Grass Valley EDIUS User Manual v.5.1

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EDIUS

Editing for the Digital Generation

User Reference Guide

SOFTWARE VERSION 5.1

April 11, 2009

Affiliate with the N.V. KEMA in The Netherlands

CERTIFICATE

Certificate Number: 510040.001

The Quality System of:

Grass Valley, Inc.

400 Providence Mine Road Nevada City, CA 95945 United States

15655 SW Greystone Ct. Beaverton, OR 97006 United States

10 Presidential Way 3

Floor, Suite 300 Woburn, MA 01801 United States

Nederland B.V. 4800 RP BREDA The Netherlands

Weiterstadt, Germany Brunnenweg 9 D-64331 Weiterstadt Germany

Rennes, France Rue du Clos Courtel Cesson-Sevigne, Cedex France

Technopole Brest Iroise CS 73808 29238 Brest Cedex 3 France

17 rue du Petit Albi-BP 8244 95801 Cergy Pontoise Cergy, France

2300 South Decker Lake Blvd. Salt Lake City, UT 84119 United States

7140 Baymeadows Way Suite 101 Jacksonville, FL 32256 United States

Including its implementation, meets the requirements of the standard:

ISO 9001:2000

Scope: The design, manufacture and support of video hardware and software products and related systems.

This Certificate is valid until: June 14, 2009 This Certificate is valid as of: August 30, 2006 Certified for the first time: June 14, 2000

H. Pierre Sallé President KEMA-Registered Quality

The method of operation for quality certification is defined in the KEMA General Terms And Conditions For Quality And Environmental Management Systems Certifications. Integral publication of this certificate is allowed.

KEMA-Registered Quality, Inc.

4377 County Line Road Chalfont, PA 18914 Ph: (215)997-4519 Fax: (215)997-3809

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EDIUS

Editing for the Digital Generation

User Reference Guide

SOFTWARE VERSION 5.1

April 11, 2009

Contacting Grass Valley

International

Support Centers

Local Support

Centers

(available

during normal

business hours)

France

24 x 7

Australia and New Zealand: +61 1300 721 495 Central/South America: +55 11 5509 3443

Middle East: +971 4 299 64 40 Near East and Africa: +800 8080 2020 or +33 1 48 25 20 20

Europe

+800 8080 2020 or +33 1 48 25 20 20 +800 8080 2020 or +33 1 48 25 20 20

Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Macau: +852 2531 3058 Indian Subcontinent: +91 22 24933476

Asia

Southeast Asia/Malaysia: +603 7805 3884 Southeast Asia/Singapore: +65 6379 1313 China: +861 0660 159 450 Japan: +81 3 5484 6868

Belarus, Russia, Tadzikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan: +7 095 2580924 225 Switzerland: +41 1 487 80 02 S. Europe/Italy-Roma: +39 06 87 20 35 28 -Milan: +39 02 48 41 46 58 S. Europe/Spain: +34 91 512 03 50 Benelux/Belgium: +32 (0) 2 334 90 30 Benelux/Netherlands: +31 (0) 35 62 38 42 1 N. Europe: +45 45 96 88 70 Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe: +49 6150 104 444 UK, Ireland, Israel: +44 118 923 0499

United States/Canada

24 x 7

+1 800 547 8949 or +1 530 478 4148

Grass Valley Web Site

The www.thomsongrassvalley.com web site offers the following:

Online User Documentation — Current versions of product catalogs, brochures,

data sheets, ordering guides, planning guides, manuals, and release notes in .pdf format can be downloaded.

FAQ Database — Solutions to problems and troubleshooting efforts can be

found by searching our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.

Software Downloads — Download software updates, drivers, and patches.

4 EDIUS — User Reference Guide

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

DVD Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Section 1 — Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Starting EDIUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Startup Without USB Key License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

License Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Starting the License Transfer Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Transfer License to PC Local Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Transfer License to Another USB Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Select Project Folder Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Entering Numeric Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Direct Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Offset Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Arrow Key Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Mouse Wheel Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Start-Up Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Create a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Change a Profile Name or Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Delete a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Copy a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Export Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Import Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Profile Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Manage Profile Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Switch Active Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Change Profile Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Project Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Create a Project Preset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Create a New Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Create a New Project from a Project Preset on Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Create a New Project From the Current Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Change Current Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Save the Current Settings as a New Project Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Change the Settings of an Existing Project Preset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Other Actions in the Simple Settings Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Create a New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Sequence Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Saving Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Auto Save/Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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Exiting EDIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Project Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Opening Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Open Project on Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Open a Project from the Current Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Importing Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Consolidate Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Import AAF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Import EDL Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Import Final Cut Pro (FCP) XML Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Import P2 Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Import XDCAM Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Export AAF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Export EDL Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Handling Split Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Restore Offline Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Relink and Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Capture and Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Window Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Multi-Monitor Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Single-Monitor Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Customizing Screen Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Saving Custom Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Apply a Saved Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Restoring Default Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Preview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Dual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Single Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Player Operation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Recorder Operation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Timeline Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Timeline Operation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Timeline Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Timeline Scale Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Track Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Asset Bin Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Palette Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Information Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Sequence/Clip Marker Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Section 2 — Application and Plug-In Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Application Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Timeline Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Extend Clips When Applying Transition/Cross Fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Insert Default Cross Fade in Transition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Insert Default Transition in Cross Fade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Set the Cutting Point of Transition/Cross Fade to Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Hold the Next Clip When Trimming a Clip Except Ripple Trim . . . . . . . . 128

Add Clips to Mapped Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Snap of Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Insert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Overwrite Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

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Sync Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Ripple Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Clip Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Clip Thumbnail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Render Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Transition/Cross Fades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Key/Transparency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Speed Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Contents That Are Not the Same Format as the Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Rendering Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Delete Invalid Rendering Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Duration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Still Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

V-Mute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Rubberband Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Source Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Adjust Frame Rate When Loading Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Color Range for RGB Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Color Range for YCbCr Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Normalize Window Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Partial Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Deck Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Preroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Confirm Reel No. When Setting Input Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Confirm Filename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Load to Player After Capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Skip Errors and Continue Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Automatically Divide Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Deck Control After Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

EditSettings - Preroll Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

EditSettings - Postroll Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

EditSettings - FirstEdit Pre-Rec Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Restore Offline Clip Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Docking Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Restore Default - Load Project File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Restore Default - Import EDL File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Playback Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Preroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Stop Playback at Frame Drop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Continue Playback When Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Continue Playback When Trimming Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Show Correct Frame When Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Combine Filter Layers and Track Layers (for Effect Settings). . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Buffered Frames Before Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Number of Skipped Frames During Multicam Editing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Output Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Source Timecode Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Match Frame Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Search Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Target Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

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Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Application Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Recent Clip - Show the MRU List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Recent Clip - Number of Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Recent Clip - Show Thumbnail in the MRU List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Recent Project - Show the MRU List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Recent Project - Number of Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Save Window Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Show Tooltip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Enable Auto Save/Auto Save Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Player Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Default Titler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Project File - Default Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Project File - File Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Customize Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Button Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Add a Space Between Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Delete Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Change Button Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Reset Current Button List to Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Control Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Show Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Shuttle/Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Show Player and Recorder Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Normal Edit Overlays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Trim Edit Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Overlay View Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Export Overlays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Source Information to Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Show Safe Area Overlay Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Audio Level Meter Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Display Bin Details Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Folder Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Keyboard Shortcut Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Shortcut Assignment Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Making a Keyboard Shortcut Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Window Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Plug-In Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

AVCHD Importer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Still Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Capture Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Adjust Aspect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

File Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

VMF Importer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MPEG Importer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

MXF Importer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

XDCAM Importer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

GPUfx Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

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Behringer BCF2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Jog Device Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

EDIUS-JC1p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Operation Assignment Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Making an Operation Assignment to a Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

MKB-88 Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Operation Assignment Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Making an Operation Assignment to a Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

VST Plugin Bridge Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Adding a Location to the VST Plugin Search List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Section 3 — Capturing and Importing Clips and Stills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Supported File Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Capturing Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Source Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Capture Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Capturing from a DV or HDV Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Setting Reel Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Confirming File Capture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Setting In and Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Sorting Input Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Registering Input Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Capturing from DirectShow Devices (Web Cameras, etc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Capturing from DVD/CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

DISCcapture Capture Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Capturing from Devices Not Controlled by Deck Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Capturing Directly to the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Partial Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Batch Capturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Batch Capture Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Creating a New Batch Capture List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Saving Batch Capture Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Loading Batch Capture Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Importing Existing Clips or Stills into the Asset Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Importing Still Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Importing Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Automatic (Watch Folder) Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Watch Folder Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Managing the Watched Folders File List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

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Section 4 — Clip Operations and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Clip Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Clip Display Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Video Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Still Image Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Audio Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Color Bar Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Color Matte Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Title Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Timeline Sequence Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Sequence Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

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Renaming Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Saving Clips from the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Creating Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Create a Color Bar Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Modify Color Bar Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Create a Color Matte Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Modify Color Matte Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Create a Title Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Creating a Sequence (Conjoining Multiple Clips) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Creating Individual Clips from a Sequence (Cancelling a Sequence). . . . . . . 263

Clip Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Displaying Clips in the Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Clip Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Playback with Player Operation Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Playback with Shuttle/Slider Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Playback with the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Setting In and Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Setting Separate In/Out Points for Video and Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Adjusting Video and Audio In/Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Move to the In or Out Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Removing In and Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Editing Clip Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Editing Clip Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Color Bar, Color Matte and Title Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Editing Clip Settings for Multiple Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Clip Width View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Detail View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Checking Clip Storage Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Opening a Clip with an External Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Clip Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Selecting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Copying Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Cutting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Pasting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Deleting (Releasing) Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Sorting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Setting Clip Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Creating Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Moving Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Duplicating Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Deleting Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Selecting the Folder to Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Exporting Bin Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Importing Bin Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Exporting Stored Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Searching for Clips in the Asset Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Searching for Unused Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Deleting Search Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Section 5 — Timeline Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Timeline Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Edit Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Insert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

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Overwrite Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Sync Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Ripple Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Extend Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Fix Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Track Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Track Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Adjust Track Panel Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Adjust Track Panel Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Change Track Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Copy Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Move Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Add Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Delete Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Audio Channel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Timeline Scale Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Timeline Scale Markings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Timeline Scale Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Clip Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

In and Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Setting In and Out Points on Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Setting In and Out Points on Ends of Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Adjusting In and Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Deleting In and Out Points on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Placing Clips on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Using Clips in the Asset Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Clip Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Setting In/Out Points and Placing a Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Place Video or Audio Only on Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Placing Clips by Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Three-Point Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Four-Point Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Placing Special Clips Between In and Out Points of the Timeline . . . . . . . . 340

Moving Clips on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Selecting Multiple Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Moving Selected Clip(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Moving Selected Clip(s) and Subsequent Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Changing Clip Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Searching Timeline Clips in the Asset Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Timeline Clip Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Unlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Ungroup (Remove Group) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Ripple Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Paste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Paste at In/Out Points of Existing Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Replace Clip Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Set Clip Color on Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Dividing Clips at Cursor Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Dividing Clips at In/Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

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Combining a Divided Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Enable/Disable Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Deleting a Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Deleting Between In/Out Points on Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Deleting Only the Video or Audio Portion of a Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Ripple Deleting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Ripple Deleting Between In/Out Points on Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Ripple Deleting Only the Video or Audio Portion of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Delete Timeline Gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Changing Clip Playback Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Changing Speed of Multiple Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Time Remap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Time Remap Dialog Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Other Time Remap Dialog Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Video Display Layout/Crop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Keyframe Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Trimming Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Trimming Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Trimming Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Trimming at Ends of Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Trimming from the Preview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

In Point, Out Point or Slide Point Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Slip Trim or Rolling Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Trimming by Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Trimming with Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Ripple Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Split Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Slide Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Slip Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Rolling Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Sequence and Clip Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Show/Hide the Marker Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Sequence Marker Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Clip Marker Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Setting Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Set Marker at Specific Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Set Marker Between In and Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Clip Marker and Slider Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Sequence Marker and Timeline Cursor Shortcut Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Selecting a Marker Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Moving Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Delete Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Entering Marker Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Sequence Marker Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Clip Marker Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Display of Marker Comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Recorder Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Player Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Export Marker List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Import Marker List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Clip Markers on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Timeline Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Playback by Scrubbing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Playback with Recorder Operation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

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Playback with Shuttle/Slider Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Position Slider Shortcut Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Playback with the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Playback Between Timeline In/Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Playback Around Timeline Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Move to Timeline In/Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Move by Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Match Frame Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Match Frame from Player to Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Match Frame from Timeline to Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Rendering Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Time Scale Color Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Rendering Sequence Overload Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Rendering Overload Area in Entire Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Rendering Only a Selected Overload/Loaded Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Rendering Between In an Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Rendering Overload Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Render All Areas Needing Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Rendering Overload and Loaded Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Rendering a Clip or Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Exporting Video Clips from the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Exporting Still Image Clips from the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Deleting Temporary Files Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Timeline Sequence Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Creating a New Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Creating a Nested Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Open a Nested Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Closing a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Saving Timeline Clips as Asset Bin Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Creating A Blank Sequence Clip on the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Duplicating a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Multi Cam Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Switching to Multi Cam Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Defining Multi Cam Sync Point for Placing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Changing the Number of Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Changing the Assigned Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Setting Camera Switch Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Setting Camera Switch Point During Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Moving Camera Switch Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Deleting Camera Switch Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Switching the Selected Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Playback Around the Camera Switch Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Copy Selected Clips to Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

Undo/Redo Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Undo an Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Redo a Cancelled Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

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Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Show/Hide the Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Effect Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Expand Folder View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Effect View Show/Hide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

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Effect Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Plug-In Base Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

System Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

User Preset Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Default Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Effect Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Applying Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Drag and Drop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Right-Click Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Applying Filters to Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Color Correction Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Applying Color Correction Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491

Adjusting YUV Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492

Preview Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

Keyframe Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Adjusting Color Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Color Wheel Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

White Balance Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

Correcting Colors with the Color Picker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Monotone Filter Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Apply Video Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Combining Multiple Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

Apply Audio Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Adding Effects Between Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Clip Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Clip Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Track Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Audio Cross Fades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

Apply Default Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Changing Default Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Changing the Length of a Transition or Cross Fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Changing Default Effect Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Creating Video Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Picture in Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Configuring Picture in Picture Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Adding Motion to the Overlay Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

3D Picture in Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Configuring 3D Picture in Picture Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Keyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Chroma Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Configuring Chroma Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Luminance Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Configuring Luminance Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551

Transparency Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

Fade-In/Fade-Out Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

Apply Fade-In/Fade-out to Audio or Video Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Alpha Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Title Mixer Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Effect Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Show/Hide the Information Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Information Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Verifying and Adjusting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Enabling/Disabling Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

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Deleting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Deleting Effects from the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Deleting Effects from the Information Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Copy Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Copy Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Replacing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

Saving Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575

Deleting Effects from the Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

Customizing the Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

Creating Folders in the Effects Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

Renaming Effects and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

Lock/Unlock the Folder Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

Changing the Folder Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Folder Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Shortcut Assignments with Drag and Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Shortcut Assignments in the Effect View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Deleting a Folder Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Resetting Effect Palette to Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Export User Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Import User Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Verifying Color Data for TV Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Vector Scope and Waveform Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

QuickTitler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

QuickTitler Application Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Changing Text Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597

Changing Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Moving Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Rotating Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Changing Text Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

Applying Transparency to Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Applying Color Gradations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

Applying Texture to a Text Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Adding a Text Border (Edge). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

Adding Shadows to Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

Rolling or Crawling Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Adjusting Roll or Crawl Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Embossing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Blur Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612

Text Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Applying Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Saving Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Changing Text Style Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Deleting Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

Image and Graphic Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

Creating Images and Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

Changing Image or Graphic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617

Changing the Image or Graphic Object Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618

Moving Graphic Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rotating Graphic Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619

Applying Transparency to Images and Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619

Adding a Border to Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

Applying Shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

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Blur a Graphic or Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624

Changing Line Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625

Embossing Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Title Object Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628

Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628

Align . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629

Same Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

Center in Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

Title Mixer Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

Adjusting Title Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

Editing a Linked Title Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636

Importing Background Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

Exporting Title as a Still Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639

TitleMotion Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640

Section 7 — Audio Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

Adjusting Volume and Pan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

Additional Rubberband Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645

Entering Value Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645

Resetting the Pan Rubber Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647

Deleting or Initializing Rubber Band Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647

Initializing the Rubber Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647

Delete Selected Rubber Band Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648

Normalize Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649

Audio Mixer Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652

Adjusting Audio in the Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652

Playing Clips From the Audio Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653

Switching the Indicator Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653

Audio Track Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654

Ganging Audio Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656

Playing or Muting a Specified Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657

Applying V-Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658

Adding Voice Overs and Sound Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659

Section 8 — Exporting/Project Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663

Exporting in Various File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663

Export Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663

Using Exporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663

Advanced Exporter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669

Other Exporter Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Save Preset As Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

Save Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674

Delete Preset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

Export Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

Import Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

Add to Batch List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

Delete from Batch Export List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

Batch Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

Modifying the Batch Export List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

Export to DVD or Blu Ray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685

Export Still Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

Export to Tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

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Output to HDV (Generic HDV) Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

Output to DV (Generic OHCI) Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

Export to Devices Not Controlled by Deck Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

Section A — Hardware Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

EDIUS SP/SP-SDI (SHX) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

General I/O Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

DV Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

Canopus HQ Codec Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721

EDIUS NX/NX Express (NHX) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

General I/O Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

DV Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726

Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

Canopus HQ Codec Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

EDIUS SD/HD (RX-E1) Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

System Settings (SD and HD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

General I/O Settings (SD and HD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

HD Balanced Audio Settings (HD Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732

Input Settings (HD Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733

Canopus HQ Codec Settings (SD and HD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733

Video Overlay Settings (SD and HD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734

Downconverter Settings (HD Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734

Upconverter Settings (HD Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735

HD STORM (HXQ-E1) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736

System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736

Analog Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

Analog Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

Canopus HQ Codec Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

HDSPARK (HSX) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

System/Output Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741

HDTHUNDER (HTX) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741

System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741

General I/O Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743

Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

Canopus HQ Codes Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

EDIUS DirectShow Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

Canopus HQ Codec Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

Device Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

EDIUS Generic HDV Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

Canopus HQ Codec Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

EDIUS Generic OHCI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

System/Output Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

DV Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750

Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

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Appendix B — Special Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

Keyframeable 2D Picture-in-Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

Appendix C — Input/Output Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765

Output Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765

Generic OHCI HD 60Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765

Generic OHCI HD 50Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765

Generic OHCI HD 24Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767

Generic OHCI SD NTSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767

Generic OHCI SD PAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768

Generic OHCI SD 24Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768

Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

Generic OHCI Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

Generic HDV Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

File Formats Supported In Trimming Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770

Default Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772

Asset Bin Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772

Edit Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773

Edit - Delete Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

Edit - Select Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

Edit - Move Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775

View Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775

Play Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776

Marker Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776

Mode Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779

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Preface

About This Manual

This User Reference Guide contains detailed information concerning EDIUS tools, features and functions used in creating and managing project workflows.

For information about the installation of EDIUS and importing custom data from prior versions of EDIUS, see the Quick Start Guide.

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Minimum System Requirements

• Intel® or AMD® CPU 3.0 GHz or faster (multiple CPUs or multi-core CPUs are recommended; SSE2 and SSE3 instruction sets supported).

• 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)

• 800MB or more free disk space for the software installation.

• DVD-ROM Drive for software installation.

• DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW drive required when creating DVD video with Burn to Disc

• Blu-Ray BD-R/BD-RE drive required when creating Blu-Ray disc with Burn to Disc

• DirectX 9.0 or later

• Graphics card supporting Direct3D 9.0c or later and support for PixelShader Model 3.0 is required.

• For SD editing: 128 MB RAM or larger required; 256 MB or larger

recommended.

• For HD editing: 256 MB RAM or larger required; 512 MB or larger

recommended.

• ATA 100/7200 rpm or faster hard drive is necessary for video storage.

• Available hard drive space should be twice the size of file to be

edited.

• RAID 0 recommended for HD editing.

• One free USB port (1.1 or higher) for software protection key.

• Soundcard with WDM driver support is required.

• Supported operating systems:

• Windows® XP Home or Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2

or later, 32-bit)

• Windows® Vista ( SP1 or later, 32-bit or 64-bit) including the fol-

lowing:

• Windows® Vista Home Basic

• Windows® Vista Home Premium

• Windows® Vista Business

• Windows® Vista Ultimate

Note External video decks/camera may require either a free IEEE 1394 FireWire

port or USB 2.0 port for connectivity.

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DVD Contents

Preface

•EDIUS software

• User Reference Guide (PDF)

• Bonus Applications and Tools

•Plug-ins

•Bundled Software:

• NewBlue video filters: Art Effects, Film Effects and Motion Effects

• ProDAD video effects and image stabilization: VitaScene and Mercalli Expert

• iZotope VST audio plug-ins: Audio Effects Suite, Audio Restore, AGC and Mastering Effects Suite

• SmartSound Sonic Fire Pro 5 Trial

• MyMusic for EDIUS Plugin

• Corel Blu-Ray authoring: DVD Movie Factory

• Artbeats HD stock footage and graphics

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Getting Started

This section contains the basic information needed for working with EDIUS such as numeric data input, EDIUS license issues, starting EDIUS, creating user profiles and projects presets, and, screen layout and customi zation.

Topics dealing with the use of EDIUS tools, features and functions (e.g. application settings, capturing clips, Timeline editing, titles and effects, audio operation and exporting projects) used in creating projects are covered in other sections of this manual.

Note All keyboard shortcut keys referenced in any part of this manual are the

default shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts may be customized. In this case, some or all of the shortcuts referenced in this manual may not reflect the shortcuts defined on your system. For a comprehensive listing of default keyboard shortcuts, see Appendix C-Input/Output Formats.

Section 1

Starting EDIUS

To start the EDIUS application, do one of the following:

1. Double-click the EDIUS icon (illustrated in Figure 1) on the desktop.

Figure 1. EDIUS Application Icon

2. Select Start>All Programs>Canopus>EDIUS 5 from the Windows

desktop.

When EDIUS is started the first time after installation, some startup screens may appear. These startup screens vary depending upon the installation status. If EDIUS was installed for the first time (i.e. the installation was not an upgrade of a prior EDIUS version), more information is gathered. For an upgrade installation, most settings from the prior version are retained and fewer startup screens will appear.

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Startup Without USB Key License

The license for EDIUS is contained on the USB key that came in the box with the product DVD. If EDIUS is started without the USB key inserted in a USB port on the host computer, the message shown in

Figure 2. No USB Key Startup Message

Figure 2 appears.

Insert the USB key and click OK to detect the license and use EDIUS.

Note If OK is clicked without the USB key present, the 30-day trial countdown

period begins. If you wish to transfer the license from the USB key to the PC or to another USB key, see License Transfer section below.

To avoid the message above, the USB key should be inserted before starting EDIUS.

License Transfer

When EDIUS is installed on a laptop or, if you prefer not to use the USB key, it may be desirable to transfer the license from the USB key to the laptop or PC on which EDIUS is installed. It is also possible to transfer the license from the USB key provided with EDIUS to another USB key. Before pro ceeding with any license transfer, please thoroughly read the notes and warnings which follow.

• The license transfer tool must be initiated on the system on which

• License transfer is available between USB key and PC or USB key and

• Several licenses of the same product cannot be combined on the same

WARNING A lost USB key cannot be replaced for any reason. Keep the USB key

EDIUS is already installed.

USB key only. It is not possible to transfer a license from PC to PC.

USB key.

secure and do not lose it.

WARNING Close the license transfer tool only after the transfer is complete. If the

transfer tool is closed prior to completing the transfer, the license is irretrievably lost.

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WARNING If the license is transferred to a PC and the hard drive on which the license

is stored becomes corrupted or fails with no backup, the license may be irretrievably lost.

WARNING When a license is transferred to a PC, changing major PC components

such as CPU, memory, motherboard, hard drive, NIC, etc. may invalidate the license.

A transfer of the license to a PC is not recommended without a compelling reason for doing so.

Starting the License Transfer Tool

1. Attach the USB key to a USB port on the PC on which EDIUS is

installed.

2. Insert the installation DVD for the installed version of EDIUS into the

DVD drive.

3. Click on Browse DVD when the splash screen appears.

Starting EDIUS

4. Navigate to the Tools>EdiusLM folder and double click the file

EdiusLM.exe.

The screen shown in Figure 3 appears.

Figure 3. EDIUS License Manager Dialog Box

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Transfer License to PC Local Disk

Transfer License to Another USB Key

1. Select the USB to PC tab in the dialog box.

2. Select the license to transfer from the list that appears in the USB to PC

tab.

3. Click the -> button to execute the license transfer.

4. Repeat for additional licenses to be transferred.

5. Click the Close button when all license transfers are complete.

1. Select the USB to USB tab in the dialog box. See Figure 4.

Figure 4. USB to USB License Manager Dialog Box

2. Select the license to transfer from the list that appears in the USB to USB

tab.

3. Click the -> button to move the license to the list on the right side of the

dialog box.

4. Replace the EDIUS USB key with the one to which the license should be

transferred.

5. Click the Refresh button.

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6. After the license transfer is complete, replace the destination USB key

with the original USB license key if you wish to transfer more licenses.

Note After every USB key swap, click the Refresh button.

7. Repeat the steps above to transfer additional licenses.

WARNING Do not replace USB keys while the license is transferring or the license

may be irretrievably lost.

8. Click the Close button when all license transfers are complete.

Select Project Folder Location

When EDIUS is started for the first time after a new installation (not an upgrade from a prior version), the dialog box in

Figure 5. EDIUS Project Folder Location Dialog

Starting EDIUS

Figure 5 will appear.

To select a folder in which to store EDIUS projects, do the following:

1. Click the Browse button.

2. Navigate to the drive on which the desired folder is located or will be

created (see Figure 6).

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Figure 6. Browse to Project Folder Location

3. If the desired folder already exists on the selected drive, select the

desired folder and click the

OK button (see Figure 7).

Figure 7. Select Project Folder

4. If the desired folder does not exist on the selected drive, Click the Make

New Folder

button, enter the desired folder name and click on the OK

button (see Figure 8).

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Entering Numeric Data

Figure 8. Make New Project Folder

The dialog box in Figure 9 appears indicating the selected project folder.

Figure 9. Project Folder Default Location

5. Click OK to set the current folder as the default folder for EDIUS project

files.

Note As indicated in the dialog box, once the default folder selection is made, this

dialog box will not appear again when EDIUS is launched.

Entering Numeric Data

Numeric data entry is possible or required in many application screens and data input windows throughout EDIUS, including some startup screens. This section explains the various methods of entering numeric data

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Direct Input

There are four methods for entering numeric data into an input field (examples of such data fields in Project Presets are the TC preset, Total length, Over Scan Size, Audio Reference Level, Track(default), Duration, etc. The four entry methods are:

• Direct Input

•Offset Input

•Arrow Key Input

• Mouse Wheel Input

Some input fields are time codes or duration which may be comprised of multiple number segments. The format of these fields is HH:MM:SS;FF (H=hour, M=Minutes, S=Seconds and F=Frames). Other numeric input field are single-segment numbers such as the number of video and audio tracks. Except where noted below, these numeric input methods apply to all numeric fields.

The direct input method requires entering the numeric values from the keyboard. To enter a numeric value with the direct input method do the following:

1. Select the desired input field.

2. To enter, for example, the value 25 minutes, 16 seconds and 15 frames

3. Press the [Enter] key.

Note When entering a number such as 1 hour and 15 minutes with no seconds and

Offset Input

The offset input method is used to quickly increment or decrement an existing timecode by a particular value.

Note Offset input is only available with timecode (multi-segment) values.

use one of the following methods:

a. enter 25M16S15F

b. enter 251615

frames, enter either 1H10M or 01150000. 10 minutes is entered as either 10M or 100000. 2 hours is entered as either 2H or 02000000.

To enter a timecode offset, follow these steps:

1. Select the desired input field.

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2. Enter the desired offset value.

A “+” before the value increments the timecode by the specified value.

A “-” before the value decrements the timecode by the specified value.

Note If the timecode value in a particular field is 00:05:35;20 (5 minutes, 35 sec-

3. Press the [Enter] key.

Arrow Key Input

With the arrow key input method, the arrow keys (K,L,I,J) are used to enter or change numeric values.

To enter numbers using the arrow key input method, do the following:

1. Select the desired input field.

Entering Numeric Data

onds, 20 frames), entering an offset value of +2510 will increment the timecode value to 00:06:01;00 (assuming a 30 frame per second video standard). Entering an offset value of -2510 will decrement the timecode to 00:05:10;10.

2. Use the [K] key to increment the numeric value; use the [L] key to

decrement the numeric value; use the [I] key to move one number segment to the left; use the [J] key to move one number segment to the right.

3. Press the [Enter] key when input is finished.

Mouse Wheel Input

The mouse wheel input method uses the mouse wheel or buttons to input numeric data.

To enter numbers using the mouse, follow these steps:

1. Move the mouse cursor near the input field. The mouse cursor shape

changes to indicate that mouse wheel input mode is active.

2. Click the numeric value you wish to change whether it is part of a

multi-segment number or a single-segment value.

3. Rotate the mouse wheel up or down to increment or decrement the

selected value.

4. Press the [Enter] key when input is finished.

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An alternate mouse input method uses the mouse buttons as follows:

• Hold down the right mouse button and drag the mouse upwards from the initial mouse position until the number begins to increase. Once the number begins to increase, it will continue to increase until the mouse button is released.

• Hold down the right mouse button and drag the mouse downward to decrease the data value. Once the number begins to decrease, it will continue to decrease until the mouse button is released.

Note The number will not decrement below a value of zero (0).

• Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse upward to increase the value. Only continued upward movement of the mouse will increase the data value.

• Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse downward to decrease the value. Only continued downward movement of the mouse will decrease the data value.

Note The number will not decrement below a value of zero (0).

Start-Up Window

Each time EDIUS is launched, the window shown in Figure 10 will appear. When EDIUS is started for the first time after a new installation (not an upgrade from a prior version), this window will be blank.

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Figure 10. EDIUS Start-up Window

Start-Up Window

Profiles

Create a Profile

The EDIUS start-up window is composed of three main areas; Profiles, Recent Projects list and New Project presets.

Screen layouts, application settings, custom settings and plug-in settings are associated with profiles. Each time a profile is selected for an EDIUS session, the settings associated with that profile are automatically used. Multiple profiles may be created.

Note Hardware settings, changes to the Effects palette and preset exporters are not

stored with profiles.

To create a profile, do the following:

1. Click on the New Profile button.

2. Enter a name for the profile.

3. If you wish to change the icon for this profile, click on the ... button.

4. Select the desired profile icon from the list (see Figure 11) and click the

Open button.

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Note There is no icon preview from the icon “Open” dialog box. See Table 1 below

for a list of default profile icons.

Figure 11. User Profile Creation

Table 1. User Profile Icons

Icon Name Icon Graphic

profile01

profile02

profile03

profile04

profile05

profile06

profile07

profile08

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Table 1. User Profile Icons

Icon Name Icon Graphic

profile09

profile10

profile11

profile12

profile13

profile14

profile15

Start-Up Window

Note If the table above is not viewed or printed in color, many icons will appear the

same. The difference between icons of the same design is the background color.

5. Click the OK button to create the profile.

The EDIUS start-up screen re-appears

6. Create additional profiles as needed by repeating the steps above.

Change a Profile Name or Icon

To change the name or icon associated with a profile do one of the following:

• Select the profile and click the

as desired.

• Right-click on the profile icon select

menu.

Delete a Profile

To delete a profile do one of the following:

Change button. Change the name or icon

Rename or Change Icon from the

• Select the profile and click the Delete button.

• Select the profile and press the [Delete] key on the keyboard.

• Right-click the profile and select

Delete from the menu.

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Copy a Profile

To copy a profile do the following:

1. Right-click on the profile to be copied

2. Select Copy from the menu.

A new profile icon appears in the Profile list (see Figure 12 for an example).

Figure 12. Copied Profile

See Change a Profile Name or Icon above for information on changing the profile name and icon.

Export Profiles

Profiles created in EDIUS on one computer can be exported and used in an EDIUS system on a different computer. Profiles can be exported to network drives, external drives, USB drives, etc. and then imported into the EDIUS environment in which they are to be used.

To export one or all EDIUS profiles follow these steps:

1. Right-click on a profile icon.

2. Select Export from the menu.

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Start-Up Window

3. Select All or This profile from the export menu (see Figure 13).

Figure 13. Profile Export Menu

Note Just the right-clicked profile or all profiles may be exported. This profile

refers to the profile right-clicked in Step 1.

4. Navigate to the location in which the exported profile(s) will be stored

as shown in Figure 14.

Note A new folder may be created on the destination drive by clicking on the Make

New Folder button in the Browse For Folder dialog.

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Figure 14. Profile Export Location

5. Click the OK button the export the profile(s) to the selected location.

Import Profiles

Profiles that have been exported from an EDIUS system may be imported into the same or another EDIUS system.

To import profiles, perform the following actions:

1. Right click on any profile icon.

2. Select Import from the menu.

3. Navigate to the location in which exported EDIUS profiles are stored

(an example is shown in Figure 15).

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Figure 15. Exported Profiles

Start-Up Window

4. Select the profile(s) to be imported.

Note To select multiple profiles, hold down the [CTRL] key while clicking on the

desired profiles. To select all profiles, click on the first profile in the list and hold down the [SHIFT] key while clicking on the last profile in the list.

5. Click the Open button to import the selected profile(s).

If a profile with the same name as a profile to be imported already exists, the dialog shown in Figure 16 appears.

Figure 16. Profile Overwrite Dialog

6. Select the appropriate response to continue importing profiles.

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Profile Management

Manage Profile Access

Profile management provides the ability to switch the active profile from within EDIUS, change profile properties and configure access by EDIUS workstations to shared profiles.

Note A dedicated profile management tool is installed on the server(s) on which

shared EDIUS profiles will be managed. The actions described in this section pertain to EDIUS workstation settings and options and not the server-based profile management operations.

To manage profile access do the following:

1. Select Settings>Change Profile from the Preview window menu bar as

illustrated in Figure 17.

Figure 17. Settings Change Profile Menu

The Change Profile dialog shown in Figure 18 appears.

Figure 18. Change Profile Dialog

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2. Click the Detail setting button.

The Detail Setting dialog illustrated in Figure 19 appears.

Figure 19. Profile Management Detail Setting Dialog

Start-Up Window

3. Select the profile location to be used from this EDIUS workstation by

selecting one of the following options:

Local

Only profiles stored on the local EDIUS workstation will be used.

Shared server

Only profiles stored in the shared server folder specified in the next step will be used.

Local and shared server

Profiles stored in both the local EDIUS workstation and the shared server location will be used.

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4. To use profiles stored in shared server, specify the folder containing

shared profiles by clicking the

... button and browsing to and selecting

the desired shared server folder.

Note If Local is the selected profile location, the Shared server options are not

available.

Note The Documents and Settings\{UserName\Application Data folder is not a valid

shared profile location on any computer.

5. If a Shared server location is specified, click the Sync button to

synchronize profiles stored on the local workstation with those stored in the shared server location.

6. Select the desired profile and project preset change actions as described

below:

The Setting Change of the Profile is Permitted

If this option is selected, creating new profiles, changing profile settings (name and icon) and profile deletion are permitted. If this option is not selected, these actions are not allowed.

The Setting Change of the Project Preset is Permitted

If this option is selected, creating new project presets, changing project preset settings (name and icon) and project preset deletion are permitted. If this option is not selected, these actions are not allowed.

Switch Active Profile

To switch the active profile from with EDIUS, do the following:

1. Select Settings>Change Profile from the Preview window menu bar as

illustrated in Figure 20.

Figure 20. Settings Change Profile Menu

The Change Profile dialog shown in Figure 21 appears.

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Start-Up Window

Figure 21. Change Profile Dialog

The current profile is selected and listed in the Current profile field.

2. Select the profile you wish to activate.

Change, Delete and OK buttons will become active as illustrated in

The

Figure 22.

Figure 22. New Profile Selected

3. Click the OK button to activate the selected profile.

Change Profile Properties

To change a profile name or the icon associated with a profile, follow these steps:

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Note This action is available only if the “Setting change of the profile is permitted”

option is selected. See Manage Profile Access on page 40 for more information.

1. Select Settings>Change Profile from the Preview window menu bar.

The Change Profile dialog appears.

2. From the Change Profile dialog, select the desired profile

3. Click the Change button.

The new preset dialog shown in Figure 23 appears.

Figure 23. New Preset Dialog

4. Enter a new profile name, if desired.

5. Click the ... button and browse to the icon file you wish to assign to the

selected profile.

6. Click the OK button to close the New Preset dialog.

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Project Presets

Project presets make it possible to start a new project with predetermined default settings. Settings which can be defined in project presets include the following:

• Output Device

•Output Format

• Rendering Format

• Time Code Preset and Mode

• Total Length

•Overscan Size

•Audio Reference Level

• Panning Mode

• Color Space Conversion

• Number of Video and Audio Tracks

Start-Up Window

• Audio Channel Map

Multiple project presets may be created from which the appropriate selection is made when a new project is started.

Create a Project Preset

To create a project preset, do the following:

1. From the start-up window, click the New Preset button. The dialog box in

Figure 24 appears.

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Figure 24. Project Preset Settings

2. From the list of available output devices, select the output device for the

project preset.

3. From the list of output formats, select the default output format for the

project preset

Note The Description section of the Project Settings dialog will contain details such

as frame size, frame rate, audio rate, sample size, channels, etc. based on the output device an output format selections.

4. In the Setup(default) section of the dialog box, click on the list button

[V] of the

Rendering format button. A drop-down list similar to the one

shown in Figure 25 appears. Select the desired rendering format.

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Start-Up Window

Figure 25. Rendering Format Drop-Down List

Note The list of available rendering formats may change depending upon the

selected output device and output format. See Appendix A-Hardware Settings for more information on output device and rendering codecs.

5. Click the Detail button to see rendering codec details. See Figure 26.

Figure 26. Rendering Codec Settings

Change settings as desired.

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6. Set the TC preset as desired. The TC preset will be the starting timecode

on the Timeline for any project using this project preset. See Starting EDIUS on page 23 for the various methods of entering numeric data and

timecodes.

7. Select the TC mode by clicking on the list button [V] on the TC mode

button. If an NTSC device was selected in Step 2 above, you may select “drop frame” or “non drop frame” for the timecode display.

8. If desired, you can set the desired length of the Timeline by entering a

value in this field. If a value is entered, the Timeline length is fixed to this time. When the project exceeds this length, the color of the Timeline section that exceeds this length is changed.

9. If over scanning is desired, enter the desired overscan ratio in the Over

Scan Size field. The value can be set from 0% to 20%. Setting the value to 0 results in no overscan.

10. Enter the desired audio reference level. Clicking on the list button [V]

Audio Reference Level button displays a drop-down list of common

of the reference levels (-20 dB, -18dB and -12dB); however, any reference level may be entered.

Note In any field with a drop-down selection list (indicated by the Vsymbol next

to the field), the [K] and [L] keys may be used to scroll through the list choices without opening the drop-down list.

11. Select the desired Panning mode. The choices are ‘Standard” and

“EDIUS Pro3 Compatible.” This setting affects the appearance of the audio rubber band for audio channels defined as “Monaural channel.” Use “EDIUS Pro3 Compatible” only if you have been using this version for past projects.

12. Set Color Space Conversion as desired. “Standard” detects the

appropriate color space in different formats automatically and converts to the appropriate color space. Set to “EDIUS Pro3 Compatible” to use the original color space of each source even when multiple formats are used in the project.

13. In the Track(default) section of the Preset Settings dialog specify the

desired number of default video, audio and title tracks.

• V = video tracks

• VA = video/audio tracks (video with separate but connected audio)

• T = Title tracks

• A = Audio tracks

14. Click on the Channel Map button to display the Audio channel map

dialog as shown in Figure 27.

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Figure 27. Audio Channel Map

Start-Up Window

15. Select the desired output channels for each track. Click the OK button

when finished.

Note Two (2) channels maximum can be output from one track. The number and

types of tracks displayed may vary depending on the Track settings specified in Step 13.

16. Click the OK button to close the Project Settings dialog box.

The project preset name dialog shown in Figure 28 appears.

Figure 28. Project Preset Name

17. If you wish to accept the default project preset name and icon, proceed

to Step 21.

18. If you wish to change the name, enter a new name.

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19. If you wish to select an icon other than the default icon, click the ...

button. The icon list shown in Figure 29 appears.

Figure 29. Project Preset Icon List

20. Select the desired icon from the list and click the Open button.

21. Click the OK button to accept the project preset name and icon.

The EDIUS start-up screen re-appears (see Figure 30) with the new preset definition in the New Project window.

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Figure 30. EDIUS Start-up Screen with New Project Definition

Start-Up Window

22. Create additional project presets as needed by repeating the steps

above.

Create a New Project

EDIUS projects can be created from project presets or from the current project.

Create a New Project from a Project Preset on Startup

Before selecting the project preset, make sure you have clicked on the desired profile in the Profile area of the start-up screen. The selected profile icon and name appear in the Selected Profile area in the upper right corner of the start-up screen (see when a new project is initiated.

To create a new project using a project preset, do the following:

1. Double-click the desired project preset icon in the New Project area of

the EDIUS start-up screen.

Note You may also single-click to select the desired preset icon and then click the

Figure 30). This selected profile will be used

Start button in the lower right corner of the start-up screen.

The Project name setting dialog shown in Figure 31 appears.

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2. Enter the project name in the Project name field.

Figure 31. New Project Preset Name

Note The default project folder is the folder specified in Select Project Folder Loca-

tion on page 27.

3. Select the “Create project name folder” to create a folder with the same

name as the project in the selected project folder. The project file(s) will be stored in this folder.

Note If the “Create project name folder” option is not selected, the project file(s)

will be stored in the selected folder location without creating a new folder with the project name.

If you wish to specify a location for this project other than the default, click

... button and browse to the desired location. Click to OK button to select

the the new folder.

4. Click OK to create the new project and open EDIUS.

A blank project (no data in the Timeline, Recorder/Player, or Asset Bin widows) appears as illustrated in Figure 32.

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Figure 32. EDIUS New Project

Start-Up Window

Create a New Project From the Current Project

A new project can be created from the current project in one of three ways.

• Select File>New>Project from the Preview Window

• Click the list button [V]on the

from the menu. See Figure 33.

Figure 33. Create New Project from New Sequence List Button

Note Clicking the New Sequence button, will result in the creation of a new

sequence in the current project. To create a new project, click on the list button

[V] symbol. See Sequences on page 58 for more information on

sequences.

• Press [CTRL]+[N] on the keyboard

New Sequence Icon and select New Project

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To create a new project from the current project, do the following:

1. Perform any of the three actions listed above to initiate the creation of a

new project.

After performing any of these actions, a dialog prompting to save the current project file appears. See Figure 34.

Figure 34. Save Current Project Dialog

2. Click Yes to save the current project.

The Project settings (simple settings) dialog box shown in Figure 35 appears.

Figure 35. Project Settings (Simple Settings) Dialog

3. Enter a name for the project in the Project name field.

4. Select the desired project preset and click the OK button.

Note If you wish to create a new project preset, click the New Preset button and

follow the instructions to Create a Project Preset on page 45.

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Change Current Project Settings

Although a project is started with a project preset and its associated settings, it is possible to change the settings for a particular project at any time before project output.

To change project settings, do the following:

1. Select Settings>Project Settings from the Preview window

The Project Settings window shown in Figure 36 appears.

Figure 36. Project Settings - Change Current Settings

Start-Up Window

2. Click the Change current setting... button.

The Project Settings detail window appears. See Figure 37

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Figure 37. Project Settings Detail

3. Change the desired project settings. See Create a Project Preset on page 45

for details concerning project settings.

4. Click the OK button to save the changes to the current project settings.

If you back into Settings>Project Settings you will notice the addition of the Current Setting icon (see Figure 38). The current project settings are associated with this project preset.

Note Changing the current project settings does not change the settings associ-

ated with the original preset from which the project was initiated.

Figure 38. Project Settings - Current Settings

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Save the Current Settings as a New Project Preset

If you wish to create a new preset from the current settings, perform the following actions:

1. Click on the Current setting icon.

2. Click the New Preset button.

Note The Current setting preset cannot be deleted or changed (buttons are greyed

out). If you wish to change the current settings use the Change current setting... button.

3. Click the OK button to save the current settings.

Note Do not make any setting changes if you wish to save the current settings as

a new project preset.

4. (Optional) Enter a name and select an icon for the new project preset.

5. Click the OK button to save the project preset.

Start-Up Window

Change the Settings of an Existing Project Preset

If you wish to make changes to the settings of an existing project preset, do one of the following:

• Click on the project preset icon from either the EDIUS start-up window

or the Project Settings dialog shown in Figure 36 and click the button.

• Right-click the preset icon for which you wish to change the settings

and select

Change preset from the menu.

Other Actions in the Simple Settings Dialog

The following actions can be performed from the Project Settings (Simple Settings) dialog box shown above in

• Specify a folder other than the default for a project location. Click the ...

button to navigate to another folder.

• Delete existing project presets. Click on the project preset icon; click the

Delete button to delete the project preset.

Note An alternative method of deleting project presets is to right-click on the

project preset icon and select the Delete option from the menu.

Figure 35:

Change

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Sequences

Create a New Sequence

A sequence is a collection of clips, images, effects, etc. placed on the Timeline. A project may be comprised of one or more sequences.

The sequence tab is located in the upper left corner of the Timeline window just above the Timeline and just below the project name (see Figure 39).

Figure 39. Sequence Tab

To create a new sequence in the current project, do one of the following:

• Click the New Sequence button in the Timeline window (see Figure 40 -

New Sequence button is highlighted in blue).

the

Figure 40. New Sequence Button

• Select File>New>Sequence from the Preview window menu bar.

• Right-click on a blank area of the clip view in the Asset Bin and select “New Sequence” from the menu.

Note In this case a blank Timeline sequence clip is created in the Asset bin but a

sequence tab is not displayed in the Timeline window.

•Press [SHIFT]+[CTRL]+[N] on the keyboard.

Any of these methods will result in a new sequence tab appearing in the Timeline window as shown in Figure 41 as well as the creation of a sequence clip in the Asset bin as illustrated in Figure 42.

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Figure 41. New Sequence Tab

Note Double right-click a sequence tab to change the sequence name.

Figure 42. New Sequence Clip In Asset Bin

Sequences

Note The sequence tabs can be dragged and dropped to change their order.

Sequence Settings

Some sequence settings may have been defined when creating project presets. The Sequence Settings dialog is illustrated in Figure 43.

Figure 43. Sequence Settings Dialog

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To change sequence settings, access the Sequence Settings dialog in one of the following ways:

• Click on the list button [V] of the Save Project icon (see Figure 44) in the Timeline window and select

Figure 44. Save Project Menu

Sequence Settings... from the menu.

• Select Settings>Sequence Settings from the Preview window.

• Right-click on a sequence tab in the Timeline window and select

Sequence Settings... from the menu.

• Right-click a sequence clip in the Asset Bin and select

Sequence Settings...

from the menu.

The settings that can be changed in the Sequence Settings dialog are:

•Tc Preset — The TC preset will be the starting timecode on the Timeline for any project using this project preset. See Starting EDIUS on page 23 for the various methods of entering numeric data and timecodes.

•Tc Mode — Select the TC mode by clicking on the V symbol on the TC mode button. If an NTSC device was selected in Step 2 above, you may select “drop frame” or “non drop frame” for the timecode display.

•Total length — If desired, you can set the desired length of the Timeline by entering a value in this field. If a value is entered, the Timeline length is fixed to this time. When the project exceeds this length, the color of the Timeline section that exceeds this length is changed.

• Panning mode — The choices are ‘Standard” and “EDIUS Pro3 Compatible.” This setting affects the appearance of the audio rubber band for audio channels defined as “Monaural channel.” Use “EDIUS Pro3 Compatible” only if you have been using this version for past projects.

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• Color Space Conversion — “Standard” detects the appropriate color

space in different formats automatically and converts to the appropriate color space. Set to “EDIUS Pro3 Compatible” to use the original color space of each source even when multiple formats are used in the project.

• Channel Map — Click on the

channel map dialog as shown in Figure 27.

Figure 45. Audio Channel Map

Channel Map button to display the Audio

Select the desired output channels for each track. Click the OK button when finished.

Note Two (2) channels maximum can be output from one track. The number and

types of tracks displayed may vary depending on track settings.

In the Sequence Settings dialog, make the desired changes to the sequence settings and click the

OK button to save the changes and close the dialog.

Saving Projects

EDIUS projects are saved as .ezp files in the folder specified as the projects folder. See

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To save a project with the name entered (or the default name) at project creation, do one of the following:

• Click the

Save project button (highlighted in blue in Figure 46) in the

Timeline window.

Figure 46. Timeline Save Project Button

• Click on the list button [V] of the Save project button and select “Save Project” from the menu.

• Select File>Save Project from the preview window menu bar.

• Press the [

Note As illustrated in Figure 46, the current project name which will be used for

CTRL]+[S] keys on the keyboard.

saving the file with the methods listed above is shown in the Timeline window.

To save a project with a name other than the current name, do one of the following:

• Click on the list button [V] of the

• While holding down the [

• Select File> Save As from the preview window menu bar.

• Press the {

Note Using any of the methods described above will display a Save As dialog in

Auto Save/Backup

Backup files are only used in unusual circumstances such as project files becoming corrupted or EDIUS crashing while editing. They are not used in normal operations.

Backup files are created automatically in the following manner:

Save project button and select “Save

As” from the menu.

SHIFT] key, click the Save project button (high-

lighted in blue in Figure 46) in the Timeline window.

SHIFT]+[CTRL]+[S] keys on the keyboard.

which you can choose a location and file name in which to save the project.

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Location

{Project Name}/{Project}/Backup

File Name

{Project name}-year, month, day - hour, minute, second.ezp

If the auto save is enabled, project files are automatically saved at the specified interval. For information on enabling auto save see Enable Auto Save/ Auto Save Interval on page 153.

When auto save is enabled, auto save files are created in the following manner:

Location

{Project Name}/{Project}/AutoSave

File Name

{Project name}-year, month, day - hour, minute, second.ezp

To recover a project from an auto save or backup file, copy the file to the original project folder and import the file.

Note Auto save and backup files are read only and cannot be overwritten.

Exiting EDIUS

To exit EDIUS, do any of the following:

• Select File>Exit from the Preview window menu bar (see Preview

• Press the [

• Click on the “X” in the upper right corner of the preview window.

Project Operations

Window on page 109 for more information) and click on the you wish to exit EDIUS or the operation.

ALT]+[F4] keys on the keyboard.

No button if you wish to cancel the exit

Yes button if

This section covers project operations such as opening, importing and exporting project information.

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Opening Project Files

Open Project on Startup

Projects may be opened on EDIUS startup or within EDIUS from the current project.

To open a project on startup, do one of the following when the startup screen illustrated in Figure 47 appears:

• Double-click the desired project icon in the Recent Project list.

• Click the desired project icon in the Recent Project list and click the

Project

button.

• Click the desired project icon in the Recent Project list and click the button.

Note Projects may be removed from the Recent Project list by selecting the project

to be removed and clicking the Clear History button.

Figure 47. EDIUS Startup Screen Project Icons

Open

Start

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Open a Project from the Current Project

To open a different project from within the current project, do any of the following:

• Click the Open Project button (highlighted in blue in Figure 48) in the

Timeline window and select the project to open from the Open dialog.

Figure 48. Timeline Open Project Button

• Click the list button [V] of the Open Project button and select the desired

project from the history of recently opened projects at bottom of the menu.

• Select File>Recent Project>{project name} from the preview window

menu bar.

Project Operations

• Select File>Open Project from the preview window menu bar and select

the desired project from the Open dialog.

• Press the [

Importing Sequences

A collection of clips, images, effects, etc. placed on the Timeline is known as a “sequence.”

Sequences created in another project may be imported into the current project. The imported project will appear as a new sequence in the current project.

To import a sequence, do the following:

1. Click the list button [V] of the Open Project button and select “Import

Sequence” from the menu as illustrated in Figure 49.

Note An alternative method is to select File>Import Sequence from the preview

CTRL]+[O] keys on the keyboard.

window menu bar.

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Figure 49. Open Project Button Menu - Import Sequence

The Import Sequence dialog shown in Figure 50 appears.

Figure 50. Import Sequence Dialog

2. Select the desired import settings as explained below:

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Import Project

Use the list button [V] to select a project from the history of recently opened projects or the dialog. When a project is selected, project details are displayed (see

Figure 50 above).

If the frame size or aspect ratio of the selected project is different than current project, these are displayed in red as shown in Figure 50. Attempting to import the project when these settings do not match will result in the warning illustrated in Figure 51.

Figure 51. Sequence Import Settings Mismatch Warning

Browse button to select the project from an Open

Note If the frame rates are different, the projects cannot be combined.

Import Bin

The contents of the merged projects can be placed in a designated folder in the Asset Bin. Select the “Import Bin” option and enter the name of the folder you want to create as the import location. This folder will be created under the “root” folder as illustrated in

Figure 52. Asset Bin Import/Merge Folder Created

Figure 52

Copy Files

Select the “Copy clips in project folder” option to copy the files used in a merged project.

Note Copy files is not available when the project folder is the same as the folder for

the project to be merged.

Select the “copy rendered files” option if you wish to copy the rendered files as well.

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Consolidate Project

Note Rendered files cannot be copied if the project to be imported has a frame size,

aspect ratio or overscan size that differs from the current project.

Enter the desired folder name to which the files should be copied. This folder will be created under the current project folder.

3. Click the OK button, to import the project/sequence using the

designated import settings.

Project consolidation removes unused clips or portions of clips from the project folder. Consolidation is also useful in creating a smaller copy of the project file to, for example, transfer the project to removable media for archival.

Note See File Formats Supported In Trimming Operations on page 770 of

Appendix C-Input/Output Formats for more information on file format

support in trimming and consolidation operations.

To consolidate a project, do the following:

1. Click the list button [V] of the Save Project button and select

“Consolidate Project” from the menu as illustrated in Figure 53.

Note An alternative method is to select File>Consolidate Project from the preview

window menu bar.

Figure 53. Timeline Save Project Menu - Consolidate Project

Note If the message “Not enough disk space for consolidating” appears, change

the project saving destination to a drive with more available space.

The Consolidate Project dialog appears as shown in Figure 54

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Figure 54. Consolidate Project Dialog

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2. Select the desired consolidation settings according to the following

explanations:

Project File Location

Select the location to which to save the consolidated project.

Current Project Location

If this location is selected, the current project files are overwritten with the consolidated project files

Save Project to Folder

Designate a new folder location to which to save the consolidated project files. If this option is selected, enter or browse to the folder loca tion to which to save the files.

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Note When a project folder is selected, the available drive space and required drive

space for the consolidated files is displayed. If the required space exceeds the available space, the required space is displayed in red.

Settings

From the “Consolidate option” drop-down list, select the desired consolidation method. Consolidation method details are displayed in the “Detail” window as each option is selected.

Cleanup

This will clean up the hard disk drive. Files that are not used in the project will be deleted. Once you delete the files, they will be perma nently erased from the hard disk drive.

Backup

This will backup the project together with all files in the Asset bin. All files in the Asset bin will be copied. Files in the Timeline but not in the Asset bin will be trimmed (only the used area of the files are copied) and copied to the project folder.

A trim margin can be set for this option. The allowable trim margin range is from 00:00:00;00 to 00:01:00;00. The trim margin is the area between clips that can be used for adding transitions and audio cross fades or for “fine-tuning” the clip trimming.

Backup (no trimming)

This will backup the entire project. All the files that are used in the project will be copied in to the project folder (files that are already in the project folder will not be copied again).

Backup and Cleanup

This will backup the project with trimming and also clean up the hard disk drive. Files that are used in the project will be trimmed (only the used area of the files are copied) and copied to the project folder. Files that are not used in the project will be deleted. This operation will allow you to save disk space, but the deleted files can not be recovered.

Backup and Cleanup (no trimming)

This will backup the project and clean up the hard disk drive. Files that are used in the project will be copied in their entirety without trimming. Files that are not used in the project will be deleted.

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Custom

If “Custom” is selected, the following options are available:

• Remove unused clips in Timeline - removes clips from the Asset Bin that are not used in the Timeline.

• Leave only areas used in the Timeline - saves as another file the clip areas in the Timeline that are used in the project. These new file(s) then replace(s) the file(s) currently on the Timeline.

Note This option is available for AVI files only. The new file(s) are saved in a folder

created in the project folder.

• Copy used files to Project Folder - copies all the clips used in the project to the designated project folder.

• Delete unused files in Project - Delete all unused clips from the project folder.

Note This option is available only when one of the other custom options is

selected. Even if the delete unused files option is selected, files may not be deleted if user access rights to the project folder do not allow delete operations.

Proxy Clip

If a proxy clip is used, select the proxy data type from the drop-down list.

Output Log

Select the this option and enter or browse to the location in which to save a log file containing the details of the consolidation operation.

3. Click the OK button to consolidate the project according to the selected

Note If the “Delete unused files in Project” option was selected, a confirmation

Import AAF Files

Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) is a multimedia file format that allows the exchange of digital media and metadata between platforms, systems, and applications. Authoring applications that support AAF (such as EDIUS, Avid Xpress and others) read and write data in AAF files to the extent that they support the format. AAF is a widely-recognized file exchange standard for video editing.

settings.

message is displayed. Click the Yes button to continue.

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AAF files imported into EDIUS have the following limitations:

• The output in the AAF file must be frame based

• Embedded AAF files are not supported - the AAF file must reference the source files directly.

To import an AAF file, do the following:

1. Click the list button [V] of the Open Project button and select “Import

Project>AAF” from the menu as illustrated in Figure 55.

Note An alternative method is to select File>Import Project>AAF from the preview

window menu bar.

Figure 55. Timeline Open Project Menu - Import Project AAF

The Open dialog illustrated in Figure 56 appears.

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Figure 56. AAF File Open Dialog

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2. Select the AAF file to import from the Open dialog

3. Click the Open button to import the AAF file.

Note When importing an AAF file, if the “New sequence” option is selected in the

Import EDL Files

An Edit Decision List (EDL) is a way of representing sequences of clips or reels stored on disk. It contains an ordered list of file and timecode data which represents the final edit.

To import an EDL file, follow these steps:

1. Click the list button [V] of the Open Project button and select “Import

Open dialog, a new sequence in the current project is created to which the AAF file is imported. If this option is not selected, a new track in the current sequence is created to which the AAF file is imported.

Project>EDL” from the menu as illustrated in Figure 57.

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Note An alternative method is to select File>Import Project>EDL from the preview

window menu bar.

Figure 57. Timeline Open Project Menu - Import Project EDL

The Open dialog illustrated in Figure 58 appears.

Figure 58. EDL File Open Dialog

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Note When importing an EDL file, if the “New sequence” option is selected in the

Open dialog, a new sequence in the current project is created to which the EDL file is imported. If this option is not selected, a new track in the current sequence is created to which the EDL file is imported.

2. Click the Detailed Settings button in the lower left corner of the Open

dialog.

The EDL Importer Settings Dialog shown in Figure 59 appears.

Figure 59. EDL Importer Settings Dialog

3. Select the desired EDL import settings as explained below:

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EDL Type

Select the EDL file type of the file to be imported from the drop-down list. Choices are:

• BVE5000

• BVE9100

•CMX340

• CMX3600

If a CMX type is selected, the mode for calculating the Out point of a file with a specified playback speed is available for selection.

Mode 1

Calculates the Out point timecode by adding the source duration multiplied by playback speed (also know as Dynamic Motion Control or DMC) to the Player In timecode.

Note If the speed is a negative value, source duration multiplied by playback speed

is subtracted from the Player In timecode.

Mode 2

Use the Player Out timecode. Do not calculate an Out timecode. The Player In an Out timecodes become the source In and Out points.

Handle Black Clips as Empty Clips

If this option is selected, reel names of BL, BLK or BLACK designate black clips which will be handled as empty clips.

Overwrite Clips that are Stacked on Top of Each Other in the Timeline Video Track

If this option is selected and “New Sequence” is not selected in the Open dialog, the current clips that are on stacked the 1VA (or 1V) track on the Timeline will be overwritten.

If this option is not selected and “New Sequence” is not selected in the Open dialog, stacked clips will be placed on the 2VA, 3VA, etc. (or 2V, 3V, etc.) tracks. If the tracks do not exist, they will be created.

Overwrite Audio Clips that are Stacked on Top of Each Other in the Timeline Audio Track

If this option is selected and “New Sequence” is not selected in the Open dialog, the current clips that are on stacked the 1VA (or 1A) track on the Timeline will be overwritten.

If this option is not selected and “New Sequence” is not selected in the Open dialog, stacked clips will be placed on the 2VA, 3VA, etc. (or 2A, 3A, etc.) tracks. If the tracks do not exist, they will be created.

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Match Channels When the Channels in a Transition’s “From” Side and “To” Side Are Different

This setting is available if a CMX file type is selected.

Export Error Log

If selected, this setting will export the log to a file when import errors occurs. Select the desired Export Format and Export type. If the Export Type is set to “All” the imported contents as well as the errors are specified in the log.

4. Click to OK button to set the selected import settings.

The EDL Importer Detailed Settings dialog closes and control is returned to the Open dialog.

5. Click the Open button to import the EDL file using the selected import

settings.

The EDL file is imported and the Find Offline Clip dialog appears. Restore the offline clip(s) using the methods explained in Restore Offline Clips on

page 96.

Important Considerations

The following limitations exist when importing the indicted EDL file types:

BVE5000/BVE9100

• Edit Modes ASMBL and ASSY1 are not supported

• Edit Types C, W and D are the only types supported

• GPI Data Line is not supported

• Learn Data Line is not supported

CMX340/CMX3600

• Edit Types C, W and D are the only types supported

Import Final Cut Pro (FCP) XML Files

To import a Final Cut Pro XML file do the following:

1. Click the list button [V] of the Open Project button and select “Import

Project>FCP XML” from the menu as illustrated in Figure 60.

Note An alternative method is to select File>Import Project>FCP XML from the

preview window menu bar.

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Figure 60. Timeline Open Project Menu - Import Project FCP XML

The Open dialog illustrated in Figure 61 appears.

Figure 61. Final Cut Pro XML Open Dialog

2. Select the Final Cut Pro XML file to import from the Open dialog

3. Click the Open button to open the selected Final Cut Pro XML file.

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The project described in the Final Cut Pro XML file will be imported as a new EDIUS sequence.

Note If any errors occur during the import process, an error log with the name

“{XML file name}+ErrorLog.csv will be created in the same location as the FCP XML file. An error dialog will appear with this information.

Special Considerations

• The following items are supported when importing a Final Cut Pro

XML file:

• Video, audio and still clips

• Transitions

Note All Final Cut Pro transitions will be replaced by EDIUS dissolve transitions

• Sequence clip

Note When a sequence clip is used in several places on the Timeline each instance

will be recognized as separate clips. This is the same behavior as Final Cut Pro.

•Freeze frame

• Multiclip

• Clips generates wit Bars and Tone and Color Matte in the Video Generator folder.

• A clip generated in the formats listed below using the Bars and Tone video generator in Final Cut Pro will be imported as a color bar clip in the EDIUS Timeline:

• Bars and Tone (HD 1080i60)

• Bars and Tone (HD 25p/50i Full Frame)

• Bars and Tone (HD 25p/50i)

• Bars and Tone (HD 720p60)

• Bars and Tone (NTSC

• Bars and Tone (PAL Full Frame)

• Bars and Tone (PAL)

• More bars and Signals

• A clip generated using Final Cut Pro Color or Slug will be imported as a black color matte clip in the EDIUS Timeline

• When importing a Final Cut Pro multiclip, all clips included in the multiclip will be placed on the EDIUS Timeline

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Import P2 Playlists

• The following item types are not supported when importing a Final Cut Pro XML file:

• Clips which cannot be handled as offline clips

• Title (text) clips

•Key frames

• Video filters

To import a P2 Playlist file, follow these steps:

1. Click the list button [V] of the Open Project button and select “Import

Project>P2 Playlist” from the menu as illustrated in Figure 62.

Note An alternative method is to select File>Import Project>P2 Playlist from the

preview window menu bar.

Figure 62. Timeline Open Project Menu - Import Project P2 Playlist

The Open dialog illustrated in Figure 63 appears.

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Figure 63. P2 Playlist Open Dialog

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2. Select the P2 Playlist to import from the Open dialog

3. Click the Open button to import the P2 Playlist.

Note When importing a P2 Playlist, if the “New sequence” option is selected in the

Import XDCAM Files

To import a XDCAM file, follow these steps:

1. Click the list button [V] of the Open Project button and select “Import

Project>XDCAM” from the menu as illustrated in Figure 64.

Note An alternative method is to select File>Import Project>XDCAM from the

Open dialog, a new sequence in the current project is created to which the P2 Playlist is imported. If this option is not selected, a new track in the current sequence is created to which the P2 Playlist is imported.

preview window menu bar.

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Figure 64. Timeline Open Project Menu - Import Project XDCAM

The Open dialog illustrated in Figure 65 appears.

Figure 65. XDCAM File Open Dialog

2. Select the XDCAM file to import from the Open dialog

3. Click the Open button to import the XDCAM file.

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Export AAF Files

Important Considerations

When exporting an AAF file from EDIUS, the following limitations should be considered:

• Only active sequences will be exported

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the Open dialog, a new sequence in the current project is created to which the XDCAM file is imported. If this option is not selected, a new track in the current sequence is created to which the XDCAM file is imported.

• The following will not be exported:

• Tracks with no clip

• Audio tracks with no channel map setting

• Title track

• Tracks with video or audio mute set

•All effects

Note Source files with pan and volume settings will be exported with those settings

• Sections of clips with transitions or cross fades applied will be exported

as separate clips

• In point margin cannot be added to a clip on the top track of the Time-

line

• Network drives cannot be designated as an export destination; how-

ever, mounted network drives are valid export destinations

• If the selected exporter does not support the timecode, the file is not

properly exported.

To export an AAF file from EDIUS, do the following:

1. Click the list button [V] of the Save Project button and select “Export

Project>AAF” from the menu as illustrated inFigure 66

Note An alternative method is to select File>Export Project>AAF from the preview

window menu bar.

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Figure 66. Timeline Save Project Menu - Export Project AAF File

The Save As dialog illustrated in Figure 67 appears.

Figure 67. AAF Save As Dialog

2. Select the desired export settings as explained below:

Preset

Select the desired preset export type from the drop-down list.

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Type: 1

If the exported AAF file will be imported with audio editing software, use the Type: 1 preset.

This preset causes audio clips to be written to the AAF file by sample unit. The audio source file is exported as an AIFF file.

No video information is written to the AAF file; however, the source video is exported in MPEG-1 format. The video file must be imported manually in the target application as it is not referenced in the AAF file.

Type: 2

If the exported AAF file will be imported with video/audio composition software, use the Type: 2 preset.

The preset causes frame-based video clip information to be written to the AAF file. The video source to which the AAF file refers is not copied or exported.

Frame-based audio information corresponding to the exported video information range is exported as a single-clip AIFF file.

Type: 3

This preset writes frame-based video and audio clip information to the AAF file. The video and audio sources to which the AAF file refers is not copied or exported.

Detail Button

Displays the AAF Detail Settings dialog box. See AAF Detail Setting Dialog

on page 86 for information on using this dialog to select detailed AAF export

settings.

Export Between In and Out

Select this option to export only the portions of the sequence between the Timeline In and Out points of In/Out points are set.

3. Designate a file name and folder destination in the Save As dialog.

4. Select the desired preset and click the Save button.

The project is exported as an AAF file with the selected settings.

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AAF Detail Setting Dialog

Figure 68. AAF Export Detail Settings Dialog

Set the desired detailed AAF export settings as explained below:

Video Clip

These settings specify how video clips will be handled.

Output AAF

If selected, this option add video clip information to the AAF file.

Copy Clips

Copy (export) the video source file(s) that are referenced in the AAF file.

Compress and Copy a Clip

All video clips on the Timeline will be exported as a single clip. The file name of the first clip on the smallest numbered track will be used as the name for the exported file containing all video clips on the Timeline.

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Use Original Clips

The AAF files will reference the original source files without copying/ exporting them.

Audio Clip

These settings specify how audio clips will be handled.

Output AAF

If selected, this option add audio clip information to the AAF file.

Copy Clips

Copy (export) the audio source file(s) that are referenced in the AAF file.

Compress and Copy a Clip

All audio clips on the Timeline will be exported as a single clip. The file name of the first clip on the smallest numbered track will be used as the name for the exported file containing all audio clips on the Timeline.

Use Original Clips

The AAF files will reference the original source files without copying/ exporting them.

Output Audio Track by Samples

Select this option to export audio tracks as sample units. Deselect this option for a frame-based export of audio tracks.

Enable Pan Setting

Select this option to export stereo tracks as individual monaural tracks.

The clip names will be “clip name +.L” for channel 1 (Left) and “clip name + .R” for channel 2 (Right).

If this option is deselected, stereo tracks will be downmixed and exported as a single monaural clip.

If the track number is an odd number, channel 1 (Left) will be used for the channel map. If the track number is an even number, channel 2 (Right) will be used as the channel map.

The clip names will be “clip name +.L” for odd numbered tracks and “clip name + .R” for even numbered tracks.

Copy Option

The selected copy option specifies how the source will be copied (exported) when you select “Copy Clips” for video and audio clips.

Copy Used Clips

Source files referenced by clips on the Timeline will be copied (exported).

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Export the Used Area to a File

Only the portions of the clips on the Timeline that are used in the project will be exported. In this case, the “Margin” setting is enabled and adds the specified clip margin as the In/Out points of exported clips.

Exporter

From the drop-down lists, select the desired video and audio exporters.

For video files, you may also elect to display the timecode in the video. Audio files may be exported as 16-bit audio in either AIFF or WAV formats

Save Preset Button

Click this button if you wish to save the current AAF export settings as a new preset. Enter the desired name and click the

OK button.

Delete Button

Click this button to delete the currently-selected preset.

Note Only presets created by using the Save Preset button may be deleted. The

OK Button

If the OK button is clicked, instead of the Save Preset button, the detailed export setting are used temporarily for the current AAF file export. Use the

Save Preset button if you wish to save and register the current settings as a

preset that can be selected for future export operations.

Cancel Button

Click this button to cancel the export settings and return to the Save As dialog.

Export EDL Files

An Edit Decision List (EDL) is a way of representing sequences of clips or reels stored on disk. It contains an ordered list of file and timecode data which represents the final edit.

The following EDIUS tracks can be exported to EDL files (tracks not listed are not supported):

system installed presets Type: 1, Type: 2 and Type: 3 may not be deleted.

• 1VA, 2VA, 1V and 2V video tracks

• 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A audio tracks

•All T tracks

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Audio tracks have the following limitations:

• Audio clips in the 1VA and 2VA tracks are not exported

• 1A to 4A audio track export is dependent upon the EDL file type as fol-

lows:

• BVE5000 - 1A and 2A only

• BVE9100 - 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A

• CMX340 - 1A and 2A only

• CMX3600 - 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A

To export an EDL file from EDIUS, do the following:

1. Click the list button [V] of the Save Project button and select “Export

Project>EDL” from the menu as illustrated in Figure 69.

Note An alternative method is to select File>Export Project>EDL from the preview

window menu bar.

Figure 69. Timeline Save Project Menu - Export Project EDL File

The Save As dialog illustrated in Figure 70 appears.

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Figure 70. EDL Save As Dialog

2. Designate a file name and folder destination in the Save As dialog.

3. Click the Detailed Settings button in the lower left corner of the Save As

dialog.

The EDL Exporter Detailed Settings dialog shown in Figure 71 appears.

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Figure 71. EDL Exporter Detailed Settings Dialog

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4. Configure the desired detailed settings as explained below.

EDL Type

From the drop-down list, select the desired EDL export type

Export Format

Select the desired export format (mode).

Mode 1

Comment lines are not added to the EDL file.

Mode 2

Comment lines are added to the EDL file.

Note If EDL files from other applications are not correctly imported into EDIUS, use

this mode for exporting EDL files from EDIUS as it may improve the ability of these files to be imported in other applications as well as EDIUS.

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Handle Empty Clips as Black Clips

If this option is selected, empty space on the Timeline is treated as a black clip. If “Use longest clip as reference” is also selected, the Out point is set to the end of the longest clip on the Timeline and track space between clips is treated as black clips.

Link Clips with Sequential Timecodes

If this option is selected, a series of multiple clips with sequential timecodes (no gaps) are treated as one clip. If a transition is set between sequential clips, these clips are not linked.

Export EDL for Each Track

If selected, this option creates and EDL file for each Timeline track. Identifying characters are added to the end of each file name as follows:

• 1VA (or 1V) track: _V

• A track: _A

• 2VA (or 2V) track: _INSERT

•T track: _T

If a 2VA or 2V track has a transition, it is replaced with a center cut.

Replace Transitions with Center Cuts

If selected, this option replaces all transitions and audio cross fades with center cuts.

No Split Information

If selected, audio and video that is grouped together across multiple tracks is split and handled as separate clips.

If EDL files are not properly imported in EDIUS, this option may improve the compatibility of exported EDL files with EDIUS and other applications.

Note This option cannot be set if “Handle split clips separately” is selected.

See Handling Split Clips on page 94 for more information.

Handle Split Clips Separately

If selected, this option separates the gap between tracks to eliminate the split. When clip speed is changed, clips are not handled separately.

Note This option cannot be set if “No split information” is selected.

See Handling Split Clips on page 94 for more information.

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When Reverse Play, Reverse Player In/Out Timecode

The reverse speed is normally displayed from the Player In point to the Player Out point. If this option is selected, the reverse speed is displayed from the Player Out point to the Player In point.

Note The setting is available only when the selected EDL file type is a CMX file.

When Reverse Play, Move One Frame to IN Direction

Normally, one (1) frame is added to the Player Out timecode when playing in reverse. If this option is selected, one (1) frame is added to the Player In timecode to prevent the original timecode from slipping one frame for ward.

Note Select this option when EDL files cannot be correctly imported into EDIUS.

This option may improve the compatibility of exported EDL files with EDIUS and other applications.

Combine Insert Tracks

Select this option to overwrite the 1VA or 1V track with the files from the 2VA or 2V track and export both tracks together as a 1VA or 1V track.

Create Reel List

Select this option to create a list of reel number associated with the files/ clips to be exported.

Add Reel No. to Clip Name in Comment

If this option is selected both clip name and reel number will be added to the comments. If this option is deselected, only clip name is added to com ments.

Note When the export format is set to Mode1, this option is greyed out.

Master Reel Number

For BVE9100 file types, the master reel number can be set. The allowable range is 0 - 999.

Block Number

For BVE5000 and BVE9100 file types, the block number may be set. The allowable range is 0 - 999.

Adjusted Data Settings

These settings can be used to adjust the indicated parameters.

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Master Reel Number

When an A/A roll (transition between clips with the same reel number) exists, the entered master reel number is used to replace the file in the same location.

When the original clips have the same reel number, decrease the master reel number incrementally to avoid number duplication.

Block Number

For BVE5000 and BVE9100 file types, the block number may be set. The allowable range is 0 - 999.

Preroll Area

Set the margin added to the In and Out point of source clips.

Offset Timecode

Select this option in order to enter an optional start timecode.

Regenerate Setting

Set the start timecode to the In point of the first source clip.

Jam Sync Setting

Set the In and Out point of the source clip to the In and Out points of the Timeline.

5. Click the OK button to save settings and return to the Save As dialog

6. Click the Save button.

Handling Split Clips

When clips placed on different tracks are grouped and they have a gap of less than three (3) seconds between them, they are split into separate files when exporting the EDL file.

When the clips have split information, the exported EDL file differs depending upon the settings in the EDL Exporter Settings dialog. See No Split Information on page 92 and Handle Split Clips Separately on page 92 for more information.

The example in Figure 72 shows grouped clips in three (3) different tracks.

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Figure 72. Grouped Clips in Three Tracks

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When exporting these clips in an EDL file, the result for each setting is as follows:

“No Split Information” is Selected

The clip grouping is released and each clip is treated separately. The clips are separated into three time periods (labelled A, B and C in

• A - 00:00:01;00 to 00:00:05;00

• B - 00:00:00;00 to 00:00:05;00

• C - 00:00:01;00 to 00:00:06;00

Figure 72).

“No Split Information” is Not Selected

Gaps between the clips are split. The B1 and C1 areas (see Figure 72) are split and the information is separated into one (1) time period represented by area D.

• D - 00:00:01;00 to 00:00:06;00 including the split information for B1 and

Handle Split Clips Separately is Selected

Separates the gaps between tracks and eliminates the split. The clips are separated into three time periods (labelled B1, C1 and D in

Figure 72).

• B1 - 00:00:00;00 to 00:00:01;00

• C1 - 00:00:05;00 t0 00:00:06;00

• D - 00:00:01;00 to 00:00:05;00

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Note Clips with speed changes are not split or handled separately as their group is

Restore Offline Clips

Clips saved in the Asset Bin are linked with their source files. If a source file is moved, renamed or deleted after the project file is saved, clips linked to the source file become “offline clips.”

Figure 73 shows an offline clip on the Timeline.

Figure 73. Offline Clip on the Timeline

released.

Figure 74 shows the same offline clip represented in the Asset Bin.

Figure 74. Offline Clip in the Asset Bin

The Find Offline Clip dialog illustrated in Figure 75 appears when a project file is opened or imported which contains offline clips.

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Figure 75. Find Offline Clip Dialog

The following restoration methods are available:

Capture Entire Clip

Restore Offline Clips

If this method is selected, the Batch Capture dialog appears and the entire clip may be re-captured.

For more information on the batch capture procedure see Importing Existing Clips or Stills into the Asset Bin on page 234.

Capture Only the Areas Used in the Timeline

If this method is selected, the Batch Capture dialog appears and only the portions of the clip used on the Timeline may be re-captured. If there are multiple offline clips, replace each offline clip with the recaptured file.

For more information on the batch capture procedure see Batch Capturing

on page 228.

Find From Captured Files

If this method is selected, already captured files are searched by reel number and timecode. If no matching file is found, click the button in the Restore Offline Clip dialog to change the search location. To restore all matching files, click

Restore All in the Restore Offline Clip dialog.

To restore file individually, select the clip name from the list and click the

Restore button.

For more information on the Restore Offline Clip dialog, see Relink and Restore on page 99.

Select Folder

Open the Clip Restoration Dialog

Select this option to open the Restore Offline Clip dialog. Relink the offline clip to a file on disk.

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For more information on the Restore Offline Clip dialog, see Relink and Restore on page 99.

Close Button

Click the Close button and then the Yes button on the confirmation dialog to close the Find Offline Clip dialog without attempting to restore the offline clip(s). Offline clips will appear on the Timeline and in the Asset Bin as illustrated in are muted.

If the Restore Offline Clip dialog appears upon opening or importing a project file and is closed before restoring the offline clips, it can be opened at any time by one of the following methods:

Figure 73 and Figure 74. Video and audio for the offline clip

• Click the list button [V] of the

Open Project button and select “Restore

Offline Clip” from the menu as illustrated in Figure 76.

Figure 76. Timeline Open Project Button Menu - Restore Offline Clip

• Select File>Restore Offline Clip from the preview window menu bar.

Important Considerations

• When storing reference AVI files as clips, clips linked to the reference file become offline if the source AVI file is moved. In this case, the offline clips cannot be restored.

• Files can be captured or restored only if they meet the following criteria:

• Video information for the file exits

• A reel name is assigned to the file

• The file extension is .avi, .m2t or .mov

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Relink and Restore

To relink and restore an offline clip, do the following:

1. In the Find Offline Clip dialog, click the Open the clip restoration dialog

button (highlighted in blue in Figure 77).

Figure 77. Restore Offline Clip Dialog - Open the Clip Restoration Dialog

Restore Offline Clips

The Restore Offline Clip dialog is displayed as illustrated in Figure 78.

2. Select the clip(s) to be restored from the Offline Clip List and select

“Relink (select file)” or “Relink (select folder)” from the Restoration Method column. See below for an explanation of the restoration methods.

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Figure 78. Restore Offline Clip Dialog

Note Select the “Remove clips not used on the Timeline” option on the Restore

Offline Clip dialog to display only the clips used on the Timeline in the Offline Clip List.

With a clip selected for restoration, the restoration method is selected by clicking the drop-down list button [V] in the Restoration Method column and select the desired method from the list. Options are:

Relink (select file)

Displays an Open dialog from which the source file to relink to the offline clip may be selected.

Relink (select folder)

Displays a Browse for Folder dialog. Search for the source file of the same name as the offline clip in the specified folder and select the file to relink.

Capture All

Click the Start batch capture button in the lower left corner of the Restore Offline Clip dialog to display the Batch Capture dialog. Use the batch capture dialog to recapture the entire clip.

For more information on the batch capture procedure see Batch Capturing

on page 228.

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Grass Valley EDIUS User Manual v.5.1

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Preface

About This Manual

Minimum System Requirements

DVD Contents

Getting Started

Starting EDIUS

Startup Without USB Key License

License Transfer

Starting the License Transfer Tool

Transfer License to PC Local Disk

Transfer License to Another USB Key

Select Project Folder Location

Entering Numeric Data

Direct Input

Offset Input

Arrow Key Input

Mouse Wheel Input

Start-Up Window

Profiles

Create a Profile

Change a Profile Name or Icon

Delete a Profile

Copy a Profile

Export Profiles

Import Profiles

Profile Management

Manage Profile Access

Switch Active Profile

Change Profile Properties

Project Presets

Create a Project Preset

Create a New Project

Create a New Project from a Project Preset on Startup

Create a New Project From the Current Project

Change Current Project Settings

Save the Current Settings as a New Project Preset

Change the Settings of an Existing Project Preset

Other Actions in the Simple Settings Dialog

Sequences

Create a New Sequence

Sequence Settings

Saving Projects

Auto Save/Backup

Exiting EDIUS

Project Operations

Opening Project Files

Open Project on Startup

Open a Project from the Current Project

Importing Sequences

Consolidate Project

Import AAF Files

Import EDL Files

Import Final Cut Pro (FCP) XML Files

Import P2 Playlists

Import XDCAM Files

Export AAF Files

Export EDL Files

Handling Split Clips

Restore Offline Clips

Relink and Restore