User's Manual

30 Promote Control 3.15 User Manual Rev 23
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The change will not applied at once - this would result in an unpleasant flicker in your final time-lapse
video. Instead, Promote Control will automatically and gradually apply the change across a number of
frames, so that in the final video this change looks like a smooth transition. You can vary the number of
frames used to spread the Live Mod by changing the corresponding Setup setting called "Bulb ramping
live mods are applied " (see Setup Menu section for more details). With a default setting of 30
frames the change will be take about 1 second of a final video in NTSC format (~30 frames per second),
or 1.2 seconds in PAL format (25 frames per second). Use the following table to set the live mode spread
frame count:
Live Mod spread across...
Transition
Duration in Video
NTSC
PAL
25 frames
~0.83 seconds
1 second
30 frames
1 second
1.2 second
50 frames
~1.67 seconds
2 seconds
60 frames
2 seconds
2.4 seconds
600 frames (max)
20 seconds
24 seconds
You may optionally set this Setup setting to "Immediate" - this will apply the complete amount of Live
Mod to the next frame after you finish changing the Live Mod value.
To apply a Live Mod, simply press Up or Down buttons on Promote Control when a bulb ramping
sequence is active. The "Modify" value will change accordingly - a positive "Modify" value will gradually
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