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John, >>..is any of this TBC'd directly or internally in these decks…>> Each of the source decks has it's own TBC, that is a requirement for the Alladin, all sources must be TBC'd >>Can you do match frame edits with VLAN?>> You bet! thats an absolute requirement. One all the decks are aligned it works like a champ. >>So how many channels does the Alladin have for these effects and how many source decks will the VLAN/OZ system handle?>> The Alladin has four inputs plus black on the program bus. It then has two additional layer channels for the effects. It also has two frame buffers to support each of the special effect layers. The buffer size is 720×486 and supports full alpha key overlay. (no longer need to rotoscope and render to get true aliased graphics and video) You can build a special graphic called a Geni Key that will create an A/B roll from the graphic. For example, you build a simple frame, the outside of the frame is zero black/alpha, with the inside of the frame being 128/alpha. As the effect transitions the A roll is inside the frame, and shrinks as the graphic shrinks or spins or warps etc… the ouside of the frame is then the B roll source. This has all sorts of possibilities, it's the kind of effect they use on "Home Improvement". >>So how many channels does the Alladin have for these effects>> I think I answered this above. >> and how many source decks will the VLAN/OZ system handle? >> VLAN can handle up to 32 devices, video decks, switchers, laser recorders, audio decks, anything that can talk RS-232/422. I guess if you had that may devices you would need a room size switcher that they like to show at NAB. >> And one more…<g> how many ME banks can you build on and (part two of one 🙂 do they cascade…? ;^)>> I'm not sure what you mean by an ME bank. The Alladin may do what your asking about, but I'm so new at it I may not know about it. I'm just sitting playing with it, trying to understand all of the different things it _can_ do. (trying to plan how many different effects I can encorperate in one 30 second commercial..<BG>) Cheers, Tom