Applying Special Effects (Lighting and Recursive Effects) 
 
Degree to which the trail is left 
Extension in the horizontal 
direction 
Extension in the vertical direction 
Chapter
 
10
 
DME
 
Operations
 
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When Wind is turned on, any of the following effects
 
that are on are turned off: Trail, Motion Decay,
 
Keyframe Strobe. 
 
 
Applying the wind effect 
1 
Open the DME >Light/Trail >Wind menu (4155). 
2 
Press [Wind], turning it on. 
3 
Set the following parameters. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4 
To erase the afterimages, press [Wind Eraser], turning
 
it on. 
 
 
Selecting the signal for the afterimage 
portion 
In the <Wind Source> group of the Wind menu (4155),
 
select the image to fill the afterimage portion. 
 
 
 Notes  
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[Mix Color] or [Ext Video] can only be applied to one of
 
the background 
(
1 
p. 215), flex shadow 
(
1 
p. 178),
 
trail 
(
1 
p. 204), and wind effects. If you select [Mix
 
Color] or [Ext Video] in one of these effects, a selection
 
of [Mix Color] or [Ext Video] in any of the other effects
 
is disabled, and [Flat Color] is selected in its place.
 
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When executing combining four channels of DME
 
images, [Mix Color] and [Ext Video] in the flex shadow
 
and background effects cannot be selected. 
 
Freeze Video: Use freeze images of the input video as
 
source of the trail. 
Flat Color: Use a flat color matte as source of the trail. 
You can set the following parameters. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hue Rotate: Use a single color matte with the hue
 
changing for each frame as the afterimage. You can set
 
the following parameters. 
 
Rate at which hue changes 
Mix Color: 
Insert a mix color signal 
(
1 
p. 183) in the
 
afterimage portion. 
Ext Video: Insert the external video signal input to the Ext
 
IN connector in the afterimage portion. 
Rainbow: Use a freeze image with the hue changing every
 
frame in the afterimage portion. The difference from
 
“Hue Rotate” is that many colors appear
 
simultaneously. 
For details about the Rainbow parameters, see the
 
“Hue Rotate” item above. 
 
 
Applying modulation to the afterimage 
portion 
1 
In the Wind menu (4155), press [Modulation], turning
 
it on. 
2 
Set the following parameters. 
 
 
Horizontal amplitude of the wave 
Frequency of waves in horizontal 
direction 
Vertical amplitude of the wave 
Vertical frequency of the wave 
For details about Priority, Wind Freeze Timing, Wind
 
Eraser, Defocus, Dust, and Combine Process in the
 
Wind menu, 
1 
“Trail Settings” (p. 204).
 
 
 
Spotlighting Settings 
You can set up to three spotlight sources (lights 1 to 3). 
 
 
 Notes  
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The spotlighting function is not supported by the MKS-
 
6570 or MVE-8000A. 
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The BZDM-9050 Texture Lighting Software (for MVE-
 
9000) is required to set lights 2 and 3. 
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When the global effect Combiner is enabled, the settings
 
of the smallest-numbered channel selected for the
 
Combiner are used. 
 
 
Adjustments to the image surface 
The following adjustments can be made to the image
 
surface struck by the light. 
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Adjusting the brightness of the whole image 
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Selecting the image surface effect 
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Test sphere function 
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Adjusting the bumpiness of the image surface