Pointmaker PVI 65 - Manual (Page 81)

Boeckeler Instruments, Inc. Pointmaker PVI-65 HD/SD-SDI Broadcast Video Marker - Page 71
Section Five: Using Markers Marking
solid frame. The frame will be filled with the color of the active
marker after you anchor it.
2. Enter the Sizing mode by activating the Size Frames command.
The frame is now sizeable.
3. Size the frame using the keyboard or other controller.
Upward commands make the frame taller. Downward commands
make the frame shorter. Leftward commands makes the frame wider.
Rightward commands make the frame narrower.
For finer control in sizing, activate the Fine Positioning command.
4. Store the size by pressing the ENTER or DROP [Insert] key.
The sized frame is ready for positioning.
5. Position the sized frame anywhere on the image, then anchor it by
pressing the ENTER or DROP [Insert] key.
A new active frame appears, identical to the first.
6. If desired, size and position the new active frame anywhere on the
video image to frame a second area.
7. Exit Frames by pressing any other function key.
Stamping the Date/Time
This feature works only using the keyboard. (see “Quick Reference for Key-
board” in “Appendix” on page A-6)
You can “stamp” an overlay with the current date and/or time, depending on
which display mode you selected in the Set Date/Time Menu.
While active (or positionable) the date/time stamp is represented by an icon.
The numerical date and/or time will appear as soon as you anchor the icon.
You can anchor only one Date/Time stamp on each overlay. To reposition a
stamp, activate the command again. The old stamp disappears and the new
stamp appears, ready for positioning.
Before anchoring a date/time stamp, you may want to select a new color for
the stamp’s text (See “Assigning Marker Colors” on page 63).
1. Activate the Show Date/Time command.