Kayakdd™ quick reference – Grass Valley KayakDD v.1.0.0 User Manual
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KayakDD™ Quick Reference
Version 1.00
CHROMATTE™ MANUAL SETUP
Select your Chromatte™ Source on the keyer
you want to use and Automatic Delegation will
take you to the KEYER MENU.
Either in the menu or in the Keyers Area select
the CHROMA mode.
In the menu the mode page will show you the
Chromatte™ controls.
Touch the databox showing HUE and
SELECTIVITY.
Adjust SELECTIVITY to around 40% and then
slowly twist the HUE until you see the
background color of your key source disappear.
Use the HUE control to find the center of the
color you want to key out.
Twist the SELECTIVITY control anti-clockwise
until all the desired color is removed. (Often
0% is a good value)
Press the databox for CHROMA/LUMA/FLARE
and then the button for DISPLAY. Select FGD
ONLY from the choices shown.
Adjust the CHROMA control to make the area
that was your chromakey color a neutral grey
with no saturation. (You can use a WFM
monitor to help with this, often 100% is a good
value.)
Adjust LUMA to make this area black. Either by
eye or using a WFM Monitor you should adjust
LUMA until the grey area is only just at black
level.
Switch the DISPLAY back to NORMAL. You have
made a Chromatte™ key.
To finish you need to adjust Clip Hi/Low so
touch that databox and set Clip low to 0% and
Clip High to 40%. Look carefully at your
composite and also SHOW KEY. (Do this by
pressing KEY PVW twice or using the KEY MISC
menu.)
Your foreground should have a filled white
matte and your key should not be transparent
with OPACITY set to 100%. Adjust Clip Low to
remove opacity and Clip High if the
background if reduced in level overall.
Try to keep the 2 values as far apart as
possible to preserve edge quality.
If you have lighting problems that cannot easily be
fixed, for instance in post production, use FGD
RESHAPE to apply a multiplicative key. This is a
very powerful tool with very visible effect.
MASKING TIPS
Press INHIB(inhibit) or FORCE MASK in the
Keyer Area to go to the mask menu.
The switcher will highlight FORCE or INHIBIT
Mask control databox for you.
Choose the MASK SOURCE
For WIPES choose the pattern. (Don’t forget
each keyer has a wipe generator and a box
mask)
Set the SIZE of a Wipe, and SOFTNESS. The
Positioner will only work if you switch it on in
the wipe selection menu.
For a BOX MASK set each edge position and
softness.
If you need to see through the mask use
OPACITY (100% = full masking).
TRANSITION TIPS
You can select all of BGND, KEY 1, KEY 2, KEY3,
KEY 4 and PRIOR TRANS in any transition, or any
combination.
To change only Background from PGM to PST
use BGND transition.
To change whether a keyer is ON or OFF select
the name of the keyer in transition area.
Any combination you can press is good – just
check on Preview to see your result.
Move the Lever arm in the direction of the
blue arrow, or press CUT or AUTO to make
your transition.
Keyers also have CUT and MIX buttons that can
be used even if the lever arm is doing a
different transition.
The TRANS DUR button is in the EFFECTS Area.
Press and Hold the TRANS DUR Button
The AUTO, KEY1 MIX, KEY2 MIX, KEY3 MIX,
KEY4 MIX and the FTB AUTO buttons will blink.
Touch the transition button for which you
want to alter the transition duration.
Use the Effects Keypad to type the number of
frames you want it to be and then ENTER.
Reference and Standard
By default your KayakDD is set for analog
(Blackburst) Reference – on the REFERENCE
loop-through connectors and ‘AutoDetect’ for
625Lines/50Hz and 525Lines/60Hz.
In the menu INSTALL – GENLOCK you can
change the Reference to ‘Digital’ and select
one of the 16 inputs to be the reference signal.
In the same menu with the ‘Phase’ adjustment
you can shift the internal pulses with respect
to the reference. Before doing any
adjustments there be sure that all external
sources have proper reference.
Contact Information
Web:
select ‘Products’ and then ‘Switchers and
Effects’.
Email: [email protected]
Your local field support: