Grass Valley NewsEdit XT User Manual

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November 30, 2004 Release 071-8308-01 for Software Version 5.1

November 21, 2005 Release 071-8308-02 for Software Version 5.5

Preface

Chapter 1 Introducing NewsEdit

What is NewsEdit? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Quick Overview of Editing with NewsEdit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Tour of the NewsEdit Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Main Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Navigating in NewsEdit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using the Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Tour of the NewsEdit Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chapter 2 Setting Up The Bin

The Bin Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Understanding the Bin Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Creating a New Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Working in Shared or Local Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Setting Up Your Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Setting Up a SmartBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Creating a Video Server SmartBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Creating a Media Import SmartBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Viewing the Material in Your Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Thumbnail View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Details View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Using the Context-Sensitive Bin Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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Chapter 3 Editing In the Timeline

Editing Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Understanding the Timeline and Source Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

The Timeline Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

The Source Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Controlling a Deck from NewsEdit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Creating a New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Changing Sequence Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Selecting and Deselecting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Toggling tracks on the fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Setting Up Your Edit in the Timeline Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Marking In and Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Setting Up a Split Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Setting Up Your Edit in the Source Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Marking In and Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using Variable Speed Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Setting Up a Split Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Routing Audio Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Using Input Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Naming Source Tapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Selecting Your Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Using a Clip Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Changing Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Using Auxiliary Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Creating Your Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Playing a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Saving a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Chapter 4 Other Ways to Edit with NewsEdit

Using Clips Stored in the Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Using Files from Removable Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Using Files from Proximity artbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Finding Clips in Your Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Linking to an Existing News Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Recording to the Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Batch Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Creating a Batch Capture List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Rearranging the Batch Capture List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Saving a Batch Capture List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Loading a Batch Capture List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Recording Clips to the Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Moving Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Copying a Clip or Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Moving a Clip or Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Renaming Bins and Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Deleting Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Searching for a Clip or Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Changing Master Clip Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Chapter 5 Importing and Exporting Files

Importing Files from a Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Importing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Importing Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Importing DiskCam Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Importing EDL Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Importing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Importing Graphic Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Importing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Importing a TGA Animation Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Exporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Exporting Audio Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Exporting EDLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Exporting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Exporting Graphic Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Exporting Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Exporting Files for Final Cut Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Working with Audio OMF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Exporting a NewsEdit Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Adding Audio Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Importing Enhanced OMF Files Back into NewsEdit . . . . . . . . . . 126

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Chapter 6 Trimming Your Clips

Trimming Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Using the Trim Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Trimming Your Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Using Handles to Add Frames to Your Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Locking the Duration of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Playing Past Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Changing Cut Points Between Adjacent Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Using the Cut Point Edit Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Changing Cut Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Extending Your Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Extending Your Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Trimming Your Media Clips in the Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Creating SubClips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Copying a Clip to the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

A Quick Way to Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Chapter 7 Fine Tuning and Advanced Editing

Moving Clips in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Moving Audio Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Copying and Pasting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Selected Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Selected Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Saving the Timeline Track Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Changing the Editing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using Quick Edit Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Splitting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Lifting Clips From the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Deleting a Clip from Your Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Inserting Filler Between Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Creating a Fit To Fill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Adding a Freeze Frame To Your Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Varying the Speed of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Creating Split Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Using Control Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Using Match Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Match Frame to Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Match Frame to Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Working with Apple Final Cut Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Converting Existing NewsEdit Files to .mov Format . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Exporting a NewsEdit Sequence as a Final Cut Pro EDL . . . . . . 158

Importing a NewsEdit Sequence on Final Cut Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Opening a NewsEdit Clip on Final Cut Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Exporting a Final Cut Pro File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

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Chapter 8 Adding Transitions to Your Sequences

Using the Transition Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Adding Transitions to Your Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Creating a Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Changing Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Rendering Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Creating Transitions For an Area of the Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Deleting Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Understanding Transition Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Dissolves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Wipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Pushes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Page Curls (3D Option — NewsEdit XT only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Adding Audio Crossfades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Applying Crossfades to the Audio Tracks Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Applying Crossfades Automatically With Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . 176

Chapter 9 Adding and Adjusting Audio

Using the Audio Mixer Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Adjusting Audio Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Viewing Audio Levels on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Changing Audio Levels in a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Removing Fade Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Ganging and Adjusting Multiple Audio Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Setting the Pan Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Monitoring Audio Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Soloing a Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Muting a Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Using the Master Audio Sliders to Set Output Level . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Channel Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Adjusting Audio Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Using Audio Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Showing Audio Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Removing Audio Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Crossfading Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Adding Audio Narration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

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Chapter 10 Creating Audio Effects

Using the Audio Effects Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Equalizing Audio in a Recorded Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Adjusting the Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Adjusting the Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Adjusting the Mid Band Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Disguising a Voice in a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Adjusting the Pitch and Randomizing the Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Chapter 11 Creating Video Effects (Option)

Video Effects Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Understanding Video Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Moving the Foreground Image Within the Viewer Window . . . . . . 203

Defining 3D Source and Target Space (NewsEdit XT only) . . . . . 206

Using the Video Effects Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Adding an Effect to the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Using Saved Effects in Your Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Importing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Defining Your Video Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Choosing a Video Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Using 3D Transformations (NewsEdit XT only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Using Effect Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Defining Effect Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Working with Keyframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Inserting Keyframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Modifying Keyframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Setting a Path for the Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Viewing Effects Within Your Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Saving Video Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Rendering Video Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Layering Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Exporting Video Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

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Using the Title Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Using Title Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Modifying a Template for Your Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Selecting a Text Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Editing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Changing Text Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Changing Edge Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Advanced Titling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Understanding the Lyric Plug-in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Changing the Title Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Importing Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Adding Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Adding Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Chapter 13 Sending & Storing Completed Sequences

Sending Sequences to Another NewsEdit or a Playback Server . . . . 244

Associating a Sequence with a NewsQ Pro Placeholder. . . . . . . . 246

Recording Completed Sequences to Tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Storing Sequences on NewsEdit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Creating a Playback List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Playing Sequences in the Playback List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Trimming Sequences in the Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Changing Playback Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Archiving Sequences on Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Contents

Appendix A The NewsEdit Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Appendix B Video Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Appendix C Configuring NewsEdit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Appendix D Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

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Grass Valley Product Support

To get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new problems, contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax.

Web Technical Support

To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page on the Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or find solutions to problems by searching our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.

Grass Valley Product Support

World Wide Web: Technical Support E-mail Address:

http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/support/

gvgtechsupport@thomson.net.

Phone Support

Use the following information to contact product support by phone during business hours. Afterhours phone support is available for warranty and contract customers.

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Authorized Support Representative

A local authorized support representative may be available in your country. To locate the support representative for your country, visit the product support Web page on the Grass Valley Web site.

Profile Users Group

You can connect with other Profile XP Media Platform users to ask questions or share advice, tips, and hints. Send e-mail to proﬁle-users@thomson.net to join the community and benefit from the experience of others.

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Safety Summaries

General Safety Summary

Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it.

Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures.

While using this product, you may need to access other parts of the system. Read the cautions related to operating the system.

Review all system operator manuals, including manuals in electronic format on the system hard drive.

Injury Precautions

General Safety Summary

Safety Summaries

in other system manuals for warnings and

Use Proper Power

Cord

Ground the Product

Do Not Operate Without Covers

Do Not Operate in

Wet/Damp

Conditions

Do Not Operate in

an Explosive

Atmosphere

Avoid Exposed

Circuitry

To avoid fire hazard, use only the power cord specified for this product.

This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making connections to the input or output terminals of the product, ensure that the product is properly grounded.

To avoid electric shock or fire hazard, do not operate this product with covers or panels removed.

To avoid electric shock, do not operate this product in wet or damp conditions.

To avoid injury or fire hazard, do not operate this product in an explosive atmosphere.

To avoid injury, remove jewelry such as rings, watches, and other metallic objects. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present.

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Product Damage Precautions

Use Proper Power

Source

Provide Proper

Ventilation

Do Not Operate With

Suspected Failures

Battery

Replacement

Do not operate this product from a power source that applies more than the voltage specified.

To prevent product overheating, provide proper ventilation.

If you suspect there is damage to this product, have it inspected by qualified service personnel.

To avoid damage, replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the circuit board manufacturer. Dispose of used battery according to the circuit board manufacturer’s instructions.

Safety Terms and Symbols

Terms in This

Manual

These terms may appear in this and other product manuals:

WARNING

: Warning statements identify conditions or

practices that can result in personal injury or loss of life.

CAUTION

: Caution statements identify conditions or practices that can result in damage to the equipment or other property.

Terms on the

Product

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These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER

indicates a personal injury hazard immediately

accessible as one reads the marking.

WARNING

indicates a personal injury hazard not

immediately accessible as you read the marking.

CAUTION

indicates a hazard to property including the

product.

Service Safety Summary

Symbols on the

Product

The following symbols may appear on the product:

DANGER high voltage

Protective ground (earth) terminal

ATTENTION – refer to manual

Service Safety Summary

Do Not Service

Alone

No Power Switch

Use Care When

Servicing With

Power On

Do not perform internal service or adjustment of this product unless another person capable of rendering first aid and resuscitation is present.

To avoid electric shock, disconnect the main power by means of the power cord. The power cord is the main power disconnect. Ensure that the power cord is easily accessible at the rear of the product or at the power receptacle.

Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product. Disconnect power and remove battery (if applicable) before removing protective panels, soldering, or replacing components.

To avoid electric shock, do not touch exposed connections.

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Certifications and Compliances

Canadian Certified

Power Cords

Canadian approval includes the products and power cords appropriate for use in the North America power network. All other power cords supplied are approved for the country of use.

FCC Emission

Control

Canadian EMC

Notice of

Compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Grass Valley can affect emission compliance and could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A préscrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le ministère des Communications du Canada.

Canadian Certified

EN55022 Class A

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AC Adapter

Warning

Canadian approval includes the AC adapters appropriate for use in the North America power network. All other AC adapters supplied are approved for the country of use.

For products that comply with Class A. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

Laser Compliance

Laser Safety

Requirements

Certifications and Compliances

The device used in this product is a Class 1 certified laser product. Operating this product outside specifications or altering its original design may result in hazardous radiation exposure, and may be considered an act of modifying or new manufacturing of a laser product under U.S. regulations contained in 21CFR Chapter 1, subchapter J or CENELEC regulations in HD 482 S1. People performing such an act are required by law to recertify and reidentify this product in accordance with provisions of 21CFR subchapter J for distribution within the U.S.A., and in accordance with CENELEC HD 482 S1 for distribution within countries using the IEC 825 standard.

Laser Safety

FCC Emission

Limits

Laser safety in the United States is regulated by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The laser safety regulations are published in the “Laser Product Performance Standard,” Code of Federal Regulation (CFR), Title 21, Subchapter J.

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard 825, “Radiation of Laser Products, Equipment Classification, Requirements and User’s Guide,” governs laser products outside the United States. Europe and member nations of the European Free Trade Association fall under the jurisdiction of the Comité Européen de Normalization Electrotechnique (CENELEC).

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesirable operation.

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Certification

Category Standard

Safety

Designed/tested for compliance with:

ANSI/UL60950-2000

IEC 60950

CAN/CSA C22.2, No. 60950-00

EN60950:2000

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment (3rd edition, 1999)

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment (3rd edition)

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Environmental Criteria

The following table lists the environmental criteria for the NewsEdit system.

Characteristics Description

Environmental Criteria

Operating Temperature

Storage Temperature

Operating Altitude

Storage Altitude

Mechanical Shock

Random Vibration Requirement: Operational: Class 6 Grass Valley

Transportation Requirement: Grass Valley 001131500

Equipment Type Supplemental Data: Information Technology

Equipment Class Supplemental Data: Class 1

Installation Category Requirement: Category II Local level mains, appliances,

Pollution Degree Requirement: Level 2 operating environment, indoor use

Relative Humidity Requirement: Operating 80% from +30° to +40°C

Requirement:

Supplemental Data:

Requirement:

Supplemental Data:

Requirement: Non-Operational: Class 5 Grass Valley

10° to 40°C

-40° to 65°C

To 10,000 feet

IEC 60950 compliant to 2000 meters

To 40,000 feet

Class 5 (30G) Grass Valley 001131500

001131500

portable equipment, etc.

only.

Non-Operating 90% from +30° to +60°C Do not operate with visible moisture on the circuit boards

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Chapter

Introducing NewsEdit

NewsEdit is a digital nonlinear editing system for news applications, combining all of the functionality and speed of deck-to-deck editing with the power and performance of a nonlinear system.

This manual shows you how to use NewsEdit effectively and efficiently to produce quality on-air news stories.

This chapter discusses:

• What NewsEdit is

• The NewsEdit editing process

• The NewsEdit window

• NewsEdit navigation

• The NewsEdit keyboard

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What is NewsEdit?

NewsEdit is a digital nonlinear editing solution designed specifically for editing news stories. It replaces your record deck and effects switcher by displaying your edits in real time so you can quickly move on to your next edit without going back to review a completed edit.

Nonlinear editing systems provide greater efficiency, accuracy, and flexibility than analog tape-based systems. For instance, you do not need to edit the first shot first and the last shot last — you can edit shots in any order without rerecording all of your edits after a change. You can also update breaking stories quickly, save them, and then create different versions.

Re-editing stories, fixing mistakes, and adding shots in a tape-to-tape environment can require valuable time in a business where time isn’t always available. With nonlinear editing, however, you can make changes to cuts, transitions, and audio levels at any time during the editing process. NewsEdit trims precious minutes down to seconds with just a few keystrokes.

The NewsEdit interface is designed for ease of use. It consists of a bin, a record/playback viewing monitor, a four-track audio mixer, a trim tool, and an editing Timeline. NewsEdit’s unique dynamic display updates automatically to provide you, the editor, with the tools you need for every edit.

Because the audio and video are stored digitally, you can repeatedly use and manipulate media without duplication or degradation.

Quick Overview of Editing with NewsEdit

You create a news story with NewsEdit in three stages:

1. Record your raw footage or feed directly to the NewsEdit Timeline or Bin.

You can also to import clips and sequences from other third-party sources or other NewsEdit workstations.

2. Edit the story and fine-tune it.

Use basic editing procedures to create simple cuts. Add dissolve, wipe, or slide transitions. Add video effects such as blurs, color effects, or Picture-inPicture. Adjust the audio or add new audio. Add graphics or titles.

3. Save your final story to a network server, record it to tape for airing, or play it directly to air with your NewsEdit playlist.

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Tour of the NewsEdit Window

The NewsEdit window consists of a main toolbar, a Bin to hold your files, a record/playback monitor, a four-track audio mixer, an editing Timeline, and a dynamic window that changes depending on the tool you are using.

Tour of the NewsEdit Window

Main Toolbar

Bin

Record/Playback Viewing Window

NewsQ Pro Information

Editing Timeline

Dynamic Window

Audio Mixer

If you are using the NewsQ Pro Assignment List Manager with NewsEdit, you see the Category pull-down list and the number of missing stories for NewsQ Pro in your NewsEdit window. See the NewsQ Pro documentation for further information.

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Main Toolbar

The Main Toolbar lets you access common NewsEdit functions:

Icon Name Function

Send to File Sends a clip or sequence to another destination.

Timeline View Displays the main view with the selected sequence on the

Trimmer View Opens the selected clip in the Trimmer for editing.

Player View Displays the video in another player window.

Story View Displays the script for the selected sequence, if there is one.

Record to Bin Records clips directly into your Bin; not available in NewsEdit

Play to Tape Records the selected clip or sequence to tape; not available in

Properties Displays the properties for the currently selected clip or

Render Effects Renders the currently selected transitions or other selected

Render All Renders all unrendered transitions and effects in the current

Mix Down Collapses a video effect into the video clip below it, allowing

Media Explorer Opens the Media Explorer program, which allows you to obtain

Timeline.

SCE.

NewsEdit SCE.

sequence, including the description, creation date, and location.

effects.

sequence.

you to apply another effect to the same clip.

and manage media files from your network.

Bin

The Bin is a database where clips and sequences are stored and organized. The top-level bin appears by default when you start NewsEdit. You can create additional bins to organize your media. You can also customize the information about each clip and then search specific fields in the database.

See “Setting Up The Bin” on page 37 for details on using the Bin.

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Timeline

The Timeline is an all-purpose editing window that replaces a record deck in the editing process. The Timeline provides a graphic representation of your sequence in a single window, displaying its tracks, the name of each clip, and the current frame’s location.

The Timeline window has its own Toolbar:

Timeline

Timeline Toolbar

The Timeline Toolbar provides access to each of the NewsEdit tools and lets you select your editing mode:

Icon Function

Saves your sequence in the Bin.

Selects the Timeline Tool.

Selects the Source Tool.

Selects the Trim Tool.

Selects the Cut Point Edit Tool.

Selects the Transition Tool.

Selects the Audio Mixer Tool.

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Icon Function

Selects the Audio Effects Tool.

Selects the Video Effects Tool.

Selects the Title Tool.

Selects Overwrite Edit Mode.

Selects Splice Edit Mode.

Activates Fit To Fill.

Splits a clip at the cursor point.

Trims the top of the selected clip on the Timeline.

Trims the tail of the selected clip on the Timeline.

Deletes selected clips.

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Lifts selected clips off the Timeline.

Zooms in the view in the Timeline.

Zooms out the view in the Timeline.

Undo.

Redo.

Opens the Sequence Properties window.

Tools

Each of the nine NewsEdit tools displays in the dynamic window, leaving the Timeline unchanged. You select the tools from the Timeline toolbar.

Timeline Tool

Source Tool

The Timeline Tool

The Timeline Tool opens by default when you first create a sequence. You can select and move clips or audio tracks, play sequences, mark in and out points, and adjust master output audio sliders.

Trim Tool Transition Tool

Cut Point Edit Tool

Audio Mixer Tool Video Effects Tool

Audio Effects Tool Title Tool

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The Source Tool

The Source Tool digitizes raw material directly to the Timeline. This is the fastest and most efficient way to generate clips from a source tape. You can also use other sources for your footage, such as video feeds or microphones.

The Trim Tool

The Trim Tool changes the head or tail of a clip to change its duration.

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The Cut Point Edit Tool

The Cut Point Edit Tool changes the edit points between clips in the Timeline. You can easily create split edits by only selecting audio or video. If you have handles on your clips, you can access unused portions of a clip without returning to the source tape and redoing the edit.

Tools

The Transition Tool

The Transition Tool creates transition effects between clips in a sequence. You can create dissolves or wipes between any two edits by selecting the transition you want and clicking at the point you want the effect to appear.

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The Audio Mixer Tool

The Audio Mixer Tool adjusts the audio settings in a sequence, including the level, the pan, and output channel routing. You can raise or lower the audio on each audio track, or ride the audio on the fly using the Write Automation option.

The Audio Effects Tool

The Audio Effects Tool adjusts the frequency and gain within a clip by adjusting the audio EQ. For instance, you could disguise a subject’s face and voice by modifying the audio and using a mosaic or blur effect for video.

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The Video Effects Tool

The Video Effects Tool is optional and creates effects for one or two video tracks, depending on the effect. An effects track on the Timeline lets you create the effect using keyframes and review the clip with the effect applied to it.

The Title Tool

The Title Tool is optional and adds text and graphics to your sequences. A graphics track on the Timeline lets you create the effect, modify its properties, and review the clip with the title applied to it.

Tools

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Navigating in NewsEdit

NewsEdit supports any combination of mouse and keyboard navigation. This manual includes instructions for both mouse and keyboard commands.

Using the Mouse

To execute a mouse command, move the mouse pointer to a menu or button and click the left mouse button. This manual uses the term click when you press the mouse button once, double-click when you press the mouse button twice in quick succession, and press when you press and hold the mouse button.

You can also drag clips from the Bin directly into the Timeline. Place the mouse pointer on the title bar of the clip you want to move, press and hold the mouse button, drag the clip to the Timeline, and release the mouse button. This method of editing is track specific, so make sure you have the proper video and audio tracks enabled on the Timeline before performing the edit.

Using the Keyboard

The NewsEdit keyboard has color-coded keys that allow you to see editing commands at a glance. Keyboard commands can be single keystrokes or key combinations. You execute key combinations such as and holding the first key in the combination, while simultaneously pressing the second key. See Appendix A for a complete list of keyboard keys and functions.

Ctrl + TAB by pressing

Using the Shortcut Menus

This application also makes use of right-click shortcut menus. Shortcut menus provide a quick way to access relevant commands without having to move the mouse pointer to the toolbar or menu bar. To access these menus, press the right-mouse button once and a menu appears. The commands that appear depend on the position of the mouse pointer when you right-click. For example, when you right-click in the Bin, the shortcut menu provides quick access to bin management commands.

If you are comfortable using a mouse, shortcut menus provide a valuable means of accessing commands quickly.

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Tour of the NewsEdit Keyboard

NewsEdit’s keyboard uses color-coded keys that correspond to NewsEdit functions. NewsEdit LT uses a slightly different keyboard than NewsEdit XT and NewsEdit SC. The different sections of each keyboard are introduced below. See Appendix A for a detailed key reference.

Tour of the NewsEdit Keyboard

NewsEdit LT keyboard

NewsEdit XT and SC keyboard

Esc F1

!1@2#3$4%5^6&7*8(9)

Tab

Caps Lock

Shift

Ctrl

F2 F31F4

Q W

A G

RE I O P

D FS

Z XHC V

Alt

F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12

Y U

CTL

Esc

SuspendF1Setup

~ `

Tab

Caps Lock

Ctrl Fn

F2 F3 F10 F12

F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9

!1@2#3$4%5^6&7*8(9)

Q W

A G

Shift

A1KA2

Z XHC V

RE I O P

Y U

D FS

CTL

Alt

{[}

;

?/>

Backspace

]

Enter

Shift

CtrlAlt Gr

Print Scrn SysRq

Insert Home

Delete End

Scroll Lock

Prnt Scrn

SysRq

A1KA2

< ,

Alt

Pause

Break

PageUpNum

Page Down

Num Lk

Scroll Lk

F11

Pause

Break

{[}

;

? />.

Ctrl

/*-

Lock

Home

465

End

Ins

Insert Home Page Up

Delete End Page Dn

Backspace

]

Enter

Shift

Pg Up

Pg Dn

Enter

Del

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These keys correspond to NewsEdit functions:

• The Record Key—The record key starts recording.

F12

• Main Tool Selection Keys—The first eight dark blue keys activate the corresponding NewsEdit tools. The last two dark blue keys move clips between cut points in the Timeline.

Z X

• Track Selection Keys—The light blue keys zoom the view in the Timeline and select clip tracks.

V A1

: ;

• Mark Point Keys—The dark purple keys set and control the mark In and Out points.

F31F4

F7 F8F6F5

F8F5 F6F31F4

I O P

{ [

BONV

CTL

B N

CTL

• Deck Control Keys—The light purple keys act as deck controls for playing sequences.

Q W RE

• Transport Command Keys—The avocado green keys control movement within a clip.

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D FS HA G

Tour of the NewsEdit Keyboard

• Edit Mode Keys—The gray keys select the different edit modes.

F9 F10 F11

F9 F10

F11

• Clip and Track Selection Keys—The peach keys select clips and tracks on the Timeline.

• Cut Point Edit Tool Keys—The yellow keys perform cut point edits.

T Y U

• Other NewsEdit Keys—The green and black keys perform miscellaneous editing functions.

Pause

Break

~ `

( 9

Insert Home

) 0

Page Up

}

]

} ]

| \

Pause

Break

Delete End

Delete EndHome

Page Down

Page DnPage Up

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Chapter

Setting Up The Bin

NewsEdit uses Bins to hold all of your media clips, sequences, and raw footage. You can create as many bins as you need to organize your work.

This chapter discusses how to:

• Create a new bin

• Work in Shared or Local mode

• Set up your bins

• Set up a SmartBin

• View your bins

• Use the context-sensitive Bin menu

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The Bin Window

The Bin window consists of two main components — a toolbar and the area that holds your files. The toolbar lets you create new bins and sequences, search for specific files, and change the way you view bins.

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Understanding the Bin Toolbar

The Bin Toolbar lets you access common bin functions:

Button Function

View the bins at the next highest level.

Search for a specific clip or sequence.

Toggle between displaying bins and search results.

Toggle between displaying your clips and sequences as text or as thumbnails.

Understanding the Bin Toolbar

Create a new sequence in your bin.

Create a new bin.

Import clips from other workstations.

Select the columns to view in your bin; available only when viewing bin contents as text, not as thumbnails.

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Chapter 2 Setting Up The Bin

Creating a New Bin

The Bin window is empty when you open NewsEdit for the first time. Before you can begin using NewsEdit, you need to create bins to store your work. You can create and organize your bins to suit your work style. For instance, you could create a bin for each day of the week and within those set up a bin for each individual story or for each editor.

To create a new bin:

1. Click the

The Bin Properties window appears:

2. Enter the bin Name.

3. Enter a bin Description.

New Bin button on the Bin toolbar.

4. Enter bin Keywords if you want to.

You can use the keywords to search for a specific bin.

5. Click

6. Click

If you want to create a SmartBin, see “Setting Up a SmartBin” on page 43.

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Browse and select a location for the Bin, if different than the default.

OK.

Working in Shared or Local Mode

You can use NewsEdit either in shared or local mode:

• Shared mode uses a shared media database. All NewsEdit workstations access the same bins; the bins are locked so two editors can’t make changes to the same file at the same time.

• Local mode uses your computer’s local disk storage and a local media database. Each NewsEdit workstation has its own Bin on the NewsEdit machine, and cannot share the Bin. In order to use someone else’s files, you need to import them into your Bin.

You can change modes from the General Options menu; see “Setting General Options” on page 315 for instructions.

NewsEdit indicates your current mode at the top of the window.

NewsEdit in shared mode

You create sequences in NewsEdit the same way regardless of what mode you are working in. The main difference is that your Bin is shared, and all editors using a NewsEdit workstation have access to the same media files you do, according to security settings.

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Setting Up Your Bins

There are several ways to organize your bins, and the organization you choose depends mostly on your job function as well as your organizational style.

A typical setup for a newsroom might be:

1-Monday through 7-Sunday are used for

Bins everyday stories.

Bin

Imports is set up as a single location where

other NewsEdit workstations can send clips over the network to you.

Misc. is a folder to hold any clips to be

Bin saved, such as Whiteflash, Black, Color Bars and Tone, Reporter Outcues, repeated effects, etc.

HFR (Hold For Release) is used when you are

Bin editing a story on one day but airing it on another.

Bin Effects holds saved video effects.

It is also important that, within each day of the week, you create another bin with the title of the specific project or newscast you are working on. This helps to keep the bins organized, especially if you have more than one editor working on the same NewsEdit system.

NewsEdit automatically monitors your bins and refreshes the display if anyone places a file in one of your bins. For instance, as a breaking story develops, station staff can place the latest footage in a given directory. It then appears in your Bin where you can use it in your sequence.

To refresh your Bin manually, press

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F5 or select View | Refresh.

Setting Up a SmartBin

If you are using NewsEdit in shared mode, you can have clips from a Media Server appear in one of your bins automatically. This type of Bin is called a SmartBin. NewsEdit monitors the server folder you specify and updates the SmartBin automatically when new clips or updated feeds appear. You don’t need to go into the server directory and copy the media into your NewsEdit bin in order to use it for playout.

To create a SmartBin:

Setting Up a SmartBin

1. Click the

New Bin button on the Bin toolbar.

2. Select the SmartBin Type from the drop-down list:

Video Server SmartBin Allows clips from a Media Server to update automatically in a

Media Import SmartBin Allows QuickTime DV25 .mov and DV50 .mov files to import

NewsEdit Bin.

automatically into a NewsEdit Bin.

3. Follow the directions below for the type of SmartBin you are creating.

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Creating a Video Server SmartBin

To create a Video Server SmartBin:

1. Click

Browse to the right of the Server Path field.

The Select Server Bin window appears:

2. If you are using a Network Attached Storage server, enter the name of the server and hit

Connect; if you are using a Profile or MSeries iVDR server,

the Server field is grayed out.

NOTE: You only need to enter the name of the server the first time you connect; the server connects automatically once you’ve set it up.

3. Select the bin to monitor and click

OK.

The Server Path fills in with the selected Bin and the Enable SmartBin checkbox gets checked.

4. Click

OK to create the SmartBin.

NewsEdit now monitors the Media Server folder and adds new media to this bin automatically.

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Creating a Media Import SmartBin

Media Import SmartBins allow you to automatically import QuickTime DV25 and DV50 .mov files into NewsEdit. This allows you to use Apple’s Final Cut Pro video editing application, within a NAS environment, to create news footage and then import it into NewsEdit.

Once set up, whenever you export a file into the source folder, it is automatically imported into the NewsEdit Bin. You can then use it in a sequence.

To create a Media Import SmartBin:

Creating a Media Import SmartBin

1. Click

2. Select the folder to monitor and click

3. Click

NewsEdit now monitors the Media Import folder and imports new media to this bin automatically.

Browse to the right of the Server Path field.

The Browse For Folder window appears:

OK.

The Server Path fills in with the folder location.

OK to create the SmartBin.

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Viewing the Material in Your Bins

There are two ways to view the contents of your Bin: Thumbnail view or Details view.

Thumbnail View

In this view, each clip or sequence is represented by a single frame, allowing you to see the content of the material. The Thumbnail view provides a visual representation of the type of media file in each bin.

Bin

Audio clip

Subclip

Sequence

Master Clip

Graphic

Video Effect

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Thumbnail View

Changing Thumbnail Size

NewsEdit offers three different sizes of thumbnails in this view: small, medium, and large. The default size is small.

To change the size of the thumbnails:

1. Click the

View Thumbnails button on the Bin Toolbar.

2. Choose the thumbnail size you want from the View menu.

Selecting the Head Frame

Each clip or sequence in Thumbnail view is represented by a single frame, called the head frame. By default, NewsEdit uses the first frame from the clip or sequence. However, you can choose any frame within the clip or sequence to represent the file in the view.

To select a different frame for the Thumbnail:

1. Double-click the clip or sequence to open it.

Clips open in the Trimmer window; sequences open in the Timeline Tool.

2. Play through the clip until you find the frame you want to use.

3. Click

4. Click

Set Head Frame From Current Frame.

OK.

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Details View

Displaying Columns

You can hide or display multiple text columns in the Bin:

In this view, each clip or sequence is represented by an icon, the name of the file, and other information about the file, such as timecode, description, and keywords.

The information acts as a database that you can customize by entering information about your clips. You can also search the information for clips that match certain criteria.

1. Click the

2. Double-click on a bin to open it.

If you are in the highest-level bin, you will not see all of the column choices.

3. Click the

4. Select the columns you want to display or click the all of the columns. A checkmark appears next to the selected options:

- Name — Displays the name of the clip or sequence.

- Description — Displays the description of the clip or sequence.

- Keywords — Displays any keywords you entered; these keywords help

to identify and search for specific clips.

- Created — Displays the date the clip or sequence was created.

- Folder — Displays the directory where the clip files are stored.

- Duration — Displays the length of the clip or sequence.

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View Thumbnails button in the Bin Toolbar.

Column Manager button in the Bin Toolbar.

Reset button to display

Details View

- Mark In — Displays the Mark In timecode.

- Mark Out — Displays the Mark Out timecode.

- Video Format — Displays the video format used for the clip or sequence,

NTSC or PAL.

- Video Aspect — Displays the video aspect for the clip or sequence, 4:3

or 16:9.

- Video Resolution — Displays the video resolution for the clip or

sequence.

- Compression — Displays the video compression type for the clip or

sequence, DV25, DV50, or MPEG2.

- Chroma Format — Displays the chroma ratio for the clip or sequence,

4:1:1, 4:2:0 or 4:2:2.

- Tracks — Displays the tracks present in the clip.

- Tape ID — Displays the name of the source VTR tape where the media

in this clip came from.

- Modified — Displays the date of the last time the clip was modified.

5. Click

OK.

The Bin displays your new column choices.

Sorting Your Media Files

You can arrange clips in numeric or alphabetical order according to the columns you select. For example, you can sort the Bin by the Mark In column to display all of the clips in timecode order.

To sort the Bin:

1. Click the heading of the column by which you want to sort the Bin.

The clips and sequences display in alphabetical or numerical order depending on the column you selected.

2. Click the column again to reverse the order of the sort.

3. Right-click in the Bin and select original sort order.

Restore Default Sort to return to the

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Using the Context-Sensitive Bin Menu

Many NewsEdit features are available by right-clicking in the Bin window. This menu displays available commands depending on where you click.

Menu Item Description

Details Changes the Bin view to Details View.

Thumbnails Changes the Bin view to Thumbnails View.

Copy Copies a clip or sequence from the Bin to the clipboard.

Paste Pastes a clip or sequence from the clipboard to the Bin.

Delete Deletes the selected clip from the Bin.

Rename Changes the name of a bin, clip, or sequence.

Consolidate Strips a clip or sequence of any unused data, reducing the file size.

Copy to Timeline Copies the selected clips in the Bin to the Timeline.

Copy to Source Tool Copies the selected clips into the Source Tool.

Send to File Send a clip or sequence to another destination.

View Player Previews the selected clip or sequence in a viewer window.

View Trimmer Opens the bin trimmer.

View Timeline Opens the Timeline window.

Import Clip Opens the Import Clip dialog box so you can select a file to import.

Record to Bin Records a clip directly into the Bin instead of the Timeline.

Play to Tape Records sequences onto videotape.

Find Opens the Find dialog box so you can search for a clip or sequence.

Find in Workgroup Searches for clips or sequences on other workstations in your workgroup.

Restore Default Sort Restores the default sort order in the Details View of the Bin window.

Column Manager Opens the Column Manager so you can change the columns in the Bin.

Show References Displays all places a clip is used (sequences, sub-clips, and master clips).

Properties Opens the Properties window so you change the properties of a file.

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Chapter

Editing In the Timeline

To edit a story with NewsEdit, you need to move the video and audio media from tapes or feeds to a digital format on your computer. The most efficient way to create stories is to edit directly to the Timeline.

This chapter discusses how to:

• Use the Timeline Tool and Source Tool for editing

• Create a new sequence

• Select and deselect tracks

• Mark In and Out points

• Set up a split edit

• Use variable speed recording

• Route audio input

• Use Input Tools to adjust video and audio

• Name Source tapes for ingest

• Select a source for input

• Use a clip as an input source

• Create your clips

• Play your sequence

• Save your sequences

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Editing Overview

Editing directly to the Timeline is the fastest and most efficient way to use NewsEdit and produce sequences. Editing in the Timeline involves these basic steps:

1. Create a new sequence.

2. Select the tracks you want to record in the Timeline.

3. From the Timeline Tool, you may optionally:

- Mark In and Out points

- Set up a split edit

- Route the audio output

4. Press

5. Select the source you are using to edit.

6. Play the source to find footage you want to use in your NewsEdit sequence.

7. Press

8. Press the

9. Play your sequence if you want to.

10. Repeat steps 6-9 for each clip.

11. Save your sequence.

This chapter discusses each of these steps.

2 to select the Source Tool and optionally:

- Mark In and Out points

- Route the audio output

- Change the speed of a clip

- Set up a split edit

F12 to record.

spacebar to stop recording when your clip is complete.

If you’ve marked an Out point, the system will stop recording at that point.

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Understanding the Timeline and Source Tools

Editing in the Timeline involves using both the Timeline Tool and the Source Tool.

The Timeline Tool

The Timeline Tool opens when you create a new sequence. It is the tool you use to select clips, mark in and out points, and play sequences.

To use the Timeline Tool, press button in the Timeline Toolbar.

Transport Controls

Start Recording

1 on your keyboard or click the Timeline Tool

Mark Point Controls

Output Audio Controls

Stop Recording

Copy To Timeline

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Changing the Timeline View

You can zoom in and out of the Timeline to see a specific area of the Timeline or to get an overall perspective of your sequence. There are two ways to change the Timeline view—you can change it manually or use Auto Scale to have the view adjust automatically when your sequence extends beyond the Timeline view.

To manually change the Timeline view:

• Right-click the

Turn Auto Scale On/Off button and select an increment to

the Timeline view to display.

You can also press

+ on your keyboard or click the Zoom In button in the

Timeline Toolbar to zoom in the Timeline view. Press zoom out the Timeline view.

To have the Timeline view adjust automatically:

- or click Zoom Out to

• Click the

Turn Auto-Scale On/Off button in the Timeline.

The Timeline view compresses and displays the entire sequence in the Timeline each time the sequence extends beyond the Timeline window. To turn off Auto-Scale, click

NOTE: Auto-Scale turns off automatically once you click

Zoom Out on the Timeline toolbar.

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Turn Auto-Scale On/Off again.

Zoom In or

The Source Tool

The Source Tool is the place where you view your footage, taking media from the input source into the Timeline for editing.

The Source Tool

To select the Source Tool, press button in the Timeline Toolbar.

Control Track Controls

Quick Edit Mode

2 on your keyboard or click the Source Tool

Tape

Input Audio Controls

Variable Speed Controls

Input

Available Sources

Tools

Use Aux Input

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Controlling a Deck from NewsEdit

If you are using a tape deck, you can control it from the NewsEdit window or keyboard. NewsEdit provides transport control buttons like those on a tape deck, which control the Timeline, clip source, and Deck.

Use these controls to locate the material you want to record as a clip. Then use the marking controls to mark the clip or use the transport control buttons on your deck to locate your Mark In and Mark Out points. The deck controls are:

Button Function

Ejects the tape.

Rewinds the tape.

Plays the tape.

Fast forwards the tape.

Stops the tape.

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Moves through the tape (drag the shuttle forward or backward).

Jogs one frame back.

Jogs 10 frames back.

Jogs one frame forward.

Jogs 10 frames forward.

Shuttles left in increments of -50%, -75%, -1x, -2x, -3x.

Shuttles right in increments of +50%, +75%, +1x, +2x, +3x.

Resets shuttle speed to the default (50%); to change the default speed select View | Options | Timeline | Default Play Speed and enter the new speed.

Selects previous shuttle speed.

Creating a New Sequence

The first thing you need to do is to create a new sequence. The new sequence must be inside a bin in order for you to use it.

To create a new sequence:

Creating a New Sequence

1. Click the

The Sequence Properties window appears:

2. Enter a name for the sequence.

3. Enter a Description (optional).

4. Enter Keywords for the clip (optional).

New Sequence button on the Bin toolbar.

You can use keywords to search for a specific sequence in your bin.

5. To use a Start Time other than 00:00:00:00, enter another time.

6. Select the number of Video and Audio Tracks to use for this sequence.

Audio Tracks refers to the number of tracks in the Timeline for mixing, not the number of output tracks.

7. Check the Video Effects Track checkbox if you are adding video effects to this sequence.

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8. Check the Graphics Track checkbox if you are adding graphics or text to this sequence.

9. Click

OK.

The new sequence appears in your Bin and the Timeline opens. You are now ready to add footage to the Timeline.

Changing Sequence Properties

After creating a sequence, you can change any of the sequence properties as necessary.

To edit sequence properties:

1. If the sequence is open in the Timeline, click the Timeline toolbar. If you are in the Bin, right-click on a sequence and choose

Properties.

The Sequence Properties window appears:

Properties button in the

2. Make any necessary changes.

3. Click

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OK to save your changes.

Selecting and Deselecting Tracks

You can select which tracks you want to record to in the Timeline. NewsEdit lets you work with two video tracks and up to eight audio tracks. You can edit from any source audio track onto any record track in the Timeline.

To select or deselect tracks:

• Click once in the track indicator on the Timeline for each track you want to select or deselect.

Selected track buttons are green in the Timeline.

Graphics track selected

Video track selected

Audio track selected

Audio track deselected

Toggling tracks on the fly

While you are editing in the Timeline, you can select and deselect tracks at the same time you add clips.

Use the instructions above for selecting and deselecting tracks.

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Setting Up Your Edit in the Timeline Tool

Before you record clips in the Timeline, there are several features you can use:

• Mark In and Out points on the Timeline

• Set up a split edit

• Route the audio output

Marking In and Out Points

You can set the Mark Points using the Mark In and Mark Out buttons in either the Timeline Tool or the Source Tool. The steps to create a mark point are the same regardless of which tool you are using, but you will be setting different mark points in the two tools. In the Timeline Tool, you are setting mark points for your sequence; in the Source Tool, you are setting mark points for the input source.

When you make the first edit in a sequence, you can mark In and Out points if you want to. If you don’t set a Mark In point, recording starts at the current position of the cursor. If you don’t set a Mark Out, NewsEdit creates an Out when you stop recording and the clip is edited into the Timeline. The Timeline automatically moves the cursor to the end of each edit in preparation for the next edit.

Sets a Mark In Point

Sets a Mark Out Point

Shows Duration of Clip

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Moves to Mark In Point

Clears Mark In Point

Clears Mark Out Point

Moves to Mark Out Point

Setting Up a Split Edit

To Mark In and Out Points:

1. Move to the Mark In or Mark Out point in any of the following ways:

- Click the point on the Timeline where you want to place the points.

- Press the

A, S, D, or F keys on the keyboard to jog through clips in 1-frame

or 10-frame increments.

- Press

2. Press

G to move back to the previous cutpoint.

H to move forward to the next cutpoint.

I on the keyboard to Mark In and press O to Mark Out.

Setting Up a Split Edit

NewsEdit lets you set In and Out points to create a pre-defined split edit from the Timeline Tool. To delay one of the tracks at the beginning of a clip, set different In points for the video and audio, with one starting after the other. You can also extend one track after the other at the end of a clip.

If your clips are already recorded to the Timeline, you can create a split edit using the Cut Point Edit Tool (see “Changing Cut Points Between Adjacent Clips” on page 131) or by extending the edit (see page 136).

To create a split edit:

1. Press

2. Press

3. Click the

1 to select the Timeline Tool.

I on the keyboard to mark an In point for the video track.

Show Audio Marks button.

Blue icons indicate audio mark in and out points.

4. Select a Mark In Point for the audio track.

The duration of the split appears in the Duration field.

5. Record your clip.

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Setting Up Your Edit in the Source Tool

There are also several features in the Source Tool you can use before you begin recording:

• Mark In and Out points on the Timeline

• Use a variable speed for recording

• Set up a split edit

• Route the audio output

• Use Input Tools to adjust the video and audio before recording

• Name Source tapes for ingest

Marking In and Out Points

Marking In and Out Points in the Source Tool is identical to marking points in the Timeline Tool. See “Marking In and Out Points” on page 60.

Using Variable Speed Record

NewsEdit lets you take advantage of the Dynamic Motion Control on most tape decks and create a slow-motion or fast-motion record on the fly. In the Source Tool, you set the speed in percentages and click them when you want a change in speed. The default speeds are 75%, 50%, and 0, which you use to create a freeze frame. Variable speed record also works with clip sources.

To create a variable speed record:

1. Press

2. Click

3. Choose one of the three default speeds or enter a new percentage.

4. Press

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2 to select the Source Tool.

Enable variable speed controls.

The percentage windows become active.

You can enter positive or negative numbers, as your deck allows.

F12 to record your clip.

The clip records to the Timeline with the speed you chose.

NOTE: If you are using a deck source, you can change the speed while recording the clip by clicking one of the other percentage fields.

Setting Up a Split Edit

Setting up a split edit in the Source Tool is the same as setting up a split edit in the Timeline Tool. See “Setting Up a Split Edit” on page 61.

Routing Audio Tracks

You can edit audio from any source track onto any record track in the Timeline. You can work with up to eight audio tracks in the Timeline, though you can record only four tracks per clip. If you have two audio inputs you may need to assign a different track to your audio source.

To route an audio track:

Setting Up a Split Edit

1. Press

2. Click the

2 to select the Source Tool.

Audio Channels

C1 of input routed to A1 (track 1) of Timeline

Track Assign

Track Assign box for the Audio Input channel you need to

reassign.

3. Select the new audio track location.

NOTE: If your source only has one input audio channel, pathing to the Timeline is automatic. The channel from the source goes directly to the selected track regardless of the routing indication.

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Using Input Tools

Using the Source Tool, you can set up two features to adjust the video and audio before you record the footage—Proc Amp and Audio Equalization. Proc Amp lets you adjust video levels to alter the image. Audio EQ lets you monitor and control live input audio while you are recording a clip.

NOTE: Proc Amp works with NewsEdit XT only, not NewsEdit LT or SC. Input EQ works with NewsEdit XT and for clip sources in NewsEdit LT and SC.

Adjusting the Proc Amp (NewsEdit XT only)

Adjusting the Proc Amp lets you alter the video image before it’s recorded. You can adjust the Gain, Chroma, Setup and Hue of the image.

The Proc Amp features vary depending on which Breakout Box (BOB) you have as part of your NewsEdit system—the Digital/Analog BOB lets you adjust Gain, Chroma, and Setup, but not Hue; the Analog BOB lets you adjust all four controls.

Proc Amp is also dependent on the type of video and audio source being used for NewsEdit. With an SDI or 1394 source, Proc Amp is unavailable.

To adjust the Proc Amp:

1. Press

2. Press

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2 on your keyboard or click the Source Tool button.

9 on your keyboard or click the Input Tools button.

The Input Tools window appears:

3. Click the On button.

4. Adjust the video levels as necessary:

Using Input Tools

Option Range Description

Gain -100 to +100 -100 appears black and +100 washes out with brightness.

Chroma -100 to +100 -100 appears black and white while +100 boosts the color

Setup -100 to +100 -100 crushes the black levels while +100 increases the

Hue -180 to +180 The sweep from -180 to 180 cycles through the entire

To restore Proc Amp to default values, click

0 is the default.

scheme. 0 is the default.

brightness. 0 is the default.

spectrum of colors altering the image.

Reset Input Proc Amp.

5. Record your clip.

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Equalizing the Audio Input

You can adjust the Audio EQ of a clip while it’s being recorded using Input Tools. This functionality is the same as the Audio EQ in the Audio Effects Tool; the difference is that you need to turn on the Input EQ for the channel you want to adjust while recording. Once on, adjustments you make occur in real time and cannot be undone once recorded. See “Equalizing Audio in a Recorded Sequence” on page 195 for details on using the Audio Effects Tool.

To adjust the audio EQ while recording a clip:

1. Press

2. Press

2 on your keyboard or click the Source Tool button.

9 on your keyboard or click the Input Tools button.

The Input Tools window appears.

3. Click the Input EQ tab; the Input EQ window appears:

4. Select the channel you want to adjust (

On button.

C1, C2, C3, C4, or All) and click the

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The On and channel input buttons turn red.

Audio EQ turned on

5. Start recording your clips.

6. While you are recording clips, adjust the frequency and gain as necessary by clicking the dial with your mouse and dragging it to a new setting.

You can make adjustments at any time while you are recording, which are automatically added to your recorded clip.

7. When you stop recording, close the Input EQ window.

NOTE: You can also adjust the audio Input EQ using a clip source. Drag the clip from the Bin into the Viewing Window and follow the steps above. The clip on the Timeline displays the characteristics of an unrendered EQ clip.

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Naming Source Tapes

You can identify which Source tape source video material comes from using Tape ID. Tape ID lets you add a name for the Source tape before recording; you can view the tape name in the Properties tab for the clip.

To name a Source tape:

1. Enable Tape ID by choosing

Use Tape ID.

2. Press

3. Click the

2 on your keyboard or click the Source Tool button.

Tape ID button:

Tools | Options | Video Settings and clicking

The Tape ID window appears:

4. Enter a name for the tape and click

OK.

You can view the Tape ID by highlighting the clip in the Bin, right-clicking and selecting

Properties:

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Selecting Your Source

You can select your input source from the equipment your newsroom has set up for you. Sources can include tape decks, feeds, or routers.

NOTE: If you are using NewsEdit SCE, you can only use a clip source; no video sources are available.

Selecting Your Source

1. Press

2. Select a source from the drop-down menu.

2 to select the Source Tool.

The image in the viewing monitor changes to reflect the new source.

Using a Clip Source

You can load any clip from your Bin into the Source Tool, which effectively treats the clip like a live source such as a tape deck.

To use a clip as a clip source, drag the clip into the viewer or press load the clip. After loading a clip as a clip source, you can edit to the Timeline as you would with a tape deck.

Patching Audio Tracks

If you select a clip for a clip source with more audio tracks than the Timeline, the Select Source Channel window appears and you can route the tracks.

Shift + C to

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Changing Sources

You can connect and configure a variety of video and audio sources as input devices to NewsEdit, which is normally done by your newsroom engineer.

You can also configure a non-remote source, such as a microphone or a router, as an input source and specify the tracks to select when using that input source.

To change a source:

1. Press

2. Select a source from the drop-down menu.

2 to select the Source Tool.

The image in the viewing monitor changes to reflect the new source.

Using Auxiliary Input

You can also connect an auxiliary source as an input for creating sequences, which is helpful if you are using an A-B switch for controlling your sources.

When you enable auxiliary input, NewsEdit disables deck control from the Timeline and your keyboard so you can use the device’s external controls.

To use auxiliary input:

1. Press

2. Click the

2 to select the Source Tool.

Use Aux Input button.

The deck controls on NewsEdit gray out; you can use the external controls of the auxiliary device.

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Creating Your Clips

To create a clip in your sequence, follow these steps. Repeat the steps for each additional clip in your sequence.

1. Play the source to find the media you want.

Creating Your Clips

2. Press

3. Press the

F12 to start recording.

spacebar to stop recording immediately, or press O on your

keyboard to stop recording after adding Out handles.

4. Play the sequence, if you want to.

Playing a Sequence

As you create a sequence, you may want to review the progress. With NewsEdit, you can play the sequence as part of the editing process in the Timeline.

To play a sequence:

1. Press

2. Select one of these commands to play or work through the sequence:

1 on the keyboard to select the Timeline tool.

Command Icon Keyboard

Move 1 Frame Left

Move 1 Frame Right

Move 10 Frames Left

Key

Description

Moves the position indicator one frame to the left.

Moves the position indicator one frame to the right.

Moves the position indicator ten frames to the left.

Move 10 Frames Right

Play From Start

Rewind

Moves the position indicator ten frames to the right.

Starts playing from the beginning of the sequence.

Rewinds the sequence.

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Command Icon Keyboard

Play

Fast Forward

Stop

Loop Playback

N/A

Key

W or

Spacebar

Left

arrow

Right

arrow

Up arrow

Down

Starts playing from the position of the cursor.

Fast Forwards the sequence.

Stops playing the sequence.

Plays the sequence in a continuous loop.

Shuttles left in increments of -50%,

-75%, -1x, -2x, -3x.

Shuttles right in increments of +50%, +75%, +1x, +2x, +3x.

Resets shuttle speed to default, which is 50%.

Selects previous shuttle speed.

Description

arrow

You can drag the shuttle slider with your mouse to scrub through the Timeline.

Saving a Sequence

You need to save your sequence periodically to your workstation Bin or to the shared database.

To save a sequence:

• Click

NewsEdit saves the sequence in the Bin where you created it.

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Save in the Timeline toolbar or press Ctrl + S on the keyboard.

Chapter

Other Ways to Edit with NewsEdit

NewsEdit lets you access media clips from other computer systems. You can also use a news script as a guide in creating your sequence.

This chapter discusses how to:

• Use clips already residing in the Bin

• Use files from P2 or XDCAM removable media

• Use files from Proximity artbox

• Search for clips in the Bin or your workgroup

• Link to an existing news story

• Record to the Bin

• Batch record files

• Move, rename and delete clips and sequences

• Change master clip properties

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Using Clips Stored in the Bin

If you created clips in the Bin before starting a sequence, you can copy them to the Timeline and use them in a new sequence.

To copy a clip from the bin to the Timeline:

1. Navigate through your Bin until you find the clip you want.

2. Click once on the clip to select it.

3. Copy the clip to the Timeline using one of the following methods:

- Click the

- Press

- Drag the clip to the Timeline.

- Right-click on the clip in the Bin and select

Copy To Timeline button.

C on the keyboard.

Copy To Timeline.

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Using Files from Removable Media

NewsEdit XT can import and use files from two types of removable media—Panasonic P2 cards and Sony XDCam Professional Disks. Media on these cards is stored in MXF and metadata files.

P2 and XDCam removable media can be accessed by using an internal drive on your PC or an external drive connected via USB (for P2) or 1394 (for XDCam).

NOTE: You need to have the removable media mounted or inserted into the drive in order to see it in NewsEdit.

To import files into NewsEdit:

1. Make sure you have the P2 or XDCam driver installed on your NewsEdit machine.

The drivers are located on the NewsroomSuite CD-ROM.

2. Insert the P2 or XDCam removable media into the drive.

3. In NewsEdit, select

The Bin opens and operates the same as the NewsEdit Bin:

View as Tape

View | Removable Media Bin.

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4. Import the files into NewsEdit using one of the following ways:

- Double-click to open a file in the Trimmer, mark In and Out points to select the footage you want, and either create a subclip or copy to the Timeline.

- Drag the clip into the viewing window of the Timeline or Source Tools; footage becomes a clip source and can be used to mark clips.

- Drag a clip (or a selection of clips) from the P2 (or XDCam Bin into the NewsEdit Bin.

To view all clips on the removable media as one long file, click in the P2 Bin toolbar.

NOTE: View as Tape is not available for XDCam media.

If you change cards, you need to refresh NewsEdit—the contents of the Bin won’t refresh automatically.

Using Files from Proximity artbox

Proximity artbox is a product that catalogs and stores media content, such as graphics files. You can use these files in your NewsEdit sequences.

To copy files from artbox:

1. Login to artbox on the same computer where NewsEdit resides.

2. Open NewsEdit.

3. In artbox, select the file you want to copy and click located under the graphic file.

4. When

Drag this to desktop appears, drag the selected file over the

NewsEdit taskbar and hold, which brings NewsEdit to the front of your desktop, and drop the graphic into the desired NewsEdit bin.

The artbox file copies into the NewsEdit bin as a graphic file, and can be brought onto the graphics track of the Timeline in a NewsEdit sequence.

Click here to download

View as Tape

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Finding Clips in Your Workgroup

If your NewsEdit workstation is part of a network workgroup with other NewsEdit workstations, you can import clips from the NewsEdit VibrintAVFiles folder on those workstations to use in your sequences.

See “Setting Up a Workgroup” on page 317 to configure a workgroup.

To find clips in your workgroup:

1. Choose

Find in Workgroup.

The Find in Workgroup window appears:

Tools | Find in Workgroup or right-click in the Bin and select

2. Check the boxes for the NewsEdit workstations you want to search.

3. Click

4. Select the clip you want to import and click

Find Now.

The found files appear in the box below the workstation listing.

Import.

NewsEdit copies the clip into the current Bin.

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Linking to an Existing News Story

NewsEdit can link to scripts on iNews, NewStar, and AP/ENPS Newsroom computer systems, which you can use as an aid for creating your sequence.

You can link to a news story when you create a new sequence, as described below, or to an existing sequence by opening Sequence Properties and clicking

Link to Story.

To link to a news story:

1. Click the

New Sequence button in the Bin toolbar.

The Sequence Properties window appears:

2. Click the arrow next to Link To Story and select your newsroom system.

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Select Newsroom System

Linking to an Existing News Story

3. Click Link to Story.

A Browse window appears, displaying the available stories:

If you select NewsQ Pro as your newsroom system, the NewsQ Pro Items window appears:

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NOTE: Once a NewsQ Pro story is linked, the row color for the selected story changes to reflect that the story is being edited. You can change this color in

Tools | Options | NewsQ Pro.

4. Select the file you need and click

Open.

The Sequence Properties window appears with the file title and Video ID filled in (if you are set up to use Video IDs with your NRCS):

5. Click

OK.

The Timeline opens.

6. Click the

Story View button in the Main Toolbar.

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The script opens:

Linking to an Existing News Story

You can leave the script open and create a sequence to match the story.

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Recording to the Bin

You can record media directly to the Bin to use later. Once you open a bin, you can record from your tape deck or any other source directly into that bin. You later edit that material in the Bin or bring it into the Timeline.

To record to the bin:

1. Open the bin where you want the media to reside.

Record

Window

2. Click the

Record to Bin button in the menu bar.

The Record to Bin window appears:

Type name

of clip

Choose your record source

Add clip

description

3. Enter the name of the clip and add a description, if you want to.

You can also use Tape ID as a way to identify where your source video originated. See “Naming Source Tapes” on page 68 for details.

4. Choose the record source using the drop-down menu.

5. Play or cue the tape to the place where you want to start recording.

6. Mark an In point by pressing

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I on the keyboard.

If you don’t set a Mark In, NewsEdit uses the current position.

Recording to the Bin

7. Press

F12 to start recording.

The recording appears in the Record Window.

8. When you are done recording, press the

space bar to stop, or press O on the

keyboard to stop recording after adding Out handles.

If you marked an Out point, recording stops at that point.

NewsEdit automatically saves the clip into the selected bin.

9. Close this window by clicking the

X in the upper right corner.

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Batch Recording

You can record multiple clips at a time using Batch Capture. Batch Capture lets you mark clips from a Source tape and add them to a Batch Capture list. You can also use footage from multiple Source tapes in the same Batch Capture list. Once you create your list, you can record the clips to the Bin.

Batch Capture List

Enable Batch Capture

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Name of Source Tape

Creating a Batch Capture List

Before you can record clips to the Bin, you need to create a Batch Capture List:

1. Insert a tape into the VTR.

2. Open the bin where you want the media to reside.

Creating a Batch Capture List

3. Click the

Record to Bin button in the menu bar.

The Record to Bin window appears:

4. Click the

Batch Capture button; the Batch Capture window expands as part

of the Record to Bin window:

Batch Capture

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5. Type a name for the first tape you are getting footage from in the Tape ID box.

6. Click

Play in the Record to Bin window to begin playing the tape.

7. Use the transport controls to locate the material you want to record.

8. Create a Mark In and Mark Out point for the clip.

9. Click

Add or press C on the keyboard to add the clip to the Batch Capture

list.

10.Repeat steps 6-8 to create additional clips.

11. To use additional tapes, insert a new tape into the VTR and repeat the steps above.

NewsEdit asks you for the new tape name when you add the first clip to the Batch Capture list.

12. When you are done creating your Batch Capture list, you can save it or record the clips to the Bin (see the sections below for instructions).

Rearranging the Batch Capture List

If you need to, you can rearrange clips on the Batch Capture list:

Button Function

Clears the Batch Capture list.

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Moves the selected clip down in the list.

Moves the selected clip up in the list.

Deletes the selected clip.

Replaces the selected clip with the new Settings. Click marking a new clip.

Replace instead of Add after

Saving a Batch Capture List

Once you’ve created a list, you can save it and record it later.

To save a Batch Capture list:

Saving a Batch Capture List

1. Click the

The Save As window appears:

2. Navigate to the directory where you want to save the list.

NOTE: To easily organize and keep track of files, you can create a separate folder to store all of the batch capture files.

3. Name the file and click

The batch record list gets saved as a DNP Batch Log File with a .vlg extension.

Save button in the Batch Capture window.

Save.

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Loading a Batch Capture List

You can also load a previously created Batch Capture list from other systems.

NewsEdit supports these types of batch lists:

• DNP Batch Log Files (.vlg)

• Avid Log Exchange (.ale)

• CMX EDL Files (.edl)

• CSV—Comma delimited files (.csv)

To load a Batch Capture list:

1. Click the

The Open window appears:

2. Locate the file containing the list and click

The file loads into the Batch Capture and is ready to record.

Load button in the Batch Capture window.

Open.

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Recording Clips to the Bin

After you’ve created a batch capture list, you can record the clips to the Bin.

To batch record:

1. Load the Batch Capture list into the window, if it isn’t already open, or create a new one as described on page 85.

Recording Clips to the Bin

2. Press

F12 or click Record.

NewsEdit records the clips from the current tape in the VTR first or asks you to insert a specific tape.

Each of the clips records to the Bin.

Recording Status

Clip is recording Clip is done recording

You can bring the clips into the Timeline to use in a sequence.

NOTE: When marking clips from a tape with discontinuous timecode, you can switch to

CTL Track and add the clip to the list. NewsEdit

dynamically switches from TC to CTL Track depending on how the clips were originally marked.

In case of a failure during recording, a Batch Capture Log can be found in

C:\Program Files\Vibrint 3.0\Logs. This log files contains error events which

describe the problem during capture.

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Moving Clips and Sequences

You can copy clips and sequences between bins or move clips or sequences from one bin to another.

For information on rearranging clips on the Timeline, see “Copying and Pasting Clips” on page 141.

Copying a Clip or Sequence

To copy an item:

1. Select the item you want to copy.

2. Right-click on the item and choose

3. Open the bin where you want to paste the item.

4. Right-click and choose

NOTE: If you copy a master clip, NewsEdit pastes it as a subclip.

Paste.

Moving a Clip or Sequence

To move a item into another bin:

1. Choose

2. In the second Bin window, navigate to the destination bin.

3. Drag the sequence or clip from the first Bin window to the second.

View | Bins to open a second Bin window.

Copy.

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Renaming Bins and Media Files

If you want to change the name of any bin, clip or sequence:

1. Select the item you want to rename.

Renaming Bins and Media Files

2. Choose

You can also press choose

3. Enter the new name of the item.

Edit | Rename.

Shift + R on the keyboard or right-click on the item and

Rename.

Deleting Clips and Sequences

You can delete unused clips or sequences you no longer need. However, you cannot delete files if they are being used in any existing sequences or subclips.

To delete a clip or sequence:

1. Select the clip or sequence you want to remove. Hold down the select multiple items.

2. Press

3. Click

Delete on the keyboard.

A dialog box prompts you to confirm the deletion.

Yes to delete the file.

Ctrl key to

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Searching for a Clip or Sequence

You can search for clips and sequences in the Bin. You can search for all clips that meet specific criteria or for a specific clip.

To search for a clip or sequence:

1. Click the

The Find In View window appears:

2. Choose the appropriate options:

- Fields — Check the boxes for the field(s) on which you want to search.

- Query — Enter the text you want to search for.

- Match case — Check this checkbox to do a case-sensitive search.

Find button in the Bin Toolbar.

- Match whole query only — Check this checkbox to search only for clips

with text matching the query text exactly.

- All bins — Select this option to search all NewsEdit bins.

- Viewed bin and sub-bins — Select this option if you want to search all

of the bins within the bin you selected.

- Viewed bin only — Select this option if you want to search the bin you

are currently viewing.

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Changing Master Clip Properties

3. Click OK.

Clips and sequences matching your search result appear in the Bin window.

When you are done with your search, click the restore the normal bin view and allow you to continue working in the Bin. To see your search results again, click the

Search Results button on.

Search Results button off to

Changing Master Clip Properties

You can change the video aspect of a master clip, add a description and keywords, and view file information.

To change master clip properties:

1. Highlight the clip in the Bin, right-click and select

The Master Clip Properties window appears:

2. Add a description for the clip, or add keywords that can be used to search for this file.

Properties.

3. Select the video aspect for the clip:

4. Click

OK.

4:3 or 16:9.

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Chapter

Importing and Exporting Files

NewsEdit lets you import files from other NewsEdit workstations or other machines, as well as import various file formats. You can also export NewsEdit sequences in a variety of formats for further enhancement on other newsroom systems.

This chapter discusses how to:

• Import files from a Media Server

• Import files, including video and audio clips, DiskCam files, EDL files, video effects, graphics, and media files

• Export files, including audio tracks, effects, graphics, and media files

• Work with audio OMF files

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Importing Files from a Media Server

If you use a media server, such as a Profile, K2, or M-Series iVDR, as part of your news production system, you can obtain media files from ContentShare Explorer, MediaFrame Explorer, or the Transfer utility.

To import files from a media server:

1. Verify that NewsEdit is configured to work with a media server.

See the NewsroomSuite Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions on connecting a NewsEdit workstation to a media server.

2. Open the ContentShare Explorer, MediaFrame Explorer, or Transfer application.

3. Place the new window over the top of the NewsEdit application.

4. Select the clip you want in ContentShare Explorer or MediaFrame Explorer.

5. Drag the clip into the desired NewsEdit bin.

The clip appears in your Bin as a master clip, ready for you to use in a sequence.

Importing Files

NewsEdit can import various formats of clips, DiskCam files, EDL files, video effects, graphic files, and media.

To import a file, choose your import type from the

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File | Import menu:

Importing Clips

You can import media clips from your computer network or other NewsEdit workstations. Imported clips appear in your Bin so you can use it in sequences.

To import a clip:

Importing Clips

1. Choose

The Import Clips window appears:

2. Use the

3. Highlight the clip and click

A progress bar indicates the import status.

File | Import | Clip or click the Import Clip button in the Bin toolbar.

Look in list or Browse button to find the clip you want to import.

Open. Press the Ctrl key to select multiple clips.

The imported file appears in the Bin; you can use it just like any other clip.

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Importing DiskCam Media Files

NewsEdit can import DiskCam files from NLTEK digital cameras. See http://www.nltek.com for more information on NLTEK and DiskCam.

1. Choose

The Import DiskCam Media window appears:

2. Navigate to the DiskCam file you want to import and select it.

3. Click

File | Import | DiskCam.

Open; the NLTEK DiskCam bin opens:

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Grass Valley NewsEdit XT User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Grass Valley Product Support

Web Technical Support

Phone Support

Authorized Support Representative

Profile Users Group

Safety Summaries

General Safety Summary

Injury Precautions

Product Damage Precautions

Safety Terms and Symbols

Service Safety Summary

Certifications and Compliances

Laser Compliance

Certification

Environmental Criteria

What is NewsEdit?

Quick Overview of Editing with NewsEdit

Tour of the NewsEdit Window

Main Toolbar

Timeline

Tools

The Timeline Tool

The Source Tool

The Trim Tool

The Cut Point Edit Tool

The Transition Tool

The Audio Mixer Tool

The Audio Effects Tool

The Video Effects Tool

The Title Tool

Navigating in NewsEdit

Using the Mouse

Using the Keyboard

Using the Shortcut Menus

Tour of the NewsEdit Keyboard

The Bin Window

Understanding the Bin Toolbar

Creating a New Bin

Working in Shared or Local Mode

Setting Up Your Bins

Setting Up a SmartBin

Creating a Video Server SmartBin

Creating a Media Import SmartBin

Viewing the Material in Your Bins

Thumbnail View

Changing Thumbnail Size

Selecting the Head Frame

Details View

Displaying Columns

Sorting Your Media Files

Using the Context-Sensitive Bin Menu

Editing Overview

Understanding the Timeline and Source Tools

The Timeline Tool

Changing the Timeline View

The Source Tool

Controlling a Deck from NewsEdit

Creating a New Sequence

Changing Sequence Properties

Selecting and Deselecting Tracks

Toggling tracks on the fly

Setting Up Your Edit in the Timeline Tool

Marking In and Out Points

Setting Up a Split Edit

Setting Up Your Edit in the Source Tool

Marking In and Out Points

Using Variable Speed Record

Setting Up a Split Edit

Routing Audio Tracks

Using Input Tools

Adjusting the Proc Amp (NewsEdit XT only)

Equalizing the Audio Input

Naming Source Tapes

Selecting Your Source

Using a Clip Source