Specifications

Mica Installation Planning Guide - Sept 2011
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Whether you are creating a widescreen 16:9 show, or a traditional 4:3 show, AutoAspect solves the many
challenges of mixing 4:3 and 16:9 content in the same production. Now 16:9 and 4:3 inputs, clips and graphics can
be used interchangeably and mixed together in the same live production, while maintaining the native aspect
ratio of each element. Conventional switchers can only stretch video when crossing aspect ratios, causing people
to look too wide or too thin. Mica enables each input to be set to one of 4 aspect treatments: Box, Crop, 14:9 or
None (anamorphic). And each clip and graphic in the libraries can be separately treated in the same four ways.
Simultaneous 16:9 and 4:3 Aspect Outputs
On Mica, you can also set each output for an aspect treatment, so you can for example output 16:9 and 4:3
versions of the same show. To set the output aspect, use the Video I/O set-up menu.
AutoAspect™
AutoAspect Input Treatment
AutoAspect Controls
16:9 output 4:3 output