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Io HD Installation and Operation Manual — Using The AJA Control Panel
Saving Your
Control Panel
Presets
After configuring the AJA Control Panel via the Tabbed screens, you can then save all
your settings as a snapshot for later recall—called a preset. In this way, you can
organize the presets for all your typical tasks, saving time by not having to manually
reconfigure each time. To save a preset, simply go to “File -> Save Preset...”. Be sure to
give the preset a meaningful name. Thereafter the preset will be available under the
Control Panel “Presets” menu.
Who is Controlling
Io HD?
If you are consistent in the workflows and formats you use between applications, you
generally won't be surprised by how your system operates. Io HD is very flexible and
most applications perform the necessary housekeeping so they work correctly when
they're active and when they're not. However, since several applications using Io HD
can be running at once, with one active, it can create confusion when settings are
different in each and you switch back and forth. To prevent confusion, we
recommend you run the Io HD Control Application and have it visible somewhere on
your Macintosh desktop.
It will tell you, even when it's not the “active” application, who has control of Io HD
and what the current format selections are.
For further understanding, read on and we’ll give you some further background on Io
HD control. The main issue you’ll generally want to know, is what application has
control of Io HD’s Primary Format at the current moment.
Io HD Control Priorities
The AJA Control Panel is one of several masters contending for control—and it’s the
lowest priority. The other masters are any currently running QuickTime applications
(e.g. Apple Final Cut Pro, AJA TV, Apple Motion, Adobe After Effects, etc.) using the
Io HD. The priority of these three “masters” is:
1. QuickTime Application
Control of Io HD
and
Primary Format
Selection
Masters
That Can
Control Io HD
Who Has
Priority?
1st Priority
1st Priority
2nd Priority
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Final Cut Pro
Other “QuickTime Application”
Io HD Control Panel Application
When you click in an application window, the “Master” controlling Io HD
changes, possibly changing the Format Selections in effect.
This happens because each application has it’s own sets of control parameters
TIP: If you keep the Io HD Control Panel window in view,
it displays the application that is in control and
what the Primary and Secondary Format Selections are at all times.
P 1080i29.97 SDI
S 525i29.97 AES