Sony 8000SF Switch User Manual


 
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Names and Functions of Parts of the Control Panel
Chapter 2 Menus and Control Panel
button to turn it on allows you to use
this as a key frame fader.
Transition rate display: This shows the
“transition rate” (the time from the
beginning of a transition to its
completion) set for an auto transition,
in frames.
You can set the transition rate using the
numeric keypad control block, Flexi
Pad control block, or menu.
AUTO TRANS (transition) button:
Pressing this button carries out an auto
transition of the set transition rate
(duration). The transition starts
immediately, and the button lights
amber. When the transition completes,
the button goes off.
CUT button: Pressing this button carries
out the transition as a cut (i.e.
instantaneously).
d Wipe direction selection buttons
When you have selected a wipe or DME
wipe as the transition type, press one of
these buttons, turning it on, to select the
wipe direction.
NORM (normal): The wipe proceeds in
the direction from black to white as
shown on the pattern in the lists of
patterns see “Wipe Pattern List” (page
560) and “DME Wipe Pattern List”
(page 566) in Appendix (Volume 1), or
in the direction of the arrow.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame
memory operation mode is enabled in
setup, pressing this button plays the
tape.
REV (reverse): The wipe proceeds in the
opposite direction to that when the
[NORM] button is pressed.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame
memory operation mode is enabled in
setup, pressing this button cues the tape
automatically to the start point.
NORM/REV (normal/reverse): The wipe
direction alternates between normal
and reverse every time a transition is
executed.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame
memory operation mode is enabled in
setup, pressing this button stops the
tape.
e TRANS PVW (transition preview)
button
When this button is lit, you can check in
advance the video changes during the
transition, on the preview output from the
M/E or PGM/PST bank.
During the preview, you can use the fader
lever, [AUTO TRANS] button, and [CUT]
button. One of the following functions of
this button can be selected in a Setup mode.
When the transition completes, the
system returns to the normal mode.
The transition preview mode is
maintained while this button is pressed.
Switching is made between the transition
preview mode and normal mode every
time this button is pressed.
f Pattern limit buttons
PTN (pattern) LIMIT: Pressing this
button, turning it on, enables the
pattern limit function.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame
memory operation mode is enabled in
setup, pressing this button plays the
tape.
LIMIT SET: Use this button to set a
pattern limit when the [PTN LIMIT]
button is off.
Move the fader lever to the position of
a particular pattern size, and stop it
there, then press this button to set the
pattern limit range.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame
memory operation mode is enabled in
setup, pressing this button stops the
tape.