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Section 4— Switcher Operations

constant then excessive lighting variation may exist. You may
wish to correct this by adjusting the set lighting.

If the background luminance is reasonably flat, readjust the

LUMA

background suppression slightly to eliminate shading

in the background signal. (In this mode, the foreground signal
is not really keyed. Instead, the suppressed version is added
to the keyed background signal, producing very natural
looking keys, especially when keying glass or hair.)

NOTE:

Some artistic license may be used here: back off the LUMA

background suppression to add some of the set's lighting variation
present in the foreground signal into the background video, in essence
creating shadows.

If lighting variations are too great, turn on

FGD RESHAPE

in

the

CHR KEY/KEY ADJUST

menu and set the

LUMA

background suppression (on the panel) to minimum. The

LUMA

suppression reduces the processed foreground signal

toward black in areas of the key and has little visible effect
with

FGD RESHAPE

set to on except at the key edges. The

appropriate setting depends on relative foreground and
background brightness at the edges.

In this mode, the foreground signal is processed by the keying
signal which also cuts a hole in the background. This mode
makes better keys when conditions are not ideal (lighting or
noise), but produces a harder, less natural key.

7.

Examine the resultant key. If the foreground appears with
uniform coloring from the chroma key wall, you may
minimize this with

FLARE SUPRESSION

accessed in the

CHR KEY/CK HUE MODIFIERS

menu.

NOTE:

It is very easy to overdo this adjustment causing coloring of the

entire foreground with a color complementary to that being keyed. Do
not use FLARE SUPRESSION in an attempt to eliminate color
fringing.