Instruction manual

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Saving Your
Control Panel
Presets
After configuring the KONA LH 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
KONA LH?
If you are consistent in the workflows and formats you use between applications,
you generally won’t be surprised by how your system operates. KONA LH 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 KONA LH 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 KONA LH 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 KONA LH and what the
format selections are.
For further understanding, read on and we’ll give you some further background on
KONA LH control. The main issue you’ll generally want to know, is what
application has control of KONA LH’s Primary Format at the current moment.
KONA LH Control Priorities
The KONA Control Panel is one of three masters contending for control—and it’s
the lowest priority of the three. The other two masters are: any currently running
QuickTime application (e.g. Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, After Effects, etc.) using
the board and the Mac “Desktop” display. The priority of these three “masters” is:
1. QuickTime Application
2. Macintosh Desktop
3. KONA LH Control Panel
By “Master”, we mean a process that can control and change what the KONA LH is
doing and the Primary and Secondary formats that it uses (as set in the Control
Panel “Formats” tab screen).
Control of KONA LH
and
Primary Format
Selection
Masters
That Can
Control KONA LH
Who Has
Priority?
1st Priority
1st Priority
2nd Priority
3rd Priority
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Final Cut Pro
Other “QuickTime Application”
Mac OSX Desktop Video
KONA LH Control Panel Application
When you click in an application window, the “Master” controlling KONA LH
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 KONA LH 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.