Chroma and luma keying – chroma key mode

After selecting the operating mode of the key, the next step is to choose a background color. Click on the button Chrominance Keyer below the Mode button.

A window will appear, as shown below. Now you should choose a background color. There are two options: blue and green. You can change the background color by clicking on a rectangle with a green color. The color of the rectangle also changes then.

In the case of uneven color of the keyed background, you have a button: Detect Color at your disposal. It calculates LRGB parameters of the background on the basis of automated averaging. If reception of these parameters is not successful, the user is notified via a message window and then the default color is set. The Default Color button is used to select the default color.

Chroma and luma keying – selecting the keying mode

Click on the highlighted square button Mode to choose the keying mode.

There is a choice between four options:

  • Chroma Key – precise setting of the key,
  • Simple Chroma Key – quick setting of the key,
  • Luma Key – setting of the key on the basis of luminance,
  • Disable Key – working with the key off.

Chroma and luma keying

Keying is a special filter that in the Reckeen 3D Studio system can be used for camera inputs. The principal of its operation is to remove the areas of a specific color (e.g. green) from the image. The green color is removed after you turn the keying on and set its parameters. This way a figure of a presenter filmed on a green background can be placed against any virtual decoration.

The key can operate in either luminance (luma-keying) or chrominance (chroma-keying) mode. Setting the parameters of the key is done in a few simple steps, through which a special wizard can lead you. Thanks to this solution, selection of optimal key parameters is achievable even for the inexperienced users. And the results are impressive.

Media tray – mirror image on the PGM monitor

In the course of making the program, an inverted view from the monitor displaying the Program (PGM screen) is often needed. This facilitates the work of people facing the camera (their view is a mirror image on the PGM screen). To set such a PGM monitor preview, click on the Options icon at the top left of the production screen and select Configuration from the drop-down menu.

Click on the General in the window that opens. Then, check the Mirror on PGM Monitor option under the Program caption. The image on the monitor will change after pressing the OK icon in the lower right corner of the window.

Media tray – setting the displayed content on the monitors

After connecting the monitors to the Reckeen 3D Studio system, the displayed content can be set on the screens.

For this purpose, after opening the 3D Production module, click Options on the top Menu bar, then click on the Layout and select the previews’ layout that suits your needs from the dropdown menu.

There are the following options depending on the number of the monitors connected:

  • One Screen,
  • Two Screens (Production + Multiviewer),
  • Two Screens (Production + Program),
  • Two Screens (Production + Preview),
  • Three Screens (Production + Multiviewer + Program),
  • Three Screens (Production + Multiviewer + Preview) .

After setting the previews’ content on the screens, you can also specify which preview from the already selected will appear on which specific monitor. For example, if you have two monitors and the screens already selected (Production + MultiViewer), you can set, which exact monitor will show the specific content. To do this, click again on the Options icon at the top left of the production screen and select Configuration from the drop-down menu.

Click on the Screens icon in the window that opens. In the opened Monitor configuration window, you can set what Monitor1 and Monitor2 will show (Production + MultiViewer or MultiViewer + Production).

Media tray – additional monitors support

The Reckeen 3D Studio system operates on multiple input and output signals. To ensure even better preview of these signals, you can use additional monitors connected to your workstation. By using a separate monitor, you are able to obtain a preview larger than the one on the screen in the 3D Production application.

A second monitor can be used to display the Multiview view. Clear interface shows the previews available in the 3D Production module.

There are the following previews in the Multiview view:

  • PREVIEW – presentation of the item selected to be broadcasted next,
  • PROGRAM – presentation of the currently broadcasting signal (system output),
  • previews of the virtual cameras V/C 1, V/C 2, V/C 3, V/C 4,
  • a preview of all the media loaded into the virtual players,
  • a preview of the cameras CAM1, CAM2 , CAM3 , CAM4.

The third monitor, after the appropriate configuration, may display a full screen image from PREVIEW or PROGRAM output. Previews on the extra monitors retain their proper aspect ratio. Aspect ratio is consistent with the chosen format, in which the system’s broadcasting output operates.

In the picture – a Multiview view on a separate monitor for the Reckeen 3D Studio system.

Media tray – list of images or texts autoplay

Enabling the AutoPlay function means that the image list will start playing from the first one in the moment of medium’s, that is the tray image’s, introduction on the air – the PGM screen. Similarly, if you want to get subtitles with important news that will be changing automatically during the program, you can create a list of such subtitles directly on the ready-made boards in *.recstill files, set the display time for each text and then enable the AutoPlay. Use the Loop function if you want the list to be played again
in a continuous manner after it comes to its end. If you want to change the text already on the air please
see chapter : DSK function: Swapping the text content already on the air.

Media tray – play all function

You can display a couple of images one after another. If you change the second image’s playback length to 25 seconds, you will see the total playback length on the screen – in this case 31 seconds. Note that, in order to be able to turn the PlayAll function on, you have to click the Stop icon first.

The same principles as to the images (Still1 and Still2 tab) apply to the texts (Text1 and Text2 tab).If you want to set a break between the two displayed captions, you have to load an empty file between these files and adjust its playback time (length of the pause).

Media tray – video file auto play function

When you enable the AUTO PLAY function, in the moment of entering the vision (or the PGM screen), a video file will start playing from the beginning, regardless of whether it is an only source on the vision or it is a source displayed on a virtual scenography screen. If the Mark In marker has been set in the file, the playback will start from that selection. In the case of a playlist – it will start from the beginning of the first file or from the location of the Mark In marker in the first file.

Files from the other tabs (Still 1 or Still 2, Text 1 or Text 2) will be displayed continuously after loading to the player. Their playback time is not specified. It lasts as long as the file is not replaced by another file loaded into the player. If you delete a currently playing file from the media tray, its content will be replaced by a blue background.

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