User manualBluebox Worldfor Casablanca Avio, Prestige and Kron

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1011Chapter 5Bluebox World summaryBluebox World consists primarily of the following components: one is the Bluebox World program, while the other cons

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1213Chapter 6The Bluebox World program6.1 Starting Bluebox WorldThe Bluebox World program is selected from the list of transitional effects (“Transiti

1415• Command bar (time period, preview, archive, guidelines, exit) in the right hand third of the screen.Each element in these three main groups is e

14156.3.1-1 OffBluebox keying, (the replacement of one part of an image in accordance with brightness or color criteria), remains switched off. In spi

16176.3.1-4 BluescreenThe “Bluescreen“ Bluebox mode represents an alternative to the “Standard“ mode, and can particularly yield better results when t

16176.3.1-9 Luma 2As with “Luma 1“, the only selection criteria for “Luma 2“ is the brightness of the image. However, whereas under “Luma 1“ a selecte

18196.3.3 Select AlphaThis function can be used either to give conti-nuously variable transparency to an area within the foreground image, or to add v

1819• TransitionThis setting species the sharpness of the shadow‘s edge. A low value generates a “hard“ shadow, whereas a higher value gives the impr

Safety noticesTo avoid making mistakes during operation, we recommend that you carefully follow the instructions provided in this manual.We would also

2021There are three settings:• UseActivates or deactivates this effect.• ModeIndicates whether the portion of the front video image of that is enclose

20216.5.3 ArchiveAllows all the settings associated with the current Bluebox World effect to be stored in the Bluebox World archive, so making them av

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2223Chapter 7The individual Bluebox World effects7.1 BB Change Chroma(Image Processing)Replaces a specic color or color area within a video scene by

24257.4 BB Move Rectangle(Image Processing)Shifts a freely selectable section of a video scene to a different position. The original position of the i

2425Chapter 8Application exampleBluebox with all the extrasIn this example we shall begin with raw video material and nish with a fully featured Blue

26278.3 Select and adjust Bluebox effectA Bluebox World effect is set up in a number of stages. The foreground object, or motif, is rst isolated thro

2627This single-frame preview is “instantaneous“ - you see one frame from the entire scene at a time. The preview function, on the other hand, gives y

28298.3-5 Fading the foreground object in and outIf desired, the foreground object, (i.e. the person in the foreground), can be smoothly faded in and

2829After this, “Destination Area“ is used to specify where this section is to be moved to, (taking the person with it); we have decided in favor of t

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3031Illumination can also very important. The wall should have the most even possible appearance, and shadows should not fall from the object onto the

3031Appendix AThe construction of a Bluebox wallTo make effective use of the Bluebox effect, you most often require a Bluebox wall in front of which y

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3233Appendix BHue, saturation and brightnessThe color that we perceive with our eye is composed of three elements: brightness, hue and saturation. Blu

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5Chapter 1Important informationThank you for obtaining Bluebox World from your dealer!We are grateful for your condence, and hope this package will e

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67Chapter 2About Bluebox WorldThe term “Bluebox“ goes back to the origins of a technology that enabled specic elements in a video image, originally j

89• Place running video material behind the letters or symbols of a title, so that, for instance, the characters on the title screen of a travel docum

89Chapter 3System requirementsBluebox World is suitable for Casablanca Avio, Casablanca Prestige, and Casablanca Kron.At least software version 1.9, o