Pinnacle Speakers DEKO500 - Manual (Page 178)

Glossary 176
Deko500 User’s Guide
insertion point
In a text field, the insertion point is indicated by the text cursor. As
you type, Deko500 inserts each character into text at the insertion
point, and shifts the insertion point to the right.
To move the text cursor, use arrow keys (
↑ → ↓ ←
) or click on a
new position.
integer parameter
An integer parameter specifies a whole number value, either
positive or negative, e.g. 3, 12967, -174, 0, etc.
if you specify a real value for an integer parameter, Deko500
ignores the fractional component of the value.
An example of an integer parameter is the number parameter of the
select style preset command, which sets the current style from the
list of preset styles:
select style preset (number =)
International window
The International window shows all the characters in the current
character set. Click any character to insert it into the active
graphic.
kerning
Kerning refers to the spacing between the characters within a
word. The higher the kerning amount, the more space between
characters. A negative kerning amount tightens the spacing
between characters.
key signal
A key signal is a black-and-white video signal that, when used
with a keyer, tells the keyer how to combine two video signals.
Deko500 outputs both a full-color video output and a black-and-
white key signal.
Let’s say you’re keying Deko500 graphics over live video from a
camera. You feed the video and key outputs from Deko500 to a
keyer (which could be Deko500’s own internal keyer), and also the
camera output. Where the key signal is white, the keyer inserts
Deko500’s output (the “fill” signal). Where the key signal is black,
the keyer inserts the camera output (the “key” signal). Where the
key signal is gray — somewhere between black and white — the
keyer mixes the Deko500 and camera outputs.
keyword
A keyword is a name used in command syntax to refer to a specific
command parameter. Every command parameter has a keyword.