Still Image Operations  131 
 
Position of the left side 
Position of the right side 
Position of the bottom side 
5 
Press [Freeze Enable], turning it on. 
The signals of frame memory source buses 1 and 2 are
 
assigned to the pair of FMs selected in step 2, and a
 
freeze is now possible. 
6 
If necessary, set the mask settings 
(
1 
p. 131) for the
 
selected signal. 
7 
Press one of the following in the <Freeze> group to
 
write a freeze image to temporary memory. 
Frame: Execute frame freeze. 
Field: Execute field freeze. 
Off: Release the freeze, and delete the recorded freeze
 
image. 
 
To return to the state immediately before the
 
freeze after carrying out the freeze 
In the <Freeze> group, press [Undo]. 
 
 
 Notes  
•
 
When the system power is turned OFF, any freeze
 
images written to temporary memory are lost. 
•
 
If you change the frame memory to use as in step 2
 
without saving, all the freeze images in temporary
 
memory will be lost. However, if the auto store function
 
is set to on in the Setup menu, freeze images will be
 
automatically saved whenever you change the selected
 
target frame memory. 
•
 
For the following signal formats, a field freeze is not
 
possible. 
1080PsF/23.976, 1080PsF/24, 720P/50, 720P/59.94 
 
 
Saving a freeze image (Store) 
You can use the freeze function to save an image that has
 
been written to temporary memory as a file. You can save
 
a single image to a single file. 
A name of up to eight characters can be applied to a file. 
 
Notes 
The following names cannot be used:
 
CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL 
COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,
 
COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9 
LPT0, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7,
 
LPT8, LPT9 
3  
Press [Enter].
 
This saves the still image file in memory. 
The destination folder is the folder selected in step 4 of 
“Freezing an image and writing it to memory”
 
(
1 
p. 130).
 
If the entered folder name already exists, a message to
 
confirm overwriting appears. 
When the system power is turned OFF, all the files
 
saved in memory are lost. 
 
To carry out a freeze and store simultaneously
 
(Freeze and Store) 
Press [Freeze & Store], turning it on. 
In this state, if you press [Frame] or [Field], this carries out
 
a freeze, and simultaneously stores a still image file. 
 
 
Setting a mask 
To apply a mask to the signal selected on a frame memory
 
source bus, use the following procedure in the Frame
 
Memory >Still >Freeze/Store menu (2512). 
Masks can be set separately for frame memory source 
buses 1 and 2. However, this section describes settings for 
 
    frame memory source bus 1 as an example. 
1 
Press [Box Mask], turning it on. 
2 
Set the following parameters. 
 
Notes 
When the system power is turned OFF, all the files saved
 
in memory are lost. 
 
To save a captured image as a still image file, use the
 
following procedure in the Frame Memory >Still >Freeze/
 
Store menu (2512). 
1 
Press [Store]. 
2 
Enter a file name. 
 
 
 
 
 
3 
To link the masks on frame memory source buses 1
 
and 2, press [Mask Link], turning it on. 
 
 
Recalling Still Images (Recall) 
You can recall an image file saved in memory, and allocate
 
it to any of the FM1 to FM8 outputs.