Grass Valley Kayak HD v.6.9.3 - Manual (Page 329)

Kayak — User Manual 329
E-MEM Menus
E-MEM Menus
Default Mode of Operation
In the Default Mode the switcher behavior is closer to that of the
Kalypso/Zodiak line of Grass Valley switchers. The DD Mode follows the
E-MEM methods used by the Kayak DD line of switchers.
One of the big differences between DD and Default modes is that KayakDD
switchers have an Edit mode that must be activated before a Timeline can
be edited. Also, changes to the Timeline are not saved until the Edit mode
is switched off again. Default Mode tries to make Edit mode more trans-
parent through several means. First, edit mode is activated automatically
whenever an editing action is initiated through the menu, and deactivated
automatically whenever the user presses the
Run button. Second, edit
cursor position is preserved (as far as possible) when changing into and out
of edit mode. The DD edit mode doesn’t allow the edit cursor to be placed
in between keyframes, therefore edit cursor snaps to the beginning of the
current keyframe upon entering edit mode.
Edit mode cannot be made fully transparent, mainly because the number
of buttons available in the E-MEM section of the Kayak panel is limited to
provide numeric entry (register selection) and edit commands at the same
time.
Another difference between DD and Default Modes is the definition of a
keyframe duration. In DD Mode keyframe duration is the duration of the
transition to the keyframe, while in Default Mode it is the duration of the
transition to the next keyframe. KayakDD associates a transition with the
following keyframe, while Kalypso/Zodiak associates it with the preceding
keyframe.
A third difference is that in Default Mode (Kalypso/Zodiak), keyframes are
always inserted behind the cursor (
Insert After ), while in DD Mode, they are
inserted before the cursor position ( Insert Before ). In Default Mode both
methods are available with Insert After being the default.
Some features of Kalypso/Zodiak are not implemented in the Default
Mode including “insert on the path”, non-linear paths, and
Kalypso/Zodiak’s multi-track system. “Insert on the path” means the
ability to insert a keyframe at a position between two keyframes without
changing the overall duration of the Timeline.
One last difference is that Default Mode handles any type of action in key-
frames, while DD Mode has several different types of objects in a Timeline,
such as Triggers, Waits, or Loops.