Compositing using luminance key/chroma key, Setting the key type and extraction color, Compositing using key – Roland V-600UHD 4K HDR Multi-Format Video Switcher User Manual

Page 22: Video composition operations luminance key, Chroma key

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Video Composition Operations

Luminance Key

This takes video in which white or black areas are made transparent,

and composite it overlaid on a background picture.

Black or White

Chroma Key

This composites video shot against a blue or green background onto

a different background video.

Blue or Green

Setting the key type and extraction color

To change the key type and extraction color to match the video you

want to composite.

1 .

COMPOSITION

Select the [MENU] button

&

“Composition”

&

“Key1,” and press the [VALUE] knob.

DSK

Select the [MENU] button

&

“DSK”

&

“Key2,” and

press the [VALUE] knob.

2 .

Select “Type,” and use the [VALUE] knob to specify the

key type (extraction color) to use when compositing.

Value

Explanation

Luminance White

This uses a brightness threshold to make white
transparent.

Luminance Black

This uses a brightness threshold to make black
transparent.

Chroma Blue

This uses a color threshold to make blue transparent.

Chroma Green

This uses a color threshold to make green transparent.

Chroma Manual

This uses a color threshold to make manual color
transparent.

3 .

Press the [MENU] button to quit the menu.

Compositing using key

1 .

Press a cross-point [1]–[8] button in the PGM

section to select the video you want to make the

inset screen.

2 .

Press the MODE [AUX/COMPOSITION] button or [DSK]

button to select the send-destination for the video.

3 .

Press a cross-point [1]–[8] button in the AUX/

COMPOSITION - DSK section to select the video to

overlay.

4 .

According to the button that you pressed in step

2, press one of the following buttons to turn key

compositing on (lit).

If you pressed the [AUX/COMPOSITION] button

Press the COMPOSITION KEY1 [KEY ON] button.

If you pressed the [DSK] button

Press the DSK KEY2 [KEY ON] button.

The KEY1 [KEY ON] or KEY2 [KEY ON] button lights up in green,

and a preview of the composition results is displayed in the PVW

section of the multi-view monitor.
At this stage, the final output has not yet been changed.

Compositing Using Luminance Key/Chroma Key

This makes a portion of the video transparent and composites it onto a background video.

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