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1. MSP VTR front panel layout Menu button Soft buttons Cue Up Field selection Numerical keys Trim Delete Clear All Trim not used Eject VTR 1 select VTR 2 select 20 21 22 23 24 Or O T7 VTR 3 select VTR 4 select IN point OUT point Auto Edit Preview Rewind Reverse Play Record Pause Stop Play Fast Forward Search Dial User s Manual User s Manual lr aa Display As there is no panel print for the different functions parameter accessible from the buttons just above and below the display labels and not values are shown on the display The user can change the brightness of the display in 4 steps Menu Selection To enter the Menu Selection mode press the upper leftmost button The Menu button The top buttons now represents the available menus A lit button represents the current menu while the others are dimmed Pressing the leftmost button returns to the current menu no change Pressing another button will cause the panel to change the menu accordingly The panel will automatically go back to normal operation mode after ten seconds if no button has been pushed Switching between an old and the current menu can be done by keeping the Menu button depressed for a minimum amount of time Tape Transport VTR style In the User Preferences window VTR menu one can select VTR style transport controls standard VTR functions or TK style transport controls
2. Film 25 fps 7 Input Digital M X 10 Bit Dutput Digital x Output Channel Control 8 Digital Analog Mono IX OSD 8 Bit Black clip White clip Chroma clip RGB Limit Low l High Field rate Selects input field rate e g 50 60 Hz Dominance Select 1st or 2nd field dominance depending on the input This is mainly applicable to 50 Hz processing of film based original Origin Select if input is Film or Video originated Important for internal processing as e g ASC DIS Input Select input format Output Select output format Note that this also effects the delay through the system See Output delay in this section Genlock Internal reference Locks the Frame Store Synchroniser to the input signal External reference Locks the Frame Store Synchroniser to the signal fed to the Genlock input Also genlocks the composite PAL NTSC encoder if mounted in the DVNR1000 422 Internal Oscillator In DVNR1000 4x4 if oscillator is fitted on the FXI board No external signal is needed Limit Limits to legal RGB Can be set for low and or highlights If neither checkboxes ate set no RGB limitation will occur Note RGB limitation is only available with the CVP and in the AFC1000 fitted with the Colour Space Conversion option DVWin e 9 10 e DVWin Specific DVNR1000 HD input settings System Setup DYNR1000HD UU E f 53 94 Hz E BU UU E M Fim24fps Field 1 M A J ifooo
3. The red grid will show the luminance ranges where the boost or cut of aperture correction will be applied Coring CORING or edge detection A low setting will apply aperture correction on most edges while a high setting will restrict aperture correction to high intensity edges MSP SYS controls Main screen Push the menu button and then select AAC SETUP ADVANCED APERTURE CORRECTION FILTER TYPE AC AC COR ING Diag 3 it AAC Main controls in MSP SYS Setup screen To get to the Setup screen push the SE TUF button To get back to the Main screen push MA IM CLF ATR COLOR CHROMA BLACK KH I TE AREA LEWEL LEWEL Green AAC Setup controls in MSP SYS 92 e AAC Advanced Aperture Correction User s Manual 16 ZOOM About VZOM amp HZOM The VZOM option mainly addresses the needs for vertical conversion and positioning between film up to 2 35 1 and video 4 3 16 9 formats using an electronic film master e g D1 tape To change the aspect ratio in the digital video domain instead of making a new telecine transfer also provides a number of additional advantages Overall higher and more consistent picture quality as well as better control over aliasing line twitter The latter is especially important when going to letter box formats Normally the VZOM is used to compress an anamorphic picture but can also be used to convert 4 3 tape stock to 16 9 format e g for PAL Plus transmission
4. n Input settings DV NR1000 HD Input Format Sets the line format on the input Can also be detected automatically by selecting Auto Input Fieldrate Sets the input frequency Auto detection is a future option Colour Space Conv Future option Sync Source Auto N A External Ref Locks the Frame Store Synchroniser to the B amp B signal fed to the Genlock input Input Locks the Frame Store Synchroniser to the input signal Internal Locks to internal oscillator on the input board No external signal at all needed User s Manual User s Manual Specific DVNR1000 HD output settings System Setup DYNR1000HD 23 55 ne fe Zen ne E UE DES E Saos DSTA gisa SU OU ne UU f 53 94 Hz SEU UU E Output settings DV NR1000 HD Output Format Should always be set to Auto Changing format differently from input is a future option Fieldrate Should always be set to Auto Colour Space Conv Future option DVWin e 11 12 e DVWin System Setup Blanking Supervisor Project Video Standard Blanking Delay Vert Upper 25 E Vert Lower 25 FA Horizontal ja FA Preset Custom Vertical re blanking Vertical re blanking is a standard feature of the Digital Vision image processing system and independent Upper and Lower blanking is supported This is particularly useful e g after Colour Correction of wide screen formats or after Image Stabilisation Several preset formats are
5. TE v WTR1 WTR2 gt VITC VTR2 VTR3 gt v Auto VIR 3 VTR4 gt TEE Internal Reader gt Read UB Internal Reader Autoshot gt DUO 32 Timing setup Time code can be read from the 9 pin Sony interface from one of VTR machines or from the MSP1010s own internal LTC and VITC reader LTC VITC priority and auto selection can also be set for each source Normally most VTRs and the MSP internal reader prefer VITC when the tape moves below play speed When tape motion is in play speed or faster LTC is preferred Timing setup Timecode Trim fo Frames Timecode filters Playspeed glitch o Frames Still mode glitch o E Frames Autoshot filter 0 E Frames Timecode Trim If you have set the timing parameters in the Supervisor menu of the Setup window when installing the system then this is the only parameter you will need to change if the timecode source is offset Playspeed glitch If timecode interrupts occur in play speed because of bad soutce tapes the Playspeed glitch can be set to ignore a jump in the timecode for n frames Still mode glitch If timecode interrupts occur during still mode the Still mode glitch can be set to ignore a jump in the timecode for y frames Autoshot filter To prevent false scene shots filling up the decision list you can set the minimum interval that has to pass after an autoshot has created an event before it creates the next one Processing Decision
6. User s Manual Device DVNR1000 422 4x4 HD HiRes1440 DVNR500 HDNR1000 AFC1000 422 HiRes1440 Controller MSP1010 CC SYS VTR PC with DVWin Lite Date 28 February 2001 Software DVWin ver 4 4 By Digital Vision Part no DV TM002060 Head Office Digital Vision AB Upplagsvagen 1 SE 117 43 Stockholm Sweden Tel 46 0 8 546 182 00 Fax 46 0 8 546 182 09 e mail sales digitalvision se support digitalvision se Sales Office UK Digital Vision UK Ltd Suite A Gresham House 53 Clarendon Road Watford Hertfordshire WD17 1LA England Tel 44 1923 232 270 Fax 44 1923 232 520 e mail sales digitalvision co uk support digitalvision co uk Sales Office US Digital Vision US Inc 11835 West Olympic Blvd Suite 1275 Los Angeles CA 90064 USA Tel 1 310 914 5200 Fax 1 310 914 0011 e mail sales digitalvisionusa com support digitalvisionusa com Sales Office Canada Digital Vision Can Inc 275 Blythwood toad Toronto Ontario M4N 1A7 Canada Tel 1 416 932 1960 Fax 1 416 932 1408 e mail sales digitalvision on ca support digitalvision on ca Homepage www digitalvision se Copyright Digital Vision AB 1994 2001 e O Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft IBM PC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation User s Manual Contents 1 OVERVIEW count
7. Afterimage 35 Alert messages 19 Analyzer 70 79 Anamorphic 99 ANR 35 Anti Aliasing 96 100 ASC 9 ASC H 43 ASC II 49 A split 122 Assemble mode 121 127 Auto Edit 122 142 Autoselect Control Window 18 19 114 Autoshot 19 105 114 Autoshot Trim 16 18 Autotrack 58 B Backlight 21 131 Ball Acceleration 20 Baud rate 15 Blanking Horizontal 12 Lower 12 Upper 12 Blue screen mattes 35 BWF 31 BWF area isolation 32 Bypass 5 Bypass All 5 129 User s Manual C CD 85 CMX EDL format 109 colour desaturation 85 Comment 107 Communication Port 15 Comport Setup 15 16 17 Contrast 57 Coring 94 Coverage 57 CSP 63 75 CSR Area Isolation 57 CSR Autotrack 58 Cue Up 142 144 CVP 9 69 CVP Area Isolation 72 D Delete 106 Dimmed LED 20 DIS 9 25 95 Display intensity 20 Display Status 58 Dual Pins 26 Duration 121 DVWin Lite 3 73 82 Dynamic 107 E Edge detection 94 Edit counter 121 EDL file 122 EDL list 109 EE delay 126 EE mode 126 Eject 123 143 144 Emulsion damages 43 49 Extend 71 81 F Fallback 113 114 Field Correlator 29 32 Field dominance 9 27 39 Field rate 9 Index e 145 Film 9 restoration 28 Flush 39 Frame Store Synchroniser 9 10 Freeze 39 G Gain 64 76 Gamma 63 64 65 75 76 77 Genlock 9 10 11 Global 57 Global trim 16 GUI 18 H Help system 18 Hold List 106 H
8. Bypass BYP Filter Type NORM DIAG SOFT EXTRA Selects one of four possible filters Normal Normal Aperture Correction Diagonal More horizontal vertical than diagonal detail enhancement Soft Softens the picture Extra Stronger and larger steps than Normal AC Aperture Correction e 87 HAC HAC Amount of Horizontal Aperture Correction Range is 0 7 where 0 is bypass VAC VAC Amount of Vertical Aperture Correction Range is 0 7 where 0 is bypass MSP SYS controls Push the menu button and then select AC NORM SOFT DIAG EXTRA APERTURE CORRECTION AC controls in MSP SYS 88 e AC Aperture Correction User s Manual 15 AAC Advanced Aperture Correction About Advanced Aperture Correction User s Manual Detail processing for both film and video can be achieved by the AAC Advanced Aperture Corrector Typically it will be one of the last processes catried out in the digital video path post of noise reduction film dirt concealment various filtering and the critical non linear manipulation in the primary and secondary colour corrector Several features put the AAC apart from any other type of aperture correction available Firstly it can operate in either field or frame mode The latter case addresses film originated material where traditional field based correction is unsuitable In addition provision for independent lift or reduction softening of detail in high and lowlights is
9. Control functions as described below MSP CC e 131 132 e MSP CC O00 O00 Button Function with normal Function with extended push push 1 not used List Delete Event 2 CC Set def area CC Copy A to B Set default key area of the Copy ACP settings for ACP option channel A to channel B 3 List Copy 2 CC Copy B to A Copy the parameters two Copy ACP settings for events back and paste into channel B to channel A current 4 VTR Go Prev not used Go to previous event VTR Replay VTR Play 6 VTR Go Next VTR Stop Go to next event User s Manual 22 MSP SYS About the MSP SYS Control Panel Controls User s Manual The MSP SYS is the System Control Panel that connects to the MSP1010 and its Windows styled GUI It handles the editing capabilities of the MSP system as well as controlling Noise Reduction Scratch Concealment Image Stabilisation and other options except for Colour Correction It must always be used with the MSP1010 system programmer It can also be used in conjunction with the MSP CC and or MSP VTR Buttons Each button has a built in LED that shows the status A bright light indicates an active function while a dimmed light prompts the user for a decision The brightness of the two states can be set in 16 steps in the User Preferences window Knobs Each knob has a built in push button switch which is mostly used for clearing the parameter corresponding to the knob To clear
10. Controls To enable the DIS Readback capability open the DIS Control Menu and select Process Feedback 24 e DIS Image Stabilisation Image Stabilization x H Steadiness Steadiness al 2 f2 4 gt fiz Y Dual Pins I Visible Pins Reset Place Pins O aa Ver 0 438 lines Y Lock status Hor 103 ms M 1716 pixel bar DIS window Note that a control name within parenthesis represents the name on the MSP SYS e g Reset RESET Dual Pins DUAL Allows stabilisation with two references Pins including vertical interpolation of correction value This is particular useful for material with ununiform motion errors in top and bottom of the film frame or if the unsteadiness is large and a general improvement is to be achieved Visible Pins SHOW If pins are to be visible all the time and not only when placing them this control should be activated Reset RESET Loads the reference film frame and Pin s that the following film frames in a scene will be aligned to The button does an immediate Reset while the check box is read while creating events with Autoshot Place Pin s PLACE Click on this button to place the pin s H V Steadiness Sets steadiness adaptation for H V separately The higher value the longer the DIS will try to remain locked A high value 515 is the normal setting for stationary scenes In scenes with stationary and true global motion e g pan start
11. I Alert messages on panel Push delay 4 500 ms Intensity Display 4 gt DimmedLed 4 gt LitLed 4 Cancel Help These controls affect the operation of the control panels MSP SYS CC and VTR Alert messages on panel If you have an MSP SYS panel connected you can have the alert messages that are normally displayed in the lower left corner of the workspace appearing on the MSP SYS display Push delay Sets the minimum amount of time in order to active the delayed press and hold function of knobs and buttons This function mostly recalls a default value DVWin e 19 User s Manual 20 e DVWin Display intensity Sets the brightness intensity of the VFD displays Dimmed LED Sets the brightness intensity of the Button LEDs that are lit to show that they can be accessed Lit LED Sets the brightness intensity of the Button LEDs that are lit to show that the function is activated cc GUI Panel cc YTR Sounds Password Ball Acceleration 4 gt Ring cceleration 4 gt Knob Acceleration 4 gt Ordering 9 Bas A G_ R Black Gamma Gain E c Gain Gamma Black GB pu m Quicknotes mode I VG Clear Notes List Controls T Backlight Cancel Help Ball Acceleration Sets the sensitivity acceleration of the trackballs on the MSP CC Ring Acceleration Sets the sensitivity acceleration
12. It is possible to disable bypass vectors in this window View Analyzer N A View Key If selected displays the key of the Area Isolation option on your video monitor Multiplicative Luminance Adds or multiplies the selected value to the luma level User s Manual Additive Saturation Activate the Additive Saturation for colouring of areas with low saturation and where the resulting colour needs to be highly saturated Multiplicative to the left and Additive to the right incl slopes affecting a luma or chroma ramp Viper keying Area Click on the Area button at the top of the workspace or select ACPA from the MSP SYS panel to access the Viper Key Area controls User s Manual For the demanding jobs the Viper option provides a power boost with dual parallel primary and secondary colour correctors including advanced Viper keying between the two The Viper area isolation includes two basic key shapes rectangle or ellipse to choose from with full control of size aspect and rotation Channel A and B corresponds to the dual colour correctors where channel A works outside and channel B inside of the defined key area If the key area is disabled channel A is used ACPViper AGRA Position Shape S 800 HI x 67 E C Rectangle a 0 500 E y 87 H Elipse Slope Rotation ao T Area enabled 250 E hads E T View outline Copy from AGH Hide Display Clear Area First activate th
13. This is achieved with the VZOM expanding the image 25 in the vertical direction The HZOM option mainly addresses the needs for Pan amp Scan processing converting between film up to 2 35 1 and video 4 3 16 9 formats using an electronic film master e g D1 tape This is of particular interest in HiRes1440 because full 4 3 bandwidth can be maintained through the Pan amp Scan process even for 2 35 1 Cinemascope originated material The small 4 difference in PAL and NTSC active line can also be corrected fully in the digital domain by the HZOM process option In addition the VZOM together with the HZOM can be used to restore full active picture after DIS Digital Image Stabilisation To meet the exceptional high quality requirements Digital Vision has developed a range of proprietary conversion filters User s Manual ZOOM e 93 Controls 94 e ZOOM Horizontal amp Vertical ZOOM Ea Vertical Zoom Aspect 4 0 752 Position E el A po IX Frame Filtering Mode X Anti Aliasing Filter A Frame Reset Horizontal Zoom Aspect 4 1 000 Position 0 0 Preview Field interpolate Global Zoom Optical Format 16 9 y ZOM window Note that a control name within parenthesis represents the name on the MSP SYS e g Anti Aliasing Filter ALIAS Vertical Zoom Frame Filtering Mode In the Frame Filtering Mode all filtering of the VZOM option is
14. gt Format CMx3600 y Reel name 00 End of list 00 01 05 05 Include T Audio 1 T Audio 2 1 T Audio 3 Cancel Processing Decision List e 107 The EDL Export dialogue allows a number of different EDL formats CMX3600 CMX3400A CMX3400 CMX340 Grass Valley to be selected Note Since the PDL does not have out points the last out point in the EDL is by default set to 1 minute after the in point The out point can also be set in the End of list field Edit Menu Edit Ut BE apy tr Hs Haste ES Insert Ins Delete DE Global Adjust Ctrl G Bant Unda tr Global Trim Ctrl T Absorb All Trims Toggle recorded status Select All Ctrl 8 Select gt Recall event Ctrl A Undo recall event Ctrl E Set On Exit gt The standard keyboard technique of cut paste and copy in Windows has been applied to the decision list highlighted marked events or lt ctrl X gt from the keyboard copies the settings for the selected events to memory and deletes the event from the or lt ctrl C gt from the keyboard copies the settings for the selected events to memory for a paste later or lt ctrl V gt from the keyboard paste settings previously stored in memory during a copy or a cut ot lt Insert gt lt Ins gt from the keyboard inserts an event at the timecode specified by the pop up window Insert a new event at oo oo 23 20 Odd C
15. the VIR returns to playback mode Press and hold the button to go to 2x play speed Reverse Play If TK style transport control is selected in the VTR menu of the User Preferences window the Record button becomes reverse play If the button is held for a while the machine goes into 2x reverse play speed Pause Stop When the tape is moving pressing this button shortly puts the VTR in pause mode a picture is still there Keeping the button depressed stops the playback Function may vary between different types of VTRs If you have Noise Reduction in the system you can get a stable picture with full resolution during pause or stop if Use NR Freeze for stable still image is selected in the VIR menu of the User Preferences window Note If this feature is used remember that jog or shuttle will not deselect NR Freeze Any other tape transport function will Previous Event Rewind Press this button to go to the previous event Press and hold to rewind the tape Next Event Fast Forward Press this button to go to the next event Press and hold for Fast Forward Eject Keep this button depressed and after a few seconds the VTR will automatically eject the cassette Cue Up Cues up the machine to a specified timecode Just pressing the key will cue up the machine to the highlighted event You can also enter a timecode from the numeric keyboard see Entering TimeCode from Keyboard and press Cue Up Search Dial To
16. the knob has to be held down for a longer period of time determined by the user preferences It is actually when the user releases the knob that the clear takes place MSP SYS e 133 134 e MSP SYS oo a N O o gt 7 SVN NS VU a J W id it 1 Mh Ih Ne Ne SAIN AS A Va mM i NZ NV N xy JD vs An An An A MSP SYS front panel layout Display As there is no panel print for the different functions J parameter accessible from the knobs and buttons labels and values are shown on the display Activated functions will be shown as a box with the text inverted WHITE The user can change the brightness of the display in 4 steps in the User Preferences window Processing option Menu Selection To enter the Menu Selection mode press the upper leftmost button The Menu button The top buttons now represents the available menus A lit button represents the current menu while the others are dimmed Pressing the leftmost button again returns to the current menu no change Pressing another button will cause the panel to change the menu accordingly corresponding window will also open if the Autoselect Control Window in the User Preferences GUI tab has been selected User s Manual User s Manual Bypassed options are shown with inverted text The current menu is shown with a box around the text
17. 59 60 e CSR Vertical Scratch Removal User s Manual 10 CSP Colour Signal Processor About Primary Colour Correction User s Manual The internal signal processing of the Colour Signal Processor CSP is structured around four channels one luminance path and three chrominance paths Y RGB Each of these four paths is processed with the same bandwidth and use high quality upsampling in case of 4 2 2 signal type Further the internal processing uses higher number of bits as required to avoid truncation rounding off errors This is especially important for certain parameters like gamma correction in order to avoid any stepwise action of the curve The use of the Y R G B path allows luminance gain and black changes to be made without affecting or needing to re align colour balance Inversely grading colour in both the primary and secondary domain keeps the luminance level constant The CSP features user definable transfer functions and thresholds for black gamma and gain control which are useful when a perfect match in the primary colour correction stage is required CSP Colour Signal Processor e 61 Controls Primary Colour Correction Black 7 10m a Gamma 3 ca a a f o ES a oo E fro E TEE afro Fy Bypass Bypass Master Hue Ao o foo Master Sat Ci ac 0 Primary Colour Corrector window in expanded mode Note that a control name within paren the MSP CC e g Master Hue MASTER
18. CVP Colour Vector Processor e 71 MSP CC controls Main Processor screen Push the menu button and then select SEC CLF 1 MAG 3 YEL gt CYH EYF AML YZ 2 RED 4 GRH 6 MAG So SECONDARY CORRECTOR CMP I HUE SAT Secondary controls in MSP CC Setup Analyzer screen To get to the Setup Analyzer screen push the AML button To get back to the Main Processor screen push PROC The Setup menu shows the setup parameters for the selected highlighted channel Note that CENTRE WIDTH and SLOPE can be set for HUE SAT and LUM independently If HUE is highlighted then the CENTRE WIDTH and SLOPE controls are valid for HUE Same for SAT and LUM CLF KEY HUE LUFF BYP FRO SHO SF San SECONDARY COLOUR CORRECTOR SETUP CHANNEL CENTRE s SLOPE Ch 4 52 0 E Secondary setup analyzer controls in MSP CC 72 e CVP Colour Vector Processor User s Manual 12 ACP Viper About ACP Viper ACP is Digital Vision s third generation Colour Corrector aimed primarily for advanced tape to tape colour correction For the demanding jobs the Viper option provides a power boost with dual parallel primary and secondary colour correctors including advanced Viper keying between the two The Viper includes two basic key shapes to choose from with full control of position size aspect and rotation Primary Colour Corrector The internal signal processing of the primary colour corrector is structured around four channels one luminanc
19. Click on the ASC button at the top of the workspace or select ASC from the MSP SYS panel to access the ASC II controls Scratch Concealment Il Ed Main Area Filter type 6 Pixel Mix Filter type Copy Prev io M Global T Black tte I Edge T Use Key T View key Pece I Global C TF H Split F pli ASC IT window Set Origin in the set up window to the correct mode Video if the material is shot with a video camera Film xx fps if it is shot with a film camera or if input is directly from a Telecine Note The ASC II does not work as good if at all if these settings are not correct MDC The MDC Motion Detection Current determines whether to look at the previous and next field frame or the previous current and next field frame If set to On this mode ensures higher sensitivity and reduces artefacts down to a minimum For maximum filtering the control may be set to Off Motion MOTION Set 0 to start with This is NOT equal to no filtering It is equal to maximum motion sensitivity If you think there is not enough filtering in moving parts of the picture then increase Motion in steps Motion set to 7 no motion adaptation at all 48 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual Contrast CONTRST Set to around 8 or 9 Lower if you have very high contrast white spots on dark background or black spots on bright background Higher if the luminance difference between the spots and th
20. FM threshold noise A unique function giving users a very powerful tool is the keyer function In a separate window it is possible to set different processing parameters This function can be used to remove very big spots without affecting the rest of the picture or do a copy and paste for flash frames in real time In terms of film dirt concealment in real time the ASC II sets a new standard ASC Il Advanced Scratch Concealment e 41 Controls pas al Size Motion Contrast af J 4 rife Global Black Y White Edge Key Area Filter Size SmalM Motion Contrast 4 y ffo 4 y fo gt Global Black M White JS Edge Area Isolation Use Key View key Global C J H Split Split ASCII window Set Origin in the set up window to the correct mode Video if the material is shot with a video camera Film xx fps if it is shot with a film camera or if input is directly from a Telecine The film frame rate it was shot at has to be set too M Note The ASC II does not work as good if at all if these settings are not correct Motion MOTION Set 0 to start with This is NOT equal to no filtering It is equal to maximum motion sensitivity If you think there is not enough filtering in moving parts of the picture then increase Motion in steps Motion set to 15 no motion adaptation at all Contrast CONTRST Set to around 8 or 9 Lower i
21. If the same menu is accessed again its bypass function will toggle The menu selection will be shown until the Menu button is pressed again Trackball The trackball with the six corresponding buttons layout for both left and right handed persons is mainly used to navigate in the Windows environment The button closest to the middle and the button furthest away are compatible with the standard two button mouse Use your thumb to move the trackball Locking the cursor The button in between acts as a lock click and drag function Click on any button to release When in lock mode the movement of the trackball is slowed down and you can release the buttons o O O e O O Lock buttons Vertical lock If you want to grab the scrollbox of a vertical scrollbar and move it you have the option of doing a vertical lock which slows down the movement of the trackball and disables any attempt to move sideways To lock position the cursor over the scrollbox press one of the two pairs of trackball buttons simultaneously as shown below To release press any of the trackball buttons 0 0 O 0 O Vertical lock disable horizontal movements Horizontal lock Similar to the Vertical lock but on the other axis 0 o 0 O O Horizontal lock disable vertical movements MSP SYS e 135 Keyboard Reference The following list describes all operations that can be performed from the MSP SYS keyboard Key X me
22. LESS RGE CLIFT BLACK GAP LO GAP HI GAIN THRESH THRESH THRESH THRESH 166 6 8 8 166 6 E i Primary setup controls in MSP CC User s Manual CSP Colour Signal Processor e 65 66 e CSP Colour Signal Processor User s Manual 11 CVP Colour Vector Processor About the Colour Vector Processor The CVP is a generic secondary colour processor offering six functionally parallel channels with independent discrimination and processing in the Hue Saturation and Luminance domains Operation is considerably facilitated by an on screen cursor allowing the colourist to point at a desired colour to be manipulated whereby the discrimination centre point is automatically identified and set Controls Options Analyser Processor Hue Sat hum Hue 230 Esaf Empo E cfo E cies By cls E Cuekes adie I Muliplcalive w 366 E w 138 0 e wines E E Invert Key 5 Medium y S Medium Z S wide yl o o e e e Lad a gt Castas r vento User s Manual CVP Colour Vector Processor e 67 The CVP is divided into two parts The Analyzer and the Processor With the Analyzer you search for a colour to change and with the Processor you change it Note that a control name within parenthesis represents the name on the MSP CC e g Bypass BYP Analyzer ANLYZ The Analyzer is the part of the CVP that detects colours in the picture for the Processor to work with It has 6 independent
23. Mark Create Cancel Cut list Copy Paste Insert Insert Event Delete ot lt Delete gt lt Del gt from the keyboard deletes the highlighted event User s Manual 108 e Processing Decision List Global Adjust Adjust Values Events 5 O Range fromevent to event 2 Adjustment No Adjust i i C Set to value Add current value by 0 00 OTs E 0 0 of current value Default adjustment O None Set O Add a Set csp M Black Level Master M Brings up a window where the user can specify changes to parameters over a range of events or selected events in the Processing Decision list in 1 of 3 different ways 1 Set to value 2 Add to current value by 3 Set to percent of current value When a global adjust has been performed one level of undo exists You can enter new values directly into the boxes OR make the changes from the normal controls Only parameters in the Set listbox are currently supported In the latter case first click on the desired radiobutton under Default adjustment and secondly make the changes from control panels or processing option windows Click on OK to accept changes Undo Redo Undo the latest global adjust redo a previously undo Global Trim Trim Event Range Trim event range From event fi To event 23 By 00 00 00 06 Lets the user trim the event timecodes over a spe
24. Master Saturation Increases or decreases the chrominance level The possible gain is in the range 100 100 Clear all Clears all parameters found in the Primary Colour Correction window when activated Master amp RGB Thresholds May be accessed when the More button is depressed Primary Colour Correction Channel A X Channel Select Channel Bypass Channel 4 Channel B l BypassCh A Bypass Ch B __Clearan__ All tes Black Gamma e afoz E n fos E afoo E afs E afus E apo E spao E Ta 8 mfisos E mfosss E mps E Cea Bypass T Bypass Crear T Bypass VAWAVAEZ VA m foo E pep foo EJ mu 757 E rep ficoo Ej om foo fey pop foo E I Lit Lit me s3 E napo E MasterHue 4 gt 00 gt Mastersa 4 joo VideoGain prffiooo x Primary Colour Corrector window in expanded mode with Master RGB Thresholds With the threshold controls it is possible to set from which point in the grey scale up to white Gain should work or from which point in the grey scale down to black the Black control should work as shown below Gamma has two thresholds The thresholds can be set directly in the diagram by left clicking Right click to set Gamma upper threshold Master amp RGB Lift Normally Black is a linear function between black and white where white is untouched by the Black control However selecting Master Lift the Black control adds the change indepen
25. Scratch Concealment e 43 Spatial All filters named Spat Spatial are filters working only within current frame or field if video mode i e it has taps only in current frame They are for very small spots Mix All filters named Mix have taps in both current frame and the frame previous to and following current frame Le it has both spatial and temporal taps All these filters however have more taps in current frame than in the previous and following together more spatial taps than temporal These filters are for normal spots Temporal Filters called Temp Temporal at the end have both spatial and temporal taps but more temporal than spatial This will enable the ASC II to remove any size of spots These filters may need more care to not give unwanted artefacts Copy Filters Copy Next and Copy Prev should be used for 1 frame in combination With the Keyer and Global mode to replace a big chunk of dirt a big hole or a flash frame with information from next or previous frame This can only be done with the MSP1010 controller CAN OER 44 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual Keyer You have two different channels to set parameters in They are called Main Area and Key Area Use the key area for very special problems like very big single spots or flash frames at film cuts Key Area Fiter Size r Motion Contrast l Global Black IV White Edge
26. appearance and functions of the Windows interface Auto select control Window from panel When you select a new option menu on the MSP SYS or MSP CC panel corresponding window will pop up if this check box is ticked Auto select ACP channel using cursor When the ACP Advanced Colour Processor is installed and using the Viper key area it is possible to auto select the channel in DVWin and in the MSP CC panel by moving the global cursor which is activated by right clicking on the DVWin desktop in the picture Turn scene detector off when stop If selected autoshot is automatically turned off as soon as the VTR is not in normal play speed Can also be accessed under the Options menu in the Processing Decision List window User s Manual Large list font If higher resolution is used on a small VGA monitor the font in the list can be enlarged for improved readability Can also be accessed under the Options menu in the Processing Decision List window 00 00 00 08 0002 00 00 03 02 0003 00 00 05 06 00 0 Normal List font Event 0001 00 00 00 08 00 0 00 00 03 02 00 0 0003 00 00 05 06 00 0 Large List font Keep active list event centred If activated the event matching the position of the tape source will be centred in the Processing Decision List window Can also be accessed under the Options menu in the Processing Decision List window Panel GUI Panel cc VIR Sounds Password
27. content as follows Hue Changes the chroma phase for the selected channel Range is 180 to 180 degrees Sat Amplifies or attenuates the chrominance of the selected channel Lum Amplifies or attenuates the luminance for the selected channel Clear This Clears both Analyzer and Processor settings for the selected vector Clear all Clears Processor settings Hue Saturation and Luminance for all vectors and sets default values for the Analyzer ACP Viper e 79 80 e ACP Viper Options Menu Bypass Select Ch B Alt 2 Copy settings A to B Copy settings B to A Swap settings and B Hide Displays Enable Channels View Analyser gt View Key Follow Analyzer Ctrl F Follow Processor Ctrl P Show Template Ctrl T Multiplicative Luminance Additive Saturation Bypass When enabled the Secondary is put into electronic bypass Copy settings A to B Copies Secondary channel A settings to channel B Copy settings B to A Copies Secondary channel B settings to channel A Swap settings Swaps Secondaty channel settings between channel A and channel B Hide Show Colour Displays When Hide is selected the colour displays disappear If you ate running DVWin Lite in 640x480 the Secondary window should always be in this mode Show will bring back the colour displays Not applicable if you ate running DVWin Lite in 640x480 Enable vectors Enable Vectors Channel A Rik2k3k4h5 KE
28. detected scratch This removes some of the ringing which normally appears on the sides of a high contrast scratch The slope also gives a good result when using global filtering and area isolation Display Status Click on Display Status At bottom or At top in the CSR window A status display bar appears in the picture as shown below Area Key Status Bar lt Scratch Length Filter Activated The Status Bar 56 e CSR Vertical Scratch Removal User s Manual The Status Bar helps you to optimise the CSR settings It contains three fields e The Area Key top field shows the selected area key e The Scratch Length middle field displays the scratch length using a grey scale The field shows the effect of the following controls Black White Contrast Filter Size and Wobble e The Filter bottom field indicates where the median filter is activated In non Global mode this field shows the effect of the Coverage and Slope controls In Global mode it shows the effect of the Level and Slope controls M Note If the lower field of the status bar shows no activity the CSR is not being triggered by any scratches within the key area Split SPLIT Demonstration mode where the upper half of the picture is processed while the lower part is left unprocessed for comparisons CSR Control Menu Bypass BYP When enabled the CSR is put into electronic bypass MSP SYS controls Push the menu button and then select CSF GL
29. does not support Timecode control you can continue reading the next chapter Controls Processing Decision List DAWNS23 D L File Edit Search Timecode Options TC Reader VTR1 E foro i HOUR MINUTE SECOND FRAME II Scene T Dynamic 7 Autoshot Mark Hold Film 25 fps y FieldDomin Auto Y Phase Auto 7 M Detect 9 2 Update on exit Event Timecode Trim Dynamic DIS ALS BWF CSA ASC ANR ZOM AAC CSP CYP CD Comment Colourbar EA APA Black 0003 01 00 00 00_ 00 0 a S S f Programstart x x 01 00 00 20 0 20 Fade in 01 00 08 15 01 00 12 19 0007 01 00 20 03 00 0 0009 01 00 24 17 00 0 X 0010 01 00 30 23 00 0 X 0 X Bai cio Large dirt copy prev 0011 01 00 38 12 YA 0012 01 00 42 00 0013 01 00 42 20 x 0014 01 00 45 00 00 0 Fade to black P gt gt gt gt gt Peer E Processing Decision List window The Time Code Reader display shows the current timecode of VTR1 4 or from the internal reader The text VITC and LTC will be highlighted when corresponding timecode source is available In 60Hz mode DF drop frame or NDF non drop frame will be highlighted to indicate drop frame or non drop frame User s Manual Processing Decision List e 101 BAe 102 e Processing Decision List The event that is associated with the current timecode will have a yellow
30. e Processing Decision List General The operator plays the source VTR and monitors the picture on the video monitor If colour correction is to be performed a list consisting of all scene changes cuts has probably been made using one of the two methods described in the previous sections If only noise reduction scratch dirt removal and or other image enhancement processing ate used a pre generated list is not necessary The operator will only mark events where the processing needs to be optimised User s Manual Neither does the operator have to pre build the list for colour correction Autoshot can be enabled at all times as it only generates events when the tape is running That way the operator can run the VTR stop after a scene change apply grading and play further until the next scene change The only drawback is the ability to move quickly from scene to scene only spending the necessary time to make the colour correction A list with all scene changes marked is then necessary to be able to cue up between scenes Programming events The easiest way to update the decision list is to use Set On Exit as no confirmation is needed for changes The changes are stored when the VTR is played into next or previous event To avoid an update of the event a Recall event must be done before entering the next event A good example where recall event is often used is in dialogue scenes where the picture alternates between two cam
31. events programmed and loads the current process parameters into that event If more than one event is selected no parameters is loaded and the events is only made programmed with the parameters at respective event Makes current active event or currently selected events non programmed Toggles the list bypass on off Toggles autoshot on off Marks an creates a non programmed event at current timecode Marks an event at timecode Brings up the decision list window and makes the list focused Brings up the decision list window and moves the cursor to event User s Manual User s Manual Key Function Sel List Prev Sel List Next Sel Event Sel Event Prev Sel Event Next Sel Event Esc Sel Event Del Sel Event Enter Mark amp Set Mark amp Set Enter Brings up the decision list window and moves the cursor one event up Brings up the decision list window and moves the cursor one event down Toggle selection status for event Toggles selection status for the event at the cursor and moves the cursor on event up Toggles selection status for the event at the cursor and moves the cursor on event down Removes the selection status for all selected events Deletes all selected events Toggles the selection status for the event at the cursor Creates a programmed event at the current timecode and stores the current process parameters in that event Creates a program
32. in 50Hz 25fps or 60Hz 30fps film originated material In 60Hz 24fps film originated material the field in the 3 2 pull down sequence is displayed as A1 A2 B1 B2 B3 Film Video A film frame indicates film originated material while the diagonal stripes indicate video originated material A film frame with a diagonal cut tells you that that the 3 2 is discontinued Recorded status new feature to keep track of transferred events If an event has been transferred an icon representing a record button will be displayed If an event has been modified after transferring a red cross will be shown instead Also see Transfer menu further on Dynamic Indicates by its length displayed in seconds and frames that a dynamic transition has been programmed starting from the preceding event Options The letter X means that there has been a change in corresponding processing options while B indicates bypass Comment Shows the text entered after clicking on the Comment button Events can be found in the Search menu by their comments User s Manual User s Manual Clear Clears the parameters stored in the selected event so that it becomes inactive Scene This control is used to indicate a new scene cut at an event When the autoshot detector creates a new event it is automatically marked with the Scene symbol a pair of scissors Use this control to mark events placed on a cut scene change which were not created by
33. indoor outdoor and night takes After the list has been built the operator can chose to make all events between the modified events programmed by using the Select All command in the Edit menu and clicking the Set button The list will now consist of programmed events that ate roughly graded a good starting point for fine tuning in the second pass Building a list using an Edit Decision List e Select Import in the File menu e Select the EDL file and hit enter If another extension is used than EDL type in the File Name edit box A list of non programmed events will be generated The events will be located at the recorder IN points where straight cuts including video have been made At the operator s preference the settings from the first event and onwatd can be changed Each change parameter set up that is stored will be the one used in the next event as well If each event shall have the same starting point e g zero settings in the colour correction then e Goto the first event in the list set up the control parameters and colour grading you want the rest of the list to use Store these settings in the first event e Select all events by choosing Select All in the Edit menu e Click on the Set button All events will be programmed with the same parameters as the first event Now all events have the same basic settings and the operator can start grading Working with the Processing Decision List 114
34. is achieved by performing the following steps 1 Set the Master Gain threshold to 0 2 Tick the checkbox Chroma Gain 3 Use the Master Gain control to adjust the Video Gain When done deactivate the Chroma Gain CSP Control Menu Bypass BYP When enabled the Primary Colour Corrector is put into electronic bypass Large window When activated the expanded version of the CSP window appears Not applicable if you are running DVWin Lite in 640x480 Small window Primary Colour Correction Ea C Black Gamma Gain ajos E apo E eo E 2 E Master Hue fd om Master Saturation Y foo More Clear All 7 Small Primary Colour Corrector window When activated the CSP window shrinks so that you can fit other windows at the same time on the screen If you are running DVWin Lite in 640x480 the CSP window will always be in this mode 64 e CSP Colour Signal Processor User s Manual MSP CC controls Main screen Push the menu button and then select FFI CLF B BLE B GIN MORE E GAM PRIMARY COLOUR CORRECTOR CSP MASTER MASTER HUE SAT 0 5 0 5 Primary controls in MSP CC Setup screen To get to the setup screen push the MORE button To get back to the main screen push LESS Same controls as available on the monitor when clicking on the More button in DVWin Thresholds are separated for Master and RGB The selected one is highlighted CLR MASTER M LIFT
35. more like the controls to be found on a telecine controller Play Press this button to start playback If you press the Play button during recording or a manual edit the VIR returns to playback mode Record Press this button to start recording Pause Stop When the tape is moving pressing this button shortly puts the VTR in pause mode a picture is still there Keeping the button depressed stops the playback Functions may vary between different types of VTRs If you have Noise Reduction in the system a stable picture with full resolution can be achieved during pause or stop if Use NR Freeze for stable still image is selected in the VIR menu of the User Preferences window Note If this feature is used remember that jog or shuttle will not deselect NR Freeze Any other tape transport function will Rewind Press this button to rewind the tape Fast Forward Press this button to run the tape fast forward Eject Keep this button depressed and after a few seconds the VIR will automatically eject the cassette MSP VTR e 141 142 e MSP VTR a B Cue Up Cues up the machine to a specified timecode Just pressing the key will cue up the machine to the highlighted event You can also enter a timecode from the numeric keyboard see Entering TimeCode from Keyboard and press Cue Up Tape Transport TK style Play Press this button to start playback If you press the Play button during recording or a manual edit
36. of the DVNR and can be used for alignment and troubleshooting e g Colour Bars Aligning DAC board Ramp Checking for bit errors Pattern Selects one of the internal test patterns test button will show the selected pattern Monochrome Sets video to black white colour difference signals set to 128 8 bit notation Insert Inserts 64 lines of the selected test pattern on top of the input picture Bypass All Sets all processing options to electronic bypass when clicked on This is useful when you discoverer that something is wrong in the video chain and want to determine where it is Same function can be achieved by double clicking on the background Test Control Menu Enable Enables the previous selected test pattern Disable Disables the selected test pattern Miscellaneous controls e 127 Notes 128 e Miscellaneous controls 07 System Preset 7 08 System Preset 8 09 System Preset 9 13 Undefined Apply note to TEST X ANR AAC DIS 7 CSP CSR CYP Ix ASC l cb Notes window Each user has a personal set of notes with the exception of the first ten notes These are system settings and can only be changed by the supervisor Additional note files can be stored and recalled The notes are used for temporary storage of processing parameters similar to Presets When defining or redefining notes the user has the option to name rename them A note can be defined as e g a
37. of the rings surrounding the trackballs on the MSP CC Knob Acceleration Sets the sensitivity acceleration of the knobs on the MSP CC and MSP SYS Ordering Normally from left to right the trackballs of the MSP CC are Black Gamma Gain But you can also set it to Gain Gamma Black MK Ill mode It is possible to change the layout out the RGB trackball to match the one of a Rank MK III joystick A G_R O G B Normal MK II User s Manual User s Manual Quicknotes mode The six Quick note buttons on the centre of the MSP CC panels can be configured for use as normal quick notes or quick notes combined with list controls More information is available in the MSP CC section V G Clear Some MSP systems may have Video Gain on the MSP CC Master Gain ring If so tick this checkbox to get the Master Gain clear button to act as Video Gain Clear Backlight Switches the RGB backlight of the MSP CC trackballs on or off VTR GUI Panel cc YTR Sounds Password m Jog Acceleration Clow Medium High Shuttle Acceleration Clow Medium High YTR Style transport control TK Style transport control Stop issues Stil Stop Stop X issues e Stop Standby off TF Use NR Freeze for stable still image I Disable Jog control in normal play Cancel Hep Jog Acceleration Sets the sensitivity of the VTR search dial when in Jog mode Shuttle Acceleration Sets t
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39. possible as well as selection of actual detail size by adjustable frequency sweep Details may also be selected on basis of colour hue where the user selects a chrominance range to be corrected This unique function offers the possibility to correct such visibly sensitive areas like human skin but also to process mattes for better keying results AAC Advanced Aperture Correction e 89 Controls Filter type Fr Cutoff MHz C Field mode sf _f fas Frame mode HAC VAC af JA J JA Colour adaption Off Boost C Cut r Luma adaption li iit _ fa J JA Cut Boost Cut Boost i J Clear All Advanced Aperture Correction AAC window Advanced Aperture Corre EG Hac 2 vac 2 Coring 3 FLD C FRM Cutoff Red iieocece ec CC 2 2 AAC small window Note that a control name within parenthesis represents the name on the MSP SYS e g Bypass BYP Field Frame mode In the Frame mode all filtering in the AAC is done with the help of picture information from a frame consisting of two consecutive fields In Field mode picture information from one field only is used Filter Type FILTER TYPE Selects one of the following filters Normal Normal Aperture Correction Diagonal More horizontal vertical than diagonal detail enhancement preferred setting Soft Softens the picture 90 e AAC Advanced Aperture Correction User s Manual User s Manual Extra St
40. rea Isolation IV Use Key T View key Global C H Split Split Turn on key area To use the Key Area tick the box Use Key KEY located in the Area Isolation part of the window Define area Define the area by clicking on Place PLACE First place your upper left corner of your box by moving the mouse to the desired position then click left button and hold Then move the lower right corner and release the mouse button Set parameters Set all parameters SET_K for the key area to desired settings Special controls Edge Sometimes when you have material with fine structures e g houses from a distance or a forest and there is a slight weave present you may see unwanted artefacts from ASC II If you the tick the box Edge the built in edge detector will affect were ASC II filters It will reduce filtering were it finds edges Global C If you want more filtering in chroma than you have with selected settings and don t want to change filtering for luminance you can set Global C by ticking the box Global filtering will be applied for chroma all pixels will have their chroma filtered but WITH motion adaptation and if selected edge detection still working It is not the same as selecting Global This control affects both Main Area and Key Area Global GLOB If you want to turn the adaptation off completely tick the box Global You can then set the amount of filterin
41. rubber picture distortion etc e Preferably always use two pins in upper and lower part of the picture to level out unsteadiness within a picture 26 e DIS Image Stabilisation User s Manual 4 ALS Anti Aliasing About the Anti Aliasing The ALS is an indispensable tool when there is need to improve negative side effects from out of band vertical frequencies showing up as undesired line flicker or twitter Treats scenes with venetian blinds or car grills appearing in their best light as sharp as the line structure in the interlaced television system will allow With two filters and fine user controls in 256 steps the ALS will handle both field video and frame film based source material in an optimum way In addition ALS features a special field correlator mode enabling film look on video originated material Controls Anti Alias Ea Filter Type O Field mode Sharp zi Frame mode Cutoff amm ej 70 0 x Filter Type Sharp Sharp cut off Recommended setting V Sharp Very Sharp cut off FieldCorr You can say that the Field Correlator removes a field and recreates it by interpolating the remaining field Le simulating film look It has little effect on film based material but dramatically reduces the resolution on video based material containing motion Suitable for MPEG1 compression and when using a high compression ratio User s Manual ALS Anti Aliasing e 27 Cutoff
42. support the normal jog and shuttle operation of a VTR or another machine there is a Sony style Search dial mounted in the panel Push the dial to toggle between jog and shuttle mode User s Manual User s Manual One of three acceleration levels can be set separately for Jog and Shuttle in the VIR menu of the User Preferences window Entering Timecode from MSP VTR Keyboard Once you have started typing the timecode on the numerical part of the keyboard the display of the MSP SYS and MSP VTR will change as shown below Enter number a ered MSP VTR display Once a valid timecode has been written the buttons that can perform an operation e g create in point cue up incorporating this timecode will light up Enter mumki Enter number BE Gilesis ile Ba Bblisldidox 1st field selected 2nd field selected The key with the asterisks toggles field 1 2 and will be displayed to the left of frames on the MSP VTR display An asterisk means field 2 Trimming Timecode from MSP VTR Keyboard Once timecode has been entered in the In Out boxes it can be trimmed by keeping the in or the out key depressed while pressing either the key for decrement or the key for increment of timecode in steps of 1 frame MSP VTR e 143 144 e MSP VTR User s Manual Index 1 1D LP filter 38 2 2D LP filter 38 2D spatial filter 35 A AAC 91 ACP 75 Additive Saturation 73 83 AFC 99 AFC1000 1 9
43. the VTR panel pressed while pressing Enter 8 Recorder OUT display Shows the current Recorder OUT point The box also allows entry of OUT point from keyboard To pre set the OUT point with the current time code keep the OUT key on the VTR panel pressed while pressing Enter User s Manual VTR Editing e 119 o N oak wW PY 120 e VTR Editing 9 A split Sets the Audio IN point relative to the Recorder IN point The Audio OUT point is always the same as the video OUT point because in a EDL file there is no entry for audio out even though modern VTRs support audio IN OUT points independent of video IN OUT points In A B Edits Not supported by the VTR Control A Split sets the wipe transition dissolve duration The VTR must support audio split through the Sony protocol 10 Preview Lets you view the edit on the recorder monitor without actually recording the edit on tape 11 Auto Edit Use this button to start automatic editing Tape Transport Controls Player Control 11 12 13 gt s eee Control 7 14 up AC R Inh Stdby Servo iaa e Mm Servo 15 Mamo of ee 18 20 The Tape Transport controls for the Recorder are identical to the Player Tape Transport controls Please refer to no 1 10 1 Search dial and direction indicators Click and hold the search dial on MSP SYS use the middle lock button then move left right to change playback speed and direction The direc
44. the autoshot detector The function Select Cut Events may be used later Dominance Sets Field Dominance Film Video mode Film Video mode is normally selected in the Setup window under the Video Standard tab when you start the project However if you have a sequence in the material that is of a different origin select the events in that sequence and with this control set the new origin Phase In 60Hz when origin is set to film 24fps this control shows the field ID in 3 2 pull down sequence at the current time code When processing 24fps film originated material with discontinuous 3 2 pull down sequence due to video editing the internal 3 2 detector in the DVNR will require between 5 and 10 fields to lock to the new sequence During that time frame based image processing will not operate correctly By creating an event at the cut where the 3 2 sequence changes the operator can select the new 3 2 phase at the cut using the drop down list That new phase will be valid until the internal 3 2 detector has locked More information about automatic handling of discontinuous 3 2 pull down sequences can be found in the section that describes the Detect 3 2 function Autoshot Mark Autoshot Activates the Scene Change Detector in the DVNR You can use it in two ways 1 Autoshot Mark Builds a list consisting of marked events events without any programmed parameters This mode is enabled by selecting the menu item Timecode gt Au
45. will automatically be set Cursor on video monitor when Set Centre is selected Extend By clicking on adjacent areas to the hit area the width will be enlarged and will include these colours in the hit area as well Processor PROC The Processor is the part of CVP that performs the changes of the picture content as follows Hue HUE Changes the chroma phase for the selected channel Range is 180 to 180 degrees Sat SAT Amplifies or attenuates the chrominance of the selected channel Lum LUM Amplifies or attenuates the luminance for the selected channel CVP Colour Vector Processor e 69 Clear This lt channel selection button gt Clears both Analyzer and Processor settings for the selected channel Clear all CLR Clears Processor settings Hue Saturation and Luminance for all channels and sets default values for the Analyzer Area lsolation optional Using the Area Isolation you can isolate an object in the picture to be affected by the secondary colour correction There is one mask in the shape of a rectangle available You can activate Colour Key control and invert Invert Key for each channel individually Click on Define Area to isolate the object in question Click left mouse button when ready CVP Options Menu Bypass Select CYP 2 Alt 2 Hide Colour Displays Enable Channels View Analyser gt View Key Follow Analyzer Ctrl F
46. window 5 Soft 89 Sony EDL format 109 Spatial filtering 25 Split 39 48 54 59 Standby 123 Status Bar 59 User s Manual Steadiness 26 Subcarrier 39 Supervisor 4 130 System Configuration 14 System delay 16 System manager 4 System Sounds 22 system type 14 T Timecode trimming 145 TK Style Transport Control 21 Trackball Ordering 20 trackballs 131 137 Trim 107 TSO 126 U User window 6 User s Manual V Varispeed 27 Video 9 View Analyzer 73 82 Viper 75 76 83 Visible Pins 26 VITC 103 113 VTR 105 113 VTR setup window 124 VTR Style Transport Control 21 VTR type 120 VZOM 95 W Wobble 57 Workspace 4 Index e 147
47. zoom out you can activate the preview mode left picture to see exactly which parts of the picture dimmed which will be omitted in the final output right picture The preview mode can be enabled independently of the list and dynamics AFC Anamorphic Format Conversion e 99 Global Zoom optional Changes horizontal and vertical aspect ratio compression expansion simultaneously Optical Formats User defined settings presets of e Vertical Aspect e Vertical Position e Horizontal Aspect e Horizontal Position Optical formats can be defined named or deleted in the AFC Control menu Colour Space Conversion Conversion Currently converts from EBU to SMPTE or from SMPTE to EBU phosphor Off means no conversion AFC Control Menu Move Close Alt F4 Save Current Format Delete Seleted Format Save Current Format To define and name an optical format first set the Vertical and Horizontal Aspect and Position Controls then go to Save Current Format in the AFC Control menu You will be asked to enter in a name that will appear in the Optical Format list Delete Selected Format If you want to delete an optical format first select it from the Optical Format list and then in the AFC Control menu go to Delete Selected Format 100 e AFC Anamorphic Format Conversion User s Manual 18 Processing Decision List About the Processing Decision List DVWin Lite As the DVWin Lite program for the PC
48. 2 by 6f283 E G 0 742 E Bj 728 E 8 1174 E wee m 1 283 E mjs E y L Clear Jr Bypass Chroma Gain UL m 100 0 E pep 769 E mu i000 E Reefs EJ mfoo E Reef E M Lift I Lift m foo E Refi E Master Hue oo Master Sat De EE gt 1 Primary Colour Corrector window in expanded mode with Master RGB Thresholds Bypass With the threshold controls it is possible to set from which point in the grey scale up to white Gain should work or from which point in the grey scale down to black the Black control should work as shown below Gamma has two thresholds The thresholds can be set directly in the diagram by left clicking For Gamma upper threshold right click Master amp RGB Lift M LIFT amp C LIFT Normally Black is a linear function between black and white where white is untouched by the Black control However selecting Master Lift the Black control adds the change independent of original luma level Similar operation for RGB The effect of Lift to the left compared to Stretch on a Luminance ramp To go back to the normal view click on Less LESS User s Manual CSP Colour Signal Processor e 63 R 0 0 a G 0 0 E El Clear Jr Bypass X_Chroma Gain 2 po z comas J te Video Gain Instead of adjusting Master Gain and Master Saturation separately it is possible to link these two controls to perform Video Gain This
49. ACE First place your upper left corner of your box by moving the mouse to the desired position then click left button and hold Then move the lower right corner and release the mouse button Set parameters Set all parameters SET_K for the key area to desired settings Special controls Edge Sometimes when you have material with fine structures e g houses from a distance or a forest and there is a slight weave present you may see unwanted artefacts from ASC II If you the tick the box Edge the built in edge detector will affect were ASC H filters It will reduce filtering were it finds edges Global C If you want more filtering in chroma than you have with selected settings and don t want to change filtering for luminance you can set Global C by ticking the box Global filtering will be applied for chroma all pixels will have their chroma filtered but WITH motion adaptation and if selected edge detection still working It is not the same as selecting Global This control affects both Main Area and Key Area Global GLOB If you want to turn the adaptation off completely tick the box Global You can then set the amount of filtering with Level LEVEL 0 bypass and 15 all pixels are 100 filtered using selected filter ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment e 51 Operation H Split Demonstration mode where the upper half of the picture is processed while the lower part is left unprocessed for compari
50. Black ove o x thesis represents the name on HUE Adjusts dark parts of the picture slider for luminance adjustments trackball for red green and blue individually Range 25 25 of the full video amplitude On MSP CC use leftmost trackball for RGB settings and corresponding ring for luminance setting Gamma Adjusts grey parts of the picture slider for luminance adjustments trackball for red green and blue individually Range 0 50 1 99 Normally set to 1 00 On MSP CC use middle trackball for RGB settings and corresponding ring for luminance setting Gain Adjusts light parts of the picture slider for luminance adjustments trackball for red green and blue Range 100 99 On MSP CC use rightmost trackball for RGB settings and corresponding ring for luminance setting Master Hue MASTER HUE is used to control the colour tone chroma phase by rotating the phase of the colour circle Range is 180 to Master Saturation MASTER SAT Increases or decreases the chrominanc range 100 100 Clear all CLR 180 degrees e level The possible gain is in the Clears all parameters found in the Primary Colour Correction window when activated 62 e CSP Colour Signal Processor User s Manual Master amp RGB Thresholds May be accessed when the More MORE button is depressed Primary Colour Correction Eg Blac Gamma 7 am ua ES sa 58 ajsss E R 1 08
51. CSP note only by ticking the CSP check box Once the note is recalled only CSP parameters will be updated Notes Control Menu New Notes File Ctrl N Open Notes File Ctrl O Save Notes File As Ctr Define System Preset Ctrl S New Notes File Lets you create new empty notes Open Notes File Loads a previously saved Notes file Save Notes File As Loads a previously saved Notes file Define System Preset In Supervisor Mode allows you to define the selected System Preset available for all users User s Manual 21 MSP CC About the MSP CC Control Panel Controls User s Manual The MSP CC is a dedicated colour corrector control panel that connects to the MSP1010 and its Windows styled GUI It must always be used with the MSP1010 system programmer It can operate as is or in conjunction with the MSP SYS panel Buttons Each button has a built in LED that shows its status A bright light indicates an active function while a dimmed light prompts the user for a decision The brightness of the two states can be set in 16 steps by the user Knobs Each knob has a built in push button switch which is mostly used for clearing the parameter corresponding to the knob To clear the knob has to be held down for a longer period of time determined by the user preferences It is actually when the user releases the knob that the clear takes place Trackballs When controlling the RGB controls of th
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53. EL CUTOFF CUTOFF lee 106 4 7ERHS 4 16hH Share BWF controls in MSP SYS User s Manual BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation e 31 Operation Using the BWF on text If you want to highlight or not soften some areas in the picture like text use the area isolation Start with a low or none Inner Filtering Level and a high Outer Filtering Level Select 3 0 MHz or your normal settings as cut off frequencies Set size to 7 Click on centre Activate View key Centre the circle to the text using the Centre button Adjust the Sze control so that the circle covers the text Deselect View key Adjust both filter levels and cut off frequencies to your own taste Adjust the slope for best result You may have to increase the S7ze one or two steps if the outer filtering starts affecting the outer parts of the text 32 e BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation User s Manual 6 ANR Adaptive Noise amp Film Grain Reduction About Adaptive Noise Reduction User s Manual This is the third generation of Digital Vision s high end industry standard noise grain reduction system with many improved features In cases of production particularly those involving mattes and multi layering noise must be dealt with based on its colour rather than in the entire image Typically for blue screen mattes and for areas artistically filmically in focus In addition aged film can have chrominance breathing due to aged dye layers It is al
54. Fallavw RIGGessar Erite Show Template Ctrl T Multiplicative Luminance Additive Saturation Bypass BYP When enabled the Colour Vector Processor is put into electronic bypass Hide Show Colour Displays When Hide is selected the colour displays disappear If you are running DVWin Lite in 640x480 the CVP window should always be in this mode 70 e CVP Colour Vector Processor User s Manual User s Manual Show will bring back the colour displays Not applicable if you are running DVWin Lite in 640x480 Enable channels Enable CYP Channels Rik2xk3K4kh5 KE It is possible to disable bypass channels in this window View Analyzer SHOW When activated the picture will turn monochrome except for the parts in the picture affected by the secondary e Hit shows the areas with a predefined saturation and predefined colours separate for each channel e g channel 1 is always magenta channel 2 red and so on e Normal colours will show the true colour and saturation View Key If selected displays the key of the Area Isolation option on your video monitor Multiplicative Luminance Adds or multiplies the selected value to the luma level Additive Saturation Activate the Additive Saturation for colouring of areas with low saturation and where the resulting colour needs to be highly saturated Multiplicative to the left and Additive to the right incl slopes affecting a luma or chroma ramp
55. In an ideal situation the 5 field in a 3 2 sequence should be an identical copy of the 34 field However by setting the Threshold max value higher analogue tape noise and other errors are ignored Default value is 1 Repeated fields may not be detected at all if the threshold is set to 0 Threshold min value This threshold is used for detecting motion High values are used for picture material with much motion Low values are used for picture material with little motion Default value is 8 External 3 2 phase Trims the 3 2 phase output of the DVNR in fields DVWin e 17 User Preferences window 18 e DVWin User In the User Preferences window one can personalise the operation of control panels and more To get to this window click on the User button at the top of the workspace The User Login window will now appear Click on the Preferences button General Help If you want to bring up the section in the Help system describing the User Preferences window click on this button To Store Settings Click on OK to store the settings or Cancel to revert to the original settings GUI GUI Panel l cc YTR Sounds Password General T Auto select control Window from panel IV Auto select ACP channel using cursor m Processing decision list FF Tum scene detector off when stop F Large list font Tl Keep active list event centred Cancel Help The GUI section changes the
56. List e 111 112 e Processing Decision List Transfer Menu Transfer Transfer all events Transfer modified events Transfer selected events The Transfer Menu contains command to transfer selected events from the source VIR to the VTR recorder Transfer all events Automatically transfers all events in the Processing Decision List Transfer modified events Only modified events after being recorded earlier will be transferred A modified event is represented by a red cross in the Processing Decision List Transfer selected events Transfers selected highlighted events in the list Options Menu Options Large list font Turn scenedetector off when stop Keep active event centered Large Listfont If higher resolution is used on a small VGA monitor the font in the list can be enlarged for improved readability Can also be accessed in User Preferences Event 00 00 00 08 0002 00 00 03 02 0003 00 00 05 06 00 0 Normal List font Event 0001 00 00 00 08 00 0 00 00 03 02 00 0 0003 00 00 05 06 00 0 Large List font Turn Scenedetector Off When Stop If selected autoshot is automatically turned off as soon as the VTR is not in normal play speed Can also be accessed in User Preferences Keep active list event centered If activated the event matching the position of the tape source will be centred in the Processing Decision List window Can also be accessed in User Preferences
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59. OE WHITE BLACK FILTER SIZE COMTRST MOBEBLE COVER E mall aon CSR controls in MSP SYS User s Manual CSR Vertical Scratch Removal e 57 Operation General The following approach can be used to optimise the CSR settings 1 Select non Global mode and Autotrack Off 2 Set Area Key where the scratch or scratches are 3 Activate the Status Bar 58 e CSR Vertical Scratch Removal User s Manual User s Manual Te 10 11 12 Set Black and or White depending on the scratch type Set Coverage Contrast Filter Size and Wobble to maximum Adjust Contrast while looking at the Scratch Length middle field in the Status Bar Try to make the Scratch Length field as bright as possible where the scratches are while keeping it as dark as possible elsewhere Lower Coverage until the scratch disappears Look at the Filter bottom field in the Status Bar Lower Filter Size until the scratch reappears Go back one step on the Filter Size control Check if lower settings of Wobble can be used If too much filtering is applied to the rest of the picture try fine tuning Contrast and Filter Size If the scratch detector has difficulties detecting the scratches try Global mode and adjust Level Try out different Slope settings Tip When applying CSR filtering try to increase Noise Reduction slightly so that the effect of the CSR filtering is not so apparent CSR Vertical Scratch Removal e
60. SP VTR keypad prior to pressing the key Keyl Key2 Key1 is held while pressing Key2 Processing Decision List e 115 For a description of all the functions available on the SYS and VTR panel please refer to chapter 20 where the MSP SYS panel in described Key Function Rcall Event Reall Event Rcall Event Prev Rcall Event Next Dynamic H Dynamic Set Clear Set Clear X Hold List Auto Shot Mark H Mark Sel List Sel List Sel List Prev Sel List Next H Sel Event Sel Event Prev Sel Event Next Sel Event Esc Sel Event Del Sel Event Enter Mark amp Set Mark amp Set Enter 116 e Processing Decision List Recalls the event selected by the cursor in the decision list Normally the current active event unless cursor has been moved Recalls event from the decision list Moves the list cursor to the previous event and recalls the settings from that event Moves the decision list cursor down to the next event and recalls the settings from that event Toggles the current event or current selection between static and dynamic events Creates a dynamic event at time code Makes current active event or current selected events programmed and loads the current process parameters into that event If more than one event is selected no parameters is loaded and the events is only made programmed with the parameters at respective
61. Stops the tape from moving How to use the timecode edit box 01 10 20 23 ES The timecode editbox normally appears together with a spinbox the two arrowheads as shown in the picture above When selecting the editbox the cursor appears on the right side To delete the entire content in the editbox press DEL A new timecode can be entered by using the numeric keypad Colons are inserted automatically and the timecode is always right aligned with the two rightmost digits indicating framecount By pressing BACKSPACE the rightmost digit is deleted and can be retyped The up and down arrows on the keyboard increase or decrease the timecode by one frame If SHIFT is held down the timecode will increase or decrease by seconds and if CONTROL is held while using the arrowkeys minutes can be added or subtracted Pressing the comma key inserts a double zero 00 into the timecode edit box The period key does the same These characters are used because most keyboards have the dot or comma located next to the zero key on the numeric keypad VTR Editing e 121 122 e VTR Editing When the timecode edit appears together with a spinbox click with the mouse on the spinbox to trim the content of the editbox up or down one frame Signed timecode edit boxes 00 00 00 00 In some situations a signed timecode value is needed For example audiosplit in the editcontrol window or the Global Trim command in the Processing De
62. The cutoff controls the amount of filtering and selects how much in percent of the maximum vertical bandwidth that is kept 100 is bypass Start with a high value and lower until flicker is removed Recommended setting is around 70 MSP SYS controls Push the menu button and then select AL S FRAME FILTER TYPE ALS controls in MSP SYS 28 e ALS Anti Aliasing User s Manual 5 BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation About the Brickwall Filter Controls User s Manual As the name implies the BWF provides an extremely sharp cut off beyond a user defined point The purpose of this is to create an accurately defined spectral content of material intended for various types of compression processing e g MPEG mastering By doing so and in conjunction with other tools in the DVNR system the image quality subjected to compression can in most cases be dramatically improved The BWF processing can be isolated to selected areas in the scene This allows picture quality to be maintained in the artistic focus of the scene Brickwall Filter m Filter setup Type X Sharp z Horisontal cutoff 4 5 MHz y Vertical cutoff 4 3 MHz y Field mode Frame mode Area Isolation Filter level UD Inner 0 Z lt Outer 100 x H Slope ese z Place Center T View key Brickwall Filter window BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation e 29 This small
63. User s Manual Building a Processing Decision List The starting point for a tape to tape job is to build a decision list consisting of separate sections with different processing parameters For colour correction the list typically consists of events located at the scene changes or cuts When building the list either an edit decision list or the built in scene change detector can be used to automatically generate events Building a list using Autoshot e Select New in the File menu to clear any existing events e Rewind the source tape to the start of the program to process e Enable Autoshot with either the checkbox in the decision list window or the key on the SYS panel Autoshot can operate in two modes Mark or Mark amp Set which is selected in Timecode gt Autoshot submenu Autoshot Mark will build a list consisting of blank events with no parameters programmed When parameters are changed the changes in the present event will be the starting point in the successive event E g the change will be carried over to next events Autoshot Mark amp Set will build a list consisting of events programmed with the current settings Normally for tape to tape a neutral or zero setting is used When the list is changed each new scene will start with the original settings e When the tape has played through the whole program disable the Autoshot and rewind the tape ee Tip As a user preference Autoshot can be made to automati
64. age 14 Autoshot Trim and Global List Trim below is normally the only timing changes of timecode you need to do Autoshot Trim Adjusts the timing between the timecode source and the scene change detector in the DVNR 3 2 Offset Only for BitPack systems Global List Trim Adjusts the timing between the timecode source and the parameters executed in the DVNR at an event Enc Trim Only for BitPack systems 16 e DVWin User s Manual User s Manual Scene Change Detector amp 3 2 Setup Scene Change Detecto Sensitivity b Threshold mean value jo pa T Threshold max value po Threshold min value fe H External 3 2 phase jo H This setup may be used to optimise the performance of the Scene Change and 3 2 detector for difficult picture content Note Currently only available for DVNR1000 HD Set default This button sets all Scene Change and 3 2 detector controls back to factory default settings Scene Change Detector Sensitivity Adjust sensitivity until the Scene Detector picks up all scene changes Threshold mean value By increasing the Threshold mean value the amount of false detections may be reduced Note Setting this value too high may cause real scene changes not to be detected 3 2 The 3 2 detector need to have the below thresholds fulfilled in order to detect a change in the 3 2 phase Threshold max value This threshold is used for detecting the repeated field
65. ans that the key is kept depressed for an extended duration either to give the key two functions or to prevent accidental activation Rey means numerical input made with either the keypad on the MSP SYS or the MSP VTR keypad prior to pressing the function key Key1 Key2 means that Key1 is held while pressing Key2 Key Function Test Test Prev Test Next BypAll BypAll X Save Note Load Note Rcall Event Reall Event Rcall Event Prev Rcall Event Next Freez Freez X Dynamic Dynamic Set Clear Set Clear X Hold List Auto Shot Mark Mark Sel List Sel List 136 e MSP SYS Toggles test pattern on off Selects previous test pattern insert Automatically activates test pattern if deactivated Selects next test pattern insert Automatically activates test pattern if deactivated Toggles Bypass All global switch Turns BypassAll off Saves the current settings as note Loads note as the current settings Recalls the event selected by the cursor in the decision list Recalls event from the decision list Moves the decision list cursor one event up and recalls the event Moves the decision list cursor down one event and recalls the event Toggles freeze on ANR Turns freeze off Toggles the current event or current selection between static and dynamic events Creates a dynamic event at timecode Makes current active event or current selected
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67. ation to be performed between the following luminance levels e Max White Super White to Desat Threshold High e Max Black Super Black to Desat Threshold Low Clear CLR Clears or sets the Colour Desaturation to its default values CD Control Menu Bypass BYP When enabled the CD option is put into electronic bypass User s Manual MSP CC controls Push the menu button and then select CT LO HI COLOUR DESATURAT TOM ians DESAT DESAT THF THE LEWEL CD controls in MSP CC Buttons HI LO changes meaning of the controls When HI is activated the controls work in the high light while LO sets them to work in the low light User s Manual CD Colour Desaturation e 85 86 e CD Colour Desaturation User s Manual 14 AC Aperture Correction About Aperture Correction Controls User s Manual After all processing the signal can be further enhanced by a two dimensional aperture corrector The aperture processor normally increases response to high frequency content in the signal thus adding subjective sharpness to the picture Aperture correction should be employed as the last process in the chain to avoid increase of the overall noise level The Aperture Corrector is a standard feature in the DVNR image processing system Aperture Correction x VAC Aperture Correction AC window Note that a control name within parenthesis represents the name on the MSP SYS e g
68. background instead of white An event that has been selected by the user will be inverted To select a number of events first click on one event and then either keep the shift key depressed while clicking on another event all events in between will be selected or keep the ctrl key depressed while clicking on the other events you want to select Note Richt clicking on an event will also recall and execute its g g parameters Double clicking on an event will cue up the connected VTR player to the associated timecode If the event is active on field 2 the VTR will be positioned at field 1 one frame later The Timecode Event The information given at each event is as follows Bold text indicates an active event parameters set while normal text indicates a marked event no parameters stored which could be the start of a dynamic Event The event number The event numbers are automatically rippled as new events are entered Timecode The timecode associated with the event Field 2 is indicated with an asterisk Trim This is the amount of time frames fields you may have trimmed a timecode with Only displayed if not absorbed with the arrow to the right of the trim box or by absorb all trims in the Edit menu Scene Indicates with a pair of scissors where the scene changes are This can be done automatically by the autoshot detector or manually afterwards Field dominance Indicates the field dominance F1 F2
69. cally turn a off when the tape is stopped rewound or put out of play speed e Make sure that Set On Exit is enabled when you begin grading In that way the operator does not need to store the parameters manually when going from one event to the next Set On Exit can operate in two modes Set On Exit and Update On Exit The Set On Exit mode will update all events even non programmed events A Note Set On exit will not modify an event if the controls have not been changed within the event If events are to be kept as non programmed e g example events that mark the beginning of a dynamic use the Update On Exit mode e Now the operator can start grading the tape from the beginning When the list is built using Autoshot the operator can apply rough colour correction on line to the list If Set On Exit is enabled or Autoshot is put in Autoshot Mark amp Set the changes will be stored in an event each time Autoshot triggers User s Manual Processing Decision List e 113 Another useful set up for on line grading is to put Set On Exit in Set and update all events mode and Autoshot in Autoshot Mark mode The list is now only built using marked events except for events for which the operator has changed the settings Those settings will then persist until the controls are changed again In this mode the operator can apply a grading on the fly that will be appropriate for several scenes such as
70. channels to work with Channel select lt channel selection button gt Click one of the six coloured buttons to select the channel you want to work with The channels default to magenta red yellow green cyan and blue The colour of the button will change depending on how you set the analyzer Below each vector select button there is a small indicator or LED The indicators will light up to indicate vectors in use When clicking on the All button the colour display will show the location of all six channels 54 5 116 4 Colour display when clicking on the All button C CENTRE Sets the centre point of the selected control HUE SAT LUM and channel W WIDTH Sets the width range of selected control and channel Picture below shows the effect of the central point and width on Hue and Saturation of a vector LA nas e pe M pee Sk o pi 3 7 N j Y 7 lt O gt tF p Tio eee 68 e CVP Colour Vector Processor User s Manual User s Manual S SLOPE Defines the slope of the selected control and channel Width The different slopes Narrow Medium and Wide Set Centre SET C Instead of setting the centre points manually you can use the Set Centre button Click on it and a cursor will appear on the video monitor To discard click on the right mouse or trackball button To accept click on the left one and centre points for the selected channel
71. cified range User s Manual Processing Decision List e 109 Absorb All Trims Absotbs all trim offsets on single events into the event timecode Select All Selects all events in the list Select Cut Events Active events Dynamic Events Other Allows you to select a category of events for some type of editing You can currently choose between Cut Events events marked with the scissors active events the events with bold text containing data or Dynamic Events Recall Event Recalls the event selected by the cursor in the decision list An event can also be recalled using the MSP SYS panel as follows Recall Selected Event Press the Recall Event button and the event selected by the cursor in the decision list is selected Recall Event No First enter the number of the Event to be recalled and then press the Recall Event button Recall Previous Event Moves the Decision List cursor up one step and recalls the event if the Recall Event button is kept depressed while pressing the Prev button Recall Next Event Moves the Decision List cursor down one step and recalls the event if the Recall Event button is kept depressed while pressing the Next button Search Menu Lets the user search for an event by its comments Find Text or by its number timecode Find Event 110 e Processing Decision List User s Manual User s Manual Timecode Menu Timecode Timecode select gt YTRI
72. cision list window A Signed timecode edit always shows a leading sign on the timecode value The sign is changed with the plus or minus key Field based timecode edit boxes 00 00 00 00 Some editboxes also accept field selection such as the Global Trim command in the processing decision list The field is selected by pressing Asterisk which is normally located on the numeric keypad as a single key Signed timecode editboxes 00 00 00 00 In some situations a signed timecode value is needed For example audiosplit in the editcontrol window or the Global Trim command in the Processing Decision list window A Signed timecode edit always shows a leading sign on the timecode value The sign is changed with the plus or minus key VTR Set up menu YTR Setup VTR1 4 Selecting VTR1 4 brings up the VTR setup window With the VTR setup window various VTR and editing parameters can be set The VTR setup window is divided into three separate dialogue pages User s Manual Config Config Edit Timing Main Assignment Not used Player Recorder C TRZ C YTR3 evra Offset from master 00 00 00 00 Machine name if Current reel Pe Test mode Simulated YTR Main Assignment The VTR can either be assigned as a player a recorder or not to be used at all in editing Players are displayed on the left side in the VIR window Recorders are displayed
73. controlled VTR For more information on the MSP VTR please read section 23 Controls TR Control x Search VIR Setup Gptions HOUR MINUTE S HOUR MINUTE SECOND FRAME 1 Userbits ASCII Userbits ASCII Type DYW A500P Type DYW A500P Status Play Status Stop di iJ E El Br E 2 Duration E ASpit S Assemble X Video TC X Al X A2 AUTO EDIT PREVIEW R Inh Stdby R Inh Stdby lee A Ea E ES a 1 Timecode status display 3 Tape transport controls 2 Editing controls User s Manual VTR Editing e 117 Time code Status Display YTR1 YTR2 1 2 HOUR MINUTE SECOND FRAME HOUR MINUTE SECOND FRAME 3 A Userbits l ASCII Userbits l ASCII 4 Type DYW A500P Type DYW A500P O Status Stop Player 1 Time code display Displays the current time code of the Player An asterisk will mean field 2 2 Time code source Depending on which mode the Player is in normal play speed jog or shuttle it will automatically switch over to the most reliable time code source The selected source will be lit up 3 User bits Displays the user bit data within the time code word It is displayed as either a 32 bit hexadecimal number or if the ASCII checkbox is checked as four ASCII characters 4 VTR type Shows the model of the connected Player If the model is not in the list of VTRs supported by the MSP the display will read unknown and standard machine parameters
74. dent of original luma level Similar operation for RGB The effect of Lift to the left compared to Stretch on a Luminance ramp To go back to the normal view click on Less ACP Viper 75 76 e ACP Viper Video Gain In addition to the Master Gain and Master Saturation controls a separate Video Gain control is available Control Menu Move X Close Alt F4 Bypass Ctrl B Copy Primary ACP settings 4 to B Copy Primary ACP settings B to 4 Swap Primary ACP settings Small window Bypass When enabled the Primary Colour Corrector is put into electronic bypass Copy Primary ACP settings A to B Copies Primary channel A settings to channel B Copy Primary ACP settings B to A Copies Primary channel B settings to channel A Swap Primary ACP settings Swaps Primary channel settings between channel A and channel B Small window Primary Colour Correction Chann Eg Channel Select Channel A Channel B Channel Bypass FT BypassCh A Bypass Ch B Black Gamma Gan Afoo E foo E pfooo fey moo E9 Master Hue T C C Master Saturation fo Video Gain do alfa Small Primary Colour Corrector window When activated the ACPp window shrinks so that you can fit other windows at the same time on the screen If you are running DVWin Lite in 640x480 the ACPp window will always be in this mode User s Manual Seconda
75. display shows the position and size of the key Click and drag to move the key Filter Setup Cut off Frequency HORZ CUTOFF VERT CUTOFF Settings for horizontal filtering of the luminance 31 values between 2 0 and 5 5 MHz The horizontal filtering for chrominance runs at approx 0 55 of the above values The vertical filtering is at the equivalent field line cut of frequencies Filter Type TYPE A number of different filter characteristics are available Sharp Sharp cut off X Sharp Extremely Sharp cut off Diag Sharp More diagonally sharper cut off than vertically or horizontally Fld Corr You can say that the Field Correlator removes a field and recreates it by interpolating the remaining field Le simulating film look It has little effect on film based material but dramatically reduces the resolution on video based material containing motion Suitable for MPEG1 compression and when using a high compression ratio Field Frame mode In the Frame mode all filtering in the BWF is done with the help of picture information from a frame consisting of two consecutive fields In Field mode only picture information from one field is used Area Isolation The BWF processing can be isolated using an internal key shaped as a circle to a selected area in the picture The small display in the Brickwall Filter window will indicate the position and size of the key as well as the amount of filtering The brighter the more fi
76. done with the help of picture information from a frame consisting of two consecutive fields When not in Frame Filtering Mode picture information from only one field is used Anti Aliasing Filter ALIAS A filter with slower vertical roll off that removes inter field flickering when activated The combination of the two controls Frame Filtering mode and Ant Aliasing Filter results in filtering as follows Frame Filter Anti Alias Result Field Filter no Anti Alias X Frame Filter no Anti Alias X Frame Filter medium Anti Alias X X Frame Filter maximum Anti Alias User s Manual User s Manual Vertical Aspect Y ASPECT Sets the vertical aspect ratio compression expansion Vertical position Y POS Positions the output picture vertically Horizontal Zoom Horizontal Aspect X ASPECT Sets the horizontal aspect ratio compression expansion Horizontal position X POS Positions the output picture horizontally Can be used in a dynamic to create a pan amp scan Tip To clear both vertical horizontal aspect and position select None in the Optical Format listbox Field Interpolate Normally every parameter is updated on a frame basis during dynamics and cuts But when this control is ticked the horizontal position will change every field during a dynamic to give a smooth pan amp scan Preview Preview mode Final output When you are using horizontal aspects greater than 1 zoom out you can acti
77. e When set timing can be adjusted for the key input using the C scrollbar DVNR1000 4x4 Adjustment of the fourth channel K Key in the 4x4 digital interface DVWin e 13 14 e DVWin System Setup Supervisor Menu Store power up default System configuration Usernames and passwords Remote Control setup Upload Panel software Upload MCU software Timing Scene Change Detector amp 3 2 setup Store power up default The DVNR can keep some important parameters like input 50 60Hz genlock and test signal stored internally as a power up default if no controller is connected System Configuration System frame DYNA1000 C HDxx1000 O DYNR4X4 O AFC1000 O HIRES1440 O AFC8000 O DYNA1000HD In OT FX IVP T HE Out sco O Fx0 OVP O GOB Installed Options IX DIS X DIS Feedback T ALS FT BWF X BwF rea isolation TNR KRANK M AGRIV l CSR P 5C X ASCII X ASC Plus J HFL IX VFL X VFL Rev3 Ix ACP X Viper go TO CVP x CD kk ac p AAC The System Configuration window allows configuration of DVWin to match your system as follows 1 Select system type 2 Verify which interface boards you have installed in the system and check the corresponding boxes Select the options you have installed 4 Click on OK User s Manual User s Manual Usernames and Passwords Users amp Passwords afanye O of Allows changes to existing u
78. e area key by checking Area enabled then select type of shape rectangle or ellipse Channel A colour correction is applied outside the black line of the area key while Channel B colour correction is applied inside the grey line of the area key The adjustable Slope the area between the black and the grey line provides soft transitions between the two channels To see the area key on the video monitor while adjusting the controls check View area key ACP Viper e 81 82 e ACP Viper Positioning the Area Key The area key can be positioned in a number of different ways by 1 Using the global cursor Right click on the DVWin desktop hold the left button down and move the area Right click again when finished 2 Pushing the Place button on the MSP SYS panel and moving the mouse trackball Dragging the visible area key with the mouse in the Area window 4 Using the spinboxes in the Area window Re sizing or Rotating the Area Key The area key can be re sized and rotated in a number of different ways by 1 Using the controls on the MSP SYS panel 2 Using the Area Key display in the Area window Re sizing Hold the right mouse button and move the cursor Rotating Hold down the left right mouse buttons and move the cursor 3 Using the spinboxes in the Area window Automatic Channel Selection using the Cursor It is possible to automatically select the controls for channel A or B using th
79. e background is less ot set Contrast to a high value set Contrast to a low value ae Checkbox Black BLACK is to be selected if there are black spots to be removed and White WHITE checkbox should be ticked if there are white spots to be removed Both can be ticked at the same time If neither is ticked ASC H will not filter at all Filters Filter selection depends on your material The filters have been optimised for video and film separately Origin Film Origin Video 2 Pixel Spatial 3 Pixel Mix 3 Pixel Spatial 1 Line Mix 4 Pixel Mix 2 Lines Mix 6 Pixel Mix 1 Field Small Temp 8 Pixel Mix 1 Line Spatial 12 Pixel Mix 4 Pixel Mix 16 Pixel Mix 5 Pixel Mix 20 Pixel Mix 1 Line Large Mix 1 Frame Small Temp 1 Field Medium Temp 1 Frame Medium Temp 1 Field Large Temp 1 Frame Large Temp 1 Field X Large Temp Copy Prev Copy Prev Copy Next Copy Next Line These filters only have vertical taps in the current field and should be used to remove line dropouts and FM sparks in video mode Field Frame These filters have the capacity to remove a piece of dirt the size of a field frame User s Manual ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment e 49 Spatial All filters named Spat Spatial are filters working only within current frame or field if video mode i e it has taps only in current frame They are for very small spots Mix All filters named Mix have taps in both current frame and th
80. e event and to reset the trim factor Click on the button containing a left pointing arrow To absorb the trim factors for all events select menu item Edit gt Absorb All Trims Comment To add a comment to an event select the event using the mouse or SYS panel and click the Comment button or press enter on the keyboard A cursor will appear in the event comment field To finish editing the comment press enter on the PC keyboard or select another event with the mouse Cut n Paste The standard keyboard technique of cut paste and copy in Windows has been applied to the Processing Decision list highlighted marked events Processing Decision List e 105 The information field in the Open List File window shows who created the marked file when it was created number of events Filed Rate and which version of file if conversion might be needed 106 e Processing Decision List File Menu New Ctrl N Open Ctrl 0 Save Bikes Save As Ctrl Info Ctrl l Open ASCII Ctrl Shift 0 Save ASCII As Ctrl Shift 4 Import Ctrl S hift l Export Ctrl Shift E Print Setup Ctrl Shift P Print EFE File menu New Clears the current decision list Open Opens a previously saved file in binary format Files saved using DVWin 3 0 or later will always be compatible with future versions of DVWin Open List File Ea File Name Directories vb1 dyl c dvwin Cancel Creator Sup
81. e frame previous to and following current frame Le it has both spatial and temporal taps All these filters however have more taps in current frame than in the previous and following together more spatial taps than temporal These filters are for normal spots Temporal Filters called Temp Temporal at the end have both spatial and temporal taps but more temporal than spatial This will enable the ASC II to remove any size of spots These filters may need more care to not give unwanted artefacts Copy Filters Copy Next and Copy Prev should be used for 1 frame in combination With the Keyer and Global mode to replace a big chunk of dirt a big hole or a flash frame with information from next or previous frame This can only be done with the MSP1010 controller CAN OER 50 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual User s Manual Keyer You have two different channels to set parameters in They are called Main Area and Key Area Use the key area for very special problems like very big single spots or flash frames at film cuts Key Area Fiter Size r Motion Contrast l Global Black IV White Edge rea Isolation IV Use Key T View key Global C H Split Split Turn on key area To use the Key Area tick the box Use Key KEY located in the Area Isolation part of the window Define area Define the area by clicking on Place PL
82. e global cursor 1 Ensure the Autoselect ACP channel using cursor control is enabled in the User Preferences GUI dialogue 2 Activate the global cursor by right clicking on the DVWin desktop While moving the global cursor in and out of the area key the Primary ACPp Secondary ACPs windows and the menu selection on the MSP CC control panel will switch to the corresponding channel Copying Channel Settings To copy channel A settings to channel B use one of the following approaches 4 Use the global cursor activated when right clicking on the DVWin desktop double click inside the area key channel B to copy channel A settings to channel B or outside the area key to copy channel B settings to channel A 5 Use the controls on the MSP CC panel 6 Select Copy Settings A to B or Copy Settings A to B in the Primary ACPp Control menu or Secondary ACPs Options menu User s Manual 13 CD Colour Desaturation About Colour Desaturation Controls The names of the spin boxes are from top to bottom Desat level high Desat Threshold high Threshold high Threshold low Desat Threshold low Desat level low User s Manual The CD option colour desaturation is the process of removing or decreasing colour saturation below and above an adjustable luminance level This process greatly simplifies certain types of telecine work where considerable effort would be required by the use of conventional colour correction t
83. e path and three chrominance paths Y RGB each one processed with the same bandwidth Further the internal processing uses higher number of bits as required to avoid truncation rounding off errors This is especially important for certain parameters like gamma correction in order to avoid any stepwise action of the curve The use of the Y RGB paths allow luminance gain and black changes to be made without affecting or needing to realign colour balance Inversely when grading colour the luminance level remains constant The ACP also features user definable transfer functions and thresholds for black gamma and gain control which are useful when perfect match in the primary colour correction stage is required Secondary Colour Corrector The secondary colour processor offers six functionally parallel channels vectors with independent discrimination and processing in the Hue Saturation and Luminance domains User s Manual ACP Viper e 73 Primary Controls 74 e ACP Viper Primary Colour Correction Channel A xi Channel Select Channel Bypass Channel A O Channel B BypassCh A Bypass Ch B Black Gamma Gain A 0 00 E A 1 000 E R foo E G 0 00 G 1 000 Hy G o o B Jo co E B 1 000 B foo M 0 00 M 1 000 El M foo Cea 7 Bypass _Ctar Bypass Clear I Bypass MasterHue 4 HE 0 0 Master Sat gt foo ideo Gain af gt 100 0 ES Primary Colou
84. e primary from a trackball the ball itself or rather the backlight LED s will change colour accordingly if enabled in the User Preferences window The outer ring surrounding the ball affects the luminance Y while the ball changes RGB values To clear centre an RGB value push the corresponding clear button If the button is held down for a longer period of time determined by the user preferences both luminance and RGB values will be cleared MSP CC e 129 130 e MSP CC P Menu button Quick notes 7 Enter Set button MSP CC front panel layout Display As there is no panel print for the different functions parameter accessible from the knobs and buttons labels and values are shown on the display Activated functions will be shown as a box with the text inverted WHITE The user can change the brightness of the display in 4 steps in the User setup window User s Manual User s Manual Menu Selection To enter the Menu Selection mode press the upper leftmost button The Menu button The top buttons now represents the available menus A lit button represents the current menu while the others are dimmed Pressing the leftmost button again returns to the current menu no change Pressing another button will cause the panel to change the menu accordingly corresponding window will also open if the Autoselect Control Window in the User Preferences GUI tab has been sel
85. e same source material With the AFC it is effectively possible to create one single 625 line anamorphic master from which digitally cloned submasters are generated to serve letter boxed and pan scan in both 625 and 525 formats In order to respond to the multitude of film formats exposures and masks used in the film industry sizing of the letterbox and pan scan format is possible Features The base system provides 625 to 525 conversion with 3 2 insertion anamorphic vertical compression expansion and positioning processing and EBU SMPTE phosphor colour space conversion and legaliser Pan and Scan horizontal compression expansion and positioning processing is optional User s Manual AFC Anamorphic Format Conversion e 97 Controls Vertical Zoom Aspect gt 0570 Position Ci els atc fo A Frame Rese Horizontal Zoom Aspect 1 000 Position ff 0 0 Preview Field interpolate Global Zoom gt gt 4 gt 180 5 Optical Format 2 35 Cinemascope Colour Space Convert EBU to SMPTE Anamorphic Format Converter AFC window Note that a control name within parenthesis represents the name on the MSP SYS e g Anti Aliasing Filter ALIAS Basic Functions A Frame Reset Lets the user set the start of the A D frame sequence in the Processing Decision List Frame Filtering Mode In the Frame Filtering Mode all filt
86. echniques in order to correct severe colour imbalances Since desaturation can be made both above and below a preset level negative and positive film processing is catered for Similar in appearance to film errors may occur in the video domain This is often due to incorrect white balancing or mix of colour temperatures during a shot Also cameras that are forced into extreme high and low lights may cause RGB imbalance Chrominance Desaturation x w 3 LUMINANCE BLACK MN CHROMA Max Chrominance Desaturation CD window CD Colour Desaturation e 83 In this mode after clicking on the graph you can adjust all values by dragging the corners of the graph Click anywhere outside the graph to return to normal representation The smaller rectangles in the top and bottom part of the graph represents the area above 100 white and below 0 black 84 e CD Colour Desaturation Note that a control name within parenthesis represents the name on the MSP CC e g Bypass BYP HI Selects the controls for high light LO Selects the controls for low light 100 THRESH Sets the luminance level where minimum desaturation 0 is performed DESAT THRESH Sets the luminance level where maximum desaturation according to desat level is performed The desaturation between the 100 threshold and the Desat threshold is a linear function DESAT LEVEL Sets the amount of Chrominance Desatur
87. ected Bypassed options are shown with inverted text The current menu is shown with a box around the text If the same menu is accessed again its bypass function will toggle The menu selection will be shown until the Menu button is pressed again Time code operation Using time code operation of the MSP1010 the ENTER button has two functions 1 Set when pushed quickly 2 Create when depressed for a longer period of time Note This function is not available if Quicknotes Mode List Controls in the User Preferences has been selected Quick Note buttons The six Quick note buttons on centre of the MSP CC panels can be configured for use as normal quick notes or list controls Normally only the Quick Notes Mode can be used If Ouicknotes Mode List Controls in the User Preferences has been selected The black Enter button below the Quick note buttons toggles between the two modes If the buttons are lit List Control Mode is selected Quick Notes Mode Provides quick storage and access of colour correction parameters To store use one of the following 1 Keep a Quick note button depressed for more than approx 1 second 2 Keep the ENTER SET button which is the large button below the Preset buttons depressed while quickly pressing a Quick note button To recall Simply press one of the Quick note buttons List Control Mode In the List Control mode the Quick note buttons have dedicated List
88. edanepnaneenesnanenense 136 Entering Timecode from Keyboard oooooccccnncoccccnoocccnnononccononon ona non n cnn naar nn nr nn n cnn naar rc nn ran nn nn cnn 137 23 MSP V R oc saan cassis iaenatanacansannssaaaeansunnsaas saasawensean scence aaae aS e AAEE Eaa iE 139 About the MSP VTR Control Panel cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeecaeeeeeeeeesaeeessananeseeeeeeeneeseeeeeeeees 139 Control S vision ni te cis ste ctatis ewe da euet ia 140 Displays lee librados 141 MENU Selection oi A AA An 141 Tape Transport VTR Style cceeecceceeceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeceaaeeeeeeeeesecccaaeeeeeeeseseccineeeeeeeeeeeeeees 141 Tape Transport TK Style ciclo AAA en dee 142 Search Di e e e a tes al a 142 Entering Timecode from MSP VTR Keyboard ooooocccincocccccncocccconconcnnnnon cnn nonon cnn nano n ca nnnnn rca cnnnnns 143 Trimming Timecode from MSP VTR KeyboaldO ocooooccccconccccconoccccononcnononnnccncnnnaconconnnncnnnnnnnnnnnns 143 INDEX AAA O EEO AOE AEA O EOR AELE EROR AAR R 145 User s Manual Contents e ix x e Contents User s Manual 1 Overview Introduction Thank you for choosing a Digital Vision product The purpose of the DVNR Image Processor toolbox is to carry the instruments of the trade to be instantly available to the craftsman The tool shall be like an extension of the user s will it must be effective but yet precise A well designed maintained and applied toolbox is a source of power power that can be trans
89. en select the blue colour 38 e ANR Adaptive Noise Film Grain Reduction User s Manual Using PAL amp NTSC Notch Filters Unlike the other Pre filters which removes unwanted noise from the input source the PAL amp NTSC notch filters are used to adapt the output signal to the composite world by cutting out the luminance frequencies that can be misinterpreted as colout e Set to non adaptive pre filters e Select PAL or NTSC pre filter e C Prefilter control should be O while Y Prefilter should be turned up to desired result User s Manual ANR Adaptive Noise amp Film Grain Reduction e 39 40 e ANR Adaptive Noise amp Film Grain Reduction User s Manual 7 ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment About Scratch Concealment User s Manual The ASC II is an all new design using the experience of five years with the ASC The ASC II effectively removes in real time the disturbing effects of film dust dirt and randomly dispersed scratches Even pure emulsion damages can be effectively dealt with The proprietary and patented process is fully adaptive while retaining full resolution of the image Its versatility is outstanding allowing it to be used for material previously considered to be lost to the final touching up of virgin negative transfers In tape mode the ASC II allows concealment of artefacts related to video recording media typical examples are 2 Quad dropouts Betacam bearding and digital bit errors as well as
90. era angles The easiest way to copy an earlier setting is to hold the Recall Event key while pressing the Prev key twice This will move the red cursor back two events and at the same time recall the parameters The keyboard equivalent is to hold Ctrl while using the up arrow key This procedure can be used each time a new scene is entered needing similar settings to an earlier scene Modifying events Suppose that the operator is overlooking a section that already has been graded The operator tries a different colour by changing the MSP CC trackballs By pressing Recall Event on the SYS panel or Edit gt Recall Event in the list menu or by entering Ctrl R on the keyboard when the list window is active the parameters already programmed can be recalled and compared The operator can go back and forth comparing the parameters currently set on the MSP CC trackballs with the parameters stored in the list by using Recall Event and Undo Recall Event On the SYS panel hold down Reall event for an extended period to undo an event recall Keyboard Reference User s Manual The following list describes all list operations that can be performed from the MSP SYS keyboard All PC keyboard shortcuts are described in each pull down menu Key X the key is pressed for an extended duration either to give the key two functions or to prevent accidental activation Key numerical input is made with either the keypad on the MSP SYS or the M
91. ering in the AFC is done with the help of picture information from a frame consisting of two consecutive fields When not in Frame Filtering Mode picture information from one field only is used Anti Aliasing Filter A filter with slower vertical roll off that removes inter field flickering when activated 98 e AFC Anamorphic Format Conversion User s Manual User s Manual The combination of the two controls Frame Filtering mode and Ant Aliasing Filter results in filtering as follows Frame Filter Anti Alias Result Field Filter no Anti Alias X Frame Filter no Anti Alias X Frame Filter medium Anti Alias X X Frame Filter maximum Anti Alias Vertical Zoom Vertical Aspect Sets the vertical aspect ratio compression expansion Vertical Position Positions the output picture vertically Horizontal Zoom Horizontal Aspect Sets the horizontal aspect ratio compression expansion Horizontal position Positions the output picture horizontally Can be used in a dynamic to create a pan amp scan Tip To clear both vertical horizontal aspect and position select None in the Optical Format listbox Field Interpolate Normally every parameter is updated on a frame basis during dynamics and cuts But when this control is ticked the horizontal position will change every field during a dynamic to give a smooth pan amp scan Preview Preview mode Final output When you are using horizontal aspects greater than 1
92. ert boxes Video A1 Audio channel 1 A2 Audio channel 2 TC Time Code to select the input signals VTR Editing e 125 126 e VTR Editing Note In insert mode editing the recording tape must contain uninterrupted control information Setting Edit Points 1 Select the Player from the MSP VTR by pressing the VTR 1 button 2 To set the In point either a using the search dial place the tape at the in point of the source material and press the IN button ot b type in the timecode from the numerical keypad and press the IN button also see section 19 3 To set the Out point either a using the search dial place the tape at the out point and press the OUT button or b type in the timecode from the numerical keypad and press the OUT button 4 Select the Recorder from the MSP VTR by pressing the VTR 2 button 5 Using the tape transport keys buttons search dial or manual entry of time code as in 2 place the Recorder on the in point Executing the Edit When all of the edit points are set correctly you can now execute the edit by pressing the Auto Edit button Stopping the Edit To stop the edit before the Out point is reached press the Stop key User s Manual 20 Miscellaneous controls Test window User s Manual Test Enabled Ea Pattern TSE Monochrome Insert Bypass All Test window The test patterns are located on the input interface board
93. ervisor Creation Date Jun 04 14 11 42 199 List Size 321 Events Field Rate 50 Hz File Yersion 41 List Files of Type Drives Dv Edit File D L y Sc z Open List File window Save Saves the current already named decision list Save As Saves a previously un named or named file as a binary file User s Manual User s Manual Info Title Christmas Carol Cts Client Sana s SC Events Ei Duration 01 05 10 00 some comments Processing List Info window Shows information about a Processing decision list on disc such as size comments etc Open ASCII Opens a previously saved file in ASCII format Save as ASCII Saves a previously unnamed file as an ASCII file Note that this format is only needed if third party developers want to generate list files This format is no longer needed to move files between older and newer versions of DVWin Import Imports an EDL list from floppy or hard disk where the in points on the recorder are used to create the Processing Decision List PDL events Dissolves in the EDL list will be interpreted as Dynamics in the PDL Handles different Sony and CMX formats For availability of other formats please contact your distributor Export Exports an EDL list with in and out points according to the PDL list Once the filename of the EDL list is determined an EDL Export dialogue appears EDL Export Options
94. eturn to personalised and project system setups DVWin is available in two versions DVWin Lite intended for basic control from a standard PC platform Note that DVWin Lite does not support scene by scene control list management or stand alone panels MSP CC SYS VTR DVWin Lite requires the following minimum PC platform e 486 min 33 MHz e Graph acc VGA 800x600 256 colours 800x600 16M colours if the CVP option has been purchased e Min 32 MB memory e HDD min 10 MB free e FDD 3 2 1 44M e 1 serial port free UART16550 38 4 kb s e Internet Explorer 4 01 e Windows 95 DVWin Adv is an integral part of the MSP1010 system programmer that also supports control panels MSP CC MSP SYS and MSP VTR dedicated to Colour Correction System Management and VTR control Timecode data can be imported by an on board VITC LTC reader as well as through VTR 9 pin interface for scene by scene control DVWin e 3 Installing DVWin When a previous version of DVWin has been installed on the hard disk make a copy of the DVWin directory before installing the upgrade Insert the installation disk in the floppy disk drive From Windows Program Manager select Run A SETUP After the installation is complete copy the original not wks and passwd ini files if available from the previous installation into the new DVWin directory DVWin Management Controls The current page will always be shown with the tab at top and with a blac
95. event Makes current active event or currently selected events non programmed Toggles the list bypass on off Toggles Autoshot on off Marks an creates a non programmed event at current time code Marks an event at time code Brings up the decision list window and makes the list focused Brings up the decision list window and moves the cursor to event Brings up the decision list window and moves the cursor one event up Brings up the decision list window and moves the cursor one event down Togele selection status for event Toggles selection status for the event at the cursor and moves the cursor on event up Toggles selection status for the event at the cursor and moves the cursor on event down Removes the selection status for all selected events Deletes all selected events Toggles the selection status for the event at the cursor Creates a programmed event at the current time code and stores the current process parameters in that event Creates a programmed event at time code and stores the current process parameters in that event Makes current event active or selected event programmed and stores the current process parameters in that event If more than one event is selected no parameters are stored User s Manual 19 VTR Editing General To perform a single event edit with one player and one recorder the MSP VTR control has to be used Commands used must be supported by the
96. f you have very high contrast white spots on dark background or black spots on bright background Higher if the luminance difference between the spots and the background is less 42 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual ot set Contrast to a high value set Contrast to a low value Checkbox Black BLACK is to be selected if there are black spots to be removed and White WHITE checkbox should be ticked if there are white spots to be removed Both can be ticked at the same time If neither is ticked ASC II will not filter at all Filters Filter selection depends on your material The filters have been optimised for video and film separately Origin Video Origin Film Small Mix Small Mix Medium Mix Medium Mix Large Mix Large Mix X Large Temp X Large Temp 1 D Small Spat S Cross Mix L Cross Mix XL Cross Mix 1 D Large Temp L Cross Temp XL Cross Temp Copy Prev Copy Next S Cross Spat L Cross Spat S Cross Mix L Cross Mix S Cross Temp M Cross Temp L Cross Temp Copy Prev Copy Next AN Note The top four filter types are identical to the filter types in the old ASC and have been kept in the new design for compatibility reasons Using the other filters instead will further improve filtering performance 1 D These filters only have vertical taps in the current field and should be used to remove line dropouts and FM sparks in video mode User s Manual ASC II Advanced
97. formed to performance cost efficiency and competitiveness Designed to solve real problems in real time The modular approach to the DVNR image processor offers many important advantages Besides the most obvious advantage is the possibility to tailor the configuration to your requirements thus avoiding unmotivated financial investments Another advantage supported by our upgrade policy is that you can at any time upgrade the system and take full advantage of the latest technology Such a policy is more an exception than a rule in our industry enforced by short product life cycles and high rates of technological development Digital Vision can demonstrate a user network with fully modern performance from systems purchased in 1989 We have had the same product since then just a few more upgrades We are proud to keep your investment About This Manual User s Manual This manual describes how to operate the DVNR500 DVNR1000 HDNR1000 and AFC1000 from either the MSP1010 or a PC with DVWin Lite software installed The DVNR500 DVNR1000 422 4x4 etc will hereinafter be called just DVNR except when operation differs Overview e 1 2 e Overview User s Manual 2 DVWin About DVWin User s Manual DVWin is a Windows based user interface that supports the full range of Digital Vision s signal processing systems Operation is remarkably intuitive with a very short learning curve Multiple users are supported providing a fast r
98. g with Level LEVEL 0 bypass and 15 all pixels are 100 filtered using selected filter ASC Il Advanced Scratch Concealment e 45 Operation H Split Demonstration mode where the upper half of the picture is processed while the lower part is left unprocessed for comparisons V Split Demonstration mode where the left part of the picture is processed while the right part is left unprocessed for comparisons ASC II Control Menu Bypass BYP When enabled the ASC II is put into electronic bypass MSP SYS controls Push the menu button and then select ASC Controls for the Key Area becomes available after selecting SE T_E CLR PLACE GLOBE BIH T TE ETF EEY SET E BLACK SSeS e SCRATCH CONCEALMENT 11 FILTER SIZE MOTION COMTRS T LCrosshi 5 ASCII controls in MSP SYS Removing big spots with the Keyer Note This procedure will only work when controlled from an MSP1010 e Ifyou have a big spot in one frame that is not removed with the filter settings you have for your Main Area make an event at exactly the frame were the big spot is e For this event turn on Key Area Put your keyer over the spot Select Global for the key area and select filter size COPY NEXT ot COPY PREV e If it is the first frame after a cut you must select COPY NEXT and likewise if it s the last frame before a cut you must select COPY PREV Set Level to 15 in your key area you will get a copy and paste fr
99. gital Vision Login The MSP1010 but not DVWin Lite will initialise controls panels optional before the user logs in As soon as that is done the User window will appear User Registered Users Login User Anybody Preferences Double click on the User ID you want Select the proper user ID If you haven t got one select Anybody or to login or click and hit return ask the supervisor to create one for you If the user ID has a password you will be prompted to enter it Click on the Login button You are now logged in and the User window will disappear The settings preferences you had when you exited the program last time will now appear again 6 e DVWin User s Manual User s Manual Starting a project As the User window disappears the Setup window will appear instead with the Session tab chosen System Setup DYNR1000 Ea Supervisor Project Video Standard Blanking Delay No open project Alvins Trucks Close Delete Select New to start a new project or Open a previously stored project Note Only projects previously created with the same user account will be visible The Supervisor can open any project If starting a new project Type DVNR y Name Hugh s Automobiles Location Je dvwin HughsA Based on lt None gt El FT Use as Template Select project type DVNR enter the name of the project you will notice that the project location
100. he sensitivity of the VTR search dial when in Shuttle mode VTR TK Style Transport Control It is possible to select VTR style transport controls standard VTR functions or TK style transport controls more like the controls to be found on a telecine controller for the MSP VTR Detailed explanations can be found in section MSP VTR page 141 Stop Issues Choose if a quick press on the Stop button should cause the VTR to go into Still with picture or Stop no picture mode Stop X Issues Choose if a press and hold on the Stop button should cause the VTR to go into Stop mode or Standby off Use NR Freeze For Stable Still Image Most analogue tape machines do not have a good still image You can get grey bars in the picture or other kinds of disturbances Also a betacam only displays one field Once this checkbox is ticked the DVWin e 21 22 e DVWin DVNR if fitted with the NR or ANR option freezes the picture into a perfect still picture before the still or stop command is issued to the tape machine Disable Jog control in normal play If enabled this control prevents the VIR stopping if the jog dial is accidentally touched during normal play To jog first stop the VTR Sounds User Preferences Action has no effect User error System Errorl System Sounds Here you can attach a sound to a specific event like Autoshot prompts etc Only applicable if a soundboard is mounted in your MSP1010 and speakers are connec
101. he vectors default to magenta red yellow green cyan and blue The colour of the button will change depending on how you set the analyzer Below each vector select button there is a small indicator or LED The indicators will light up to indicate vectors in use When clicking on the All button the colour display will show the location of all six vectors 54 5 116 4 Colour display when clicking on the All button C Sets the centre point of the selected control HUE SAT LUM and vector Ww Sets the width range of selected control and Vector The picture below shows the effect of the central point and width on Hue and Saturation of a vector S Defines the slope soft edge of the selected control and vector Width The different slopes Narrow Medium and Wide User s Manual User s Manual Set Centre Instead of setting the centre points manually you can use the Set Centre button Click on it and a cursor will appear on the video monitor To discard click on the right mouse or trackball button To accept click on the left one and centre points for the selected vector will automatically be set Cursor on video monitor when Set Centre is selected Extend By clicking on adjacent areas to the hit area the width will be enlarged and will include these colours in the hit area as well Processor The Processor is the part of Secondary that performs the changes of the picture
102. in the Setup window Split For demonstration or test purposes a split function is available The right hand side of the picture will be processed by the Noise Reduction process both temporal and pre filtering while the left one won t A black vertical line separates the two areas Flush FLUSH Clears the framestore of the Noise Reducer It can be used to prevent information from the previous scene leaking into the next one The button does an immediate Flush while the check box is read while creating events with Autoshot ANR Control Menu Bypass BYP When enabled the ANR option is put into electronic bypass User s Manual ANR Adaptive Noise amp Film Grain Reduction e 37 MSP SYS controls Main Screen Push the menu button and then select AMF STILL SE TUF SPHOM FLUSH ADAPTIVE NOISE REDUCTION FRE FILTER 2 3 20 ANR controls in MSP SYS Setup screen To get to the setup screen push the SE TLIF button To get back to the main screen push MIA TH 4 HORM HEG T BOST MA TH FOS C OFF LUMA CHROMA LEVEL AREA Blue ANR controls setup in MSP SYS Operation General e Set Mode Norm Pos Neg or Still e Set Strength and note that C strength usually can be 2 4 steps higher than Y strength with good results e If prefilter is to be used select filter characteristic first and amount of prefiltering thereafter Blue Screen Mattes e Set Colour Boost and th
103. ing midway a lower value should be chosen Peak Motion These values show the instability of the uncompensated picture in both numbers as well as by the LED bars If the 1 16 pixel bar control is ticked the LED bars change resolution from 1 pixel to 1 16 pixel Lock Status This LED shows the status of the DIS If green the DIS is locked and when red unlocked no stabilisation User s Manual DIS Control Menu Move Close Alt F4 Bypass Ctrl B Small window Process Feedback Bypass BYP When enabled the DIS is put into electronic bypass Small window Show small DIS window Has only effect on the standard DIS window Process Feedback Enables or disables the Process Feedback capabilities as described above MSP SYS controls Push the menu button and then select DIS DUAL PLACE SHOH RESET IMAGE STABILISATION H STEADY RANGE RANGE 18 18 14 Standard DIS controls in MSP SYS Operation General e Check that origin is Film 24 25 fps in Setup window e Check that 1st or 2nd field dominance is set correctly e Performance for 24 fps 525 lines relies on continuous 3 2 pull down sequence e No support currently for varispeed e No support for video based material Commercial productions e g improved quality in layering graphic compositing etc e H V Steadiness 15 maximum User s Manual DIS Image Stabilisation e 25 Film restoration e g general improvement of hop weave
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105. k number Other tabs with black numbers shows that related pages contains some window while grey numbers represents empty pages 4 e DVWin As a general rule one person of your company should be appointed system manager or supervisor This person should be the only one accessing certain parameters This section will briefly describe the special controls found in DVWin For standard controls and more detailed descriptions please read the Windows manual Workspace se Jees Jf cve o Je At the top of the workspace a number of buttons are found They represent the different processing options Clicking on one of these buttons will open the corresponding window Dimmed ones are not installed accessible To the far right you will find a number of tabs They represent different pages where you can place processing windows if the current workspace seems to be too crowded Just click on the tab to switch page User s Manual User s Manual Status bar On the lowest part of the screen is a status bar displaying various system settings error messages etc Bypass Each processing option is equipped with an electronic Bypass It can be accessed either by double clicking on the menu bar selecting Bypass from the control menu using the Byp key on MSP CC MSP SYS or typing the keyboard command C r B Bypass is indicated with an asterisk after the option name in the menu bar and by the button that opens the processing wi
106. lay start lag function the MSP will measure the Play Start lag time automatically It may take a couple of edits until the optimum time has been calculated Enable Audio Ch 3 amp 4 Audio Ch 3 amp 4 is only supported in Insert mode if this control is enabled on both the player and the recorder First make sure that both machines are set to Remote control and properly connected to the MSP1010 using standard RS422 cables The Player should be connected to RS422 connector 3 of the MSP1010 and the Recorder to RS422 connector 4 Note The machines must support the Auto Edit function as found in the Sony VTR Protocol Selecting the Edit Mode Two editing modes are supported Assemble mode and Insert mode Assemble Mode New scenes are added to the end of existing recorded scenes Video audio channels and time codes ate recorded at the same time Click in the Assemble check box to edit in Assemble mode Note In Assemble mode recording continues for a certain distance beyond the edit out point in order to record control information for the next segment This means that pre recorded information beyond the edit Out point will be erased Please use the Insert mode if you wish to insert material onto a pre recorded tape Insert Mode A segment of new material is inserted onto the tape between two predetermined points Video audio channels and time code can be recorded separately or at the same time Select one or more of the Ins
107. ltering To see the key in the picture use the View key control Filter Level Inner Outer The user can set the level of filtering between 0 and 100 independently for the area inside and the area outside the circle You will have no brickwall filter effects at all if both of these controls are set to 0 or Size is set to O and Filter Level Outer is 0 Slope The Slope control sets how sharp the transition between the two filter settings should be Ranges from Low to X Large Low is a direct cut from inner to outer filtering level 30 e BWF Brickwall Filter with Area Isolation User s Manual Size Sets the size of the circle between 0 and 15 The value 0 means that no citcle is visible and only outer filter level has any effect When set to 15 the circle almost covers the entire picture after which only the inner filtering level has any effect Place Click on the Place button to position the circle You can also click and drag the circle in the small display Centre A click on this button centres the circle View Key Use this control to see where in the picture the internal key the circle is placed Areas with none or a small amount of filtering will be dark while areas with a high filtering level will be bright BWF Control Menu Bypass BYP When enabled the BWF is put into electronic bypass MSP SYS controls Push the menu button and then select EHF FIELD WIERK FRAME IHS IDE QUTS IDE HORZ VERT LEVEL LEV
108. me on the MSP SYS e g Filter PRE FILTER Temporal Filtering Still Filtering without motion adaptation for maximum noise reduction e g for pin registration Also disables the special colour adaptation Normally leave this off as it will cause severe smearing on any moving images in the picture Y Strength Y STRNGTH Amount of temporal filtering in the luminance channel Range is 0 14 where 14 is maximum filtering An Y Strength setting of 7 is a good place to start for pictures with a lot of noise or visible film grain Try a setting of 3 or 4 for less noisy signals C Strength C STRNGTH Amount of temporal filtering in the chrominance channel Range is 0 14 where 14 is maximum filtering A C Strength setting of 8 is a good place to start for pictures with a lot of noise or visible film grain Try a setting of 3 or 4 for less noisy signals C Strength can normally be set slightly higher than Y Strength 34 e ANR Adaptive Noise amp Film Grain Reduction User s Manual User s Manual Note Very high ANR settings can cause a number of problems e Colours may start to look pasty or washed out e Saturated coloured images in the picture may begin to lose their contours e Lag will appear as trails behind moving objects in the picture These effects can be caused by very high ANR settings or by multiple passes through any noise reduction system For best results avoid using the highest settings for any ANR func
109. med event at timecode and stores the current process parameters in that event Makes current event active or selected event programmed and stores the current process parameters in that event If more than one event is selected no parameters are stored Entering Timecode from Keyboard Once you have started typing the timecode on the numerical part of the keyboard the display of the MSP SYS and MSP VTR will change as shown below MSP SYS display Enter nmiumiber a med E H Die Once a valid timecode has been written the buttons that can perform an operation e g create in incorporating this timecode will light up The key with the asterisks or toggles field 1 field 2 An asterisk to the left of frames on the MSP SYS display indicates field 2 MSP SYS e 137 138 e MSP SYS User s Manual 23 MSP VTR About the MSP VTR Control Panel User s Manual The MSP VTR Control Panel supports the standard functions of a tape machine including two machine single event editing For information on VTR editing please read chapter 20 VTR Editing It is designed to allow the control of 4 VTRs or other tape machines with the 4 machine VTR editing software package The MSP VTR operates in conjunction with the MSP SYS and MSP CC MSP VTR e 139 Controls 140 e MSP VTR SOO A OS OT Re se NS PP Ro N
110. n Normal Normal filtering Uniform in high and low lights Positive More filtering in low lights Positive filmbase Negative More filtering in high lights Negative filmbase ANR Adaptive Noise amp Film Grain Reduction e 35 Positive luma adaptation boosts grain and noise reduction by 6dB in the lowlights while Negative luma adaptation boosts grain and noise reduction by 6dB in the highlights Note The boost in noise reduction by Luma adaptation is relative to the current setting of Y Strength Setting Y Strength to 0 in positive or negative mode still causes a 6dB noise reduction in the lowlights or highlights Level The user can vary the range of the luminance values effected by the Positive or Negative boost Setting Level to 1 means that the boost only occurs in the extreme black or white while 4 means that it occurs between grey and black positive mode or white negative mode t Amount of Noise Reduction gt Luminance level Pre filtering The Pre filter can have several purposes e To reduce noise in the high frequencies with one of the 1D filters when the source has a low bandwidth e To adapt the output signal to the composite domain by applying a 1D PAL or NTSC filter e MPEG Pre processing using a 2D motion adaptive filter Non Adaptive SPNON The Pre filter has been designed to be motion adaptive It only filters where there is movement in the picture while leaving detailed non moving area
111. n the other hand if the contrast between scratches and picture information is low set the contrast to a high value to enable processing of the scratches Wobble WOBBLE Selects how much the scratch es are allowed to move horizontally and still being detected by the CSR e Small e Medium e Large e Extra large Coverage COVER Coverage is the length of the scratch compared to the active picture E g setting Coverage to 50 removes scratches equal to or larger than 50 of the active picture Global Mode Controls Global GLOB Selects the Global filtering mode In this mode the scratch detector is disabled Filter Size SIZE Optimises the median filter for a particular scratch width For example Filter Size 5 removes scratches that are 5 pixels wide ot less Level Sets the amount of global filtering When Level is 0 the picture is left unprocessed When Level is 100 maximum filtering is performed Area isolation This feature lets the user select in which part or parts of the picture where processing is allowed In non Global mode this eliminates the risk of the CSR removing objects that the scratch detector mistakes for scratches In Global mode the whole of the selected areas is processed Click on Place in the CSR window A vertical stripe will appear in the video picture The stripe can be moved using the mouse trackball Select the area or areas in the video picture that contain unwanted vertical sc
112. ndow turning red St ff zou x Jf ve co Jf ac Aperture Correction Ed Filter Type Normal x Aperture Correction active Aperture Correction x Filter Type Normal M Aperture Correction set to Bypass A bypass of all processing options can be done by double clicking on the workspace background or using the Bypass All button in the test window or on MSP SYS Note Unlike some other systems the bypass function does not affect the video delay through the DVNR Small Large window Most processing option windows are equipped with a Small Large window option The Large window is the normal window size that allows direct manipulation of each parameter The Small window does not have all the necessary handles and is designed for use with the MSP range of dedicated control panels The Small Large window selection is found in the Control menu in Windows 95 right click on the window bar Scratch Concealement x Filter Large C Glob Motion je Contrast je M Black M White Split ASC Small window DVWin e 5 Starting a project By powering up the MSP1010 and optional control panels the DVWin will automatically run If you have a PC you will have to double click on the DVWin Lite icon when it appears Registration When DVWin has been installed and is run for the first time you are required to enter the organisation name Organization Name Please enter the name of your organization Di
113. nges without a preceding scene change within about 1 second an event is generated anyway The operator must align the event time code to the point where the discontinuity actually happened This can happen after a cut when next scene begins with a still shot Because of the lack of motion in the beginning of the scene the new 3 2 phase is not detected at the cut but later in the scene Hold Hold When enabled parameter settings are not updated by the decision list A sort of bypass of the list Set On Exit Automatically stores the current processing settings in the active event when a new event is passed It can be used in two modes 1 Set On Exit Updates all events in the decision list even those events that are not programmed This mode is enabled by selecting the menu item Edit gt Set On Exit gt Set and update all events Note that the event is only set and updated if the processing parameters have been modified within that event 2 Update On Exit Updates only those events that are already programmed An event that is only marked is not updated This mode is enabled by selecting the menu item Edit gt Set On Exit gt Update programmed events only Mark Mark Marks an in point event but doesn t store any parameters Mark amp Set Mark amp Set Marks an in point event and at the same time stores the processing parameters Delete Click on the delete button and the selected event s is deleted Se
114. om next frame to current in real time e On the first frame after the frame with the spot set another event and deselect Use Key to go back to using settings for Main Area for the whole picture 46 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual 8 ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment About Scratch Concealment User s Manual The ASC II is a new High Definition scratch concealer based on the industry standard ASC II With new filters and enhanced Motion Adaptation the ASC I1 further reduces the need for manual paintwork or non real time processing The ASC II effectively removes in real time the disturbing effects of film dust dirt and randomly dispersed scratches Even pure emulsion damages can be effectively dealt with The proprietary and patented process is fully adaptive while retaining full resolution of the image Its versatility is outstanding allowing it to be used for material previously considered to be lost to the final touching up of virgin negative transfers A unique function giving users a very powerful tool is the keyer function In a separate window it is possible to set different processing parameters This function can be used to remove very big spots without affecting the rest of the picture or do a copy and paste for flash frames in real time In terms of film dirt concealment in real time the ASC II sets a new standard ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment e 47 Controls asc
115. on the right side Slave mode The VTR can be set to operate in slave mode In slave mode the VTR will follow any movements of the master VTR and it will synchronise to it frame accurately in play speed Machine name This is the in house name that is associated with the attached VTR Currently the software only supports up to four VIRs but future versions will allow an internal database of several VT Rs to be remembered by the control system In that way all parameters that have been set up for a specific machine can be restored the next time that machine is used with the MSP Current reel Currently only used as a tag in the VTR control window In future versions of the edit control software it will be used for building the edit decision list Simulated VTR This function allows the controls of the VIR panel and VTR control window to behave as if a real VTR was attached Its main purpose is for testing the different components in the control system such as the Processing Decision list User s Manual VTR Editing e 123 Edit Timing Config Edit Timing Preroll 00 00 03 00 In out Trim 00 00 00 00 Rec delay je fields EE delay 6 fields Play cmd delay je frames Play Start lag 2 frames IV Auto adjust play start lag I Enable Audio Ch 3 amp 4 Cancel Preroll The pre roll needed for the VTRs to run up to play speed and lock the playback servos In out T
116. r Corrector window Click on the ACPp button at the top of the workspace or select PRI_A from the MSP CC panel to access the Primary controls of the ACP Channels The Viper option enables dual parallel primary and secondary colour correctors including advanced Viper keying between the two Channel A and B corresponds to the dual colour correctors where A works outside and B inside of the defined key area If the key area is disabled channel A is used Mote information about the Viper keying is available further on Black Adjusts dark parts of the picture slider for luminance adjustments trackball for red green and blue individually Range 25 25 of the full video amplitude On MSP CC use leftmost trackball for RGB settings and corresponding ring for luminance setting Gamma Adjusts grey parts of the picture slider for luminance adjustments trackball for red green and blue individually Range 0 50 1 99 Normally set to 1 00 On MSP CC use middle trackball for RGB settings and corresponding ring for luminance setting Gain Adjusts light parts of the picture slider for luminance adjustments trackball for red green and blue Range 100 99 On MSP CC use rightmost trackball for RGB settings and corresponding ring for luminance setting Master Hue is used to control the colour tone chroma phase by rotating the phase of the colour circle Range is 180 to 180 degrees User s Manual User s Manual
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118. ratches by clicking and dragging using the left mouse trackball button CSR Vertical Scratch Removal e 55 If you click and drag on an area that is already selected it becomes deselected When you have finished selecting areas press the right mouse trackball button A Note It is important to select a key area that is just large enough to cover all picture areas that contain the scratch during a scene Autotrack The Autotrack feature automatically moves or deselects selected areas if a scratch moves or disappears Autotrack is useful only in a few situations It should normally bet set to Off Off No action Deactivate This function deselects areas where no scratches are detected This is useful for deselecting areas when a scratch disappears e g after a scene change If a new object that the scratch detector may mistake for a scratch appears in the same position later it is not processed since the area is not selected anymore Widen Widens the selected area if a scratch tends to move out of the selected area Follow Moves selected areas letting them follow a moving scratch In most cases however setting Autotrack to Off and manually selecting areas that are wide enough for the scratch movement is good enough Miscellaneous Controls Slope At Slope setting 0 the horizontal median filtering cuts in and out directly Higher settings of Slope cause the filtering to gradually increase and decrease around edges of the
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120. rim A trim factor counting in frames that is normally applied to the player It is used to position it correctly relative to the recorder when the DVNR is between the player and the recorder to compensate for the video delay The trim factor should be set to a positive number equal to the number of frames that the video signal is delayed through the DVNR On the recorder the trim factor moves the in and out point of the edit This parameter should not normally need to be adjusted for recordets The current version of the edit control software uses the built in auto edit function of the recorder and future versions will use the EE delay and Rec delay to control the timing of the in out of the recorder Rec delay This parameter sets the delay that it takes for the recorder to enter rec mode when an EDIT ON command is issued EE delay This parameter sets the delay that it takes for the recorder to enter EE mode when a SELECT EE ON command is issued Play cmd delay This parameter sets the number of frames that it takes for the VTR to enter play mode when a play command is issued It is used to optimise the TSO Tape Speed Optimisation Play Start lag This parameter should be set to the number of video frames it takes in time for the VTR to reach play speed with servos locked from still mode 124 e VTR Editing User s Manual Getting started Editing User s Manual Auto adjust play start lag By enabling the Auto adjust p
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122. ronger and larger steps than Normal Highboost Boosts the signal above a selectable frequency Peak Cutoff First Peak then cut off at selectable frequency Peak Peak at selectable frequency Inverse Inverts the luminance Edge Effects only Filter Characteristics Peak Cutoff filter Gain Freq Peak filter Boost frequency is defined at 6dB VAC 7 HAC 7 Cut frequency is defined at 6dB VAC 7 HAC 7 The vertical filtering is at the equivalent field line cut of frequencies Note For HDTV the cutoff frequency displayed should be multiplied by a factor of 5 5 HAC HAC Amount of horizontal Aperture Correction Range is 0 7 where 0 is bypass VAC VAC Amount of vertical Aperture Correction Range is 0 7 where 0 is bypass Colour Cut Boost By selecting the Colour control it is possible to Cut or Boost Aperture Correction within an area of a specific colour CHROMA AREA The last two colours are Skin Tone specially set for skin tones where both hue and saturation discriminates selection and Monochrome where saturation has to be below a certain low value for Cut or Boost of noise reduction in monochrome ateas AAC Advanced Aperture Correction e 91 Black White Cut Boost These two independent controls determine if a cut or a boost of aperture correction is to be applied to the defined areas in black and or in white If the scrollbar is set to 0 the corresponding Cut Boost control has no effect
123. rtical Scratch Removal e 53 Controls Continuous Scratch Remover fed Filter Size Contrast DOE a ole Wobble Coverage None xi 100 rea Isolation seh Tu gt 0 utotrack Place Clear T View key Display status Eo Off Attop At bottom Global V Black Y White Split CSR window Note that a control name within parenthesis represents the name on the MSP SYS e g Global GLOB Scratch Detector Controls The user has a number of controls to describe the scratch to the scratch detector All of the criteria have to be fulfilled at the same time in order to detect the scratch The scratch detector controls are only available in non Global mode ize Coverage A number of criteria have to be fulfilled before filtering Black BLACK Attenuation of Black scratches White WHITE Attenuation of White scratches White and Black can be selected at the same time 54 e CSR Vertical Scratch Removal User s Manual User s Manual Filter Size SIZE Corresponds to the width of the scratch es in pixels E g a setting of 5 pixels will remove any scratch equal to or smaller than 5 pixels Contrast CONTRST Selects the threshold sensitivity for the detection of scratches If the contrast between scratches and picture information is high set the Contrast control to a low value to minimise processing of real picture information O
124. ry Controls Channel Selec Channel Bypass _ Channel A C Channel B I Bypass Channel 4 I Bypass Channel B Analyse Peso e Secondary Colour Correction Channel A Ea Options Hue cfszo E wfs E S Medium y User s Manual Sat rr cf29 Ecs E whao E wfnss E S Medium z Lu Hue 223 SJsafsso Eimfoo E T Additive F Multiplicative Wector Sele AE Sle S Wide z The Secondary Colour Corrector is divided into two parts The Analyzer and the Processor With the Analyzer you search for a colour to change and with the Processor you change it Click on the ACPs button at the top of the workspace or select SEC_A from the MSP CC panel to access the Secondary controls of the ACP Channels The Viper option enables dual parallel primary and secondary colour correctors including advanced Viper keying between the two Channel A and B corresponds to the dual colour correctors where channel A works outside and channel B inside of the defined key area If the key area is disabled channel A is used More information about the Viper keying is available further on Analyzer The Analyzer is the part of the Secondary that detects colours in the picture for the Processor to work with It has 6 independent vectors to work with ACP Viper e 77 78 e ACP Viper Vector select Click one of the six coloured buttons to select the vector you want to work with T
125. s unaffected therefore being a complement to the temporal noise reduction With the Non Adaptive control one can disable the motion adaptivness which allows the Pre filter to process the whole picture Also disables the special colour adaptation If Motion Adaptation is used the only pre filter available is the 2D Filter PRE FILTER Selects one of the following pre filters OFF No filter selected bypass 2D 2D LP filter cut off approx 3 MHz with slow toll off only available if Non Adaptive isn t selected 1D sharp 1D LP filter cut off approx 3 MHz with sharp roll off 1D med 1D LP filter cut off approx 3 MHz with medium roll off 36 e ANR Adaptive Noise amp Film Grain Reduction User s Manual 1D notch 1D LP filter high attenuation around 3 4 MHz 1D PAL Suppression of PAL 4 43 MHz subcarrier frequency 1D NTSC Suppression of NTSC 3 58 MHz subcarrier frequency Y PreFilter Y PRE Sets the amount of pre filtering in the luminance channel Adaptive mode 0 is no pre filtering and 15 is 100 pre filtering Non adaptive mode 0 is no pre filtering and 7 is 100 pre filtering C PreFilter C PRE Sets the amount of pre filtering in the chrominance channel Adaptive mode 0 is no pre filtering and 15 is 100 pre filtering Non adaptive mode 0 is no pre filtering and 7 is 100 pre filtering Other controls Freeze Frame freeze Freeze of field 1 2 or field 2 1 is selectable under Field dominance
126. selectable as well as possibility for customisation Horizontal re blanking Horizontal re blanking adjustment in the range of 0 to 15 pixels on each side Presets A number of pre defined blankings are available at your disposal Select Custom to set a blanking that does not exist as a Preset User s Manual User s Manual System Setup Delay The Supervisor has access to other setup patameters that normally should not be tampered with System Setup DYNR1000 Xx Supervisor Project Video Standard Blanking Delay vee fi o AE E o TT Adjust Key TF Adjust All This feature enables the user to re time the total delay from the selected input to the selected output of the system by approx 2 lines in steps of 1 pixel 74 ns The Output delay is stored separately for each Input Output and Genlock setting Note Although all analogue and digital outputs are available at the same time in the DVNR1000 422 only one output at a time will have the correct timing Y C Adjusts the total delay through the system C Adjusts the chroma delay only Adjust All When set the adjustments of Y C or C effects all combinations of input and outputs Adjust Key DVNR1000 422 Adjustment of the 4 0 0 key signal is only available if the Colour Correction CCS option is installed as it supports using a 4 0 0 key input to isolate processing in Secondary Colour correction stag
127. ser names and passwords or adding new ones Remote Control Setup Communication Port Use RTS Board Use PC serial port COM Port Port COM1 M Speed 38400 H Ports COM1 COM2 For DVWin Lite the Supervisor can from the Communication Port window set the communications port and baud rate For the MSP1010 always set to Use RTS Board Upload Panel software Allows upload of new software for the MSP control panels when prompted for Upload MCU software Allows upload of MCU Micro Controller Unit software to the DVNR main frame when prompted for DVWin e 15 Timing System timing x Frame input delay i H Frames Process Delay fo E Frames Autoshot Trim fo Fields 3 2 Ofset jo E Fields Global List Trim fo Frames ENC Trim fo 7 Frames The parameters in the System timing window are used for trimming Autoshot and parameter execution timing All values except 3 2 offset are shown in frames Only for use with an MSP1010 Frame input delay Shows the delay of the unit before the first processing option Process delay This box shows the total delay of the processing options in the DVNR system calculated according to the options selected in the System Configuration window You can override it by typing new values which will affect the list timing but it will be restored if you go to the System Configuration window and click on OK See System Configuration on p
128. so possible to adapt not only to the grain characteristics of positive and negative film but to do so in accordance with its exposure and lighting conditions at the shoot Negative film is grainier in highlights unexposed areas than in lowlights exposed areas Afterimage is a very low level retention of previous frame In the ANR the framestore is now using a high number of bits thus making it physically impossible to see any type of afterimage this framestore also accounts for the remarkable transparency of the processing The ANR include an adaptive 2D spatial filter that is used to improve the overall noise grain reduction performance Since a recursive filter is dealing with temporal filtering it will not introduce any resolution losses on a static image Applying a 2D filter in this case would be detrimental to the entire image detail would be lost very quickly Instead in the ANR the 2D spatial filter is made to filter only where there is motion and where the eye is less sensitive to the local loss of resolution ANR Adaptive Noise amp Film Grain Reduction e 33 Controls Adaptive Noise Reduction xi r Still mode Y Strength C Strength a reo r ol Non Adaptive Filter 20 El mY Prefilter C Prefilter a al e f Colour adaption Off Boost Cut Freeze Split Flush ANR window Note that a control name within parenthesis represents the na
129. sons V Split Demonstration mode where the left part of the picture is processed while the right part is left unprocessed for comparisons ASC II Control Menu Bypass BYP When enabled the ASC II is put into electronic bypass Removing big spots with the Keyer Note This procedure will only work when controlled from an MSP1010 e Ifyou have a big spot in one frame that is not removed with the filter settings you have for your Main Area make an event at exactly the frame were the big spot is e For this event turn on Key Area Put your keyer over the spot Select Global for the key area and select filter size COPY NEXT ot COPY PREV e Tfitis the first frame after a cut you must select COPY NEXT and likewise if it s the last frame before a cut you must select COPY PREV Set Level to 15 in your key area you will get a copy and paste from next frame to current in real time e On the first frame after the frame with the spot set another event and deselect Use Key to go back to using settings for Main Area for the whole picture 52 e ASC II Advanced Scratch Concealment User s Manual 9 CSR Vertical Scratch Removal About Continuous Scratch Removal The CSR continuous vertical film scratch remover effectively removes disturbing effects of vertical film scratches Even pure emulsion damages can effectively be dealt with and CSR processing can be done both tape to tape as well as directl
130. t ENTER Set store data at the selected event or makes a multiple selection of events programmed When multiple events are made programmed each event will be programmed with the same parameters that the preceding programmed event had User s Manual User s Manual Dynamic Dyn Use this control to define and set the out or end point of a dynamic dissolve 1 2 3 4 time a Figure 1 Sequence in Decision list without dynamics 1 2 3 4 time Figure 2 Same sequence in Decision list but with dynamics The following is an example of how a dynamic can be programmed in the list figure 2 above shows the changes of a parameter e g gamma 1 This event is a normal cut parameters stored with Set 2 This is the In or start point of the 1st dynamic Normally this point will be a marked event with no parameters set In that way event 2 does not need to be updated if the colour correction in event 1 changes 3 Out point of the 1st dynamic Parameters stored with Set Dynamic This event will automatically become the in point of next dynamic if any 4 Out point of 2nd Dynamic Trim Adjusts the trim factor that can be added to the time code of the current active or selected event in fields and frames Adjust the trim factor using the up and down arrow Value is shown as lt frames gt lt fields gt The amount of trim will be shown to the field next to the time code To absorb the trim factor into the time code of th
131. ted Password User Preferences x Panel CC VTR Password Change your own password by entering both the current and the new password User s Manual 3 DIS Image Stabilisation About Image Stabilisation User s Manual The DIS Digital Image Stabiliser option is designed to remove unwanted unsteadiness where the original material was film based The DIS only rely on the information available in the film frame and totally opens up new possibilities in correcting undesired horizontal and vertical movement The process is no longer tied to the telecine transfer process thus suggesting better economy by offering the telecine to more productive tasks The DIS operates in a scene by scene mode and manual location of the movement reference by one or two Pin points This offers applications in steadying a wide range of source material The DIS is particularly suitable for packshot applications even where conventional methods of stabilisation do not yield sufficient stability The DIS employs advanced spatial filtering to ensure that no degradations occur even at small corrections of 1 16th pixel and line The unsteadiness can originate from several different soutces e g e Mechanical instability in the telecine gate e Damages splices or worn out sprocket holes in the film itself e Movement between original and copy in filmprinter e Unsteady film camera shots in a limited range DIS Image Stabilisation e 23
132. tion and avoid using ANR on material that has already had noise reduction applied to it Colour Adaptation When the colour control is activated luminance noise reduction is applied to the selected colour normal processing applied to the other colours as follows Off C OFF Normal processing Boost C BOST Increased luma noise reduction within area in picture with selected colour Cut C CUT Reduced luma noise reduction within area in picture with selected colour The last two colours are Skin Tone specially set for skin tones where both hue and saturation discriminates selection and Monochrome where saturation has to be below a certain low value for Cut or Boost of noise reduction in monochrome areas Note The boost in noise reduction by Colour adaptation is relative to the current setting of Y Strength Setting Y Strength to 0 while Boost is selected for a colour still causes a 6dB noise reduction in the selected colour atea Luminance Adaptation Luma adaptation allows the user to select the amount of noise reduction applied to the highlights or lowlights within the picture This function can be extremely important when dealing with grainy images in positive or negative film stock e Positive film will generally show mote grain in the lowlights e Negative film will generally show more noise in the highlights Mode NORM POS NEG Selects one of the following three operating modes for the temporal noise reductio
133. tion indicators indicate the direction in which the tape is running gt the forward indicator lt the reverse indicator _ the still indicator Double click on the dial to toggle between SHUTTLE or JOG modes The image of the dial will expand when in SHUTTLE mode 2 Rec inhibit indicator This indicator light to indicate that recording is inhibited by the cassette plug The light goes out when recording is possible 3 Servo indicator In playback recording and edit mode this indicator lights when the drum servo and capstan servo is locked User s Manual User s Manual 4 Standby button Pressing this button when the unit is in Stop mode switches the VIR between Standby On and Standby Off When the button is lit the unit is in Standby On The head drum is rotating and the tape is kept wound on the drum under tension When the button is off the unit is in Standby Off The tape is released from tension going out of contact with the head drum which no longer is rotating This mode protects the tape from fatigue and wear Note The Standby button will only work in Stop mode 5 Record button Click on this button to start recording 6 Eject button Ejects the cassette after a few seconds 7 Rewind button Click on this button to rewind the tape 8 Play button Click on this button to start playback 9 Fast Forward button Click on this button to run the tape fast forward 10 Stop button
134. toshot gt Mark 2 Autoshot Set Builds a list consisting of events programmed with the current parameters In this mode the operator can apply colour correction on line whilst building the list Enable this mode by selecting the menu item Timecode gt Autoshot gt Mark amp Set Autoshot is only enabled during normal play speed The Autoshot is automatically disabled when using jog shuttle rev f fwd or when the VTR is stopped When starting the tape Autoshot is initially disabled for a couple of frames to avoid false detection caused by picture flicker due to servo synchronisation Processing Decision List e 103 104 e Processing Decision List If the user preference Turn Scenedetector off when stop is checked the Autoshot mode is automatically turned off when operator stops the tape Detect 3 2 When enabled and the origin is set to Film 24 the incoming 3 2 sequence from the 3 2 detector inside the DVNR system is analysed If the 3 2 sequence changes phase and a preceding scene change is detected then the 3 2 phase will be forced to the new phase in the event at the scene change If the program that is to be processed consists of 24 fps film that has been edited in video domain the Detect 3 2 control should be checked during the first pass together with Autoshot In that way the 3 2 discontinuities will be properly handled in the second pass by those process options that do frame based processing If the 3 2 phase cha
135. ue 64 76 HZOM 95 Input format 9 Insert 129 Insert mode 121 127 Interface boards 14 Internal Oscillator 9 10 J Jog Acceleration 21 K Knob Acceleration 20 L Large Listfont 19 114 Large window 5 Layering 27 Legaliser 99 Letterbox 99 Limit 9 Lit LED 20 Lock Status 26 Login button 6 LTC 103 113 Mark 106 Master Hue 64 76 Master Lift 65 77 Master Saturation 64 77 MDC 50 Mix 107 MK III mode 21 Monochrome 129 MPEG mastering 31 MPEG1 29 32 MSP CC 3 5 19 20 76 84 131 MSP SYS 3 5 19 20 122 135 146 e Index MSP VTR 3 19 119 141 Multiplicative Luminance 73 82 N Noise FM threshold 43 Notch filters 41 Notes 130 O Output delay 13 Output format 9 P PAL Plus 95 Pan 26 Pan amp scan 99 101 Password 15 23 Pattern 129 Peak Motion 26 Place Pin s 26 Positioning 99 Power up default 14 Pre roll 126 Presets 133 Preview 97 101 122 Process Feedback 27 Processing Decision List 19 103 Push delay 20 R Re Blanking See Blanking Rec inhibit 122 Reel 125 Reset 26 RGB backlight 21 RGB Lift 65 77 RGB limit 9 Ring Acceleration 20 S Saturation 64 77 Scratch detector 56 Scratch width 57 Search dial 122 Search Dial 142 144 Servo indicator 122 Set 106 Set Centre 81 Set Dynamic 107 Setup window 7 8 Shuttle Acceleration 21 Skin Tone 37 93 Slave mode 125 Small
136. vate the preview mode left picture to see exactly which parts of the picture dimmed will be omitted in the final output right picture The preview mode can be enabled independently of the list and dynamics Global Zoom Z ZOOM Changes horizontal and vertical aspect ratio compression expansion simultaneously Optical Formats User defined settings presets of e Vertical Aspect e Vertical Position e Horizontal Aspect e Horizontal Position ZOOM e 95 96 e ZOOM Optical formats can be defined named or deleted in the ZOM Control menu ZOM Control Menu Move Close Alt F4 Save Current Format Delete Seleted Format Save Current Format To define and name an optical format first set the Vertical and Horizontal Aspect and Position Controls then go to Save Current Format in the ZOM Control menu You will be asked to enter in a name that will appear in the Optical Format list Delete Selected Format If you want to delete an optical format first select it from the Optical Format list and then in the ZOM Control menu go to Delete Selected Format MSP SYS controls Push the menu button and then select 00 ALIAS PREV zag zna ASPECT ASPECT i58 e 1 668 i BBH Zoom controls in MSP SYS User s Manual 17 AFC Anamorphic Format Conversion About Anamorphic Format Conversion General The AFC is a novel design with the objective to reduce the number of film grading passes from th
137. will be used 5 Status Will show the current status of the Player e g Play Stop Record Tape unthread Recorder status The recorder time code display amp status indicators are exactly the same as the player 118 e VTR Editing User s Manual Editing Controls Edit 000 gt 00 03 50 11 00 00 49 04 00 00 58 15 Duration 00 00 09 11 H4 A S plit gt gt KSK lt S gt Assembl X Video TC X Al x A2 AUTO EDIT oar Wn 1 Edit counter Keeps track of the number of edits that have been performed 2 Player IN display Shows the current Player IN point The box also allows entry of IN point from keyboard To pre set the IN point with the current time code hold the IN key on the VTR panel pressed while pressing Enter 3 Player OUT display Shows the current Player OUT point The box also allows entry of OUT point from keyboard To pre set the OUT point with the current time code hold the OUT key on the VTR panel pressed while pressing Enter 4 Duration Shows the duration of the edit OUT minus IN 5 Assemble When set the Assemble editing mode is enabled and Insert editing mode disabled 6 Insert Insert edit mode Video TC Time code A1 Audio channel 1 and A2 audio channel 2 7 Recorder IN display Shows the current Recorder IN point The box also allows entry of IN point from keyboard To pre set the IN point with the current time code hold the IN key on
138. will change as you type the name in Click on OK when done The session window will now change to match the type of project you have selected Setting Video Standard Choose the Video Standard tab and check that proper input output field rate etc are correctly set before starting the session by clicking on OK DVWin e 7 Setup window 8 e DVWin The following is a detailed description of the Setup window and its controls As the User window disappears the Setup window will appear instead Please check that proper input output field rate etc is set correctly before starting the work by clicking on OK The Setup window may look slightly different depending on which image processing device is controlled System Setup Project Supervisor Project Video Standard Blanking Delay No open project Alvins Trucks Open Close Delete New Creates a new project You will be prompted for project type choose DVNR and file location Open Opens a previously stored project Select project first and then click on the Open button Close Closes a previously opened project Delete Deletes a project from the hard disk Select project first and then click on the Delete button User s Manual User s Manual System Setup Video Standard Input Output Supervisor Project Video Standard Blanking Delay Field Rate 50Hz x FT Ext Genlock Dominance Auto M Origin
139. y in the telecine transfer process The proprietary and patented process is fully adaptive and allows for fast and effective concealment by the use of advanced digital filtering techniques Due to the adaptive nature of the process only areas suffering from scratches will be processed leaving the remaining part of the image unaffected User control allows for adjustment to select maximum processed size length and relative inter frame movement The CSR offers very cost effective restoration of damaged film and largely avoids the use of manual paintwork Theory of Operation User s Manual CSR contains a scratch detector and a median filter The scratch detector enables the median filter only in the part or part of the picture where scratches are detected to remove the scratches The rest of the picture is left unprocessed CSR also includes the Area Isolation feature The user can select in which areas of the picture processing is allowed This eliminates the risk of CSR removing objects that the scratch detector mistakes for being scratches e g flag staffs The CSR can be set to Global mode where the scratch detector is disabled Instead the user manually controls the amount of median filtering This mode is useful in difficult situations where the scratch detector cannot detect the scratches Area isolation works in Global mode as well allowing the user to only process the parts of the picture where there ate scratches CSR Ve

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