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USER MANUAL
XEDIO CUTTER
Version 4.2 - June 2012
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COPYRIGHT
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Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. III
WHAT’S NEW? ............................................................................................................... V
1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1
1.1 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 USER INTERFACE ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.2.1 Opening Xedio Cutter .............................................................................................................. 1
1.2.2 Overview of the Xedio Cutter Window ..................................................................................... 2
1.3 PROCESS OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................... 3
2. MEDIA MANAGER ................................................................................................. 4
2.1 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 OVERVIEW OF THE MEDIA MANAGER .................................................................................... 4
2.3 MEDIA LIST ................................................................................................................................. 4
2.4 SEARCHING THE DATABASE .................................................................................................... 5
3. PLAYER................................................................................................................ 15
3.1 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................. 15
3.2 OVERVIEW OF THE PLAYER PANE ........................................................................................ 15
3.3 VIDEO DISPLAY OF THE PLAYER ........................................................................................... 17
3.4 PLAYER FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................... 18
3.4.1 Player Transport Controls ..................................................................................................... 18
3.4.2 Media Bar and Jog Bar ......................................................................................................... 20
3.4.3 Clip Creation Functions ......................................................................................................... 21
3.4.4 Timecode Information ........................................................................................................... 21
3.4.5 Clip Video and Audio Selection Functions ............................................................................ 22
3.4.6 Logs ...................................................................................................................................... 24
3.5 LOADING MEDIA ON THE PL AYER WINDOW......................................................................... 25
3.6 MAKING A CLIP ......................................................................................................................... 26
4. STORYBOARD ..................................................................................................... 27
4.1 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................. 27
4.2 CREATING AND MANAGING THE STORYBOARD LIST ......................................................... 27
4.2.1 Adding a Clip to the Storyboard ............................................................................................ 27
4.2.2 Removing a Clip from the Storyboard ................................................................................... 28
4.2.3 Renaming a Clip in the Storyboard ....................................................................................... 28
4.2.4 Storyboard Display ................................................................................................................ 28
4.3 PREVIEWING THE LIST ............................................................................................................ 29
4.4 EXPORTING THE LIST ............................................................................................................. 30
4.4.1 How to Export the List to CleanEdit ....................................................................................... 30
4.4.2 Audio Management For the Exported Edit ............................................................................ 30
4.4.3 How to Export the List to a Playlist ........................................................................................ 31
4.4.4 How to Export the List as a File............................................................................................. 31
4.4.5 How to Export the List to Avid ............................................................................................... 32
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New options are available from the Video Display

What’s New?

The following table descr ibes the sections updated to reflect the new a nd modified features on Xedio Cutt er from Xedio Suite 4.02 (com pared to Xedio Suite 4.01).
In the user manual, the icon has been added on left margin to highlight information on new and updated features.
Click the section number (or the description) in the table to jump directly to the corresponding section.
Section Description
3.2 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.
3.3 contextual menu.
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you need to enter your

1.1 PURPOSE

The Xedio Cutter is a module of the Xedio Suite of applications. It allows the selection of portions of m edia to be placed into a list t o export (the storyboard) as a “rough cut edit ”. This can then be refined and produced as a fin al edit using the more sophisticated tools available in the full non-linear timeline editing environment it provide s.

1.2 USER INT ERFACE

1. Introduction

1.2.1 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 username and password.
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color. Video such as letterboxed or pillarboxed video will

1.2.2 OVERVIEW OF THE XEDIO CUTTER WINDOW

The Xedio Cutter graphical interface consists of three main areas, besides the Menu bar. They are highlighted on the following screenshot and shortly described in the table below.
Note
The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed.
Area Description
1. Player Pan e 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
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show black bars as these mattes are part of the video
It has the same powerful filtering and search
er parts of the Xedio Suite of
Area Description
signal When the Preview button is clicked, the Player window is
replaced by the Storyb oard Preview window.
2. Media Manager This is used to select the media to view in the Player window. attributes as oth applications: this makes finding the required material an easy process.
3. Storyboard When clips are ready to export, they are added to the Storyboard area using the drag-and-drop technique. The order in which the clips appear i n the list will be the order they are placed when e xported.

1.3 PROCESS OVE RVIEW

The use of Xedio Cutte r can be summarized as foll ows:
Step See …
1. Select a media from the Media Manager Section 2 on page 4
2. Load it on the Player Pane Section 3.5 on page 25
3. Make a new clip Section 3.6 on page 26
4. Send the clip to the Storyboard Section 4.2.1 on page 27
5. Preview the Storyboard in the Player P ane Section 4.3 on page 29
6. Export the Storyboard Section 4.4 on page 30
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2. Media Manager

2.1 PURPOSE

The Media Manager pane allows you to quickly fin d and browse the availabl e A/V media present within the database.

2.2 OVERVIEW OF THE M EDIA 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 exi st on the left of the Medi a Manager window.
• The Filter 0 tab: The element list displays the list of all media present in the
database, or it retur ns the result of a sear ch applied to the list.
• The Today tab: the el ement list shown the media w ith ‘creation date = toda y’.
Additional tabs are displayed when the users have saved filters applied to the database. Refer to sec tion ‘Using Saved Filters ’ on page 13 for more detail s.
Media items are displa yed in columns. The element list dis plays the list of all media present in the database, or it returns
the result of a searc h applied to the list.

2.3 MEDIA LIS T

DISPLAYED COLUMNS

It is possible to re-arrange the columns order, and to add or remove some columns.
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Opens the Render List window listing all types of
restore processes that were achieved for the selected
Opens the Media Properties window which shows the
displayed and allows to modify the media metadata
Right-clicking on any of the column headings displays a contextual menu. The Choose Displayed Columns option opens the Select Visible Columns window allowing you to choose the columns you want to be displayed in the element l ist.
The column width and or der can be adjusted using drag and drop techniques.

MEDIA LIST CONTEXTUAL MENU

A contextual menu is a vailable when you right-click on a media item in the l ist:
Menu Item Description Play Loads the media on the P layer window.
Render List
rendering that have b een done with the media.
Archive History Opens the Archive History window listing the archive and
media.
View Properties
properties for the selected media. If a default metadata profile has been defined for the media, a metadata tab is
values.

2.4 SEARCHING THE DATAB ASE

INTRODUCTION

When the database contains large amount s of data, it may become difficult to find a specific element. Th e Xedio Suite offers sever al ways to speed up your search:
• quick text search
• filters on parameters
By default, the columns that are taken into consideration for the Quick Text Search are the ones cu rrently visible in the grid.
If you wish to search in other columns, and view the string you are searching for in the columns, you can:
• add other columns to t he element list view
• use Filters, as expla ined in section ‘Advanc ed Filters’ on page 7
These search tools are explained in detail bel ow. Quick text search and filters on parameters, as well as several filters on
parameters, can be com bined and saved for later use. All the criteria must be met in the results list ( an ‘AND’ operator is applied). These Saved Filters can then be applied in one click.
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field to apply a
QUICK TEXT SEARCH
Introduction
The Quick Text Search field is always available on the top of the database
content list:
It allows searching fo r a string in the dis played columns. The Quick Text Search option obeys specific rules which can be accessed via the
Help button next to the Quick Text Search field. For more details on thes e rules, refer to the section ‘Quick T ext Search Rules’, on
page 7.
How to Perfo rm a Quick Text Sear ch
To perform a Quick Text search, proceed as follow s:
1. Show t he columns you wish to per form a quick search on.
2. Type a search string in the Quick Text Search field, based on Quick Text
search rules available from the Help button and detailed in section ‘Quick Text Search Rules’ on page 7.
3. Depending on whether the AutoRefresh Filtering setting is selected or not,
you may have to click the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search. Refer to the tab Softw are > Parameter Profiles > G eneral > General.
The Quick Text Search is applied and the search result is displayed in the grid.
4.
To clear the applied Quick Text Search, click the button to the right of the search field or s elect <empty> from the Quick Text Search field.
5. The Quick Text Search f ield is a combo box that gives access to th e last 10

previously searched st rings. Select a filter from the list of the Quick Text Search

previous search.
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, even if in two
in Name and
‘card’, even if in two different fields
’ at the
’ at the
Quick Text Se arch Rules
The string that you enter in the Quick Text Search field is analyzed according to the following set of rules, which can be accessed via the Help button next to
the Quick Text Search field. The free text search is not a case sensitive oper ation.
Search String Search Result
Yellow card Searches for the strings ‘yellow’ and ‘card’
different fields (columns), for example ‘yellow’ ‘card’ in Keywords.
For example a clip named ‘The Yellow Man’ with keywords ‘Red Card’ will be found, since it has yellow and card in 2 different
fields. "Yellow card" Searches for s trings containing ‘Yellow card’. Yellow | card Searches for ‘yellow’ or
(columns), for example ‘yellow’ in Name or ‘card’ in Keywords.
Spaces around the | si gn are mandatory. yell* Searches for ‘yell’ a t the beginning of a str ing. *low Searches for ‘low’ at the end of a string. Ye*low Searches for strings with ‘ye’ at the beginning and ‘low
end. Ye*low 123 Searches for strings with ‘ye’ at the beginning and ‘low
end and which contains ‘123’. =card Searches for a string exactly equals to ‘card’.
For example, if a field co ntains ‘yellow card’, the =card condition
will not return any re sult. =”yellow card” Searches for a string exac tly equals to ‘yellow car d’.
The use of quotes is required due to the space between ‘yellow’
and ‘card’.

ADVANCED FILTERS

Filters are availab le for more detailed sea rch operations from the Fil ter 0 tab. The parameters available for filtering operations are the column headings and any metadata associated by the user.
From the Today tab, th e filter ‘creation date = today’ is aut omatically applied.
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button is dimmed when all filter
when the filter
fields displayed
The media displayed in the results list fulfill all the
Filter Activation
Show/Hide Filter Butto n
To display, or hide, the Filter extended area, click the Show/Hide Filter button over the grid.
Filter Button Display Meaning
(dimmed)
criteria are hidden. C onsequently, the filters are inactive. The Show/Hide Filter button is colored
The Show/Hide Filter
(colored)
extended area is visible, even if no filtering criterion is applied.
Filter Extended Area
The Filter extended ar ea is as follows:
The first field under the Show/Hide Filter button lists three options for the combination of criteri a to be taken into accoun t during the filtering op eration.
The second field is a filter field allowing the users to select a fir st filter parameter.
Criteria Combination
The available options are detailed in the table b elow:
Option Meaning
ALL criteria are met
All the criteria selected in the Filter under the Criteria Combination fie ld must be met.
selected filter criteria.
ANY criteria is met At least one of the criteria selected in the Filter fields
must be met. The media displayed in the results list fulfill at least one
of the selected filt er criteria.
NO criteria is met None of the criteria selected in the Filter fie lds displayed
under the Criteria Combination fie ld must be met. The media displayed in the results list fulfill none of the
selected filter criteria.
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Filter Fields
Under the Criteria Combination field, the users will be able to select as many filter parameters as they want and to choose specific value(s) for these filter parameters. The use of Filter fields is explained in the next section.
Filter Fields
The Filter field provides the list of all the parameters on which a search can be performed. The following sc reenshot is an example of such a list. The options ma y differ between the applications of the Xedio Suite. Most relevant parameters are listed at the top of the list, then, all the other fields are displayed in alphabetical order.
Once a parameter has b een selected, an entire li ne is displayed.
Interface Element Description 1 Selected filter parame ter.
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value. This will include, or exclude, media containing the
Interface Element Description 2 Various fields used to enter the filter criteria. Refer to
section ‘Search Fields Types’ on page 10. Used to remove the corr esponding filter line.
Used to add a new filt er line.
Search Field s Types
According to the selected filter parameter, different types of search fields will be displayed. They are de tailed in the table below.
Filter Parameter Type
Timecode or Duration Parameter
Such as TC IN, TC OUT, Duration…
Displayed Criteria Fields
Select a logical operator in the first field and then enter a timecode or duration v alue in the second field.
Range
Such as Timecode Range
Date
Such as Creation Date
Select an option from the first field and then enter a timecode specified timecode val ue. Several Date Search fi lters exist. They are des cribed below.
a. Select a condition or a logical operat or in the first field
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b. This will condition the next step:
,…): no other field
fields will be displayed, a calendar for the
Filter Parameter Type
Displayed Criteria Fields
• Search based on a specific date (e.g. with =…): a calendar
will be displayed for the selection of a da te.
• Search based on an interval (e.g. with […] (between)…): two
calendars are displaye d for the selection of t wo dates.
• Search based on a specific date calculated from the current
date (e.g. with tomorrow, last month appears.
Time
Such as Last Rendered Date Time
Several Date Search fi lters exist. They are des cribed below. a. Select a condition or a logical operat or in the first field
b. This will condition the next step:
• Search ba sed on a specific date and time (e.g. with =…): two
additional selection of a date and drop-down list for the selection of time.
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• Search based on a specific date and time calculated from
and then enter a
Filter Parameter Type
Number
Such as DB Id
Option List
Displayed Criteria Fields
the current date and time (e.g. with next hour, last month,…): no other fiel d appears.
Select a logical operator in the first field number in the second f ield.
Note <> means ‘differs from ’
Select a condition in the first field
Such as Video Standard
Boolean
Such as Published
Free Text
Such as Label
Click the button to display the lis t of options available for the selected filter p arameter.
Example for the Video Standard:
Select an option from the list. Select Yes or No from the single crit eria field
Select a condition in the first field and then enter text in the second field.
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How to Perform a Search through Filter Fields
To enter search values in the Filter fields, p roceed as follows:
1. Choose the columns you wish t o perform a search on.
2.
Click the Show/Hide Filter button The following Filter a rea is displayed:
3. Select a criteria combination f rom the list:
4. Select a filter parameter from t he filter parameter lis t.
An entire line, corres ponding to the selected fi lter parameter, is display ed:
5. Enter filter criteria as explained in section ‘Search Fields Types’ on page
10. For free text fields, press ENTER to apply the fi lter. Otherwise, the results list is automatically res tricted.
6.
If required, click the button to add a filter parameter.

USING SAVED FILTERS

Once you have defined a filter cri terion, you may want to save it for later use. You will then be able to apply the same filter wit h a single click.
Right-clicking in the Filter 0 tab displays a contextual menu with the following options:
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Allows to change the name and/or description of the
Menu Option Description Create New Filter Allows to create a new filter tab.
Save Filter As Allows to create a new filter tab in which the current
search filter will be save d.
Filter Properties
selected filter tab.
Reset Filter Removes all search crit eria on the selected fi lter tab. Delete Filter Removes the filter tab.
How to Save Fi lters
To save filters, proceed as fol lows:
1. Define the filter or filt ers combination you wish t o save, as explained above .
2. Right-click the Filter 0 tab.
3. Select Save Filter As from the cont extual menu.
The Filter Edit Dialog box opens.
4. Enter a label for the tab you are going to create and, if required, enter a
description.
5. Click OK to confirm.
The new filter tab is displayed on the left of the list.
How to Apply a Saved Filter
To apply a saved filt er, simply click the cor responding tab.
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3. Player

3.1 PURPOSE

The Player is used to load and play media from the Media Manager area, to make clips and create the elements to be placed in the Storyboard area.

3.2 OVERVIEW OF THE PL AYER PANE

The Player pane provides a video display, a media bar and a jog bar to navigate within the element, video and audio selection and monitoring buttons, transport buttons and timecode fields, audio vumeters.
The following table briefly describes the various zones on the Player area and refers to the section where the fields are detai led.
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It displays the video material loaded on the Player.
able via a
’ on
They are used to create new clips, and get the exact
’ on
’ on
(for example, clips created with ganged channels in and allows the user to select a clip linked to the one
Area Description
1. Video Display
Everything that is outside the video content has the skin color. Letterboxed or pillarboxed video show black bars as these mattes are part of the video signal.
Parameters related to the display are avail contextual menu.
See also the section 3.3 ‘Video Display of the Player page 17.
2. Track
Selection Buttons
3. Jog and Media
Bar
4. Clip Creation
Fields
5. Cue Point
Icons
6. Transport
Control Icons
They allow the user to select the tracks to be taken into account for the loade d material.
See also the section 3.4.5 ‘Clip Video and Audio Selection Functions’ on page 22.
They allow the user to navigate in the loaded material, to place IN, OUT and nowline points, as well as to modify the playback speed of the material.
See also the section 3.4.2 ‘Media Bar and Jog B ar’ on page
20.
timecode of the nowlin e, IN and OUT points. See also the section 3.4.3 ‘Clip Creation Functions
page 21 and 3.4.4 ‘Timecode Informati on’ on page 21. The cue points make it possible to add reference points to
easily identify posit ions of interest in the loaded media. See also the section 3.4.6 ‘Logs’ on p age 24.
They are used to play back the loaded media. See also the section 3.4.1 ‘Player Transport Controls
page 18.
7. Server
Recorder Selection
The button acts as a toggle sw itch between the Track Selection buttons
and the camera selecti on list
Several cases can occur:
• If a record train of an EVS Video Server is loaded, this
allows the user to load another record train on the given server.
• If a clip belonging to a group of linked clips is loaded
IPDirector), the list displays the various camera angles
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loaded.
This option offers four choices to display timecode on the
either in low resolution or in high
defined via the menu Parameters > Parameters Profiles:
Area Description
• If an individual clip is loaded, only its recorder channel
is available.
If a media ingested from an encoder is loaded, the button is not availab le.
8. Audiometers Refer to section ‘Audiometers’ on page 23.

3.3 VIDEO DISPLAY OF THE PLAYER

When you right-click on the Video Display area of the Player pane, a contextual menu appears. This giv es display options for the video:
Option Description
Show Timecode
Player window:
none does not display timecode Intra TC shows the original tim ecode of the media Start TC shows a counter starting with 0 at the first
frame of the media
Both displays both the counter and the original
timecode
Aspect Ratio This option offers a choice of aspect ratios for the display:
Auto, 4:3 or 16:9.
Show SafeAreas
Displays a safe area cage on the window to determine which areas of the picture will be seen and allo w for checking the size of graphics within th e media for safe display.
Grab Image Grabs the current image,
resolution. The default folder (c:\) where the grab is stored is General, General tab: GrabStillFrameFolder parameter.
Show Label Displays the loaded item name over the Vide o Display.
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Button used to start/stop the preview (video and/or audio) of the loaded
through the media at a preset fast speed. The speeds are set in the
Button used to start moving forwards through the media at a preset fast speed. The speeds are set in the

3.4 PLAYER F UNCTIONS

3.4.1 PLAYER TRANSPORT CONTROLS

Operation User Interface
Button
Play and Stop
↔
Play when recorded
Play from IN to OUT
CTRL +
↔
Loop
Goto IN
Goto OUT
Goto Previous Frame
CTRL +
CTRL +
CTRL +
Description
media.
This starts the playout at the end of a media currently being recorded.
Button used to play from the marked IN point to the OUT point .
This loops the playou t from IN to OUT.
This moves the current nowline position to the already existi ng IN point.
This moves the current nowline position to the already existi ng OUT point.
Button used to move from the current position to the previ ous frame.
Go 10 frames backward
Goto Next Frame
Go 10 frames forward
Fast Rewind
Increase Rewind Speed
Fast Forward
Increase Forward Speed
CTRL +
CTRL +
↔
CTRL +
↔
CTRL +
This is used together to move 10 frames backward.
Button used to move from the current position to the foll owing frame.
This is used together to move 10 frames forward.
Button used to start moving backwards
Database Manager applic ation. This increases the fas t rewind speed.
Database Manager applic ation. This increases the fas t forward speed.
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The , and keyboard shortcuts are used to navigate (in a combination of shuttle a nd scrub at the same time) backwards and forwards in A/V content.
This table lists thei r different uses.
Keyboard Shortcut Functio n Description
Shuttles/scrubs backward at t wice the real time speed.
Pressing repeatedly th e key will increase the shuttling/scrubbing s peed in a loop: x2, x3, x5, x8 and then back to x2.
Note
If another key is pressed between t he repetitions, the shuttle/sc rub speed is reset.
Hold + tap
Hold + tap
Stops the preview of t he A/V content.
Shuttles/scrubs backward at t wice the real time speed.
Pressing repeatedly th e key will increase the shuttling/scrubbing s peed in a loop: x2, x3, x5, x8 and then back to x2.
Note
If another key is pressed between the repetitions, the shuttle/sc rub speed is reset.
Steps backward 1 frame at a time.
Steps forward 1 frame a t a time.
Plays backward at 33% of the real time speed .
Hold + hold
Hold + hold
Please refer to the Xedio Manager user manual for a comprehensive list of the shortcuts.
Plays forward at 33% of the real time speed.
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3.4.2 MEDIA BAR AND JOG BAR

JOG
The lower area is the jog bar.
Dragging the jog bar allows you to move within the media at a variable speed, shown on the icon, depen ding on:
• the position of the s peed indicator
• the speed range covered by the jog area. The default range is set from -2 to
+2 in Xedio Manager bu t can be modified.
Audio can be heard whe n using the jog.
MEDIA BAR
The upper area of the bar represents the whole original media of the element currently loaded in t he Player window.
The middle area, r epresented by a dark grey zone, is a shuttle control. This zone shows the portion of the media out of the whole media included in the top area and the position in t he whole media:
When a media has just been loaded, the top area represents the whole media: The dark grey area represents the whole media and covers the whole space in the middle area.
When Mark IN and Mark OUT points have been set within the loaded media, the top area represents the whole media. The dark grey area represents the whole media and covers the wh ole space in the middle area.
• A double-click on the dark grey area will toggle the portion covered by the
upper area from the entire media length to the clip length (between Mark IN and Mark OUT). The dark grey area is re duced to represent the clip length and position with regard to the whole media.
• If you click on the dark grey area and drag it, you shift the portion of media
included in the top area. The dark grey area is enlarged or reduced
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The timecode of the IN point is then
Sets an OUT point at the current position. The timecode of the OUT
accordingly.
In this case, if the portion of the upper area covers only a part of the media, the nowline may disappear. Then, a red indicator, on the left side or on the right side of the med ia bar will be displaye d.
A click on that indic ator will focus on the now line.

3.4.3 CLIP CREATION FUNCTIONS

Operation User Interface
Button
Mark IN
Mark OUT

3.4.4 TIMECODE INFORMATION

Description
Sets an IN point at the current posit ion. displayed in the IN field.
point is then displayed in the OUT field.
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3.4.5 CLIP VIDEO AND AUDIO SELECTION FUNCTIONS

When making a clip, the video and audio required can be selected using the buttons underneath th e Video Display.
OVERVIEW
All the available aud io sources from a clip are displayed below the Player . The video and audio track buttons are represented as follows:
A stereo track is represented by .
A 5.1 track is represente d by
In stereo mode, up to 8 tracks appear as follows :
(4 stereo)
In 5.1 and stereo mode , up to 16 channels can be shown as follows:
(two 5.1 tracks and two stereo tracks)
(one 5.1 track and six
stereo tracks)
(8 stereo)
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VIDEO AND AUDIO SELECTION
Clicking on the Video button will remove the video from the Player window.
The displayed button w ill turn to white.
Clicking on the left or right triangle of an audio stereo track will disable respectively the left or right channel of the corresponding audio track. The displayed button will turn to white.
A 5.1 audio track is d isabled by clicking the loudspeaker button on the right of the radio button
The table summarizes ho w the icons look like dep ending on the selection:
Enabled Disabled Video Audio
AUDIO MONITORING SELECTION
The radio buttons between each pair of stereo audio channel buttons or next to a
5.1 audio channel butt on allow the selection of on e audio track for monitorin g:
AUDIOMETERS
A set of audiometers are displayed on the right side of the Video Display. The number of audiometers differs according to the audio track selected: 6 for a 5.1 track, 2 for a stereo track.
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3.4.6 LOGS

Logs are reference marks that can be placed wherever needed on the loaded media. Their purpose is to mark points of interest on the media and to facilitate rapid movement between them.
They are shown on the media bar as transparent triangles. The re is always a black stripe below the video display when logs are present on the loaded media/clip. When the nowline is on a log timecode, a transparent triangle appears on the left of this black stripe.
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This button creates the mark on the media at the nowline position and is visible as a triangl e on media bar at the corr esponding video frame.
• CTRL +
This removes a log when the nowline is placed on i t.
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The Goto Previous Mark and Goto Next Mark buttons allow movement between the marked fram es.
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3.5 LOADING MEDIA ON THE PLAYER WINDOW

You can proceed in di fferent ways to load media o n the Player:
• Drag the media from the Media Manager window to the Player window:
• In the Media Manager, double-click the media to load
• In the Media Manager, right-click on an element from the list and select Play
from the contextual me nu:
The Player window will display the selected el ement.
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3.6 MAKING A CLIP

When a media has been loaded on the Player Panel, a clip can be made from the media.
To do so, proceed as follows:
1. Determine the IN point for the clip in one of the following ways:
• use t he transport functions, or
• drag the nowline to the selected p osition, or
• enter a value in the IN field
2.
Click the bu tton to mark the IN point. On the video display, a ‘ [ ‘ is shown on the frame and a green line appears
on the media bar.
3. Determine the OUT point for the clip in o ne of the following ways:
• Use th e transport functions, or
• Drag t he nowline to the select ed position, or
• Enter a value in the OUT field.
4.
Click the bu tton to mark the IN point. On the video display a ‘ ] ‘ is s hown on the frame and a red line appears on
the media bar.
5. If needed, sel ect the audio for the cli p.
6. Enter a name for the clip in the Clip Na me field.
You can then use the cl ip in the Storyboard.
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4.1 PURPOSE

When clips have been marked in the Player pan e and are ready to export , they can be dropped into the S toryboard area.

4. Storyboard

4.2 CREATING AND MANAGING THE STORYBOARD LIST

4.2.1 ADDING A CLIP TO THE STORYBOARD

To add a clip or media to the list, drag it from the Player window onto the Storyboard area. It wi ll always be added at the end of the list.
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4.2.2 REMOVING A CLIP FROM THE STORYBOARD

To delete a clip that has been placed in the list, right-click on its item and select
Delete from the contex tual menu.

4.2.3 RENAMING A CLIP IN THE STORYBOARD

To rename a clip that has been placed in the l ist, right-click on its item and select
Rename Clip from the contextual menu.

4.2.4 STORYBOARD DISPLAY

SHOWING THUMBNAILS
To show or hide the thumbnails, right-click on the Storyboard window and select
Show thumbnails or Hide thumbnail s from the contextual menu.
ADJUSTING THE COLUMNS WIDTH
To change the width of the different columns displayed for the list, do one of the following:
• click on the column separator in the title line and drag it to the desired
position
or
• right-click on the Storyboard window and select “Fit cols width” from the
contextual menu to automatically adjust the width of all the columns to their content size.
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4.3 PREVIEWING T HE LIST

To preview a Storyboard, click the Preview button at the bottom of the Storyboard area. This will load the Storyboard Preview windo w on the Player window.
The Play button allows the playout to start while a progress ba r shows how far the list has played.
The clips will be play ed in the same order as they appear in the list.
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4.4 EXPORTING THE LIST

4.4.1 HOW TO EXPORT THE LIST TO CLEANEDIT

To export the storyboard to CleanEdit for use on t he timeline, proceed as f ollows:
1. Select To Edit from the Dest field on the Export area.
2. Select a user in the User field.
3. If desired, s elect a class from the Class field.
4. Enter a project name in the Project field. This could be an existing known
project from the selec ted user or a new project na me.
5. Enter a new edit name in the Edit field to place the clips in the timeline in
the same order as they appear in the storyboard.
6. A text note can be added and l inked to the edit. Click the Story Text button
on the panel and enter the desired text.
7. Click the Send button. A confirmation message w ill be displayed to show a successful edi t creation in the
database. Click OK.

4.4.2 AUDIO MANAGEMENT FOR THE EXPORTED EDIT

Clips copied to the story board do not have necessarily the same a udio tracks. The number of audio channels in the exported edit cannot exceed 16. So, in certain circumstances, some aud io channels can be discar ded.
The rule applied for the selection of audio channels is the following: audio channels are taken in the order clips are list ed in the storyboard.
Example:
In the example:
• Clip 1 contains one 5.1 track and two stereo tracks, which corresponds to 10
audio channels. All t hese tracks can be used in th e edit.
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• Clip 2 contains two 5.1 tracks and two stereo tracks. The first 5.1 track and
the two stereo tracks are automatically taken into account as they are already used for Clip 1. As 6 audio channels are still available, the second 5.1 track can be taken into acc ount as well.
• Clip 3 contains four stereo tracks. The two first stereo tracks can be used as
they are already taken into account for the previous clips. As the 16 available audio channels are already used, the two other stereo tracks cannot be used and are dropped from t he exported edit.

4.4.3 HOW TO EXPORT THE LIST TO A PLAYLIST

To export the storyboard to a playlist for use in Playout Organizer, proceed as follows:
1. Select To Playlist fro m the Dest field.
2. Select a user in the User field.
3. Enter a playlist name in the Playlist field.
4. Click the Send button on the panel.
A confirmation message will be displayed to show a successful playlist creation in the database. Click OK.

4.4.4 HOW TO EXPORT THE LIST AS A FILE

To export the storyboard as a file for transfer and use with external programs, proceed as follows:
1. Select To File from th e Dest field.
2. Select a codec f rom the Codec field to enc ode the clips.
3. Enter a file name prefix in the Prefix field.
4. Select the Merge option to merge the storyboard clips in one single output
file otherwise all cl ips will be saved each a s a separate file.
5. Select the Sel. Only option to output only the selected clips in the list
otherwise all clips w ill be used to generate the output.
6. In the Path field, en ter or select the directory and its path where to save th e
output files.
7. Click the Send button. A progress bar will be displayed to show the encoding progr ess and the estimated
remaining time. After the encoding is completed, a list of genera ted files will be displ ayed.
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Click OK.

4.4.5 HOW TO EXPORT THE LIST TO AVID

To export the storyboa rd to Avid, proceed as follows:
1. Select To Avid from the Dest field on the Expo rt area.
2. Enter a name for the storyboard.
3. Select the Sel. option to output only the selected clips in the list otherwise
all clips will be use d to generate the output.
4. Click the Send button.
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