MacroSystem Bogart SE Ver.4 User manual - Manual (Page 56)

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of between 2 * 2 * 2 = 8 and 50 * 50 * 50 = 125,000 different
colors .
12 . CVBS filter: This effect can be used to reduce edge shim-
mer which sometimes arises when using an CVBS (RCA) con-
nection . This shimmer can appear at very fine, high-contrast
edges arises to a much lesser extent or not at all when using a
S-Video connection . Using the filter causes a weak blurring of
the image . The filter should therefore only be used when abso-
lutely necessary . You can set the “Strength” from 1-3 .
Tip: With a CVBS connection the signals for brightness and
color, which are normally separate, are mixed. This causes
considerable loss in the video bandwidth, especially for color.
The “CVBS filter” reduces the video bandwidth and thus re-
duces the extent of the undesired effect described above.
13. Movie mode: This effect is used to turn 50i format scenes
(interlace) into progressive 25p format footage . In this fashion,
movement is made to simulate the typical cinematic look from
the movies . The effect creates 25 different frames rather than
50 fields .
14. Flip: This effect flips the scene . If you set the “Direction”
to “Horizontal”, then you see the scene with the left and right
halves exchanged . If you set “Vertical”, then the scene is seen
upside-down . The setting “Horizontal + Vertical” combines
these two effects .
15. LineArt: With this effect the video is turned into a sort of
moving charcoal drawing . All edges and sharp contours look
like they have been redrawn with a charcoal pencil on a piece
of white paper . The “Contrast” control is used to set the black-
ness of the lines from 1-8 depending on the contrast of the
original scene .
16. Mosaic: With this effect you make a mosaic out of your
scene . The scene is divided up into individual squares that be-
come larger . You specify the “Size” of the squares from 2-200 .
You specify the beginning and end points for the effect within
the scene with the “In” and “Out” points . Time can be up to 12
seconds .
17. Negative: This is the negative effect known from photogra-
phy . It is often used for special effects, but also has a practical
application . With the macro function of some video cameras
it is possible to film a slide or a negative in full-screen format .
The Negative effect can then be used to create a positive im-
age for use in the video . For this effect you also have (under
“Type”) the choice between “Brightness” and “Brightness +
Color” . There is an interesting effect for example, if you invert
the “Brightness” . The video seems like a negative, but the
colors are correct .
18. NOP: You can ignore this effect . It is listed in the regular
effect list but doesn’t do anything . This function causes no
change to your video material but is used by MacroSystem
technicians to help find software and hardware errors so that
we can help you with problems by telephone . NOP is an ab-
breviation for “No OPeration” .
19. Panorama Zoom: This effect converts footage to a different
format . For example: 4:3 video footage is converted to work
on a 16:9 monitor and vice versa . A special, non-linear scaling
method usually helps to avoid the black bars on the screen
edges . The option ‘Conversion’ is for selecting the format of
your source footage that does not match the project . Depend-
ing on the project format (the setting you made in the Project
Settings in Format 16:9 or 4:3), you can now choose the cor-
responding setting . The slider for ‘Distribution’ determines the
strength of the scaling (values range from -20% to +20%) .
20. Place holder: This is not a real, proper effect . Instead, it is
a place holder for projects that have been copied . The effect
settings field at the right contains a warning that this is not a
proper effect . For more information, please refer to the de-
scriptions of the transition effects .
21. Rectangle: A freely positionable rectangle of any size (can
be set in “Position”) is inserted into your video . The color of the
rectangle can also be set .
22. Relief: The video image is transformed into a sort of 3-di-
mensional relief . It looks as if it has been chiseled in stone - a
single gray tone with light and shadow at the edges . Edges
appear where the original has strongly contrasting edges .
The button “Direction” can be used to change the illumination
source in order to obtain different effects . The arrow shows the
direction in which the light shines from .
23. Color to Grey: Usually the video material is in color . This
effect can convert the video to black-and-white . If you want
to convert long segments, or perhaps even the entire video to
black-and-white, then you can set the color saturation in the
Video settings menu to 0% when initially recording the mate-
rial . This might save you long calculation times .
24. Mirror: A scene is mirrored . Under “Type” the following di-
rections can be given: “Horizontal Left-Left”, “Horizontal Right-
Right”, “Vertical Top-Top”, and “Vertical Bottom-Bottom” . You
also have the possibility to mirror the two upper or the two
lower image halves, whereby you can also specify which im-
age half (left or right) should be mirrored .
25. Out of focus: With this effect you can make a scene appear
blurred . You can set the blur “Intensity” from 2-20 . Under “In”
and “Out” you set the start and end points of the effect (up to
12 seconds) .
26. Spread: Here you create a “shimmering” image . This is
achieved by distributing the pixels within a circle (which you
set with “Step” 1-10) containing the original pixel .