Grass Valley Kayak HD v.6.9.3 - Manual (Page 152)

152 Kayak — User Manual
Section 4 — Menu Overview
Data Pads and Touch Buttons
The Kayak system menus make extensive use of data pads. Data pads are
active areas on the screen that display a summary of the status of an object,
and when touched bring up additional controls and information for that
object.
Some data pads display a single value (for example, the soft knob data
pads). Touching a soft knob data pad brings up a keypad on the screen for
data entry (which can be closed without making any changes if desired). A
special pattern data pad also exists, which displays the shape of the current
pattern (the Square shape in
Figure 80 on page 151 ). Touching this data pad
provides a link to the Wipe.
Note that a single touch of a data pad will not change any Kayak system
settings, but just brings up controls that permit changes. You can surely
touch any data pad to explore that object’s parameters and settings. Actual
changes are enacted on the screen with the touch buttons, by turning a soft
knob, or by entering a value on a keypad.
Some menu items that look like data pads only display information, but do
not have Rounded corners. Touching these buttons does not generate a
popup menu or a menu change.
The information displayed might be able to be changed using different con-
trols, or it may simply report a status.
Touch buttons do not display data, and are labeled by their function. Direct
change touch button functions include selecting an operating mode (
Preset
Pattern in Figure 80 on page 151 ), or turning on an attribute ( Matte Fill in
Figure 80 on page 151 ). Touching these buttons will immediately activate
their function.
Note that the Menu Category touch buttons at the bottom of the screen are
used to display a different category of controls, and this is actually a form
of delegation. Touching these buttons will not change any actual Kayak
system settings, so they can also be surely touched at anytime to explore the
menus.
Touch buttons can control on/off (green/gray) functions ( Matte Fill in
Figure 80 on page 151 ), or they can select from a group of parameters, and
turn green to indicate the state of that parameter. A second way of pre-
senting group selections is the
Popup Button (e.g. Preset Pattern in Figure 80
on page 151 ).