MacroSystem Power Key-Option User Manual

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Safety notice

To avoid making unnecessary mistakes during operation, we recommend that you carefully follow the

instructions provided in this manual.

We would also like to point out that the Power Key Option has been designed with the hobby enthusiast

in mind.

We have taken a great deal of care while programming and checking this product.

Nevertheless, since it is not possible to guarantee completely error-free software applications in all

environments and at any time, we unfortunately cannot rule out the possibility that some errors may

have crept in. If, contrary to all expectations, this is indeed the case, we shall remedy any errors in the

program and supply the affected customers with the new software free of charge.

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occur as a result, particularly since we have no inuence over correct software installation and opera-

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Contents

1. General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1 General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.2 Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.3 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. What is the Power Key Option? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.1 What is the Power Key Option? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.2 Information on the essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.3 Differences when activating the Multi-User Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3. New functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4. Function keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

5. Navigation in the program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

6. Additional options for special elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

7. Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

8. Movie slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

9. Tables – Casablanca software 1.8 or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

10. Tables – SMART EDIT 2.0 or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

1. General information

1.1 General information

Thank you for having purchased the Power Key

Option from your Casablanca products dealer.

We would like to thank you for placing your trust

in us and hope that this product will fulll your

expectations.

The Power Key Option allows you to use your

Casablanca even more intensely than before.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have

any further questions or wish to provide us with

suggestions for improvement.

To contact us, please refer to the addresses and

telephone numbers printed in the Casablanca

manual.

We kindly ask you to provide the serial number of

your device or your customer number whenever

you contact us.

1.2 Keyboards

If you already have a keyboard, please make sure

it has a USB connection and that it is a standard

Windows keyboard, since you will need the

Windows menu control buttons for carrying out

operations. („Windows“ is a registered trademark

of Microsoft Corp.)

Note: We do not provide any guarantee for the

correct functioning of a connected third party

keyboard.

This manual refers primarily to the Power Key

Option that’s sold as a complete package from

MacroSystem and is comprised of both sof tware

and hardware (the keyboard itself). This means

that the various keys are described as they appear

on the keyboard sold by MacroSystem. We will

therefore make references to the four marker keys

(M1 to M4) that are assigned to keys F5 to F8.

We will cover this kind of product-specic infor-

mation (such as the M1 through M4 keys referring

to the function keys 5 through 8) at the beginning

of these operating instructions and then presume

this knowledge as we progress throughout the

remainder of the manual. Don’t worry - you’ll get

used to the different keys and their functions very

quickly.

1.3 Installation

The Power Key Option includes software that can

be used with the keyboards sold by MacroSys -

tem as well as with other commercially available

keyboards.

If you have your own keyboard, please take note

of the information in Chapter 1.2 entitled „Key-

boards.“

You must now install the software (located on

the SmartMedia card that you received from your

dealer)on your Casablanca system.

To do so, you will need at least version 1.8 of the

Casablanca system software or version 2.0 of

the SMART EDIT software. (You can check your

system software version by using the Information

item on the lower-left side of the „System Set-

tings“ screen.)

With your Casablanca powered on, go into the

„System Settings“ screen, select the „Install

Product“ button and insert the SmartMedia in-

stallation card into the Casablanca’s drive. When

you insert it, make sure the gold-colored contacts

are facing downwards and the beveled corner is

pointing towards the left and front (i.e. towards

the Casablanca).

Push the card in until only around half a centi-

meter protrudes from the unit and you feel some

resistance.

You will now see the „Power Key Option“ soft-

ware listed in the window. Select it in the list and

click on „License“ or „Activate“. A numerical

keypad appears. You can use it to enter the licen-

se code that you purchased from your dealer. A

message will then inform you that the installation

process has completed. You can now remove the

SmartMedia card.

Note: You cannot use this software in demo

mode.

You can now easily connect the keyboard via the

USB port and begin using it. To do so, connect the

USB plug on the end of the cable that is attached

to the keyboard to one of the two USB ports on

your Casablanca. It does not matter which USB

port you use since both function identically. If

necessary, please refer to the Casablanca manual

to nd out which ports are the USB ports.

Note: You can, of course, still use the keyboard

even if both USB ports on your Casablanca are

already connected to USB-compatible products

(such as Twister PC-Link). You will, however, need

a „hub“ unit (available from retailers). The hub

works as a distributor and is connected to your

Casablanca so that you can connect additional

USB cables.

Since this is a USB connection, connecting the

devices in this way does not impair the quality of

the connection. Furthermore, you can disconnect

and reconnect USB connections while the system

is running without having to restart your Casab-

lanca.

2. What is the Power Key Option?

2.1 What is the Power Key Option?

Using a connected keyboard simplies your work

in all the Casablanca’s screens, particularly when

it comes to entering longer texts really (e.g. within

the Titling screen, when naming scenes and audio

samples, when assigning titles in the archive,

etc.).

Furthermore, using the Power Key Option means

you will rarely have to use the trackball. Nearly

all the functions could only be operated by using

the trackball can now also be controlled with the

keyboard. You can now precisely move the on-

screen pointer (on the Kron) or the on-screen

hand (on the Avio) using the navigation arrows,

and can conrm and select their positions (this is

very useful when selecting scenes). Both the left

and right trackball buttons are now replaced by

functions on the keyboard, which means you can

select buttons in any open window or cancel func-

tions. The keyboard’s ease of use speeds up your

routine work thus saving you valuable time.

You can also use the key commands on the Power

Key Option to switch to other screens, select any

on- screen button with a keyboard shortcut, con-

trol your DV device for importing video footage,

etc.

The Power Key Option provides many new and

powerful functions, which you will become more

familiar with in this manual.

At rst, working with the Power Key Option might

seem a bit of a challenge, especially for the novice

user or hobbiest, since it does provide plenty of

functions which you rst have to learn how to

use. Each control element is assigned a key or a

key combination. But once you’ve spent a little

time using the program, you will soon start lear-

ning how to use more and more of the functions.

And if ever you forget one of the functions, you

can always look up which keys activate which

functions. To do so, either press this function key

to display all the key codes for all the keys that

are relevant to the currently selected Casablan-

ca screen. (Once you let go of this key, you will

return to normal mode.) You can also look it up in

the overview provided by the table. It contains a

list of all the functions and their new key codes for

each screen.

After using the keyboard regularly, you will soon

notice that this method of controlling the system

is considerably more timesaving and makes a

whole range of new options available to you.

Note: So far there have been a few key combi -

nations available for controlling the Casablanca

Avio and Kron. However, their implementation

has neither been assured nor documented. As

of system software version 1.8 (which supports

the Power Key Option), some of these key codes

no longer work or the functions can be operated

using other key combinations. We hope you will

understand should a situation arise in which you

nd you have to adapt to a different way of opera-

ting certain functions.

You can see which letters and key codes control

which functions by referring to the table in the

appendix.

2.2 Information on the essentials

Qualiers

The Power Key Option uses various „qualier“

keys. These are keys that have to be used in com-

bination with other keys. You will no doubt alrea-

dy be familiar with the Shift qualier key (arrow

pointing upwards) on standard PC keyboards that

is used for typing capital letters.

So if you are instructed to press two keys (e.g. to

input a capital „A“), you rst have to press and

hold the key that is mentioned rst (in this case

the Shift key) and then the specied key (i.e. „A“).

Then let go of the keys.

Sometimes two qualier keys have to be pressed

simultaneously. If this is the case, rst press and

hold both qualier keys (the order in which you

do this is irrelevant), and only then press the third

key.

If you’re not familiar with this input method (it’s

standard on PCs), you might need some time to

get used to it. But you’ll soon discover that opera -

ting the system with the keyboard is much more

convenient and it opens up a whole new range of

options.

Please refer to the table in the appendix for a list

of qualiers.

Repeating keystrokes

The keyboard’s repeat function for repeating keys-

trokes is supported. However, if the repeat com-

mands are entered more quickly than the function

can carry them out, they will simply „go under.“

This is not the case if you rapidly press and re-

lease the key many times in succession. None of

the commands will be ignored in this case, even if

the function seems slow in carrying them out.

Localization of key codes

The key codes are not localized, which means that

the selected key code is independent of the con-

gured language. However, the position of certain

keys may change, for instance, the „Z“ key is in a

different position on a German keyboard than on

an English one.

As you can see from the table, many key codes

are in some way related to the English descripti-

ons of the on-screen buttons.

Standardization

generally correspond with the „OK“ and „Cancel“

buttons on the Casablanca user interface.

Functions that cannot be accessed from the on-

screen interface are generally accessed by using

the Ctrl key.

Help functions

The key codes for the available buttons can optio -

nally be displayed on-screen to simplify operation

for beginners. Pressing the

key will display the codes on screen for as long as

the key is pressed. Once you let go of this key, you

will return to normal mode.

Many add-on software applications that you can

install are also supported. You can therefore dis -

play the key codes in other programs by pressing

this key. The

key also provides on-screen help, however, the

key actually refers to the „i“ (information) button

as seen in various menus and screens (such as in

the Special menu and Effects screens). You can

use this button and key to open a gray window

containing information on additional effects.

Storyboard functions are generally accessed using this key:

All the codes for switching between screens can

be used in any of the screens.

Identical or similar functions in various screens

are controlled by using the same key codes.

The Enter key and the Esc function in windows

2.3 Differences when activating the Multi-User Edition

If you have installed and activated the „Multi- User

Edition“ software, you must bear certain changes

in mind.

Activating the Multi-User Edition does changes

the project menu. Since you are no longer presen -

ted with a selection of the usual projects (instead,

you see an administrator project and a selection

of up to 30 user projects), the key codes will na-

turally be different too. Though you can display

them in the usual way by pressing

Since the teacher’s menu contains additional but-

tons, there are of course additional controls that

you can also display by pressing this key.

The option of assigning your own functions to

marker keys is affected by activating the Multi-

User Edition.

The various key assignments for all the effects

lists is usually the same for all projects. However,

if the Multi-User Edition is activated, they are

saved separately for each project.

This means that a marker key that was previously

assigned a certain effect, can no longer be selec-

ted after the Multi-User Edition is activated.

3. New functions

With the keyboard, you can operate any of the

functions that you are already familiar with. Ho-

wever, the Power Key Option does provide many

new functions (described in this chapter) and en-

hances some of the standard functions that you’re

already familiar with.

Copying scenes

You can copy and then insert a scene that’s pre-

sent in the scene bin.

To do so, highlight the required scene in the scene

bin using the arrows, and then press the key com-

bination of Ctrl c. (If you’ve had some experience

with computers, you’ll already be familiar with

this key combination). This will cause the selected

scene to be saved in a hidden clipboard (it will not

be listed in the Special menu’s clipboard).

You can then insert this scene back into the scene

bin using the key combination Ctrl v. The scene

will be inserted behind the scene that is currently

highlighted in blue. If you have not copied another

scene since then (i.e. by pressing the Ctrl and c

keys), you can repeat this procedure as often as

you like. And you can of course insert the scene

each time in a new position, if you wish. Leaving

the Edit screen does not change anything - the

scene remains stored in the clipboard and can

be inserted again if you return to the screen. The

clipboard memory will only be cleared if you

switch off the Casablanca.

If you want to remove a scene from the scene bin,

you can use the key combination of Ctrl x (the

same as on a PC).

This removes the currently active scene from

the scene bin. However, it can be inserted again

straight away behind the scene that is highlighted

in the scene bin by pressing the key combination

Ctrl v. You cannot use the undo button to insert

the scene again.

So the scene is not completely deleted but is like-

wise stored in the clipboard. It can be inserted as

many times as you like until the next time you store

a scene in the clipboard by pressing Ctrl x or Ctrl c.

Tip: You can easily change the order of the stored

scenes to suit your needs by using the Ctrl x and

Ctrl v key combinations.

Inserting a scene / highlighting the next

Even without the keyboard it was possible to

highlight a scene in the scene bin and insert it

in the storyboard. This is also possible with the

help of the keyboard. To do so, use the navigation

arrows to highlight the scene in the scene bin and

press the

key in combination with the Ins key. (You can se-

lect any of the neighboring scenes using the right

and left arrow keys, and you can access other

rows not currently visible on-screen by pressing

the up and down arrow keys.)

The keyboard also gives you the added option of

automatically highlighting the scene that is positi-

oned immediately after the one you just inserted.

This is particularly useful if you want to use the

repeat function (please refer to the „Repeat func-

tion“ section below). In order to insert a scene

and immediately highlight the one after, press the

key in combination with Ctrl and Ins. As you can

see, the selected scene appears in the storyboard

and the following scene is highlighted in blue.

Searching in the storyboard

The keyboard allows you to select a scene in the

scene bin and then search for that same scene

within the storyboard.

To do so, highlight a scene that’s marked by a

black dot (meaning one that has already been in-

serted in the storyboard), and press the two keys

and f. This causes the scene to be moved into the

storyboard’s frame regardless of which position

the storyboard was previously in.

If you inserted the scene into the storyboard

numerous times, the next occurrence of the scene

will be searched for. If you press the key combi-

nation again, the next one will be searched for,

etc. Once it reaches the end, it will start searching

from the beginning again.

Applying the length of one scene to the next scene

Another new feature that can be used in the Edit

screen is the search function. You already know

how to use the option which allows you to move a

scene into the storyboard’s frame and then search

for that scene in the scene bin. However, using the

keyboard, you can now search for a scene directly

using its name without rst having to position it

in the frame.

To do so, open the on -screen keyboard using the

key code Ctrl f (the same as on a PC) and enter the

name of the scene you require. Please make sure

that you spell the name correctly (though upper

and lower case letters are irrelevant in this case).

Furthermore, the scene that you are searching for

does not have to have been previously inserted in

the storyboard.

If the scene is found, it’s highlighted in blue within

the scene bin.

Searching in the storyboard by name

Not only is it possible to use the keyboard to trim

each scene, you can also use it to automatically

apply the trimmed length to the next scene.

Choose a scene with a length you would like to

use (e.g. 10 seconds) and highlight it in the Edit

screen’s scene bin.

Now press the key combination of Ctrl t. This

causes the subsequent scene to be trimmed to the

same length and then highlighted. The longer you

keep this key combination pressed the more sce -

nes are trimmed. The end of the scene is always

trimmed back - this means that the thumbnail

picture, which helps you to recognize the scene,

always remains the same.

If a scene is shorter than the selected one, it can -

not of course be lengthened but instead retains

its original length.

Caution: This shorter length will then be applied

to the subsequent scenes, since Ctrl t always ap-

plies the length of the current scene to the next.

Highlighting the next scene is also useful if you

want to use the repeat function (please refer to

the „Repeat function“ section below).

Searching in the scene bin by name

This search method can also be used for the sto-

ryboard. Open the on-screen keyboard by using

the key code

Ctrl f, and enter the name of the scene that you

want to search for. Again, please make sure that

you spell the name correctly (though, as before,

upper and lower case letters are irrelevant). If the

system nds the scene, the storyboard moves

so that the scene you are searching for appears

within the frame.

This search method does not require the searched

scene to still be present in the scene bin.

Stopping the storyboard

This function allows you to stop the storyboard in

all screens. If you press the h key during playback,

playback is halted. If you are currently in the Edit

screen (i.e. the storyboard moved forwards as

normal), this function sets the storyboard to the

current position.

If the storyboard is stopped using the normal me-

thod, it will return to the same position that it was

in before playback was started.

Inserting and removing effects

If you’re in the Transition screen, Image-Proces-

sing screen or the Titling screen, you can conve -

niently insert effects by simply highlighting the

effect and pressing the

Ctrl Ins key combination. The selected effect then

appears on the scene or between the two scenes.

Furthermore, the storyboard is automatically

moved one position to the right, so that another

effect can be inserted. If you want to remove an

effect, select the desired position in the story-

board and press the key combination

Ctrl Del. The effect that is located there is remo -

ved and the storyboard is moved one position to

the right so that you can remove the next effect, if

that is what you want to do. Again, you can read

more about these two functions in the „Repeat

function“ section below.

Removing audio samples

If you are in the „Audio Mix“ screen, you can

remove any audio sample you want from the se-

lected audio track by highlighting it and pressing

the key code Ctrl Del. The special feature incorpo -

rated in this function is that after you delete the

audio sample, the next sample on the same audio

track is automatically highlighted so that it too

can be deleted, if you so wish. You can read more

about this in the „Repeat function“ section below.

Copying the volume of an audio sample

This new function allows you to apply the volu-

me of any audio sample to the one after it. In the

„Audio Mix“ screen, set the volume of an audio

sample to the required level. Then press the key

combination of Ctrl e so that the next sample on

the same audio track becomes active and takes on

the volume level of the previous sample.

The „Repeat function“ can be used here as well

(see the section below).

Muting

The Power Key Option now gives you the opti-

on of muting an audio sample. Select an audio

sample on one of the audio tracks in the „Audio

Mix“ screen, and press the m key. The sample is

then muted and the volume control slides to the

left. This function spares you the inconvenience

of having to move the slider all the way to the left

yourself.

This function is also available with an added

feature that allows you to mute the current audio

sample using the key combination Ctrl m and then

automatically switch to the next sample on the

same audio track to highlight it.

The Ctrl m function can be repeated (see the „Re -

peat function“ section).

Deleting characters

The Power Key Option also provides new features

in the Titling screen. If you entered one character

too many, you can delete it by pressing the Del

key. Please note that the character must be positi-

oned to the right of the cursor (= vertical line).

Deleting documents

You can delete text (meaning all texts, boxes and

pages) in the Titling screen by selecting the required

box and pressing the key combination of Alt n. A

window opens and asks you for conrmation. You

can then decide whether you really want to delete

the document or not by pressing Y (yes) or N (no).

Repeat function

This function allows you to repeat the same ac-

tion for several scenes in a row up to 999 times.

If you want to carry out the same action for a

large and unmanageable number of scenes (say,

for instance, all 143 scenes contained in the scene

bin), you can enter 999 as the repeat rate so that

all 143 scenes are taken into account.

Here is an example: If you want to insert ten

consecutive scenes from the scene bin into the

storyboard, you rst insert the rst scene using

the key combination

Ctrl Ins. The fact that you have also pressed the

Ctrl key means that the next scene in the scene

bin is automatically highlighted.

Now press the key combination of Ctrl r to open

the „Repeat Command“ option. In this window

you can highlight the control using the r key and

set the correct number (i.e. in this example the

number 9) using the navigation arrows. Next,

conrm your setting by pressing the Enter key. As

soon as you press the Enter key again (= OK), the

window is closed and the subsequent 9 scenes

are inserted in the storyboard.

If the number of scenes remaining in the scene

bin is less then the repeat rate, only the available

number of scenes are inserted.

Please note: If you insert the rst scene only using

the

and Ins keys, the next scene in the scene bin will

not be highlighted and you therefore cannot ac-

cess the „Repeat Command“ window.

This feature allows you to repeat all the functions

listed above that refer to this section.

4. Function keys

The Power Key Option has over 15 function keys.

If you have your own keyboard connected, ple -

ase take note of the differences between it and

the keyboard sold by MacroSystem. Please read

Chapter 1.2 entitled „Keyboards.“

The two function keys

provide help. You can assign your own functions

to the

keys. The

keys are used to control the record, stop, play and

pause functions for the storyboard and for the

Record and Finish screens.

The four marker keys that you can program

yourself relate to the functions in the storyboard

and can be used in all screens in which a story-

board is available.

Marker keys

The Power Key Option gives you the option of

assigning your own choice of functions to four

keys. The M1, M2, M3 and M4 keys („M“ stands

for marker) are used for this:

These keys are not assigned, which is why a circle

with a line through it appears on-screen if you

press one of the four keys. This symbol indicates

that a function cannot be carried out.

You can now assign functions to the keys as

required, e.g. effects that you use frequently,

particular positions in the storyboard, scenes

from the scene bin or patterns and masks in the

imagepool.

To do so, select the required effect from the list of

effects or the required scene and then press Ctrl

and the marker key that you want to assign. The

function you have chosen is now assigned to the

selected marker key.

Here is an example: Highlight a scene in the

scene bin, press the Ctrl key and, whilst keeping it

pressed, press the rst marker key, i.e.

You can then select another scene anywhere

in the scene bin and, by pressing this key once

more, you can access your marked scene again.

To store an effect, proceed as follows: For examp-

le, in the list of effects in the Transitions screen,

select the „Double Exposure“ function. Press the

Ctrl key and, whilst keeping it pressed, press the

key and then let go of the two keys. Now scroll

further through the list of effects and then press

the marker key again. As you can see, the key

has now been assigned the „Double Exposure“

function.

You can of course assign several functions to a

key as long as these functions are not located in

the same screen. So, for instance, you can as -

sign a scene from the scene bin, a title effect, an

image-processing effect and a transition effect all

to one marker key - depending on which screen

you are in, you can then access the stored func -

tion by pressing the marker key.

You can, of course, reassign the marker keys

whenever you want. To do so, proceed as you did

when assigning a function for the rst time. The

newly assigned function will „overwrite“ the old

function.

All four keys are stored in non-volatile memory,

which means that none of the key assignments

will be lost when you switch the device off.

Some functions can be stored globally for all

projects while others are project specic. If you

are using the „Multi- user Edition“ program, the

system will behave differently.

For further information on this, please read Chap-

ter 2.2 entitled „Differences when activating the

Multi-user Edition“.

5. Navigation in the program

Switching screens

Of course you already know how to switch from

one Casablanca screen to another. To do so, you

have so far clicked on the screen symbols in the

bottom right corner of each screen and have re-

turned by pressing the right trackball button.

You can now also switch to any screen using a

key combination. The particular advantage of

this is that you can also switch to screens who -

se screen symbols are not listed in the currently

open screen. This means you no longer have to

go via the main screen. For instance, you can

now jump from the Transitions screen directly to

the Project Settings screen, or you can go to the

Finish screen directly from the Edit screen.

To switch to a screen, press the navigation key

Keep this key pressed (please also refer to the

previous Chapter 2.3 entitled „Information on the

essentials“, „Qualier keys“) and now press the

key code corresponding to the required screen

(e.g. e = Edit screen. Please refer to the codes

listed in the table in the appendix). When you see

the screen changing, let go of the two keys again.

Windows

Various windows can be opened from various

screens. Most contain the „OK“ and „Cancel“ but-

tons. To operate the „OK“ button, you can press

the Enter key. To operate „Cancel“, press the Esc

key.

A window containing the reply options „Yes“ and

„No“ can be controlled using the Enter (conrm)

and Esc (cancel) keys as well as the Y (yes) and N

(no) keys.

6. Additional options for special elements

Storyboard

In this chapter we shall list the individual keys

(key combinations) and the options available for

operating the storyboard that you will require in

all screens containing a storyboard.

To activate the storyboard’s slider control, you

must press the

key in combination with l.

When the slider control is active, you can move to

the left and right scene-by-scene using the navi-

gation arrows (i.e. their function is comparable

with the separate on-screen buttons located on

the right of the slider).

The Page Up and Page Down keys can be used to

browse through the storyboard „page-by- page“,

whereby each page overlaps the other by one

entry in the storyboard.

The Home and End keys can be used to jump to

the beginning or end of the storyboard.

If the slider is not active, you must activate the

above functions using the

key. If the slider is active, you can additionally

press this key but it is not required. It is also pos-

sible to search for a scene marked in the scene bin

or search for a scene directly using its name. For

further details, read the corresponding sections in

Chapter 3 entitled „New functions“ („Searching

in the storyboard by name“). During audio post-

editing you can move the storyboard easily by

selecting the required audio track and moving

from audio sample to sample using the navigation

arrows – they therefore provide the same function

as the separate on-screen buttons.

Selection lists

Selection lists are lists containing several items

that can be selected (e.g. Effects lists, Special

menu).

The navigation arrows (pointing up and down)

can be used to move up and down to each entry

in the list.

The Page Up and Page Down keys can be used to

browse through selection lists „page -by-page“

(i.e. the effects that you see listed at the same

time), whereby the last entry of the last page ap-

pears as the rst entry in the next page.

The Home and End keys can be used to jump to

the beginning or end of the selection list.

The above functions can be selected at any time

even if the slider control in the selection list is not

active.

However, there is also a function that does re -

quire the slider to be active. To activate it, press

key l to highlight it. You can then search for the

required entry by pressing a letter (e.g. the Color

Fade effect). Simply enter the rst letter of the

effect you require (in this case the letter „c“), and

the selection list jumps to this entry. If there are

several entries beginning with the same letter, the

rst one occurring in the list will be highlighted.

If there are no entries starting with the selected

letter, the list jumps to the entry occurring next in

the alphabet.

Note: Since the list for the Special menu is subdi-

vided (into special effects and image-processing

effects), it is only possible to select an entry in the

upper list (special effects) using the „rst-letter

method.“ If you want to select an entry from the

lower list, you have to press the Alt key in additi-

on to the required letter.

The displayed list entry can then be accepted by

pressing the Enter key, and the Esc key lets you

cancel the procedure.

Windows containing a grid, like the „Select Pat-

tern“ window, can be controlled in the same way

as selection lists. Furthermore, you can use the

navigation arrows here to move to the left and

right. The feature allowing you to select an entry

directly by way of its rst letter is not supported

here.

The entries in some lists are not sorted alphabetically (e.g. audio samples) or they havemultiple

columns (e.g. projects). In these cases, the alpha-

betical search function cannot be used sensibly.

Selection buttons

Selection buttons are the Casablanca’s on-screen

buttons that are displayed containing three lines

in their left corners (e.g. the trackball speed or

various effects options). Clicking on this type of

button will open a list of several options.

Select the button by pressing the appropriate key

combination (e.g. trackball speed = t). Once it is

active, you have various options available for se -

lecting the required function. You can move up or

down using the navigation arrows, or by pressing

the Home/End keys or the Page Up/Page Down

keys you can move to the corresponding positi-

ons in the list. Furthermore, the rst 10 entries in

a selection button’s list can be accessed directly

using keys 1 to 0.

The displayed list entry can then be accepted by

pressing the Enter key, and the Esc key lets you

cancel the procedure.

You can close the selection button again by pres-

sing its key combination once more. This method

has the same effect as canceling, that is to say,

if you selected any new options they will not be

applied.

Here are two small examples:

If you want to move a slider to adjust either a ti-

mecode or a numerical value, proceed as follows:

For instance, in the „Edit“ screen open the „New

Scene“ menu and select the „Length“ slider by

pressing the t key code to activate it. If, say, the

slider currently displays a length of 3 seconds and

you want the scene to have a length of 5 seconds,

you have various options open to you. Moving the

slider using the navigation arrows would allow

you to enter a value precisely but it would deni-

tely take too long.

Pressing the End key would move the slider too

far to the right and is therefore of no use here. So

you can either use the Page Down key or enter

the number directly. If you decide to use the Page

Down key, you have to press the key twice in

order to increase the length from 3 to 5 seconds,

since one press of the key equates to one second

on the slider.

If you decide to enter the number directly, press

the Alt key and, while keeping it pressed, enter the

values 5, 0, 0 one after the other. If you were to

only enter the number 5, a length of only 5 frames

would be added to the slider’s position.

Slider controls

The sliders contained in several of the screens

can be operated by activating their key code. You

can then move the slider to the left or right using

the navigation arrows. The Home and End keys

and the Page Up and Page Down keys can be used

here as well.

The Home and End keys that normally take you up

or down can be used on buttons with numerical

values to switch from the lowest to the highest

value.

You can also enter numerical values directly by

holding the Alt key whilst typing in the number.

The set value can then be accepted by pressing

the Enter key, and the Esc key lets you cancel the

procedure.

7. Miscellaneous

Keyboard lock

This function allows you to lock your keyboard to

that you cannot press any keys by accident.

To lock the keyboard, press the key combination

Ctrl l - it is now only possible to press the naviga -

tion arrows and the Esc key. This means you can

return to the main screen by pressing the Esc key

several times but no other actions are possible.

If you now press any other key, a window appears

informing you that the lock is active and that it

can only be unlocked by pressing the key combi-

nation Ctrl Alt u. You can then close this window

by conrming it with the Enter key (=OK) or the

Esc key.

If the system is restarted, however, the keyboard

lock will be deactivated again.

and Enter, you can select the button that currently

has the on-screen cursor positioned over it.

Support for added functions

If you install other add-on software products,

the keyboard functions can also be used in a few

more programs.

The following programs were supported at the

time these operating instructions went to press:

Photo Transfer from version 1.2

PIP Studio from version 1.0

DVD Arabesk from version 1.2

The help function

Trackball controls

The Power Key Option allows you to control many

of the trackball’s functions. You can use the

key and the navigation arrows to move the on-

screen hand or on-screen arrow in the four given

directions. The on- screen cursor keeps moving as

long as you keep the

key and one of the navigation arrows pressed.

The functions of the two trackball buttons are also

accessible by using keys on the keyboard. If you

press the key combination

remains available and will indicate (by way of the

codes with the blue background) in which pro-

grams support is also provided.

8. Movie slideshow

The Power Key Option provides another function

that is now considerably easier to use - you now

have the option of creating a movie slideshow.

If several scenes are present in the scene bin, you

can trim them all to the same length, then place

them in the storyboard and insert effects with just

a few keystrokes.

For example: You have 25 scenes in the scene bin

and they are all of a different length. You want to

trim these scenes to the same length, then place

them next to one another in the storyboard and

apply a soft fade effect to them.

To avoid having to click around countless times,

you can use this special function on the Power

Key Option instead.

the remaining scenes. To do so, open the „Repeat

command“ window using the key combination

Ctrl r, and enter the required number of scenes.

After all the scenes have been entered, open the

Transitions screen, select the required effect, for

instance the „Double Exposure“ effect with the

„Crossfade“ mode, and insert it using the key

combination Ctrl Ins. The effect appears between

the two scenes as required, and the next „seam“

in the storyboard is selected. Next, press the key

combination Ctrl r to open the repeat function

window again, and then enter the required value.

The effect is now inserted between all the scenes.

You can of course also remove effects in the same

way and then repeat the action. The next scene is

then likewise highlighted.

Select the rst scene and trim it to a reasonable

length, like 5 seconds. Next, press the key combi-

nation Ctrl t so that the subsequent scene in the

scene bin is also trimmed to 5 seconds. Please

note that the scenes are only trimmed back from

their ends.

Since you have carried out the trimming procedu-

re once already, you can use the repeat function.

To do so, press the key combination Ctrl r to open

the „Repeat Command“ window.

Now enter the number of remaining scenes. If you

do not know the exact number, you can also enter

999 (the largest possible repeat rate). This will

cause all the scenes that are positioned after the

highlighted scene in the scene bin to be trimmed.

Since all the scenes have now been trimmed, you

can insert them in the storyboard. To do so, select

the rst of the affected scenes again, and press

the key combination

Ctrl Ins so that the scene appears in the story-

board and the next scene in the scene bin is

highlighted. Since you have now inserted one

scene already, you can repeat the procedure for

9. Tables – Casablanca software 1.8 or higher

Program control keys

Qualier-keys

Qualier-keys Description

Shift Normally utilized to write capital letters

Alt Gr Utilized to input special UNICODE-symbols (@, \, ...).

Ctrl As a rule utilized to select commands which do not have an equivalent on the operating interface.

Sometimes this key is to be pushed additionally to protect against unintentional actions (delete, ...).

Alt Only necessary for special inputs when an additional qualier is needed:

• for titling, because a key without a qualier appear s as tex t input

• with the on-screen keyboard

• for a direct input of numbers with controllers

The navigation takes place with depressed navigation-key (change in menu, trackball control)

To select storyboard func tions

Effect-List with (activated) slider

Function Description

Cursor 56 The list switches to the next /previous entr y.

Page 5 6 The list switches to the nex t/previous page. Besides, exac tly one entr y less than visible is scrolled

Pos 1, End Jumps to the beginning or rather to the end of the list (even when the lis t is not activated).

Esc Abort, the list becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation.

Enter OK, the list becomes inactive and the selec ted entry remains current.

a-z, ... As a rule sorted alphabetically when tex t entries are shown. By entering a key the list jumps to the

(even when the list is not activated).

rst entry with this let ter. If this let ter does not exist, it will not be scrolled. Capitalization /use of small initial letters will be ignored when using these keys as well as when searching an inital letter.

Activated Sliders / Control Units

Function Description

Cursor 3456 The controller switches to the nex t/previous entry (r/l with horizontal, up/down with vertical control

Page 5 6 The controller scrolls in bigger steps:

Alt 0..9, ... By pushing the Alt-key at the same time, the requested number can be entered directly. There is no

Esc Abort, the control unit becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation.

Enter OK, the control unit becomes inactive and the chosen value remains the current.

units) (even when the control units are not activated)

With the timecode - control unit the step width is 1s, otherwise 1/10 of the total range. Please notice, that the arrow showing down moves the control unit to the right therefore to the higher range (even when the control unit is not activated).

visual representation during the entr y. After the release of the Alt- key the value of the control unit is updated. (only with control units with numerical or timecode display)

Active Selection Keys

Function Description

Cursor 56 previous /next entry

Page 5 6 +/- 10 entries

Pos 1, End Jumps to the 1st or rather to the last entry

123...90 Shows the 1st to the 10 th entry. From the 11th entry a direct selection is not possible.

Esc Abort, the key becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation.

Enter OK, the key becomes inactive and the chosen value remains the current.

Keyboard Abbreviations

The abbreviation used for the activation can also be used for the abor t (as Esc).

Global Keys

Change Menus

Function Keys Origin

System set tings

Project settings

Video settings

Record

Edit

Finish

Transitions

Image Processing

Titling

Audio Record / Edit

Audio -Mix

Main menu

system

project

video

record

edit

nish

crossfade

image pr.

title

audio

mix

head

Trackball Control

Function Key Remarks

Moving the on-screen pointer

Left button (Select)

Right button (Cancel)

3456

Enter

Esc

The pointer moves as long as the button is pressed

To click on icons

The same effect as abort/quit (return to previous screen)

Key Functions etc.

Key New Name Printing Function

F1 Help General help function

F2 Fades in key abbrevia-

tions

F3, F4 Not yet reser ved

F5 - F8 M1 - M4 M1 - M4 Several application- oriented marks

F9 RECORD Record

F10 STOP Stop

F11 PLAY Play

F12 PAUSE Pause

F13 – F15 Not yet reser ved

SB Storyboard Selects functions for the storyboard

(opens help window)

Special keyboard -help (fades in the abbreviations of the icons as long as the button is pressed)

Nav Navigation Changes in menu, moves mouse, trackball-keyboard control, ...

Others

Function Key Origin Remarks

Copy Ctrl c PC Copies scene (s)

Cut Ctrl x PC Removes scene(s)

Paste Ctrl v PC Adds scene(s)

Repeat Ctrl r repeat Opens repetition windows

OFF Ctrl Alt Del Turns off Casablanca

OK Enter OK in windows

Cancel Esc Cancel in windows

Yes y yes „Yes“ in windows with yes/no request

NO n no „No“ in windows with yes/no request

Lock Keyboard Ctrl l lock Locks keyboard

Unlock Keyboard Ctrl Alt u unlock Unlocks keyboard

Edit Menu

Function Key Origin Remarks

Inser t

Range

Add

Add++

Remove

Replace

Search f nd Searches for a scene in the scene list

Split s split

Trim t trim

Trim++ Ctrl t trim Taking length of the current scene, one to the right and trim this on

Copy c copy Creates a copy directly (compare Ctrl c)

New Scene n new

Special e special

Delete Ctrl Del To be on the safe side Ctrl must be pressed

Undo Ctrl Ins To be on the safe side Ctrl must be pressed

[ ] Ins

Ctrl Ins

[ ] Del

inser t

range

Inser ts a scene and goes one scene to the right in the scene list

replace

nd Searches for next appearance of the current scene in the storyboard

length

Storyboard-controller

Storyboard l/r

Storyboard Star t

Storyboard End

Storyboard ± 5

Storyboard Play

Scene- controller l list Activates controller

Scene l/r/up/down

First scene Pos1

Last Scene End

Scene list ± 12 Page 5 6 Depends on the number of visible entries

Scene Play PL AY

Scene Name k keyboard Activates on- screen keyboard

Search in scene bin Ctrl f PC Searches a scene in the scene bin (name entr y with the on -screen

Search in storyboard

Copy Ctrl c PC Copies scene(s) from the scene bin

Cut Ctrl x PC Takes scene(s) the scene bin

Paste Ctrl v PC Adds scene (s) to the scene bin

Pos1

End

Page 5 6

PLAY

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Ctrl f

list Activates controller

Depends on the number of visible entries

keyboard)

PC Searches a scene in the stor yboard (name entry with the on - screen

keyboard)

Repeat-Window

Function Key Origin

Repetitions r repeat

Split

Function Key Origin Remarks

Name k keyboard Activates the on-screen keyboard

Split Position s split

Auto a auto

Use u use

Drop d drop

Split Position +/- 1

Play PLAY

Scroll bar up/down y

Waveform w waveform

„Finish“ Enter Quit bar, return

Split-bar

Function Keys Origin

OK s, Enter split

Use u use

Drop d drop

Split Position +/- 1

Split Position +/- 1s Page 56

First Scene Pos1

Last Scene End

Trim

Function Key Origin Remarks

Name k keyboard Activates the on-screen keyboard

IN i in

IN -1 c

IN +1 v

Play IN f

OUT o out

OUT -1 n

OUT +1 m

Play OUT j

Play PLAY

Scroll bar up/down y

Waveform on/off w waveform

New Scene

Function Key Origin

List l list

Preview

Full size

Length t time

[ ] p

[ ] f

preview

frame

Color Selection

Function Key Origin

Hue h hue

Color c color

Alpha a alpha

Archive r records

Sample Selection

Function Key Origin Remarks

Product p product

Type t type

List l list Activates screen list

Selection in raster

Raster +/- n-1 lines Page 56

Color c color

Mode m mode

Alpha a alpha

56 34

Special

Function Key Origin

List l list

Preview p preview

Full size f frame

Insert / Range

Gadget Key Origin Remarks

Star t s star t

Star t -1

Star t +1

IN i in

IN -1 c

IN +1 v

OUT o out

OUT -1 n

OUT +1 m

Play PLAY

OK Enter Even when there is no OK-button

Scroll bar up/down y

Waveform on/off w waveform

Insert where?

Button Key

In Front

Behind

Quit Esc

Play-Bar

Function Key Origin Remarks

Stop STOP Stops and leaves the stor yboard at the old position

Halt h halt Stops and puts storyboard on current position

Pause PAUSE

Index Space Only with split-play

Scroll bar up/down y

On-Screen-Keyboard

Function Key Origin Remarks

Special symbols Alt k keyboard Opens screen with all symbols

Special-Symbols-Window

Function Key Origin Remarks

List l list Activates screen

Selection in screen

Raster +/- n-1 lines Page 56

56 34

Single -Picture - Preview

Function Key Origin

Frame f frame

Display d display

OK Enter

Cancel Esc

Effect-button 1 1

Effect-button 2 2

Effect-button 3 3

Effect-button 4 4

Scroll bar up/down y

Bar small/big x

Effect-Menus

Function Key Origin Remarks

Inser t

Inser t++

Remove

Remove++

 s

1 s

2 s

x s

Scene

Preview

Full size

Create

Scene

[ ] Ins

[ ] Ctrl Ins

[ ] Del

[ ] Ctrl Ins

Adds an effect and moves one to the right

Deletes the effect and moves one to the right

Only with transitions

range Only with long -term and title- effects

preview

frame

create

scene

Storyboard slider

Storyboard l/r

Storyboard Star t

Storyboard End

Storyboard ± 6

Storyboard play

List slider l list Activates list

Effect up/down

First effect Pos1

Last effect End

Effect list ± 6 Page 5 6 Depends on the number of visible entries

Edit/Change tex t t text Only with title - ef fects

Effect-button 1 1

Effect-button 2 2

Effect-button 3 3

Effect-button 4 4

Pos1

End

Page 5 6

PLAY

list Activates control unit

Depends on the number of visible entries

Length Transitions

Function Key Origin

Length t time

Create a scene

Function Key Origin Remarks

Name k keyboard Activates the on-screen keyboard

Effect e effect

Effect + Scenes a all

Range r range

System Settings

Function Key Origin

Select language l language

Trackball Speed t trackball

Install Product p product

Videooutput v video

Screen s screen

Hard disk h harddisk

Presentation options o options

SCART-output c component

Install Product

Function Key Origin Remarks

List slider l list Activates list

Product up/down

First product Pos1

Last product End

Product list ± 6 Page 56 Depends on the number of visible entries

License a activate

Show s show

Hide h hide

Info i info

Enter Activating Code

Function Key

0-9 0 - 9

Information Window

Function Key

First page Pos1

Last page End

Page ± 1 Page 56

Project Settings

Function Key Origin Remarks

Select project p project Kron, Avio-Pro-Paket, not with the multiuser edition

Select project 1-3 1- 3 Only with Avio

Select administrator project t teacher Only with the multiuser edition

Select user project s student Only with the multiuser edition

New project n new

Information i info

Image d dimension

Format f format

Color Resolution r resolution

Audio quality a audio

Picture quality (selection) m mode

Picture quality (slider) q quality

Select Project

Function Key Origin Remarks

List control l list Activates list

Project up/down

First project Pos1

Last project End

Project list ± 6 Page 5 6 Depends on the number of visible entries

Video Settings

Function Key Origin

Brightness b brightness

Contrast c contrast

Saturation s saturation

Input i input

Bar small/big x

Bar up/down y

Record

Function Key Origin

Mode m mode

Time t time

Name k keyboard

Delete Del

Record RECORD

Stop STOP

Split s split

DV Stop

DV Play

DV-Pause

DV <<

DV >>

Bar small/big x

Bar up/down y

STOP

PLAY

PAUSE

Page 5

Page 6

Finish

Function Key Origin Remarks

Create Range c create

Range

Record to VCR v video

Record to DV d dv

Display o output

List control l list Activates list

Product up/down

First product Pos1

Last product End

Product list ± 6 Page 56 Depends on the number of visible entries

Product operating interface

[ ]r

1 - 4

range

Finish DV-Control

Function Key

DV Record

DV Stop

DV Play

DV-Pause

DV <<

DV >>

[ ] RECORD

[ ] STOP

[ ] PLAY

[ ] PAUSE

[ ] Page 5

[ ] Page 6

Finish Range

Function Key Origin

For DV d dv

For Analog a analog

Abor t/Quit Esc

Audio Record / Edit

Function Key Origin Remarks

Modulation v volume

Input i input

Split s split

Trim t trim

Copy c copy Creates a copy directly (see Ctrl c)

New sample n new

Special e special

Audio sample -> Scene b black scene

Delete Ctrl Del To be on the safe side Ctrl must be depressed

Undo Ctrl Ins To be on the safe side Ctrl must be depressed

Name k keyboard

List control l list Activates list

Audio sample up /down

First track Pos1

Last track End

Track list ± 6 Page 5 6 Depends on the number of visible entries

Split Audio

as split video, but with the following changes:

Function Key

Stop STOP

Play IN f

Play OUT j

Trim Audio

As trim video, but with the following changes

Function Key

Stop STOP

New Audio Track

As edit / New Scene

Special

As edit / Special

Audio-Mix

Function Key Origin Remarks

Storyboard control

Storyboard l/r

Storyboard Star t

Storyboard End

Storyboard ± 6

Storyboard Play

Track up/down

Audio track l/r

Select track

Inser t

Remove

Remove++ Ctrl Del Deletes one track and goes to the nex t

Range

Create

Track aper ture f fade Only with 6 - track- user-inter face

Fade in I in With 6 -track-user-interface in the window

Fade out o out With 6-track-user-interface in the window

Volume v volume

Volume commentary w words Only with 3-track-user- interface

Volume background b background Only with 3- track- user-inter face

Copy volume++ C trl e equalize Remembers the volume of the current track and swit-

Mute M mute Mutes the current track

Mute++ Ctrl m mute Mutes the current track and switches to the next track

Correction n neighbour Only with 6 - track- user-inter face

Correction of volume a adjust Only with 6-track-user- interface

Play track/sample PLAY

Stop STOP

Activate list l lis t Only with 6-track-user- interface in the window

Samples up/down

First Track Pos1 Only with 6-track-user- interface in the window

Last Track End Only with 6-track-user- interface in the window

Track list ± 6 Page 5 6 with 6 - track- user-inter face in the window

Play track in the list PLAY Only with 6-track-user- interface (in the window)

Stop in the list STOP Only with 6 - track- user-inter face (in the window)

Pos1

End

Page 5 6

PLAY

[ ] Alt 34

1-3/6

[ ] Ins

list Activates control unit

Depends on the number of visible entries

range

create

ches to the next and continues with the same volume

Only with 6-track-user- interface in the window

Insert Audio – where to insert (Avio)

Function Key Origin

Commentar y c comment

Background b background

Abor t Esc

Titling

In the main menu in general you only have to push „Alt“ in addition to the abbreviation of your entry, because otherwise the keys would be read as text. Keys with quliers as Shift and Alt Gr cannot lead to a text input.

Function Key Origin

Font style/size Alt f font

Color/Pattern Alt c color

Outline Alt o outline

Shadow Alt s shadow

Char/Line spaces Alt w writing

Line Alt l line

Add box Alt Ins

Page -Options Alt p page

Delete symbol on the left of the cursor

Delete symbol on the right of the cursor

Delete line Ctrl Del

Archive Alt r records

Special symbols Alt k keyboard

Page back/forward

Delete document Alt n new

OK Alt CR

Cancel Alt Esc

Del

Page Options

The abbreviations of the page options can also be displayed directly (with Alt) on the titling screen.

Function Key Origin

Move box [Alt] m move

Size box [Alt] d dimension

Delete box Alt Del

Box background [Alt] b background

Text [Alt] t text

Inser t page

Delete page

Ins

Del

Font Selection

Function Key Origin

List l list

Size d dimension

Archive

Function Key Origin

Load l load

Save s save

Delete Del

List l list

Archive load / save / delete

Function Key Origin

List l list

Enter name k keyboard

Area

Function Key Origin

Position m move

Dimension d dimension

Color / Pattern

Function Key Origin Remarks

Pattern m mode

Select Color c color Also direct selection, mode is autom. switched af ter OK

in the pattern- window

Select Texture p pat tern Also direct selection, mode is autom. switched af ter OK

in the tex ture - window

Outline

Function Key Origin

Frame o outline

Select Color c color

Shadow

Function Key Origin

Type s shadow

Direction o orientation

Select Color c color

Char / Line spaces

Function Key Origin

Charwidth w width

Charspace h horizontal

Linespace v vertical

Box-Background

Function Key Origin

Pattern m mode

Select Color c color

Select Texture p pat tern

Installation

Function Key Origin

Update u update

New installation n new

Abor t Esc

10. Tables – SMART EDIT 2.0 or higher

Program control keys

Qualier-keys

Qualier-keys Description

Shift Normally utilized to write capital let ters

Alt Gr Utilized to input special UNICODE -symbols (@, \, ...).

Ctrl As a rule utilized to selec t commands which do not have an equivalent on the operating interface.

Sometimes this key is to be pushed additionally to protect against unintentional actions (delete, ...).

Alt Only necessary for special inputs when an additional qualier is needed:

• for titling, because a key without a qualier appear s as tex t input

• with the on-screen keyboard

• for a direct input of numbers with controllers

The navigation takes place with depressed navigation-key (change in menu, trackball control)

To select storyboard func tions

Effect-List with (activated) slider

Function Description

Cursor 56 The list switches to the next /previous entr y.

Page 5 6 The list switches to the nex t/previous page. Besides, exac tly one entr y less than visible is scrolled

Pos 1, End Jumps to the beginning or rather to the end of the list (even when the lis t is not activated).

Esc Abort, the list becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation.

Enter OK, the list becomes inactive and the selec ted entry remains current.

a-z, ... As a rule sorted alphabetically when tex t entries are shown. By entering a key the list jumps to the

(even when the list is not activated).

Activated Sliders / Control Units

Function Description

Cursor 3456 The controller switches to the nex t/previous entry (r/l with horizontal, up/down with vertical control

Page 5 6 The controller scrolls in bigger steps:

Alt 0..9, ... By pushing the Alt-key at the same time, the requested number can be entered directly. There is no

Esc Abort, the control unit becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation.

Enter OK, the control unit becomes inactive and the chosen value remains the current.

units) (even when the control units are not activated)

visual representation during the entr y. After the release of the Alt- key the value of the control unit is updated. (only with control units with numerical or timecode display)

Active Selection Keys

Function Description

Cursor 56 previous /next entry

Page 5 6 +/- 10 entries

Pos 1, End Jumps to the 1st or rather to the last entry

123...90 Shows the 1st to the 10 th entry

Esc Abort, the key becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation.

Enter OK, the key becomes inactive and the chosen value remains the current.

Keyboard Abbreviations

From the 11th entr y a direct selection is not possible.

The abbreviation used for the activation can also be used for the abor t (as Esc).

Global Keys

Change Menus

Function Keys Origin

System set tings

Project settings

Video settings

Record

Edit

Finish

Transitions

Image Processing

Titling

Audio Record / Edit

Audio -Mix

Main menu

system

project

video

record

edit

nish

crossfade

image pr.

title

audio

mix

head

Trackball Control

Function Key Remarks

Moving the on-screen pointer

Left button (Select)

Right button (Cancel)

3456

Enter

Esc

The pointer moves as long as the button is pressed

To click on icons

The same effect as abort/quit (return to previous screen)

Key Functions etc.

Key New Name Printing Function

F1 Help General help function

F2 Fades in key abbrevia-

tions

F3, F4 Not yet reser ved

F5 - F8 M1 - M4 M1 - M4 Several application- oriented marks

F9 RECORD Record

F10 STOP Stop

F11 PLAY Play

F12 PAUSE Pause

F13 PREVIEW F13 Preview

F14 – F15 Not yet reser ved

SB Storyboard Selects functions for the storyboard

(opens help window)

Special keyboard -help (fades in the abbreviations of the icons as long as the button is pressed)

Nav Navigation Changes in menu, moves mouse, trackball-keyboard control, ...

Others

Function Key Origin Remarks

Copy * Ctrl c PC Copies scene(s)

Cut * Ctrl x PC Removes scene(s)

Paste * Ctrl v PC Adds scene(s)

Repeat * Ctrl r repeat Opens repetition windows

OFF Ctrl Alt Del Turns off Casablanca

OK Enter OK in windows

Cancel Esc Cancel in windows

Yes y yes „Yes“ in windows with yes/no request

NO n no „No“ in windows with yes/no request

Lock Keyboard * Ctrl l lock Locks keyboard

Unlock Keyboard * Ctrl Alt u unlock Unlocks keyboard

Edit Menu

Function Key Origin Remarks

Inser t

Range

Add

Add++ *

Remove

Replace

Search f nd Searches for a scene in the scene list

Search *

Split s split

Trim t trim

Trim++ * C trl t trim Taking length of the current scene, one to the right and trim this on

Copy * c copy Creates a copy directly (compare Ctrl c)

New Scene n new

Special e special

Delete Ctrl Del To be on the safe side Ctrl must be pressed

Undo Ctrl Ins To be on the safe side Ctrl must be pressed

[ ] Ins

Ctrl Ins

[ ] Del

inser t

range

Inser ts a scene and goes one scene to the right in the scene list

replace

nd Searches for next appearance of the current scene in the story-

board

length

Storyboard-controller

Storyboard l/r

Storyboard Star t

Storyboard End

Storyboard ± 5

Storyboard Play

Scene- controller l list Ac tivates controller

Scene l/r/up/down

First scene Pos1

Last Scene End

Scene list ± 12 Page 56 Depends on the number of visible entries

Scene Play PLAY

Scene Name k keyboard Activates on- screen keyboard

Search in scene bin * Ctrl f PC Searches a scene in the scene bin (name entry with the on - screen

Search in storyboard *

Copy * Ctrl c PC Copies scene(s) from the scene bin

Cut * Ctrl x PC Takes scene (s) the scene bin

Paste * Ctrl v PC Adds scene(s) to the scene bin

Pos1

End

Page 5 6

PLAY

Ctrl f

list Activates controller

Depends on the number of visible entries

keyboard)

PC Searches a scene in the storyboard (name entry with the on-screen

keyboard)

Repeat-Window

Function Key Origin

Repetitions r repeat

Split

Function Key Origin Remarks

Name k keyboard Activates the on-screen keyboard

Split Position s split

Auto a auto

Use u use

Drop d drop

Split Position +/- 1

Play PLAY

Scroll bar up/down y

Waveform w waveform

„Finish“ Enter Quit bar, return

Split-bar

Function Keys Origin

OK s, Enter split

Use u use

Drop d drop

Split Position +/- 1

Split Position +/- 1s Page 56

First Scene Pos1

Last Scene End

Trim

Function Key Origin Remarks

Name k keyboard Activates the on-screen keyboard

IN i in

IN -1 c

IN +1 v

Play IN f

OUT o out

OUT -1 n

OUT +1 m

Play OUT j

Play PLAY

Scroll bar up/down y

Waveform on/off w waveform

New

Function Key Origin

List l list

Preview F13

Full size f frame

Length t time

Information F1

Color Selection

Function Key Origin

Hue h hue

Color c color

Alpha a alpha

Archive r records

Pattern Selection

Function Key Origin Remarks

Product p product

Type t type

List l list Activates screen list

Selection in raster

Raster +/- n-1 lines Page 56

Colorize c color

Mode m mode

Alpha a alpha

Marker keys * M1 – M4

Archives r records

56 34

Pattern, Colorize

Function Key Origin

Colorize m mode

Color 1 1

Color 2 2

Color 3 3

Pattern, “Color or Sample”

Function Key Origin

Color c color

Pattern p pattern

Special

Function Key Origin

List l list

Preview F13

Full size f frame

Information F1

Insert / Range

Gadget Key Origin Remarks

Mode t trim/move

IN / Star t i in

IN / Star t -1 c

IN / Star t +1 v

OUT / End o out

OUT / End -1 n

OUT / End +1 m

Play PLAY

OK Enter Even when there is no OK-button

Scroll bar up/down y

Waveform on/off w waveform

Insert where?

Button Key

In Front

Behind

Quit Esc

Play-Bar

Function Key Origin Remarks

Stop STOP Stops and leaves the storyboard at the old position

Halt * h halt Stops and puts storyboard on current position

Pause PAUSE

Index Space Only with split-play

Scroll bar up/down y

On-Screen-Keyboard

Function Key Origin Remarks

Special symbols Alt k keyboard Opens screen with all symbols

Special-Symbols-Window

Function Key Origin Remarks

List l list Activates screen

Selection in screen

Raster +/- n-1 lines Page 56

56 34

Single -Picture - Preview

Function Key Origin

Frame f frame

Display d display

OK Enter

Cancel Esc

Effect-button 1 1

Effect-button 2 2

Effect-button 3 3

Effect-button 4 4

Scroll bar up/down y

Bar small/big x

Effect-Menus

Function Key Origin Remarks

Inser t

Inser t++ *

Remove

Remove++ *

 s

1 s

2 s

Range

Preview

Full size

Create

Scene

[ ] Ins

[ ] Ctrl Ins

[ ] Del

[ ] Ctrl Ins

F13

Adds an effect and moves one to the right

Deletes the effect and moves one to the right

Only with transitions – possible without button

range Only with long -term and title- effects

frame

create

scene

Storyboard slider

Storyboard l/r

Storyboard Star t

Storyboard End

Storyboard ± 6

Storyboard play

List slider l list Ac tivates list

Effect up/down

First effect Pos1

Last effect End

Effect list ± 6 Page 5 6 Depends on the number of visible entries

Edit/Change tex t t text Only with title - ef fects

Effect-button 1 1

Effect-button 2 2

Effect-button 3 3

Effect-button 4 4

Information F1

Pos1

End

Page 5 6

PLAY

list Activates control unit

Depends on the number of visible entries

Length Transitions

Function Key Origin

Length t time

1 s

2 s

x s

Create a scene

Function Key Origin Remarks

Name k keyboard Activates the on-screen keyboard

Effect e effect

Effect + Scenes a all

Range r range

System Settings

Function Key Origin

Select language l language

Trackball Speed t trackball

Install Product p product

Videooutput v video

Screen s screen

Hard disk h harddisk

Presentation options o options

SCART-output c component

Presentation Options

Function Key Origin

Play-Counter h hide

Loop -Mode l loop

Play on startup s star t

Default settings d default

Install Product

Function Key Origin Remarks

List slider l list Ac tivates list

Product up/down

First product Pos1

Last product End

Product list ± 6 Page 56 Depends on the number of visible entries

Activate a activate

Hide h hide

Info i info

Enter Activating Code

Function Key

0-9 0 - 9

Information Window

Function Key

First page Pos1

Last page End

Page ± 1 Page 56

Project Settings

Function Key Origin Remarks

Name h hard -disk-name

Select project p project Kron, Avio-Pro-Paket, not with the multiuser edition

Select administrator project

Select user project s student Only with the multiuser edition

Delete n new

Information i info

Image d dimension

Format f format

Color Resolution r resolution

Audio quality a audio

Picture quality (selection) m mode

Picture quality (slider) q quality

Select Project

Function Key Origin Remarks

List control l list Activates list

Project up/down

First project Pos1

Last project End

Project list ± 6 Page 5 6 Depends on the number of visible entries

1-10 1...0

t teacher Only with the multiuser edition

Video Settings

Function Key Origin

Brightness b brightness

Contrast c contrast

Saturation s saturation

Input i input

Bar small/big x

Bar up/down y

Record

Function Key Origin

Mode m mode

Time t time

Name k keyboard

Record RECORD

Stop STOP

DV Stop

DV Play

DV-Pause

DV <<

DV >>

Bar small/big x

Bar up/down y

STOP

PLAY

PAUSE

Page 5

Page 6

Record – Mini-Panel

Function Key Origin

Stop STOP

Finish

Function Key Origin Remarks

Create c create

Choose Range r range

Record to VCR m mode

Play PLAY

DV-Recorder-Controls d dv

List control l list Ac tivates lis t

Product up/down

First product Pos1

Last product End

Product list ± 6 Page 5 6 Depends on the number of visible entries

Product operating interface 1 - 4

Finish DV-Control

Function Key

DV Stop

DV Play

DV-Pause

DV <<

DV >>

Play Strg PL AY

[ ] STOP

[ ] PLAY

[ ] PAUSE

[ ] Page 5

[ ] Page 6

Record / Edit

Function Key Origin Remarks

Modulation v volume

Sound o sound

Input i input

Mode m mode

Split s split

Trim t trim

Copy c copy Creates a copy directly (see Ctrl c) – possible without

New sample n new

Special e special

Audio sample -> Scene b black scene

Delete Ctrl Del To be on the safe side Ctrl must be depressed

Undo Ctrl Ins To be on the safe side Ctrl must be depressed

Name k keyboard

Record RECORD

Stop STOP

Play PLAY

List control l list Activates list

Audio sample up /down

First track Pos1

Last track End

Track list ± 6 Page 5 6 Depends on the number of visible entries

button

Audio Sound

Function Key Origin

Treble t treble

Bass b bass

Split Audio

as split video, but with the following changes:

Function Key

Stop STOP

Play IN f

Play OUT j

Trim Audio

As trim video, but with the following changes

Function Key

Stop STOP

New Audio Track

As edit / New Scene

Special

As edit / Special

Mix

Function Key Origin Remarks

Storyboard control

Storyboard l/r

Storyboard Star t

Storyboard End

Storyboard ± 6

Storyboard Play

Record

Track up/down

Audio track l/r

Select track

Inser t

Remove

Remove++ * Ctrl Del Deletes one track and goes to the next

Timeline

Range

Create

Fade f fade Only with 6 -track-user-interface

Volume v volume

Volume commentary w words Only with 3-track-user- interface

Volume background b background Only with 3- track- user-inter face

Copy volume++ * Ctrl e equalize Remembers the volume of the current track and swit-

Mute * M mute Mutes the current track

Mute++ * Ctrl m mute Mutes the current track and switches to the nex t track

Correction n neighbour Only with 6 - track- user-inter face

Correction of volume a adjust Only with 6-track-user- interface

Play track/sample PL AY

Stop STOP

Pos1

End

Page 5 6

PLAY

RECORD

[ ] Alt 34

1-3/6

[ ] Ins

[ ] t

list Activates control unit

Depends on the number of visible entries

timeline

range

create

ches to the next and continues with the same volume

Audio – Fade

Function Key Origin

Fade In i in

Fade Out o out

Insert Audio

Function Key Origin

Activate list l lis t

Sample up/down

First track Pos 1

Last track End

Track list ± 6 Page 5 6

Sample play PL AY

Stop STOP

Titling

Function Key Origin

Font style/size Alt f font

Style Alt s st yle

Char/Line spaces Alt w writing

Line Alt l line

Box Options Alt b box

Page Options Alt a page

Delete symbol on the left of the cursor

Delete symbol on the right of the cursor * Del

Delete line Ctrl Del

Preview F13

Archives Alt r records

Special symbols Alt k keyboard

Page back/forward

Delete document * Alt n new

OK Alt CR

Cancel Alt Esc

Style

Function Key Origin

Color [Alt] c color

Pattern [Alt] p pattern

Outline [Alt] o outline

Outline, Color/Pattern [Alt] 1

Shadow [Alt] s shadow

Shadow, Direction [Alt] 3

Shadow, Color [Alt] 4

Italic [Alt] i italic

3 D [Alt] g geometr y

3 D, Direc tion [Alt] 5

3 D, Color/ Pat tern [Alt] 6

Archives Strg [Alt] r records

Box Options

Function Key Origin

Add box [Alt] Ins

Delete box [Alt] Del

Text [Alt] t text

Box background [Alt] b background

Move box [Alt] m move

Size box [Alt] d dimension

min. size [Alt] e enclose

visible size [Alt] v visible

Page Options

The abbreviations of the page options can also be displayed directly (with Alt) on the titling screen.

Function Key

Inser t page

Delete page

all lines Strg [Alt] a

background Strg [Alt] b

Ins

Del

Font Selection

Function Key Origin

List l list

Size d dimension

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