FOCUS Enhancements Bridge/Router MX-4DV - Manual (Page 46)

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Identifying Colors
The Color Selector appears in the upper-right corner of the
Preview screen. It indicates colors selected for the back-
ground and borders as well as border style.
The inner-most rectangle shows a sample of color assigned
to the background as well as the color number. The border
around the rectangle shows both the current border style
and color and their associated color and style codes.
Using Color Backgrounds
Colored backgrounds have many uses. For example, to dissolve to a solid black background when
transitioning out of the CURRENT source, hold the black for a moment or two, then dissolve from
the black background into the NEXT source.
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Use the solid color background to lay down ten seconds of black at the beginning of your video.
Transition into and out of solid colored backgrounds basically the same way as transitioning
between sources. The difference is that you must select the background color you want to use
before running the transition.
To make the selection:
1 Press BG COLOR until the color you want appears in the Color Selector.
2 To immediately cut to the colored background, press CUT / BACKGROUND .
To transition into the colored background, press NEXT / BACKGROUND , then press PLAY or use
the T - BAR to switch to the colored background.
Changing Colors and Styles
Use the BG COLOR , BORDER COLOR , and BORDER STYLE buttons to change colors and styles. In
each case, press the button repeatedly to cycle through all of the available options for that particu-
lar setting.
If you already know the color number of the color you want to assign:
1 Press and hold either BG COLOR or BORDER COLOR , depending on which you want to change.
2 Enter the color number on the numeric keypad. For example, press and hold BG COLOR , then
press 6 to specify bright blue.
Background Color
Border Style
Border Color
The following sections
describe the BG
COLOR , BORDER
COLOR , and BORDER
STYLE buttons.