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How to perform transitions, using keys and key modifiers, memories and custom controls, as well as Media-Store operation.
MotionText
Dynamically add text boxes with media that can be taken on or off screen independently of source transitions.

Operation
How to perform transitions, using keys and key modifiers, memories and custom controls, as well as Media-Store operation.
- Audio and Video Processing
  Video and audio signals are processed and passed through the switcher in different ways, depending on how the switcher is being used or is set up. A better understanding of how the switcher is processing these signals help you to achieve the production you want.
- Video Sources
  The switcher has access to two basic types of video sources; external and internal.
- Video Layering
  How video is layered in the output of the switcher depends on how an ME is re-entered onto the other, and what keyers are on-air for the ME.
- Video Preview
  Video preview allows you to use an additional monitor to preview what the next shot is going to be.
- Matte Source
  Matte color backgrounds (BG) are color signals that can be applied to backgrounds and keys. Color selection is done either by picking a preset color, or by adjusted hue, saturation, and luminance to create a custom color.
- Copying
  You can copy the content of an ME or keyer to another ME or keyer.
- Transitions
  Transitions are used to change the background video and take keys on and off-air. A transition can include any combinations of background and keyers for an ME. The background and each keyer can be transitioned independently.
- Keying
  Keying is the term used to describe when you insert (or electronically cut) portions of one scene into another, or place titles over background images. Keys are made up of two basic components, an alpha, that cuts the hole in the background video, and a fill, that fills the hole with different video.
- Memory Functions
  A memory register is a snapshot of the current state of the switcher that can include one or multiple MEs. Up to 100 memory registers per ME can be stored and recalled on the switcher. Each of these memory registers can store as little as the information of one ME, or as much as the current state of the entire switcher, including all MEs, Aux Buses, and DVE settings.
- Audio Mixer
  The audio mixer node in DashBoard provides a graphical interface to all the audio sources and mixer layers. An audio channel must be routed to the switcher to be controllable by the audio mixer interface.
- Switcher Sets
  The switcher stores configuration and operation data in a number of registers that contain the individual entries for items such as memories or personality settings. These registers can be stored as a single archive file, or as a register set that contains all the individual register of that type; all memories for example. Different Sets can be created for different shows or applications, allowing you to quickly locate and recall the switcher configurations.
- Media-Store
  The MediaManager interface to the Media-Store allows you to load stills, animations, or audio files and make them available across all MEs.
- Custom Controls
  Once programmed, a custom control (CC) can be played back by pressing a button. The custom control can be as simple as triggering an output GPI pulse, or as complex as recalling a specific memory register on an ME, performing a switcher transition, and selecting a group of keys.
- Sequencer
  The Sequencer allows you to create a playlist of custom control events.
- MotionText
  Dynamically add text boxes with media that can be taken on or off screen independently of source transitions.
  - To Create a MotionText Preset
    Each Preset contains a single snapshot of the text boxes, media item, and transition types.
  - To Recall a MotionText Preset
    Load and take MotionText presets.

MotionText

Dynamically add text boxes with media that can be taken on or off screen independently of source transitions.

Use MotionText to add simple text to your production. Each Preset contains 4 text boxes that can contain a single line of text. The text can be formatted for font, color, bold, and italics. Each of the 4 boxes that contain the text and be turned on or off and positioned on screen. A Media-Store graphic can be added as the background to the text and is taken on or off with the text. There are 256 Presets (8 Banks × 32 Presets) that each contain a single MotionText layout with text boxes and the selected media. MotionText is selected as a source on a bus and is tallied on the preview window on the menu.

Keep the following in mind:

Keep the following in mind when working with MotionText:

The MotionText transition is only applied when the preset is taken in or out. Selecting different presets will not trigger this transition.
The preview window will not show the video source that the text is being keyed over.
If MotionText is selected on a Background bus, black is used as the background.
Text boxes cannot be taken in or out independently. All text boxes and the media item are taken together. However, a text box can be turned on or off from the editor to cut that box on or off.
Edits made to a preset are immediately saved to that preset, even if that preset is on-air.
Red and Green tally indicators are shown just below the preview window on the menus.
The Take In and Take Out buttons turn Red or Green to indicate the tally state of the MotionText output. The buttons will only turn Green if the MotionText output is selected on preview but not on program.