Grass Valley Kaleidoscope to Krystal Effect Translator - Manual (Page 9)

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Kaleidoscope to Krystal Effect Translator
Effect File Sizes
Krystal files are ASCII format, not binary like Kaleidoscope. This is one
reason why a Kaleidoscope effect becomes larger when it is converted into
a Krystal effect. One advantage to the ASCII file format is the file can be
read with a text editor.
The translator program checks the A: and B: drives for available space
during translation, and posts a warning message if there is not enough
room. The program assumes space is available on the C: drive and does not
check that drive during translation.
An extremely long or complicated Kaleidoscope effect could translate to a
3 Mb Krystal effect, too large to fit on a 1.44 Mb floppy disk. To translate a
large Kaleidoscope file, you may need to reduce its size by splitting it into
segments or removing unnecessary parameters or keyframes.
Combining several smaller Kaleidoscope files into one Krystal file can also
make the resulting file too large for a 1.44 M floppy disk. In this case,
simply select the files to convert individually.
Channels
Five Channel Effects
■ Kaleidoscope supports up to five channels for effects, but Krystal
supports up to four. To convert a five channel effect, the fifth channel
data is used to build a separate effect. Global information is added to
this effect, and it is saved to a separate file name. The last letter of the
file name for this fifth channel effect is changed to '5'. For example,
Kaleidoscope 5 Channel “Effect.001” file name converts to:
a. Krystal 4 channel file name “Effect.K01”
b. Krystal 5th channel file name “Effec5.K01”
■ If a file is a Preset register file with five channels of effects, the file
converts as follows. Example: Kaleidoscope 5 Channel “Effect.118” file
name converts to:
a. Krystal 4 channel file name “EffecP.K01”
b. Krystal 5th Fifth channel file name “EffeP5.K01”
■ If you don't want to convert channel 5 as a separate effect, use the
Kaleidoscope swap channels feature to move it to another channel
before saving the effect.
Global Channels
■
Kaleidoscope Global keyframes are converted to Global 1.