Applying Special Effects (Lighting and Recursive Effects) 
 
Defocusing of the video signal 
Chapter
 
10
 
DME
 
Operations
 
 
Notes 
•
 
The combine process function is not supported by the
 
MKS-6570 or MVE-8000A. 
•
 
When you change the selection in the <Combine
 
Process> group, the afterimages which had been added
 
up to then disappear. 
•
 
When you do not combine images, the Trail effect only
 
is applied, regardless of the selection in the <Combine
 
Process> group. 
 
Select one of the following in the <Combine Process>
 
group of the Trail menu (4152). 
 
    Combine –> Trail: Add the Trail effect after the combine.
 
As the trail parameters, the data for the channel with
 
the lowest number among the channels being
 
combined is enabled. 
Trail –> Combine: Add the Trail effect before the
 
combine. Trails parameters can be set independently
 
for each channel. 
Hard: Show the lighter of the live image and
 
afterimage. 
5 
To erase the afterimages, press [Decay Eraser], turning
 
it on. 
 
 
Erasing the afterimages that remain in 
memory whenever a keyframe is passed 
In the Motion Decay menu (4153), press [Decay Eraser],
 
turning it on. 
When the effect passes a keyframe, the afterimage is
 
erased before writing a new afterimage. 
 
 
Selecting the freeze timing 
In the <Decay Freeze Timing> group of the Motion Decay
 
menu (4153), select the timing for motion decay freezing.
 
Frame: Freeze in frame units. 
Field: Freeze in field units. 
 
 Notes  
The freeze timing setting is not required when the
 
following signal formats are being used. 
720P/50, 720P/59.94, 1080PsF/23.976, 1080PsF/24 
 
 
 
Combine –> Trail  Trail –> Combine 
 
 
 
 
Motion Decay Settings 
 
Notes 
When Motion Decay is turned on, any of the following
 
effects that are on are turned off: Trail, Keyframe Strobe,
 
Wind. 
 
 
Blurring image motion 
1 
Open the DME >Light/Trail >Motion Decay menu
 
(4153). 
2 
Press [Motion Decay], turning it on. 
3 
Set the following parameter. 
 
 
 
4 
In the <Decay Mix Mode> group, select the way in
 
which the video signal is blurred. 
Soft: Mix the live image and the afterimage. 
Applying stardust to the afterimage 
portion 
The afterimage portion becomes stardust, and gradually
 
disappears. 
1 
In the Motion Decay menu (4153), press [Dust],
 
turning it on. 
2 
Set the following parameters. 
 
 
Amount of the afterimage 
disappearing as stardust 
a)
 
Timing with which stardust 
disappears 
a)
 
The way in which the afterimage disappears is affected by both the
 
Video Decay and Decay Dust parameter adjustments for the motion
 
decay. 
 
 
 
Keyframe Strobe Settings 
 
Notes 
When Keyframe Strobe is turned on, any of the following
 
effects that are on are turned off: Trail, Motion Decay,
 
Wind.