To Create or Edit a DVE Sequence

Tip: If you are editing a keyframe, highlight the keyframe you want to edit, make the required changes and press Insert Over. This replaces the existing keyframe with the newly edited one. Don’t forget to save your sequence.
  1. Navigate to the DVE menus for the DVE key you want to create a sequence for and press DVE Menu > Sequence.
  2. Position the key where you want the sequence to start.
  3. Press Duration and use the Frames knob to set the number of frames it will take for the sequence to move to this keyframe.
    Tip: If you do not want to enter a specific duration, you can insert a Hold in the sequence by toggling Hold to On. When the sequence reaches this point, it will wait until you press AUTO TRANS again.

    Because this is the first keyframe, the sequence will only use this duration if the sequence is being run in reverse.

  4. Use the Type knob to select the type of motion you want to use to move to this keyframe.
    • Smooth — key accelerates slowly at the start and decelerates slowly at the end of the sequence. The motion between the keyframes is a straight line.
    • Spline — key accelerates slowly at the start and decelerates slowly at the end of the sequence. The motion between the keyframes is a user modifiable spline-curve that smoothly moves the key through each keyframe.
    • Linear — key moves from keyframe to keyframe at a constant velocity. This produces a step-motion effect.
  5. If you selected Spline as the type of motion, press Spline Params and use the Tension, Bias, and Continuity knobs to adjust the appearance of the motion.
    • Tension — adjust how tight or loose the curve is. Lower tension gives a looser, more sweeping curve while tightening the tension brings the curve closer to a straight line.
    • Bias — balance how much influence the previous and next keyframes have on the spline through the current keyframe. Increased bias places more importance on the smoothness between the previous and current points, while a decreased bias places more importance on the smoothness between the current and next points.
    • Continuity — adjust how smoothly the path passes through the keyframes. The standard spline path moves smoothly through each keyframe, but by adjusting the continuity you can make the path effectively come to a point at a keyframe and then abruptly move away towards the next keyframe.
  6. If you plan on using the sequence as a DVE wipe, press Wipe Modifier and use the Wipe knob to select how you want the wipe to transition.
    • None — a cut is performed at the end of the sequence. This is designed for sequences that end with the key off-screen or not visible on the screen.
    • Dissolve — dissolves the key as the sequence progresses, based on the Dissolve At value. Use the Dissolve At knob to set the percentage of the way through the sequence that the dissolve will start.
    • Slide Off — moves the key directly off-screen in the direction that the key was last moving. This is done by moving the key in the X and/or Y axis.
  7. Press Insert to insert the keyframe.
  8. Insert additional keyframes as required.