enter the customer ID and the new film title All the metadata latest configuration PassOne database PreLoader and FileLogger entries characters and VITC templates entered under a proje
96. t slate auto break and enter an arbitrary keycode manu for the catch function to let you open the slate window Park the chasing Nagra or DAT on the audio take start and read Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 30 2004 May 20 its Audio TC key in that Audio TC in the slate menu telecine on stop start the VTR then key alt enter the keyed time is incremented by the video TC itself The generated Audio TC drives the chasing Nagra in perfect sync with the video tape TC Since the telecine is not running there is no biphase hence no database recording Problem Solving engineer Frozen Keylink f the keylink PC has been inadvertantly connected to a non Aaton device through its external Com socket a bad IRQ deprogrammation can result it freezes up when entering or exiting the video transfer screen and must be reprogrammed While the PC boots press F2 to get access to the BIOS Select Advanced right arrow key Select PCI configuration up dwn arrow keys enter Go down to the IRQ settings and using the keys set PCI IRQ line to 10 PCI IRQ line 2 to 9 PCI IRQ line 3 to Auto Select PCI IRQ line 4 to Auto Select Esc then Exit with the right arrow key enter Do not connect an external device to COM2 unless it s an RS422 communication pull up converter Unseen external drives Some disk drives make the Automatic termination mode of the
97. t since either one or the other can only be stored on FIL amp Flex lists the operator has to make a choice when it comes to generate these transfer lists Audio TC 3f To get automatic Keycode breaks always select slate when transferring in Keycode only mode never AatonCode Audio TC generation relies upon many different sources and transfer modes CameraCode Auto Breaks the best choice for AatonCoded and ArriCoded films camera ID date amp audioTC directly come from the film matrixes there is nothing to do TC discontinuities generate events in the database and on the TakePage The breaks can be reframed by shiftt tab or a click on Move 61 while the telecine is shuttled back onto the desired event in point CameraCode Manu Breaks used to transfer AatonCoded films with manually triggered in points Note the time being entered by CameraCode it can t be modified but it can be shift corrected by an offset entry 44 which applies to the following takes until reverted to zero Slate Manu breaks transfer mode to enter in points to colorist s decision As soon as Keylink catches a valid Keycode the operator stops the telecine shuttles back to the digislate image enters the digislate time 18 or the default computer time for non synced films then tab or external GPI or click on Make 60 to set the In point Note the vidsync mode locks the ATR to the R VIR during wild sound transfers select
98. t Is a waste of storage space click No i Tape 10 qnagaaa COM usage in videomode transfer 7 Duid Dati Yes fio Keylink sends packets of information containing frame count keycode Aida time codes and flags to the telecine Thecus uom b s we dead Sorg TAG controller through the COM I SubD25 port on each new video keycode event telecine locks to video telecine goes out of sync telecine stops detection of a keycode break splice detection of a video time code break The event Itself is flagged into the message The protocol is compatible with daVinci TLC and Pandora Poggle for them to store the keycode into their transfer lists and database Important notice There s no more COM activation check box in the v9 xx softwares because COM is active all of the time In older ver sions depending on the mode Keylink was launched with data or video COMI was used either to send data to Spirit and C Rea lity or keycode to the TLC Some facilities were only using it for whoo Vasica 9 00 VIDTO MOOT Keplink Ang data purpose so the COMI cable was permanently connected to the Spirit But during a video Xfer the Spirit was getting infor mation made for the TLC and it was getting crazy Now Keylink using COM for TLC communication and COM2 for data there is no more conflict Just order a COM2 cable for your Spirit and C Reality Working parameters selection Once the correlation between th
99. t in relation to the frame line of the film image In 3Perf 35mm transfers the dot moves from 3 to 2 to to 3 to 2 etc In 4Perf 35mm the dot should remain in the same position 4 or 3 or 2 or for the duration of a take If it jumps there is a splice or the Thomson formerly BTS B roller is not in tts top or blocked position In 6mm the Keycode dot occupies one position only Video Biphase green monitors the telecine biphase to house video phasing dark green for HD light green for SDI CameraCode blue monitors the AatonCode matrix and the Arri barcode phase to the telecine tacho Operator s tools Reading Rate pies Keycode it should be from 90 to 100 Note that each un successful reading makes the dial jump by one step AatonCode due to the human readable time figures and Keycode interference the AatonCode rate reaches 80 max in 6mm and 95 in 35mm 100 matrix reading efficiency A 50 reading rate remains aceptable Code Surveyor Window The Code Surveyor window used during the initial UCR head alignment is also used to have a look at the AatonCode matrixe and Keycode bar reading during the transfer session bae Since opening this window 1 prevents Keylink to generate LTC E andVITC code surveyance should 5 i i be triggered to verify exposure GEM Ae ae t focus and lateral positioning of matrixes and codebars if and only if the reading rates drop to unacceptable levels see LED c
100. t it is wiser to replace the McMurdo by an Ursa Gold SK4 subD 9F see below Note the single biphase output of Cintel telecines is used by both color controllers and Keylink please make an Y cable with two SubD 9 F sockets out and use an LBI GOLD cable to the Keylink Under these two loads the biphase Physical Installation signal strenght must be verified e g in Markllls a 470 Ohm pull up resistor should replace the original 3k Cintel w MetaSpeed and Millennium The MS software version 98d amp up and ECN 95 00 with Phase Adapter 4 board must be installed to adjust the biphase phasing between the daVinci controller and the mag follower The frame count must change mid frame for best performance select bit one OFF and bit two ON With bit four set to ON Metaspeed becomes the counter Master Under this configuration Keylink must change frame count at mid frame like the daVinci the solution is to use the Mag I F SubD 9 connector on the SRCP 2 backplane of the Servo rack Note In the Metaspeed R menu the biphase frequency Z must be set to for 24Hz Note 2 the Slow Scan Scan Track range on the MetaSpeed must be set at 0 244 not at l which is too high and makes the white dot in the Keylink video phase green ring goes off limits Note 3 because of the MS requirement to adjust framing between 4 perf and 3 perf modes it is easy to change a value on the wrong page Since there is no way to stor
101. t time saver to deliver both an HD tape for rushes projection and an SD tape for the editor 100 accurate The Keylink telecine film code reader is the only contact free no dust generation while shuttling freshly processed negatives and 100 frame accurate code reader thanks to its permanent control over the physical transfer parameters brought to the colorist eyes Making all the difference between a 98 and a 100 accurate code reader Keylink virtually eliminates the time wasted in verifying and correcting unsure transfer databases On the fly sync Keylink syncs sounds by digislate standard slate Arri FIS or Aaton Code The InstaSync option makes audio transfers faster by syncing the sounds in less than two frames from the start of take thus eliminating the need for audio preroll Fps agnostic Keylink is to date the only system which identifies 24fps film images in PAL under the 24 1 pull down system It handles real time 23 98 fps shooting for NTSC and 24 fps film timecode on telecines running at 30 fps a 25 reduction in telecine transfer time Keylink simultaneously handles Keycode and Acmade and makes 3perf 35mm Keycode compatible with the 4perf standard lIt records Tags in the VANCs of the 080p 24 HDTV tapes and inserts Keycode into the 2K data stream Innovative processes Some other Aaton innovations offer colorists a unique working tool Autocatch generates accurate Keycode and Audio TC windows as of the ver
102. tabase only ale Aaton Log database only log Note if the preloaded events do not show in the central lakePage it means the keyed start mark footage is not absolutely identical to the preloaded one you must correct it Note2 to verify that the caught keycode is properly shifted to the in point set by the preloaded script logs click ViewLog Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual 2004May20 p 27 Transfer preparation To take advantage of Tutorials the reader should be well acquainted with the Learning by the Screens chapter Navigational keys are not mentioned to make these instructions less tedious to read Customer preferences To use the character and VITC setups of another film select the mother title then key in the new film ID and title To quickly locate a film title stored in the database key the first letters of the title Note At any time during transfe you can select another engineering configuration for example NI SC 4 for the first half of a roll then NTSC 30 because the cameraman changed the shooting speed during the following half roll Lab roll should be the ID printed on the film can Tape reel use to 9 A to F if you have to select Tape Reel in user bits but full alphanumerics if you are free to select Sorting Tags These entries can later be modified during the transfer session by clicking the 36 field Video TC select either VTR to use the recording VIR LTC as the TC re
103. tw Com oan Configuration deletion As a safeguard it is not possible to delete a configuration which is in use by at least one film title To delete an obsolete engineering configuration key in the software protection dongle found in the help screen Configuration selection It is the colorist decision to select among the engineer configurations the one which best fits the project This selection can be made within the main screen see conf button 3h page 7 during the transfer session Itself Video Engineer Settings Film loops To create configurations use the AatonCode Keycode films delivered by Aaton to make setting loops DONOT use the current AatonCode2 films delivered by your clients only use the AatonCode films offered by Aaton An A mark is engraved on AatonCode 00 frames and a K on Keycode 00 frames Super 16mm Human readable hh mm ss AatonCode is printed every second The second number is facing frame Ol the OO frame falls on the preceding matrix The Keycode 0O frame is opposite the keycode dot topping the small K 6mm Keycode 00 frame LereSi25 35mm 4Perf AatonCode hh mm ss figure is opposite frame Ol the Aaton Code 00 frame is the preceding one The Keycode 00 frame is opposite the Keycode dot To determine the dot position see next page 35mm 4Perf AatonCode 00 if eal Tee OST 35mm 4Perf Keycode 00 dot pos 2
104. used technical configuration etc Double click on the desktop K icon to run Keylink 2 Open Project Manager clicking its icon in the toolbar 3 Insert the Keylink v8 Aatonroot floppy into the A drive 4 Click Import The select a directory window opens available projects are displayed in red 5 Click on the FILES red folder available under A 6 Click OK the project appears in the project list 2 Keylink UCR ADX v8 MS DOS in a PC 830 to Keylink IP v9 Windows 2000 RTX5 in the same PC Save Keylink v8 DOS technical configs amp client project titles See Case instructions see above Follow Case 3 instructions see below Import Keylink v8 DOS tech configs and client projects See Case instructions above Keylink IP_ v9 7x User Manual p 34 2004 May 20 3 Keylink IP v9 Windows NT RTX 4 in PC 830 or 840 to Keylink IP v9 Windows 2000 RTX 5 in the same PC A Preliminaries First of all the boards MUST be reshuffled according to the PC model you are modifying the lay out is shown on page 4 of this manual If an HDK 292 HD board has been inserted before the Windows 2000 migration REMOVE it It will be re inserted later during RTX 5 installation 2 If Keylink runs with an USB purple key dongle REMOVE it before starting the PC If Keylink runs with a Printer Port blue key dongle LEAVE it on its socket 3 In case you have a lot
105. video frames out of 24 film images Keylink and Keylink only respects Keycode accuracy with both methods 24 25 PAL this mode clones the film images at 4 accelerated speed As the film remains numbered at 24fps Keylink generates an Audio IC which is also base 24 numbered but accelerated 4 by the telecine running at 25 fps The chasing audio player must accelerate accordingly This is simple for Nagras but the only DAT machine which remains in sync at this 4 accelerated speed is the Sony 7030 50 see playback acceleration over This problem no longer exists when syncing sounds from audio disks Pros frame for frame purity dailies with no motion artifacts straightforward list management Tutorials Cons pitch converter required to play natural sounds sound mixing is more difficult in a video environment 24 PAL25 to add a full image every second the telecine makes an extra field after film image 12 L and film image 24 X Keylink gets the frame pulse which identifies that weird field sequence Out of 24 film images A to VWV it tags 25 video frames Aloddt A2even BlotB2e Klotk2e LlotL2e L30 Mle M2o Nle V20t tWle W20 XIle X20 X3e where L30 and X3e are the duplicated fields To get 24 fields only for editing at real time speed Lightworks digitizes the even fields only A2e B2e L2e Mle W le X3e discarding the duplicated XIe That is exactly the logic used to digitize 24 images out o
106. y first image of the take Dynamic VirtualSlates show all the metadata attached to a take While displaying the Al to D3 pulldown for immediate quality control PassOne Pass Iwo saves hundred of supervised transfer hours Incoming signals and data Keycode 70 65mm 35mm amp Perf Vistavision 4Perf 3Perf upside down and reverse 2Perf Std 6 and Super 6 All sync speeds and wild speeds down to datamode at 2fps are handled AatonCode amp Il ArriFlS in camera TC from 35mm 16 amp Super 6 negative and positive films Telecine biphase amp Video TC reference signals used to generate 24 1080 24P HDTV 25 30ndf amp 30 df PAL Physical Installation amp NTSC video time codes Gpis from the telecine controller to enter In points and activate WindowSlates Scriptlogs acmade Sc Tk comment spread sheets entered prior to the transfer session Outgoing signals and data Characters sixteen windows in any position within the frame VirtualSlates recorded on the first image documents the take with no need for permanently burnt in characters VVindowSlates momentarily activated from the keyboard or GPI 2 3LineVitc VideoTC line l Keycode line2 Audio TC line3 VANCs Characters Reticules and Logos in the HD channel LTC Video LI C Audio 24 25 29 97df 30nd 24 gt 30 and 24 gt 25 converted ALE ATN Flex ODB transfer lists AatonRoot a database which permanently monitors the transfer session for the
107. ystem press F to format the drive Windows is now formating the C drive it will install Windows 2000 and reboot the computer Please leave the CD in the drive and wait VWWhen the message Press any key to boot from CD appears DO NOT PRESS any key WELCOME TO WINDOWS SETUP WIZARD WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONNEL SETUP Regional Settings Next Personalize your software Tutorials Name KEYLINK Organization AATON Next Product key please key the five windows in UPPER CASE Next this product key is available in the pack you received from Aaton Computer name and Administrator Password Computer name KEYLINK XxXX you should consult your network administrator this only is an example Administrator password paris LOWER CASE Confirm password paris Next Date and Time settings Next Networking settings the PC runs for two minutes Typical settings Next Wordgroup or Computer Domain you must answer No this computer is not on a network or is on a network without domain Next The computer installs the above and reboots itself Leave the CD in the drive and wait When the message Press any key to boot from CD appears DO NOT PRESS any key Network identification wizard User KEYLINK password keylink lower case confirm password keylink Next Finish OK Remove the Windows 2000 CD R and reboot your c

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