Panasonic AW-HS50 How-To Chroma Key with the HS50 - Page 1

Chroma Keying ★ In chroma key, the key signal is created using a specific hue of the key fill signal as a reference. For instance, the color of the background is sampled (detected) from the image of a person standing in front of a specific background color so that the key signal is created, and a different background is combined. As the color of the background, green or blue is commonly used. Background Key Source Output Image ＋ ＝ (Selecting the key materials) ① Press KEY-F/S button - (Fig.1-A) to set the crosspoint buttons to key bus selection mode (KEY-F/S button lights up). ② Using the B bus buttons, select the key fill signal. - (Fig.1-B) * The chroma key functions as the self key, so the key fill signal is used as the key source signal. ③ Press KEY-F/S button to release the key bus selection mode of crosspoint buttons. (Figure 1: AW-HS50 Control Panel) （D） （A） （C） （E） （B） (Key setup) ⑤ Hold down the OSD ON button - (Fig.1-C) to open the menu. (To close it, hold down the button again.) ⑥ Use the OSD/TIME dial - (Fig.1-D) to set the key type to [Chroma] and the fill type to [Bus]. - [4] KEY Setup Menu > 1. Key Type => [Chroma] - (Fig.2) - [4] KEY Setup Menu > 2. Fill => [Bus] - (Fig.2) ⑦ An image with key effects added can be output for PVW image to adjust and check the key. * Put the setting for output signal to [MV], etc. in advance so that PVW can be checked. - [4] KEY Setup Menu > 3. PVW => [On] - (Fig.2)