Grass Valley NewsEdit XT User Manual

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Rev Date Description

April 20, 2004 Release 071-8308-00 for Software Version 5.0

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

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

Contents

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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Chapter 12 Adding Titles (Option)

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

Index

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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/

[e-mail].

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.

United States [phone] (Toll Free) France [phone]

Latin America [phone] (Toll Free) Germany [phone]

Eastern Europe [phone] Greece [phone]

Southern Europe [phone] Hong Kong [phone]

Middle East [phone] Italy [phone]

Australia [phone] Netherlands [phone]

Belgium [phone] Poland [phone]

Brazil [phone] Russia [phone]

Canada [phone] (Toll Free) Singapore [phone]

China [phone] Spain + 34 91 512 03 50

Denmark [phone] Sweden [phone]

Dubai + 971 4 299 64 40 Switzerland [phone]

Finland [phone] UK [phone]

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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 profi[e-mail] 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.

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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

- 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:

Requirement:

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

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

1

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

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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