Pinnacle Systems Media Composer Adrenaline - 1.0 User’s Guide

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Adrenaline

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Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Editing Guide • Part 0130-05721-01 • May 2003

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Contents

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Accessing the Tutorial and Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Avid Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 1 Editing Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Editing Workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Starting a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Preparing to Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Editing a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Chapter 2 Desktop Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Working with the Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using Shortcut Menus (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using Shortcut Menus (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using the Windows Taskbar (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using the Macintosh Dock (Macintosh Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Dragging Windows (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Setting Your Screen Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Changing Screen Resolution (Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Changing Screen Resolution (Macintosh). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Using the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Changing Project and User Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Deleting Projects and User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . 53

Starting the Avid Application (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Starting the Avid Application (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 3 Starting a Work Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Opening and Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Changing Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Selecting a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Creating a New Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Selecting a Shared Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Selecting a Private Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Selecting an External Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Browsing for a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Opening a Project Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Using User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Creating a User Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Importing a User Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Changing User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Backing Up Your Project Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk . . . . . . . 74

Restoring from a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Ending a Work Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Quitting the Avid Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Turning Off Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Mounting and Unmounting Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Unmounting Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Mounting All Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Session Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Chapter 4 Working with the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Opening and Closing the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Using the Bins Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Viewing a List of Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Displaying Folders of Bins in the Bins List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Creating a Folder in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Creating a New Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Renaming a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Opening and Closing a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Opening Selected Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Opening Bins from Other Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Closing a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Deleting a Bin or Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Viewing Contents in the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Emptying the Trash in the Bins List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Managing Folders and Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Saving Bins Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Saving Bins Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Using the Settings Scroll List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Understanding Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Defining Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Reviewing Basic Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Displaying Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Changing the Settings Scroll List Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Working with Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Selecting Another User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Modifying Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Working with Multiple Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Duplicating Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Naming Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Selecting Among Multiple Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Deleting Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Restoring Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Copying Settings Between Settings Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Using Site Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Using the Info Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Viewing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Accessing the Hardware Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Displaying Usage Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Statistics File Structure and Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Importing the Statistics File into a Spreadsheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Displaying Disk Space Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Customizing the Appearance of the Avid User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Changing Interface Component Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Changing Shading Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Changing Shading Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Changing Button Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Changing Button Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Using Interface Appearance Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Changing Font and Point Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Customizing Your Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Creating a New Workspace Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Linking User Settings and Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Switching Between Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Deleting a Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Assigning a Workspace Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Sharing Bins and Projects on Avid Unity MediaNetwork. . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Understanding Avid Unity MediaNetwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Mapping Workspaces on the Avid Unity Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Sharing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Shared Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Shared Bins and Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Opening a Shared Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Working with Locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Default Locking Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Overriding the Default Locking Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Restrictions and Limitations for Locked Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Chapter 5 Using Basic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Navigating in Dialog Boxes and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Using Toolsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Opening Toolsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Customizing Toolsets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Linking Toolsets to Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Using the Tools Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Using the Deck Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Using the Command Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Understanding Button Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Mapping User-Selectable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Using the Blank Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Mapping Modifier Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Mapping Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Activating Commands from the Command Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Using the Avid Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Using the Console Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Displaying System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Reviewing a Log of Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Getting Information with the Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Using the Hardware Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Using the Communication (Serial) Ports Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Chapter 6 Organizing with Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Preparing to Work with Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Adjusting Audio Pan Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Adjusting Default Pan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Using the Center Pan Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Using Audio Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Film Scene Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Setting the Bin Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Conserving Screen Real Estate with the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Enabling and Disabling the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Opening Bins in the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Closing the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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Moving Bins into and out of the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Moving Clips and Sequences into and out of the SuperBin . . . . . . 168

Copying Clips and Sequences into and out of the SuperBin . . . . . 169

Deleting a Bin with the SuperBin Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Basic Bin Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Using Bin Display Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Displaying Custom Bin Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Customizing Bin Views in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Saving a Custom Bin View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Using the Bin Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Lassoing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Selecting Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Duplicating Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Moving Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Copying Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Deleting Clips, Subclips, and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Assigning Colors to Bin Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Adding a Color Column to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Assigning a Source Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Assigning a Custom Source Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Limiting Color Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Sifting Clips and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Sifting Timecodes or Keycode Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Sifting Within a Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Locking and Unlocking Items in a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Selecting Offline Items in a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Selecting Media Relatives for an Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Selecting Sources Used by an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Selecting Unreferenced Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Using Brief View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Using Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Arranging Bin Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Moving and Rearranging Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Aligning Bin Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Showing and Hiding Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

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Deleting a Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Duplicating a Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Adding Customized Columns to a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Changing a Custom Column Heading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Managing Clip Information in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Moving Within Column Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Modifying Clip Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Copying Information Between Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Copying Information from Another Cell in a Custom Column . 199

Sorting Clips in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Sorting Clips in Ascending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Sorting Clips in Descending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Performing Multilevel Sorting with Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Sorting Clips by Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Displaying Timecodes in a 24p or 25p Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Frame Counting for Timecodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Adding Timecode Columns to a Bin or the Media Tool . . . . . . 203

Adding Timecode Values to the Timecode Columns. . . . . . . . 203

Bin Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Using Frame View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Changing the Bin Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Enlarging or Reducing Frame Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Rearranging Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Changing the Frame Identifying the Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Arranging Frames in a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Using Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Adding Text in Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Playing Clips in Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Rearranging Clips in Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Printing Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Gathering Format Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Preparing Digital Bars and Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Importing Color Bars and Other Test Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Creating Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Creating Video Leader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

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Creating Audio Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Storyboard Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Chapter 7 Managing Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Working with Media Files in an Avid Unity Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Configuring Avid Editing Systems to Work with MediaManager

and TransferManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Support for an Avid Unity LANshare Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Using the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Basic Media Tool Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Opening the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Freeing Storage Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Consolidating Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Understanding the Consolidate Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Using the Consolidate Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Using the Transcode Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Loading the Media Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Refreshing Media Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Backing Up Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Using Videotapes for Archiving and Restoring Media Files . . . . . . . . . 241

Archiving Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Archive to Videotape Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Restoring an Archive from Videotape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Finding a Related Media File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Relinking Clips to Media Files or Bin Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Relinking to Selected Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Relinking Consolidated Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Relinking Moved Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Unlinking Clips from Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

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Chapter 8 Using Script Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Lined Script Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Explanation of Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Lining in the Digital Realm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Script Integration Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Using Script Integration in Video Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Script Window Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Script Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Importing a Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Opening, Closing, and Saving the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Displaying Clip and Sequence Information in a Script Window . . . 266

Exploring the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Adjusting the Script Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Manipulating Script Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Changing the Font of the Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Selecting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Removing Script Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Searching Through Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Using Page and Scene Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Adding a Page or Scene Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Changing a Page or Scene Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Deleting a Page or Scene Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Searching for a Page or Scene Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Conducting a Text Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Linking Clips to the Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Interpolating Position for Script Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Manipulating Slates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Selecting Slates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Resizing Slates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Holding Slates On Screen in the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Hiding Slate Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Showing One Take Per Slate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Moving a Slate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Deleting a Slate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Manipulating Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Selecting Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Adding Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Deleting Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

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Displaying Take Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Changing the Representative Frame for a Take. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Loading Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Playing Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Adjusting Take Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Indicating Off-Screen Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Using Color Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Using Script Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Placing Script Marks Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Automating Screening and Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Loading and Playing Marked Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Moving a Script Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Deleting a Script Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Finding Clips and Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Finding Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Finding Clips and Bins from the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Editing with the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Assembling a Rough Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Splicing a Script Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Revising the Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Interactive Screenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

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Chapter 9 Viewing and Marking Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Customizing the Composer Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Viewing Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Using the 16:9 Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Using 16:9 for 24p and 25p Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Displaying Tracking Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Tracking Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Displaying the Info Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Copying Text from the Info Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Displaying Timecode in the Timecode Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Displaying Multiple Timecodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Understanding Composer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Using the Tool Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Viewing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Fast Frame Display in 24p and 25p Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Playing Selected Clips in a Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Loading and Clearing Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Loading Footage into the Playback and Pop-up Monitors . . . . . . . 319

Loading Footage into the Source, Record, and Pop-up Monitors . 320

Loading Multiple Clips or Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Using the Clip Name Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Switching Between Loaded Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Clearing Clips from Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Resizing Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Hiding the Video in a Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Resizing a Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Customizing the Playback Monitor Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Controlling Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Using Position Bars and Position Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Using Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Play Reverse, Play, Pause, Stop, Rewind, and Fast

Forward Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Play Standby Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Step Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Using Single-Field Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

J-K-L Keys (Three-Button Play). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Home, End, and Arrow Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Using the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Jogging with the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Shuttling with the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Playing Video to the Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Connecting a Client Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Selecting the Client Monitor Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Supporting a Camera Without Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Marking and Subcataloging Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Marking IN to OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Moving IN to OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

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Dragging IN and OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Marking an Entire Clip or Segment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Creating Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Subclips and Audio Sync for 24p and 25p Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Marking Audio Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Using Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Ways to Use Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Adding Locators While Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Copying Locators from Source Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Marking an Area Using Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Moving to the Previous or Next Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Deleting Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Understanding the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Displaying Timecode or Footage in the Locators Window. . . . 348

Sorting Information in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Displaying Frames in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Changing the Color of the Locator Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Accessing a Locator in a Clip or Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Printing the Contents of the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Deleting Locators Using the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Finding Frames, Clips, and Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Using Timecode to Find a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Searching for a Clip or Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Using Match Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Performing a Reverse Match Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Selecting Tracks for Matching Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Finding a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Locating a Master Clip from a Subclip in a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . 359

Finding a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

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Chapter 10 Editing in Source/Record Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Entering Source/Record Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Setting Up a New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Changing the Sequence Name and Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Setting Up Tracks for the New Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

User Preferences for Creating Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Adding Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Making an Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Creating an Instant Rough Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Undoing or Redoing Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Editing Additional Clips into the Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Performing a Splice-in Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Performing an Overwrite Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Performing a Replace Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Single-Mark Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Using Phantom Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Setting One Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Adding a Second Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Lifting, Extracting, and Copying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Lifting Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Extracting Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Copying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Using the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Preserving Clipboard Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Recovering Material from the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Adding Comments to Sequence Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Playing the New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Starting a Playback Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Playback Performance Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Playing a Limited Duration of a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Setting a Limited Play Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Playing a Sequence Using a Limited Play Length. . . . . . . . . . 385

Fine-Tuning the Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Chapter 11 Using the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Understanding Timeline Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Using the Timeline Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Additional Procedures for Customizing the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Enlarging and Reducing Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Moving a Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

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Displaying the Timeline Top Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Displaying Timecode Tracks in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Assigning Local Colors to Clips in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Displaying Local and Source Colors in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Displaying Source Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Displaying Local Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Highlighting Offline Media Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Changing the Timeline Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Changing the Timeline Track Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Showing Locators in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Saving a Customized Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Replacing a Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Restoring the Default Timeline View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Timeline Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Exploring the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Using the Position Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Using the Timeline Scroll Bar/Position Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Displaying Detail in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Zooming In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Focusing the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Using the Full-Screen Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Displaying Source Material in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Viewing Full Quality and Draft Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Controlling Movement in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

IN to OUT Highlighting in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Understanding Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Segment Mode Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Selecting and Deselecting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Selecting Segments with the Segment Mode Pointer . . . . . . . 411

Lassoing One or More Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Deselecting Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Performing Segment Mode Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Understanding the Four-Frame Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Slipping or Sliding Segments in a Four-Frame Display . . . . . . . . . 415

Maintaining Sync in Segment Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

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Extracting/Splicing Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Lifting/Overwriting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Deleting Segments in Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Marking Clips and Sequences in Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . 420

Adding Comments in Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Using Advanced Timeline Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Bin Editing into the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Bin Editing Directly into a Sequence Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . 422

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Editing with the Film Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Editing in Heads or Heads Tails View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Performing a Quick Edit Using the Top and Tail Commands . . . . 425

Working with Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Understanding Effects Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Understanding Nesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Using the Track Selector Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Selecting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Monitoring Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Monitoring Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Monitoring Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Monitoring a Solo Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

Patching Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Locking and Sync Locking Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Locking Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Sync Locking Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Adding a Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Deleting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Adding an Edit (Match Framing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Adding Edits to Filler Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Removing Match-Frame Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Backtiming Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Additional Offline Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Detecting Duplicate Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Adjusting Handle Length in Dupe Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Tracking Color Frame Shifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

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Finding Black Holes and Flash Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Finding Black Holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Finding Flash Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Printing the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Chapter 12 Working in Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Understanding Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Quick Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Big Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Small Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Trim Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Entering and Exiting Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Entering Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Switching Between Quick Trim Mode and the Playback

Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Setting Small Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Exiting Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Using Basic Trim Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Selecting Trim Sides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Selecting Video Tracks in Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Audio Solo in Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Selecting Additional Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Performing a Basic Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Reviewing the Trim Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Reviewing an Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Trimming On-the-Fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Dual-Image Playback During Trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Trimming During a Playback Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Creating Overlap Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Extending an Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Slipping or Sliding Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Selecting Segments for Slip or Slide Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

The Slip/Slide Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Performing the Slip or Slide Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Slipping Shots in Source/Record Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

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Maintaining Sync While Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Adding Black When Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Trimming with Sync-Locked Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Using the Transition Corner Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Chapter 13 Working with Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Exploring the Audio Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Accessing Audio Effect Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Audio Editing Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Soloing Audio Tracks in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Using Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Smooth Scrub Versus Digital Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Selecting Tracks for Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Performing Smooth Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Using the J-K-L Keys to Perform Smooth Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Using the Mouse to Perform Smooth Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Using Digital Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Adjusting Digital Scrub Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Performing the Digital Scrub Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Displaying Waveform Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Identifying the Sample Rate by Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Muting the Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

Using the Audio Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Resizing the Audio Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Adjusting One Audio Track at a Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Changing an Audio Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Adjusting Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Applying Pan Value Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Ganging and Adjusting Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Rendering an Audio Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

Modifying Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

Creating or Modifying an Audio Pan/Vol Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

Modifying How the System Interprets Pan During

Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Bypassing Existing Volume Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

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Adjusting Volume While Playing an Audio Mix Effect. . . . . . . . . . . 503

Limitations on Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Improving Response Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Using Audio Gain Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Automation Gain Values and System Clip Gain Values . . . . . . . . . 506

Adjusting Volume in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Deleting Audio Gain Keyframes in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Moving Audio Gain Keyframes in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Using an External Fader Controller or Mixer to Adjust Volume . . . 511

Adjusting the Volume of Individual Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Understanding the Automation Gain Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Track Solo Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Position Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Selecting Tracks in the Automation Gain Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Automation Gain Tool Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

Recording Automation Gain Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Using the Automation Gain Tool Sliders to Record Gain

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Using a Keyboard Shortcut When Editing Audio

Keyframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Using an External Fader Controller or Mixer to Record

Audio Gain Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Using the Audio EQ Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Audio EQ Tool Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Basic EQ Tool Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

EQ-Specific Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Applying Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Saving Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Removing Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Audio EQ Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Low Shelf Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Small Octave Range Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Using Audio EQ Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Applying an EQ Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Creating Your Own Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

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Adding an EQ Template to the Audio EQ Tool Fast Menu . . . 537

Adjusting EQ While Playing an Audio Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Understanding Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Installing AudioSuite Plug-Ins (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Installing AudioSuite Plug-Ins (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Starting and Quitting the DAE Application (Macintosh Only) . . . . . 542

Setting Playback Buffer Size (Macintosh Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Using Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Applying an AudioSuite Plug-in to a Clip in the Timeline . . . . . . . . 544

Using a Plug-In Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

AudioSuite Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Rendering Plug-in Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Creating New Master Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

AudioSuite Controls for Creating New Master Clips . . . . . . . . 547

Mono, Stereo, and Multichannel Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Using AudioSuite Plug-ins to Create New Master Clips . . . . . 551

Using AudioSuite Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Plug-in Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

Troubleshooting AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

Addressing Memory Allocation Problems (Macintosh Only) . . 554

Canceling a Render Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

Addressing Error Messages When Rendering a Plug-in

Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

Understanding Recording Voice-Over Narration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557

Creating Voice-Overs Using the Audio Punch-In Tool. . . . . . . . . . 559

Connecting the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Creating the Voice-Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Scenarios for Using the Audio Punch-In Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Monitoring the Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Monitoring Previously Recorded Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Using Peak Hold While Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Voice-Over Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Using a GPI Device with the Audio Punch-In Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Understanding GPI Trigger Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

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GPI Signal Sequence When Using the Audio Punch-In

Tool Without Preroll or Postroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

GPI Signal Sequence When Using the Audio Punch-In

Tool with Preroll and Postroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Example of Linking GPI Actions to Trigger Signals . . . . . . . . . 567

Connecting a V-LAN VLXi Controller and GPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Configuring a V-LAN VLXi Controller and GPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Creating a GPI Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Editing a GPI Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Deleting a GPI Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Fine-Tuning Audio Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Fading and Dipping Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Fading Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Dipping Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

Mixing Down Audio Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

Changing the Sample Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

Displaying Audio Formats in Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

Chapter 14 Syncing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Autosyncing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Using the AutoSequence Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Resyncing Subframe Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Managing Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Editing to Avoid Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Displaying Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Fixing Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588

Fixing Sync in Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588

Fixing Sync in Source/Record Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588

Fixing Sync in Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

Managing Sync with Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

Using Sync Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

Syncing with Tail Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Syncing with Locators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Using Add Edit When Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Using Sync Point Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

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Ganging Footage in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Match framing Footage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Chapter 15 MultiCamera Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597

Understanding Grouping and Multigrouping Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Creating Group Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Creating Multigroup Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

MultiCamera Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

Full-Monitor Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Quad Split Source View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Nine Split Source View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

Playing a Linecut on the Source and Client Monitors . . . . . . . . . . 606

MultiCamera Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

MultiCamera Editing Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Switching Clips with the Arrow Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Using the Add Edit Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Using the Group Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Using the Multi-angle View Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612

Using Match Frame in MultiCamera Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

MultiCamera Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Selective Camera Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

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Figures

Figure 1 Sample Statistics File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Figure 2 Sample Spreadsheet Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Figure 3 Tracking Information Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Figure 4 Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Figure 5 Timeline Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Figure 6 Track Selector Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Figure 7 V-LAN VLXi Controller and VLXi-GT GPI. . . . . . . . . . . . 568

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Tables

Table 1 Project Types for Media Composer Adrenaline

Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Table 2 Settings Scroll List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Table 3 Settings Display Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Table 4 Navigation Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Table 5 Object Icon Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Table 6 Range Menu Items for Explicit Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Table 7 Range Menu Items for Implicit Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Table 8 Modifiable Bin Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Table 9 Modify Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Table 10 Timecode Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Table 11 Timecode Frame Counts for Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Table 12 Bin Column Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Table 13 Consolidate/Transcode Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Table 14 Consolidate-Only Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Table 15 Transcode-Only Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Table 16 Archive to Videotape Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Table 17 Tracking Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Table 18 Shuttle Using J-K-L Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331

Table 19 Timeline Fast Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Table 20 Number of Tracks Versus Scrub Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . .486

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Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid™ system. You can use your
system to create broadcast-quality output incorporating every possible
production element from full-speed, high-resolution footage, to
multimedia artwork and animation, to computer-generated effects and
titling.

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The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models.
Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware
that are covered in the documentation.

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is intended for all Avid Media Composer® Adrenaline™ users,
from beginning to advanced, who are interested in learning essential skills
for assembling programs of any length in the Avid nonlinear environment
and finishing high-end, uncompressed, quality television programs and
commercials.

About This Guide

This guide will be your primary learning tool for editing procedures as you
progress through early projects and will remain your principal source for
procedures in the future. This self-training guide, in combination with the
accompanying documentation, provides comprehensive task-oriented
instructions for using the system.

Using This Guide

The Contents lists all topics included in the book. They are presented with
the following overall structure:

• Chapter 1, “Editing Overview,” helps you to get oriented with
beginning concepts and a general workflow, and provides valuable
pointers to keep in mind as you proceed.

• Chapter 2 through Chapter 15 follow the natural flow of your work,
with clear and comprehensive step-by-step procedures.

• Finally, a detailed Index helps you quickly locate specific topics.

Symbols and Conventions

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the
Windows XP and Mac OS X operating systems. When the text applies to a
specific operating system, it is marked as follows:

• (Windows) or (Windows only) means the information applies to the
Windows XP operating system.

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• (Macintosh) or (Macintosh only) means the information applies to the
Mac OS X operating system.

The majority of screen shots in this document were captured on a
Windows XP system, but the information applies to both Windows XP and
Mac OS X systems. Where differences exist, both Windows XP and
Mac OS X screen shots are shown.

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

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c

A note provides important related information,
reminders, recommendations, and strong
suggestions.

A caution means that a specific action you take could
cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose
data.

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

Symbols and Conventions

w

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and

t

k This symbol represents the Apple or Command key.

Margin tips In the margin, you will find tips that help you

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to

Courier Bold font

A warning describes an action that could cause you
physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this
document or on the unit itself when handling
electrical equipment.

subcommands) in the order you select them. For
example, File > Import means to open the File menu
and then select the Import command.

This symbol indicates a single-step procedure.
Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform
one of the actions listed.

Press and hold the Command key and another key to
perform a keyboard shortcut.

perform tasks more easily and efficiently.

indicate variables.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Click Quickly click and release the left mouse button

(Windows) or the mouse button (Macintosh).

Double-click Click the left mouse button (Windows) or the mouse

button (Macintosh) twice rapidly.

Right-click Quickly click and release the right mouse button

(Windows only).

Drag Click and hold the left mouse button (Windows) or

the mouse button (Macintosh) while you move the
mouse.

Ctrl+key

k+key

Press and hold the first key while you press the
second key.

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Using This Guide

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using Media Composer Adrenaline:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task
in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your
workflow.

2. Check the release notes supplied with your Avid application for the
latest information that might have become available after the hardcopy
documentation was printed.

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or
your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.

4. Visit the online Knowledge Center at www.avid.com/support. Online
services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this
online Knowledge Center to find answers, to view error messages, to
access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read/join
online message-board discussions.

5. For Technical Support, please call 800-800-AVID (800-800-2843).

For Broadcast On-Air Sites and Call Letter Stations, call
800-NEWSDNG (800-639-7364).

Accessing the Tutorial and Online Library

The Media Composer Adrenaline Tutorial CD-ROM contains a multimedia
tutorial. The Media Composer Online Library CD-ROM contains all the
product documentation in PDF format. Avid recommends the multimedia
tutorial as your first resource for learning how to use your application. You
can access the tutorial or the library from the Tutorial and Online Library
CD-ROMs or from the Help menu.

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You will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® installed to view the
documentation online. The Acrobat folder on your Online Library
CD-ROM contains an installer for Acrobat Reader. The tutorial and the
effects reference guide requires Apple’s QuickTime
the QuickTime movies. You can download the latest version of QuickTime
from the Apple

®

Web site.

®

application to view

If You Have Documentation Comments

To access the tutorial from the Tutorial CD-ROM:

1. Insert the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Tutorial CD-ROM into
the CD-ROM drive.

2. Double-click the Mainmenu.exe to start the tutorial.

To access the online library from the Online Library CD-ROM:

1. Insert the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Online Library CD-ROM
into the CD-ROM drive.

2. Double-click the Mainmenu.pdf to open the online library.

To access the tutorial from the Help:

1. Insert the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Tutorial CD-ROM into
the CD-ROM drive.

2. In your Avid application, select Help > Online Library & Tutorial.

To access the online library from the Help:

1. Insert the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Online Library CD-ROM
into the CD-ROM drive.

2. In your Avid application, select Help > Online Library & Tutorial.

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For the latest product information, see the Avid Knowledge Center:

www.avid.com/support

If You Have Documentation Comments

Avid Technology continuously seeks to improve its documentation. We
value your comments about this guide, the Help, the Online Library CD­ROM, or Tutorial CD-ROM, and other Avid-supplied documentation.

Simply e-mail your documentation comments to Avid Technology at

[e-mail]

Please include the title of the document, its part number, and the specific
section you are commenting on in all correspondence.

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Using This Guide

How to Order Documentation

To order additional copies of this documentation from within the
United States, call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843). If you are
placing an order from outside the United States, contact your local
Avid representative.

Avid Educational Services

For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications,
courseware, and books, please visit www.avid.com/training or call
Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843).

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Chapter 1

Editing Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the editing workflow. The editing
process begins after you transfer your source material to the Avid system.
For information about planning a project, capturing your source material,
and outputting your final sequence, see the input and output guide.

The following sections provide an outline of the editing workflow:

• Editing Workflow

• Starting a Project

• Preparing to Edit

• Editing a Sequence

Chapter 1 Editing Overview

Editing Workflow

The editing workflow varies depending on your project. For example, you
can log your clips before you capture to eliminate creating and organizing
bins during editing.

The following procedure lists the basic steps to edit a sequence and refers
you to other resources for more information:

1. Open a project containing the captured material.

2. Set the appropriate Project settings from the Settings scroll list. See

“Using the Settings Scroll List” on page 94.

3. Create bins to organize the project items. See Chapter 6.

4. Use the bins to create a storyboard.

5. Customize the Composer window to meet your needs. See Chapter 9.

6. View your clips in advance and mark IN points and OUT points, or
create subclips based on selected portions of your master clips. See

Chapter 9.

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7. Build your sequence in Source/Record mode and in the Timeline. See

Chapter 10.

8. Customize the Timeline view as appropriate for your needs. See

Chapter 11.

9. Fine-tune your edits and effects by using functions of the various edit
modes, such as Segment mode (see Chapter 11), Trim mode (see

Chapter 12), and Effect mode (see the effects guide).

10. Adjust and mix multiple audio tracks and prepare for final playback or
output, using the Audio tool and Audio Mix tool. See Chapter 13.

11. Play the new sequence. See “Playing the New Sequence” on page 382.

12. Use the Media tool to manage the media files. See Chapter 7.

Starting a Project

Starting a Project

1. Turn on your
equipment in a
prescribed order and
start the Avid
application. See

Chapter 2

2. Select or create a
new project: the job
that will result in one or
more finished
sequences. See

Chapter 3.

3. Set the Project
settings from the
Settings scroll list. See

Chapter 4.

1. Turn on and start your Avid system.

2. Select or create a project.

3. Set the Project settings.

4. Create and organize
bins. See Chapter 6.

5. Back up your project
on a regular basis. See

Chapter 3

Settings
scroll list

4. Create and organize bins.

5. Back up the project.

Project window

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Preparing to Edit

1. Batch capture, log
and capture, or capture
on-the-fly your source
material into the Avid
system. See the input
and output guide.

2. Use bins to organize
the project items.
See Chapter 6.

3. Manage media files
by using the Media
tool. See Chapter 7.

1. Capture footage, creating
master clips and media files.

2. Sort and organize clips in the bins.

3. Manage media files for storage
efficiency and backup security.

4. Use the bins to create
storyboards. See

Chapter 6.

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4. Previsualize with storyboards.

Editing a Sequence

Editing a Sequence

1. View your clips and
mark IN and OUT
points, or create
subclips based on
selected portions of
your master clips. See

Chapter 9.

2. Build your sequence
in Source/Record
mode, which provides
nonlinear editing
controls with Source
and Record monitors,
and in the Timeline.
See Chapter 10).

3. Fine-tune your edits
and effects by using the
various edit modes,
such as Segment, Trim,
and Effect modes.
See Chapter 11,

Chapter 12.

4. Adjust and mix
multiple audio tracks
and prepare for final
playback or output,
using the Audio tools.
See Chapter 13.

Source
monitor

1. Screen, mark, and subcatalog footage.

Record
monitor

Timeline

2. Edit in Source/Record mode and the Timeline.

3. Fine-tune edits and effects.

5. Return to editing if
further adjustments are
required.

4. Fine-tune audio pan,
volume, and EQ.

5. Screen and continue editing as necessary.

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Chapter 2

Desktop Basics

Although most of your work is performed within the Avid application, you
need to use a few basic desktop procedures. For example, you use the
desktop to move projects and user profiles between systems.

This chapter describes the location of the various project files. For
information about moving a project from one system to another, see
“Options for File Transfers” in the Help

The following sections describe basic procedures involving the Windows
or the Mac OS X operating system and the Avid folders:

• Working with the Desktop

• Using the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Folder

• Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

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• Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder

• Starting the Avid Application (Windows)

• Starting the Avid Application (Macintosh)

(Windows only) This chapter refers to the default installation directory
path for the various Avid folders. If you select a different directory path
during the installation, you must substitute that path when using this
chapter.

Chapter 2 Desktop Basics

Working with the Desktop

For information on the
Windows operating
system, such as the
desktop and icons, see
your Microsoft®
Windows Help. For
information on the
System Folder and
other Macintosh®
features, such as the
desktop and icons, see
the Macintosh
documentation.

This section describes the following desktop features that you use when
working with the Avid application:

• Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (Windows Only)

• Using Shortcut Menus (Windows)

• Using Shortcut Menus (Macintosh)

• Using the Windows Taskbar (Windows Only)

• Using the Macintosh Dock (Macintosh Only)

• Dragging Windows (Windows Only)

• Setting Your Screen Resolution

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (Windows Only)

You or your system administrator needs to create a Microsoft Windows
emergency repair disk (ERD) to rebuild your system configuration if it
becomes damaged. You need to update the ERD any time you make a
system change, such as installing new software.

To create an emergency repair disk:

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t Search for “Emergency Repair Disk” in the Windows Help, and follow

the procedure.

Store the disk in a safe, dry, static-free location.

Using Shortcut Menus (Windows)

Instead of using the standard menus to find the command you need in a
window, try using the shortcut menus.

To use a shortcut menu, do one of the following:

t Right-click in a window to access a shortcut menu that shows the most

frequently used commands for that window.

t Right-click a screen object to access What’s This? Help for the object.

Using Shortcut Menus (Macintosh)

To use a shortcut menu, do one of the following:

t Ctrl+Shift+click in a window to access a shortcut menu that shows the

most frequently used commands for that window.

t Ctrl+Shift+click a screen object to access What’s This? Help for the

object.

Working with the Desktop

Using the Windows Taskbar (Windows Only)

By default, the Windows taskbar always appears on the bottom of your
screen, on top of your application. You have two other choices:

• Keeping the taskbar hidden behind the application

• Setting the taskbar to appear only when you drag the mouse pointer
to it

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If you keep the taskbar hidden while running the Avid application and you
minimize an application such as Help, you do not see the minimized icon in
the taskbar. To see the taskbar and minimized icons, minimize the Avid
application.

To see the taskbar and minimized icons:

t Minimize the Avid application.

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To change the taskbar settings:

1. Right-click an unused part of the taskbar, and select Properties.

The Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box opens.

2. Click the General tab.

3. Select the options you want:

t To keep the taskbar hidden, deselect “Always on top” and “Auto

hide.”

t To set the taskbar to appear when you want, select “Always on

top” and “Auto hide.”

4. Click OK.

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The taskbar can to be dragged to the top, bottom, or either side of the
monitor.

For more information about the taskbar, see the Windows Help.

When working in the Avid application, you can minimize windows (such as
the Project window (Bins Display) and bins). The icons will appear in the
monitor, not in the taskbar.

Using the Macintosh Dock (Macintosh Only)

You can place an application icon alias on the Dock for easy access to the
application. The Dock is hidden when the Avid application is active. For
information on using the Dock, see the Mac OS X documentation.

To display the Dock:

t Move the mouse pointer to the edge of the screen where the Dock is

hidden.

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Dragging Windows (Windows Only)

By default, Windows systems show the contents of windows when you
drag them. Deselect this option to improve screen display and to avoid
problems repainting the screen.

To drag windows without showing the contents:

1. Right-click an empty part of the Windows desktop, and select
Properties.

The Display Properties dialog box opens.

2. Click the Effects tab.

3. Deselect “Show window contents while dragging.”

4. Click OK.

Setting Your Screen Resolution

The screen resolution for the Avid application is different for NTSC and
for PAL:

Working with the Desktop

• NTSC resolution is 720 x 486 non-square pixels covering all the active
video. This also includes 10 lines of blanking or vertical internal
timecode (VITC) per frame (5 lines per field).

• PAL resolution is 720 x 576 non-square pixels covering all the active
video. This also includes 16 lines of blanking or VITC per frame
(8 lines per field).

The Avid application works best with the following screen resolutions:

• 1024 x 768 pixels

• 1152 x 864 pixels

• 1280 x 1024 pixels

A larger resolution displays more pixels and lets you view more objects in
the monitors. The objects appear smaller at larger resolutions.

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Changing Screen Resolution (Windows)

To view or change the screen resolution:

1. Right-click an empty part of the Windows desktop, and select
Properties.

The Display Properties dialog box opens.

2. Click the Settings tab.

3. Under “Screen area,” drag the slider to the resolution you want.

4. Click the Colors pop-up menu, and select True Color (32 bit).

5. Click OK.

Changing Screen Resolution (Macintosh)

To view or change the screen resolution:

1. Select Apple P menu > System Preferences.

The System Preferences window opens.

2. In the Hardware area, click Displays.

A display settings window opens on each monitor.

3. For each monitor, select a resolution in the Resolutions list.

4. Keep Colors set to Millions.

5. Click the Close button or click Show All to return to the System
Preferences window.

Using the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Folder

The Avid Media Composer Adrenaline folder contains essential
operational files and supporting files. You can find these folders in the
following locations:

•(Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\

• (Macintosh) Macintosh HD/Applications/

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Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

You should not touch any of these files, except where noted in the
following descriptions:

• Help folder: This folder contains the Help files. You can find
information about Help by clicking Using Help in the Contents list in
the Help browser.

• Avid application: The application icon resides here. You can start the
application by following the procedures described in “Starting the

Avid Application (Windows)” on page 55 or “Starting the Avid
Application (Macintosh)” on page 56.

• Settings folder: In addition to Project and User settings, the system
maintains settings files in this folder that apply to all users and all
projects on the system. You can copy or move the Site_Settings file to
other systems, using the same procedure described in “Options for File
Transfers” in the Help.

• SupportingFiles folder: This folder contains a series of files that add
functionality to the application. The system accesses most of these
files from within the application.

Other system-level files are located in these folders:

•(Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\

• (Macintosh) Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Avid

Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

Managing projects, user profiles, and settings involves moving, copying,
or deleting files and folders, and changing project or user names. You use
the desktop to move projects and user profiles between systems.

Avid Projects and Avid Users folders allow you to move entire projects or
selected Project and User settings between systems by copying and
moving files on your desktop.

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Using the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

The Avid Projects and Avid Users folders are located in:

•(Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\Media Composer Adrenaline

• (Macintosh) Macintosh HD/Users/Shared — Files in this folder are
available to all users.

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(Windows only) The location of the user folder and project folder depends
on your Avid Media Composer Adrenaline installation.

When you create a new project or user profile, the system creates the
following files and folders.

• When you create a new user, the system creates three items:

- A user profile file (.ave)

- A user settings file (.avs)

- A user folder containing the two files

Each item is given the user name you provide. The new folder is stored
in the Avid Users folder.

• When you create a new project, the system creates three items:

- A project file (.avp)

- A project settings file (.avs)

- A project folder containing the two files

Each item is given the project name you provide. This new folder is
stored in the Avid Projects folder.

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Your settings are initially set to the default values. As you work, the files
maintain current settings, while the project folder fills with bin files (.avb).

Changing Project and User Names

You cannot change project or user names from within the Avid
application. You must change the names from your desktop before starting
the Avid application. For information about the location of the Avid files
for the project and user names, see “Using the Avid Projects and Avid

Users Folders” on page 48.

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When you change a user name or project name, make sure you change
the name of the folder and all the files in the folder that have the old
name. The system does not automatically change the names of
corresponding files in the folder.

To change a project or user name:

1. Navigate to the Avid Users or Avid Projects folder, and then
double-click the folder to open it.

For information about the location of the Avid folders, see “Using the

Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders” on page 48.

2. Click the name of the folder you want to change.

The name is highlighted for text entry.

3. Type the new name of the folder.

4. Double-click the folder with the new name to open it.

The folder contains profile, settings, and project files with the old
name.

5. Change the old name of each file to the new name.

Do not change the name of the file MCState.avs in the Avid Users folder.

6. Close the windows, and restart the Avid application.

The new project or user name appears in the Select Project dialog box.

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Deleting Projects and User Profiles

You cannot delete projects and user profiles from within the Avid
application. You must make the change from your desktop before starting
the application. For information about the location of the Avid files for the
project and user names, see “Using the Avid Projects and Avid Users

Folders” on page 48.

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Captured media related to a deleted project is not eliminated with the
project folder. For more information on deleting media files, see “Deleting

Clips, Subclips, and Sequences” on page 176 and “Deleting Media Files
with the Media Tool” on page 229.

To delete a project or user profile:

1. Navigate to the Avid Users or Avid Projects folder, and then
double-click the folder to open it.

For information about the location of the Avid folders, see “Using the

Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders” on page 48.

2. Drag the project or user folder you want to delete to the Recycle Bin
(Windows) or the Trash (Macintosh).

3. Empty the Recycle Bin (Windows) or the Trash (Macintosh) to
remove the files from the system.

Deleting a project also deletes any bins that are in that project.

4. Close the windows, and restart the Avid application.

The deleted project or user no longer appears in the Select Project
dialog box.

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Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder

The Avid Attic folder contains backup files of each bin in a project. For
information on setting automatic save features, see “Saving Bins

Automatically” on page 92.

You retrieve files from the Avid Attic folder in the following
circumstances:

• When you want to replace current changes to a sequence or clip with a
previous version

• When the current bin file becomes corrupted

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(Macintosh only) If you deselected the “Allow filenames to exceed 27
characters” option in the General Settings dialog box, you cannot retrieve
a backup file with a file name larger than the 27-character limit. You must
rename the file before retrieving it.

The Avid Attic folder contains a folder for each project. Each project
folder contains a Bins folder. When a bin is saved, a folder with the bin’s
name is created in the Bins folder and a copy of the bin file is stored in the
folder with the bin name. The system adds a version number to the bin’s
file name. The bin file with the highest version number represents the latest
copy of the bin file.

When you view a bin folder in Details view (Windows) or List view
(Macintosh), you can also identify the most recent backup file based on the
timestamp of creation displayed in the Modified column (Windows) or
Date Modified column (Macintosh).

The oldest backup file is overwritten only if the second oldest backup file is
more than 2 hours old.

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Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Windows)

To retrieve a file from the Avid Attic folder:

1. Minimize the Avid application. For information on minimizing, see
the Windows documentation.

2. From the desktop, double-click the Avid Attic folder, located in
drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer Adrenaline.

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The Avid Attic folder is usually located in the same folder as the Avid
Projects and Avid Users folders.

The Avid Attic folder opens and displays the project folders that
contain a Bins folder.

3. Double-click a project folder, and then double-click the Bins folder.

The Bins folder opens and displays the bin folders for the project.

4. Double-click the bin folder that contains the bin files you want to
retrieve.

5. Select View > Details, if the bin folder is not already in the Details
view.

The bin folder displays the backup bin files and their creation dates.

6. Ctrl+click the files you want to retrieve.

7. Ctrl+drag the selected backup bin files to the desktop.

This makes a copy of the files, leaving the original files in the Avid
Attic folder.

8. Click the Avid application icon in the taskbar to activate it.

If the taskbar is hidden, see “Using the Windows Taskbar (Windows

Only)” on page 43.

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9. Click the Project window to activate it, and click Bins to display the
Bins list.

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder

10. Select File > Open Bin. Select one of the backup bin files you copied
to the desktop, and click Open.

When you open the backup bin, a link to the backup bin on the desktop
is created in the Other Bins folder.

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The Avid application does not allow a bin and a copy of a bin to be open at
the same time. You must keep all other bins closed and open the backup
bins one at a time.

11. Create a new bin if you do not plan to overwrite existing files.

12. Open the new bin and open the backup bin in the Other Bins folder.

13. Select the material you want to keep from the backup bin, and drag the
files to the new bin.

Repeat steps 10 through 13 for any other backup bin files you copied
to the desktop.

14. Select and delete the backup bins in the Other Bins folder.

15. Drag the backup bin files on the desktop to the Recycle Bin.

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Macintosh)

To retrieve a file from the Avid Attic folder:

1. Minimize the Avid application. For information on minimizing, see
the Macintosh documentation.

2. From the desktop, double-click the Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/Avid
Attic folder.

The Avid Attic folder opens and displays the project folders that
contain a Bins folder.

3. Double-click a project folder, and then double-click the Bins folder.

The Bins folder opens and displays the bin folders for the project.

4. Double-click the bin folder that contains the bin files you want to
retrieve.

5. Select View > as List, if the bin folder is not already in the List view.

The bin folder displays the backup bin files and their creation dates.

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10. Select File > Open Bin. Select one of the backup bin files you copied

6. Command (k)+click the files you want to retrieve.

7. Option+drag the selected backup bin files to the desktop.

This makes a copy of the files, leaving the original files in the Avid
Attic folder.

8. Click the Avid application icon on the Dock to activate the Avid
application.

9. Click the Project window to activate it, and click Bins to display the
Bins list.

to the desktop, and click Open.

When you open the backup bin, a link to that backup bin on the
desktop is created in the Other Bins folder.

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The Avid application does not allow a bin and copy of a bin to be open at
the same time. You must keep all other bins closed and open the backup
bins one at a time.

11. Create a new bin if you do not plan to overwrite existing files.

12. Open the new bin and open the backup bin in the Other Bins folder.

13. Select the material you want to keep from the backup bin, and drag the
files to the new bin.

Repeat steps 9 through 13 for any other backup bin files you copied to
the desktop.

14. Select and delete the backup bins in the Other Bins folder.

15. Drag the backup bin files on the desktop to the Trash.

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Starting the Avid Application (Windows)

For more information
on using the Start menu
and creating a shortcut,
see your Windows
Help.

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The Avid application is in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\Media Composer Adrenaline

For most users, the desktop or the Start menu is a more convenient location
for starting the application. The installation process adds a pointer to the
Avid application in the Start menu.

The application will not start properly if the application file is moved
from the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline folder.

To start the Avid application:

t Click the Start button, and select All Programs > Avid >

Media Composer Adrenaline.

When you start the application, you might see a message box indicating
there is no input or output signal. Check to ensure that the Adrenaline
DNA is connected to the system with the cables secured and that it is
turned on.

After the application starts, the Select Project dialog box opens, as
described in “Opening and Closing a Project” on page 58.

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can prevent TransferManager from starting automatically by using the
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Starting the Avid Application (Macintosh)

The Avid application is in the following location:

Macintosh HD/Applications/Avid Media Composer Adrenaline

For most users, the desktop or Dock is a more convenient location for
starting the application. The installer places a shortcut alias icon for the
Avid application on the desktop.

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For more information on making an alias and using the Dock, see your
Macintosh documentation.

The application does not start properly if the application file is moved
from the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline folder. You can drag it
onto the Dock, and an alias is placed on the Dock.

To start the Avid application, do one of the following:

t Double-click the Avid application alias icon on the desktop.

t Double-click the Avid application alias icon on the Dock.

t Select Go > Applications, and then double-click the Avid Media

Composer Adrenaline folder. In this folder, double-click the Avid
Media Composer Adrenaline file.

You might see a License Agreement.

When you start the application, you might see a message box indicating
there is no input or output signal. Check to ensure that the Adrenaline
DNA is connected to the system with the cables secured and that it is
turned on.

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After the application starts, the Select Project dialog box opens, as
described in “Opening and Closing a Project” on page 58.

If your system includes the Avid Unity TransferManager application, you
can prevent TransferManager from starting automatically by using the
Transfer settings (see “Transfer Settings” in the Help).

Chapter 3

Starting a Work Session

Your work begins when you turn on the system, start the application, and
open an existing project or create a new project that conforms to the
specifications of your material. This chapter describes these and other
procedures for starting a work session. You can use several techniques to
safeguard and restore your work if necessary. These topics are covered in
the following sections:

• Opening and Closing a Project

• Backing Up Your Project Information

• Ending a Work Session

• Mounting and Unmounting Drives

This chapter also provides a session check list.

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It is important to plan your project before you edit it in
Media Composer Adrenaline. For information on setting up and
structuring your project, see “Types of Projects” in the Help.

For information about turning on your system, see the Help.

(Windows only) This chapter refers to the default installation directory
path for the various Avid folders. If you chose a different directory path
during the installation, you must substitute that path when using this
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For information on the Windows operating system and terminology, see
the Windows Help. For information on the Macintosh features, such as the
desktop and icons, see your Macintosh documentation.

Opening and Closing a Project

When you start your Avid application, the Select Project dialog box opens.

Login name

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The name you used to log in is selected as the user.

You can change users. You can select projects from the Select Project
dialog box, or you can choose to have your last project open automatically.
You can also establish user profiles.

Changing Users

Opening and Closing a Project

To change users:

1. Quit the Avid application.

2. Do one of the following:

t (Windows) Select Start > Log Off, and then log in as a different

user.

t (Macintosh) Select Apple P menu > Log Out, click Log Out, and

then click a new user.

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(Macintosh only) You have to create a new user before you can change to
that user. See your Macintosh documentation or the Macintosh Help.

3. Start the Avid application.

You can select projects from the Select Project dialog box, or you can
choose to have your last project open automatically.

Selecting a Project

You can select a project from a public, shared folder, or from a private
folder accessible only to you. You can also create a new project in either
area.The location of the shared or private folder is displayed in the Folder
text box in the Select Project dialog box.

Creating a New Project

To create a new project:

1. Click New Project in the Select Project dialog box.

Your current login name appears as the User in the Select Project
dialog box.

The New Project dialog box opens.

2. Type the name of your new project in the text box.

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If you plan to move bins and projects from one platform to another, do not
use the characters / \ : * ? “ < > | or leading spaces, trailing spaces, or
trailing periods, when naming projects, bins, and users. Bin and project
names are limited to 27 characters, not including the period and
3-character extension that the system automatically adds to a file name.

(Macintosh only) You can set the Use Windows compatible File Names
option in the Avid application’s General Settings dialog box to prevent the
system from accepting these restricted characters in a bin, project, or user
name. If you are using your Avid application as a standalone editor (and
don’t plan to move your bins or projects to another platform), you have the
option of extending bin and project names to 31 characters using the Allow
filenames to exceed 27 characters option in the General Settings dialog
box.

3. Click the Format pop-up menu, and select a project type based on your
source footage (NTSC or PAL) and your Avid system model:

- If your Avid system does not include support for 24p projects or

25p projects, make a selection based on the source footage: NTSC
or PAL.

- If your Avid system includes support for 24p projects or 25p

projects, make a selection based on the source footage or the type
of film-to-tape transfer with which you are working. For more
information, see “Film-to-Tape Transfer Guidelines” in the Help.

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Table 1 lists the format options available with Avid systems that

include support for 24p projects and 25p projects.

References to 24p projects include 23.976p projects unless otherwise
noted.

Opening and Closing a Project

Table 1 Project Types for Media Composer Adrenaline

Systems

Project Type Source Footage Transfer

23.976p NTSC For film-originated or video-originated footage
that has been shot at 23.976 fps or film-originated
footage transferred on digital videotape (such as
Digital Betacam

24p NTSC For film-originated or other 24-fps footage

transferred to NTSC videotape

30i NTSC For NTSC video-originated or other 30-fps

footage transferred to NTSC videotape

24p PAL For film-originated or other 24-fps footage

transferred to PAL videotape at 25 fps

25p PAL For 25-fps film footage transferred to PAL

videotape

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25i PAL For PAL video-originated footage (25 fps)

4. Select the following additional options:

- For 23.976p film projects, 24p film projects, and 25p film projects,
click the Film button and select a film gauge tracking format from
the Film Type pop-up menu.

- For 24p PAL projects, select an audio transfer rate. For
information on audio transfer rates, see “Audio Transfer Options
for 24p PAL Projects” in the Help.

- For 25i PAL and 30i NTSC Matchback projects, select
Matchback, click the Film Type pop-up menu, and select a film
format. The Matchback item appears only if your Avid system
includes the Matchback option.

For more information about matchback, see “Using the Matchback
Option” in the Help.

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5. Click OK.

The system creates the new project files and folder, and then returns to the
Select Project dialog box. The project name is highlighted in the Projects
scroll list. You are now ready to open the project. See “Opening a Project”

on page 70.

Setting Film Preferences

Set film preferences in the Film Settings dialog box immediately after you
create a project to provide the system with important information about the
type of film and audio transfer you used for your job.

• For information on setting the play rate for Timeline play and setting
the format and display of ink numbers, see “Film Settings” in the Help.

• For information about the settings for capturing in a film project, see
“Setting Transfer Rates for Film Projects” in the Help.

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Selecting a Shared Project

To select a shared project:

1. Start the Avid application.

The Select Project dialog box opens.

Opening and Closing a Project

Shared folder
Location

Shared
option
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You cannot type into the User or Folder text boxes.

3. Select a project, and then click OK.

The Project window, the Composer monitor, and the Timeline open
with the selected User settings loaded.

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Selecting a Private Project

To select a private project:

1. Start the Avid application.

The Select Project dialog box opens.

Login name

Private folder
location

Private option
selected

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2. Select Private in the Select a Project area.

Your private projects appear.

You can’t type into the User or Folder text boxes.

3. Select a project, and then click OK.

The Project window, the Composer monitor, and the Timeline open
with the selected User settings loaded.

Selecting an External Project

You can select a project that is external to the Avid Projects folder.

To select an external project:

1. Start the Avid application.

The Select Project dialog box opens.

Opening and Closing a Project

2. In the Select Project dialog box, select External.

3. Click the Browse button.

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4. The Browse for Folder (Windows) or Project Directory (Macintosh)
dialog box opens.

Macintosh

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Browsing for a Project

To browse for a project in a location other than the default Shared
and Private folders:

Opening and Closing a Project

5. Navigate to the folder that contains the project you want.

6. Click OK (Windows) or Choose (Macintosh), and then click OK.

1. Start the Avid application.

The Select Project dialog box opens.

2. Click the Browse button.

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3. The Browse for Folder (Windows) or Project Directory (Macintosh)
dialog box opens.

Macintosh

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4. Navigate to the folder that contains the project you want.

5. Click OK (Windows) or Choose (Macintosh).

Opening a Project Automatically

If you have already created a project, when you enter the Avid application
you can bypass the Select Project dialog box and have your last project
open automatically.

Opening and Closing a Project

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You can automatically open only projects created in the standard shared
or private areas. See “Selecting a Project” on page 59.

To open a project automatically:

1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.

The Settings Scroll list appears.

2. Double-click Interface.

The Interface Settings dialog box opens.

3. Click the General tab, and then select Automatically Launch Last
Project at Startup, and then click OK. See “Interface Settings” in the
Help.

The next time you start the Avid application, it opens your last project.

To select another project:

1. Deselect Automatically Launch Last Project at Startup, and then click
OK.

2. Quit the application and restart it.

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The Select Project dialog box opens.

Browse
button

3. Select a project and click OK.

Opening a Project

To open a project, do one of the following:

t Select a project in the Select Project dialog box, and then click OK.

t Double-click a project name in the Projects scroll list.

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The Project window, the Composer monitor, and the Timeline open
with the selected User settings loaded.

The Project window, the Composer monitor, and the Timeline open
with the selected User settings loaded.

The title bar of the Project window contains the project name and user
name you selected in the Select Project dialog box.

Project name User name

Using User Profiles

You can establish different profiles for a single user without having to log
out of your system and log back in under a different name (see “Changing

Users” on page 59). You might want separate editing functions to have

separate settings, for example. User “Jane,” for example, can have separate
profiles for “Audio editor,” “Film editor,” or for “Assistant 1,” “Assistant
2,” and so on. These profiles have separate folders and settings that kept
are in the following folders:

Opening and Closing a Project

Close button

•(Windows) Avid Users\UserName

• (Macintosh) /Users/Shared/Avid Users/UserName

You can also import a user or user profile from another location.

See the following topics:

• Creating a User Profile

• Importing a User Profile

• Changing User Profiles

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Creating a User Profile

To create a user profile:

1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.

2. Click the User Profile Selection pop-up menu, and select Create User
Profile.

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The Create User Profile dialog box opens.

3. Type a name in the Profile Name text box, and then click OK.

The new user profile appears selected in the pop-up menu, and the user
profile name appears in the Project window title bar.

Importing a User Profile

To import user settings from another user or user profile:

1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.

2. Click the User Profile Selection pop-up menu, and select Import User

3. Navigate to the user or user profile you want to import.

Changing User Profiles

To change user profiles:

1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.

2. Click the User Profile Selection pop-up menu, and select another user

To return to the default user profile:

1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.

Opening and Closing a Project

or User Profile.

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2. Click the User Profile Selection pop-up menu, and select Default User
Profile.

When you select Default User Profile, your login name appears in the
Project window title bar. When you select another user profile, the user
profile name appears in the Project window title bar.

If you are using a user profile other than the default and you change to
another project, the default user settings are loaded, even though the
Project window still displays your non-default user profile name. You must
reselect the user profile you want to have active.

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Closing a Project

When you close the current project, you return to the Select Project dialog
box.

To close the current project, do one of the following:

t With the Project window active, select File > Close.

t Click the Close button in the Project window.

Backing Up Your Project Information

Although the Avid system automatically saves your bins, projects, and
settings, you should back up these items frequently to avoid losing any of
your work if your hard drive fails. Because the storage requirements are
minimal, you can back up these files to a variety of storage devices,
such as:

• Floppy disk or equivalent drive

• Removable storage device

• Network storage device (such as a file server)

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To back up the larger media files created when you capture footage, use a
high-capacity storage device. For information on backing up media files,
see “Backing Up Media Files” on page 240.

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk

To save your work on a floppy disk or equivalent device:

1. Mount the drive or insert a floppy disk as appropriate.

2. (Windows only) From the Windows desktop, double-click the My
Computer icon.

3. Double-click the icon for the destination storage drive or floppy drive
to open it. Double-click any additional folders to target the appropriate
storage location.

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4. Double-click the internal hard drive (Windows) or the Macintosh HD
(Macintosh) to open it.

5. Drag a project folder, user folder, or settings file to the targeted storage
location.

6. When the system finishes copying the files, unmount the drive or eject
the floppy disk and store it where appropriate.

Restoring from a Backup

To restore a project, user profile, or settings from a backup storage
device:

1. Mount the drive or insert a floppy disk as appropriate that contains the
backup copies you want to restore.

2. From the desktop, double-click the drive or floppy disk and the
internal hard drive (Windows) or the Macintosh HD (Macintosh).

Ending a Work Session

If you are restoring an
individual bin or bins,
you must relink them to
the project from within
the Project window.
For more information,
see “Opening Bins

from Other Projects”
on page 87.

3. Drag the copies from the storage device to the appropriate folder on
the internal hard drive (Windows) or Macintosh HD/Users/Shared
(Macintosh):

- Av i d P ro jects : Project folders and settings files

- Av i d U sers: User folders and settings files

- Avid Media Composer Adrenaline: Site settings files

When you start the Avid application, the restored project and user profile
appear in the Select Project dialog box.

Ending a Work Session

To end the work session, first you must quit the application, and then turn
off your equipment in the order described in these sections:

• Quitting the Avid Application

• Turning Off Your Equipment

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Quitting the Avid Application

When you quit the Avid application, it writes a media database file (.mdb)
to the workspace in which you are working. Before quitting the Avid
application, make sure that the workspace has approximately 50 MB of
storage space available. Ask your MediaNetwork administrator to increase
the space if you need more storage.

To view remaining storage on your media drives:

t Open the Hardware tool as described in “Using the Hardware Tool” on

page 156.

There are three ways to quit the Avid application.

To quit the Avid application and leave the application immediately:

t (Windows) Select File > Exit.

t (Macintosh) Select Avid Media Composer Adrenaline > Quit Avid

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The project closes and the Avid application quits, returning to the
desktop.

To quit the Avid application if you are between projects:

1. Click Quit in the Select Project dialog box.

A message box opens.

2. Do one of the following:

t Click Leave to quit the Avid application.

t Click Cancel to return to the Select Project dialog box and select

another project.

If you want to turn off your system, see “Turning Off Your Equipment” on

page 77.

To quit the Avid application from an open project:

1. Click the Close button at the far right (Windows) or at the far left
(Macintosh) of the Project Window title bar.

The Select Project dialog box dialog box opens.

2. Click Quit.

3. Click Leave.

Turning Off Your Equipment

When you finish using your system and want to turn it off completely,
follow these steps to avoid damaging your system or media storage drives.
Quit the Avid application before turning off your equipment. See “Quitting

the Avid Application” on page 76.

To turn off your equipment:

1. Turn off the system:

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For a Windows system:

a. Click the Start button, and select Shut Down.

The Shut Down Windows dialog box opens.

b. Click the pop-up menu, and select Shut down.

c. Click OK.

For a Macintosh system:

t Select Apple P menu > Shut Down.

2. Turn off the Adrenaline DNA.

3. Turn off your speakers and monitors.

Never remove media drives from your Avid system when it is turned
on. Shut down the computer, and then remove the drives.

4. Turn off each external drive in the chassis, and then turn off the chassis
itself.

5. Turn off all other hardware.

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Mounting and Unmounting Drives

The Unmount command makes selected media drives inaccessible to the
Avid application. If the drive being ejected supports the auto-eject feature
(for example, Jaz

By default, all media drives connected to your system are listed and can be
seen by the Avid application. You can remove one or more drives from the
list at any time by selecting File > Unmount. For example, if you want to
use only some of your drives for a particular project, select Unmount to
prevent other drives from appearing in the Avid application. The Unmount
command does not remove drives from the Windows or Macintosh system.

You can unmount one or several drive volumes mounted on the desktop at
any time from within the Avid application. You can also remount all the
drives and return them to the desktop.

This is useful in several circumstances:

• If you work with optical drives for backup and retrieval of low­resolution material, you can unmount drives and mount them as
needed to avoid cluttering the desktop during normal use.

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• If you work with an extensive array of fixed-storage drives, which
might involve many partitions divided among several projects, you can
selectively mount and unmount drives according to use.

• If you work with Avid Unity MediaNetwork, you might have to
unmount and remount icons on the desktop. For more information, see
the Avid Unity MediaNetwork documentation. Also, see “Sharing

Bins and Projects on Avid Unity MediaNetwork” on page 133.

On systems with multiple media drives, unmounting unused drives can
improve the performance of the Media tool. You need to unmount the
drives before you open the Media tool. See “Using the Media Tool” on

page 227.

Before you physically remove or add drives, shut down the Windows
system or Macintosh system completely. For information on removing
and adding drives, see the Help.

Unmounting Drives

To unmount a drive or make a drive unavailable to the Avid
application:

1. With the Avid application running, select File > Unmount.

The Unmount Disk or Drives dialog box opens.

The scroll list displays all drives currently available.

2. Select a drive to unmount.

3. Ctrl+click (Windows) or Shift+click (Macintosh) to select additional
drives.

4. Click Unmount.

The drives are no longer available to the Avid application.

Mounting All Drives

Because the system cannot interface with unmounted drives individually,
you cannot mount selected drives. However, you can mount all drives
connected to the system, including those previously unmounted.

Mounting and Unmounting Drives

To mount all drives:

t Select File > Mount All.

All drives turned on and connected to the system become available to the
Avid application.

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Session Check List

Turn on your equipment in the proper order: storage first, peripherals
second, and system last. For more information, see the Help.

On your desktop, move any settings files, project folders, or user folders
from another system into the Avid folders (if necessary) before starting the
application.

Start the Avid application.

Create new projects or user profiles, or select existing ones in the Select
User and Project dialog box dialog box.

After finishing your work for the session, quit the Avid application.

Back up your work before shutting down the equipment.

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Turn off your equipment in the opposite order from which you turned it on:
system, peripherals, and finally storage.

Chapter 4

Working with the Project Window

The Project window provides controls for structuring and viewing
important information about your current project. You can also modify
User, Project, and Site settings from the Project window and display a list
of effects. These topics are described in the following sections:

• Opening and Closing the Project Window

• Using the Bins Display

• Using the Settings Scroll List

• Using the Info Display

• Displaying Usage Information

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• Customizing the Appearance of the Avid User Interface

• Customizing Your Workspace

• Sharing Bins and Projects on Avid Unity MediaNetwork

(Windows only) This chapter refers to the installation default directory
path for the various Avid folders. If you chose a different directory path
during the installation, you must substitute that path when using this
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Opening and Closing the Project Window

The Project window provides controls (Bins, Info, and Usage) for
structuring and viewing information about your current project. The
Project window provides access to the Settings scroll list for altering
various User, Project, and Site settings, as well as access to the Effect
Palette.

You can use the Project window to:

• Create and open bins.

• View and modify settings.

• Access effects.

• View information about the format of the project, system memory
usage, and system hardware configuration.

• View information about the work session usage.

• Add folders to your projects for organizing the projects.

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Bins from other projects appear in the Project window in italic.

The Project window opens automatically when you select a project in the
Select Project dialog box. See “Opening and Closing a Project” on

page 58.

The Project window remains open the entire time you are working in a
project; however, it might be hidden from view by several open bins or
tools.

To locate and redisplay the Project window, do one of the following:

t Select Tools > Project.

t Click in an unobstructed area of the Project window to bring it

forward.

To close the Project window, do one of the following:

t With the Project window active, select File > Close Project.

t Click the Close button in the Project window.

The Select User and Project dialog box opens.

Using the Bins Display

Bins contain the master clips created when you capture source material.
(The master clips are linked to the media files.) Bins also contain the
sequences, subclips, group clips, and effect clips that you create during a
project. From the Project window, you can view a list of bins associated
with the project, and open, close, and create bins. You can also open bins
created for another project.

Viewing a List of Bins

Using the Bins Display

Bins tab

Fast Menu button

Bin icon

To view a list of bins associated with the project:

t Click the Bins tab in the Project window.

Bins list

From the Bins list, you can examine the number, names, sizes, and location
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Displaying Folders of Bins in the Bins List

You can add folders to the Bins list in the Project window to help organize
your project. You can drag bins into folders or drag folders into folders.
See “Managing Folders and Bins” on page 90.

Fast Menu button

Triangular opener

New folders

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Trash icon

To display the folder’s contents in the Bins list of the Project window:

t Click the triangular opener next to a folder icon.

To close the display, click the triangular opener again.

To view a list of only the folder contents and not the folders:

t Click the Fast Menu button, and select Flat View.

The Trash icon and its contents disappear until Flat View is deselected.

Creating a Folder in a Project

To create a folder in a project:

1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.

2. Click the Fast menu button, and select New Folder.

A new untitled folder appears.

3. Click the untitled folder name in the Bins list and rename it.

Creating a New Bin

To create a new bin from the Project window:

1. Do one of the following:

t Select File > New Bin.

t Click the New Bin button in the Project window.

A new (empty) bin opens and is given the name of the project as
displayed in the title bar of the Project window. The new bin appears
in the Bins list of the Project window. A corresponding file is placed in
the project folder in the Avid Projects folder, and a backup copy is
placed in the Avid Attic folder. For information about the Avid Attic
folder, see “Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder” on page 51.

Using the Bins Display

2. Type the name of the new bin, and press Enter (Windows) or Return
(Macintosh).

For more information, see “Renaming a Bin” on page 86.

To place a bin in a folder:

t Drag the bin to the folder icon.

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Renaming a Bin

Each new bin that you create takes the name of the project that appears in
the title bar of the Project window and is numbered incrementally.

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If you plan to move bins and projects from one platform to another, do not
use the characters / \ : * ? “ < > | or leading spaces, trailing spaces, or
trailing periods, when naming projects, bins, and users. Bin and project
names are limited to 27 characters, not including the period and
3-character extension that the system automatically adds to a file name.

(Macintosh only) You can set the Use Windows

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compatible File Names
option in the Avid application’s General Settings dialog box to prevent the
system from accepting these restricted characters in a bin, project, or user
name. If you are using your Avid application as a standalone editing
application (and don’t plan to move your bins or projects to another
platform), you have the option of extending bin and project names to 31
characters.

To change the name of a bin:

1. Click the bin name in the Bins list in the Project window.

2. Type a new name.

Project name

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Opening and Closing a Bin

Using the Bins Display

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Opening Selected Bins

Opening Bins from Other Projects

If you have the SuperBin enabled, see “Opening Bins in the SuperBin” on

page 166.

To open a bin directly:

1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.

2. Double-click the Bin icon next to the bin name.

The bin opens in a separate window. The Bin icon appears dimmed in the
Bins list, indicating the bin is open.

To open several bins at once from the Project window:

1. Click a Bin icon in the Bins list.

2. Ctrl+click (Windows) or Shift+click (Macintosh) each additional bin
you want to open.

3. Select File > Open Selected Bins.

To open a bin from another project:

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1. Select File > Open Bin.

The Open a Bin dialog box opens.

2. Find and select the bin you want.

Bins have the file name extension .avb.

Never open a bin that is stored on a floppy disk or equivalent device;
otherwise, the system cannot save your work. Always copy the bin to a
project folder on the system drive before you open it. For more
information, see “Options for File Transfers” in the Help.

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The bin appears in the Bins list in the Project window in a folder called
Other Bins. The name Other Bins appears in italic. You can rename this
folder. This option is useful when you want to open a bin not currently
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Closing a Bin

The Other Bins folder disappears from the Bins list when you delete all the
bins in the Other Bins folder. Deleting bins from the Other Bins folder does
not remove the bins from the drive; only the pointers to the bins are
removed.

To close a bin, do one of the following:

t Click the Close button.

t Select File > Close Bin.

Deleting a Bin or Folder

You can delete bins and folders along with their contents from the Bins list
in the Project window. Deleted bins and folders are moved to a Trash
folder in the Bins list until you empty the Trash. If you need a deleted bin
or folder, you can retrieve it from the Trash. For more information, see

“Viewing Contents in the Trash” on page 89.

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or effect directly in a bin and press the Delete key, the item is
permanently deleted and does not appear in the Trash.

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page 166.

Using the Bins Display

To delete a bin or folder from the Project window:

1. Select the bin or the folder you want to delete in the Bins list.

2. Press the Delete key.

A Trash icon appears in the Bins list in the Project window. The Trash
contains the deleted item. The deleted item is stored in the Trash until
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item.

Viewing Contents in the Trash

If you need to view the contents in the Trash or decide you do not want to
delete those items in the Trash, you must first move the bins and folders
from the Trash.

To view items in the Trash:

1. Click the triangular opener next to the Trash icon in the Bins list.

2. Click the bins or folders you want to keep (or view), and drag them
from the Trash to the Bins list in the Project window.

3. Double-click the bin or folder to view it.

Emptying the Trash in the Bins List

You can empty the contents of the Trash that is located in the Bins list.

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To empty the Trash in the Bins list:

1. Click the Fast Menu button, and select Empty Trash.

A message box opens.

2. Click Empty Trash to delete the bins or folders from the Trash and
from your system drive.

Managing Folders and Bins

You can use the Project window to create hierarchies of folders and bins
that reflect the specific workflow of the current project. This structure
provides both simplicity and backup security. Although the specifics can
vary depending on your production needs and habits, the basic principles
of project management are as follows:

• Limit the number of sequences you create in each project. For
instance, consider creating one new project for each show, episode,
spot, or scene.

• Limit the number and complexity of clips in each bin by creating and
organizing bins in three groups, as follows:

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- Create a set of bins for the capture stage.

For example, you can create one bin for each source tape or each
day’s worth of dailies transfers to be captured to avoid slowing the
system with large bins and causing confusion between tapes.

- Create a second set of bins for organizing your project.

For example, you can create a separate bin for each segment of a
video project or each scene of a 24p project, depending upon the
preferences of the editor.

- Create a third set of bins for the editing stage, including:

A current cut bin for storing each work in progress (sequence)

An archive bin for keeping the original version of each cut
(sequence)

A selects or storyboard bin for screening selected clips or cuts
gathered from the source bins

Using the Bins Display

A format cuts bin for storing the final cuts with added format
elements such as segment breaks, color bars and tone, slate, or
countdown

Project folder

Folders
containing
bin files

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projects, see Chapter 8.

• (Option) Create additional folders at the desktop level for better
organization. For example, you can create one folder for each capture
bin and show cut bin, or a folder to contain all shot logs to be imported.

• Save these files as a template for future productions of a similar nature.

A sample template of bins for a project is shown below.

Bin files

Settings file

Project file

This hierarchy allows you to have one set of bins available in the Project
window during capture and organizing, and another set of bins available
during editing to reduce clutter.

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Saving Bins Automatically

The Avid system automatically saves changes to your work on a regular
basis during each session. You can modify the frequency of the automatic
backups by using the Bin settings in the Settings scroll list in the Project
window.

When you are working with bins, an asterisk (Windows) or a diamond
(Macintosh) appears before the bin name in the bin’s title bar. The asterisk
(Windows) or diamond (Macintosh) indicates that the changes to the bin
have not been saved. After you save the bin, the asterisk (Windows) or
diamond (Macintosh) is removed.

When auto-save occurs:

• Any open bins are updated with changes made since the last auto-save.

• Copies of these bins are placed in the project’s Bin folder in one of the
following folders as backup:

-(Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\

Media Composer Adrenaline\Avid Attic folder

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- (Macintosh) Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/Avid Attic folder

The system automatically places copies of all bins into the Avid Attic
folder at regular intervals for backup. The procedure for recovering bin
files from the Avid Attic folder is described in “Retrieving Files from the

Avid Attic Folder” on page 51.

To adjust the frequency of automatic saves:

1. In the Project window, double-click the Bin Settings.

The Bin Settings dialog box opens.

2. Type a number in the minutes text box for the Auto-save interval.

3. Click OK.

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Setting both the maximum number of files stored in the Avid Attic folder
and the maximum number of versions of a bin to zero deletes existing files
in the project folder in the Avid Attic folder and prevents any backup bins
from being saved. For more information about backup options, click the
Bin Settings dialog box and press F1 (Windows) or the Help key
(Macintosh), or see “Bin Settings” in the Help.

You can manually save bins for added security — for example,
immediately after an important edit. When your work is lost, or when you
want to recover an earlier version of a bin or sequence, you can retrieve
files from the Avid Attic folder.

Saving Bins Manually

You can manually save a specific bin or all bins.

To save a specific bin:

1. Click the bin to activate it.

2. Select File > Save Bin.

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since the last time the active bin was saved.

To save all the bins:

1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window to activate it.

2. Select File > Save All.

The system saves all the bins for the project.

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Using the Settings Scroll List

From the Settings scroll list in the Project window, you can view, select,
open, and alter various User, Project, and Site settings.

To view the Settings scroll list:

t Click the Settings tab in the Project window.

Settings tab

Settings scroll list

Settings
type

Understanding Settings

Three types of settings appear in the Settings scroll list in the Project
window, as indicated in the third column of information: User, Project, and
Site.

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For information about the location of the settings files, see “Using the

Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders” on page 48.

• User settings are specific to a particular editor. User settings reflect
individual preferences for adjusting the user interface in the Avid
application. Individual User settings are stored in each user folder.

Using the Settings Scroll List

• Project settings are directly related to individual projects. When you
change a Project setting, it affects all editors working on the project.
Specific Project settings are stored in each project folder.

• Site settings establish default parameters for all new users and projects
on a particular system. They can apply to particular configurations of
equipment installed at the site (for example, specification and node
settings for an external switcher). They can also include other User or
Project settings that you copy into the Site Settings window. Site
settings are stored in a separate Settings folder.

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“Navigating in Dialog Boxes and Menus” on page 142.

Table 2 briefly describes each item in the Settings scroll list and lists where

you can find additional information on a particular item.

For a complete list of all settings and options, see the Avid Editing and

Input and Output Guide Supplement provided on the Avid Online Library
& Tutorial CD-ROM, or see the Help.

Table 2 Settings Scroll List

Setting Name Description For More Information

Audio Sets the default audio pan; contains audio

scrub options.

Audio Project Sets parameters for audio setup. See “Audio Project Settings” in the

Bin Sets the auto-save interval, double-click

preferences for bins, edit clips from bins
parameters, and enables SuperBins.

See “Adjusting Audio Pan Defaults” on

page 160 and “Adjusting Digital Scrub
Parameters” on page 488.

Help.

See “Bin Settings” in the Help.

Bin View Selects and formats the information

displayed in bins.

Capture Defines how the Avid system

captures and batch captures in
specific situations.

See “Displaying Custom Bin Views” on

page 170.

See “Capture Settings” in the Help.

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Setting Name Description For More Information

Composer Configures the display and behavior of

buttons and information in the Playback,
Source, and Record monitors.

Communication
(Serial) Ports

Configures the serial ports on your system
for deck control.

Correction Sets the parameters for the Color

Correction tool.

DMS Configures the editing client to work with

the Avid ProEncode

™

system. Select this
item if your workgroup includes an Avid
ProEncode system.

Deck Configuration Configures channels and decks into the

system.

Deck Preferences Sets preferences that affect all decks

configured into the system.

Digital Cut Sets parameters for previewing or

recording a digital cut to tape. Appears in
the Settings scroll list to facilitate copying
settings.

To access the Digital Cut dialog box:

See “Understanding Composer

Settings” on page 314.

See “Using the Communication (Serial)

Ports Tool” on page 157.

See the Avid Color Correction User’s
Guide.

See the Avid ProEncode Setup and
User’s Guide.

See “Configuring Decks” in the Help.

See “Setting Deck Preferences” in the
Help.

See “Using the Digital Cut Tool” in the
Help.

t Select Output > Digital Cut.

Effect Editor Changes effect parameters by adjusting

the appearance and operation of effects.

See “Commands for Using Advanced
Keyframes” in the Help.

Export Sets parameters for file export. See “Export Settings” in the Help.

Film Sets parameters for edit play rate, ink

number format, and transfer rate.

General Defines default values such as the default

See “Displaying Project Settings” on

page 100.

See “General Settings” in the Help.
starting timecode and temporary file
location for your project.

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Setting Name Description For More Information

Grid Defines the grid to use when you create

effects.

See “Setting the Effect Grid Options” in
the Help.

Import Sets parameters for file import. See “Import Settings Options” in the

Help.

Interface Defines the appearance and function of

certain interface elements.

See “Interface Settings” in the Help and

“Customizing the Appearance of the
Avid User Interface” on page 118.

Keyboard Used to map commands from the

See “Using the Keyboard” on page 329.

Command palette to the keyboard.

MM Host Allows you to specify the Avid Unity

MediaManager host location on the

See the Avid Unity MediaManager

Setup and User’s Guide.

network.

MM User Allows you to set the preference for

accessing Avid Unity MediaManager.

Marquee Title
(Windows only)

Allows you to select the Title tool for
creating titles and provides options for

See the Avid Unity MediaManager

Setup and User’s Guide.

See the Avid Marquee Title Tool User’s
Guide.

promoting titles.

Media Creation Sets parameters for video resolution and

selects the drives for capturing, creating

See “Media Creation Settings” in the

Help.
titles, importing, performing audio and
video mixdown, and motion effects.

PortServer Sets up the LANshare client so its

workspaces are recognized.

Render Controls the size of imported graphics and

rendered effects to ensure that the graphic
or effect will be playable.

Safe Colors Sets the safe color parameters for the

Color Correction tool.

Script Sets the default display options for scripts

imported using script integration.

See “Support for an Avid Unity

LANshare Workgroup” on page 226.

See “Creating and Using Render

Settings” in the Help.

See “Safe Colors” in the Help

See “Script Settings Options” on

page 263.

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Setting Name Description For More Information

Timecode Window Displays various timecodes in an

adjustable window. Appears in the

See “Displaying Timecode in the

Timecode Window” on page 312.

Settings scroll list to facilitate copying
settings.

To access the Timecode window:

t Select Tools > Timecode Window.

Timeline Contains general Timeline preferences. See “Timeline Settings Options” on

page 400.

Timeline View If you save your Timeline settings,

Timeline View appears in the Settings

See “Saving a Customized Timeline

View” on page 398.

scroll list to facilitate copying settings.

To access Timeline views:

t Click the View pop-up menu, and

select a Timeline view.

Transfer Sets the preference for using Avid Unity

TransferManager to send files to another

See the Avid Unity TransferManager

Setup and User’s Guide.
workgroup.

Trim Customizes the Trim mode environment. See “Trim Settings Options” on

page 455.

Video Display Allows digital camera video input;

enables support of cameras with video
input; sets the mode and source for
desktop video; enables Client monitor;
sets effects preview options.

Workspace Allows you to associate settings and

windows with a workspace.

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See “Video Display” in the Help.

See “Linking User Settings and

Workspaces” on page 129.

Defining Settings

You can use the Settings scroll list to establish a hierarchy of settings that
address the specific needs of each production phase.

For example, you can establish:

• User settings for the assistant editor: Facilitate logging, capturing,

• User settings for the editor: Include editing interface preferences

• Project settings: Reflect the specific needs of the project

• Bin View settings: Display useful columns of information for each of

Using the Settings Scroll List

and organizing projects

the bins described in “Managing Folders and Bins” on page 90

n

Never use a user settings file that was opened in the MediaLog™
application.

By establishing these settings once, and selecting the appropriate setting or
bin view in context, you can save time and effort that would be spent
searching for information or adjusting bin headings on-the-fly. You can
also save these settings along with your template for use on similar
projects, as described in “Managing Folders and Bins” on page 90.

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Reviewing Basic Settings

For information on the following basic system settings, see:

• ”Film Settings” in the Help

• ”Bin Settings” in the Help

• ”General Settings” in the Help

• ”Interface Settings” in the Help

To view the settings:

t Double-click each setting in the Settings scroll list in the Project

window.

Displaying Project Settings

You can display the Settings scroll list in the Project window in different
groups, depending on what you need to view. Table 3 describes the
different settings display groups.

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Table 3 Settings Display Groups

Option Description

Active Settings Displays currently active settings in your Avid system

All Settings Displays all settings available in the Avid system

Base Settings Displays Project, User, and Site settings only; no views are displayed

Bin Views Displays all the Bin View settings you created

Export Settings Displays all the Export settings

Import Settings Displays all the Import settings

Timeline Views Displays all the Timeline View settings you created

Title Styles Displays all the templates you created for the Title tool