Instruction manual

Internal HD/SD Hardware Downstream Keyer

KONA 3G provides a powerful hardware keyer that can place graphic files with an alpha

channel over video in a selectable matte or the contents of the card's framebuffer from a

software application (including AJA TV /AJA's VTR Xchange). Key a bug or text over picture

and avoid what might normally be a lengthy software render. Also, working with these

software applications, you can key video that has an alpha-channel over video input or a

matte. For example, you can load a QuickTime clip that has an alpha-channel (a flying logo

generated in the Animation codec) into AJA TV and then place it over live video coming

into the card and then passing both on to a VTR for recording or broadcast.

AJA Support

Software

On a Mac

AJA KONA for Mac drivers are optimized for use on OS X, with applications and advanced

AJA hardware capabilities controlled easily at-a-glance in the application you're using.

KONA for Mac software integrates within the native environment where used – whether

Avid Media Composer, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Suite, Autodesk Smoke for Mac,

or a wide array of other Mac applications.

Supported applications include:

• Avid® Media Composer® 6, Symphony® 6, and NewsCutter® 10

• Apple Final Cut Pro X

• Adobe Creative Suite

• Autodesk Smoke® for Mac

The KONA Desktop feature allows broadcast design elements to be viewed with the proper

aspect ratio and color depth on a broadcast monitor via the KONA card. KONA Desktop is

available on the entire range of KONA cards, supporting Adobe After Effects, Photoshop,

Apple Motion, Autodesk Smoke for Mac and more. Powerful AJA utilities, Easy Setups, and

plug-ins round out the Mac environment, providing support for all popular Mac application

workflows.

On a PC

KONA for PC software allows Windows to access the hardware power of your KONA within

major editing and graphics applications. Other software vendors have also provided

integrated support for KONA in their own PC applications through direct collaboration with

AJA. Choose the right KONA card for any format you need, including DPX, Cineon, TGA, TIFF,

BMP, AVI and QuickTime. You can playback and master material, at a variety of frame rates,

on a high-resolution widescreen monitor or digital projector. Custom AJA software allows

full control over your playback, parameters are clearly laid out, including provisions for

choosing a user-specified LUT. Supplied AJA plug-ins integrate your KONA card into a

variety of graphics/visual-effects software applications to make operations even easier to

use. Using AJA plug-ins, sophisticated features appear as if they were native to the software

application user interfaces.

Directly supported applications include:

• Avid® Media Composer® 6, Symphony® 6, and NewsCutter® 10

• Adobe Premiere® Pro

• Adobe After Effects®

• Adobe Photoshop®

• Sony® Vegas®

• Eyeon Fusion®