Grass Valley Kaleidoscope to Krystal Effect Translator - Manual (Page 7)

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Kaleidoscope to Krystal Effect Translator
Kaleidoscope files saved with preset registers have extensions above 100.
To resolve the conflict with Krystal file extensions, the last letter of the
converted preset effect name is changed to 'P' to indicate it is a preset file
extension name.
Example: Kaleidoscope“Effect.123” converts to Krystal “EffecP.K23”
New
NOTE: Only one file at a time can be selected for translation with the New setting.
An error message will be displayed if this option is chosen after selecting multiple
files.
When the New setting is selected, the File name window becomes active.
You can enter a different file name to be used in place of the source
Kaleidoscope file.
Combine
When Combine is selected, you can convert all the selected files to a single
Krystal file. This is similar to using the “All” setting when saving Krystal
effect registers to disk. You are able to enter a new file name for the
combined file.
NOTE: Krystal effect files are much larger than Kaleidoscope files. Converting and
then combining several large files into one Krystal file may make the resulting file
too large for a 1.44 M floppy disk.
File Translation
Single Channel Krystal Option
This setting makes the translator program place Kaleidoscope background
information in the appropriate channel. When Single Channel Krystal is
selected, the background information stays with Channel 1, same as
Kaleidoscope. When this setting is not selected, the Kaleidoscope
background information will be placed in the Krystal Camera channel
Procedure
After the source and destination paths and file name have been set you can
perform the actual file translation.