Grass Valley EDIUS Neo 2 User Manual

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EDIUS NEO

Editing for the Digital Generation

User Reference Guide

SOFTWARE VERSION 2

April 11, 2009

Affiliate with the N.V. KEMA in The Netherlands

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The Quality System of:

Grass Valley, Inc.

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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

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EDIUS Neo

Editing for the Digital Generation

User Reference Guide

SOFTWARE VERSION 2

April 11, 2009

Contacting Grass Valley

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+1 800 547 8949 or +1 530 478 4148

Grass Valley Web Site

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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 Neo — User Reference Guide

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

DVD Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Section 1 — Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Starting EDIUS Neo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Select Project Folder Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Entering Numeric Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Direct Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Offset Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Arrow Key Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Mouse Wheel Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Start-Up Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Project Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Create a Project Preset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Create a New Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Create a New Project from a Project Preset on Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Create a New Project From the Current Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Change Current Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Save the Current Settings as a New Project Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Change the Settings of an Existing Project Preset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Other Actions in the Project Settings Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Create a New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Saving Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Auto Save/Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Exiting EDIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Project Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Opening Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Open Project on Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Open a Project from the Current Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Restore Offline Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Relink and Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Capture and Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Window Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Multi-Monitor Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Single-Monitor Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Customizing Screen Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Saving Custom Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Applying a Saved Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Restoring Default Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Preview Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Dual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Single Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Player Operation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Recorder Operation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Timeline Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Timeline Operation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Timeline Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Timeline Scale Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Track Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Asset Bin Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Palette Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Information Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Sequence/Clip Marker Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Section 2 — Application and Plug-In Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Application Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Timeline Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Extend Clips When Applying Transition/Cross Fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Insert Default Cross Fade in Transition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Insert Default Transition in Cross Fade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Set the Cutting Point of Transition/Cross Fade to Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Hold the Next Clip When Trimming a Clip Except Ripple Trim . . . . . . . . . 72

Add Clips to Mapped Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Snap of Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Insert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Overwrite Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Sync Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Ripple Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Waveform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Clip Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Clip Thumbnail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Render Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Transition/Cross Fades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Key/Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Speed Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Contents That Are Not the Same Format as the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Rendering Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Delete Invalid Rendering Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Duration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Still Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

V-Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Rubberband Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Source Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Adjust Frame Rate When Loading Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Color Range for RGB Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Color Range for YCbCr Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Capture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Preroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Margin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Confirm Reel Name When Setting Input Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Confirm Filename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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Load to Player After Capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Skip Errors and Continue Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Automatically Divide Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Deck Control After Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Restore Offline Clip Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Docking Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Restore Default - Load Project File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Playback Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Preroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Stop Playback at Frame Drop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Continue Playback When Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Continue Playback When Trimming Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Show Correct Frame When Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Combine Filter Layers and Track Layers (for Effect Settings). . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Buffered Frames Before Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Output Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Source Timecode Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Match Frame Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Search Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Target Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Application Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Recent Clip - Show the MRU List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Recent Clip - Number of Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Recent Clip - Show Thumbnail in the MRU List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Recent Project - Show the MRU List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Recent Project - Number of Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Settings - Save Window Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Settings - Show Tooltip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Settings - Enable Auto Save/Auto Save Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Settings - Player Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Settings - Default Titler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Project File - Default Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Project File - File Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Customize Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Button Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Add a Space Between Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Delete Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Change Button Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Reset Current Button List to Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Show Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Shuttle/Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Show Player and Recorder Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Overlay Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Normal Edit Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Trim Edit Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Overlay View Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Export Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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

Show Safe Area Overlay Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Audio Level Meter Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Display Bin Details Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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Folder Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Keyboard Shortcut Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Shortcut Assignment Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Making a Keyboard Shortcut Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Window Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Plug-In Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

AVCHD Importer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Still Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Capture Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Adjust Aspect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

File Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

MPEG Importer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

GPUfx Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

VST Plugin Bridge Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Adding a Location to the VST Plugin Search List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Section 3 — Capturing and Importing Clips and Stills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Supported File Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Capturing Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Source Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Capture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Capturing from a DV or HDV Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Setting Reel Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Confirming File Capture Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Setting In and Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Sorting Input Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Registering Input Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Capturing from DirectShow Devices (Web Cameras, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Capturing from DVD/CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

DISCcapture Capture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Capturing from Devices Not Controlled by Capture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Capturing Directly to the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Batch Capturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Batch Capture Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Creating a New Batch Capture List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Saving Batch Capture Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Loading Batch Capture Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Importing Existing Clips or Stills into the Asset Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Importing Still Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Importing Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Section 4 — Clip Operations and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Clip Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Clip Display Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Video Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Still Image Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Audio Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Color Bar Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

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Title Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Timeline Sequence Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Sequence Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Renaming Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Saving Clips from the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Creating Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Create a Color Bar Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Modify Color Bar Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Create a Color Matte Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Modify Color Matte Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Create a Title Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Creating a Sequence (Conjoining Multiple Clips) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Creating Individual Clips from a Sequence (Cancelling a Sequence) . . . . . . . 177

Clip Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Displaying Clips in the Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Clip Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Playback with Player Operation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Playback with Shuttle/Slider Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Playback with the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Setting In and Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Setting Separate In/Out Points for Video and Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Adjusting Video and Audio In/Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Move to the In or Out Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Removing In and Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Editing Clip Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Editing Clip Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Color Bar, Color Matte and Title Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Editing Clip Settings for Multiple Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Clip Width View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Detail View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Checking Clip Storage Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Opening a Clip with an External Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Clip Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Selecting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Copying Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Cutting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Pasting Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Deleting (Releasing) Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Sorting Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Setting Clip Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Creating Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Moving Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Duplicating Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Deleting Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Selecting the Folder to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Exporting Bin Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Importing Bin Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Exporting Stored Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Searching for Clips in the Asset Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Searching for Unused Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Deleting Search Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

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Timeline Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Edit Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Insert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Overwrite Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Sync Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Ripple Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Extend Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Fix Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Track Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Track Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Adjust Track Panel Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Adjust Track Panel Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Change Track Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Copy Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Move Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Add Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Delete Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Audio Channel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Timeline Scale Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Timeline Scale Markings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Timeline Scale Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Clip Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

In and Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Setting In and Out Points on Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Setting In and Out Points on Ends of Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Adjusting In and Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Deleting In and Out Points on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Placing Clips on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Using Clips in the Asset Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Clip Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Setting In/Out Points and Placing a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Place Video or Audio Only on Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Placing Clips by Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Three-Point Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Four-Point Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Placing Special Clips Between In and Out Points of the Timeline. . . . . . . . 253

Moving Clips on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Selecting Multiple Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Moving Selected Clip(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Moving Selected Clip(s) and Subsequent Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Changing Clip Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Searching Timeline Clips in the Asset Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Timeline Clip Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Unlink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Ungroup (Remove Group) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Ripple Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Paste at In/Out Points of Existing Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

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Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Replace Clip Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Set Clip Color on Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Dividing Clips at Cursor Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Dividing Clips at In/Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Combining a Divided Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Enable/Disable Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Deleting a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Deleting Between In/Out Points on Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Deleting Only the Video or Audio Portion of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Ripple Deleting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Ripple Deleting Between In/Out Points on Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Ripple Deleting Only the Video or Audio Portion of a Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Delete Timeline Gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Changing Clip Playback Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Changing Speed of Multiple Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Video Display Layout/Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Keyframe Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Trimming Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Trimming Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Trimming Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Trimming at Ends of Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Trimming from the Preview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

In Point, Out Point or Slide Point Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Slip Trim or Rolling Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Trimming by Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Trimming with Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Ripple Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Split Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Slide Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Slip Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Rolling Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Sequence and Clip Markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Show/Hide the Marker Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Sequence Marker Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Clip Marker Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Setting Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Set Marker at Specific Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Set Marker Between In and Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Clip Marker and Slider Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Sequence Marker and Timeline Cursor Shortcut Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Selecting a Marker Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Moving Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Delete Markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Entering Marker Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Sequence Marker Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Clip Marker Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Display of Marker Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Recorder Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Player Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Export Marker List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Import Marker List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Clip Markers on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Timeline Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

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Playback by Scrubbing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Playback with Recorder Operation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Playback with Shuttle/Slider Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Position Slider Shortcut Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Playback with the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Playback Between Timeline In/Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Playback Around Timeline Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Move to Timeline In/Out Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Move by Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Match Frame Positioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Match Frame from Player to Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Match Frame from Timeline to Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Rendering Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Time Scale Color Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Rendering Sequence Overload Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Rendering Overload Area in Entire Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Rendering Only a Selected Overload/Loaded Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Rendering Between In an Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Rendering Overload Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Render All Areas Needing Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Rendering Overload and Loaded Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Rendering a Clip or Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Exporting Video Clips from the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Exporting Still Image Clips from the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Deleting Temporary Files Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Timeline Sequence Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Creating a New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Creating a Nested Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Open a Nested Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Closing a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Saving Timeline Clips as Asset Bin Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Creating A Blank Sequence Clip on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Duplicating a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Undo/Redo Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Undo an Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Redo a Cancelled Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

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Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Show/Hide the Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Expand Folder View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Effect View Show/Hide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Effect Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Plug-In Base Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

System Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

User Preset Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Default Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Effect Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Applying Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Drag and Drop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Right-Click Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Applying Filters to Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

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Color Correction Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Applying Color Correction Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Adjusting YUV Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Preview Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Keyframe Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Adjusting Color Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Color Wheel Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

White Balance Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Correcting Colors with the Color Picker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Monotone Filter Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Apply Video Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Apply Audio Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Adding Effects Between Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Clip Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Clip Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Track Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Audio Cross Fades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Apply Default Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Changing Default Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Changing the Length of a Transition or Cross Fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Changing Default Effect Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Creating Video Composites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Picture in Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Configuring Picture in Picture Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Adding Motion to the Overlay Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Keyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Chroma Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Configuring Chroma Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Luminance Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Configuring Luminance Key Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Transparency Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Fade-In/Fade-Out Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Apply Fade-In/Fade-out to Audio or Video Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Alpha Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Title Mixer Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Effect Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Show/Hide the Information Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Information Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Verifying and Adjusting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Enabling/Disabling Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Deleting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Deleting Effects from the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Deleting Effects from the Information Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Copy Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Copy Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Replacing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Saving Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

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

Customizing the Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Creating Folders in the Effects Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Renaming Effects and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Lock/Unlock the Folder Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Changing the Folder Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

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Folder Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Shortcut Assignments with Drag and Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Shortcut Assignments in the Effect View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Deleting a Folder Shortcut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Resetting Effect Palette to Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Export User Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Import User Preset Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

QuickTitler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

QuickTitler Application Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Changing Text Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Changing Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Moving Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Rotating Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Changing Text Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Applying Transparency to Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Applying Color Gradations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Applying Texture to a Text Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Adding a Text Border (Edge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

Adding Shadows to Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Rolling or Crawling Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

Adjusting Roll or Crawl Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Embossing Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Blur Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Applying Text Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Saving Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Changing Text Style Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Deleting Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Image and Graphic Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Creating Images and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Changing Image or Graphic Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Changing the Image or Graphic Object Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Moving Graphic Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Rotating Graphic Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Applying Transparency to Images and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Adding a Border to Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491

Applying Shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Blur a Graphic or Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Changing Line Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Embossing Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Title Object Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Align . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Same Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Center in Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Title Mixer Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Adjusting Title Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

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

Importing Background Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Exporting Title as a Still Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

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Adjusting Volume and Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

Additional Rubberband Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

To delete a point from the rubber band, right-click on the point and select Add/Delete from

the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Entering Value Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Resetting the Pan Rubber Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Deleting or Initializing Rubber Band Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Initializing the Rubber Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Delete Selected Rubber Band Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Applying V-Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Adding Voice Overs and Sound Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Section 8 — Exporting/Project Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Exporting in Various File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Export Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Using Exporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Advanced Exporter Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Other Exporter Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Save Preset As Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Save Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Delete Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Export Preset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Import Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Export to DVD or Blu Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Export Still Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551

Export to Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Output to HDV (Generic HDV) Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Output to DV (Generic OHCI) Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

Export to Devices Not Controlled by Capture Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

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Section A — Hardware Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

DirectShow Device Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Canopus HQ Codec Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Device Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Generic HDV Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Canopus HQ Codec Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Generic OHCI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

System/Output Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

DV Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

EDIUS Neo HDSPARK (HSX) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

System/Output Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Appendix B — Special Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Keyframeable 2D Picture-in-Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

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Appendix C — Input/Output Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Output Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Generic OHCI HD 60Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Generic OHCI HD 50Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Generic OHCI HD 24Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Generic OHCI SD NTSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Generic OHCI SD PAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Generic OHCI SD 24Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Generic OHCI Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Generic HDV Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

File Formats Supported In Trimming Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588

Default Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Asset Bin Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Edit Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

Edit - Delete Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Edit - Select Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Edit - Move Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

View Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Play Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Marker Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Mode Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597

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About This Manual

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

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

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.

• Soundcard with WDM driver support is required.

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DVD Contents

• 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 following:

• Windows® Vista Home Basic

• Windows® Vista Home Premium

• Windows® Vista Business

• Windows® Vista Ultimate

Note External video deck or camera may require either a free IEEE 1394 FireWire

port or USB 2.0 port for connectivity.

•EDIUS Neo software

• EDIUS Neo Installation Guide (PDF)

• User Reference Guide (PDF)

• AVCHD Converter

• Hardware Drivers

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Getting Started

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

Topics dealing with the use of EDIUS Neo 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 Neo

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

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

desktop.

Figure 1. EDIUS Neo Application Icon

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

desktop.

When EDIUS Neo is started the first time after installation, some startup screens may appear. These startup screens vary depending upon the instal lation status. If EDIUS Neo was installed for the first time (i.e. the installation was not an upgrade of a prior EDIUS Neo 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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Select Project Folder Location

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

Figure 2. EDIUS Neo Project Folder Location Dialog

Figure 2 will appear.

To select a folder in which to store EDIUS Neo 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 3).

Figure 3. 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 4).

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Figure 4. 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 5).

Figure 5. Make New Project Folder

The dialog box in Figure 6 appears indicating the selected project folder.

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Figure 6. Project Folder Default Location

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

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 Neo 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

There are four methods for entering numeric data into an input field These 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.

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Direct Input

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

Entering Numeric Data

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.

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.

To enter a timecode offset, follow these steps:

1. Select the desired input field.

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.

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.

To enter numbers using the arrow key input method, do the following:

1. Select the desired input field.

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Mouse Wheel Input

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.

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.

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).

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Start-Up Window

Each time EDIUS Neo is launched, the window shown in Figure 7 will appear. When EDIUS Neo is started for the first time after a new installation (not an upgrade from a prior version), the Recent Project section will be blank.

Figure 7. EDIUS Neo Start-up Window

Start-Up Window

The EDIUS Neo start-up window is composed of two main areas; Recent Projects list and New Project presets.

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

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 8 appears.

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Figure 8. 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 and output format selections.

4. Click the OK button to close the Project Settings dialog box.

The project preset name dialog shown in Figure 9 appears.

Figure 9. New Project Preset

5. If you wish to accept the default project preset name and icon, proceed

to Step 9.

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6. If you wish to change the name, enter a new name.

7. If you wish to select an icon other than the default icon, click the ...

button. The icon list shown in Figure 10 appears.

Figure 10. Project Preset Icon List

8. Select the desired icon name from the list and click the Open button.

9. Click the OK button to accept the project preset name and icon.

The EDIUS Neo start-up screen re-appears (see Figure 11) with the new preset definition in the New Project window.

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Figure 11. EDIUS Neo Start-up Screen with New Project Preset

10. Create additional project presets as needed by repeating the steps

above.

Create a New Project

EDIUS Neo projects can be created from project presets or from the current project.

Create a New Project from a Project Preset on Startup

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 Neo start-up screen.

Note You may also single-click to select the desired preset icon and then click the

The Project name setting dialog shown in Figure 12 appears.

2. Enter the project name in the Project name field.

Start button in the lower right corner of the start-up screen.

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Figure 12. New Project Preset Name

Note The default project folder is the folder specified in Select Project Folder Loca-

tion on page 20.

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 Neo.

A blank project (no data in the Timeline, Recorder/Player, or Asset Bin widows) appears as illustrated in Figure 13.

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Figure 13. EDIUS Neo New Project

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 14.

Figure 14. 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 35 for more information on

sequences.

• Press [CTRL]+[N] on the keyboard

New Sequence Icon and select New Project

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Start-Up Window

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 15.

Figure 15. Save Current Project Dialog

2. Click Yes to save the current project.

The Project settings dialog box shown in Figure 16 appears.

Figure 16. Project Settings Dialog

3. Enter a name for the project in the Project name field.

4. Select a project folder and the “Create project name folder” option if

desired.

5. 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 25.

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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 17 appears.

Figure 17. Project Settings - Change Current Settings

2. Click the Change current setting... button.

The Project Settings detail window appears. See Figure 18

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Figure 18. Project Settings Detail

Start-Up Window

3. Change the output device or output format project settings as desired.

4. Click the OK button to save the changes to the current project settings.

If you go back into Settings>Project Settings you will notice the addition of the Current Setting icon (see Figure 19). 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 19. 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.

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 Neo start-up window or the Project Settings dialog shown in Figure 17 and click the

Change

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 Project Settings Dialog

The following actions can be performed from the Project 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 16:

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Sequences

Create a New Sequence

Sequences

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 20).

Figure 20. 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 21 -

New Sequence button is highlighted in blue).

the

Figure 21. 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 22 as well as the creation of a sequence clip in the Asset bin as illustrated in Figure 23.

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Figure 22. New Sequence Tab

Note Double right-click a sequence tab to change the sequence name.

Figure 23. New Sequence Clip In Asset Bin

Saving Projects

Note The sequence tabs can be dragged and dropped to change their order.

EDIUS Neo projects are saved as .ezp files in the folder specified as the projects folder. See Select Project Folder Location on page 20 for more information.

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 24) in the

Timeline window.

Figure 24. 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 [

CTRL]+[S] keys on the keyboard.

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Auto Save/Backup

Note As illustrated in Figure 24, the current project name which will be used for

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 Neo crashing while editing. They are not used in normal operations.

Backup files are created automatically in the following manner:

Location

Save project button and select “Save

As” from the menu.

SHIFT] key, click the Save project button (high-

lighted in blue in Figure 24) 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.

{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 Settings - Enable Auto Save/Auto Save Interval on page 96.

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

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Exiting EDIUS

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.

To exit EDIUS, do any of the following:

• Select File>Exit from the Preview window menu bar (see Preview Window on page 53 for more information) and click on the you wish to exit EDIUS Neo or the exit operation.

No button if you wish to cancel the

Yes button if

• Press the [

• Click on the “X” in the upper right corner of the preview window.

Project Operations

This section covers project operations such as opening, importing and exporting project information.

Opening Project Files

Projects may be opened on EDIUS Neo startup or within EDIUS Neo from the current project.

Open Project on Startup

To open a project on startup, do one of the following when the startup screen illustrated in Figure 25 appears:

• Double-click the desired project icon in the Recent Project list.

ALT]+[F4] keys on the keyboard.

• 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.

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Open

Start

Figure 25. EDIUS Neo Startup Screen Project Icons

Project Operations

Open a Project from the Current Project

To open a different project from within the current project, do any of the following:

Note You will be prompted to save the currently open project before opening

another project.

• Click the Open Project button (highlighted in blue in Figure 26) in the

Timeline window and select the project to open from the Open dialog

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Figure 26. 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.

• Select File>Open Project from the preview window menu bar and select the desired project from the Open dialog.

• Press the [

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 27 shows an offline clip on the Timeline.

Figure 27. Offline Clip on the Timeline

CTRL]+[O] keys on the keyboard.

released.

Figure 28 shows the same offline clip represented in the Asset Bin.

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Restore Offline Clips

Figure 28. Offline Clip in the Asset Bin

The Find Offline Clip dialog illustrated in Figure 29 appears when a project file is opened or imported which contains offline clips

Note Some restoration options may not be available depending on system set-

tings, the availability of capture devices and other factors.

Figure 29. Find Offline Clip Dialog

The following restoration methods are available:

Capture Entire Clip

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 157.

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.

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For more information on the batch capture procedure see Batch Capturing

on page 151.

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

Select Folder

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 43.

Open the Clip Restoration Dialog

Select this option to open the Restore Offline Clip dialog. Relink the offline clip to a file on disk.

For more information on the Restore Offline Clip dialog, see Relink and Restore on page 43.

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:

• Click the list button [V] of the Offline Clip” from the menu as illustrated in Figure 30.

Figure 30. Timeline Open Project Button Menu - Restore Offline Clip

Figure 27 and Figure 28. Video and audio for the offline clip

Open Project button and select “Restore

• Select File>Restore Offline Clip from the preview window menu bar.

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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

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 31).

Restore Offline Clips

Figure 31. Restore Offline Clip Dialog - Open the Clip Restoration Dialog

The Restore Offline Clip dialog is displayed as illustrated in Figure 32.

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 32. 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 151.

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Restore Offline Clips

Capture Only Areas Used in Timeline

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 portions of the offline clip(s) used on the Timeline.

For more information on the batch capture procedure see Batch Capturing

on page 151.

Don’t Capture

If this method is selected, offline clips are not relinked or recaptured.

3. Select the source from the Open or Browse for Folder dialog and click

Open (Open dialog) or OK (Browse for Folder dialog) button to relink

the the source to the offline clip.

4. Click the Close button in the Restore Offline Clip dialog.

Note When the Restore Offline Clip Close button is clicked, a message will display

if restoration failed on any offline clips.

5. Click the Close button in the Find Offline Clip dialog.

Alternative Method:

Double-click the offline clip on the Timeline or in the Asset Bin and browse for the file to link to the clip from the Open dialog box.

Capture and Restore

When the source file(s) of offline clip(s) do not exist on the hard drive, you can recapture them to restore the offline clips.

To capture and restore offline clips, follow these steps:

1. Click the Capture entire clip or Capture only the area used in the Timeline button

in the Find Offline Clip dialog as illustrated in Figure 33.

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Figure 33. Restore Offline Clip - Capture Entire Clip

The Batch Capture dialog shown in Figure 34 appears.

Figure 34. Batch Capture Dialog

2. Execute the batch capture following the instructions found in Batch

Capturing on page 151.

Alternative Method:

Select “Capture all” or “Capture only the areas used in timeline” from the Restoration Method column in the Restore Offline Clip dialog. For more information on the Restore Offline Clip dialog, see

page 43.

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Relink and Restore on

Window Configuration

EDIUS Neo software can be used in multi- or single-monitor configurations. Some layouts will likely be desirable in a single monitor configuration in order to eliminate overlapping windows.

Note All EDIUS Neo screen shots throughout this manual were taken on a single

monitor setup with a 1680x1050 resolution wide screen monitor. Other monitor resolutions or configurations will result in displays that are similar, but, not identical, to those depicted in this manual.

Multi-Monitor Layout

In a multi-monitor configuration using, for example, two monitors, the Preview and Timeline windows will be displayed on one monitor and the Asset Bin and Palette windows will be displayed on the second monitor. Sample layouts are shown below in

Figure 35. Dual-Monitor Sample Layout - Monitor One

Window Configuration

Figure 35 and Figure 36.

The Preview window (upper portion of Figure 35) is comprised of the Player and Recorder and their associated controls. For more information concerning the operation of the player and recorder, see Player Operation

Buttons on page 56 and Recorder Operation Buttons on page 59.

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The Timeline window (lower portion of Figure 35) is the workspace where video and audio clips are placed for editing. Titles, transitions and effects are added to clips on the Timeline. For more information on Timeline functions, see Section 5-Timeline Operations.

Figure 36. Dual-Monitor Sample Layout - Monitor Two

The large window on the right side of the screen is the Asset Bin window. Video and audio clips are placed here for easy access in EDIUS Neo. Clips in the asset bin can be organized and managed according to user needs.

The three smaller windows on the left of the screen are (from top to bottom) the Information Palette, the Effects Palette and the Marker Palette.

Single-Monitor Layout

In a single monitor layout, all of the above windows are displayed on a single monitor. The default layout presents these windows as illustrated in

Figure 37. The Asset Bin, Effects Palette and Sequence Marker Palette

widows are tabbed on the upper right. The Information Palette occupies the bottom right. It is possible to customize the screen layout and position the various windows according to your editing needs and preferences. See

Customizing Screen Layout for more information.

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Figure 37. Default Single-Monitor Screen Layout

Window Configuration

Customizing Screen Layout

If you wish to use the entire lower section of the monitor display for the Timeline, the Information Palette can be moved to the upper tabbed section with the Asset Bin and other palettes as illustrated in major elements of EDIUS Neo are still readily available with a single mouse click.

Note Other custom layouts may be created according to user preferences. The

example in Figure 38 is intended to show one way in which all major elements remain easily accessible although not simultaneously visible on the screen.

Figure 38. All of the

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Figure 38. Single-Monitor Customized Layout

To create the custom layout depicted in Figure 38, do the following:

1. Click View on the menu bar and then select Single Mode.

Note Both the Player and Recorder previews are still available. In single mode they

are not simultaneously displayed. See Preview Window on page 53 for more information.

2. Drag the Information tab and drop it next to the Bin, Effect and

Sequence Marker tabs in the upper right section of the display as illustrated in Figure 39. The result is the custom layout shown in

Figure 38.

Note The Bin, Information, Effects and Sequence Marker windows are now acces-

sible as tabs. Selecting the desired tab will display the associated window in the upper right area of the dsiplay.

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Figure 39. Single Monitor Drag Information Palette Windows

Window Configuration

Other custom layouts may be created by resizing windows, reordering tabs, moving palettes to other locations, etc.

Saving Custom Layouts

Custom screen layouts, such as the layout created in the steps above, may be saved so they can be applied during future EDIUS Neo sessions. To save a custom layout, do the following:

1. Click View on the menu bar.

2. Select Layout then Save Current Layout then New (See Figure 40).

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Figure 40. Save Current Layout Menu

3. Enter the desired name for the custom layout and click OK.

Applying a Saved Layout

To apply a saved layout:

Click View on the menu bar, select Layout, then Apply Layout, then the name of the saved layout you wish to apply (See Figure 41).

Figure 41. Apply Layout Menu

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Restoring Default Layout

To return to the default layout:

Click View on the menu bar, select Layout then Normal (See Figure 42)

Figure 42. Normal Layout Menu

Preview Window

Alternative Method

Press the {SHIFT] + [ALT] + [L] keys on the keyboard.

Preview Window

The preview window can be presented in two modes: Dual Mode and Single Mode. The manner in which the preview window is displayed and the area it occupies on the screen is also dependent upon the active screen layout as described in the sections which follow.

Dual Mode

To select Dual Mode, click on View in the menu bar and select Dual Mode.

Note All layout and preview mode functions are also available by clicking on the GV

logo in the upper left corner of the screen. Figure 43 shows the menu that appears when the GV logo is clicked.

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Figure 43. GV Logo Menu

In dual mode, both the Player preview window and the Recorder preview window are visible at the same time.

Figure 44 depicts dual mode preview

for a dual-monitor configuration or for a single-monitor configuration with a custom layout. In these layouts, the Player and Recorder preview windows occupy the entire upper portion of the screen.

Figure 44. Dual Mode Preview - Dual Monitor or Single Monitor Custom Layout

Player

The Player window (on the left) is used to preview material before importing it into EDIUS Neo and placing it on the Timeline for editing. Already captured clips can also be placed on and edited to the Timeline through the player window. The Player can control external devices or play a clip from the Asset Bin.

Recorder

The Recorder window (on the right) is used to preview edits and effects applied to clips on the EDIUS Neo Timeline.

Figure 45 shows a dual-mode display using the single-monitor default

layout . In this example, only the left half of the upper portion of the screen is used for the Player and Recorder preview windows and they are automatically resized.

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The right half of the screen is occupied by the Asset Bin, Information Palette, Effects Palette and Sequence Marker Palette windows.

Figure 45. Dual Mode Preview - Single Monitor Default Layout

Single Mode

To select Single Mode, click on View in the menu bar and select Single Mode.

Preview Window

Note All layout and preview mode functions are also available by clicking on the GV

logo in the upper left corner of the screen. Figure 43 shows the menu that appears when the GV logo is clicked.

In single mode, only one preview window is visible. The preview display is switched between the Player and the Recorder as necessary to manage the EDIUS Neo workflow. When in single mode, preview toggle buttons appear in the upper right corner of the Preview window as shown in

Figure 46.

Figure 46. Single Mode Preview Toggle Buttons

The active preview window is highlighted in blue. Click PLR to activate the Player preview window. Click

REC to activate the Recorder preview

window.

Figure 47 shows the single mode display for a dual-monitor or single

monitor configuration with a custom layout.

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Figure 47. Single Preview Mode Dual Monitor or Single Monitor Custom Layout

Figure 48 shows the single-mode display for the single-monitor default

layout.

Figure 48. Single Mode Preview - Single Monitor Default Layout

Player Operation Buttons

Figure 49 shows the Player operation buttons. The function of each of these

buttons is explained in Tab le 1.

Note All keyboard shortcuts are the default shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts may be

customized through the Application Settings dialogs (see Section 2-Application and Plug-In Settings for more information).

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Figure 49. Player Operation Buttons

Table 1. Player Operation Button Details

Button Function Description Keyboard Shortcut

Input Preset

Set In

Set Out Specifies the end point of a section of a clip that should be included in the project [O]

Stop Stops playback in the Player window [K]

Review Reviews (rewinds) the clip in the Player [J]

Previous Frame

Play Plays the clip in Player [ENTER]

Next Frame

Fast Forward Fast forwards through the clip in the Player [L]

Loop Repeatedly plays back the clip in the Player until playback is stopped [CTRL]+[SPACE]

Input settings that are preset and saved as buttons can be activated by clicking on the appropriate Input Preset button.

Specifies the beginning point of a section of a clip that should be included in the project

Goes to the previous frame in a clip. Each click of the button moves to the previous frame. Holding down the [<--] key moves frame-by-frame in a faster step rewind

Goes to the next frame in a clip. Each click of the button moves to the next frame. Holding down the [-->] key moves frame-by-frame in a faster step forward.

[I]

[<--]

[-->]

Overwrite to Timeline

Insert to Timeline

Capture The image displayed in the Player is captured as a still to the Asset Bin [F9]

Add to Batch Capture List

Add Clip to Bin The clip in the Player is added to the Asset Bin. [SHIFT]+[CTRL]+[B]

Overwrites clip(s) on the Timeline at the cursor position with the clip in the Player. Clip(s) at the cursor position are replaced by the clip in the Player.

Inserts the clip in the Player at the cursor position on the Timeline. Other clips on the Timeline after the cursor position will be adjusted b backward by the length of the inserted clip.

The segments in the clip marked with In and Out points are added to the batch capture list for future processing.

[]]

[[]

[CTRL]+[8]

Clicking on the EDIUS logo in the upper left corner also allows access to the Player functions with their descriptions and keyboard shortcuts. To access the menu as shown in Figure 50, click on the

Player.

then

EDIUS logo, select Functions and

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Note Additional functions not available in the Player preview window are available

from this menu.

Figure 50. EDIUS Logo Player Function Menu

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Preview Window

Recorder Operation Buttons

Figure 51 shows the Recorder operation buttons. The function of each of

these buttons is explained in Ta bl e 2.

Note All keyboard shortcuts are the default shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts may be

customized through the Application Settings dialogs (see Section 2-Application and Plug-In Settings for more information).

Figure 51. Recorder Operation Buttons

Table 2. Recorder Operation Button Details

Button Function Description Keyboard Shortcut

Set In

Set Out

Stop Stops playback in the Recorder window [K]

Review Reviews (rewinds) the clip in the Recorder [J]

Previous Frame

Play Plays the content in the Recorder [ENTER]

Next Frame

Fast Forward Fast forwards through the content in the Recorder [L]

Loop

Previous Edit Point Moves the cursor to the edit point preceding the current Timeline cursor position. [A}

Specifies the beginning point of a section on the Timeline content hat should be included in the project output.

Specifies the end point of a section of the Timeline content that should be included in the project output.

Goes to the previous frame in a clip. Each click of the button moves to the previous frame. Holding down the [<--] key moves frame-by-frame in a faster step rewind

Goes to the next frame in a clip. Each click of the button moves to the next frame. Holding down the [-->] key moves frame-by-frame in a faster step forward.

Repeatedly plays back the Timeline contents until playback is stopped. If In and Out points have been set, the segment between these points is played repeatedly.

[I]

[O]

[<--]

[-->]

[CTRL]+[SPACE]

Next Edit Point Moves the cursor to the edit point following the current Timeline cursor position. [S]

Play Cursor Area

Export Exports content to a tape or file.

Repeatedly plays the content (~3 seconds on each side) in front of and behind the Timeline cursor.

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Clicking on the EDIUS logo in the upper left corner also allows access to the Recorder functions with their descriptions and keyboard shortcuts. To access the menu as shown in Figure 50, click on the

tions

and then Recorder.

Note Additional functions not available in the Recorder preview window are avail-

able from this menu.

Figure 52. EDIUS Logo Recorder Function Menu

EDIUS logo, select Func-

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Timeline Window

The Timeline shows a chronological progression from beginning to end of all the elements that comprise a project.

Major editing operations are performed with content on the Timeline. Video clips, audio clips, still images, titles, transitions, and effects are all managed on the Timeline. The Timeline is where the finished project takes shape.

A collection of clips, images, effects, etc. placed on the Timeline is known as a “sequence.”

Figure 53 depicts the major components of the Timeline window.

Figure 53. EDIUS Neo Timeline

Timeline Window

The Timeline window is comprised of:

• the Timeline Operation Buttons

• the Timeline Scale

• the Timeline Scale Controller

•the Track Panel

Timeline Operation Buttons

The Timeline operation buttons shown in Figure 54 are discussed in detail in Section 5-Timeline Operations.

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Timeline Scale

Figure 54. Timeline Operation Buttons

The Timeline scale provides a very accurate indication of the overall length of a sequence and allows for frame-accurate editing and clip placement.

Figure 55 shows a portion of the Timeline scale.

Figure 55. Timeline Scale

The numbers at the top of the scale indicate the Timeline position in hours:minutes:seconds;frames (hh:mm:ss;ff).

The Timeline cursor marks the current preview or editing point.

Timeline Scale Controller

The Timeline scale controller is used to adjust the TimelineTimeline scale unit in order to see more or less material on screen simultaneously. With a larger scale unit, more material will be visible on a single screen. With a smaller scale unit, less material will be visible on a single screen. Or course, regardless of the scale unit setting, all material placed on the Timeline is accessible using the scroll bar at the bottom of the Timeline window.

The Timeline scale is adjusted using the Timeline scale controller depicted in Figure 56. Timeline scale units range from one frame to 60 minutes.

Figure 56. Timeline Scale Controller

Adjusting the scale changes the value of the second-degree (mid-sized) tick mark. The value of the first-degree (smallest) tick mark is 1/5 of the value of the second-degree tick mark. The value of the third-degree (largest) tick mark is five times the value of the second-degree tick mark. Third-degree tick marks are labeled with the time code.

In the example in Figure 56, the value of the second-degree tick mark is one (1) second. This makes the value of the first-degree tick mark .20 seconds and the value of the third-degree tick marks five (5) seconds.

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Timeline Window

The Timeline scale can be adjusted in one of three ways:

• Drag the slider to increase or decrease the Timeline scale unit.

• Click on the W(decrement scale unit) or X(increment scale unit)

symbols on the scale control button. The scale unit is indicated by the text on the button (1 Second in the example above).

• Click on the Tsymbol on the scale control button to display the scale

unit menu (shown in Figure 57) and select the desired scale unit.

Figure 57. Timeline Scale Control Menu

If the scale unit is changed to 10 seconds, the Timeline scale adjusts accordingly with each first-degree tick mark representing two (2) seconds and each third-degree tick mark 50 seconds. See Figure 58.

Figure 58. Timeline Scale Unit at 10 Seconds

Viewing Entire Sequence on the Timeline

If clips have been added to the Timeline that individually or collectively exceed the Timeline scale and it is desirable to view the entire sequence on a single screen, select Timeline scale unit automatically so that the entire sequence is visible on screen without scrolling.

Figure 59 shows a sequence with a two (2) minute Timeline scale unit that

causes the sequence to exceed the width of a single screen.

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Track Panel

Figure 59. Timeline Sequence Two-Minute Scale Unit

Figure 60 depicts the same sequence with the Timeline scale unit set to “Fit”

which adjusts the Timeline scale to accommodate the entire sequence on a single screen.

Figure 60. Timeline Sequence “Fit” Scale Unit

The track panel is used for managing video clips and audio clips, generating audio wave forms, managing titles, etc. More details regarding the track panel are found in

Section 5-Timeline Operations.

Click the icon to lock a track and prevent it from being edited.

Figure 61. Timeline Window Track Panel

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Asset Bin Window

The asset bin is where video and audio clips are stored and organized. The Asset Bin has three main components:

•the Operation Buttons

• the Folder View

• the Clip View.

The Asset Bin is shown in Figure 62.

Figure 62. Asset Bin

Asset Bin Window

The folder view on the left side of the window displays a tree view of asset folders into which clips can be grouped and organized.

The clip view on the right side of the window shows thumbnails (default view) of the clips stored in the selected folder.

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Palette Windows

The Palette Windows are:

• the Information Palette

• the Effect Palette

• the Marker Palette

Information Palette

Information regarding the clip selected on the Timeline is displayed in the Information Palette window. Any effects that have been applied to the clip are also displayed in the Information Palette window. For more informa tion concerning the Information Palette see Section 4-Clip Operations and

Management.

Figure 63. Information Palette

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Effect Palette

Palette Windows

The Effect Palette window displays the various color correction, video and audio filter, transition, title mixer and other effects that may be applied to clips on the Timeline. information on the Effect Palette, see Effects on page 369.

Figure 64. Effect Palette

Figure 64 shows the Effect Palette window. For more

Sequence/Clip Marker Palette

The Sequence/Clip Marker Palette window displays the time code position of all markers applied to assets on the Timeline. Markers are used to quickly jump to marked positions on the Timeline. The markers become chapter points in the project output for the Burn to Disc application (see Export to DVD or Blu Ray on page 536 for more information on Burn to Disc).

Note Outputs other than Burn to Disc do not receive marker information and

markers do not function as chapter points in these outputs.

See Figure 65 for a depiction of the Sequence Marker Palette. For more information regarding the Sequence/Clip Marker Palette, see Sequence and

Clip Markers on page 316.

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Figure 65. Sequence Marker Palette

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Application and Plug-In Settings

This section covers application and plug-in settings that are used to customized EDIUS Neo and which determine the behavior of certain EDIUS Neo features. Settings related to specific hardware that may be used with EDIUS Neo are discussed in

Application Settings

Application settings are organized in the following settings categories:

• Timeline

•Render

Appendix A-Hardware Settings.

•Duration

•Source

•Capture

• Restore Offline Clip

•Playback

• Match Frame

• Application

•Customize

• Button

• Control

•Overlay

• Display Bin Details

• Keyboard Shortcuts

• Window Color

Any or all of these settings can be adjusted according to your preferences or to meet the specific requirements for a particular project.

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Application settings are accessed by selecting Settings>Application Settings from the Preview window. The Application Settings dialog is shown in Figure 66 with both Application Settings and Customize trees expanded.

Figure 66. Application Settings Dialog

Timeline Settings

From the Settings dialog shown above, select Timeline from the Application Settings tree (click the “+” to expand the tree if it is collapsed).

The following settings affect clips and effects on the Timeline (see

Figure 66):

Note After making changes to any of the items in the Timeline Settings dialog, click

the Apply button to apply the changes and make them active. Several changes may be made before clicking the Apply button.

Extend Clips When Applying Transition/Cross Fade

The status of this setting determines whether extend mode is enabled or fix mode is enabled as explained below.

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Extend Mode

• Extend clips when applying transition/cross fade — If this setting is

checked, adding or deleting a transition or audio cross fade between clips will not change the overall sequence length on the Timeline as illustrated in Figure 67. Default = Checked (extend mode enabled).

For more information on Extend Mode, see Extend Mode on page 221.

Figure 67. Extend Mode Example

Fix Mode

• Extend clips when applying transition/cross fade — If this setting is

not checked (disabled), adding a transition or an audio cross fade between clips shortens the overall length of the sequence on the Timeline as illustrated in Figure 68. Deleting a transition or cross fade lengthens the sequence on the Timeline. Default = Checked (extend mode enabled).

For more information on Fix Mode, see Fix Mode on page 223.

Figure 68. Fix Mode Example

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Insert Default Cross Fade in Transition

If this item is checked, adding a transition to a video clip on the VA track will automatically add an audio cross fade of the same length as the transi tion to the audio clip at the same position. Default = Checked.

Insert Default Transition in Cross Fade

If this item is checked, adding a cross fade to an audio clip on the VA track will automatically add a transition of the same length as the audio cross fade to the video clip at the same position. Default = Not Checked.

Set the Cutting Point of Transition/Cross Fade to Front

If this item is checked, the cut point of a transition or audio cross fade is set forward. For example, on a seven-frame transition (no even division point on either side of the cut line), the transition is set between the 3rd and 4th frame. This is the first full-frame point forward of the 3.5 frame midpoint of the transition. Default = Checked.

Hold the Next Clip When Trimming a Clip Except Ripple Trim

If this item is checked, clips after the clip that is trimmed will hold their position on the Timeline unless ripple trim is enabled. Default = Not Checked.

Add Clips to Mapped Track

With this option enabled, when a clip is added to the Timeline, parts of the clip that have corresponding mappings in the Timeline are also added.

For example, if a video track is mapped, adding a clip to the audio track will also add the video portion of the clip to the video track. Insert/Overwrite settings are in effect and govern the manner in which the clip is added.

If “Add clips to mapped track” is disabled, adding a clip to the audio track will only add the audio portion of that clip to the selected track. The video portion will not be added.

Default = Checked.

Only the Mapped Track is Targeted

Note This option has no effect if “Add Clips to Mapped Track” is disabled.

When this option is enabled, only the portions of a clip that have mapped tracks will appear on the Timeline. Adding clips to an unmapped track is not allowed.

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For example, with this option enabled, if no video track is mapped, but audio tracks are mapped, dragging a clip with both video and audio onto the Timeline will result in only the audio portion appearing on the mapped audio track(s).

When this option is disabled, the portion of the clip that does not have corresponding track mapping will be placed on the Timeline where the user drops it, if possible, and the mapped portions will appear on the mapped track(s).

As an example, if a video track is mapped, dragging a clip with both video and audio to an audio track will result in the audio of the clip appearing in the selected audio track and the video of the clip appearing in the mapped video track.

Default = Not Checked.

Snap of Event

Selection in this section determine which items will snap to which destination and the range to which this applies.

Application Settings

Snap Item

Check the items from the following list which should snap to the designated event destinations (Default = all items checked).

•Cursor

• In/Out Marker

• Clip

• Clip (trim mode)

• Rubber Band

• Sequence Marker

• Clip Marker

Event

Check the events from the following list which will be displayed as snap destinations (Default = all items checked):

•Cursor

• In/Out Marker

• Clip

• Rubber Band

• Sequence Marker

• Clip Marker

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Track

Select from the drop-down list the track range for even snapping. The choices are: All Tracks or Same Track.

Insert Mode

With insert mode enabled, adding a new clip moves any existing clips at the insertion point forward in time to accommodate the new clip. The length of the sequence is increased by the length of the inserted clip (see

Figure 69). Default = On.

Figure 69. Insert Mode Example

Overwrite Mode

With overwrite mode enabled, adding a new clip overwrites the existing clip at the insertion point by the amount of overlap between the two clips. The length of the sequence does not increase (see Figure 70). Default = Off.

Figure 70. Overwrite Mode Example

Note Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode are mutually exclusive. Only one or the

Insert and Overwrite mode may also be toggled from the tool bar in the Timeline window. See Figure 71.

other is active. Enabling one mode automatically disables the other.

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Figure 71. Insert/Overwrite Toggle Button

Each click of the button switches modes.

Sync Mode

If sync mode is enabled, editing a track (inserting or moving clips, for example) affects other tracks if insert mode is also enabled. All tracks are kept in sync (maintain their prior positions relative to one another) from the insertion point on. See

Application Settings

= Insert Mode = Overwrite Mode

Figure 72 for an example. Default = Not Checked.

Figure 72. Sync Mode With Insert Enabled

Sync Mode may also be toggled on and off by either of the following methods:

• Click the list button [V]on the

Insert Mode or Overwrite Mode icon and

select Sync Mode. A check mark by Sync Mode indicates that Sync Mode is on. Sync Mode is off when the check mark is not present.

• Select Mode>Sync Mode from the Preview window (see Figure 73). A check mark by Sync Mode indicates that Sync Mode is on. Sync Mode is off when the check mark is not present.

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Figure 73. Sync Mode Menu Toggle

Note If you do not want Sync Mode to affect a particular track when Sync Mode is

on, click the lock icon on the track panel next to the track you wish to lock (see Figure 74). When the lock icon is highlighted and locked, the track is locked. When the icon is dim and unlocked, the track is unlocked. Clicking the lock icon toggles the lock on and off.

Figure 74. Track Lock Toggle

Ripple Mode

With ripple mode enabled, when a clip is deleted or trimmed, the clips which follow in the Timeline move to fill in the space formerly occupied by the trimmed or deleted clip. Default = Checked (On).

Note With ripple mode on, the behavior of clips on all tracks is also affected by the

Figure 75 represents the movement of clips in various tracks on the Time-

line when ripple mode is on, sync mode is off and insert mode is enabled.

status of the Sync Mode setting. The examples below illustrate the effect of the Sync Mode setting on Ripple Mode editing.

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Figure 75. Ripple Mode On/Sync Mode Off/Insert Mode Enabled

Figure 76 represents the movement of clips in various tracks on the Time-

line when both ripple mode and sync mode are turned on with insert mode also enabled.

Figure 76. Ripple Mode On/Sync Mode On/Insert Mode Enabled

Ripple Mode may also be toggled on and off by one of the following procedures:

• Click the

Ripple Mode button on the Timeline window tool bar. Each click

toggles ripple mode on or off. When ripple mode is off there is a slash through the ripple mode icon. When ripple mode is on, the slash is removed. See Figure 77 for details.

Figure 77. Ripple Mode Toggle Button

• Select Mode>Ripple Mode in the Preview window. As in the example above, the icon next to the Ripple Mode menu selection has a slash through it when ripple mode is disabled. The slash is not present when ripple mode is enabled.

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Waveform

The Waveform selection sets the display of the waveform on the Timeline. Choices are Log(dB) or Linear (%). Select the desired waveform display from the drop-down list by clicking on the V symbol and making the desired selection. Default = Log (dB).

Clip Timecode

Displays checked timecodes.

In/Out points and duration timecodes on both the Timeline and the original clip may be selected for display.

Clip Thumbnail

If Clip Thumbnail is checked, thumbnails of the In/Out points are displayed at the clip edge of the Timeline. Thumbnails may be displayed on the left edge, the right edge or both locations. Default = All Checked.

Render Settings

These options control the behavior of the blue/aqua/green/orange/red lines under the time scale ticks on the Timeline. These colored lines control what is rendered by forced temporary rendering (the Render In/ Out>Render Overload Area on the Preview window menu bar).

Blue

The area should play back in real-time (no rendering required).

Aqua Blue

Clip will playback in real-time with no rendering (rendering may be required in certain circumstances).

Green

The area has been rendered to a temporary file.

Orange

The area may not play back in real-time (this area is considered a "loaded" area).

Red

Real-time playback was attempted for this area but failed (this area is considered an "overload" area).

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Application Settings

The checkboxes determine what factors are considered when labeling an area as "loaded" (orange).

Regardless of the settings, a Render overload area command will still render all of the effects to the temporary file.

The render settings are accessed by selecting Settings>Application Settings from the Preview window and then selecting Render from the Application Settings tree in the Settings dialog. See Figure 78.

For more information on rendering, see Rendering Operations on page 349.

Note After making changes to any of the items in the Render Settings dialog, click

the Apply button to apply the changes and make them active. Several changes may be made before clicking the Apply button.

Figure 78. Render Settings

Select or de-select the following to be included in the rendering process: Default = All Checked (included in rendering target).

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Filters

Select to include video filters in the rendering process.

Transition/Cross Fades

Select to include transition and title mixers in the rendering process.

Key/Transparency

Select to include key effect and transparency (when changed from the default) in the rendering process.

Speed Change

Select to include any clips that feature speed adjustments from the default of 100% in the rendering process.

Contents That Are Not the Same Format as the Project

Select to include in the rendering target any clips with formats that differ from project settings. Clips with the following format differences are included in the rendering process if this parameter is checked:

• Frame size different than project settings

• Aspect ratio different than project settings

• Frame rate different than project settings

• Field order different than project settings

• CODEC compression format different than project settings

• Alpha channel information included in clip

Rendering Decisions

If this parameter is checked, EDIUS Neo will mark areas as requiring rendering if, during playback, the buffer drops below the number of frames specified in the Buffer Left setting. Default = Checked.

Buffer Left

Specify a number of frames in the buffer which is the threshold for the rendering decision. If the number of frames in the buffer drops below this threshold during playback, the area will be marked as requiring rendering. Maximum = 10 frames.

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Delete Invalid Rendering Files

This selection determines when invalid rendering files are deleted. The choices are:

• When the rendered file is invalid

• When the project is closed (default)

These choices are mutually exclusive. Selecting one automatically deselects the other.

Duration Settings

Duration settings determine the default duration on the Timeline of still images, titles and V-mutes. These settings are defaults and my be changed on a source-by-source basis on the Timeline.

The format of these duration fields is HH:MM:SS;FF (H=hour, M=Minutes, S=Seconds; F=Frames). See Entering Numeric Data on page 22 for more information on the various methods for entering numeric data.

Application Settings

The Duration settings are accessed by selecting Settings>Application Settings from the Preview window and then selecting Duration from the Application Settings tree in the Settings dialog. See Figure 79.

Note After making changes to any of the items in the Duration Settings dialog, click

the Apply button to apply the changes and make them active. Several changes may be made before clicking the Apply button.

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Figure 79. Duration Settings

Still Image

When a still image is placed on the Timeline, its default duration will be the duration specified in this setting. Default = 00:00:01;00 (1 second).

Add Between In/Out

Check this box if you want to allow still images to be placed between In/ Out points on the Timeline. Default = Checked.

Title

When a title is placed on a title track, its default duration will be the duration specified in this setting. Default = 00:00:01;00 (1 second).

Automatically Add Title Mixer When Importing Titles

If this setting is checked, placing a title on the track automatically applies the default title mixer as well. Default = Checked.

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Add Between In/Out Points

Check this box if you want to allow titles to be placed between In/Out points on the Timeline. Default = Checked.

V-Mute

The V-mute function eliminates audio by frame units. This is useful for eliminating small amounts of unwanted audio noise.

Set the desired default duration for V-mute. Default = 00:00:01;00 (1 second).

Rubberband Point

Set the desired auto add point for rubberband points.

Source Settings

Source settings determine how sources imported into EDIUS Neo are treated.

Application Settings

The Source settings are accessed by selecting Settings>Application Settings from the Preview window and then selecting Source from the Application Settings tree in the Settings dialog. See Figure 80.

Note After making changes to any of the items in the Source Settings dialog, click

the Apply button to apply the changes and make them active. Several changes may be made before clicking the Apply button.

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Figure 80. Source Settings

Adjust Frame Rate When Loading Clip

Check this box if you want the frame rate of imported clips to be automatically adjusted to match the project settings frame rate. (Default = Not Checked).

Color Range for RGB Clip

This setting determines the default way EDIUS Neo should treat RGB colorspace clips.

Note The color range setting can be changed for individual clips in the Bin in the

Clip Properties.

Because there are two different methods for converting RGB color space to YCbCr color space for broadcast, you may find that RGB clips may have blown-out whites and crushed blacks or have dull whites and grayish blacks.

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Application Settings

Select the desired color range for RGB clips. Choices are:

• White (default)

• Super White

White

Maps RGB 0,0,0 to YCbCr 16,128,128 (broadcast-safe black) and RGB 255,255,255 to YCbCr 235,128,128 (broadcast-safe white). All values inbetween are interpolated through the range.

Use this setting if your RGB clip is showing crushed blacks and blown-out whites.

Super White

Maps RGB 0,0,0 to YCbCr 0,128,128 (super-black) and RGB 255,255,255 to YCbCr 255,128,128 (super-white). All values in-between are interpolated through the range.

If your RGB clip is showing grayish blacks and dull whites, set the clip's color range to Super White.

Color Range for YCbCr Clip

This setting determines the default way EDIUS Neo should treat YCbCr colorspace clips.

Note This option does not have any affect on Canopus DV, Canopus HQ or Canopus

Lossless clips. These formats are always treated as Super White.

Select the color range for YCbCr Clips. Choices are:

•White

• Super White (default)

White

Maps YCbCr 0,128,128 to YCbCr 16,128,128 (broadcast-safe black) and YCbCr 255,128,128 to YCbCr 235,128,128 (broadcast-safe white). All values in-between are interpolated through the range.

Use this setting if your YCbCr clip is showing crushed blacks and blownout whites.

Super White

Maps YCbCr 0,128,128 to YCbCr 0,128,128 (super-black) and YCbCr 255,128,128 to YCbCr 255,128,128 (super-white).

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If your YCbCr clip is showing grayish blacks and dull whites, set the clip's color range to Super White.

Capture Settings

Capture settings determine how EDIUS Neo interacts with an external source device when capturing clips.

The Capture settings are accessed by selecting Settings>Application Settings from the Preview window and then selecting Capture from the Application Settings tree in the Settings dialog. See Figure 81.

Note After making changes to any of the items in the Capture dialog, click the

Apply button to apply the changes and make them active. Several changes may be made before clicking the Apply button.

Figure 81. Capture Settings

The format of the Preroll and Margin fields is HH:MM:SS;FF (H=hour, M=Minutes, S=Seconds; F=Frames). See Entering Numeric Data on page 22 for more information on the various methods for entering numeric data.

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Preroll

Enter the desired time to preroll the device before capturing begins.

Margin

Enter the desired clip margin added at In and Out points during capture operations. The margin is the “dead space” before and after clips that can by used to insert transitions and other effects.

Confirm Reel Name When Setting Input Device

If the option is selected, when an input device is selected for capture operations, the ReelName dialog illustrated in Figure 82 will automatically appear. See Section 3-Capturing and Importing Clips and Stills for more information. Default = Not Checked.

Figure 82. ReelName Dialog

Application Settings

Confirm Filename

A file name for AVI file(s) generated during capture operations is automatically created. This setting determines when the user is prompted to confirm/change the filename and location. Choices are:

•Before Capture

• After Capture (default)

Select the desired filename confirmation setting.

Load to Player After Capture

If this setting is checked, the AVI file created during a capture operation will be automatically loaded into the Player when the capture is complete. Default = Not Checked.

Skip Errors and Continue Capture

If this setting is checked, errors encountered during batch capture operations will be ignored and capturing will continue. Default = Checked.

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Automatically Divide Files

Select the conditions which will cause captured data to be automatically divided into multiple AVI files during capture operations. Choices are:

• At timecode break

• When aspect ratio changes

• When audio sampling rate changes

• When the recording time data changes

Default = All Checked.

Deck Control After Capture

Select the desired deck state after a manual capture and a batch capture.

Capture

•Nothing

•Pause (default)

•Stop

Batch Capture

•Nothing

•Pause

• Stop (default)

Restore Offline Clip Settings

Clips that have been used in projects may go “offline” if they are accidentally moved or deleted. If offline clips need to be recaptured, the settings in this section determine the restoration parameters.

The Restore Offline Clip settings are accessed by selecting Settings>Application Settings from the Preview window and then selecting Restore Offline Clip from the Application Settings tree in the Settings dialog. See

Figure 83.

Note After making changes to any of the items in the Restore Offline Clip Settings

dialog, click the Apply button to apply the changes and make them active. Several changes may be made before clicking the Apply button.

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Figure 83. Restore Offline Clip Settings

Application Settings

Docking Margin

When re-capturing the necessary areas of an offline source, set the margin between recaptured areas. When multiple offline clips are placed on the Timeline in closer proximity than the docking margin, they are combined into a single clip.

Set the desired docking margin in a HH:MM:SS;FF (H=hour, M=Minutes, S=Seconds; F=Frames) format. See Entering Numeric Data on page 22 for more information on the various methods for entering numeric data.

Restore Default - Load Project File

When restoring clips using a project file select the preferred restoration method. Choices are:

• Capture all (default)

• Capture used area

•Don’t capture

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Playback Settings

Playback settings determine behavior during project playback operations.

The Playback settings are accessed by selecting Settings>Application Settings from the Preview window and then selecting Playback from the Application Settings tree in the Settings dialog. See

Note After making changes to any of the items in the Playback Settings dialog,

click the Apply button to apply the changes and make them active. Several changes may be made before clicking the Apply button.

Figure 84. Playback Settings

Figure 84.

Preroll

Set the preroll time for playback with the Play Cursor Area function. Default = 00:00:03;00 (3 seconds).

Stop Playback at Frame Drop

If this selection is checked, playback stops when processing cannot keep up with the playback speed which results in dropped frames. Default = Not Checked.

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Continue Playback When Editing

If this option is checked, playback continues even as editing operations are executed during playback. Default = Checked.

Continue Playback When Trimming Clip

If this option is checked, playback continues even as clip trimming operations are executed during playback. Default = Checked.

Show Correct Frame When Scrubbing

When checked, the correct frame is always displayed while scrubbing (dragging the Timeline cursor with the mouse). If this option is not checked, some frames may be skipped while scrubbing. When scrubbing on MPEG or Windows Media files, it is best to leave this option disabled. Default = Not Checked.

Combine Filter Layers and Track Layers (for Effect Settings)

When checked, this option displays a composite image when previewing clips in the effect settings dialog box. For example the composite image of V1 and V2 track images is displayed when opening the settings dialog for a video filter applied to the V1 track. If this option is not checked, only the image on the V1 track is displayed. Default = Not Checked.

Buffered Frames Before Playback

This setting designates the number of frames to be buffered when playback is initiated. Increasing the number of buffered frames increases the likeli hood that processing can keep up with the playback speed. Choices are 5, 10 and 15. Default = 5.

Output Timecode

Select the timecode to be exported when exporting to file or tape. Choices are:

• Sequence timecode (default)

•Source timecode

Source Timecode Priority

When exporting or displaying the source timecode, set the track priority to either lower track (default) or upper track.

Note Even with Lower Track selected, if the upper track transparency is not set to

100%, the lower track timecode is not displayed.

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Match Frame Settings

Match Frame settings determine search order and targets.

The Match Frame settings are accessed by selecting Settings>Application Settings from the Preview window and then selecting Match Frame from the Application Settings tree in the Settings dialog. See

Note After making changes to any of the items in the Match Frame Settings dialog,

click the Apply button to apply the changes and make them active. Several changes may be made before clicking the Apply button.

Figure 85. Match Frame Settings

Figure 85.

Search Direction

Select the desired search direction; Previous or Next (default). Previous searches from right to left across the Timeline. Next searches from left to right across the Timeline.

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Target Tracks

The target tracks selection determines which tracks are searched. All tracks is the default. If you want to limit the tracks that are searches, select Choose Tracks and then check the tracks to be included in searches. Choices are:

• VA tracks or V tracks (Video/Audio or Video only)

• A tracks (Audio)

• T tracks (Title)

• Selected track (track currently selected in the Timeline window)

Transition

When searching for transitions, this setting determines if the search should find the frame before the transition (“from” side clip) or the frame after the transition (“to” side clip). Default = “from” side clip.

Application Settings

Application settings determine how EDIUS Neo saves files, records window positions, creates titles and other application-specific operations.

The Application settings are accessed by selecting Settings>Application Settings from the Preview window and then selecting Application from the Application Settings tree in the Settings dialog. See

Note After making changes to any of the items in the Application Settings dialog,

click the Apply button to apply the changes and make them active. Several changes may be made before clicking the Apply button.

Figure 86.

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Figure 86. Application Settings

Recent Clip - Show the MRU List

If this option is selected, the names of recently used clips will appear in the Recent Clip list which is accessed by selecting File>Recent Clip from the preview window menu bar. See

Figure 87 for an example.

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Figure 87. Recent Clip Menu

Application Settings

Recent Clip - Number of Files

The number entered in this field designates how many recently used clips will be displayed in the Recent Clip list. Default = 5.

Recent Clip - Show Thumbnail in the MRU List

If selected, this setting displays clip thumbnails in the Recent Clip list. Large or Small (default) clip thumbnails may be selected. See

Recent Project - Show the MRU List

If this option is selected, a list of recently opened projects appears in the Recent Project area of the EDIUS Neo start up screen.

Recent Project - Number of Files

The number entered in this field designates how many recently opened projects will be displayed in the recent Project window. Default = 5.

Settings - Save Window Positions

If this setting is checked, window and palette positions at the time EDIUS Neo is closed are saved and used the next time EDIUS Neo is started.

Figure 87.

Settings - Show Tooltip

If this option is enabled, tooltips are displayed when the mouse cursor is positioned on effect names. Default = Checked.

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Settings - Enable Auto Save/Auto Save Interval

If this setting is checked, open project files are automatically saved at the interval specified in Auto save interval. The Auto save interval is specified in minutes. Default = Checked with a 3-minute auto save interval.

Settings - Player Format

Select the desired player format for file playback; Auto detect or Timeline format (default).

Settings - Default Titler

Select the default application to be used for creating titles. QuickTitler is the default application included with EDIUS Neo. If other EDIUS-compatible titling applications (such as TitleMotion Pro) have been installed, they will be available in the selection list.

Project File - Default Folder

A default project folder may created when EDIUS Neo is first started. The default location for all projects may be changed here. Regardless of the default project folder location setting, a different location may be specified for each project, if desired, as it is created or saved.

Project File - File Name

Enter the default filename when a new project is created. The default name can be changed when a new project is created or saved.

Customize Settings

Many aspects of the EDIUS Neo interface may be customized including buttons, keyboard shortcuts, window colors and more.

Button Settings

The Button settings are accessed by selecting Settings>Application Settings from the Preview window and then selecting Button from the Customize tree in the Settings dialog. See

Figure 88.

If the Customize tree is collapsed, click the “+” to expand the tree.

Note After making changes to any of the items in the Button dialog, click the Apply

button to apply the changes and make them active. Several changes may be made before clicking the Apply button.

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Figure 88. Button Settings

Customize Settings

Buttons for the Player, Recorder, Asset Bin, Timeline and Effects windows may be customized according to needs and usage patterns. The Player and Recorder buttons are divided into the following button groups (see

Figure 89):

•Left

•Center - Left

• Center - Right

•Right

Figure 89. Player Operation Button Groups

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The drop-down list at the top of the Button dialog (see Figure 90) displays the button groups that may be customized.

Figure 90. Select Button Group

To customize operation buttons, do the following:

1. Select the button group to be customized from the drop-down list box

shown in Figure 90.

2. From the Current Buttons list, select the button before which you want

the new button placed. The insertion marker marks the position at which the button will be inserted. See Figure 91 for an example.

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Figure 91. Select New Button Position

3. Select a button to add from the Available Buttons list and click the Add

button.

Note The Available Buttons list can be filtered to narrow down the possible selec-

tions. From the Category drop-down list, a specific button category may be selected (see Figure 92). Alternatively, a key word may be entered in the Filter field to narrow down the list of available buttons.

Figure 92. Button Category Selection

The selected button is added to the Current Button list at the position of the insertion marker. See Figure 93.

4. Add other buttons as needed following the steps above.

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Alternative Methods:

• Double-click the button to be added from the Available buttons list. The button is inserted in the Current Buttons list above the insertion point.

• Drag and drop the button from the Available Buttons list to the Current Buttons list. The button may be dropped at any point in the Current Buttons list and the selected insertion point is ignored.

Figure 93. New Button Added to Current Buttons List

5. Make additional changes to button groups as needed (see page 101 for

additional button actions).

6. Click the Apply button to apply the changes made to button groups and

close the Button Settings dialog.

Note If too many buttons are added to the Player (Center - Left), Player (Center -

Right), Recorder (Center - Left) or Recorder (Center - Right) button groups, only the buttons that can be displayed within the available area will be shown.

Other button actions may be performed in the Button Setting dialogs as explained below.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Preface

About This Manual

Minimum System Requirements

DVD Contents

Getting Started

Starting EDIUS Neo

Select Project Folder Location

Entering Numeric Data

Direct Input

Offset Input

Arrow Key Input

Mouse Wheel Input

Start-Up Window

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 Project Settings Dialog

Sequences

Create a New Sequence

Saving Projects

Auto Save/Backup

Exiting EDIUS

Project Operations

Opening Project Files

Open Project on Startup

Open a Project from the Current Project

Restore Offline Clips

Relink and Restore

Capture and Restore

Window Configuration

Multi-Monitor Layout

Single-Monitor Layout

Customizing Screen Layout

Saving Custom Layouts

Applying a Saved Layout

Restoring Default Layout

Preview Window

Dual Mode

Single Mode

Player Operation Buttons

Recorder Operation Buttons

Timeline Window

Timeline Operation Buttons

Timeline Scale

Timeline Scale Controller

Track Panel

Asset Bin Window

Palette Windows

Information Palette

Effect Palette

Sequence/Clip Marker Palette

Application and Plug-In Settings

Application Settings

Timeline Settings

Extend Clips When Applying Transition/Cross Fade

Insert Default Cross Fade in Transition

Insert Default Transition in Cross Fade

Set the Cutting Point of Transition/Cross Fade to Front

Hold the Next Clip When Trimming a Clip Except Ripple Trim

Add Clips to Mapped Track

Snap of Event

Insert Mode

Overwrite Mode

Sync Mode

Ripple Mode

Waveform

Clip Timecode

Clip Thumbnail

Render Settings

Filters