3.6d
Casablanca SmartEdit Release Notes
for Casablanca Avio
Avio DVD
Prestige
Kron
Kron PLUS
New Features of Smart Edit 3.6d
• Support for QuadCam
• Support for Disk Transfer,Xpress Maps and Arabesk 2.2
• Improved Firewire hub support
• Timer controlled recording now also starts when the
Casablanca is running.
• Time controlled recording is now also a feature of Avio
without Avio Pro pack.
• The layout/positioning of the screen menus for some
eects and add-on products had been improved.
• Scenes in the storyboard can be trimmed to a longer
length if the scene is still in the bin.
• A scene that has just been recorded can be deleted in the
Record window by pressing the “Delete” key on the
keyboard (Power Key required).
Please be aware: 3.6c, when used with the Multi-User software (included in School Edition and Church Edition,) will
reduce the number of password-protected projects from
30 to 10.
Fixed Problems in 3.6c:
• DVD partition increased to allow for dual-layer burning
with Arabesk 2.2 and dual-layer media (AO8 only)
• Better support for Akaba (picture corrections and touch-up mode)
• Better support for rst-generation rewire devices
• Fixes a problem that sometimes occurred with TitleFX 1
eects which caused some letters to appear blurry.
• Timer controlled recording now also starts when the
Casablanca is running.
• Audio mix problems that caused reboots, damaged
soundtracks, or incorrect audio samples to be played
•
Audio now fades out completely when using envelope to fade
• When replacing scenes with scenes of the same or shorter
length, eects now remain in the storyboard in most
cases
• Problems with rendering when eects overlapped is now
xed
• Some small problems with inserts corrected
These are changes from the 3.1 version of Smart Edit.
Please see the Release Notes for 3.0, and 3.1 to see all of the recent
changes to Smart Edit. They are available at www.casablanca.tv
What is on your SmartMedia Card
The SmartCard labeled Smart Edit contains your System
Software, which should already be loaded into your
Casablanca. If your Casablanca System is equipped with
a DVD burner, you can use it only after installing the
DVD Arabesk software that is included on the Smart Edit
SmartCard. The DVD software is not automatically
loaded with a new install: it must always be installed
separately.
To access the add-on software, go into your machineʼs
System Settings screen and click on the “Install Product”
button and then insert the Smart Edit card into the reader.
Select Arabesk in the list, and then click “Activate”.
Installing this software also allows you to install add-on
software from the enclosed CD (see below), and also allows
you to import audio from CD faster than real time.
Important Information Regarding the Software Included
On Your Casablanca Add-On Software CD
The CD-Rom enclosed in this packaging contains all of
MacroSystem USʼcurrently released software applications.
If your Casablanca is not equipped with a DVD writer, there
will be an additional SmartCard labelled “All Software”.
To use the Software CD, you must rst install the DVD
Arabesk software (see above), and you must be using Smart
Edit 2.5 or 3.6a or higher.
To access the software, go into your machineʼs System
Settings screen and click on the “Install Product” button
(“Blue Box” and “Bonus Eects” are pre-installed on your
machine, but the other software packages require that you
to insert the CD-ROM or SmartMedia card). The CD may
take a moment to load.
You now have two options - you can activate any
additional software you have purchased or you can sample
unpurchased software.
Changes in DVD Arabesk 2.2:
• This version is required to use Pioneer AO8 DVD burners
• Adds on-screen eject button for use with Solitaire
• Supports Disk Transfer
• It is now possible to record up to 2,5 hours of video by
using the reduced picture quality (this depends on picture
content and compressed audio).
• Information on required disc space has been improved.
• Various problems regarding playback of audio using the
internal player have been corrected (audio sync, errors,
no audio, channels reversed).
• To avoid problems on older Casablanca Avio units, it is
not possible to playback compressed audio. This does not
inuence the nished DVD.
Activating Purchased Software
• You can activate additional software applications by
entering a code for each package (the codes that have
been provided to you are only for the software you have
purchased). Highlight the desired software package in the
list.
• Click on “Activate” and enter the 12-digit code that either
MSUS or your local dealer has provided, and then click on
“OK.”
• For instructions and additional information about the
Installed Products, highlight the software application that
you want learn more about and then click on the “Info”
button.
Viewing Unpurchased Software in “Demo” Mode
With the exceptions of Avio Pro Pack, Bonus Eects, Photo
Transfer and PresentationOptions, all additional software
packages can be sampled in a preview “Demo” mode.
• Highlight the desired software package in the list. Click
on the “Activate” button. When asked for an activation code,
click “Demo”. You can then use samples of these eects
in your projects in order to see what they look like (the word
“Demo” will appear over all eects).
• When you decide to purchase any of the other software
packages on the card, you will be issued the appropriate
codes in order to activate them and remove the “Demo”
Known Issues with Smart Edit 3.6d
• Mpeg-2 is no longer a compression option.
This is not a bug, but a removed feature. DV compression is now
an industry standard, and is a much more compatible and problemfree format. If you require editing in Mpeg-2, please continue
using OS 2.4.
• The DV Audio input cannot be heard in Audio Record
You cannot hear audio from the DV input until after it is digitized.
You are able to see the levels, but you cannot actually hear the
audio until you play it back.
• You may see numerical codes next to “Input DV” in the Video
Settings screen when there are rewire devices attached.
Installing Smart Edit 3.6d
If this is your rst time setting up your Casablanca editing system,
you must install an OS before it can be used.
Please be aware: 3.6d, when used with the Multi-User
software (included in School Edition and Church Edition)
will reduce the number of password-protected projects
from 30 to 10.
With the system turned o, insert the Smart Edit 3.6d card all the
way into the Smartmedia card slot on the front of the machine.
The notch of the card should be forward, and the gold side should
face down.
Push the power button, and you will see an icon in the top left of
the screen that says, “System”, and has some Z’s. After a few seconds, a pop-up menu will ask you to select
your language from a list.
After selecting the language, another window will pop up asking if
you would like to start an Installation. If you are currently running
any version older than 3.0, an installation will erase all data on
your hard drive. Click on “Yes” to begin the software installation.
Once completed, a message will ask you to remove the Smartmedia
card. Upon removing the card from the slot, the system will automatically reboot to the menu screen.
After loading the OS, you will need to go to System Settings, and
click on “Install Product” to load DVD Arabesk (it is on the same
card as Smart Edit 3.6c, but must be loaded separately), any add-on
software such as the Multi-User Edition, Fonts, or Eects.
• Using 16:9
“Anamorphic” 16:9 video is specically recorded so that the
normal width of NTSC video is wider, thereby providing an aspect
ratio of 16:9 rather than the normal 4:3.
This is dierent than high-denition video, because it does not
contain more lines of resolution, it merely stretches the normal
resolution horizontally. Shooting this type of video is an option on
many current digital camcorders.
Undistorted viewing of this type of video requires a video monitor
with a 16:9 mode, or a wide-screen television.
The Casablanca 16:9 mode does not create a letterboxed
eect within the Casablanca.
It will only output the anamorphic 16:9 video (which will look
distorted on a non-16:9 monitor).
The 3.0 software now supports the undistorted editing of 16:9
video. This feature can be activated for a project in the Project
Settings screen.
When working with 16:9, using a VGA monitor in addition to a
video monitor with 16:9 is highly recommended so that the video
and the editing interface can both be viewed without distortion.
Switching your Casablanca project to 16:9 mode in Project Settings
changes the way the system renders fonts and certain shapes (such
as circles), so that they will have the correct proportions when the
video is displayed with the 16:9 aspect ratio.
Note for Avio Pro users:
Avio SmartEdit 3.6d also installs Avio Pro v3 and you should NOT
also try to activate Pro v1.0.
If you do, you will lose some SmartEdit 3 functionality that can only
be regain by a full re-install of Smart Edit 3.6d.
D I G I T A L V I D E O
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