TRANSITIONS

Introduction:

The Transition section allows you to change the opacity of the chosen track and make it totally transparent at the end of the transition. Only one transition can be made at one time.

Settings:

Here are the controls which you will need to configure the Transitions :

1. Choosing the type of transition:

The mixer features many types de transitions. To access the transitions, just press the Type button of the Transition section. This button will light up green and the LCD screen will display the Transition effects menu:

• On the 1^st line the type of transition applied is indicated. By default, no transition is applied: OFF.
• On the bottom 3 lines, is a drop down menu which you navigate by turning the rotating wheel (JOG).
• If you wish to apply a transition on the selected track (for example the DrkLum transition effect), you just need to navigate down the menu until the effect you desire appears next to of the cursor. Then press the ENTER button to activate the chosen transition.
• If you wish to apply another type of transition to the selected track, just press the BACK button to return to the drop down menu and choose another effect.
• On the right hand side of the LCD screen, a pictogram represents the type of wipe for the Lin, Cent, Corn, Mid, Doubl and Quadra transitions.

Here is the list of the transitions available with the VJX16-4:

Type of transition	Name	Symbol or Notes
Luma	DrkLum	Erase dark and then light zones of the video
	LgtLum	Erase light and then dark zones of the video
Linear	Lin1
	Lin2
	Lin3
	Lin4
Centred	Cent1
	Cent2
	Cent3
	Cent4
	Cent5
Corner	Corn1
	Corn2
	Corn3
	Corn4
Middle	Mid1
	Mid2
	Mid3
	Mid4
Double	Doubl1
	Doubl2
	Doubl3
	Doubl4
Quad	Quad
	Quad2
	Quad3
	Quad4

Once you have selected the type of transition, the LCD screen will indicate the following information:

• On the 1^st line the type of transition is shown.
• On the 2^nd line the state of the transition is shown: (Opaque, Wipe under way, Transparent).
• On the 3^rd line:
  • O: Opaque ; T: Transparent. This indicates on which side the transition slider should be in order that the video be totally opaque or totally transparent.
  • The 2 arrows always indicate the direction of progression of the transition between total opacity and total transparency.
  • The progression bar indicates the state of the transition.
• On the 4^th line:
  • The In information indicates on which track the transition is applied (Tr1 = Track1)
  • The Dur information indicates the duration (in number of images) of an automatic transition.

2. Choosing a track:

Then choose the track upon which you wish to make the transition. For this, press several times on the Track button to choose your track. (Example: In:Tr3).

Warning: you cannot modify the track while the transition is in progress !

3. Automatic Transitions:

The VJX16-4 allows you to manage the transitions either manually, or automatically. In automatic mode, you can configure the duration of the transition by using the left knob of the shared controls: DURATION.

Tip n°1:

• The duration of the automatic transition (the number of images) are at [1 ; 150] in the range of values.
• In PAL / SECAM, there are 25 images per second ; in NTSC, there are 30 images per second. The duration of the transition depends on the video standard. Thus, the automatic transitions can be executed between 0 (dur = 1) to 6 seconds (dur = 150) in PAL and in a range of duration from 0 (dur = 1) to 5 seconds (dur = 150) in NTSC.

Tip n°2:

• Whilst the automatic transition is in progress, you can modify this duration by shortening or lengthening the transition.
• To start up an automatic transition, first of all check that the slider is at either end of the scale (completely to the right or completely to the left) If not, you cannot start up your automatic transition.
• To activate the automatic transition, press the START button. You will notice the message: '’Wipe under way’' on the LCD screen during the transition and the red LED of the START button will light up. The transition is carried out through the MASTER output and the selected track disappears progressively.

4. Manual Transitions :

The manual transitions are managed with the slider fader, simply move it to control your transition.

5. Helpful Hints:

• The manual transitions override the automatic transitions.
• You can launch a manual transition by moving the slider while an automatic transition is underway. The automatic transition will stop instantly and you can take control manually.
• As long as the slider is not at either end of the scale, video mixer will consider that the transition is in progress. You cannot start up new automatic transitions and you cannot modify the number of the track.
• While an automatic transition is in progress, you can interrupt it and re-launch it by pressing the START button again.
• The LCD screen shows you how far you need to move the slide fader in order to make the track completely transparent thanks to the 2 arrows on either side of the progression bar. If you move the slider in the opposite direction, you will invert the transition and the track will re-appear. You will notice that each time that you finish an automatic transition the direction will invert.
• If you want to carry out a transition on another track, you will notice that the track in progress will be automatically ''Muted'' (the red LED of the MUTE button will light up) if this one was made completely transparent during the previous transition.