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Avid Symphony Editing Guide • Part 0130-05441-01 • February 2003

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Avid Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chapter 1 Editing Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Editing Workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Starting a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Preparing to Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Editing a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Finishing Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Chapter 2 Desktop Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Working with the Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Using Shortcut Menus (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Using Shortcut Menus (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Using the Windows Taskbar (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Using the Macintosh Dock (Macintosh Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Dragging Windows (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Setting the Avid Color Scheme (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Setting the Apple Color Scheme (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Setting Your Screen Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Changing Screen Resolution (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Changing Screen Resolution (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using the Avid Symphony Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Changing Project and User Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Deleting Projects and User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . 60

Starting the Avid Application (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Starting the Avid Application (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Chapter 3 Starting a Work Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Opening and Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Identifying a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Creating a New User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Selecting an Existing User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Selecting a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Creating a New Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Setting Film Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Selecting an Existing Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Nesting Projects in Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Backing Up Your Project Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk . . . . . . . 77

Restoring from a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Ending a Work Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Quitting the Avid Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Turning Off Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Mounting and Unmounting Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Unmounting Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Mounting All Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Session Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Chapter 4 Working with the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Opening and Closing the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Using the Bins Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Viewing a List of Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Displaying Folders of Bins in the Bins List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Creating a Folder in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Creating a New Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Renaming a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Opening and Closing a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Opening Selected Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Opening Bins from Other Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Closing a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Deleting a Bin or Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Viewing Contents in the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Emptying the Trash in the Bins List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Managing Folders and Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Saving Bins Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Saving Bins Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Using the Settings Scroll List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Understanding Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Defining Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Reviewing Basic Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Film Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Bin Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Interface Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Displaying Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Changing the Settings Scroll List Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Working with Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Selecting Another User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Modifying Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Working with Multiple Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Duplicating Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Naming Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Selecting Among Multiple Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Deleting Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Restoring Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Copying Settings Between Settings Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Using Site Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Using the Info Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Viewing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Accessing the Hardware Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Displaying Usage Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Statistics File Structure and Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Importing the Statistics File into a Spreadsheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Displaying Disk Space Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Customizing the Appearance of the Avid User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Changing Interface Component Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Changing Shading Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Changing Shading Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Changing Button Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Changing Button Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Using Interface Appearance Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Changing Font and Point Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Customizing Your Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Creating a New Workspace Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Linking User Settings and Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Switching Between Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Deleting a Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Assigning a Workspace Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Sharing Bins and Projects on Avid Unity MediaNetwork. . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Understanding Avid Unity MediaNetwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Mapping Workspaces on the Avid Unity Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Sharing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Shared Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Shared Bins and Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Opening a Shared Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Working with Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Default Locking Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Overriding the Default Locking Mechanism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Restrictions and Limitations for Locked Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Chapter 5 Using Basic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Navigating in Dialog Boxes and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Using Toolsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Opening Toolsets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Customizing Toolsets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Linking Toolsets to Other Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Using the Tools Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Using the Deck Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Using the Command Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Understanding Button Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Mapping User-Selectable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Using the Blank Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Mapping Modifier Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Mapping Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Activating Commands from the Command Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Using the Avid Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Using the Console Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Displaying System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Reviewing a Log of Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Getting Information with the Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Using the Hardware Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Using Avid System Test Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Using the Communication (Serial) Ports Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Configuring a Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Chapter 6 Organizing with Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Preparing to Work with Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Adjusting Audio Pan Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Adjusting Default Pan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Using the Center Pan Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Using Audio Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Film Scene Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Setting the Bin Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Conserving Screen Real Estate with the SuperBin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Enabling and Disabling the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Opening Bins in the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Closing the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Moving Bins into and out of the SuperBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Moving Clips and Sequences into and out of the SuperBin . . . . . . 193

Copying Clips and Sequences into and out of the SuperBin . . . . . 193

Deleting a Bin with the SuperBin Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Basic Bin Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Using Bin Display Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Displaying Custom Bin Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Customizing Bin Views in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Saving a Custom Bin View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Using the Bin Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Lassoing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Selecting Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Duplicating Clips and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Moving Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Copying Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Deleting Clips, Subclips, and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Assigning Colors to Bin Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Adding a Color Column to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Assigning a Source Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Assigning a Custom Source Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Limiting Color Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Sifting Clips and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Sifting Timecodes or Keycode Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Sifting Within a Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Locking and Unlocking Items in a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Selecting Offline Items in a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Selecting Media Relatives for an Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Selecting Sources Used by an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Selecting Unreferenced Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Using Brief View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Using Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Arranging Bin Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Moving and Rearranging Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Aligning Bin Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Showing and Hiding Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Deleting a Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Duplicating a Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Adding Customized Columns to a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Changing a Custom Column Heading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Managing Clip Information in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Moving Within Column Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Modifying Clip Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Copying Information Between Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Copying Information from Another Cell in a Custom Column . 228

Sorting Clips in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Sorting Clips in Ascending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Sorting Clips in Descending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Performing Multilevel Sorting with Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Sorting Clips by Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Displaying Timecodes in a 24p or 25p Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Frame Counting for Timecodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Adding Timecode Columns to a Bin or the Media Tool. . . . . . 232

Adding Timecode Values to the Timecode Columns. . . . . . . . 232

Bin Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Using Frame View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Changing the Bin Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Enlarging or Reducing Frame Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Rearranging Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Changing the Frame Identifying the Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Arranging Frames in a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Using Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Adding Text in Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Playing Clips in Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Rearranging Clips in Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Printing Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Gathering Format Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Preparing Digital Bars and Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Importing Color Bars and Other Test Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Creating Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Creating Video Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Creating Audio Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Storyboard Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Chapter 7 Managing Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Working with Media Files in an Avid Unity Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Configuring Avid Editing Systems to Work with MediaManager

and TransferManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Support for Avid Unity LANshare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Using the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Basic Media Tool Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Opening the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Freeing Storage Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Consolidating Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Understanding the Consolidate Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Using the Consolidate Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Loading the Media Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Refreshing Media Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Backing Up Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Using Videotapes for Archiving and Restoring Media Files . . . . . . . . . 271

Archiving Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Archive to Videotape Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Restoring an Archive from Videotape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Finding a Related Media File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Relinking Clips to Media Files or Bin Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Relinking to Selected Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Relinking Consolidated Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Relinking Moved Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Unlinking Clips from Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Chapter 8 Using Script Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Lined Script Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Explanation of Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Lining in the Digital Realm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Script Integration Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Using Script Integration in Video Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Script Window Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Script Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Importing a Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Opening, Closing, and Saving the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Displaying Clip and Sequence Information in a Script Window . . . 299

Exploring the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Adjusting the Script Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Manipulating Script Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Changing the Font of the Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Selecting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Removing Script Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Searching Through Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Using Page and Scene Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Adding a Page or Scene Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Changing a Page or Scene Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Deleting a Page or Scene Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Searching for a Page or Scene Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Conducting a Text Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Linking Clips to the Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Interpolating Position for Script Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Manipulating Slates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Selecting Slates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Resizing Slates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Holding Slates On Screen in the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Hiding Slate Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Showing One Take Per Slate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Moving a Slate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Deleting a Slate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Manipulating Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Selecting Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Adding Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Deleting Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Displaying Take Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Changing the Representative Frame for a Take. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Loading Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Playing Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Adjusting Take Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Indicating Off-Screen Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Using Color Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Using Script Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Placing Script Marks Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Automating Screening and Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Loading and Playing Marked Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Moving a Script Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Deleting a Script Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Finding Clips and Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Finding Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Finding Clips and Bins from the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Editing with the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Assembling a Rough Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Splicing a Script Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Revising the Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Interactive Screenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Chapter 9 Viewing and Marking Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Customizing the Composer Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Using the 16:9 Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Using 16:9 for 24p and 25p Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Displaying Tracking Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Tracking Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Displaying the Info Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Copying Text from the Info Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Displaying Timecode in the Timecode Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Displaying Multiple Timecodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Understanding Composer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Color Framing Options (Edit Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Miscellaneous Composer Options (Edit Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Fast Forward and Rewind Options (FF/REW Tab) . . . . . . . . . 349

Using the Tool Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Viewing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Fast Frame Display in 24p and 25p Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Playing Selected Clips in a Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Loading and Clearing Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Loading Footage into the Playback and Pop-up Monitors . . . . . . . 355

Loading Footage into the Source, Record, and

Pop-up Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Loading Multiple Clips or Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Using the Clip Name Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Switching Between Loaded Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Clearing Clips from Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Resizing Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Hiding the Video in a Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Resizing a Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Customizing the Playback Monitor Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Controlling Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Using Position Bars and Position Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Using Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

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

Fast Forward Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Play Standby Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Step Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Using Single-Field Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

J-K-L Keys (Three-Button Play). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Home, End, and Arrow Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Using the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Jogging with the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Shuttling with the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Marking and Subcataloging Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Marking IN to OUT Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Moving IN to OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Marking an Entire Clip or Segment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Creating Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Subclips and Audio Sync for 24p and 25p Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Marking Audio Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Using Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Ways to Use Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Adding Locators While Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Copying Locators from Source Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Marking an Area Using Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Moving to the Previous or Next Locator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Deleting Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Understanding the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Displaying Timecode or Footage in the Locators Window. . . . 382

Sorting Information in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Displaying Frames in the Locators Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Changing the Color of the Locator Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Accessing a Locator in a Clip or Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Printing the Contents of the Locators Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Deleting Locators Using the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Finding Frames, Clips, and Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Using Timecode to Find a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Searching for a Clip or Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Using Match Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Performing a Reverse Match Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Selecting Tracks for Matching Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Finding a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Locating a Master Clip from a Subclip in a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . 393

Finding a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Chapter 10 Editing in Source/Record Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Entering Source/Record Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Setting Up a New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Changing the Sequence Name and Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Setting Up Tracks for the New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

User Preferences for Creating Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Adding Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Making an Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Creating an Instant Rough Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Undoing or Redoing Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

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

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

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

Performing a Replace Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Single-Mark Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Using Phantom Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Setting One Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Adding a Second Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Lifting, Extracting, and Copying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Lifting Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Extracting Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Copying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Using the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Preserving Clipboard Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Recovering Material from the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Adding Comments to Sequence Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Playing the New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Starting a Playback Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Playback Performance Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Playing a Limited Duration of a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Setting a Limited Play Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Playing a Sequence Using a Limited Play Length. . . . . . . . . . 421

Fine-Tuning the Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Chapter 11 Using the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Understanding Timeline Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Using the Timeline Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Additional Procedures for Customizing the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Enlarging and Reducing Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Moving a Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Displaying the Timeline Top Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Displaying Timecode Tracks in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Assigning Local Colors to Clips in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Displaying Local and Source Colors in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . 432

Displaying Source Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

Displaying Local Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Highlighting Offline Media Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Changing the Timeline Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Changing the Timeline Track Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Showing Locators in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Saving a Customized Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Replacing a Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Restoring the Default Timeline View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Setting the Scroll Option for the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Timeline Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Exploring the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Using the Position Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Using the Timeline Scroll Bar/Position Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Displaying Detail in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Zooming In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Focusing the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Using the Full-Screen Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Displaying Source Material in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Controlling Movement in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

IN to OUT Highlighting in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Understanding Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Segment Mode Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Selecting and Deselecting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Selecting Segments with the Segment Mode Pointer . . . . . . . 451

Lassoing One or More Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Deselecting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Performing Segment Mode Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Understanding the Four-Frame Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Maintaining Sync in Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Extracting/Splicing Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Lifting/Overwriting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Deleting Segments in Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Marking Clips and Sequences in Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . 459

Adding Comments in Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Using Advanced Timeline Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Bin Editing into the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Bin Editing Directly into a Sequence Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . 461

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Editing with the Film Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Editing in Heads or Heads Tails View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Performing a Quick Edit Using the Top and Tail Commands . . . . 464

Working with Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Understanding Effects Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Understanding Nesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Using the Track Selector Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Selecting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Monitoring Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Monitoring Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Monitoring Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Monitoring a Solo Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Patching Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Locking and Sync Locking Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Locking Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Sync Locking Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Adding a Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Deleting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Adding an Edit (Match Framing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Adding Edits to Filler Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Removing Match-Frame Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Backtiming Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Additional Offline Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

Detecting Duplicate Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Adjusting Handle Length in Dupe Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Tracking Color Frame Shifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Finding Black Holes and Flash Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Finding Black Holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Finding Flash Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Printing the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Chapter 12 Working in Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Understanding Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Quick Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491

Big Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492

Small Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Trim Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Entering and Exiting Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Entering Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Switching Between Quick Trim Mode and Finishing Mode. . . . . . . 498

Setting Small Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Exiting Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Using Basic Trim Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Selecting Trim Sides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Selecting Video Tracks in Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Audio Solo in Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Selecting Additional Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

Performing a Basic Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Reviewing the Trim Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

Reviewing an Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Trimming On-the-Fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Dual-Image Playback During Trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Trimming During a Playback Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Creating Overlap Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Extending an Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Slipping or Sliding Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Selecting Segments for Slip or Slide Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

The Slip/Slide Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Performing the Slip or Slide Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Slipping Shots in Source/Record Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Maintaining Sync While Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Adding Black When Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Trimming with Sync-Locked Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Using the Transition Corner Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Chapter 13 Working with Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Exploring the Audio Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Accessing Audio Effect Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Audio Editing Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Soloing Audio Tracks in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Using Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Smooth Scrub Versus Digital Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Selecting Tracks for Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Performing Smooth Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Using the J-K-L Keys to Perform Smooth Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Using the Mouse to Perform Smooth Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Using Digital Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Adjusting Digital Scrub Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Performing the Digital Scrub Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Displaying Waveform Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Identifying the Sample Rate by Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Muting the Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Using the Audio Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Resizing the Audio Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Adjusting One Audio Track at a Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Changing an Audio Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Adjusting Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Applying Pan Value Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Ganging and Adjusting Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Rendering an Audio Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Modifying Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Creating or Modifying an Audio Pan/Vol Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Modifying How the System Interprets Pan During Playback . . 543

Bypassing Existing Volume Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Adjusting Volume While Playing an Audio Mix Effect. . . . . . . . . . . 543

Limitations on Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Improving Response Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Using Audio Gain Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Automation Gain Values and System Clip Gain Values . . . . . . . . . 546

Adjusting Volume in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Deleting Audio Gain Keyframes in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Moving Audio Gain Keyframes in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Using an External Fader Controller or Mixer to Adjust Volume . . . 551

Adjusting the Volume of Individual Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Understanding the Automation Gain Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Track Solo Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

Position Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

Selecting Tracks in the Automation Gain Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . 557

Automation Gain Tool Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557

Recording Automation Gain Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Using the Automation Gain Tool Sliders to Record

Gain Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Using a Keyboard Shortcut When Editing Audio Keyframes . . 561 Using an External Fader Controller or Mixer to Record

Audio Gain Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Using the Audio EQ Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Audio EQ Tool Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Basic EQ Tool Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

EQ-Specific Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Applying Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Saving Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Removing Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Audio EQ Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Low Shelf Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Small Octave Range Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

Using Audio EQ Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

Applying an EQ Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575

Creating Your Own Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

Adding an EQ Template to the Audio EQ Tool Fast Menu . . . 577

Adjusting EQ While Playing an Audio Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Understanding Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Installing AudioSuite Plug-Ins (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Installing AudioSuite Plug-Ins (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Starting and Quitting the DAE Application (Macintosh Only) . . . . . 581

Setting Playback Buffer Size (Macintosh Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Using Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Applying an AudioSuite Plug-in to a Clip in the Timeline . . . . . . . . 584

Using a Plug-In Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

AudioSuite Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Rendering Plug-in Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Creating New Master Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

AudioSuite Controls for Creating New Master Clips . . . . . . . . 587

Mono, Stereo, and Multichannel Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Using AudioSuite Plug-ins to Create New Master Clips . . . . . 591

Using AudioSuite Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Plug-in Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Troubleshooting AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Addressing Memory Allocation Problems (Macintosh Only) . . 594

Canceling a Render Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Addressing Error Messages When Rendering a

Plug-in Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Understanding Recording Voice-Over Narration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597

Creating Voice-Overs Using the Audio Punch-In Tool. . . . . . . . . . 599

Connecting the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Creating the Voice-Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

Scenarios for Using the Audio Punch-In Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

Monitoring the Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Monitoring Previously Recorded Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Using Peak Hold While Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Using the MCS3 with the Audio Punch-In Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Voice-Over Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

Using a GPI Device with the Audio Punch-In Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

Understanding GPI Trigger Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

GPI Signal Sequence When Using the Audio Punch-In Tool

Without Preroll or Postroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

GPI Signal Sequence When Using the Audio Punch-In Tool

with Preroll and Postroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

Example of Linking GPI Actions to Trigger Signals . . . . . . . . . 608

Connecting a V-LAN VLXi Controller and GPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Configuring a V-LAN VLXi Controller and GPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Creating a GPI Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Editing a GPI Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612

Deleting a GPI Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Fine-Tuning Audio Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Fading and Dipping Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Fading Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Dipping Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Mixing Down Audio Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617

Changing the Sample Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619

Displaying Audio Formats in Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

Working with Zaxcom Deva and Aaton InDaw Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621

Reimporting Zaxcom Deva or Aaton InDaw Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621

Chapter 14 Syncing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

Autosyncing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624

Using the AutoSequence Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Resyncing Subframe Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628

Managing Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

Editing to Avoid Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

Displaying Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631

Fixing Sync Breaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

Fixing Sync in Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

Fixing Sync in Source/Record Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

Fixing Sync in Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

Managing Sync with Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

Using Sync Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

Syncing with Tail Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634

Syncing with Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636

Using Add Edit When Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

Using Sync Point Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638

Ganging Footage in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640

Matchframing Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641

Chapter 15 MultiCamera Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

Understanding Grouping and Multigrouping Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

Creating Group Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644

Creating Multigroup Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646

MultiCamera Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648

Full-Monitor Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650

Quad Split Source View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

Nine Split Source View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653

Playing a Linecut on the Source and Client Monitors . . . . . . . . . . 654

MultiCamera Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655

MultiCamera Editing Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656

Switching Clips with the Arrow Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657

Cutting On-the-Fly with MultiCam Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658

Editing and Playing Back a Linecut in MultiCamera Edit Mode . . . 660

Using the Add Edit Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661

Using the Group Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662

Using the Multi-angle View Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663

Using Match Frame in MultiCamera Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664

MultiCamera Workflow Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665

Selective Camera Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665

Cutting On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

Combination Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667

Additional Offline Editing Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668

Appendix A Using AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669

Accessing the AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670

Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670

Description of Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Invert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Duplicate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674

DC Offset Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674

Time Compression Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674

Master Clip Mode Parallel Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675

Time Compression Expansion Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

Pitch Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

Pitch Shift Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679

EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

EQ II Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683

Using Compression Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684

Compressor Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684

Limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686

Limiter Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687

Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

Gate Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

Expander/Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690

Expander/Gate Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691

Mod Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693

Mod Delay Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693

Additional Supported Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

Digidesign Intelligent Noise Reduction (DINR) —

Broadband Noise Reduction (BNR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

Focusrite d3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696

Digidesign D-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696

Digidesign D-fx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Appendix B Using an External Fader Controller or Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Configuring the USB-to-MIDI Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

Installing USB-to-MIDI Software (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

Installing USB-to-MIDI Software (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

Testing the Fader Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703

Switching Between MIDI Connections on the USB-to-MIDI

Converter (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

Switching Between MIDI Connections on the USB-to-MIDI

Converter (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

Troubleshooting the MIDI Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

Using the FaderMaster Pro and MCS-3000X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

MCS-3000X Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Using the Snap Mode Feature on the MCS-3000X . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

Ganging Faders on the FaderMaster Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

Using the Yamaha 01V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

Setting Up the Yamaha 01V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

Initializing the Yamaha 01V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

Configuring the Mixer to Recognize MIDI Control

Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

Starting the Avid System with the Yamaha 01V Attached . . . . . . . 713

Operational Notes for the Yamaha 01V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

Soloing Avid System Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

Appendix C Keyboard Shortcuts: Macintosh and Windows Equivalents 717

Command Key = Control Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718

Option Key = Alt Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718

Macintosh Control Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

Other Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720

Appendix D Using the MCS3 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721

Configuring the MCS3 Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722

Using the Default Button Mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

Default Navigation Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724

Default Function Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724

Mapping MCS3 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

Configuring a Shifted Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726

Customizing the Maximum Jog Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727

Customizing the Maximum Shuttle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

Creating Multiple Controller Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

Editing Footage with the MCS3 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729

Moving Through Footage in Jog Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Moving Through Footage in Shuttle Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Using the MCS3 for Editing Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Troubleshooting the MCS3 Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733

Figures

Figure 1 Sample Statistics File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Figure 2 Sample Spreadsheet Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Figure 3 Tracking Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334

Figure 4 Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Figure 5 Timeline Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440

Figure 6 Track Selector Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468

Figure 7 V-LAN VLXi Controller and VLXi-GT GPI . . . . . . . . . . . .609

Tables

Table 1 Project Types for Systems That Support 24p and

25p Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Table 2 Settings Scroll List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Table 3 Film Settings Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Table 4 Edit Play Rate Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Table 5 Bin Settings Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Table 6 General Settings Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Table 7 Interface Settings Options — General Tab. . . . . . . . . . . 112

Table 8 Settings Display Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Table 9 Customizable Interface Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Table 10 Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Table 11 Object Icon Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Table 12 Range Menu Items for Explicit Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Table 13 Range Menu Items for Implicit Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Table 14 Modifiable Bin Headings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Table 15 Modify Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Table 16 Timecode Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Table 17 Timecode Frame Counts for Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Table 18 Bin Column Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Table 19 Archive to Videotape Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Table 20 Script Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Table 21 Tracking Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Table 22 Timecode Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Table 23 Composer Settings Options — Window Tab . . . . . . . . . 346

Table 24 Color Framing Options — Edit Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Table 25 Miscellaneous Composer Settings Options —

Edit Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Table 26 Fast Forward and Rewind Options —

FF/REW Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Table 27 Shuttle Using J-K-L Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Table 28 Timeline Fast Menu Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Table 29 Timeline Settings Options — Display Tab . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Table 30 Timeline Settings Options — Edit Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Table 31 Trim Settings Options — Features Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

Table 32 Trim Settings Options — Play Loop Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . .495

Table 33 Number of Tracks Versus Scrub Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . .526

Table 34 GPI Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .611

Table 35 GPI Node Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .612

Table 36 Tape and Clip Name Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621

Table 37 Default MultiCam Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .658

Table 38 External Fader Controller and Mixer Features. . . . . . . . .700

Table 39 Default Button Mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725

Table 40 Maximum Jog Speed Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .727

Table 41 Maximum Shuttle Speed Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .728

Using This Guide

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

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

Who Should Use This Guide

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

About This Guide

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

Using This Guide

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

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

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

• Appendix A, “Using AudioSuite Plug-Ins,” describes how to use the

™

AudioSuite

plug-ins.

• Appendix B, “Configuring an External Fader Controller or Mixer,” provides procedures for setting up an external fader controller or mixer.

• Appendix C, “Keyboard Shortcuts: Macintosh and Windows Equivalents,” compares keyboard shortcuts for Avid editing products on Macintosh Windows

systems with the keyboard shortcuts on

systems.

• Appendix D, “Using the MCS3 Controller,” describes how to edit footage with the JL Cooper Media Control Station3.

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

Symbols and Conventions

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the Windows 2000 and Mac OS to a specific operating system, it is marked as follows:

• (Windows) or (Windows only) means the information applies to the Windows 2000 operating system.

X operating systems. When the text applies

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

The majority of screen shots in this document were captured on a Windows 2000 system, but the information applies to both Windows 2000 and Mac OS X systems. Where differences exist, both Windows 2000 and Mac OS X screen shots are shown.

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and

k This symbol represents the Apple or Command key.

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.

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

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

perform tasks more easily and efficiently.

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

indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

Click Quickly press and release the left mouse button

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

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

(Windows) or the mouse button (Macintosh).

button (Macintosh) twice rapidly.

Using This Guide

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

Right-click Quickly press and release the right mouse button

(Windows only).

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

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

Ctrl+key

k+key

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using Symphony:

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

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

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

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

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

5. For Technical Support, please call 800-800-AVID (800-800-2843). For Broadcast On-Air Sites and Call Letter Stations, call

800-NEWSDNG (800-639-7364).

Related Information

The following documents provide more information about Symphony:

• Avid Symphony Release Notes

• Avid Symphony and Composer Products Site Preparation Guide for the

Windows 2000 Professional Operating System

• Avid Symphony and Composer Products Site Preparation Guide for the Mac OS X Operating System

• Avid Symphony and Composer Products Setup Guide for the Windows 2000 Professional Operating System

• Addendum for the Avid Symphony and Composer Products Setup Guide for the Windows 2000 Professional Operating System

• Avid Symphony and Composer Products Setup Guide for the Mac OS X Operating System

• Avid Products Getting Started Guide

• Avid Symphony Quick Reference

Related Information

• Avid Symphony Effects Guide

• Avid Symphony Color Correction Guide

• Avid Symphony Input and Output Guide

• Avid Symphony Online Publications CD-ROM This online collection provides electronic versions of most documents

listed in this section, as well as documents for related Avid applications. You can view these documents with Adobe

Acrobat®Reader®, which you can install from the CD-ROM.

• Avid Symphony Help The Help system provides all the information included in the

Avid Symphony Editing Guide, the Avid Symphony Input and Output Guide, the Avid Symphony Effects Guide, and the Avid Symphony Color Correction Guide supplied with your system. The Help operates

in a Web browser. To open the Help, select Help > Symphony Help. For information on using Help, click the Using Help button in the Help system.

Using This Guide

If You Have Documentation Comments

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

Simply e-mail your documentation comments to Avid Technology at

TechPubs@avid.com

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

How to Order Documentation

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

Avid Educational Services

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

Chapter 1

Editing Overview

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

For a complete overview of the capabilities of your Avid system, see the getting started guide for your Avid product.

The following sections provide an outline of the editing workflow:

• Editing Workflow

• Starting a Project

• Preparing to Edit

• Editing a Sequence

• Finishing Workflow

Chapter 1 Editing Overview

Editing Workflow

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

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

1. Open a project containing the digitized material.

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

“Using the Settings Scroll List” on page 100.

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

4. Use the bins to create a storyboard.

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

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

Chapter 9.

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

Chapter 10.

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

Chapter 11.

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

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

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

11. Play the new sequence. See “Playing the New Sequence” on page 418.

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

Starting a Project

1. Turn on your equipment in a prescribed order and start the Avid application (Chapter 2).

2. Select or create a new project: the job that will result in one or more finished sequences (Chapter 3).

3. Set the project settings from the Settings scroll list (Chapter 4).

1. Turn on and start your Avid system.

2. Select or create a project.

3. Set the project settings.

Settings scroll list

4. Create and organize bins (Chapter 6).

5. Back up your project on a regular basis (Chapter 3).

4. Create and organize bins.

5. Back up the project.

Project window

Chapter 1 Editing Overview

Preparing to Edit

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

2. Use bins to organize the project items (Chapter 6).

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

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

2. Sort and organize clips in the bins.

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

4. Use the bins to create storyboards (Chapter 6).

4. Previsualize with storyboards.

Editing a Sequence

1. View your clips in advance and mark IN points and OUT points, or create subclips based on selected portions of your master clips (Chapter 9).

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

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

Chapter 12).

Source monitor

1. Screen, mark, and subcatalog footage.

Record monitor

Timeline

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

3. Fine-tune edits and effects.

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

5. Return to editing if further adjustments are required.

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

5. Screen and continue editing as necessary.

Chapter 1 Editing Overview

Finishing Workflow

Symphony lets you easily conform an offline sequence as a finished sequence. For information about various workflows, see the Avid

Symphony Input and Output Guide.

The following procedure provides an overview of the basic steps used to finish a sequence in Symphony:

1. Copy the project information (including bins) from the offline system to the Symphony system. For more information, see the Avid Symphony Input and Output Guide.

You can also move a sequence to Symphony through Avid EDL Manager or by importing an OMFI file (composition only) or by importing an AAF file.

2. Open the project and redigitize the clips from the source tape as uncompressed media (1:1 resolution) or at another resolution. You have three options for redigitizing:

- Redigitize existing clips. For more information, see the Avid

Symphony Input and Output Guide.

- Decompose the sequence and redigitize the new clips. For more

information, see the Avid Symphony Input and Output Guide.

- Use the Show Reference Clips option to reveal the source clips of

a sequence, and then redigitize the clips. For more information, see

“Setting the Bin Display” on page 188.

Consider the following:

- When you redigitize media from a project created on a different

Avid system, reuse settings that originate only on systems that use the Meridien

™

video I/O board. For projects from other Avid systems, check the video settings for each tape. For more information, see the Avid Symphony Input and Output Guide.

3. Transfer or import audio files. For more information, see the Avid Symphony Input and Output Guide.

4. Batch import any graphics files. For more information, see the Avid Symphony Input and Output Guide.

Finishing Workflow

5. Import effects from other applications, such as Avid Marquee® and Avid Media Illusion

™

. For more information, see the Avid Symphony

Input and Output Guide.

6. Re-create the title media. For more information, see the Avid Symphony Effects Guide.

Make sure the Symphony system has the same fonts that were used to create the titles. The font names must match exactly. If you open a title that does not have a matching font on the Windows system or Macintosh system, a dialog box opens that allows you to substitute another font. For more information, search for the keyword “fonts substituting” in the Help.

7. Render non-real-time effects. For more information, see the Avid Symphony Effects Guide.

8. Finish the sequence by applying effects. You can add effects such as:

- Audio sweetening (see Chapter 13)

- Color adjustment (see the Avid Symphony Effects Guide)

- Chroma keys (see the Avid Symphony Effects Guide)

- Matte keys (see the Avid Symphony Effects Guide)

- Scratch and dropout removal (see the Avid Symphony Effects

Guide)

9. Create a final digital cut. For more information, see the Avid Symphony Input and Output Guide.

Chapter 1 Editing Overview

Chapter 2

Desktop Basics

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

This chapter describes the location of the various project files. For information about moving a project from one system to another, see the input and output guide or the Help.

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

• Working with the Desktop

• Using the Avid Symphony Folder

• Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

• Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder

• Starting the Avid Application (Windows)

• Starting the Avid Application (Macintosh)

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

Chapter 2 Desktop Basics

Working with the Desktop

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

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

• Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (Windows Only)

• Using Shortcut Menus (Windows)

• Using Shortcut Menus (Macintosh)

• Using the Windows Taskbar (Windows Only)

• Using the Macintosh Dock (Macintosh Only)

• Dragging Windows (Windows Only)

• Setting the Avid Color Scheme (Windows)

• Setting the Apple Color Scheme (Macintosh)

• Setting Your Screen Resolution

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (Windows Only)

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, such as installing new software.

To create an emergency repair disk:

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

the procedure.

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

Using Shortcut Menus (Windows)

Instead of using the standard menus to find the command you need in a window, try using the shortcut menus.

To use a shortcut menu, do one of the following:

t Right-click in a window to access a shortcut menu that shows the most

frequently used commands for that window.

t Right-click a screen object to access What’s This? Help for the object.

For information about how to use the Avid application Help, see the getting started guide.

Using Shortcut Menus (Macintosh)

To use a shortcut menu, do one of the following:

t Ctrl+Shift+click in a window to access a shortcut menu that shows the

most frequently used commands for that window.

Working with the Desktop

t Ctrl+Shift+click a screen object to access What’s This? Help for the

object.

For information about how to use the Avid application Help, see the getting started guide.

Using the Windows Taskbar (Windows Only)

By default, the Windows taskbar always appears on the bottom of your screen, on top of your application. You have two other choices:

• Keeping the taskbar hidden behind the application

• Setting the taskbar to appear only when you drag the mouse pointer to it

If you keep the taskbar hidden while running the Avid application and you minimize an application such as Help, you do not see the minimized icon in the taskbar. To see the taskbar and minimized icons, minimize the Avid application.

Chapter 2 Desktop Basics

To see the taskbar and minimized icons:

t Minimize the Avid application.

To change the taskbar settings:

1. Right-click an unused part of the taskbar, and select Properties. The Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box opens.

2. Click the General tab.

3. Select the options you want: t To keep the taskbar hidden, deselect “Always on top” and “Auto

hide.”

t To set the taskbar to appear when you want, select “Always on

top” and “Auto hide.”

4. Click OK.

The taskbar can to be dragged to the top, bottom, or either side of the monitor.

For more information about the taskbar, see the Windows Help.

When working in the Avid application, you can minimize windows (such as the Project window and bins). The icons will appear in the monitor, not in the taskbar.

Using the Macintosh Dock (Macintosh Only)

You can place an application icon alias on the Dock for easy access to the application. The Dock is hidden when the Avid application is active. For information on using the Dock, see the Mac OS X documentation.

To display the Dock:

t Move the mouse pointer to the edge of the screen where the Dock is

hidden.

Dragging Windows (Windows Only)

By default, Windows systems show the contents of windows when you drag them. Deselect this option to improve screen display and to avoid problems repainting the screen.

To drag windows without showing the contents:

1. Right-click an empty part of the Windows desktop, and select Properties.

The Display Properties dialog box opens.

2. Click the Effects tab.

3. Deselect “Show window contents while dragging.”

4. Click OK.

Setting the Avid Color Scheme (Windows)

By default, the Avid application is set to the gray and purple Avid color scheme.

Working with the Desktop

To change the color scheme:

1. Right-click an empty part of the Windows desktop, and select Properties.

The Display Properties dialog box opens.

2. Click the Appearance tab.

3. Click the Scheme pop-up menu, and select a color scheme.

4. Click OK.

You can also change the color scheme in the Appearance tab of the Interface Settings dialog box within the Avid application. See

“Customizing the Appearance of the Avid User Interface” on page 133.

Chapter 2 Desktop Basics

Setting the Apple Color Scheme (Macintosh)

To change the color scheme:

1. Select Apple P menu > System Preferences. The System Preferences window opens.

2. In the Personal area, click General.

3. Click the Appearance pop-up menu, and select a color.

4. Click the Highlight Color pop-up menu, and select a color.

5. Click the Close button or click Show All to return to the System Preferences window.

You can change the color scheme of the Avid application in the Appearance tab of the Interface Settings dialog box within the Avid application. See

“Customizing the Appearance of the Avid User Interface” on page 133.

Setting Your Screen Resolution

The screen resolution for the Avid application is different for NTSC and for PAL:

• NTSC resolution is 720 x 486 non-square pixels covering all the active video. This also includes 10 lines of blanking or vertical internal timecode (VITC) per frame (5 lines per field).

• PAL resolution is 720 x 576 non-square pixels covering all the active video. This also includes 16 lines of blanking or VITC per frame (8 lines per field).

The Avid application works best with the following screen resolutions:

• 1024 x 768 pixels

• 1152 x 864 pixels

• 1280 x 1024 pixels

A larger resolution displays more pixels and lets you view more objects in the monitors. The objects appear smaller at larger resolutions.

Changing the Screen Resolution (Windows)

To view or change the screen resolution:

1. Right-click an empty part of the Windows desktop, and select Properties.

The Display Properties dialog box opens.

2. Click the Settings tab.

3. Under “Screen area,” drag the slider to the resolution you want.

4. In the Colors list, and select True Color (32 bit).

5. Click OK.

Changing the Screen Resolution (Macintosh)

To view or change the screen resolution:

1. Select Apple P menu > System Preferences. The System Preferences window opens.

Using the Avid Symphony Folder

2. In the Hardware area, click Displays. A display settings window opens on each monitor.

3. For each monitor, select a resolution in the Resolutions list.

4. Keep Colors set to Millions.

5. Click the Close button or click Show All to return to the System Preferences window.

Using the Avid Symphony Folder

The Avid Symphony folder contains essential operational files and supporting files. You can find this folder in the following locations:

•(Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\

• (Macintosh) Macintosh HD/Applications/

Chapter 2 Desktop Basics

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

• Avid application: The application icon resides here. You can start the

• Settings folder: In addition to Project and User settings, the system

• SupportingFiles folder: This folder contains a series of files that add

information about Help by clicking Using Help in the Contents list in the Help browser. For information on using the Help, see the getting started guide.

application by following the procedures described in “Starting the

Avid Application (Windows)” on page 62 or “Starting the Avid Application (Macintosh)” on page 63.

maintains settings files in this folder that apply to all users and all projects on the system. You can copy or move the Site_Settings file to other systems, using the same procedure described in “Transferring

Projects, User Profiles, and Site Settings” in the input and output

guide.

functionality to the application. The system accesses most of these files from within the application.

Other system-level files are located in these folders:

•(Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\

• (Macintosh) Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Avid

Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

Managing projects, user profiles, and settings involves moving, copying, or deleting files and folders, and changing project or user names. You use the desktop to move projects and user profiles between systems.

Avid Projects and Avid Users folders allow you to move entire projects or selected Project and User settings between systems by copying and moving files on your desktop.

Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

To move a project from another Symphony system or from an offline system for finishing on a Symphony system, you need to move the project folder to the destination Symphony system. For information, see the input and output guide.

Using the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

The Avid Projects and Avid Users folders are located in:

•(Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Symphony

• (Macintosh) Macintosh HD/Users/Shared — Files in this folder are available to all users.

(Windows only) The location of the user folder and project folder depends on your Symphony installation.

When you create a new project or user profile, the system creates the following files and folders.

• When you create a new user, the system creates three items:

- A user profile file (.ave)

- A user settings file (.avs)

- A user folder containing the two files Each item is given the user name you provide. The new folder is stored

in the Avid Users folder.

• When you create a new project, the system creates three items:

- A project file (.avp)

- A project settings file (.avs)

- A project folder containing the two files Each item is given the project name you provide. This new folder is

stored in the Avid Projects folder.

Your settings are initially set to the default values. As you work, the files maintain current settings, while the project folder fills with bin files (.avb).

Chapter 2 Desktop Basics

Changing Project and User Names

You cannot change project or user names from within the Avid application. You must change the names from your desktop before starting the Avid application. For information about the location of the Avid files for the project and user names, see “Using the Avid Projects and Avid Users

Folders” on page 55.

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

To change a project or user name:

1. Navigate to the Avid Users or Avid Projects folder, and then double-click the folder to open it.

For information about the location of the Avid folders, see “Using the

Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders” on page 55.

2. Click the name of the folder you want to change. The name is highlighted for text entry.

3. Type the new name of the folder.

4. Double-click the folder with the new name to open it. The folder contains profile, settings, and project files with the old

name.

5. Change the old name of each file to the new name.

Do not change the name of the file MCState.avs in the Avid Users folder.

6. Close the windows, and restart the Avid application. The new project or user name appears in the Select User and Project

dialog box.

Deleting Projects and User Profiles

You cannot delete projects and user profiles from within the Avid application. You must make the change from your desktop before starting the application. For information about the location of the Avid files for the project and user names, see “Using the Avid Projects and Avid Users

Folders” on page 55.

Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

Digitized media related to a deleted project is not eliminated with the project folder. For more information on deleting media files, see “Deleting

Clips, Subclips, and Sequences” on page 201 and “Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool” on page 260.

To delete a project or user profile:

1. Navigate to the Avid Users or Avid Projects folder, and then double-click the folder to open it.

For information about the location of the Avid folders, see “Using the

Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders” on page 55.

2. Drag the project or user folder you want to delete to the Recycle Bin (Windows) or the Trash (Macintosh).

3. Empty the Recycle Bin (Windows) or the Trash (Macintosh) to remove the files from the system.

Deleting a project also deletes any bins that are in that project.

4. Close the windows, and restart the Avid application. The deleted project or user no longer appears in the Select User and

Project dialog box.

Chapter 2 Desktop Basics

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder

The Avid Attic folder contains backup files of each bin in a project. For information on setting automatic save features, see “Saving Bins

Automatically” on page 98.

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

(Macintosh only) If you deselected the Allow filenames to exceed 27 characters option in the General Settings dialog box, you cannot retrieve a backup file with a file name larger than the 27-character limit. You must rename the file before retrieving it.

The Avid Attic folder contains a folder for each project. Each project folder contains a Bins folder. When a bin is saved, a folder with the bin’s name is created in the Bins folder and a copy of the bin file is stored in the folder with the bin name. The system adds a version number to the bin’s file name. The bin file with the highest version number represents the latest copy of the bin file.

When you view a bin folder in Details view (Windows) or List view (Macintosh), you can also identify the most recent backup file based on the timestamp of creation displayed in the Modified column (Windows) or Date Modified column (Macintosh).

The oldest backup file is overwritten only if the second oldest backup file is more than 2 hours old.

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Windows)

To retrieve a file from the Avid Attic folder:

1. Minimize the Avid application. For information on minimizing, see the Windows documentation.

2. From the desktop, double-click the Avid Attic folder, located in the drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Symphony folder.

The Avid Attic folder is usually located in the same folder as the Avid Projects and Avid Users folders.

The Avid Attic folder opens and displays the project folders that contain a Bins folder.

3. Double-click a project folder, and then double-click the Bins folder. The Bins folder opens and displays the bin folders for the project.

4. Double-click the bin folder that contains the bin files you want to retrieve.

5. Select View > Details, if the bin folder is not already in the Details view.

The bin folder displays the backup bin files and their creation dates.

6. Ctrl+click the files you want to retrieve.

7. Ctrl+drag the selected backup bin files to the desktop. This makes a copy of the files, leaving the original files in the Avid

Attic folder.

8. Click the Avid application icon in the taskbar to activate it.

If the taskbar is hidden, see “Using the Windows Taskbar (Windows

Only)” on page 49.

9. Click the Project window to activate it, and click Bins to display the Bins list.

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10. Select File > Open Bin. Select one of the backup bin files you copied to the desktop, and click Open.

When you open the backup bin, a link to the backup bin on the desktop is created in the Other Bins folder.

The Avid application does not allow a bin and a copy of a bin to be open at the same time. You must keep all other bins closed and open the backup bins one at a time.

11. Create a new bin if you do not plan to overwrite existing files.

12. Open the new bin and open the backup bin in the Other Bins folder.

13. Select the material you want to keep from the backup bin, and drag the files to the new bin.

Repeat steps 10 through 13 for any other backup bin files you copied to the desktop.

14. Select and delete the backup bins in the Other Bins folder.

15. Drag the backup bin files on the desktop to the Recycle Bin.

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Macintosh)

To retrieve a file from the Avid Attic folder:

1. Minimize the Avid application. For information on minimizing, see the Macintosh documentation.

2. From the desktop, double-click the Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/Avid Attic folder.

The Avid Attic folder opens and displays the project folders that contain a Bins folder.

3. Double-click a project folder, and then double-click the Bins folder. The Bins folder opens and displays the bin folders for the project.

4. Double-click the bin folder that contains the bin files you want to retrieve.

5. Select View > as List, if the bin folder is not already in the List view. The bin folder displays the backup bin files and their creation dates.

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6. Command (k)+click the files you want to retrieve.

7. Option+drag the selected backup bin files to the desktop. This makes a copy of the files, leaving the original files in the Avid

Attic folder.

8. Click the Avid application icon on the Dock to activate the Avid application.

9. Click the Project window to activate it, and click Bins to display the Bins list.

10. Select File > Open Bin. Select one of the backup bin files you copied to the desktop, and click Open.

When you open the backup bin, a link to that backup bin on the desktop is created in the Other Bins folder.

The Avid application does not allow a bin and copy of a bin to be open at the same time. You must keep all other bins closed and open the backup bins one at a time.

11. Create a new bin if you do not plan to overwrite existing files.

12. Open the new bin and open the backup bin in the Other Bins folder.

13. Select the material you want to keep from the backup bin, and drag the files to the new bin.

Repeat steps 9 through 13 for any other backup bin files you copied to the desktop.

14. Select and delete the backup bins in the Other Bins folder.

15. Drag the backup bin files on the desktop to the Trash.

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Starting the Avid Application (Windows)

For more information on using the Start menu and creating a shortcut, see your Windows Help.

The Avid application is in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Symphony folder

For most users, the desktop or the Start menu is a more convenient location for starting the application. The installation process adds a pointer to the Avid application in the Start menu.

The application will not start properly if the application file is moved from the Avid Symphony folder.

To start the Avid application:

t Click the Start button, and select Programs > Avid > Avid Symphony.

When you start the application, you might see a message box indicating there is no input or output signal. Check to ensure that the Meridien I/O box is connected to the system with the cables secured and that it is turned on.

After the application starts, the Select User and Project dialog box opens, as described in “Opening and Closing a Project” on page 66.

If your system includes the Avid Unity™ TransferManager application, you can prevent TransferManager from starting automatically by using the Transfer settings (see Ta ble 2 ).

Starting the Avid Application (Macintosh)

The Avid application is in the following location:

Macintosh HD/Applications/Avid Symphony

For most users, the desktop or Dock is a more convenient location for starting the application. The installer places a shortcut alias icon for the Avid application on the desktop.

For more information on making an alias and using the Dock, see your Macintosh documentation.

The application does not start properly if the application file is moved from the Avid Symphony folder. You can drag it onto the Dock, and an alias is placed on the Dock.

To start the Avid application, do one of the following:

t Double-click the Avid application alias icon on the desktop. t Double-click the Avid application alias icon on the Dock. t Select Go > Applications, and then double-click the Avid Symphony

folder. In this folder, double-click the Avid Symphony file.

You might see a License Agreement. For more information, see the Avid Products Getting Started Guide.

After the application starts, the Select User and Project dialog box opens, as described in “Opening and Closing a Project” on page 66.

If your system includes the Avid Unity TransferManager application, you can prevent TransferManager from starting automatically by using the Transfer settings (see Ta ble 2 ).

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Chapter 3

Starting a Work Session

Your work in Symphony begins when you turn on the system, start the application, and open an existing project or create a new project that conforms to the specifications of your material. This chapter describes these and other procedures for starting a work session. You can use several techniques to safeguard and restore your work if necessary. These topics are covered in the following sections:

• Opening and Closing a Project

• Backing Up Your Project Information

• Ending a Work Session

• Mounting and Unmounting Drives

This chapter also provides a session check list.

It is important to plan your project before you edit it in Symphony. For information on setting up and structuring your project, see the input and output guide.

For information about turning on your system, see the Avid Products Getting Started Guide.

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

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For information on the Windows operating system and terminology, see the Windows Help. For information on the Macintosh features, such as the desktop and icons, see your Macintosh documentation.

Opening and Closing a Project

Each time you start the Avid application, the Select User and Project dialog box opens.

Users scroll list

Projects scroll list

To establish your identity as a user, open a new or existing project, and close a project, use the following procedures:

• Identifying a User

• Selecting a Project

• Opening a Project

• Closing a Project

You can also create additional folders to store projects, or you can quit the application from the Select User and Project dialog box.

Identifying a User

To identify a user for the project, you can either create and identify a new user or select one from a list of existing users. This user name represents the user profile, which includes the settings associated with that user. New users begin with default user settings. When you customize the user settings in the Avid application, these customized settings are associated with the user name.

The Avid Users folder is the default location for user profile files. For information about the Avid folders, see “Using the Avid Projects and Avid

Users Folders” on page 55.

Creating a New User

To create a new user profile:

1. Click New User in the Select User and Project dialog box.

Opening and Closing a Project

The New User dialog box opens.

2. Type a name for the new user in the text box.

If you plan to move bins and projects from one platform to another, do not use the characters / \ : * ? “ < > | or leading spaces, trailing spaces, or trailing periods, when naming projects, bins, and users. Bin and project names are limited to 27 characters, not including the period and 3-character extension that the system automatically adds to a file name.

3. Click OK. The Select User and Project dialog box reopens with your user name

highlighted in the Users scroll list.

You are ready to select a project. See “Selecting a Project” on page 70.

compatible File Names

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Selecting an Existing User

To select from the list of existing users:

t Click the user name to select it in the Users scroll list on the left side of

the Select User and Project dialog box.

The selected user profile appears when you open a project.

Users pop-up menu

User names

Folder

Folders containing a collection of users appear in the list with an asterisk preceding them (Windows) or a dot preceding them (Macintosh).

To change the location of user profiles outside the Avid Users folder, you must use the Windows operating system or Macintosh desktop.

For information about the location for the user profile files, see “Using the

Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders” on page 55.

To select a user name within a folder:

1. Double-click the folder to open it and display the user names.

2. Click the user name to select it.

If the user profile you want is stored on your system outside the Avid Users folder (for example, in another folder or on a network), you can locate it by using the Users pop-up menu.

Users pop-up menu

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To locate a user profile in another folder:

1. In the Select User and Project dialog box, click the Users pop-up menu to display a list of other locations on the system.

2. Select Volumes > drive, if necessary, and locate the folder.

3. Double-click the selected folder to open it. Continue to open any additional folders until the Users scroll list includes the appropriate user name.

4. Click the user name to select it. You are ready to select a project. See “Selecting a Project” on page 70.

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Selecting a Project

You can either create and open a new project or open an existing project.

Creating a New Project

To create a new project:

1. Click New Project in the Select User and Project dialog box. The New Project dialog box opens.

2. Type the name of your new project in the text box.

(Macintosh only) You can set the Use Windows option in the Avid application’s General Settings dialog box to prevent the system from accepting these restricted characters in a bin, project, or user name. If you are using your Avid application as a standalone editor (and don’t plan to move your bins or projects to another platform), you have the option of extending bin and project names to 31 characters using the “Allow filenames to exceed 27 characters” option in the General Settings dialog box.

compatible File Names

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3. Click the Format pop-up menu, and select a project type based on your source footage (NTSC or PAL) and your Avid system model:

- If your Avid system does not include support for 24p projects or

25p projects, make a selection based on the source footage: NTSC or PAL.

- If your Avid system includes support for 24p projects or 25p

projects, make a selection based on the source footage or the type of film-to-tape transfer with which you are working. For more information, see “Film-to-Tape Transfer Methods” in the input and output guide.

Table 1 lists the format options available with Avid systems that

include support for 24p projects and 25p projects.

Table 1 Project Types for Systems That Support 24p and

25p Projects

Project Type Source Footage Transfer

23.976p NTSC For film-originated or video-originated footage that has been shot at 23.976 fps or film-originated footage transferred on digital videotape (such as Digital Betacam

24p NTSC For film-originated or other 24-fps footage

transferred to NTSC videotape

30i NTSC For NTSC video-originated or other 30-fps footage

transferred to NTSC videotape

24p PAL For film-originated or other 24-fps footage

transferred to PAL videotape at 25 fps

25p PAL For 25-fps film footage transferred to PAL

videotape

25i PAL For PAL video-originated footage (25 fps)

)

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4. Select a tracking format or audio transfer rate based on the following types of projects:

- For 24p projects and 25p projects, click the Film Type pop-up

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 pop-up menu.

- For 24p PAL projects, select an audio transfer rate. For

information on audio transfer rates, see “Audio Transfer Options for 24p PAL Projects” in the input and output guide.

5. (Option) Select Matchback, click the Film Type pop-up menu, and select a film tracking format. The Matchback item appears only if your Avid system includes the Matchback option.

For more information about matchback, see “Using the Matchback Option” in the input and output guide.

6. Click OK. The system creates the new project files and folder, and then returns to

the Select User and 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 75.

Setting Film Preferences

Set film preferences in the Film Settings dialog box immediately after you create a project to provide the system with important information about the type of film and audio transfer you used for your job.

• For information on setting the play rate for Timeline play and setting the format and display of ink numbers, see “Film Settings” on

page 106.

• For information about the settings for digitizing in a film project, see “Setting Transfer Rates for Film Projects” in the input and output guide.

Selecting an Existing Project

Existing projects appear in the Projects scroll list in the Select User and Project dialog box.

For information about the location for the project files, see “Using the Avid

Projects and Avid Users Folders” on page 55.

Opening and Closing a Project

Projects scroll list

Projects pop-up menu

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To select an existing project, do one of the following:

t Click an existing project name to select it. t Press the first letter of the project name on the keyboard to highlight it.

(If there are multiple projects that begin with the same letter, the first project in the list that begins with that letter will be highlighted.)

To open a project nested in a folder:

1. Double-click the folder name to open it and display the contents in the Projects scroll list.

2. Click the project name to select it.

If the project you want is stored outside the Avid Projects folder (for example, in another folder or on a network), you can locate it by using the Projects pop-up menu.

To locate a project in another folder:

1. Click the Projects pop-up menu, and select Volumes > drive (Windows) or drive submenu (Macintosh).

The Select User and Project dialog box displays all the stored folders.

2. Double-click a folder name to open it. Continue opening folders until the Projects scroll list displays the project folder you want.

3. Click the project name to select it.

You are ready to open the project. See “Opening a Project” on page 75.

Nesting Projects in Folders

You can create folders in the Select User and Project dialog box for storing related projects. Before you can nest a folder, you must create a folder.

To create a folder:

1. Click New Folder in the Select User and Project dialog box. The New Folder dialog box opens.

2. Type a name for the folder, and click OK.

3. Double-click the folder name to open the folder.

Any new projects you create are displayed and stored in this folder.

You can also nest projects by using the desktop to move existing projects into folders that appear in the Select User and Project dialog box. For more information about moving existing projects, see “Transferring Projects, User Profiles, and Site Settings” in the input and output guide.

Opening a Project

After you select the appropriate user and project names in the scroll lists of the Select User and Project dialog box, you can open the project.

To open the project, do one of the following:

Opening and Closing a Project

The folder name appears in the Projects scroll list with an asterisk preceding it (Windows) or a dot preceding it (Macintosh).

For more information about the Project window, see Chapter 4. For more information about the Composer window, see Chapter 9.

t Click OK in the Select User and Project dialog box. t Double-click the highlighted project name in the Projects scroll list. t Double-click the highlighted user name in the Users scroll list.

If you press and hold the Alt key (Windows) or the Option key (Macintosh) while opening a project, the project opens with all bins closed.

The Composer window opens on the Edit monitor, and the Project window opens on the Bin monitor with the selected user settings loaded.

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The title bar of the Project window contains the project name and user name you selected in the Select User and Project dialog box.

Project window

Closing a Project

To close the current project and return to the Select User and Project dialog box, 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 Project window and all open bins close, and the Select User and Project dialog box opens.

Project name

User name

Backing Up Your Project Information

Although the Avid system automatically saves your bins, projects, and settings, you should back up these items frequently to avoid losing any of your work in case your hard drive fails. Because the storage requirements are minimal, you can back up these files to a variety of storage devices, such as:

• Floppy disk or equivalent drive

• Removable storage device

• Network storage device (such as a file server)

To back up the larger media files that are created when you digitize footage, you must use a high-capacity storage device. For information on backing up media files, see “Backing Up Media Files” on page 271.

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk

To save your work on a floppy disk or equivalent device:

1. Mount the drive or insert a floppy disk as appropriate.

2. (Windows only) From the Windows desktop, double-click the My Computer icon.

3. Double-click the icon for the destination storage drive or floppy drive to open it. Double-click any additional folders to target the appropriate storage location.

4. Double-click the internal hard drive (Windows) or the Macintosh HD (Macintosh) to open it.

5. Drag a project folder, user folder, or settings file to the targeted storage location.

6. When the system finishes copying the files, unmount the drive or eject the floppy disk and store it where appropriate.

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Restoring from a Backup

To restore a project, user profile, or settings from a backup storage device:

1. Mount the drive or insert a floppy disk as appropriate that contains the backup copies you want to restore.

2. From the desktop, double-click the drive or floppy disk and the internal hard drive (Windows) or the Macintosh HD (Macintosh).

If you are restoring an individual bin or bins, you must relink them to the project from within the Project window. For more information, see

“Opening Bins from Other Projects” on page 92.

3. Drag the copies from the storage device to the appropriate folder on the internal hard drive (Windows) or Macintosh HD/Users/Shared (Macintosh):

- Avid Proje c ts: Project folders and settings files

- Avid Us e rs: User folders and settings files

- Avid Symphony: Site settings files

When you start the Avid application, the restored project and user profile appear in the Select User and Project dialog box.

Ending a Work Session

To end the work session, first you must quit the application, and then turn off your equipment in the order described in these sections:

• Quitting the Avid Application

• Turning Off Your Equipment

Quitting the Avid Application

When you quit the Avid application, it writes a media database file (.mdb) to the workspace in which you are working. Before quitting the Avid application, make sure that the workspace has approximately 50 MB of storage space available. Ask your MediaNetwork administrator to increase the space if you need more storage.

Ending a Work Session

To view remaining storage on your media drives:

t Open the Hardware tool as described in “Using the Hardware Tool” on

page 177.

There are three ways to quit the Avid application.

To quit the Avid application and leave the application immediately:

t (Windows) Select File > Exit. t (Macintosh) Select Avid Symphony > Quit Avid Symphony.

The project closes and the Avid application quits, returning to the desktop.

To quit the Avid application if you are between projects:

1. Click Quit in the Select User and Project dialog box. A message box opens.

2. Do one of the following:

t Click Leave to quit the Avid application. t Click Cancel to return to the Select User and Project dialog box

and select another project.

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If you want to turn off your system, see “Turning Off Your Equipment” on

page 80.

To quit the Avid application from an open project:

1. Click the Close button at the far right (Windows) or at the far left (Macintosh) of the Project Window title bar.

The Select User and Project dialog box opens.

2. Click Quit.

3. Click Leave.

Turning Off Your Equipment

When you finish using your system and want to turn it off completely, follow these steps to avoid damaging your system or media storage drives. Quit the Avid application before turning off your equipment. See “Quitting

the Avid Application” on page 78.

To turn off your equipment:

1. Turn off the system.

For a Windows system: a. Click the Start button, and select Shut Down.

The Shut Down Windows dialog box opens. b. Click the pop-up menu, and select Shut down. c. Click OK. For a Macintosh system: t Select Apple P menu > Shut Down.

2. Turn off the Meridien I/O box.

3. Turn off your speakers and monitors.

Never remove media drives from your Avid system when it is turned on. Shut down the computer, and then remove the drives.

4. Turn off each external drive in the chassis, and then turn off the chassis itself.

5. Turn off all other hardware.

Mounting and Unmounting Drives

The Unmount command makes selected media drives inaccessible to the Avid application. If the drive being ejected supports the auto-eject feature (for example, Jaz

By default, all media drives that are connected to your system are listed and can be seen by the Avid application. You can remove one or more drives from the list at any time by selecting File > Unmount. For example, if you want to use only some of your drives for a particular project, select Unmount to prevent other drives from appearing in the Avid application. The Unmount command does not remove drives from the Windows or Macintosh system.

drives), the command ejects the disk from the drive.

Mounting and Unmounting Drives

You can unmount one or several drive volumes mounted on the desktop at any time from within the Avid application. You can also remount all the drives and return them to the desktop.

This is useful in several circumstances:

• If you work with optical drives for backup and retrieval of lowresolution material, you can unmount drives and mount them as needed to avoid cluttering the desktop during normal use.

• If you work with an extensive array of fixed-storage drives, which might involve many partitions divided among several projects, you can selectively mount and unmount drives according to use.

• If you work with Avid Unity MediaNetwork, you might have to unmount and remount icons on the desktop. For more information, see the Avid Unity MediaNetwork documentation. Also, see “Sharing

Bins and Projects on Avid Unity MediaNetwork” on page 151.

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On systems with multiple media drives, unmounting unused drives can improve the performance of the Media tool. Before you open the Media tool, unmount the drives, see “Using the Media Tool” on page 257.

Before you physically remove or add drives, shut down the Windows system or Macintosh system completely. For information on removing and adding drives, see the setup guide.

Unmounting Drives

To unmount a drive or make a drive unavailable to the Avid application:

1. With the Avid application running, select File > Unmount. The Unmount Disk or Drives dialog box opens.

The scroll list displays all drives currently available.

2. Select a drive to unmount.

3. Ctrl+click (Windows) or Shift+click (Macintosh) to select additional drives.

4. Click Unmount. The drives are no longer available to the Avid application.

Mounting All Drives

Because the system cannot interface with unmounted drives individually, you cannot mount selected drives. However, you can mount all drives connected to the system, including those previously unmounted.

To mount all drives:

t Select File > Mount All.

All drives turned on and connected to the system become available to the Avid application.

Session Check List

Turn on your equipment in the proper order: storage first, peripherals second, and system last. For more information, see the Avid Products Getting Started Guide.

Session Check List

On your desktop, move any settings files, project folders, or user folders from another system into the Avid folders (if necessary) before starting the application.

Start the Avid application.

Create new projects or user profiles, or select existing ones in the Select User and Project dialog box.

After finishing your work for the session, quit the Avid application.

Back up your work before shutting down the equipment.

Turn off your equipment in the opposite order from which you turned it on: system, peripherals, and finally storage.

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Chapter 4

Working with the Project Window

The Project window provides controls for structuring and viewing important information about your current project. You can also modify User, Project, and Site settings from the Project window and display a list of effects. These topics are described in the following sections:

• Opening and Closing the Project Window

• Using the Bins Display

• Using the Settings Scroll List

• Using the Info Display

• Displaying Usage Information

• Customizing the Appearance of the Avid User Interface

• Customizing Your Workspace

• Sharing Bins and Projects on Avid Unity MediaNetwork

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

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Opening and Closing the Project Window

The Project window provides controls (Bins, Info, and Usage) for structuring and viewing information about your current project. The Project window provides access to the Settings scroll list for altering various User, Project, and Site settings, as well as access to the Effect Palette.

You can use the Project window to:

• Create and open bins.

• View and modify settings.

• Access effects.

• View information about the format of the project, system memory usage, and system hardware configuration.

• View information about the work session usage.

• Add folders to your projects for organizing the projects.

Project window (Windows)

Bins from other projects appear in the Project window in italic.

The Project window opens automatically when you select a project in the Select User and Project dialog box. See “Opening and Closing a Project”

on page 66.

Close button

Project window (Macintosh)

Opening and Closing the Project Window

The Project window remains open the entire time you are working in a project; however, it might be hidden from view by several open bins or tools.

To locate and redisplay the Project window, do one of the following:

t Select Tools > Project. t Click in an unobstructed area of the Project window to bring it

forward.

To close the Project window, do one of the following:

t With the Project window active, select File > Close Project. t Click the Close button in the Project window.

The Select User and Project dialog box opens.

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Using the Bins Display

Bins contain the master clips that are created when you digitize source material. (The master clips are linked to the media files.) Bins also contain the sequences, subclips, group clips, and effect clips that you create during a project. From the Project window, you can view a list of bins associated with the project, and open, close, and create bins. You can also open bins created for another project.

Viewing a List of Bins

To view a list of bins associated with the project:

t Click the Bins tab in the Project window.

Bins tab

Fast Menu button

Bin icon

Bins list

From the Bins list, you can examine the number, names, sizes, and location of the bins.

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 96.

Fast Menu button

Triangular opener

New folders

Using the Bins Display

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:

t Click the triangular opener again.

To view a list of only the folder contents and not the folders:

t Click the Fast Menu button, and select Flat View.

The Trash icon and its contents disappear until Flat View is deselected.

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Creating a Folder in a Project

To create a folder in a project:

1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.

2. Click the Fast menu button, and select New Folder. A new untitled folder appears.

3. Click the untitled folder name in the Bins list and rename it.

Creating a New Bin

To create a new bin from the Project window:

1. Do one of the following:

t Select File > New Bin. t Click the New Bin button in the Project window.

A new (empty) bin opens and is given the name of the project as displayed in the title bar of the Project window. The new bin appears in the Bins list of the Project window. A corresponding file is placed in the project folder in the Avid Projects folder, and a backup copy is placed in the Avid Attic folder. For information about the Avid Attic folder, see “Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder” on page 58.

Renaming a Bin

2. Type the name of the new bin, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).

For more information, see “Renaming a Bin” on page 90.

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 title bar of the Project window and is numbered incrementally.

Using the Bins Display

To change the name of a bin:

1. Click the bin name in the Bins list in the Project window.

2. Type a new name.

Project name

compatible File Names

Default bin name

Opening and Closing a Bin

If you have the SuperBin enabled, see “Opening Bins in the SuperBin” on

page 191.

To open a bin directly:

1. Click the Bins tab in the Project window.

2. Double-click the Bin icon next to the bin name.

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The bin opens in a separate window. The Bin icon appears dimmed in the Bins list, indicating the bin is open.

Opening Selected Bins

To open several bins at once from the Project window:

1. Click a Bin icon in the Bins list.

2. Ctrl+click (Windows) or Shift+click (Macintosh) each additional bin you want to open.

3. Select File > Open Selected Bins.

Opening Bins from Other Projects

To open a bin from another project:

1. Select File > Open Bin. The Open a Bin dialog box opens.

Up One Level button

Windows

Macintosh

Using the Bins Display

2. Find and select the bin you want. Bins have the file name extension .avb.

Never open a bin that is stored on a floppy disk or equivalent device; otherwise, the system cannot save your work. Always copy the bin to a project folder on the system drive before you open it. For more information, see the input and output guide.

3. Click Open.

The bin appears in the Bins list in the Project window in a folder called Other Bins. The name Other Bins appears in italic. You can rename this folder. This option is useful when you want to open a bin not currently displayed in the Project window.

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Closing a Bin

The Other Bins folder disappears from the Bins list when you delete all the bins in the Other Bins folder. Deleting bins from the Other Bins folder does not remove the bins from the drive; only the pointers to the bins are removed.

To close a bin, do one of the following:

t Click the Close button. t Select File > Close Bin.

Deleting a Bin or Folder

You can delete bins and folders along with their contents from the Bins list in the Project window. Deleted bins and folders are moved to a Trash folder in the Bins list until you empty the Trash. If you need a deleted bin or folder, you can retrieve it from the Trash. For more information, see

“Viewing Contents in the Trash” on page 95.

Only bins and folders appear in the Trash. If you select a clip, subclip, or effect directly in a bin and press the Delete key, the item is permanently deleted and does not appear in the Trash.

If you have the SuperBin enabled, see “Opening Bins in the SuperBin” on

page 191.

To delete a bin or folder from the Project window:

1. Select the bin or the folder you want to delete in the Bins list.

2. Press the Delete key. A Trash icon appears in the Bins list in the Project window. The Trash

contains the deleted item. The deleted item is stored in the Trash until you empty it.

The Trash is not visible in the Project window until you delete your first item.

Viewing Contents in the Trash

If you need to view the contents in the Trash or decide you do not want to delete those items in the Trash, you must first move the bins and folders from the Trash.

To view items in the Trash:

1. Click the triangular opener next to the Trash icon in the Bins list.

2. Click the bins or folders you want to keep (or view), and drag them from the Trash to the Bins list in the Project window.

3. Double-click the bin or folder to view it.

Emptying the Trash in the Bins List

You can empty the contents of the Trash that is located in the Bins list.

Using the Bins Display

Emptying the trash permanently removes the bins or folders from the drive.

If you change the name of the Trash icon, you cannot empty the Trash.

To empty the Trash in the Bins list:

1. Click the Fast Menu button, and select Empty Trash. A message box opens.

2. Click Empty Trash to delete the bins or folders from the Trash and from your system drive.

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Managing Folders and Bins

You can use the Project window to create hierarchies of folders and bins that reflect the specific workflow of the current project. This structure provides both simplicity and backup security. Although the specifics can vary depending on your production needs and habits, the basic principles of project management are as follows:

• Limit the number of sequences you create in each project. For instance, consider creating one new project for each show, episode, spot, or scene.

• Limit the number and complexity of clips in each bin by creating and organizing bins in three groups, as follows:

- Create a set of bins for the digitizing stage.

For example, you can create one bin for each source tape or each day’s worth of dailies transfers to be digitized to avoid slowing the system with large bins and causing confusion between tapes.

- Create a second set of bins for organizing your project.

For example, you can create a separate bin for each segment of a video project or each scene of a 24p project, depending upon the preferences of the editor.

- Create a third set of bins for the editing stage, including:

A current cut bin for storing each work in progress (sequence) An archive bin for keeping the original version of each cut

(sequence) A selects or storyboard bin for screening selected clips or cuts

gathered from the source bins A format cuts bin for storing the final cuts with added format

elements such as segment breaks, color bars and tone, slate, or countdown

For information on creating Script windows using scripts for your projects, see Chapter 8.

Project folder

Folders containing bin files

Using the Bins Display

• (Option) Create additional folders at the desktop level for better organization. For example, you can create one folder for each digitizing bin and show cut bin, or a folder to contain all shot logs to be imported.

• Save these files as a template for future productions of a similar nature.

A sample template of bins for a project is shown in the following illustration.

Bin files

Settings file Project file

This hierarchy allows you to have one set of bins available in the Project window during the digitizing and organizing phase, and another set of bins available during editing to reduce clutter.

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Saving Bins Automatically

The Avid system automatically saves changes to your work on a regular basis during each session. You can modify the frequency of the automatic backups by using the Bin settings in the Settings scroll list in the Project window.

When you are working with bins, an asterisk (Windows) or a diamond (Macintosh) appears before the bin name in the bin’s title bar. The asterisk (Windows) or diamond (Macintosh) indicates that the changes to the bin have not been saved. After you save the bin, the asterisk (Windows) or diamond (Macintosh) is removed.

When auto-save occurs:

• Any open bins are updated with changes made since the last auto-save.

• Copies of these bins are placed in the project’s Bin folder in one of the following folders as backup:

-(Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Symphony\Avid Attic

folder

- (Macintosh) Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/Avid Attic folder

The system automatically places copies of all bins into the Avid Attic folder at regular intervals for backup. The procedure for recovering bin files from the Avid Attic folder is described in “Retrieving Files from the

Avid Attic Folder” on page 58.

To adjust the frequency of automatic saves:

1. Double-click Bin in the Settings scroll list in the Project window. The Bin Settings dialog box opens.

2. Type a number in the minutes text box for the Auto-save interval.

3. Click OK.

Using the Bins Display

Setting both the maximum number of files stored in the Avid Attic folder and the maximum number of versions of a bin to zero deletes existing files in the project folder in the Avid Attic folder and prevents any backup bins from being saved. Tab le 5 describes the backup options in the Bin Settings dialog box.

You can manually save bins for added security — for example, immediately after an important edit. When your work is lost, or when you want to recover an earlier version of a bin or sequence, you can retrieve files from the Avid Attic folder.

Saving Bins Manually

You can manually save a specific bin or all bins.

To save a specific bin:

1. Click the bin to activate it.

2. Select File > Save Bin.

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 the Bin tab in the Project window to activate it.

2. Select File > Save All. The system saves all the bins for the project.

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Using the Settings Scroll List

From the Settings scroll list in the Project window, you can view, select, open, and alter various User, Project, and Site settings.

To view the Settings scroll list:

t Click the Settings tab in the Project window.

Settings tab

Settings scroll list

Settings type

Understanding Settings

Three types of settings appear in the Settings scroll list, as indicated in the third column of information: User, Project, and Site.

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For information about the location of the settings files, see “Using the Avid

Projects and Avid Users Folders” on page 55.

• User settings are specific to a particular editor. User settings reflect

individual preferences for adjusting the user interface in the Avid application. Individual User settings are stored in each user folder.

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Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Figures

Tables

Using This Guide

Who Should Use This Guide

About This Guide

Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

Related Information

If You Have Documentation Comments

How to Order Documentation

Avid Educational Services

Editing Overview

Editing Workflow

Starting a Project

Preparing to Edit

Editing a Sequence

Finishing Workflow

Desktop Basics

Working with the Desktop

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (Windows Only)

Using Shortcut Menus (Windows)

Using Shortcut Menus (Macintosh)

Using the Windows Taskbar (Windows Only)

Using the Macintosh Dock (Macintosh Only)

Dragging Windows (Windows Only)

Setting the Avid Color Scheme (Windows)

Setting the Apple Color Scheme (Macintosh)

Setting Your Screen Resolution

Changing the Screen Resolution (Windows)

Changing the Screen Resolution (Macintosh)

Using the Avid Symphony Folder

Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

Using the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

Changing Project and User Names

Deleting Projects and User Profiles

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Windows)

Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Macintosh)

Starting the Avid Application (Windows)

Starting the Avid Application (Macintosh)

Starting a Work Session

Opening and Closing a Project

Identifying a User

Creating a New User

Selecting an Existing User

Selecting a Project

Creating a New Project

Setting Film Preferences

Selecting an Existing Project

Nesting Projects in Folders

Opening a Project

Closing a Project

Backing Up Your Project Information

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk

Restoring from a Backup

Ending a Work Session

Quitting the Avid Application

Turning Off Your Equipment

Mounting and Unmounting Drives

Unmounting Drives

Mounting All Drives

Session Check List

Working with the Project Window

Opening and Closing the Project Window

Using the Bins Display

Viewing a List of Bins

Displaying Folders of Bins in the Bins List

Creating a Folder in a Project

Creating a New Bin

Renaming a Bin

Opening and Closing a Bin

Opening Selected Bins

Opening Bins from Other Projects

Closing a Bin

Deleting a Bin or Folder