MacroSystem Columbus 2 - Manual (Page 9)


function.
The additional settings that are available depend
on the effect being used:
The Columbus 2 Rotation effect provides you
with the Rotation option, which allows you to
specify the number of scene rotations, and the
Trail option, which generates trails of „ghost
images“ behind the rotation that become increa-
singly or decreasingly transparent.
The Columbus 2 Circle and Columbus 2 Rectan-
gle effects provide you with the Threshold effect
option, which allows you to set the blurriness of
the scene in percent.
3. The menus
When you see the Columbus 2 user interface for
the first time it might seem rather complicated.
We shall now explain the various controls to
help you find your way around the extensive
menus.
At the top left edge of the Columbus 2 menu you
will see several buttons (depending on the mode
selected) that contain different symbols. They
represent the main menus that are described
below.
In the Video Ext. and Image Pool Ext. modes,
you can activate the Points, Look, Camera detail,
Text and Editor detail functions and the Global
settings.
In Classic mode, you have the same settings
options but without the Camera detail and Editor
detail options.
If you click on one of these buttons, the name of
the menu that opens as a result is displayed in
the header of the box displayed in the middle.
You will therefore always know exactly in which
menu you currently are.
The top four buttons are used to open menus
relating to the active (green) point. So, first of
all, make sure that the desired point is green.
3.1 Points menu
The Type option allows you to switch between
Waypoint and Key point. A waypoint only influ-
ences the path of the line but is not visible in the
final video. It is therefore not possible to set a
pause time for it.
A key point, on the other hand, is generally
linked to a visible object (e.g. a little flag) and
provides you with additional options, such as
the ability to adjust its pause time and modify its
look.
You can use the Line button to modify the path
of the line in the area around the point. Usually
round is selected to ensure a smooth curve. If
angular is selected, the line will bend sharply at
this point. (The object moves towards the point
in a straight line and then continues on to the
next point also along a straight line.)
The Pause time option allows you to set a time
during which the line progression is halted at
that particular key point. You can use this func-
tion if you want to insert a somewhat longer
commentary at this point, if you want to use
a transition effect to crossfade from the route
display to another video scene or if you want to
change the head object at this point.
At a key point with a pause time greater than 0
you can make the system automatically gene-
rate a new scene when the computations are
performed (you must configure this in the effect
options). The break occurs halfway through the
pause time.