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KONA 3 Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA 3 Control
KONA 3 Control Panel, Block Diagram
Framebuffer—the framebuffer is the “engine” in the KONA 3
card where active video operations take place using Final
Cut Pro, other 3rd-party applications, or even KONA 3
itself. The framebuffer has a format (called the “Primary
Format” and color space that it follows, as defined in the
Tabbed Windows or via external application software
(such as the “Easy Setups” in Final Cut). If the framebuffer
is processing 2K frame video-and video cropping is turned
ON, it will indicate the cropping by showing a “shadow”
underneath the icon (more later on how it's cropped).
It is important to realize that inside the Macintosh many applications can
use the KONA 3 card (as you switch from window to window) and it may
not always be obvious which is currently controlling it. The KONA 3
Control Panel displays the name of the application controlling the card in
red text on the Format and Control tabs of the interface. If an application
does not properly “let go” of the card as another takes over-you'll be able to
tell by looking at the Control Panel.
Primary Format—the video format currently assigned to KONA 3. This is the
format that the framebuffer will use and is shown in the Control Panel
using the color blue. All icons in blue are the same as the Primary Format
used by the framebuffer. Also any text descriptions in the block diagram
that appear in blue also indicate that something is in the primary format.
So, for example, if you see that the input and output icons are blue, then
you know that the same format is used throughout the video path and that
no format conversion is being performed. If a different color is displayed on
the input or output, green for example, then you know that KONA 3 is
performing a format conversion in the video path.
Secondary Format—any format other than the currently selected Primary
Format, is a secondary format. As described previously, this means that
either the Inputs or Outputs are somehow different from the framebuffer’s
assigned format (i.e., the “Primary Format”). This can be seen at a glance
because the color will be different than blue.
Tabbed Windows—Click One To Edit/View A Topic
Inputs:
one, two,
or dual-link
Outputs:
one, two,
or dual-link
Framebuffer
Shows the
“Primary Format”
KONA 3 has
selected
The “Primary Format”
Conversion
Icon
Click on Arrows
to See Additional
Tabs