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Mark Roberts Motion Control
button will revert back to the full size display. The other mouse buttons are non
functional in this display.
Edit Point:
In this mode, all the mouse buttons are functional and provide full editing control.
The left hand button allows the user to click on a waypoint and move it, the middle
button will delete the nearest waypoint (not first or last) and the right hand button
allows the user to set a waypoint at the current position of the mouse. The waypoints
can be edited in time and speed except for the first and last waypoints which have a
fixed time.
Slope:
This function changes the ramp which the camera uses to change speed. Generally
these ramps are set by the maximum acceleration of the camera. Ramps can be
lengthened by using the left hand button to move the ramp point (blue circle) further
to the left. If a slope is edited to be quicker than the camera's maximum acceleration,
then it will drop back to that maximum rather than adopt the new incorrect ramp. The
middle mouse button allows you to reset the slope at any given camera speed point
back to the default which is the current maximum camera acceleration (Not yet
implemented). The right hand button will reset the graph to a constant speed at the
currently set camera speed, deleting all entered points.
Frames Snap & Speed Snap:
With a long move, it can be difficult to set the camera speed point at the exact
position required. The "Snap" facility has been added to make this easier. This is
modelled on layout programs that cause the positioned point to "snap" onto the nearest
set unit of distance.
The speed and frames snap are used in exactly the same way: you either type in the
exact speed and position you want and edit or add the point; or you can enter the
nearest round number to snap to (e.g. 10 Frames or 5 FPS), and then when added or
edited, the point will only be at exact multiples of the entered values. These boxes can
also be blanked out with the backspace delete key, and this will disable editing of that
axis. (The result is undetermined when adding a point). When editing with the snap
facility enabled, the point cursor will move around only to legal positions, thus clearly
showing where the edited point will be.
Add Point:
This button will cause a waypoint to be added at the current setting in the Frames and
Speed snap boxes. It is simply an alternative way of setting the waypoints exactly
where you want them.
Timings:
This button produces a report on the intended move as currently programmed, stating
the different frame counts at which speeds are achieved, the time taken in real seconds
to get to that point, and the speed that is attained. This can be used to plan and trigger
events to coincide as desired.
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