Grass Valley PVTV NEWS Rev.4.02 - Manual (Page 29)

25 STUDIO NEWS
DVE Interface Overview
The PVTV STUDIO NEWS Digital Video Effects (DVE) system creates transitions from wipe and
fade effects. These effects transpose video images from different input devices (character gener-
ators and still stores, etc.). Transitions include DVE and Process Effects, which give full control over pic-
ture position, shape, luminance, chromakey, luma/DSK key and motion.
Select a DVE Preset hotkey to
store or recall an effect.
Select a wipe/fade or
sequence transition
from the Transition
List to display the
transition’s setup box.
The Take Bar
is controlled
with the
mouse
Use for
auto-takes.
Take Duration is
registered in
frames, with 30
frames = 1 second.
Opens the dialog box to
build a transition.
Resets the external
DSKs (2-4) to none.
Deletes settings
from the selected
preset button.
Displays the setup dia-
log box for modifica-
tion and editing of
the selected
transition.
Indicates which
transition is
selected.
The DVE Feed-
back LED indi-
cates whether
the DVE layer is
turned on or
off.
The DSK Feed-
back LED indi-
cates whether
the DSK layer is
turned ON/OFF.
Three types of dialog boxes are used in succession to refine and characterize transitions:
1. Transition Setup dialog box: appears when a transition is selected from the transition list on the
main DVE interface. Use this to set properties of the transition.
2. DVE Setup dialog box: Appears when a DVE effect is selected from the DVE list on the Transition
Setup dialog box. Use this to set the DVE properties.
3. Process Effects dialog box: Appears when a process effect is selected from the process effects
list on DVE setup dialog box. Use this to set the properties of a process effect.
Indicator telling which
keyed source is on the
program channel.
Tells which keyer is cur-
rently active on the pro-
gram channel.
Tells which keyer is cur-
rently active on the pre-
view channel.
Downstream of
Program and Pre-
view. Selects the
source to fill DSK 4.