EVS XEDIO Cutter User Manual Version 4.35
USER MANUAL
Xedio Cutter
Version 4.35 - August 2013
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 XedioCutter
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS III
WHAT'S NEW? V
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1. Product Description 1
1.2. Opening Xedio Cutter 1
1.3. Overview of the Xedio Cutter Window 2
1.4. Process Overview 3
2. MEDIA MANAGER 4
2.1. Purpose 4
2.2. Overview of the Media Manager 4
2.3. Elements Grid 5
2.3.1. Sorting the Elements in the Grid 5
2.3.2. Organizing Columns 5
2.3.3. Element Contextual Menu 6
2.4. Searching for Elements in the List 6
2.4.1. Introduction 6
2.4.2. Quick Text Search 7
2.4.3. Advanced Search 9
2.4.4. Using Saved Filters 15
3. PLAYER 17
3.1. Purpose 17
3.2. Overview of the Player Pane 17
3.3. Video Display Options 19
3.4. Player Functions 19
3.4.1. Player Transport Controls 19
3.4.2. Media Bar and Jog Bar 21
3.4.3. Clip Creation Functions 24
3.4.4. Timecode Information 24
3.4.5. Video and Audio Monitoring Tools 24
3.4.6. Logs 27
3.5. Loading Media on the Player Window 28
3.6. Making a Clip 28
4. STORYBOARD 30
4.1. Purpose 30
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4.2. Creating and Managing the Storyboard List 30
4.3. Previewing the List 32
4.4. Exporting the Storyboard 32
4.4.1. Introduction 32
4.4.2. Exporting the Storyboard to Edit 33
4.4.3. Exporting the Storyboard to a Playlist 34
4.4.4. Exporting the Storyboard as a File 34
4.4.5. Exporting the Storyboard to a Target 35
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What's New?
In the user manual, the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight
information on new and updated features.
The sections updated to reflect the new and modified features in Xedio Cutter from Xedio
Suite 4.03 and 4.35 (compared to Xedio Suite 4.02) are listed below.
New behavior for the J, L shortcuts
• The first time the Jor the Lshortcut is pressed, the speed is 100%.
See section "Player Transport Controls" on page 19.
Export to an XSquare target
• XSquare can now be used with the Xedio Suite. A storyboard can be exported to a
predefined XSquare target.
See section "Exporting the Storyboard" on page 32.
• The export can be monitored.
See section "Monitoring the Export Process to a Target" on page 36.
Audio mono tracks can be used in the Xedio Suite
See section "Video and Audio Monitoring Tools" on page 24.
See section "Audio Management for the Exported Edit" on page 33.
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1. Introduction
1.1. Product Description
The Xedio Cutter is a module of the Xedio Suite of applications. It allows the selection of
portions of media to be placed into a list to export (the storyboard) as a “rough cut edit”.
This can then be refined and produced as a final edit using the more sophisticated tools
available in the full non-linear timeline editing environment it provides.
1.2. Opening Xedio Cutter
To start the Xedio Cutter application, click on the Xedio Cutter icon on the desktop.
This will display a login screen where you need to enter your username and password.
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1.3. Overview of the Xedio Cutter Window
Illustration
The window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below:
Note
The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin
installed.
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Area Description
The table below describes the various parts of the window:
Part Name Description
1. Player
Pane
2. Media
Manager
3. Storyboard When clips are ready to export, they are added to the Storyboard
This is used to load and play media, to make clips and create the
elements to place into the storyboard area. All types of media and
clips can be played back but clips can only be made from video
assets.
Everything that is outside the video content has the skin color. Video
such as letterboxed or pillarboxed video will show black bars as
these mattes are part of the video signal
When the Preview button is clicked, the Player window is replaced
by the Storyboard Preview window.
This is used to select the media to view in the Player window. It has
the same powerful filtering and search attributes as other parts of the
Xedio Suite of applications: this makes finding the required material
an easy process.
area using the drag-and-drop technique. The order in which the clips
appear in the list will be the order they are placed when exported.
1.4. Process Overview
The use of Xedio Cutter can be summarized as follows:
1. Select a media from the Media Manager
See section "Media Manager" on page 4.
2. Load it on the Player Pane
See section "Loading Media on the Player Window" on page 28.
3. Make a new clip
See section "Making a Clip" on page 28.
4. Send the clip to the Storyboard
See section "Creating and Managing the Storyboard List" on page 30.
5. Preview the Storyboard in the Player Pane
See section "Previewing the List" on page 32.
6. Export the Storyboard
See section "Exporting the Storyboard" on page 32.
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2. Media Manager
2.1. Purpose
The Media Manager pane allows you to quickly find and browse the available A/V media
present within the database.
2.2. Overview of the Media Manager
The upper part of the pane gives access to the different filters which can be applied to the
media list.
At least two tabs exist on the left of the Media Manager window.
• The Filter 0 tab: The element list displays the list of all media present in the database,
or it returns the result of a search applied to the list.
• The Today tab: the element list shown the media with "creation date = today".
Additional tabs are displayed when the users have saved filters applied to the database. "
for more details.
Media items are displayed in columns.
The element list displays the list of all media present in the database, or it returns the
result of a search applied to the list.
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2.3. Elements Grid
2.3.1. Sorting the Elements in the Grid
You can change the sort order of elements in the grid by clicking the column header for the
parameter according to which you want to sort the elements.
The blue arrow indicates the sorting order. Clicking the column header again changes the
sorting order from ascending to descending or vice versa.
2.3.2. Organizing Columns
Resizing Columns
A column can be resized by using the mouse pointer over columns intersection and
dragging it to the right or to the left.
Selecting Columns to Display
To select the columns to display in the grid, proceed as follows:
1. Right-click the column header area.
A menu is displayed.
2. Select Choose Displayed Columns.
The Select Visible Columns window opens and shows the list of columns in the
current order.
3. To select the column(s) you wish to add to the view, do one of the following:
◦ in the left pane, double-click the column(s) you wish to add to the view
◦ select them in the left pane and click the Add button
4. To select the column(s) you wish to remove from the view, do one of the following:
◦ on the right pane, double-click the column(s) you wish to remove from the view
◦ select them on the right pane and click the left arrow
5. Click OK.
Ordering Columns
To change the columns order, proceed in one of the following ways:
1. Select a column header
2. Drag it to the left or right to the required place.
A vertical line shows the place where the column will be dropped.
OR
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1. Right-click a column header.
A menu is displayed.
2. Select Choose Displayed Columns.
The Select Visible Columns window opens and shows the list of columns in the
current order.
3. Select the column name(s) from the Selected pane.
4. Click the appropriate button:
◦ Up: moves the item(s) before the previous one
◦ Down: moves the item(s) after the next one
5. Click OK.
2.3.3. Element Contextual Menu
A contextual menu with the following options is available when you right-click an item in
the list.
Play
Loads the media in the Player to allow the element to be browsed and modified.
Render List
Opens the Render List window listing all types of rendering that have been done with the
media.
Archive History
Opens the Archive History window listing the archive and restore processes that were
achieved for the selected media.
View Properties
Opens the Media Properties window which shows the properties for the selected media. If
a default metadata profile has been defined for the media, a metadata tab is displayed and
shows the media metadata.
See the Xedio Manager manual for more information on the selection of a profile.
2.4. Searching for Elements in the List
2.4.1. Introduction
When the database contains large amounts of data, it may become difficult to find a
specific element. The Media Manager offers several ways to speed up your search:
• quick text search
• filters on parameters
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