Pinnacle Systems NewsCutter - 2.0 User’s Guide

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Avid® NewsCutter

User’s Guide

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Avid NewsCutter User’s Guide • Part 0130-04673-01 Rev. A • December 2000

Chapter 1 Desktop Basics

Working with the Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using the Windows NT Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Dragging Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting the Avid Color Scheme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting Your Screen Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

About the NewsCutter Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

About the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Changing Project and User Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Deleting Projects and User Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Starting the NewsCutter Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Accepting Your NewsCutter License Electronically . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Chapter 2 Starting a Project

Opening a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Identifying a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Creating a New User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Selecting an Existing User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Selecting a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Selecting an Existing Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Creating a New Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Nesting Projects in Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Opening a Project in NewsCutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Backing Up Your Project Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or

Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Restoring from a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Ending an Edit Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Quitting the NewsCutter Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Turning Off Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Mounting and Ejecting Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Ejecting Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Mounting All Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using Shortcut Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Connecting to the Avid Production Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Chapter 3 Working with the Project Window

Opening and Closing the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Using the Bins Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Viewing a List of Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Displaying Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Creating a Folder in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Creating a New Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Renaming a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Opening and Closing a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Opening Selected Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Closing a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Deleting a Bin or Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Viewing Contents in the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Emptying the Trash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Managing Folders and Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Saving Bins Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Saving Bins Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

About Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Modifying the Creation Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Using the Settings Scroll List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

About Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Defining Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Reviewing Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Bin Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Displaying Project Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Changing the Settings Scroll List Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

About the Settings Scroll List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Working with Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Selecting Another User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Modifying Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Working with Multiple Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Duplicating Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Naming Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Selecting Among Multiple Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Deleting Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Copying Settings Between Settings Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Moving Settings Between Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Using Site Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Using the Info Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Displaying Project Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Viewing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

About the Memory Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Accessing the Hardware Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Customizing Your Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Creating a New Workspace Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Assigning a Workspace Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Linking User Settings and Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Switching Between Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Deleting a Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Navigating in Dialog Boxes and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Chapter 4 Using Basic Tools

Using the Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Using the Deck Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Using the Command Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

About Button Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Mapping User-Selectable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using the Blank Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Mapping the Modifier Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Mapping Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Activating Commands from the Command Palette . . . . . . . . . 114

Using the Avid Calculator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Using the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Displaying System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Reviewing a Log of Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Getting Information with the Console Window. . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Using the Hardware Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Checking the Hardware Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Starting the Diagnostic Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Using the Serial (COM) Ports Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Configuring a Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Chapter 5 Logging

Logging Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Logging Preroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Logging Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Naming Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Double-Checking the Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Adding a Memory Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Preparing Logs for Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Creating Avid Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Importing Shot Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Logging Directly to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Logging with an Avid-Controlled Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Logging with a Non-Avid-Controlled Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Modifying Clip Information Before Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

About the Modify Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Using the Modify Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Options for Modifying Bin Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Modifying in the Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Exporting Shot Log Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Chapter 6 Preparing to Record

Understanding Digital Video (DV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Preparing the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Selecting Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Using General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Choosing Record Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

General Record Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Batch Record Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Edit Record Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Media Files Record Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Setting Media Creation Resolutions and

Selecting Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Configuring Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Deleting Deck Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Setting Deck Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Using SDTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Setting Up the Record Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Opening the Record Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Selecting a Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Selecting Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Selecting a Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Selecting Source Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Methods for Setting the Video and Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Choosing a Resolution in the Record Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Choosing a Target Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Selecting the Target Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Targeting a Single Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Targeting Separate Drives for Audio and Video . . . . . . . . 176

Interpreting the Time Remaining Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Recording to Multiple Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Recording Across Timecode Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Preparing for Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Choosing the Audio File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Establishing Sync for Audio-Only Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Checking for a Valid Digital Sync Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Adjusting Audio Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Using the Audio Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Resizing the Audio Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Adjusting the Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Choosing a Peak Hold Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Adjusting Audio Input Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Creating Tone Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Calibrating the Four-Channel Audio I/O Device . . . . . . . 194

Calibrating Input Channels for the Audio I/O Device. . . 194

Calibrating Output Channels for the

Audio I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Using the Console to Check Audio Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Calibrating for Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Manually Calibrating for Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Saving Video Input Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Saving a Custom Default Setting for the

Video Input Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Adjusting Video Levels Without Color Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Resolutions and Storage Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Screen Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Digital Video Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Setting Media Creation Resolutions and

Selecting Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Data Rate Calculations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Chapter 7 Recording

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Adding Clip Names and Comments On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Adding Locators On-the-Fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Recording and Logging at the Same Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Recording from One Point to Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Recording from an IN Point to an OUT Point . . . . . . . . . . 216

Setting Both Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Setting Only One Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Recording On-the-Fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Autorecording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Recording from a Non-Avid-Controlled Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Recording with Time-of-Day Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Recording in Satellite Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Recording with SDTI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Recording to the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Batch Recording from Logged Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Preparing to Batch Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Resizing the Record Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Preparing Settings for Unattended Batch Recording . . . . 235

Batch Recording Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Rerecording Your Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Rerecording Master Clips and Subclips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Rerecording Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Saving Two Versions of a Sequence

When Rerecording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Rerecording the Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Other Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Controlling Decks from the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Naming a New Tape from the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Ejecting Tapes with a Button or Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Returning to the Previous Place in the Select Tape

Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

VTR Record Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Choosing VTR Record Emulation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Enabling VTR Record Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Chapter 8 Importing Files

Preparing to Import Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Creating and Using Import Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Importing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Using the Drag-and-Drop Method to Import Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Using Open Media Management (OMM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Preparing to Use OMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

OMM Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Creating an OMM Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Import and Export Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Using OMM to Import Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Reimporting Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

The Batch Import Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Selected Clips Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Import Target Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Import Options Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Starting the Reimport Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Chapter 9 Organizing with Bins

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Setting the Bin Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

About Bin Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Text View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Frame View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Script View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Custom Bin Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Customizing Bin Views in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Saving a Custom Bin View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Bin Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Basic Bin Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Setting the Bin Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Selecting Clips and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Duplicating Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Moving Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Copying Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Deleting Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Assigning Colors to Bin Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Adding a Color Column to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Assigning a Source Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Assigning a Custom Source Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Limiting Color Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Sorting by Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Sifting by Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Sifting Clips and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Locking and Unlocking Items in the Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Selecting Offline Items in a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Selecting Media Relatives for an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Selecting Unreferenced Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Using Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Arranging Bin Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Moving and Rearranging Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Aligning Bin Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Showing and Hiding Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Deleting a Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Duplicating a Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Adding Customized Columns to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Changing a Custom Column Heading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Managing Clip Information in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Moving Within Column Cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Modifying Clip Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Modifying Data Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Modifying Data by Using the Modify Command. . . . . . . 306

Copying Information Between Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Sorting Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Sorting Clips in Ascending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Sorting Clips in Descending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Performing Multilevel Sorting with Columns. . . . . . . . . . 310

Using Frame View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Changing the Bin Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Enlarging or Reducing Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Rearranging Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Changing the Frame Identifying the Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Arranging Frames in a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Using Script View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Entering Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Adding Text in Script View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Rearranging Clips in Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Printing Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Gathering Format Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Preparing Digital Bars and Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Importing Color Bars and Other Test Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Creating Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Creating Video Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Creating Audio Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Chapter 10 Managing Media Files

Using the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Basic Media Tool Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Opening the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Consolidating Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

About the Consolidate Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Using the Consolidate Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Loading the Media Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Backing Up Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Finding a Related Media File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Relinking Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Relinking to Selected Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Relinking Consolidated Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Unlinking Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Archiving and Restoring Media Files Using Videotapes . . . . . . . . 342

Archiving Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Archive to Videotape Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Restoring an Archive from Videotape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Workgroup Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

About MediaManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

About TransferManager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Chapter 11 Viewing and Marking Footage

Customizing the Source/Record Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Changing the Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Using the 16:9 Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Displaying Tracking Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Tracking Format Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Displaying Clip Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Copying Text from the Info Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Displaying the Timecode Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Displaying Multiple Timecodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Setting the Font and Point Size for Monitor Displays . . . . . . 362

Viewing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Loading and Clearing Footage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Loading into the Source/Record Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Loading into a Pop-up Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Using the Clip Name Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Switching Between Loaded Clips or Sequences . . . . . . . . 364

Clearing Clips or Sequences from Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Resizing Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Hiding the Video in the Source/Record Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Resizing the Source/Record Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Controlling Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Using Position Bars and Position Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Using Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Stepping Forward and Backward by Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

About the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Shuttling with the J-K-L Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Navigating with Home, End, and Arrow Keys . . . . . . . . . 374

Jogging with the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Shuttling with the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Playing in Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Play Length “In Use” Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Marking and Subcataloging Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Marking IN and OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Clearing a Mark and Setting a New One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Dragging IN and OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Marking an Entire Clip or Segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Marking Audio Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Using the Tool Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Opening the Tool Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Using the Tool Palette Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Using the Tool Palette from the Record Monitor. . . . . . . . 384

Using the Timeline Top Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Creating Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Using Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Ways to Use Locators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Adding Locators While Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Moving to the Previous or Next Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Deleting Locators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Using the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Viewing and Navigating in the Locators Window . . . . . . 390

Sorting Information in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . 391

Displaying Frames in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Changing the Color of the Locator Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Accessing a Locator in a Sequence or Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Printing the Locators Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Deleting Locators by Using the Locators Window . . . . . . 393

Finding Frames and Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Using Frame Offset Timecode to Cue a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Using Timecode to Find a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Using Match Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Chapter 12 First Edits

Setting Up a New Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Starting a New Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Changing the Clip Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Setting Up Tracks for the New Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Deleting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Adding Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Making the First Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Beginning to Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Creating an Instant Rough Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Undoing or Redoing Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Editing Additional Clips into the Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Performing a Splice-in Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Performing an Overwrite Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Performing a Replace Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Lifting, Extracting, and Copying Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Lifting Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Extracting Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Copying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Using the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Placing a Sequence into the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Recovering Material from the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Playing the New Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Playing a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Starting a Playback Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Improving Playback Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Proceeding with Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Chapter 13 Using the Timeline

Customizing Timeline Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Accessing the Timeline Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Using the Timeline Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Additional Procedures for Customizing the Timeline . . . . . . 424

Enlarging and Reducing Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Changing the Timeline Track Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Replacing a Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Setting the Scroll Option for the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Restoring the Default Timeline View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Navigating in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Using the Position Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Using the Timeline Scroll Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Displaying Detail in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Controlling Movement in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Selecting and Deselecting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Selecting Segments with the Segment Mode Pointer. . . . 431

Selecting One or More Segments by Lassoing. . . . . . . . . . 432

Deselecting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

About Finding Black Holes and Flash Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Finding Black Holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Finding Flash Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Editing in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Performing Segment Mode Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Extracting/Splicing-in Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Lifting/Overwriting Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Deleting Segments with Segment Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Bin Editing into the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Bin Editing Directly into a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Using the Top and Tail Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Setting the Duration for Filler at the Start of a Sequence. . . . 441

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

About Effects Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Using the Track Selector Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Selecting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Monitoring Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Monitoring Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Monitoring Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Monitoring a Solo Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Cycling Through a Selection of Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Locking Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Patching Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Sync Locking Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Deleting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Adding an Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Removing Match-Frame Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Backtiming Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Printing the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Chapter 14 Working in Trim Mode

Customizing Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Using Basic Trim Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Entering Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

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

Selecting Between Trim Sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Selecting Additional Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Performing a Basic Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Reviewing the Trim Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Slipping or Sliding Clips or Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Selecting Segments for Slip or Slide Trimming . . . . . . . . 463

Performing the Slip or Slide Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Creating Overlap Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Extending an Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Maintaining Sync While Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Adding Black While Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Trimming with Sync-Locked Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Chapter 15 Working with Audio

About Audio Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Accessing Audio Effect Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Audio Editing Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Soloing Audio Tracks in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Using Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Smooth Scrub Versus Digital Scrub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Selecting Tracks for Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Performing Smooth Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Using the J-K-L Keys to Perform Smooth Scrub . . . . . . . . 477

Using the Mouse to Perform Smooth Scrub. . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Using Digital Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Adjusting Digital Scrub Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Performing the Digital Scrub Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

Adjusting Pan Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Adjusting Default Pan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Displaying Waveform Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Using the Audio Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Resizing the Audio Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Adjusting One Audio Track at a Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Changing an Audio Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Adjusting Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Applying Pan Value Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Ganging and Adjusting Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491

Rendering an Audio Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492

Modifying Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Creating or Modifying an Audio Pan/Vol Effect. . . . . . . . 493

Modifying How the System Interprets Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Bypassing Existing Volume Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

Adjusting Volume While Playing an Audio Mix Effect . . . . . 494

Limitations on Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Improving Response Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Using Audio Gain Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Automation Gain Values and System Clip Gain Values. . . . . 497

Adjusting Volume in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Deleting Audio Gain Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Moving Audio Gain Keyframes in the Timeline. . . . . . . . 500

Using an External Fader or Mixer to Adjust Volume. . . . . . . . 501

Adjusting the Volume of Individual Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . 502

About the Automation Gain Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Track Solo Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Position Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Selecting Tracks in the Automation Gain Tool . . . . . . . . . 507

Automation Gain Tool Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Recording Automation Gain Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Using the Automation Gain Tool Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Using a Keyboard Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Using an External Fader Controller or Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . 512

Using the Audio EQ Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Audio EQ Tool Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Basic EQ Tool Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

EQ-Specific Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Applying Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Saving Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Removing Audio EQ Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Audio EQ Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Low Shelf Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Small Octave Range Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Using Audio EQ Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Applying an EQ Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Creating Your Own Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Adding an EQ Template to the Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Adjusting EQ While Playing an Audio Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Installing AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Using Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Applying an AudioSuite Plug-In to a Clip

in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Using a Plug-In Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

AudioSuite Plug-In Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Rendering Plug-In Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Creating New Master Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

AudioSuite Controls for Creating New Master Clips . . . 537

Mono, Stereo, and Multichannel Processing . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Creating New Master Clips by Using Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . 541

Using AudioSuite Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Plug-In Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Troubleshooting AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Canceling a Render Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Addressing Errors When Rendering a Plug-in Effect. . . . 545

Recording Voice-Over Narration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Connecting the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Creating the Voice-Over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

About Voice-Over Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Fine-Tuning Audio Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Fading and Dipping Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Fading Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Dipping Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Mixing Down Audio Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Chapter 16 Syncing Methods

Autosyncing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

Managing Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557

Editing to Avoid Sync Breaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

Fixing Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

Fixing Sync in Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Fixing Sync in Segment Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Managing Sync with Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Using Sync Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Syncing with Tail Leader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Syncing with Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562

Using Add Edit When Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Chapter 17 Output Options

Preparing for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Establishing Sync for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Calibrating for Video Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Using the Factory Preset Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Basic Video Output Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Adjusting Video Output for SDTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Using Test Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

Adjusting Phase Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

Calibrating the System with Passthrough Signals . . . . . . 574

Calibrating for Audio Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

Setting the Calibration Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

Calibrating Global Output Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

Adjusting Output on Four-Channel Audio Systems . . . . 577

Preparing Record Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Frame-Accurate Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Manual Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Recording Bars and Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Using the Digital Cut Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Previewing a Digital Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Creating a Custom Countdown Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588

Recording a Digital Cut to Tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

About Performing a Digital Cut with SDTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Configuring the SDTI Output Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Performing a Digital Cut with SDTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Understanding Passthrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

VTR Play Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Choosing VTR Play Emulation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Enabling VTR Play Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597

Chapter 18 Exporting and Exchanging Material

About Exporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

Preparing to Export a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Mixing Down Video Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Using the Drag-and-Drop Method for Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

Using AvidLinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

Using OMM to Export Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Exporting a Clip with OMM and the

Drag-and-Drop Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Customizing Export Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Creating a New Export Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

About OMF Interchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Choosing an OMFI Transfer Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Exporting OMFI Compositions Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Exporting OMFI Compositions with Media Files . . . . . . . 615

Exporting as an AAF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617

Exporting AAF Compositions Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618

Exporting AAF Compositions with Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . 619

QuickTime Reference Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621

Exporting as a QuickTime Reference Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621

QuickTime Reference Export Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624

Exporting as a QuickTime Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Selecting QuickTime Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631

Exporting as an AVI File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

AVI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640

AVI Video Compression Dialog Box Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

About Avid Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645

Using the Avid Codecs for QuickTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645

Exporting with an Avid Meridien Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645

Using the Avid Codec for AVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648

Installing an Avid Codec on Other Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650

Copying a Codec to a Windows NT Workstation . . . . . . . 650

Copying a Codec to a Macintosh System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

Exporting from a Third-Party Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652

Exporting Tracks as Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652

Exporting as a Graphic File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655

Exporting as an MPEG-2 File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663

Transferring a Project Between Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

Methods for Transferring Files Between

NewsCutter Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668

Compatibility Requirements for Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668

Transferring a Project and Associated Media Files . . . . . . . . . 669

Transferring Projects, User Profiles, and Site Settings . . . . . . 670

Transferring Media to and from a Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Setting Up a Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Configuring the Video Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Configuring the Video Server as a Deck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

Transferring from NewsCutter to the Video Server. . . . . . . . . 674

Transferring from the Video Server to NewsCutter. . . . . . . . . 676

Chapter 19 Using the NRCS Tool

Configuring the NRCS Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

Starting the NRCS Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

Understanding the NRCS Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684

Using the Directory Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686

Opening a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686

Making a Shortcut to a Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687

Removing a Shortcut to a Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

Deleting a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

Changing the Text View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

Editing Story Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690

Entering Edit Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690

Formatting Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690

Rearranging Text in a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691

Marking Text as Presenter Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691

Marking Text as Closed Captioned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

Adding a Production Cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

Deleting a Production Cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694

Marking Text as Machine Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694

Marking Text as Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694

Saving Changes to a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

Finding the Read Time of a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696

Building a Sequence from a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Building a Sequence with a Specific Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Sending and Receiving NRCS Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

Sending NRCS Tool Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

Receiving NRCS Tool Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

Disconnecting from the iNEWS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

Appendix A Using AudioSuite Plug-Ins

Accessing the AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

Additional Supported Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

DINR–Broadband Noise Reduction (BNR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

Focusrite d3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

Digidesign D-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

Digidesign D-FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

Description of Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Invert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Duplicate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

DC Offset Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

Time Compression Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

Master Clip Mode Parallel Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

Time Compression Expansion Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

Pitch Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

Pitch Shift Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

EQ II Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

Compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721

Using Compression Effectively. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721

Compressor Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722

Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724

Limiter Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727

Gate Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727

Expander/Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

Expander/Gate Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729

Mod Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731

Mod Delay Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732

Appendix B File Format Specifications

Graphic (Image) Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734

Preparing Graphic Files for Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737

Graphic File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

Animation Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743

Audio File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

OMFI Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

Field Ordering in Graphic Imports and Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749

Appendix C Avid Log Specifications

Log Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755

Understanding Avid Log Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755

Describing an Avid Log File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756

Global Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757

Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758

Data Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

Sample Avid Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763

Appendix D Connecting an External Fader Controller or Mixer to Your

NewsCutter System

Supported Fader Controllers and Mixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764

Using the FaderMaster Pro and MCS-3000X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766

MCS-3000X Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766

Using the Snap Mode Feature on the MCS-3000X

Fader Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768

Ganging Faders on the FaderMaster Pro Fader Controller. . . 769

Using the Yamaha 01V Digital Mixing Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770

Setting Up the Yamaha 01V Digital Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771

Initializing the Yamaha 01V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771

Configuring the Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772

Starting NewsCutter with the Yamaha 01V Attached . . . . . . . 772

Operational Notes for the Yamaha 01V Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773

Soloing NewsCutter System Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

Appendix E Using the JL Cooper Media Control Station3

Overview of the MCS3 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777

Opening the MCS3 Controller Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 778

Mapping the MCS3 Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780

Using the Default Button Mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781

Default Navigation Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781

Default Function Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782

Custom Mapping MCS3 Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782

Configuring a Shifted Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784

Customizing Jog and Shuttle Speeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785

Customizing the Maximum Jog Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785

Customizing the Maximum Shuttle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786

Operating the Jog/Shuttle Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787

Moving Through Footage in Jog Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788

Moving Through Footage in Shuttle Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788

Editing Footage with the MCS3 Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788

Creating Multiple Controller Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790

Index

Tables

Table 3-1 Bin Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Table 3-2 Bin Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Table 3-3 General Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table 3-4 Interface Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table 3-5 Settings Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Table 3-6 Settings Scroll List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Table 3-7 Workspace Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Table 3-8 Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Table 5-1 Options for Modifying Bin Information . . . . . . . . . . 142

Table 6-1 Record Settings (General Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Table 6-2 Record Settings (Batch Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Table 6-3 Record Settings (Edit Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Table 6-4 Record Settings (Media Files tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Table 6-5 Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Table 6-6 Deck Preferences Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Table 6-7 Audio Input Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Table 6-8 Luminance Settings for Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Table 6-9 Video Level Adjustment Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Table 6-10 Drive Storage Capacities (Minutes) for

NTSC Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Table 6-11 Drive Storage Capacities (Minutes) for

PAL Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Table 6-12 Data Rate Storage Calculations for NTSC Video . . . 210

Table 6-13 Data Rate Storage Calculations for

PAL Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Table 7-1 Audio Input Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Table 7-2 SDTI Signal Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Table 7-3 VTR Emulation Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Table 8-1 Import Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Table 8-2 Import File Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Table 9-1 Object Icon Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Table 9-2 Shortcuts for Moving in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Table 9-3 Direct Modification Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Table 9-4 Modify Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Table 10-1 Consolidate Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Table 10-2 Relinking Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Table 10-3 Relinking Location Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Table 10-4 Archive to Videotape Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Table 11-1 Timecode Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Table 11-2 J-K-L Key Shuttle Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Table 11-3 Navigating with Home, End, and Arrow Keys . . . . 374

Table 13-1 Timeline Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Table 13-2 Timeline Fast Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Table 14-1 Key Functions in Slip or Slide Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Table 15-1 Number of Tracks and Scrub Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

Table 15-2 Pan Adjustment Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Table 15-3 Automation Gain Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Table 15-4 Audio EQ Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Table 15-5 Normalize Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Table 15-6 AudioSuite Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538

Table 15-7 Dissolve Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Table 17-1 Video Format Output Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Table 17-2 Luminance Settings for Video Output . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Table 17-3 VTR Emulation Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Table 18-1 Applications for AvidLinks Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

Table 18-2 Export Settings Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612

Table 18-3 Export Settings Dialog Box

(OMFI Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Table 18-4 Export Settings Dialog Box

(AAF Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

Table 18-5 Export Settings Dialog Box

(QuickTime Reference Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624

Table 18-6 QuickTime Movie Export Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629

Table 18-7 QuickTime Movie Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

Table 18-8 AVI Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640

Table 18-9 Video Compression Dialog Box for

AVI Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

Table 18-10 Export Settings Dialog Box

(Audio Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654

Table 18-11 Export Settings Dialog Box

(Graphic Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657

Table 18-12 Graphic Format Options Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658

Table 18-13 Devices for Transferring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668

Table 18-14 Default Folder and File Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671

Table 19-1 NRCS Tool Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685

Table B-1 Graphic File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

Table B-2 Animation File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 743

Table B-3 QuickTime File Import and Export

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

Table B-4 AVI File Import and Export

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

Table B-5 OMFI File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

Table B-6 Recommended Field Settings for Two-Field

Import and Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

Table C-1 Compatible Log Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755

Table C-2 Avid Log Global Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757

Table C-3 Avid Log Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Table C-4 Avid Log Data Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761

Table D-1 Fader Controller and Mixer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765

Table E-1 Default Button Mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782

Table E-2 Maximum Jog Speed Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786

Table E-3 Maximum Shuttle Speed Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787

CHAPTER 1

Desktop Basics

Although most of your work is performed within the NewsCutter application, you need to use a few basic desktop procedures.

The following sections describe basic procedures involving the Windows NT operating system and the Avid folders:

• Working with the Desktop

• About the NewsCutter Folder

• Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

• Starting the NewsCutter Application

• Accepting Your NewsCutter License Electronically

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

Working with the Desktop

For information on the Windows NT operating system, such as the desktop and icons, see

your Microsoft Windows NT Help.

This section describes the following desktop features that you will use when working with NewsCutter:

• Creating an Emergency Repair Disk

• Using Shortcut Menus

• Using the Windows NT Taskbar

• Dragging Windows

• Setting the Avid Color Scheme

• Setting Your Screen Resolution

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk

You or your system administrator needs to create a Windows NT 4.0 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, like installing new software.

To create an emergency repair disk:

1. Click the Start button and click Run.

2. In the text box, type:

rdisk /s

3. Click OK.

4. Follow the instructions to create the disk.

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

If you have a problem, search for Emergency Repair Disk in the Windows NT Help.

Using Shortcut Menus

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:

t Right-click in a window to access a shortcut menu that shows the

most frequently used commands for that window. For a list of the available shortcuts, see the Avid NewsCutter Quick Reference.

Using the Windows NT Taskbar

By default, the Windows NT taskbar 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

If you keep the taskbar hidden while running NewsCutter and you minimize an application such as Help, you do not see the minimized icon. To see the taskbar and minimized icons, minimize NewsCutter.

To change the taskbar settings:

1. Right-click an unused part of the taskbar.

2. Choose Properties from the shortcut menu.

3. In the Taskbar Properties dialog box, click the Taskbar Options tab.

4. 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.

5. Click OK.

The taskbar can to be dragged to the top, bottom, or either side of the monitor.

For more information, see your Windows NT Help.

Dragging Windows

By default, Windows NT 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 deselect the option “Show window contents while dragging”:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then select Control

2. Double-click Display.

3. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Plus! tab.

4. Deselect the “Show window contents while dragging” check box.

5. Click OK.

Panel.

For a shortcut to the Display Properties dialog box, right-click an empty part of the desktop, and choose Properties from the shortcut menu.

Setting the Avid Color Scheme

By default, NewsCutter is set to the gray and purple Avid color scheme.

To change the color scheme:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then select Control Panel.

2. Double-click Display.

3. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Appearance tab.

4. Choose a different color scheme from the Scheme list.

5. Click OK.

For a shortcut to the Display Properties dialog box, right-click an empty part of the desktop, and choose Properties from the shortcut menu.

Setting Your Screen Resolution

NewsCutter works best with the following screen resolutions:

One Monitor Two Monitors

1024 x 768 pixels 2048 x 768 pixels

1152 x 864 pixels 2304 x 864 pixels

1280 x 1024 pixels 2560 x 1024 pixels

A larger resolution displays more pixels and lets you view more objects in the monitors. The objects will appear smaller.

To view or change the screen resolution:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then select Control Panel.

2. Double-click Display.

3. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab.

4. Under Desktop Area, drag the slider to the resolution you want.

5. Click OK.

Also in the Settings tab, make sure the Color Palette is set to True Color.

For a shortcut to the Display Properties dialog box, right-click an empty part of the desktop, and choose Properties from the shortcut menu.

About the NewsCutter Folder

The NewsCutter folder contains essential operational files and supporting files. You can find it in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\

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 in “Using Help” on page 54.

• NewsCutter application: The application icon resides here. You can start the application by following the procedures described in

“Starting the NewsCutter Application” on page 40.

• Settings: In addition to Project and User settings, the system maintains two 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 on the desktop, using the same procedure described in “Moving Settings Between Systems” on

page 93.

• Supporting Files: A series of files located in the SupportingFiles folder that add functionality to the application. The system accesses most of these files from within the application. You can add third-party effects to the 3rd Party Plug-Ins folder and AVX_Plug-Ins folder from programs such as Avid Visual Extensions (AVX

Avid NewsCutter Effects Guide.

™

) for use in effects editing, as described in the

Managing the A vid Projects and Avid Users Folder s

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. For information about moving a project from one system to another, see the Avid Products Collaboration Guide.

About the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

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, a User Settings file, and a user folder containing both. Each item is given the user name you provide. The new folder is stored in the Avid Users folder on the internal hard drive.

• When you create a new project, the system creates three items: a project file, a Project Settings file, and a project folder containing both. Each item is given the project name you provide. This new folder is stored in the Avid Projects folder on the internal hard drive.

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.

Changing Project and User Names

You cannot change project or user names from within NewsCutter. You must change the name from your desktop before starting the application.

To change a project or user name:

1. Double-click the internal hard drive to open it.

2. Double-click the Avid Users or the Avid Projects folder to open it.

3. Click the name of the folder you want to change.

The name is highlighted for text entry, and the arrow changes to an I-beam.

4. Type the new name of the folder.

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.

5. Close the windows and restart NewsCutter.

Deleting Projects and User Profiles

You cannot delete projects and user profiles from within the NewsCutter application. You must make the change from your desktop before starting the application. The Avid Users and Avid Projects folders are located in the drive:\Avid folder.

To delete a project or user profile:

1. Double-click the internal hard drive to open it.

2. Double-click the Avid Users or the Avid Projects folder to open it.

3. Drag the project or user folder you want to delete to the Recycle Bin. Empty the Recycle Bin 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 NewsCutter.

Recorded media related to a deleted project is not eliminated with the project folder. For more information on deleting media files, see “Deleting Clips and

Sequences” on page 286 and “Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool” on page 326.

Starting the NewsCutter Application

The NewsCutter application is located in the Program Files\Avid\NewsCutter folder on the internal hard drive. For most users, the desktop is a more convenient location for starting the application.

To create a shortcut on the desktop:

t See your Windows NT documentation.

To start NewsCutter:

1. Click the Start button.

2. Point to Programs.

3. Point to the Avid folder.

4. Select NewsCutter.

After a few moments, the Open Project dialog box appears.

Accepting Your NewsCutter License Electronically

The NewsCutter license agreement appears the first few times you start the system.

To accept your NewsCutter license electronically:

1. Read the License Agreement, and then click Accept or Decline at the bottom of the screen.

After the agreement appears a few times, a new button appears at the bottom of the screen.

2. If you do not want to see the license agreement again, click Accept

and Don’t Show Again.

A dialog box appears.

3. Type the name of your organization in the dialog box, and click OK.

The Select User and Project dialog box appears, and you can begin working with NewsCutter.

CHAPTER 2

Starting a Project

Your work in NewsCutter begins when you turn on the system, start the application, and open an existing project or create a new project. This chapter describes these and other procedures for starting a project. You can use several techniques to safeguard and restore your work if necessary. These topics are covered in the following sections:

• Opening a Project

• Backing Up Your Project Information

• Ending an Edit Session

• Mounting and Ejecting Drives

• Using Shortcut Menus

• Using Help

• Connecting to the Avid Production Network

For information on the Windows NT operating system and terminology, see the Windows NT Help. For information on turning on your system, see the Avid NewsCutter Getting Started Guide.

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 chapter.

Opening a Project

Each time you start the NewsCutter application, the Select User and Project dialog box appears.

Users scroll list Projects scroll list

To establish your identity as a user with the system and to select or create a project to open, use the following procedures:

• Identifying a User

• Selecting a Project

• Opening a Project in NewsCutter

• Closing a Project

You can also create additional folders within which to store projects, or you can quit the application from the Select User and Project dialog box.

Identifying a User

To identify a user for the project, do one of the following:

t Create and identify a new user.

t Select a user from a list of existing users. This user name

Creating a New User

To create a new user profile:

represents the user profile, which includes the settings associated with the user.

1. Click New User in the Select User and Project dialog box.

2. Type the name of the new user, and press Enter.

If you plan to move bins and projects from one platform to another, do not use

the characters / \ : * ? “ < > |when naming projects, bins, and users.

3. Click OK.

The Select User and Project dialog box reappears with your user name highlighted in the list of users.

You are ready to select a project. See “Selecting a Project” on page 45.

Selecting an Existing User

To select from the list of existing users:

t Click the user name to highlight it in the Users scroll list on the left

side of the Select User and Project dialog box.

Folders containing collections of users appear in the list with asterisks preceding them.

To select a user in a folder:

1. Double-click the folder to open it and display the user names.

2. Click a user name to select it.

Selecting a Project

To select a project, do one of the following:

t Open an existing project.

t Create and open a new project.

You can also place projects in folders and nest the folders within other folders.

Selecting an Existing Project

Existing projects appear in the Projects scroll list in the Select User and Project dialog box.

Projects pop-up menu

Projects scroll list

To select an existing project, do one of the following in the Select User and Project dialog box:

t Click an existing project name to highlight it.

t Press the first letter of the project name on the keyboard to

To open a project nested in a folder:

1. Double-click the folder name to open it and display the contents in

2. Click the project name to highlight it.

To locate a project in another folder:

1. Click the Projects pop-up menu, and choose a drive from the

2. Double-click a folder name to open it. Continue opening folders

3. Click the project name to highlight it.

Creating a New Project

highlight it.

the Projects scroll list.

Volumes pop-up menu.

until the Projects scroll list displays the project folder you want.

When you create a project for the first time, NewsCutter saves the video format (NTSC or PAL) as a Site setting; all projects you create subsequently use the same video format setting.

To create a new project the first time you open NewsCutter:

1. Click New Project in the Select User and Project dialog box.

The New Project dialog box appears.

2. Type the name of your new project in the Project Name text box.

3. Choose either NTSC or PAL from the Format pop-up menu.

4. Click OK.

The system creates the new project files and folder, and returns you to the Select User and Project dialog box. The project name is highlighted in the Projects scroll list.

To create a new project and choose a different video format:

t Alt+click New Project in the Select User and Project dialog box,

and then follow steps 2 to 4 in the previous procedure.

Nesting Projects in Folders

You can create folders in the Select User and Project dialog box for storing related products. To nest a folder, you must first create a folder.

To create a folder:

1. Click New Folder in the Select User and Project dialog box.

The New Folder dialog box appears.

2. Type a name for the folder, and press Enter or click OK.

The folder name appears in the Projects scroll list with an asterisk preceding it.

3. Double-click the folder name to open the folder.

Any new projects you create now are displayed and stored in this folder. Any existing projects you move into this folder from your desktop are displayed in this folder.

Opening a Project in NewsCutter

To open a project, do one of the following:

t Click OK.

t Double-click the highlighted project name in the Projects scroll list.

t Double-click the highlighted user name in the Users scroll list.

The Source/Record monitor and the bin 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 User and Project dialog box.

Project window

Project name

User name

Close button

Closing a Project

When you close the current project, you return to the Select User and Project dialog box.

To close the current project, do one of the following:

t With the Project window active, choose Close from the File menu.

t Click the Close button in the Project window.

Backing Up Your Project Information

For information on using the Auto-save feature, see “Saving

Bins Automatically” on page 70.

Although NewsCutter automatically saves your bins, projects, and settings, you should back up these items frequently to avoid losing any of your work in case your hard drive fails. Because the storage requirements are minimal, you can back up these files easily to a variety of storage devices, including:

• Floppy disk

• Network storage device (such as a file server)

• Mass storage device

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk

To save your work on a drive or floppy disk:

1. Mount the drive or insert a floppy disk as appropriate.

2. From the Windows NT desktop, double-click the My Computer icon.

3. Double-click the icon for the targeted storage drive or floppy disk to open it. Double-click any additional folders to target the appropriate storage location.

4. Double-click the internal hard drive 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.

2. From the desktop, double-click the drive or floppy disk and the internal hard drive.

3. Drag the copies from the storage device to the appropriate folder on the internal hard drive:

• Project folders and settings files go in the Avid Projects folder.

• User folders and settings files go in the Avid Users folder.

• Site settings files go in the NewsCutter folder.

4. Start the NewsCutter application.

Ending an Edit Session

To end the session, you must first quit the application, and then turn off your equipment in the order described in this section.

Quitting the NewsCutter Application

There are two ways to quit NewsCutter, depending upon whether you have a project open or you are between projects:

To quit the NewsCutter application from an open project:

t Choose Exit from the File menu, or click the Close button.

The project closes, and NewsCutter returns to the desktop.

To quit the NewsCutter application if you are between projects:

1. Click Quit in the Select User and Project dialog box.

A message box appears.

2. Click Leave to quit the NewsCutter application. Click Cancel to return to the Select User and Project dialog box and select another project.

If you want to turn off your system, see “Turning Off Your Equipment” on

page 52.

Turning Off Your Equipment

Quit NewsCutter before turning off your equipment. See “Quitting

the NewsCutter Application” on page 51.

To turn off your equipment without damaging your computer or media storage drives:

1. Choose Shut Down from the Start menu.

The Shut Down Windows dialog box appears.

2. Click “Shut down the computer,” and click Yes.

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3. Turn off the Meridien

4. Turn off your speakers and monitors.

5. Turn off each drive.

Move your drives only when the system is completely off.

6. Turn off all other hardware.

Never remove drives from your NewsCutter system when it is turned on.

I/O box.

Mounting and Ejecting Drives

The Eject command makes selected media drives inaccessible to NewsCutter. If the drive you eject supports the auto-eject feature (for example, Jaz

By default, all media drives that are connected to your system are listed and can be seen by NewsCutter. You can remove one or more drives from the list at any time by choosing Eject from the File menu. For example, if you want to use only some of your drives for a particular project, choose Eject to prevent other drives from appearing in NewsCutter. The Eject command does not remove drives from the Windows NT system.

drives), the command ejects the disk from the drive.

Shut down the Windows NT system completely before you physically remove or add drives. For information on removing and adding drives, see the Avid MediaDrive Utilities User’s Guide.

On systems with multiple media drives, ejecting unused drives can improve the performance of the Media tool. You need to eject the drives before you can open the Media tool.

Ejecting Drives

To eject a disk or make a drive unavailable to NewsCutter:

1. With the NewsCutter application active, choose Eject from the File menu.

The Select a Disk or Drive to Eject dialog box appears. The scroll list displays all drives currently available.

2. Select a drive to eject. Ctrl+click to select additional drives.

3. Click Eject.

The drives are no longer available to NewsCutter.

Mounting All Drives

Because the system cannot interface with ejected drives individually, you cannot mount selected drives. However, you can mount all drives connected to the system, including those previously ejected.

To mount all drives:

t Choose Mount All from the File menu.

All drives turned on and connected to the system become available to NewsCutter.

Using Shortcut Menus

The Windows NT environment allows you to access frequently used commands by using the right mouse button (right-clicking) to click an object. Your NewsCutter system takes advantage of this feature. When working with your NewsCutter application, right-click in a window to access a pop-up menu that shows the most frequently used commands for that window.

You can also right-click a screen object to access What’s This? Help for the object.

Using Help

You can get help and background information for tasks, windows, dialog boxes, and screen objects through your Avid Help system. Your Help system is HTML-based and operates in the Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer. Avid recommends using version 5 or higher.

To open Help from within NewsCutter:

t Choose NewsCutter Help from the Help menu.

Help opens in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

To find out how to use Help:

t Click the Using Help button in the Help system.

Connecting to the Avid Production Network

The Avid Production Network™ (AvidProNet™) is a Web site

community designed specifically for professionals in the media creation business. The purpose of the AvidProNet Web site is to

provide you with Web-based tools and services to allow you to take full advantage of the Internet in your business.

To access the AvidProNet Web site from your NewsCutter system:

t Choose www.AvidProNet.com from the Help menu.

CHAPTER 3

Working with the Project Window

The Project window provides controls in three different display modes for structuring and viewing important information about your current project. These include a display of bins and folders associated with the project, a list of all settings, and basic information about the format of the project and use of system memory. 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

• Customizing Your Workspace

• Navigating in Dialog Boxes and Menus

Opening and Closing the Project Window

The Project window provides three different displays (Bins, Settings and Info) for structuring and viewing information about your current project.

Settings button

Bins button

Info button

Use the Project window to:

• Create and open bins.

• View and modify settings.

• View information about the format of the project and the use of system memory.

You can also add folders to your projects that allow you to organize the projects.

Bins from other projects appear in the Project window in italic print.

You can see bins and folders in a flat view, which lists only the folder contents and not the folder. Flat view is an option in the Project window’s Fast menu. You can also drag bins into folders or folders into folders.

The Project window opens automatically when you select a project in the Select User and Project dialog box.

To close the project, do one of the following:

t With the Project window active, choose Close from the File menu.

t Click the Close button in the Project window.

The Select User and Project dialog box appears.

To reopen the Project window from within a project:

t Choose Project from the Tools menu, or click in the Project

window.

The Project window becomes active.

Using the Bins Display

Bins contain the master clips that are created when you record source material. (The master clips are linked to the media files.) Bins also contain the sequences, subclips, 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

To view a list of bins associated with the project:

t Click the Bins button in the Project window.

Bins button

The views for working with clips in a bin are Text view, Frame view, and Script view. For more information about working with different bin views, see “About Bin Views” on page 277.

•In Text vi e w, clips are displayed in a database text format using columns and rows, with icons representing the various objects. You can save various arrangements of columns, text, and objects as customized views.

Text View button

•In Frame view, each clip is represented by a single picture frame, with the name of the clip. You can play back the footage in each frame and change the size of frames. You can also rearrange the frames in any order within the bin.

Frame View button

•In Script view, the features of Text view are combined with those of Frame view, with an added script box next to each frame. The frames are displayed vertically on the left side of your screen with the script box next to each. Use the script boxes to hold text for notes or a script.

Displaying Bins

Script View button

By default, your bins display all existing media objects except source clips and rendered effects. You can display only those media objects that you need to organize your project.

To set the bin display:

1. Click in a bin.

2. Choose Set Bin Display from the Bin menu.

The Set Bin Display dialog box appears.

3. Select the object types and options that you want to see. For more information about setting the bin display, see “Setting the Bin

Display” on page 274.

4. Click OK.

The bin displays objects according to your specifications.

Creating a Folder in a Project

To create a folder in a project:

1. Click the Bins button in the Project window.

Bins button

Fast Menu button

2. Click the Fast Menu button in the lower left corner.

3. Choose New Folder from the Bin Fast menu.

4. Type a name in the name text box.

Creating a New Bin

To create a new bin from the Project window:

1. Do one of the following:

A new, untitled folder appears.

t Choose New Bin from the File menu.

t Click the New Bin button in the Project window.

Either one of these procedures opens a new (empty) bin that 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 with a default name highlighted and a number appended to it. A corresponding file is placed in the project folder, and a backup copy is placed in the Attic folder.

2. Type the name of the new bin, and press Enter.

To place a bin in a folder:

t Drag the bin to the folder icon.

Renaming a Bin

Each new bin that you create takes the name of the project that appears in the Project window, numbered incrementally.

To change the name of a bin:

t Click the bin name in the Project window, and type a new name.

Opening and Closing a Bin

To open a bin directly:

1. Click the Bins button in the Project window.

2. Double-click the icon next to the bin name.

To open a bin from the File menu:

1. Choose Open Bin from the File menu.

The Open dialog box appears.

Up One Level pop-up menu

2. Select a bin. Navigate to the correct folder, if necessary.

3. Click Open.

Never open a bin that is stored on a floppy disk; otherwise, the system will not be able to save your work. Always copy the bin to a project folder on the internal hard drive before you open it.

Opening Selected Bins

To open several bins at once from the Project window:

1. Click the name of one of the bins in the Bins list.

2. Ctrl+click each additional bin you want to open.

3. Choose Open Selected Bins from the File menu.

Closing a Bin

To close a bin, do one of the following:

t Click the Close button.

t Choose Close Bin from the File menu.

Deleting a Bin or Folder

To delete a bin or folder within a project:

1. Select the bin or the folder you want to delete in the Bins list of the Project window.

2. Press the Delete key.

A Trash icon appears in the Bins list in the Project window. It contains the deleted item. The deleted item is stored in the Trash until you empty it.

The Trash is not visible in the Project window until you select your first item to delete.

Only clips, subclips, and effects that are in a bin enter the Trash after you delete the bin. If you select a clip, subclip, or effect directly and press the Delete key, the item does not appear in the Trash.

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 out of the Trash.

Trash icon

Fast Menu button

To view items in the Trash:

1. Double-click the Trash icon in the Bins list to open it.

2. Click the bins or folders you want to remove (or view) from the Trash, 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

To empty the Trash:

1. Click the Fast Menu button.

2. Choose Empty Trash from the Fast menu.

A message box appears.

3. Click Empty Trash to delete the bins or folders from the Trash and from your internal hard 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 should provide both simplicity and backup security. Although the specifics vary depending on your production needs and habits, the following are a few basic principles:

• 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 shown in Ta b l e 3 - 1 .

Table 3-1 Bin Organization

Set of Bins Purpose Specific Bins

First Recording stage –

Second Organizing your project –

Third Editing stage 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

A format cuts bin for storing the final cuts with added format elements such as segment breaks, color bars and tone, slate, or countdown

• (Option) Create additional folders at the desktop level for better organization. For example, you can create one folder for each recording bin and show cut bin, or a folder containing all shot logs to be imported.

• Save these files as a template for future productions of a similar nature.

Saving Bins Automatically

NewsCutter automatically saves changes to your work on a regular

basis during each session. Two things happen when an auto-save occurs:

• Any open bins are updated with changes made since the last auto-save. Updated bins have an asterisk in the title bar.

• Copies of these bins are placed in the following location as backup:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\NewsCutter\Attic folder

To adjust the frequency of automatic saves:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window.

The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Double-click Bin.

The Bin Settings dialog box appears.

3. Type a number in the minutes text box for the auto-save interval option.

4. Click OK.

Saving Bins Manually

For added security, you can save a bin manually. You might want to do this immediately after performing an important edit. There are three ways to save bins manually.

To save a specific bin:

1. Click the bin to activate it.

2. Choose Save Bin from the File menu.

To save selected bins:

1. Activate the Project window by choosing Project from the Tools menu or by clicking anywhere in the window.

2. Click a Bin icon to select it. Ctrl+click any additional bins.

3. Choose Save All from the File menu.

The system saves all the selected bins.

The Save Bin command appears dimmed if there have been no changes since the last time the active bin was saved.

To save all the bins:

1. Click in the Project window to activate it but do not select any individual bins in the Bins list.

2. Choose Save All from the File menu.

The system saves all the bins for the project.

About Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder

You retrieve files from the 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

The Attic folder contains a folder for each project. When a bin is saved, a copy of the bin file is stored in the project folder in the Attic folder. The system adds the file name extension .bak plus a version number to the bin name. The bin file with the highest version number represents the latest copy of the bin file.

When you view a project folder in Details view, you can also identify the most recent backup file based on the name and timestamp of creation displayed in the Date Modified column.

Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder

To retrieve a file from the Attic folder:

1. Minimize the

NewsCutter application.

2. From the desktop, double-click the Attic folder in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\NewsCutter\

The Attic folder opens and displays project folders that contain the backup files.

3. Double-click the project folder that contains the files you want to retrieve.

4. Choose Details from the View menu, if the project folder is not already in the Details view.

The project folder displays the file names and their creation dates.

5. Ctrl+click the files you want to retrieve.

6. Drag the selected backup bin files to the desktop.

This makes a copy of the files, leaving the original files in the Attic folder.

7. Double-click the NewsCutter button in the taskbar to activate it.

If the taskbar is hidden, see your Windows NT documentation.

8. Click the Project window to activate it, and click the Bins button to display the Bins list.

9. Choose Open Bin from the File menu. 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.

The NewsCutter system does not allow a bin and a copy of a bin to be opened at the same time. You must keep all other bins closed and open the backup bins one at a time. You might also need to change the creation date to avoid conflicts. For more information, see “Modifying the Creation Date” on

page 74.

10. Create a new bin if you do not plan to overwrite existing files.

11. Open the new bin, and open the backup bin in the Other Bins folder.

12. Select the material you want to keep from the backup bin, and drag the files to the new bin.

Repeat steps 9 through 12 for any other backup bins you copied to your desktop.

13. Select and delete the backup bins in the Other Bins folder.

14. Drag the backup bin files to the Recycle Bin on the desktop.

Once you have moved the objects, modify their creation dates so they are considered newest by the system. The creation date is modified whenever you make a change to an object and then save the bin.

Modifying the Creation Date

After you have moved backup bins from the Attic folder, you must modify the creation date for these backup items so they are considered the newest items by the system. This prevents them from being overwritten by a newer item.

To modify the creation date:

1. Click the F button at the lower left corner of the Bin window to put the bin in Frame view.

2. Choose Select All from the Edit menu.

3. Click the Step Forward button or press the Step Forward key to advance the pictures displayed by one frame; click the Step Backward button or press the Step Backward key to move back again. This modifies the timestamp on these clips to the present time and date.

4. Close the backup copies of the bins.

5. Quit the NewsCutter application.

6. Drag the backup copies of the bins to the Recycle Bin.

Using the Settings Scroll List

From the Settings scroll list of the Project window, you can view, select, open, and alter various User, Project, and Site settings, as described in this section.

To view the Settings scroll list:

t Click the Settings button in the Project window.

Settings button

About Settings

Three types of settings appear in the Settings scroll list, as indicated in the second column of information: User, Project, and Site settings.

• User settings are specific to a particular editor. User settings reflect individual preferences for adjusting the user interface in the system. Individual User settings are stored in each user folder, which is stored in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\NewsCutter\Avid Users

• Project settings are directly related to individual projects. When

• Site settings establish default parameters for all new users and

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 that facilitate logging, recording, and organizing

you change a Project setting, it affects all editors working on the project. Specific Project settings are stored in each project folder, which is stored in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\NewsCutter\Avid Projects

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, in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\NewsCutter\Settings

projects, and editing interface preferences, including Bin View settings that display useful columns of information for each bin

• Project settings that reflect the specific needs of the project

By establishing these settings once, and by 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 68.

Reviewing Basic Settings

The following sections describe basic system settings to review at the start of your project:

• Bin Settings

• General Settings

• Interface Settings

To view the settings:

t Double-click each setting in the Settings scroll list of the Project

window.

Bin Settings

Bin settings define general system functions related to bins.

Ta bl e 3- 2 describes the options listed in the Bin Settings dialog box.

Table 3-2 Bin Settings Options

Option Description

Auto-Save interval Specifies the length of time between attempts to auto-save project files. The

default is 15 minutes. To avoid interrupting an edit, the NewsCutter system waits until the system is

inactive before auto-saving. Use the option “Force Auto-Save at” to specify an interval at which the system will interrupt an edit to make the auto-save.

Inactivity period Specifies the length of time the NewsCutter system waits when the system is

inactive before automatically saving the project files. The default is 0 seconds.

Force Auto-Save at Specifies the maximum length of time between auto-saves. When the system

reaches this time, it will auto-save the project files even if it must interrupt an edit to do so. The default is 30 minutes.

Maximum files in attic

Max versions of any one bin

Double-click loads clip in

Enable edit from bin (Splice, Overwrite)

Enable ‘Sticky’ bins Keeps the current bin window attached to the Project window. The windows

Specifies the total number of files stored in the Attic folder. When a bin is saved, the NewsCutter system copies the previous version of the bin to a project folder in a special folder called the Attic. The default is 300 files.

Keep more files if there are many editors working on the system. This ensures that all the bins are backed up.

When multiple editors are working on one system, store bin settings as Site or Project settings. This ensures that another user does not override your settings and delete your backups.

Specifies the total number of single-bin copies stored in the Attic folder. This setting prevents filling the Attic with too many copies of one bin, at the risk of losing the others. The default is five copies.

Determines if a clip loads in a Source or Record monitor, or in a new pop-up monitor.

Allows you to edit clips directly from a bin by selecting a clip and clicking the Splice-in or the Overwrite button.

move together unless you disable this option.

General Settings

General settings define fundamental system defaults.

Ta bl e 3- 3 describes the General Settings options.

Table 3-3 General Settings Options

Option Description

Project Format This option displays the format currently selected for the project (NTSC or

PAL). It cannot be changed.

Temporary File Directory When you use the Drag-and-Drop Export or an export that creates an

intermediate movie file, NewsCutter must store the intermediate file, which can be as large as the final export. By default, the Temporary File Directory is located in the same directory as NewsCutter.

To improve efficiency or to avoid DISK_FULL errors when exporting, you can type a different directory for these temporary files. The ideal setting for this field is to type a directory on the drive to which you will be exporting, or simply one with plenty of free space.

Table 3-3 General Settings Options (Continued)

Option Description

Default Starting TC This option specifies the timecode value you want the system to use as the

default starting timecode for each new sequence.

Audio File Format Choose the file format for the audio:

• (OMF) WAVE, compatible with Windows

• (OMF) AIFF-C, compatible with many third-party applications, including Pro Tools

Choose the AIFF-C format for all audio media when you need to transfer audio media files directly to a Pro Tools or AudioVision sweetening.

NTSC Has Setup This option allows systems using NTSC-EIAJ to use the correct color

mapping. NTSC-EIAJ users should not select this box. All other users should select the box.

applications

system for audio

Drive Filtering Based on Resolution

This option prevents recording media to drives that do not have sufficient speed to play the media. If you select this option, the drives affected by drive filtering are unavailable when you try to access them with the Record tool.

If you are recording and cannot access the drives, ensure this option is deselected.

Drive filtering does not verify the drive speed when you select a drive while rendering effects. Use care when selecting a drive for rendering to be sure it is fast enough to play the media.

The NewsCutter system does not prevent you from using non-Avid drives, but their reliability cannot be guaranteed.

Interface Settings

Interface settings determine the level of basic information displayed in the interface.

Ta bl e 3 -4 describes the Interface Settings options.

Table 3-4 Interface Settings Options

Option Desciption

Show Labels in Tool Palette When this option is selected, the system displays text labels with

the icons in the Tool palette. To tear off the Tool palette, click anywhere in the palette, press and hold the mouse button, and drag the palette to the location you want.

Show ToolTips When this option is selected, the system displays labels for

buttons and icons when you position the pointer over them.You can also turn ToolTips on and off from the Help menu.

Delay n seconds before showing If you select Show ToolTips, you can delay the label display by

entering a value in this text box. A delay enables you to move the pointer across the interface without displaying the labels on items between the starting point and the destination of the pointer.

Show Graphics on Client Display When this option is selected, the system displays graphics in the

Client display monitor as well as in the Source/Record monitor.

Table 3-4 Interface Settings Options (Continued)

Option Desciption

Windows® Standard Alt Key Behavior

This option switches between standard Windows Alt key behavior and NewsCutter system Alt key behavior. When you select this option, pressing and holding the Alt key together with another key works as a keyboard shortcut for certain Windows actions (for example, opening menus).

When you deselect this option, pressing and releasing the Alt key and then pressing another key works as the Windows keyboard shortcut, while pressing and holding the Alt key together with another key works as a keyboard shortcut for certain Avid functions. This is the default option.

For more information on Windows shortcuts, see your Windows documentation.

For more information on Avid shortcuts, see the Avid NewsCutter Quick Reference, or choose Shortcuts from the Help menu.

Displaying Project Settings

You can display the Settings scroll list of the Project window in different groups, depending on what you need to view. Ta b le 3 -5 describes the different Settings menu options.

Table 3-5 Settings Menu Options

Option Description

All Settings Displays all settings available in the

NewsCutter system

Base Settings Displays Project, User, and Site settings only; no

views are displayed

Bin Views Displays Bin views

Table 3-5 Settings Menu Options (Continued)

Option Description

Timeline Views Displays Timeline views

Title Styles Displays all the templates you created for the Title

tool

Video Tool Settings Displays Video Tool settings

Import Settings Displays all the Import settings

Export Settings Displays all the Export settings

Workspaces Displays all workspaces

Workspace Linked Displays only linked workspaces

Site Settings Displays the Site settings for your system

Changing the Settings Scroll List Display

To change the Settings scroll list display of the Project window:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window.

The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Choose a settings display group from the Fast menu or from the Settings pop-up menu.

Fast Menu button

Settings pop-up menu

The Settings menu displays the settings group selected and the Settings scroll list displays only the settings in that group.

About the Settings Scroll List

Ta bl e 3- 6 briefly describes each item in the Settings scroll list. The

table also lists where you can find additional information on a particular item and indicates whether the item has an associated dialog box (or window) that you can access from the Settings scroll list. See “Using the Settings Scroll List” on page 74.

Table 3-6 Settings Scroll List

Setting Name Description

Audio Sets the default audio pan; contains

audio scrub options and audio setup parameters.

Audio Project Sets parameters for audio setup. See “Preparing for

Bin Sets the Auto-Save preferences for

bins.

Bin View Selects and formats the information

displayed in bins.

Controller Settings Displays options for an external edit

controller.

Deck Configuration Configures channels and decks into

the system.

For More Information

See “Adjusting

Default Pan Settings” on page 482 and “Adjusting Digital Scrub Parameters” on page 479.

Audio Input” on page 182.

See “Bin Settings” on

page 77.

See “About Bin

Views” on page 277.

See “Configuring a

Controller” on page 121.

See “Configuring

Decks” on page 158.

Access to Dialog Box?

Ye s

Deck Preferences Sets preferences that affect all decks

configured into the system.

Export Sets parameters for file export. See “Creating a New

General Defines default values such as the

default starting timecode and the audio file format for your project.

See “Setting Deck

Preferences” on page 165.

Export Setting” on page 611.

See “General

Settings” on page 79.

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Table 3-6 Settings Scroll List (Continued)

Setting Name Description

Import Sets parameters for file import. See “Creating and

Interface Defines the appearance and function

of certain interface elements.

Keyboard Displays the default keys on the

keyboard.

Media Creation Sets parameters for video resolution

and selects the drives for recording, creating titles, importing, and performing audio and video mixdown.

NRCS Defines the name of the Newsroom

Computer System server and the default user name. Also sets Message of the Day and Mail options for the NRCS tool.

For More Information

Using Import Settings” on page 250.

See “Interface

Settings” on page 81.

See “About the

Keyboard” on page 372.

See “Setting Media

Creation Resolutions and Selecting Drives” on page 207.

See “Configuring the

NRCS Tool” on page 678.

Access to Dialog Box?

Ye s

No; choose NRCS Tool from the Tools menu.

OMM Sets the default asset manager location

and preference for logging in to your asset manager when you open a project.

Record Defines how the NewsCutter system

records and batch records in specific situations.

Render Controls the size of imported graphics

and rendered effects to ensure that the graphic or effect will be playable.

See “Using Open

Media Management (OMM)” on page 263.

See “Choosing Record

Settings” on page 149.

See the Avid NewsCutter Effects Guide.

Ye s

Table 3-6 Settings Scroll List (Continued)

Setting Name Description

For More Information

Timeline Contains the latest Timeline settings. See “Accessing the

Timeline Settings” on page 419.

Title Style If you save a title style while you are

using the Title tool, Title Style appears in the Settings scroll list.

Transfer Settings Sets the preferences for using the Avid

Unity

™

TransferManager to send files

to another workgroup.

Trim Customizes the Trim mode

environment.

See the Avid

NewsCutter Effects Guide.

See the Avid Unity

TransferManager User’s Guide.

See “Customizing

Trim Mode” on page 456.

VTR Emulation Sets parameters when using

NewsCutter to emulate a VTR.

See “Choosing VTR

Play Emulation Settings” on page 595.

Video Input The Video Input tool enables you to

calibrate composite or component video when recording. Appears in the

See “Calibrating for

Video Input” on page 198.

Settings scroll list to facilitate copying settings.

Access to Dialog Box?

Ye s

Video Output The Video Output tool enables you to

calibrate output for composite or component video in a digital cut. Appears in the Settings scroll list to facilitate copying settings.

Workspace Enables you to associate settings and

windows with a workspace.

See “Calibrating for

Video Output” on page 567.

See “Linking User

Settings and Workspaces” on page 101.

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Working with Settings

You can view and modify most of your current settings by double-clicking them in the Settings scroll list of the Project window and by selecting new options. You can duplicate, rename, copy, and move settings among files or systems.

Selecting Another User

Because User settings are not project or site specific, you can choose to change to another set of User settings within the Project window.

To select another user:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window.

The Settings scroll list appears.

User pop-up menu

2. Click and hold the user name to display the User pop-up menu.

3. Select another name from the list.

Modifying Settings

You cannot modify the following two types of settings:

• Settings that require the presence of standalone peripherals

• Settings that can be modified only from within the tools in which they are used, such as Bin view and Timeline view

To modify available settings:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window.

The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Double-click the name of a setting.

The applicable Settings dialog box appears.

3. Type new values or select new options for the settings.

4. Click OK, Save, Cancel, Apply, or the Close button.

Working with Multiple Settings

You can have multiple versions of settings in your Settings scroll list in the Project window that apply to several users at various stages of production.

For example, you can have:

• Two Bin settings: one that automatically saves more often when you are editing intensively, and one that automatically saves less often when you are doing organizational work in the bins

• Multiple Record settings for recording various types of source material

• Multiple Deck Preferences settings for various types of recording or for output

Duplicating Settings

To create a new version of a setting:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window.

The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Click the setting you want to copy. Ctrl+click any additional settings you want to copy.

3. Choose Duplicate from the Edit menu.

A copy of each setting appears in the Settings scroll list with a version number in the second column for each custom setting name.

4. Name your settings to indicate their functions. For more information about naming settings, see “Naming Settings” on

page 90.

Naming Settings

If the original setting had a second column entry, a version number in the

second column appears with each duplicate’s custom setting name.

You can give settings custom names to differentiate among copies or to indicate a specific use.

To rename settings:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window.

The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Click the Custom setting name column in the Settings scroll list

(the column to the right of the setting’s name).

Custom setting name column

3. Type a new name and press Enter.

Selecting Among Multiple Settings

With multiple settings, only one setting at a time is active. Settings that are currently active have a check mark to the left of the setting name.

To change the active setting:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window.

The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Click in the space to the left of the setting you want to select as the active setting.

A check mark indicates that the setting is active.

Deleting Settings

You can delete settings from the Settings scroll list in the Project window at any time. For example, you might choose to delete one or more versions of a particular setting, or you might want to delete all but a few settings to transfer to another Settings window.

You cannot undo a deletion. You can, however, copy settings from other files. See “Copying Settings Between Settings Files” on

page 93.

To delete a setting:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window.

The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Click a setting to highlight it. Ctrl+click each additional setting you want to delete.

3. Press the Delete key, or choose Delete from the Edit menu.

The selected settings are removed.

Copying Settings Between Settings Files

To copy settings between files:

1. With the Settings scroll list active, open the target settings file in one of three ways:

t Create and open a new settings file by choosing New Setting

File from the File menu.

t Open an existing settings file by choosing Open Setting File

from the File menu.

t Locate and select the settings file you want in the Avid

Projects or Avid Users folder, and click Open.

2. Click the setting you want to copy in the Settings scroll list of the Project window. Ctrl+click any additional settings that you want to copy.

3. Drag the highlighted settings to the open Settings window.

4. Click the close box.

A message box appears.

5. Click Save.

The copied settings are also saved when you close or save the file or project.

Moving Settings Between Systems

You can move selected settings between existing settings files or into a new settings file:

• To use in other projects

• To transfer to other

• To change one type of setting to another

You can also move selected settings into the Site Settings folder to establish standard system settings for all new projects and users.

NewsCutter systems

Using Site Settings

When the system opens a new project, it first searches the Site Settings folder and loads any Site settings and other settings placed there. The system then proceeds to load any Project and User settings not included in the Site Settings folder. Adding Site settings to the Site Settings file is useful if you need to establish global settings for all new users and projects, such as deck configuration settings or a specific start timecode for all sequences.

To load settings into the Site Settings folder:

1. Open a project with the settings you want to establish as Site settings. If a project does not already exist with the settings you want, create one and make adjustments to the default settings as needed.

2. Click the Settings button in the Project window.

The Settings scroll list appears.

3. Choose Open Setting File from the File menu.

The Open dialog box appears.

4. Navigate to the Settings folder, and click Open.

5. Select the Site Settings file, and click Open.

The Site Settings window opens.

6. Click a project or user setting in the Settings scroll list, or Ctrl+click multiple settings and drag them into the Site Settings window.

Copies appear in the Site Settings window.

7. Close the Site Settings window.

A dialog box appears.

8. Click Save.

All new users and projects opened from the Select User and Project dialog box use these settings as the default settings.

Using the Info Display

The Info display in the Project window allows you to view basic project information, such as the video format, in a view called Profile (the default view). It also allows you to see information about system memory and hardware.

Displaying Project Info

To open the Info display:

t Click the Info button in the Project window.

The video format of the project is displayed in the Profile display.

Viewing Memory

The items listed in this view are for information only and cannot be changed.

To view additional system information:

1. Click the Fast Menu button.

2. Choose Memory or Hardware from the pop-up menu.

To view system memory for an open project:

1. Click the Info button in the Project window.

The project Profile is displayed.

2. Click the Fast Menu button, and choose Memory from the pop-up menu.

The Memory window opens.

About the Memory Window

The Memory window displays the following information:

• Objects: The total number of memory handles currently used by NewsCutter. Objects include memory requirements of the application, such as windows, as well as clips, sequences, and other items associated with a project.

• Total Physical Mem: The total number of bytes of random-access memory (RAM).

• Avail Physical Mem: The amount of RAM available for allocation by Windows NT.

• Total Page File: The total number of bytes that can be stored in the paging file. The paging file is used as virtual memory by Windows NT.

• Avail Page File: The total number of bytes available in the paging files.

• Working Set (min and max): The set of memory pages currently available to the application in RAM.

You can view additional memory information through the Windows NT tools Task Manager and Performance Monitor. You can view information about system activities, such as driver messages,

through the Windows NT Event Viewer. For information on these tools, see the Windows NT Help.

You can improve performance on large projects by reducing the number of objects. Close unused bins, unmount unneeded media drives, consolidate finished elements, and eliminate old material from the project. Then quit and restart the NewsCutter application. If performance is still slow, restart your system.

Accessing the Hardware Tool

The Hardware tool gives a visual representation of usage for each drive and provides operating system information.

For additional information on the Hardware tool, see

“Using the Hardware Tool” on page 118.

To view hardware for an open project:

1. Click the Info button in the Project window.

The project Profile is displayed.

2. Click the Fast Menu button, and choose Hardware from the pop-up menu.

The Hardware tool opens.

Customizing Your Workspace

A workspace is the arrangement and size of tool windows displayed on your NewsCutter system. If you are accustomed to working with a particular group of windows arranged and sized in a particular setup, you can assign them to a workspace setting that you can then recall with a workspace button. For example, during recording you might want to display the Record tool in specific locations. During effects editing, you might want to display the Effect Palette and Effect Editor in a particular location and size. For information on switching

between workspaces, see “Switching Between Workspaces” on

page 103.

While in a workspace, you can move tool windows or open and close tool windows. The next time you select that workspace, the tool windows appear with either:

• The arrangement from the last time you left the workspace

• The arrangement you set for the workspace, regardless of any changes you made

You cannot assign certain tool windows to a workspace, such as the Hardware tool, the Serial (COM) Ports tool, and the Media tool.

You can select your preference in the Workspace Settings dialog box. For more information, see “Creating a New Workspace Setting” on

page 98.

Creating a New Workspace Setting

To create a new workspace setting:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window.

The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Scroll to the bottom of the Settings scroll list, and click Workspace.

Workspace is highlighted.

3. Choose Duplicate from the Edit menu.

A new workspace setting appears in the Settings scroll list.

If you are duplicating a previously named workspace setting, a .1 appears at the end of the new name.

4. Click to the left of the new workspace you want to set.

A check mark appears next to the workspace.

Custom setting name column

5. Assign a custom name to the new workspace:

a. In the column between Workspace and User, click until you

see a text pointer and box. Make sure you click the Custom setting name column and not the Setting name.

b. Type a name for the new custom workspace, for example,

recording.

c. Press Enter.

6. Open the windows and tools with which you want to associate the workspace. Resize and move the windows to the location where you want them to appear in the monitors.

7. Double-click the custom workspace setting.

The Workspace Settings dialog box appears.

8. Select or deselect the workspace settings options listed in

Ta bl e 3- 7, depending on your preference for the behavior of the

workspace.

Table 3-7 Workspace Settings

Option Description

Activate Settings Linked By Name

Continually Update This Workspace

Manually Update This Workspace

9. Click OK.

This option allows you to link other settings to the workspace. See “Linking User Settings and

Workspaces” on page 101.

This option automatically preserves the workspace in its most recent arrangement. Future changes to the arrangement of the tool windows are saved.

This option saves the workspace in its current arrangement when you click Save Workspace Now (which appears only after you select Manually Update This Workspace). Future changes to the arrangement of the tool windows are disregarded.

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Pinnacle Systems NewsCutter - 2.0 User’s Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Tables

Desktop Basics

Working with the Desktop

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk

Using Shortcut Menus

Using the Windows NT Taskbar

Dragging Windows

Setting the Avid Color Scheme

Setting Your Screen Resolution

About the NewsCutter Folder

Managing the A vid Projects and Avid Users Folder s

About the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

Changing Project and User Names

Deleting Projects and User Profiles

Starting the NewsCutter Application

Accepting Your NewsCutter License Electronically

Starting a Project

Opening a Project

Identifying a User

Creating a New User

Selecting an Existing User

Selecting a Project

Selecting an Existing Project

Creating a New Project

Nesting Projects in Folders

Opening a Project in NewsCutter

Closing a Project

Backing Up Your Project Information

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk

Restoring from a Backup

Ending an Edit Session

Quitting the NewsCutter Application

Turning Off Your Equipment

Mounting and Ejecting Drives

Ejecting Drives

Mounting All Drives

Using Shortcut Menus

Using Help

Connecting to the Avid Production Network

Working with the Project Window

Opening and Closing the Project Window

Using the Bins Display

Viewing a List of Bins

Displaying Bins

Creating a Folder in a Project

Creating a New Bin

Renaming a Bin

Opening and Closing a Bin

Opening Selected Bins

Closing a Bin

Deleting a Bin or Folder

Viewing Contents in the Trash

Emptying the Trash

Managing Folders and Bins

Saving Bins Automatically

Saving Bins Manually

About Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder

Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder

Modifying the Creation Date

Using the Settings Scroll List

About Settings

Defining Settings

Reviewing Basic Settings

Bin Settings

General Settings

Interface Settings

Displaying Project Settings

Changing the Settings Scroll List Display

About the Settings Scroll List

Working with Settings

Selecting Another User

Modifying Settings

Working with Multiple Settings

Duplicating Settings

Naming Settings