Hi all...

First time poster, long time lurker. First of all, I've found a lot of info on this site, and thanks to all who have offered it.

Now, on to my problem. I use a Zodiak 2.5 ME on a university sports production truck. One oddity that has plagued me since we bought it 5 years ago, is that whenever I build a timeline, if I have the background button lit at a keyframe, it almost always throws in a background transition, whether I tell it to or not. If I use the Insert After to make my keyframe, it almost always does it, but if I use the Jog Timeline knob to place my keyframe, it only sometimes does it.

Example: I have an effect where the CG1 "falls" onto the background. I build this effect with the Background button lit as my first keyframe. KF2 at 1 frame in turns on the TE on the CG1 keyer (K1), KF3 at 2 frames turns on K1, KF4 at 22 frames puts the CG1 at it's final location (normalled), KF5 at 23 frames turns off the TE, and KF6 at 24 frames leaves the Background button lit, so I don't bone myself when I under-dissolve after the effect. Almost every time, at the end of the effect, the Zodiac throws in a transition on the background somewhere in there, usually at the end, where it makes a cut. So, I spend the next few minutes cursing and finagling with it until it doesn't do it, which involves a variety of inconsistent fixes.

Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?