EVS IPDirector Version 5.6 - May 2009 Part 7 User's Manual - Manual (Page 150)

IPDirector V.5.6 – User Manual – Part 7: Editing - IPEdit
EVS Broadcast Equipment – May 2009
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About Video Transition GPIs
The XT[2] server can trigger an external device that will perform an effect in
association with a video transition. To do this, you need to associate a GPI OUT
to the beginning, and possibly to the end of the video transition.
Typical use is, for example, to hide a wipe effect with an image that would be
superimposed to the timeline during the transition.
How to Define a GPI OUT Linked to a Video Transition
You will define the GPI OUT at the same time you define the video transition
effect.
To associate a GPI OUT to a video transition, proceed as follows:
1. In the Add/Modify Transition Effect window, click the Pane Display icon
to display the left part of the window.
2.
In the Video Transition GPI group box, tick the check box Link GPI(s) to
video transition effect.
3. Tick the Start Transition GPI check box to a GPI at the beginning of the
transition effect.
The two drop-down lists on the right of the check box become available.
4. In the first drop-down list, select the number of the GPI OUT to be used:
5. In the second drop-down list, select the type of the GPI OUT to be used: