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10 mattes panel – Grass Valley XtenDD v.4.2.4 User Manual

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2. Panel Operation

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Operating Instructions – Rev. 1 / 7.2002

2.10

MATTES PANEL

Mattes

Hue/

Softness

Chroma/

Position

Luminance/

Angle

Matte

1

Matte

2

flat

wash

Wiper

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Mode

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includes a maximum of 27 independent matte generators for design-

ing matte backgrounds, wipe borders, key borders and captions in color.
The number of mattes is dependent of your respective hardware. Some functions
described below is therefore only available when the respective hardware is avail-
able in the mainframe.

MatteWash

In addition to providing flat (plain) mattes, each matte generator can also assist pic-
ture design with the MatteWash function, which permits the creation of extremely
soft color wash effects between any two colors in horizontal, vertical or any diago-
nal direction.

FractalTextures

The new FractalTextures function extends the range of options for effective back-
ground design. In this mode, the wipe signal of the wipe generator controls the color
wash effect of a matte generator between any two colors.

MatteStore

The new MatteStore, a volatile store for wipe and key signals, permits creative de-
sign of complex brightness and color wash effects and of monochromatic pictures.

WiperWash

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The WiperWash

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function offers a new option for wipe border design by permit-

ting color wash effects within the border.

BGD Matte

The BGD 1/2 keys permit direct selection of the background matte. The automatic
delegation system automatically selects the background matte if BGD Matte 1/2
are pressed on the Background Bus or the Preset Bus.