Pinnacle Systems NewsCutter - 6.1 User's Guide

Avid® NewsCutter® Products
Editing Guide
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Avid NewsCutter Products Editing Guide • 0130-06888-01 • March 2005
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Contents

Using This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Accessing the Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Avid Educational Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 1 Desktop Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Working with the Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating an Emergency Repair Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Windows Taskbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Dragging Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting Your Screen Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Avid Application Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Creating Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing Project and User Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Deleting Projects and User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Starting the Avid Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Accepting Your Avid License Electronically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 2 Starting a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Opening and Closing a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Changing Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Selecting a Private Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Selecting a Shared Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting an External Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Browsing for a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Creating a New Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Opening a Project Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Creating a User Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Importing a User Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing User Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Exporting a User Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Updating User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Backing Up Your Project Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Restoring from a Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Ending an Edit Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Quitting the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turning Off Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mounting and Ejecting Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Ejecting Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Mounting All Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Chapter 3 Working with the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Changing, Closing, and Reopening the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the Bins Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Viewing a List of Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Displaying Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Displaying Folders of Bins in the Bins List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Creating a Folder in a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Creating a New Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Renaming a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Opening and Closing a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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
Managing Bins and Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Saving Bins Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Saving Bins Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Retrieving Bin Files from the Avid Attic Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Conserving Screen Real Estate with the SuperBin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Enabling the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Opening Bins in the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Closing the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Deleting the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Moving Bins into and out of the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Moving Clips and Sequences into and out of the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . 75
Copying Clips and Sequences into and out of the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . 76
Using the Settings Scroll List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
The Settings Scroll List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Types of Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Defining Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Reviewing Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Bin Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
General Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Interface Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Appearance Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Changing Interface Component Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing Shading Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing Shading Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Changing Button Separation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Changing Button Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Displaying Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Changing the Settings Scroll List Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Working with Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Selecting Another User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Modifying Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Working with Multiple Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Duplicating Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Naming Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Selecting Among Multiple Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Deleting Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Copying Settings Between Settings Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Moving Settings Between Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Using Site Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Selecting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Viewing the Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Using the Format Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Using the Info Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
The Memory Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
The Hardware Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Customizing Your Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Creating a New Workspace Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Assigning a Workspace Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Linking User Settings and Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Switching Between Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Deleting a Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Navigating in Dialog Boxes and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sharing Bins and Projects on Avid Unity MediaNetwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Understanding Avid Unity MediaNetwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Mapping Workspaces on the Avid Unity Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Sharing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Shared Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Shared Bins and Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Suggestions for Improving Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Shared Bin and Project Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Opening a Shared Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Working with Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Default Locking Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Overriding the Default Locking Mechanism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Shared Bin Lock Icon Bug. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Restrictions and Limitations for Locked Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Chapter 4 Using Basic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Using Toolsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Opening Toolsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
NRCS Toolset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Capture Toolset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Edit Toolset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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Effects Editing Toolset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Audio Editing Toolset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Color Correction Toolset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Customizing Toolsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Linking Toolsets to Other Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Using the Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Using the Deck Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Using the Command Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Button Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Mapping User-Selectable Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using the Blank Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Mapping the Modifier Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Mapping Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Activating Commands from the Command Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Using the Avid Calculator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Using the Console Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Displaying System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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Reviewing a Log of Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Getting Information with the Console Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Using the Console Window to Access Network Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Using the Hardware Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Checking the Hardware Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Chapter 5 Organizing with Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Setting the Bin Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Basic Bin Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Using Bin Display Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Changing the Bin Display View Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Custom Bin Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Customizing Bin Views in Text View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Saving a Custom Bin View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
The Bin Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Setting the Font and Point Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Setting the Text Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Setting the Point Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Selecting Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Duplicating Clips and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Moving Clips and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Copying Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Deleting Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Assigning Colors to Bin Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Adding a Color Column to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Assigning a Source Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Assigning a Custom Source Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Limiting Color Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Sorting by Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Sifting Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Locking and Unlocking Items in the Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Selecting Offline Items in a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Selecting Media Relatives for an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Selecting Unreferenced Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Using Brief View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Using Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Organizing Bin Information in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Arranging Bin Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Moving and Rearranging Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Aligning Bin Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Showing and Hiding Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Deleting Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Duplicating Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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Adding Customized Columns to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Changing a Custom Column Heading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Managing Clip Information in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Moving Within Column Cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Modifying Clip Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Modifying Data Directly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Modifying Data by Using the Modify Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Copying Information Between Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Sorting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Sorting Clips in Ascending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Sorting Clips in Descending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Performing Multilevel Sorting with Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Sorting Clips by Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Displaying Timecodes in a 24p or 25p Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Frame Counting for Timecodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Adding Timecode Columns to a Bin or the Media Tool . . . . . . . . 169
Adding Timecode Values to the Timecode Columns . . . . . . . . . . 170
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Bin Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Using Frame View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Changing the Bin Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Enlarging or Reducing Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Rearranging Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Changing the Frame Identifying the Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Arranging Frames in a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Using Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Entering Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Adding Text in Script View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Enlarging or Reducing Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Rearranging Clips in Script View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Printing Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Gathering Format Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Preparing Digital Bars and Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Importing Color Bars and Other Test Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Creating Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Creating Video Leader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Creating Audio Leader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Chapter 6 Managing Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Working with Media Files in an Avid Unity Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Configuring Avid Editing Systems to Work with MediaManager
and TransferManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Support for Avid Unity LANshare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Setting up the LANshare Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
PortServer Pro Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
ProEncode Support on the PortServer Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Using the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Basic Media Tool Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Opening the Media Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Consolidating and Transcoding Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
The Consolidate/Transcode Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Using the Consolidate Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Using the Transcode Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Loading the Media Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Refreshing Media Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Using Panasonic DVCPRO P2 Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Panasonic P2 Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
P2 Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Editing with Media Created on Panasonic P2 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 205
Installing the Panasonic P2 Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Mounting P2 Cards as Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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Updating the Drive List and Media Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Dragging P2 Master Clips from the Media Tool to a Bin. . . . . . . . 207
Copying P2 Files to a Local Media Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Sharing P2 Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Deleting P2 Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Backing Up Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Finding a Related Media File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Relinking Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Relinking by Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Relinking to Selected Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Relinking Consolidated Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Relinking Moved Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Unlinking Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Using Videotapes for Archiving and Restoring Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Archiving Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Archive to Videotape Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Restoring an Archive from Videotape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
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Chapter 7 Viewing and Marking Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Customizing the Source/Record Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Expanding the Source/Record Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Changing the Pop-up Monitor Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Using the 16:9 Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Using 16:9 for 24p and 25p Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Displaying Tracking Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tracking Format Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Displaying Clip Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Copying Text from the Info Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Displaying the Timecode Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Displaying Multiple Timecodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Setting the Font and Point Size for Monitor Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Pop-up Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Displaying a Second Row of Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Viewing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Playing Selected Clips in a Loop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Loading and Clearing Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Loading Clips or Sequences into the Source/Record Monitor . . . . . . . 239
Loading Clips or Sequences into a Pop-up Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Using the Clip Name Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Switching Between Loaded Clips or Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Clearing Clips or Sequences from Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Playing Back Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Playing Back DV 50 and DVCPRO HD Media Directly from a
DV Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Playing Back to a DV Device (for DV 25, DV 50, and
DVCPRO HD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Playing Through a Separate 1394 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Optimizing Your Playback Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Resizing Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Hiding the Video in the Source/Record Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Resizing the Source/Record Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Controlling Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Using Position Bars and Position Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Using Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Stepping Forward and Backward by Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Using the Avid Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Shuttling with the J-K-L Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Navigating with Home, End, and Arrow Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Playing in Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Playing Video to the Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Selecting the Client Monitor Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Play Length “In Use” Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
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Adjusting the Play Delay Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Marking and Subcataloging Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Marking IN and OUT Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Clearing a Mark and Setting a New One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Dragging IN and OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Marking an Entire Clip or Segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Marking Audio Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Using the Tool Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Opening the Tool Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Using the Tool Palette Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Using the Tool Palette from the Record Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Displaying the Timeline Top Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Creating Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Subclips and Audio Sync for 24p and 25p Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Using Locators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Ways to Use Locators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Adding Locators While Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
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Opening the Locator Edit Pane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Changing the Color of the Locator Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Marking an Area Using Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Moving to the Previous or Next Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Deleting Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Using the Locators Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Viewing and Navigating in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Displaying the Timecode, Footage, or Frame Number in
the Locators Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Displaying MetaSync Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Sorting Information in the Locators Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Enlarging and Reducing Columns in the Locators Window . . . . . 275
Displaying Frames in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Exporting Locators from the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Importing Locators from the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Creating a Locator Text (.txt) file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Copying and Pasting Locators Using the Locators Window . . . . . 277
Changing the Color of the Locator Icon from the
Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Accessing a Locator in a Clip or Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Printing the Contents of the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Deleting Locators Using the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Finding Frames and Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Using Frame Offset Timecode to Cue a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Using Timecode to Find a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Searching for a Clip or Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Using Match Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Performing a Reverse Match Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Selecting Tracks for Matching Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Using Match Frame to Locate the Source Clips of Motion Effects . . . . 286
Finding a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Locating a Master Clip from a Subclip in a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Chapter 8 First Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Starting a New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Changing the Sequence Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Changing the Start Timecode for Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Setting Up Tracks for the New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Deleting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Adding Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Synchronizing Metadata Using MetaSync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Making the First Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Beginning to Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Creating an Instant Rough Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
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Undoing or Redoing Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Monitoring Audio While Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Editing Additional Clips into the Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Performing a Splice-in Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Performing an Overwrite Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Performing a Replace Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Lifting, Extracting, and Copying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Lifting Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Extracting Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Copying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Using the Clipboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Placing a Sequence into the Clipboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Preserving Clipboard Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Recovering Material from the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Playing the New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Playing a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Starting a Playback Loop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
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Improving Playback Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Proceeding with Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Chapter 9 Using the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Customizing Timeline Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Accessing the Timeline Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Using the Timeline Fast Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Additional Procedures for Customizing the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Enlarging and Reducing Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Changing the Timeline Track Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Assigning Local Colors to Clips in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Displaying Local and Source Colors in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Displaying Source Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Displaying Local Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Saving a Custom Timeline View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Replacing a Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Restoring the Default Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Navigating in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Using the Position Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Using the Timeline Scroll Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Displaying Detail in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Zooming In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Focusing the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Displaying Source Material in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Controlling Movement in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Viewing Video Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Selecting and Deselecting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Selecting Segments with the Segment Mode Pointer . . . . . . . . . . 320
Selecting One or More Segments by Lassoing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Deselecting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Finding Black Holes and Flash Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Editing in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Segment Mode Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Maintaining Sync in Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Extracting/Splicing-in Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Lifting/Overwriting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Deleting Segments with Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Bin Editing into the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Bin Editing Directly into a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Using the Top and Tail Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Setting the Duration for Filler at the Start of a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . 330
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Effects Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Nesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
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Using the Track Selector Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Selecting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Monitoring Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Monitoring Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Monitoring Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Monitoring a Solo Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Cycling Through a Selection of Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Performing an Alternate Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Locking Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Patching Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Sync Locking Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Deleting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Adding an Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Removing Match Frame Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Backtiming Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Printing the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Chapter 10 Working in Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
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Customizing Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Using Basic Trim Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Entering Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Exiting Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Selecting Trim Sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Selecting Additional Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Performing a Basic Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Trimming with the J-K-L Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Trimming On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Trimming During a Playback Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Trimming Video Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Slipping or Sliding Clips or Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Selecting Segments for Slip or Slide Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Slipping or Sliding Segments in a Four-Frame Display . . . . . . . . . 353
Performing the Slip or Slide Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Reviewing the Trim Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Reviewing an Edit with the Edit Review Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Reviewing an Edit with the Play Loop Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Creating Overlap Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Extending an Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Maintaining Sync While Trimming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Adding Black While Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Trimming with Sync-Locked Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Chapter 11 Working with Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Audio Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Accessing Audio Effect Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Audio Editing Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Using Audio Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Soloing Audio Tracks in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Using Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Smooth Scrub Versus Digital Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Selecting Tracks for Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Performing Smooth Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Using Digital Audio Scrub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Adjusting Digital Scrub Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Performing the Digital Scrub Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Adjusting Default Pan Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Displaying Waveform Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Adjusting Volume Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Adjusting Buffer Size (Software-only Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
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Using the Audio Mixer Tool to Adjust Volume and Pan in the Timeline . . . 375
Using the Audio Mixer Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Resizing the Audio Mixer Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Audio Gain Staging and an Audio Editing Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Rendering and Unrendering Order for Audio Effects . . . . . . . . . . 379
Viewing Clip Gain and Automation Gain Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Adjusting Clip Gain and Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Adjusting One Audio Track at a Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Changing an Audio Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Adjusting Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Applying Pan Value Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Ganging and Adjusting Multiple Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Rendering an Audio Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Modifying Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Creating or Modifying an Audio Pan/Vol Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Modifying How the System Interprets Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Bypassing Existing Volume Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
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Adjusting Volume While Playing an Audio Mix Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Limitations on Adjusting Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Improving Response Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Understanding Automation Gain and Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Adjusting Volume or Pan in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Deleting Automation Gain or Automation Pan Keyframes
in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Moving Automation Gain or Automation Pan Keyframes
in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Using an External Fader or Mixer to Adjust Volume and
Pan Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Adjusting the Volume of Individual Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Adjusting the Pan of Individual Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Understanding Automation Gain and Pan Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Track Solo and Track Mute Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Position Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Applying Automation Gain and Pan Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Audio Mixer Tool Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Recording Automation Gain or Automation Pan Information . . . . . . . . 399
Using the Audio Mixer Tool Sliders for Automation Gain
and Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Using a Keyboard Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Using an External Fader Controller or Mixer to Record
Automation Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Using a Command|8 to Record Automation Pan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Using the Audio EQ Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Audio EQ Tool Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Basic EQ Tool Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
EQ-Specific Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Applying Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Saving Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Removing Audio EQ Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Audio EQ Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Low Shelf Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Small Octave Range Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Using Audio EQ Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Applying an EQ Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Creating Your Own Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Adding an EQ Template to the Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Adjusting EQ While Playing an Audio Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Installing AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Using Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Applying an AudioSuite Plug-in to a Clip in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . 420
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Using a Plug-in Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
AudioSuite Plug-in Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Rendering Plug-in Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Creating New Master Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
AudioSuite Controls for Creating New Master Clips. . . . . . . . . . . 423
Mono, Stereo, and Multichannel Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Creating New Master Clips by Using Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Using AudioSuite Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Plug-in Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Troubleshooting AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Canceling a Render Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Addressing Errors When Rendering a Plug-in Effect . . . . . . . . . . 430
Recording Voice-Over Narration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Creating the Voice-Over with the Capture Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Using the Audio Punch-In Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Connecting the Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Creating the Voice-Over with the Audio Punch-In Tool . . . . . . . . 436
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Scenarios for Using the Audio Punch-In Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Using a GPI Device with the Audio Punch-In Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Understanding GPI Trigger Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
GPI Signal Sequence When Using the Audio Punch-In Tool
Without Preroll or Postroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
GPI Signal Sequence When Using the Audio Punch-In Tool
with Preroll and Postroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Example of Linking GPI Actions to Trigger Signals . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Voice-Over Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Monitoring the Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Monitoring Previously Recorded Tracks While Recording
a Voice-Over Narration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Using Automatic Voice-Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Fine-Tuning Audio Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Fading and Dipping Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Fading Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Dipping Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Mixing Down Audio Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Changing the Sample Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Identifying the Sample Rate by Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Displaying Audio Formats in Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Chapter 12 Syncing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Autosyncing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Managing Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Editing to Avoid Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Fixing Sync Breaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Fixing Sync in Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Fixing Sync in Segment Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Managing Sync with Multiple Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Using Sync Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Syncing with Tail Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Syncing with Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Using Add Edit When Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Ganging Footage in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Match Framing Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Chapter 13 MultiCamera Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Understanding Grouping and Multigrouping Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Creating Group Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Creating Multigroup Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
MultiCamera Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Full-Monitor Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Quad Split Source View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
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Nine Split Source View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
MultiCamera Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Limitations on Playback of MultiCamera Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
MultiCamera Editing Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Switching Clips with the Arrow Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Using the Add Edit Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Using the Group Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Using the Multi-angle View Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Using Match Frame in MultiCamera Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
MultiCamera Workflow and Selective Camera Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
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Project Types for Avid Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Settings Scroll List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Customizable Interface Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Settings Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Object Icon Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Font and Point Size Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Direct Modification Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Modify Command Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Timecode Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Timecode Frame Counts for Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Bin Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Consolidate/Transcode Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Transcode Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Relink Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Relink Specific Resolution Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Archive to Videotape Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tracking Format Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Playback on an Avid system with a DV device connected
to a 1394 card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Playback on an Avid system with no DV device connected . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Playback on an Avid DNA system (SD project). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Playback on an Avid DNA system (HD project) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Timeline Fast Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Key Functions in Slip or Slide Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Number of Tracks and Scrub Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Audio Mixer Fast Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
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Avid® NewsCutter® systems help editors, journalists, Web authors, and other professionals create broadcast-quality output. Users can incorporate production elements from full-speed, high-resolution footage, to multimedia artwork and animation, to computer-generated effects and titling.
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This guide is intended for all NewsCutter products users, from beginning to advanced. You should be familiar with your Microsoft operating system, and with recording and producing news broadcasts.
The documentation describes the features and hardware of all NewsCutter models. Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the documentation.
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Windows® XP
Using This Guide

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:
Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action
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w
> This symbol indicates menu commands (and
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k
Margin tips
(Windows), (Windows only), (Macintosh), or (Macintosh only)
A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions.
A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data.
A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when handling electrical equipment.
subcommands) in the order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the File menu and then select the Import command.
This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.
This symbol represents the Apple or Command key. Press and hold the Command key and another key to perform a keyboard shortcut.
In the margin, you will find tips that help you perform tasks more easily and efficiently.
This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified operating system, either Windows XP or Macintosh OS X.
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Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to
indicate variables.
Courier Bold font
Ctrl+key or mouse action k+key or mouse action
Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.
Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the mouse action. For example, k+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using your Avid application:
1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow.
2. Check for the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published in one of two locations:
- If release notes are available, they ship with your application.
- If ReadMe files are available, they are supplied in your Avid
If You Need Help
application folder. ReadMe files are also available from Help.
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Release notes and ReadMe files are also available on the Avid Knowledge Base.
3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.
4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read/join online message-board discussions.

Accessing the Online Library

The Avid NewsCutter Products Online Library CD-ROM contains all the product documentation in PDF format. You can access the library from the Online Library CD-ROM or from the Help menu.
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You will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® installed to view the documentation online. The Acrobat folder on the CD-ROM contains an installer for Acrobat Reader. The effects reference guide requires Apple’s QuickTime to view the QuickTime movies. You can download the latest version of QuickTime from the Apple
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Web site.
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To access the [tutorial and] online library from the Online Library CD-ROM:
1. Insert the Online Library CD-ROM into the drive.
2. Double-click the Mainmenu file.
To access the online library from the Help:
1. Insert the Online Library CD-ROM into the drive.
2. In your Avid application, select Help > Online Library.

How to Order Documentation

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

Avid Educational Services

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For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications, courseware, and books, please visit www.avid.com/training or call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843).
Chapter 1

Desktop Basics

Although most of your work is performed within the Avid application, you need to use a few basic desktop procedures.
The following sections describe basic procedures involving the Windows operating system and the Avid folders:
Working with the Desktop
Using the Avid Application Folder
Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders
Starting the Avid Application
Accepting Your Avid License Electronically
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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

This section describes the following desktop features that you will use when working with your Avid application:
Creating an Emergency Repair Disk
Using Shortcut Menus
Using the Windows Taskbar
Dragging Windows
Setting Your Screen Resolution
Chapter 1 Desktop Basics
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For information on the Windows operating system, such as the desktop and icons, see your Microsoft Windows Help.

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk

You or your system administrator needs to create a Windows emergency repair disk (ERD) to rebuild your system configuration if it becomes damaged. You need to update the ERD any time you make a system change, like installing new software.
For information on creating an ERD for your system, see the Windows documentation (such as Microsoft Windows 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, do one of the following:
t Right-click in a window to access a shortcut menu that shows the most
frequently used commands for that window. For a list of the available shortcuts, see “Shortcuts” in the Help.
t Right-click a screen object to access What’s This? Help for the object.

Using the Windows Taskbar

By default, the Microsoft Windows taskbar always appears on the bottom of your screen, on top of your application. You have two other choices:
Keeping the taskbar hidden behind the application
Setting the taskbar to appear only when you drag the mouse pointer to it
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If you keep the taskbar hidden while running your Avid application and you minimize an additional application such as Help, you will not see the minimized icon. To see the taskbar and minimized icons, minimize the Avid application.
Working with the Desktop
To change the taskbar settings:
1. Right-click an unused part of the taskbar, and select Properties. The Taskbar Properties dialog box opens.
2. Click the Taskbar Options tab.
3. Select the options you want:
t To keep the taskbar hidden, deselect Always on top and Auto hide. t To set the taskbar to appear when you want, select Always on top and
Auto hide.
4. Click OK.
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The taskbar can to be dragged to the top, bottom, or either side of the monitor.
For more information, see the Windows Help.

Dragging Windows

By default, Windows systems show the contents of windows when you drag them. Deselect this option to improve screen display and to avoid problems repainting the screen.
To deselect the option “Show window contents while dragging”:
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 Effects tab.
4. Deselect “Show window contents while dragging.”
5. Click OK.
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For a shortcut to the Display Properties dialog box, right-click an empty part of the desktop, and select Properties.
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Setting Your Screen Resolution

Avid applications work best with the following screen resolutions:
1024 x 768 pixels
1152 x 864 pixels
1280 x 1024 pixels
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 Screen area, drag the slider to the resolution you want.
5. Click OK.
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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 select Properties.

Using the Avid Application Folder

The Avid application folder contains essential operational files and supporting files. You can find it in one of the following locations:
drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid NewsCutter XP drive:\Program Files\Avid\NewsCutter Adrenaline
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Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

You should not touch any of these files, except where noted in the following descriptions:
Help folder: This folder contains the Help files. You can find information
about Help in “Using Help” on page 56.
Avid application folder: The application icon resides here. You can start
the application by following the procedures described in “Starting the
Avid Application” on page 39.
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 98.
SupportingFiles: 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 also add third-party effects to the AVX_Plug-Ins folder from programs such as Avid Visual Extensions (AVX Products Effects Guide.
) for use in effects editing, as described in the Avid
Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders
Managing projects, user profiles, and settings involves moving, copying, or deleting files and folders, and changing project or user names. You use the desktop to move projects and user profiles between systems.

Creating 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.
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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 the Avid application. 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.
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When you change a user name or project name, make sure you change the name of the folder and all the files in the folder that have the old name. The system does not automatically change the names of corresponding files in the folder.
5. Close the windows, and restart the application.

Deleting Projects and User Profiles

You cannot delete projects and user profiles from within the Avid application. You must make the change from your desktop before starting the application. The Avid Users and Avid Projects folders are located in one of the following locations:
drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid NewsCutter XP drive:\Program Files\Avid\NewsCutter Adrenaline
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To delete a project or user profile:

Starting the Avid Application

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Deleting a project also deletes any bins that are in that project.
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.
4. (Option) Empty the Recycle Bin to remove the files from the system.
5. Close the windows, and restart the application.
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 148 and “Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool” on page 192.
Starting the Avid Application
The NewsCutter application is located in one of the following locations:
drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid NewsCutter XP drive:\Program Files\Avid\NewsCutter Adrenaline
For most users, the desktop is a more convenient location for starting the application.
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To create a shortcut on the desktop:
t See the Windows documentation.
To start the NewsCutter application:
t Click the Start button, and select All Programs > Avid >
NewsCutter Adrenaline or Avid NewsCutter XP. After a few moments, the Select Project dialog box opens.
If you install your Avid editing application on a laptop computer, a dialog box might open with a message about incompatible power management schemes. Avid recommends you use the “Always On” power scheme when working with
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Avid applications. Other power schemes might affect performance of editing functions (for example, capture and digital cuts). For information on changing power schemes, see the Windows documentation.
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When you first install the application, a license agreement appears before the Select Project dialog box. See “Accepting Your Avid License Electronically”
on page 40.

Accepting Your Avid License Electronically

The Avid license agreement appears the first few times you start the application.
To accept your Avid 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 opens.
3. Type the name of your organization in the dialog box, and click OK. The Select Project dialog box opens, and you can begin working.
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Starting a Project

Your work 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 and Closing a Project
Backing Up Your Project Information
Ending an Edit Session
Mounting and Ejecting Drives
Using Help
For information on the Windows operating system and terminology, see the Windows Help.
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Opening and Closing a Project

When you start your Avid application, the Select Project dialog box opens. The name you used to log in is selected as the user.
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You can change users. You can select projects from the Select Project dialog box, or you can choose to have your last project open automatically. You can also establish user profiles.
To change users:
1. Quit the Avid application.
2. Select Start > Log Off, and then log in as a different user.
3. Start the Avid application. Your current login name appears as the User in the Select Project dialog
box.
You can select projects from the Select Project dialog box, or you can choose to have your last project open automatically.

Selecting a Project

You can select a project from a private folder accessible only to you, from a public, shared folder, or from a folder external to the Avid Projects folder. You can also create a new project in these areas.The location of the private, shared, or external folder is displayed in the Folder text box in the Select Project dialog box.
Selecting a Private Project
To select a private project:
1. Start the Avid application. The Select Project dialog box opens.
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Login name
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2. Select Private in the Select a Project area. Your private projects appear.
You cannot type into the User or Folder text boxes.
3. Select a project, and then click OK. The Project window, the Source/Record monitor, and the Timeline open
with the selected User settings loaded.
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Selecting a Shared Project
To select a shared project:
1. Start the Avid application. The Select Project dialog box opens.
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You cannot type into the User or Folder text boxes.
3. Select a project, and then click OK. The Project window, the Source/Record monitor, and the Timeline open
with the selected User settings loaded.
Selecting an External Project
You can select a project that is external to the Avid Projects folder.
To select an external project:
1. Start the Avid application. The Select Project dialog box opens.
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External option selected
2. In the Select Project dialog box, select External.
3. Click the Browse button. The Browse for Folder dialog box opens.
4. Navigate to the folder that contains the project you want.
5. Click OK.
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Browsing for a Project
To browse for a project in a location other than the default Shared and Private folders:
1. Start the Avid application. The Select Project dialog box opens.
Browse button
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To create a new project:
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2. Click the Browse button. The Browse for Folder opens.
3. Navigate to the folder that contains the project you want.
4. Click OK.
1. Start the Avid application. The Select Project dialog box opens.
2. Select the Private, the Shared, or the External option in the Select a Project area.
3. Click New Project. The New Project dialog box opens.
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4. Type a project name.
5. Click the Format menu, and select a project type based on your source footage (NTSC or PAL) and your Avid system model:
- If your Avid system does not include support for 24p projects or 25p
projects, make a selection based on the source footage: NTSC or PAL .
- If your Avid system includes support for 24p projects or 25p projects,
make a selection based on the source footage or the type of film-to­tape transfer with which you are working. For more information, see “Film-to-Tape Transfer Guidelines” in the Help.
The following table lists the format options available with Avid systems that include support for 24p projects and 25p projects. The format options for your system might not include all items listed here.
References to 24p projects include 23.976p projects unless otherwise noted.
Project Types for Avid Systems
Project Type Source Footage Transfer
23.976p NTSC For film-originated or video-originated footage that has been shot at 23.976 fps or film-originated footage transferred on digital videotape (such as Digital Betacam
24p NTSC For film-originated or other 24-fps footage
transferred to NTSC videotape
30i NTSC For NTSC video-originated or other 30-fps footage
transferred to NTSC videotape
24p PAL For film-originated or other 24-fps footage
transferred to PAL videotape at 25 fps
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Project Type Source Footage Transfer
25p PAL For 25-fps film footage transferred to PAL videotape
25i PAL For PAL video-originated footage (25 fps)
720p/59.94 For HD broadcast
1080p/23.976 For HD online editing. Film-originated material can
1080p/25 For HD online editing. Film-originated material can
1080i/50 For HD broadcast
1080i/59.94 For HD broadcast
6. Select the following types of projects:
be transferred to this format for editing and effects.
be transferred to this format for editing and effects.
- For 24p projects and 25p projects, click the Film Type menu, and select a film gauge tracking format.
- For 23.976p projects, if you are creating a project with video sources (such as 1080p/24 HD recorded at 23.976 fps), ignore the Film Type menu.
7. Click OK. The system creates the new project files and folder, and then returns to the
Select Project dialog box. The project name is highlighted in the Projects scroll list. You are now ready to open the project. See “Opening a Project”
on page 49.

Opening a Project Automatically

If you have already created a project, when you enter the Avid application, you can bypass the Select Project dialog box and have your last project open automatically.
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Opening a Project

Opening and Closing a Project
To open a project automatically:
1. Double-click Interface in the Settings tab in the Project window. The Interface Settings dialog box opens.
2. Click the General tab, and then select Automatically Launch Last Project at Startup, and then click OK.
The next time you start the Avid application, it opens your last project.
To select another project:
1. Deselect Automatically Launch Last Project at Startup, and then click OK.
2. Quit the application and restart it. The Select Project dialog box opens.
3. Select a project and click OK. The Project window, the Source/Record monitor, and the Timeline open
with the selected User settings loaded.
To open a project, do one of the following:
t Select a project in the Select Project dialog box, and then click OK. t Double-click a project name in the Projects scroll list.
The Project window, the Source/Record monitor, and the Timeline open with the selected User settings loaded.
The title bar of the Project window contains the project name and user name you selected in the Select Project dialog box.
Project name User name
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Using User Profiles

You can establish different profiles for a single user without having to log out of your system and log back in under a different name (see “Changing Users”
on page 42). You might want separate editing functions to have separate
settings; for example. User 1 can have separate profiles for “Audio editor, “Assistant 1,” “Assistant 2,” and so on. These profiles have separate folders and settings that kept are in the following folder:
drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid application\Avid Users\UserName
You can also import a user or user profile from another location.
Creating a User Profile
To create a user profile:
1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.
2. Click the User Profile Selection menu, and select Create User Profile.
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3. Type a name in the Profile Name text box, and then click OK. The new user profile appears selected in the menu, and the user profile
name appears in the Project window title bar.
Importing a User Profile
To import user settings from another user or user profile:
1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.
2. Click the User Profile Selection menu, and select Import User or User
3. Navigate to the user or user profile you want to import.
Changing User Profiles
To change user profiles:
1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.
2. Click the User Profile Selection menu, and select another user profile.
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The new user profile name appears in the Project window title bar.
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If you are using a user profile other than that of the person logged in to the system and you change to another project, the logged-in user settings are reloaded, even though the Project window still displays your user profile name. You must reselect the user profile you want to have active.
You can create a user profile on one system and export it to a server. Then from another system you can import the same user profile to the new system.
When exporting a user profile, you can choose to export the user profile as a Personal profile or as a Group profile.
When you select Personal, the user profile performs an autoload and an auto-save every time you open a project. Every time the user profile is updated, it saves the new profile information. For example, you can create a user profile on one system, export it to another location (a server), and then import it to a different system. Every time you make any changes to the user profile, it updates to the server, and when you open the user profile on either system it uses the most updated user profile.
When you select Group, the user profile autoloads; it does not perform an auto-save. Changes made to the user profile affect only the system the changes were made on; they do not update to the server.
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To export user settings to another user or user profile:
1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.
2. Click the User Profile Selection menu, and select Export User or User
3. Select Personal or Group.
4. Navigate to the location where you want to place the user or user profile.
5. Click OK.
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Updating User Profiles
For information on User Profiles, see “Using User Profiles” in the Help or the editing guide for your system.
The Update User Profile option has been added to the editing application so that user settings, such as the Send To settings options, can be added to an existing application’s Settings scroll list. For example, if you are upgrading to a version that contains the Send To option from a version that did not have that option, you can choose Update User Profile to make sure the Send To settings templates appear in your Settings scroll list.
To update user profiles:

Closing a Project

When you close the current project, you return to the Select Project dialog box.
1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.
2. Click the User Profile Selection menu, and select Update User Profiles. Any profiles that have been added to the upgraded version of the
application now appear in the Settings list.
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To close the current project, do one of the following:
t With the Project window active, select File > Close. t Click the Close button in the Project window.

Backing Up Your Project Information

Backing Up Your Project Information
Although the Avid editing application 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 your project folders, user folders, and settings files easily to a variety of storage devices, including:
Removable disk
Network storage device (such as a file server)
Mass-storage device
For information on saving your files to other storage devices or media, see the documentation for your operating system.
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Restoring from a Backup

To restore a project, user profile, or settings from a backup storage device:
1. Browse to the storage device or insert a removable disk that contains the backup copies you want to restore.
2. Double-click the icon for the storage device or removable disk to open it.
3. Double-click the internal hard drive icon where your application is installed to open it.
4. Drag the backup copies from the storage device or removable disk 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 Settings folder.
When you start the Avid application, the restored project and user profile appear in the Select Project dialog box. See “Starting the Avid Application” on
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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 Application

There are two ways to quit the Avid editing application, depending upon whether you are between projects or you have a project open.
To quit the application if you are between projects:
1. Click Quit in the Select Project dialog box. A message box opens.
2. Do one of the following:
t Click Leave to quit the application. t Click Cancel to return to the Select Project dialog box, and select
another project.
To quit the application from an open project:
1. Click the Close button at the far right of the title bar. The Select Project dialog box opens.
2. Click Quit.
3. Click Leave.
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Turning Off Your Equipment

To turn off your equipment without damaging your computer or media storage drives:
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Quit the application before turning off your equipment. See “Quitting the
Application” on page 54.
1. Select Start > Shut Down. The Shut Down Windows dialog box opens.

Mounting and Ejecting Drives

2. Click the menu, and select “Shut down the computer.”
3. Click OK.
4. If you have an Avid digital linear accelerator (DNA) attached to your system, turn it off.
5. Turn off your speakers and monitors.
6. Turn off each external drive.
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Move your drives only when the system is completely off.
7. Turn off all other hardware.
Mounting and Ejecting Drives
The Eject command makes selected media drives inaccessible to the Avid application. If the drive you eject supports the auto-eject feature (for example,
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drives), the command ejects the disk from the drive.
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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. See “Using the Media Tool” on page 189.
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Ejecting Drives

To eject a disk or make a drive unavailable:
1. With the Avid application active, select File > Eject.
2. Select a drive to eject. Ctrl+click to select additional drives.
3. Click Eject.

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 Select File > Mount All.
The Select a Disk or Drive to Eject dialog box opens. The scroll list displays all drives currently available.
The drives are no longer available.

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All drives turned on and connected to the system become available.
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 later.
To open Help from within Avid application, do one of the following:
t Select Help > NewsCutter XP Help. t Select Help > NewsCutter Adrenaline Help.
Help opens in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
To find out how to use Help:
t Click the Using Help button in the Help system.
Chapter 3

Working with the Project Window

The Project window provides controls for structuring and viewing important information about your current project. You can also modify User, Project, and Site settings from the Project window and display a list of effects. These topics are described in the following sections:
Changing, Closing, and Reopening the Project Window
Using the Bins Display
Conserving Screen Real Estate with the SuperBin
Using the Settings Scroll List
Viewing the Effect Palette
Using the Format Display
Using the Info Display
Customizing Your Workspace
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Changing, Closing, and Reopening the Project Window

The Project window provides four different displays (Bins, Settings, Effects, and Info) for structuring and viewing information about your current project. The Project window provides access to the Settings scroll list for altering various User, Project, and Site settings, as well as access to the Effect Palette.
Bins tab
Settings tab
Use the Project window to:
Create and open bins.
View and modify settings.
Access effects.
View information about the format of the project, system memory usage, and system hardware configuration.
View information about the work session usage.
Add folders to your projects for organizing the projects.
You can also add folders to your projects that allow you to organize the projects.
Effects tab
Info tab
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Bins from other projects appear in the Project window in italic print.
The Project window opens automatically when you select a project in the Select Project dialog box.
To change the Project window view:
t Click one of the tabs.
To close the project, do one of the following:
t With the Project window active, select File > Close Project. t Click the Close button in the Project window.
The Select Project dialog box opens.
To reopen the Project window from within a project, do one of the following:
t Select Tools > Project. t Click in the Project window.
The Project window becomes active.

Using the Bins Display

Bins contain the master clips that are created when you capture 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.
Using the Bins Display

Viewing a List of Bins

To view a list of bins associated with the project:
t Click the Bins tab in the Project window.
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The display views for working with clips in a bin are Brief view, Text view, Frame view, and Script view. For more information about working with different bin display views, see “Using Bin Display Views” on page 143.
•In Brief view, clips are displayed in five standard columns. This can help you manage your screen real estate, as it efficiently provides basic information.
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•In Text view, 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 tab
Frame tab
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•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.
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•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 for notes or a script.
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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. Select Bin > Set Bin Display.
The Set Bin Display dialog box opens.
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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 141.
4. Click OK. The bin displays objects according to your specifications.
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Displaying Folders of Bins in the Bins List

You can add folders to the Bins list in the Project window to help organize your project. You can drag bins into folders, or drag folders into folders. See
“Managing Folders and Bins” on page 68.
Fast Menu button
Triangular opener
Trash icon
To display the folder’s contents in the Bins list of the Project window:
t Click the triangular opener next to a folder icon.
To close the display, click the triangular opener again.
To view a list of only the folder contents and not the folders:
t Click the Fast menu, and select Flat View.
The Trash icon and its contents disappear until Flat View is deselected.

Creating a Folder in a Project

To create a folder in a project:
1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.
Bins tab
Fast Menu button
2. Click the Fast Menu button, and select New Folder.
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Creating a New Bin

To create a new bin from the Project window:
1. Do one of the following:
2. Type the name of the new bin, and press Enter.
Using the Bins Display
A new, untitled folder appears.
t Select File > New Bin. 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 Avid Attic folder.
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To place a bin in a folder:
t Drag the bin to the folder icon.
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.
Bin names cannot exceed 27 characters.
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Opening and Closing a Bin

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To open a bin directly:
1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.
2. Double-click the icon next to the bin name.
If you open a bin from a previous project that has a bin name more than 27 characters in length, you are prompted to rename the bin. Bin names cannot exceed 27 characters.
To open a bin from the File menu:
1. Select File > Open. The Open dialog box opens.
Never open a bin that is stored on a removable 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.
2. Select a bin. Navigate to the correct folder, if necessary.
3. Click Open.
Opening Selected Bins
To open several bins at once from the Project window:
Closing a Bin
To close a bin, do one of the following:
t Select File > Close Bin. t Click the Close button.
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1. Click the name of one of the bins in the Bins list.
2. Ctrl+click each additional bin you want to open.
3. Select File > Open Selected Bins.

Deleting a Bin or Folder

To delete a bin or folder within a project:
t Select the bin or the folder you want to delete in the Bins list of the Project
window, and do one of the following:
- If the SuperBin is not enabled, press the Delete key.
- If the SuperBin is enabled, right-click the bin name and select Delete
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.
Using the Bins Display
Selected Bins from the shortcut menu. For more information on using the Superbin feature, see “Conserving Screen Real Estate with the
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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.
To view items in the Trash:
1. Click the triangular opener next to the Trash icon in the Bins list.
2. Click the bins or folders you want to 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.
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Emptying the Trash

To empty the Trash:
1. Click the Fast Menu button, and select Empty Trash. A message box opens.
2. Click Empty Trash to delete the bins or folders from the Trash and from your 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, a few basic principles can help you get started:
Limit the number of sequences you create in each project. For instance, consider creating one new project for each show, episode, spot, or scene.
Limit the number and complexity of clips in each bin by creating and organizing bins in three groups, as follows:
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- Create a set of bins for the capture stage.
For example, you can create one bin for each source tape or each day’s worth of dailies transfers to be captured to avoid slowing the system with large bins and causing confusion between tapes.
- Create a second set of bins for organizing your project.
For example, you can create a separate bin for each segment of a video project or each scene of a project, depending upon the preferences of the editor.
- Create a third set of bins for the editing stage, including:
A current cut bin for storing each work in progress (sequence) An archive bin for keeping the original version of each cut
(sequence) A selects or storyboard bin for screening selected clips or cuts
gathered from the source bins 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 capture 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.

Managing Bins and Memory

System memory usage increases depending on how many bins you have open, the number of sequences in a bin, the number of tools that are opened, and the size of a sequence. Using more memory can slow system performance.
To view memory usage:
t Click the Bins tab of the Project window.
The memory usage monitor appears in the Bins tab of the Project window. As you open multiple bins, the memory usage indicator increases and updates.
Using the Bins Display
Memory Usage monitor
Size of bin
Avid recommends that you keep memory usage below 80-85%. If you exceed the recommended usage, a dialog box opens informing you that your memory usage is high and that you should close some bins and save your project.
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Saving Bins Automatically

The application 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\Avid application\Avid Attic folder
To adjust the frequency of automatic saves:
1. Double-click Bin in the Settings tab in the Project window. The Bin Settings dialog box opens.
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3. 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. Select File > Save Bin.
To save selected bins:
1. Activate the Project window by selecting Tools > Project or by clicking anywhere in the window.
2. Click a Bin icon to select it. Ctrl+click any additional bins.
3. Select File > Save All. The system saves all the selected bins.
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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. Select File > Save All. The system saves all the bins for the project.

Retrieving Bin Files from the Avid Attic Folder

You retrieve files from the Avid Attic folder in the following circumstances:
When you want to replace current changes to a sequence or clip with a previous version
When the current bin file becomes corrupted
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The Avid 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 Avid 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 Modified column.
To retrieve a file from the Avid Attic folder:
1. Minimize the application window.
2. From the desktop, double-click the Avid Attic folder in the following location:
drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid application The Avid 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.
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4. If the project folder is not already in the Details view, select View > Details.
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 Avid Attic
folder.
7. Double-click the application button in the taskbar to activate it.
If the taskbar is hidden, see the Windows documentation.
8. Click the Project window to activate it, and click the Bins tab to display the Bins list.
9. Select File > Open Bin.
10. Select one of the backup bin files you copied to the desktop, and click Open.
When you open the backup bin, a link to the backup bin on the desktop is created in the Other Bins folder.
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The Avid application does not allow a bin and a copy of a bin to be opened at the same time. You must keep all other bins closed and open the backup bins one at a time.
11. Create a new bin if you do not plan to overwrite existing files.
12. Open the new bin, and open the backup bin in the Other Bins folder.
13. Select the material you want to keep from the backup bin, and drag the files to the new bin.
Repeat steps 9 through 12 for any other backup bins you copied to your desktop.
14. Select and delete the backup bins in the Other Bins folder.
15. Drag the backup bin files to the Recycle Bin on the desktop.
Conserving Screen Real Estate with the SuperBin
You can use the SuperBin to conserve screen real estate. The SuperBin lets you open different bins in a single bin window and switch between the bins, keeping them open with only one visible at a time. You can also switch a bin between being open in its own window and being open in the SuperBin, and you can move or copy clips and sequences into or out of the SuperBin.
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When SuperBin is enabled, you open and move between bins by single­clicking the bin names in the Project window, not by double-clicking them.

Enabling the SuperBin

To enable the SuperBin:
1. Double-click Bin in the Settings tab in the Project window. The Bin Settings dialog box opens.
2. Select Enable SuperBin, and then click OK. The next time you click a bin in the Project window, it opens in the
SuperBin.
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Opening Bins in the SuperBin

To open bins in the SuperBin:
1. Enable the SuperBin. See “Enabling the SuperBin” on page 73.
2. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.
3. Click a bin name. The bin opens in the SuperBin. The SuperBin icon appears in the upper
left corner, and the title is SuperBin: followed by the name of the bin.
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SuperBin icon
When SuperBin is enabled, single-click the bin name to open it. Double­clicking the bin name opens the bin in its own window.
To view a bin previously opened in the SuperBin:
1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.
2. Click the bin name. The bin reappears in the SuperBin.

Closing the SuperBin

To close the SuperBin:
t Click the Close button.
All bins opened in the SuperBin close.
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Deleting the SuperBin

To delete the SuperBin:
1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.
2. Right-click the bin name, and select Delete Selected Bins.

Moving Bins into and out of the SuperBin

You can move bins currently displayed in their own windows into the SuperBin. You can also move a bin displayed in the SuperBin into its own window.
To move an opened bin into the SuperBin:
1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.
2. Double-click the open bin’s icon in the Project window. The individual bin window closes and the bin appears in the SuperBin.
To move a bin out of the SuperBin and into its own window:
1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.
2. Double-click the open bin’s icon in the Project window. The bin disappears from the SuperBin and appears in its own window.

Moving Clips and Sequences into and out of the SuperBin

To move a clip or sequence into the SuperBin:
t Drag the clip or sequence from another open bin window into the
SuperBin. The clip or sequence moves into the SuperBin.
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You can move a clip or sequence from the SuperBin directly to a bin in the Project window.
To move a clip or sequence out of the SuperBin:
1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.
2. Drag the clip or sequence from the SuperBin onto a bin icon in the Project window.
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The clip or sequence moves into the bin in the Project window.

Copying Clips and Sequences into and out of the SuperBin

To copy a clip or sequence into the SuperBin:
t Press and hold the Alt key, and then drag a clip or sequence from another
open bin window into the SuperBin. The clip or sequence moves into the SuperBin.
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You can copy a clip or sequence from the SuperBin directly to a bin in the Project window.
To copy a clip or sequence out of the SuperBin:
1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.
2. Press and hold Alt key, and then drag the clip or sequence from the SuperBin onto a bin icon in the Project window.
The clip or sequence is copied into the bin in the Project window.

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 tab in the Project window.
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The Settings Scroll List

The following table 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. For more information on the Settings scroll list, see “Using the Settings Scroll List” on page 76 and “Settings Options” in the Help.
Settings Scroll List
Setting Name Description For More Information
Audio Sets the default audio pan; contains
audio scrub options and audio setup parameters.
Audio Project Sets parameters for audio setup. See “Preparing for Audio
Bin Sets the Auto-Save preferences for bins. See “Bin Settings” on
Bin View Selects and formats the information displayed in bins. See “Using Bin Display
Capture Defines how the Avid editing application captures and
batch captures in specific situations.
Communication (Serial) Ports
Controller Settings Displays options for an external edit controller. See “Using an External
Correction Sets parameters for color correction. See the Avid Color
Configures the serial ports on your system for deck control, controllers, and Remote Play and Capture.
See “Adjusting Default Pan
Settings” on page 369 and “Adjusting Digital Scrub Parameters” on page 368.
Input” in the Help.
page 82.
Views” on page 143.
See “Selecting Capture Settings” in the Help.
See “Enabling Remote Capture” in the Help.
Fader Controller or Mixer” in the Help.
Correction User’s Guide or the Help.
DMS Configures the editing client to work with DMS Broker
and Avid ProEncode workgroup includes a DMS Broker.
Deck Configuration Configures channels and decks into the system. See “Configuring Decks”
system. Select this item if your
See the DMS System
Installation and Operator’s Guide.
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Settings Scroll List (Continued)
Setting Name Description For More Information
Deck Preferences Sets preferences that affect all decks configured into the
system.
Desktop Play Delay Lets you adjust the offset between audio and video
playback.
Effect Editor Changes effect parameters by adjusting the appearance
and operation of effects.
See “Setting Deck Preferences” in the Help.
See “Adjusting the Play
Delay Offset” on page 258.
See “Commands for Using Advanced Keyframes” in the Help.
Export Sets parameters for file export. See “Creating a New
Export Setting” in the Help.
General Defines default values such as the default starting
timecode and the audio file format for your project.
See “General Settings” on
page 82.
Grid Defines the grid to use when you create effects. See “Setting the Effect
Grid Options” in the Help.
Import Sets parameters for file import. See “Creating and Using
Import Settings” in the Help.
Interface Defines the appearance and function of certain interface
elements.
See “Interface Settings” on
page 83.
Keyboard Displays the default keyboard on the keyboard palette. See “Using the Avid
Keyboard” on page 252.
MM Host Specifies the location of MediaManager by listing the
computer name of the MediaManager server.
MM User Defines user and login preferences for using
MediaManager.
Marquee Title Allows you to select the Title tool for creating titles and
provides options for promoting titles.
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See “Configuring Avid
Editing Systems to Work with MediaManager and TransferManager” on page 186.
See “Configuring Avid
Editing Systems to Work with MediaManager and TransferManager” on page 186.
See the Avid Marquee Title
Tool User’s Guide.
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Settings Scroll List (Continued)
Setting Name Description For More Information
Media Creation Sets parameters for video resolution and selects the drives
for capture, 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.
PortServer Sets up the client so that it recognizes workspaces. See “Setting up the
Remote Play and Capture
Render Controls the size of imported graphics and rendered
Safe Colors Sets the safe color parameters for the Color Correction
Sound Card Configuration
Lets you use your editing application like a videotape recorder.
effects to ensure that the graphic or effect will be playable.
tool.
Allows you to map audio input sources directly to the output sources available with your audio hardware.
See “Setting Media Creation Resolutions and Selecting Drives” in the Help.
See “Configuring the NRCS Tool” in the Help.
LANshare Client” on page 188.
See “Remote Play and Capture” in the Help.
See “Creating and Using Render Settings” in the Help.
See the Avid Color Correction User’s Guide or the Help.
See “Sound Card Configuration Settings” in the Help.
Timeline Contains the latest Timeline settings. See “Accessing the
Timeline Settings” on page 310.
Timeline View If you save your Timeline settings, Timeline View
appears in the Settings scroll list to facilitate copying settings.
Title Style If you save a title style while you are using the Title tool,
Title Style appears in the Settings scroll list.
Transfer Sets the preferences for using Avid Unity
TransferManager to send files to another workgroup.
You must have the Avid Unity MediaNetwork client
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See “Customizing Timeline
Views” on page 309.
See “Saving and Recalling Title Styles” in the Help.
See the Avid Unity
TransferManager Setup and User’s Guide.
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Setting Name Description For More Information
Trim Customizes the Trim mode environment. See “Customizing Trim
Mode” on page 345.
Video Display Enables digital camera video input; enables support of
cameras with video input; sets the mode and source for desktop video; sets parameters for desktop video display; enables the Client monitor.
Workspace Enables you to associate settings and windows with a
workspace.

Types of Settings

Three types of settings appear in the Settings scroll list, as indicated in the third 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\Avid application\Avid Users
Project settings are directly related to individual projects. When you
change a Project setting, it affects all editors working on the project. Specific Project settings are stored in each project folder, which is stored in the following location:
See “Playing Video to the
Client Monitor” on page 255.
See “Linking User Settings
and Workspaces” on page 107.
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drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid application\Avid Projects
Site settings establish default parameters for all new users and projects on
a particular system. They can apply to particular configurations of equipment installed at the site; for example, specification and node settings for an external switcher. They can also include other User or Project settings that you copy into the Site Settings window. Site settings are stored in a separate Settings folder, in the following location:
drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid application\Settings

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, capture, and organizing 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:
Using the Settings Scroll List
Bin Settings
General Settings
To view the settings:
t Double-click each setting in the Settings scroll list of the Project window.
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Bin Settings
Bin settings define general system functions related to bins. Select these functions in the Bin Settings dialog box.
For more information about options in the Bin Settings dialog box, see “Bin Settings” in the Help.
General Settings
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General settings define fundamental system defaults.
For more information about options in the General Settings dialog box, see “General Settings” in the Help.

Interface Settings

You can set general options and appearance options in the Interface dialog box. General Interface settings determine the level of basic information displayed in the interface. Interface Appearance settings give you controls for customizing the colors and button style of the user interface.
General Interface Settings
The following illustration shows the General tab of the Interface dialog box.
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For more information about options in the General Settings dialog box, see “Interface Settings” in the Help.
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Appearance Interface Settings
The following illustration shows the Appearance tab of the Interface dialog box.
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For more information about options in the Appearance tab in the Interface Settings dialog box, see “Interface Settings: Appearance Tab” in the Help.
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Changing Interface Component Colors
You change the color of interface components by using a color grid. The following table describes the interface components that you can customize.
Customizable Interface Components
Component Description
Background The color of toolbars and dialog boxes behind the text. The default is gray.
If you select a background color but no button color, buttons take on the
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Button The color of a button behind the button contents, when the button is not selected.
The default is gray.
Button Contents The color of text or symbols, such as icons or check marks, in the buttons. The
default is black.
Button Highlight The color of selected buttons, which is different from that of deselected buttons.
Button Spotlight The background color of a button when you pass the mouse pointer over it.
Text The color of text in dialog boxes, toolbars, and ToolTips. The default is black.
Timeline Background The color of the Timeline top toolbar and the Timeline bottom toolbar. The
default is gray.
Timeline V Tracks Timeline A Tracks Timeline TC Tracks
Project Background The background color of the Project window.
Bin Default Background The color of a bin behind the bin contents. New bins first appear with the
The background color for the V (video), A (audio), or TC (timecode) tracks in the Timeline. The default is gray.
This setting takes precedence over the Fast Menu track color.
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To set the color of an interface component:
1. Click the Appearance tab of the Interface dialog box.
Check box
Color boxes
Interface component list
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2. Click in the color box next to the interface component you want to customize.
A color selection grid appears.
Color selection grid
3. Move the mouse pointer over the color selection grid, and release the mouse over the color to which you want to set your interface component.
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The color selection grid disappears. The color you selected appears in the color box. A check mark appears in the check box to show that you want your new color attribute for this selection to take effect.
If you deselect an interface component by clicking the check box, the color you specify in the color selection grid does not take effect. The color of the interface component reverts to its default value.
4. Do one of the following: t Click Apply to apply the changes you selected.
If you click Cancel after you click Apply, interface components retain the selections you applied.
t Click OK to close the dialog box and to put the new settings into
effect.
t Click Cancel to close the dialog box. The changes you selected but
did not apply do not take effect.
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Changing Shading Style
Shading style controls the shading of the buttons and toolbars.
To set the shading style:
1. Click the Shading Style button in the Appearance tab of the Interface dialog box.
The Shading Style menu appears.
2. Select a shading style.
3. Do one of the following: t Click Apply to apply the change you selected.
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t Click OK to close the dialog box and to put the new setting into
effect.
t Click Cancel to close the dialog box. The change you selected but did
not apply does not take effect.
The following examples show the shading styles.
Convex
Dim Radial
Convex Radial
Bright Radial
Changing Shading Depth
Shading depth controls the three-dimensional “rounding” of the buttons and toolbars.
To set the shading depth:
1. Click the Shading Depth button in the Appearance tab of the Interface
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3. Do one of the following: t Click Apply to apply the change you selected.
If you click Cancel after you click Apply, Shading Depth retains the selection you applied.
t Click OK to close the dialog box and to put the new setting into
effect.
t Click Cancel to close the dialog box. The change you selected but did
not apply does not take effect.
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The following examples show Shading Depth selections of 5% and 50%.
Shading Depth 5%
Changing Button Separation
Button separation controls whether certain buttons appear as single or grouped buttons.
To change the separation of Monitor or Timeline buttons:
1. Click the Monitor Button Separation button or the Timeline Button Separation button in the Appearance tab of the Interface dialog box.
The Button Separation menu appears.
2. Select a separation.
3. Do one of the following:
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If you click Cancel after you click Apply, Button Separation retains the selection you applied.
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t Click OK to close the dialog box and to put the new setting into
effect.
t Click Cancel to close the dialog box. The change you selected but did
not apply does not take effect.
The following examples show several Timeline buttons with each button separation selection applied.
Maximum button separation
Moderate button separation
No button separation
Button style controls the shape of buttons in the interface.
To change the button style:
1. Click the Button Style button in the Appearance tab of the Interface dialog box.
The Button Style menu appears.
2. Select a button style.
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3. Do one of the following:
t Click Apply to apply the change you selected.
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t Click OK to close the dialog box and to put the new setting into
effect.
t Click Cancel to close the dialog box. The change you selected but did
not apply does not take effect.
The following examples show the different button styles available.
Oval button style
Octagonal button style
Rounded button style
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Square button style
Swoosh button style
Antique button style

Displaying Project Settings

You can display the Settings scroll list of the Project window in different groups, depending on what you need to view. The following table describes the different Settings menu options.
Settings Menu Options
Option Description
Active Settings Displays currently active settings in your Avid
All Settings Displays all settings available in your Avid system
Base Settings Displays Project, User, and Site settings only; no
Bin Views Displays bin display views
Export Settings Displays all the Export settings
Import Settings Displays all the Import settings
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views are displayed
Timeline Views Displays Timeline views
Title Styles Displays all the templates you created for the Title
tool
Workspaces Displays all workspaces
Workspace Linked Displays only linked workspaces
Site Settings Displays all Site settings in the Site_Settings file
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Changing the Settings Scroll List Display

To change the Settings scroll list display of the Project window:
1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window. The Settings scroll list appears.
2. Click the Fast Menu button, and select the settings display group.
Settings Display groups
The Settings menu displays the settings group selected and the Settings scroll list displays only the settings in that group.

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. See
“Changing User Profiles” on page 51.
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Modifying Settings
You cannot modify 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. Double-click the name of a setting in the Settings tab in the Project window.
The applicable Settings dialog box opens.
2. Type new values or select new options for the settings.
3. 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.
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Duplicating Settings
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 Capture settings for capturing various types of source material
Multiple Deck Preferences settings for various types of capture or for output
To create a new version of a setting:
1. Click the Settings tab 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. Select Edit > Duplicate. A copy of each setting appears in the Settings scroll list with a version
number in the second column for each Custom setting name.
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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 tab 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).
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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 tab 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.
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To delete a setting:
1. Click the Settings tab 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.
You cannot undo a deletion. You can, however, copy settings from other files. See “Copying Settings Between Settings Files” on page 98.
3. Do one of the following:
t Press the Delete key. t Select Edit > Delete.
The selected settings are removed.
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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 selecting File > New Setting
File.
t Open an existing settings file by selecting File > Open Setting File. 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 button. A message box opens.
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 Avid systems
To change one type of setting to another
You can drag selected settings from the Settings tab in the Project window into the Site_Settings window to establish standard system settings for all new projects and users. These settings can be copied to other systems by replacing the Site_Settings file in the Settings folder on the other systems.
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The Avid default preference files and the Site_Settings file are located in the following folder:
drive:\Avid\Avid application\Settings folder
The default preference and the Site settings files include the following settings template:
AvidDefaultPrefsNC — NewsCutter Adrenaline and NewsCutter XP template settings for new users
Site_Settings — Template for new User and new Project settings for all products
When a new user is created, the Avid editor first looks at the Site_Settings file and uses any settings specified in that file. If the Site_Settings file is empty or is missing settings, then the AvidDefaultPrefs(xx) file is used. If the AvidDefaultPrefs(xx) file is missing, hard-coded defaults are used.
The AvidDefaultPrefs(xx) files contain the product-specific default User settings. Project settings are not stored in AvidDefaultPrefs(xx) files. The Site_Settings file is empty until you add User and Project settings from the Settings tab in the Project window. Settings that you add to the Site_Settings file become the site defaults. Site settings do not override User settings and Project settings. Any user can change these settings, with the changes stored in the User settings or the Project settings, depending on the type of setting.
When the system opens a new project, the Site settings are the initial settings given to a new user or project. The system then proceeds to load any Project and User settings not included in the Site_Settings file.
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.
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To load settings into the Site_Settings file:
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 a project and make adjustments to the default settings as needed.
2. Click the Settings tab. The Settings scroll list appears.
3. Do one of the following to open the Site_Settings window: t In the Project window, click the Fast Menu button and select
Site Settings.
t Select File > Open Setting File, navigate to the Settings folder, and
double-click Site_Settings file.
The Site_Settings window opens.
4. Click a Project or User setting in the Settings scroll list in the Project window, or Ctrl+click multiple settings.
5. Drag the selected settings to the Site_Settings window. Copies appear in the Site_Settings window.
6. Close the Site_Settings window.
All new users and projects opened from the Select Project dialog box use these settings as the default settings.

Selecting Preferences

You can view in one step the settings for your project.
To view the Settings tab of the Project window:
t Select Edit > Preferences.
The Project window, with the Settings tab displayed, appears in the middle of the monitor.
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