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Avid Xpress DV User’s Guide• Part 0130-04787-01 Rev. A • April 2001

Chapter 1 Desktop Basics

Working with the Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using Context Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using the Windows 2000 Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Dragging Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Setting the Avid Color Scheme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Setting Your Screen Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

About the Avid Xpress DV Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

About the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Changing Project and User Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Deleting Projects and User Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Starting the Avid Xpress DV Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Chapter 2 Starting a Project

Opening and Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Identifying a User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Creating a New User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Selecting an Existing User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Selecting a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Selecting an Existing Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Creating a New Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Nesting Projects in Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Backing Up Your Project Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk. . 48

Restoring from a Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Ending an Edit Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Quitting the Avid Xpress DV Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Turning Off Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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

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

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

Connecting to the Avid Production Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chapter 3 Working with the Project Window

Opening and Closing the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Using the Bins Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Viewing a List of Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Displaying Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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

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

Renaming a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Opening and Closing a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Opening Selected Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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

Deleting a Bin or Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Viewing Contents in the Trash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Emptying the Trash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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

Saving Bins Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Saving Bins Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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

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

Modifying the Creation Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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

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

Defining Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Reviewing Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Bin Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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

Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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

Appearance Interface Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Changing Interface Component Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Changing Shading Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Changing Button Separation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Displaying Project Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Changing the Settings Scroll List Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

About the Settings Scroll List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Working with Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Selecting Another User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Modifying Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

W orking with Multiple Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Duplicating Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Naming Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Selecting Among Multiple Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Deleting Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Copying Settings Between Settings Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Moving Settings Between Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Using Site Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Using the Info Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Displaying Project Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Viewing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

About the Memory Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Accessing the Hardware Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Customizing Your Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Creating a New Workspace Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Linking User Settings and Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Switching Between Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Deleting a Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Chapter 4 Using Basic Tools

Navigating in Dialog Boxes and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Using the Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Using the Command Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

About Button Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Mapping User-Selectable Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Using the Blank Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Mapping the Modifier Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Mapping Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Activating Commands from the Command Palette. . . . . . . . . 120

Using the Avid Calculator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Using the Console Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Displaying System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Reviewing a Log of Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Getting Information with the Console Window. . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Using the Hardware Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Checking the Hardware Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Chapter 5 Logging

Logging Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Logging Preroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Logging Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Naming Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Double-Checking the Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Adding a Memory Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

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

Converting Log Files with Avid Log Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Converting a Log File to an ALE File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Using Drag-and-Drop Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Logging Directly to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Logging with an Avid-Controlled Camera or Deck . . . . . . . . . 141

Logging with a Non-Avid-Controlled Camera or Deck. . . . . . 145

Exporting Shot Log Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Chapter 6 Preparing to Record

Understanding Digital Video (DV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

What Is DV? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

What Is IEEE Standard 1394? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

What Is OHCI?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Selecting Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Record Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Configuring Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Deleting Deck Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Setting Deck Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Setting Up the Record Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Opening the Record Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Selecting a Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Selecting Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Viewing Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Selecting a Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Selecting Source Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Choosing a Target Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Selecting the Target Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Targeting a Single Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Targeting Separate Drives for Video and Audio. . . . . . . . 170

Interpreting the Time-Remaining Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Recording to Multiple Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Recording Across Timecode Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Using Record Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

General Record Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Batch Record Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Edit Record Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Media Files Record Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Preparing for Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

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

Adjusting Audio Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

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

Adjusting the Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Adjusting Audio Input Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

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

Using the Console Window to Check Audio Levels . . . . . . . . 193

Compression Resolutions and Storage Requirements. . . . . . . . . . 195

Screen Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Digital Video Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Setting Media Creation Resolutions and Selecting Drives . . 195

Storage Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Chapter 7 Recording

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Adding Clip Names and Comments On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Recording and Logging at the Same Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Recording from One Point to Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Recording from an IN Point to an OUT Point . . . . . . . . . . 203

Setting Both Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Setting Only One Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Recording On-the-Fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Autorecording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Recording from a Non-Avid-Controlled Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Recording with Time-of-Day Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Recording Audio from a Music CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Recording to the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Patching When Recording to the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Batch Recording from Logged Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Preparing to Batch Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Resizing the Record Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Preparing Settings for Unattended Batch Recording . . . . 220

Batch Recording Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Rerecording Your Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Rerecording Master Clips and Subclips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Rerecording Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Saving Two Versions of a Sequence When Rerecording . 224

Rerecording the Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Other Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Controlling Decks from the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Naming a New Tape from the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Ejecting Tapes with a Button or Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Returning to Previous Place in the Select Tape Dialog Box . . 229

Chapter 8 Importing Files

Preparing to Import Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Creating and Using Import Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Creating a New Import Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Modifying an Existing Import Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Import Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Importing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Using the Drag-and-Drop Method to Import Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Using Open Media Management (OMM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Specifying OMM Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Using OMM to Import Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Reimporting Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

The Batch Import Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Selected Clips Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Import Target Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Import Options Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Starting the Reimport Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Chapter 9 Organizing with Bins

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Adjusting Pan Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Setting the Bin Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

About Bin Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Text View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Frame View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Script View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Custom Bin Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Customizing Bin Views in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Saving a Custom Bin View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Bin Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Basic Bin Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Setting the Bin Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Selecting Clips and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Duplicating Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Moving Clips and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Copying Clips and Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Deleting Clips, Sequences, or Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Assigning Colors to Bin Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Adding a Color Column to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Assigning a Source Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Assigning a Custom Source Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Limiting Color Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Sorting by Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Sifting by Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Highlighting Offline Media Cl ips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Sifting Clips and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Selecting Offline Items in a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Selecting Media Relatives for an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Using Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Arranging Bin Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Moving and Rearranging Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Aligning Bin Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Showing and Hiding Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Deleting a Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Duplicating a Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Adding Customized Columns to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Changing a Custom Column Heading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Managing Clip Information in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Moving Within Column Cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Modifying Clip Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Modifying Data Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Modifying Data by Using the Modify Command. . . . . . . 286

Copying Information Between Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Sorting Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Sorting Clips in Ascending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Sorting Clips in Descending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Performing Multilevel Sorting with Columns. . . . . . . . . . 290

Using Frame View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Changing the Bin Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Enlarging or Reducing Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Rearranging Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Changing the Frame Identifying the Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Arranging Frames in a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Using Script View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Entering Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Adding Text in Script View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Rearranging Clips in Script View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Printing Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Gathering Format Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Preparing Digital Bars and Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Importing Color Bars and Other Test Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Creating Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Creating Video Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Creating Audio Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Chapter 10 Managing Media Files

Using the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Basic Media Tool Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Opening the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Consolidating Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

About the Consolidate Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Using the Consolidate Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Loading the Media Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Backing Up Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Finding a Related Media File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Relinking Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Relinking to Selected Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Relinking Consolidated Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Relinking Moved Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Unlinking Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Chapter 11 Using Script Integration

Line Script Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Explanation of Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Lining in the Digital Realm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Script Integration Workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Using Script Integration in Video Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Script Window Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Modifying Script Sett in gs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Importing a Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Opening, Closing, and Saving the Script Window . . . . . . . . . 334

Displaying Clip Information in a Script Window . . . . . . . . . . 334

Navigating in the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Adjusting the Script Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Manipulating Script Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Changing the Font of the Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Selecting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Removing Script Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Searching Through Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Using Scene and Page Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Adding a Scene or Page Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Changing a Scene or Page Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Deleting a Scene or Page Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Searching for a Scene or Page Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Conducting a Text Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Linking Clips to the Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Interpolating Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Manipulating Slates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Selecting Slates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Resizing a Slate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Holding Slates On Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Hiding Slate Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Showing One Take per Slate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Moving a Slate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Deleting a Slate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Manipulating Takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Selecting Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Adding Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Deleting Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Displaying Take Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Changing the Representative Frame for a Take . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Loading Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Playing Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Adjusting Take Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Indicating Off-Screen Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Using Color Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Using Script Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Placing Script Marks Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Automating Screening and Marking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Loading and Playing Marked Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Moving a Script Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Deleting a Script Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Finding Clips and Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Finding Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Finding Clips and Bins from the Script Window. . . . . . . . . . . 363

Editing with the Script Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Script Editing Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Splicing a Script Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Revising the Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Interactive Screenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Chapter 12 Viewing and Marking Footage

Customizing the Monitor Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Changing the Composer Monitor Background Color . . . . . . . 369

Changing the Source Pop-up Monitor Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

About Using the 16:9 Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Using the 16:9 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Displaying Tracking Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Tracking Format Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Displaying the Clip Information Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Moving the Clip Info Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Displaying the Timecode Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Setting the Font and Point Size for Monitor Displays . . . . . . 378

Playing Video to the Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Connecting a Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Selecting the Client Monitor Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Supporting a Camera Without Video Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Viewing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Loading and Clearing Footage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Loading into the Source Pop-up and Composer Monitors. . . 382

Using the Clip Name Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Switching Between Loaded Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Clearing Sequences from Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Resizing Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Hiding the Video in the Composer Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Resizing the Composer Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Controlling Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Using Position Bars and Position Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Using Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

About the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Shuttling with J-K-L Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Navigating with Home, End, and Arrow Keys . . . . . . . . . 393

Play Length “In Use” Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Marking and Subcataloging Footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Marking IN and OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Clearing a Mark and Setting a New One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Dragging IN and OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Marking an Entire Clip or Segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Marking Audio Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Using the Tool Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Using the Timeline Top Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Creating Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Using Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Ways to Use Locators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Adding Locators While Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Moving to the Previous or Next Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Copying Locators from Source Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Marking an Area Using Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Deleting a Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Using the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Viewing and Navigating in the Locators Window . . . . . . 410

Sorting Information in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . 410

Displaying Frames in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Changing the Color of the Locator Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Accessing a Locator in a Sequence or Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Printing the Locators Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Deleting Locators by Using the Locators Window . . . . . . 413

Displaying Information in the Locators Window. . . . . . . 413

Finding Frames and Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Using Frame Offset Timecode to Cue a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Using Timecode to Fi nd a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Using Match Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Chapter 13 First Edits

Setting Up a New Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Creating a New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Changing Clip Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Changing the Start Timecode for Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Setting Up Tracks for the New Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Adding Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Making the First Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Beginning to Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Creating an Instant Rough Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Undoing or Redoing Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Monitoring Audio While Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Editing Additional Clips into the Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Performing a Splice-in Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Performing an Overwrite Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Lifting, Extracting, and Copying Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Lifting Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Extracting Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Copying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

Using the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Placing a Sequence into the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Recovering Material from the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Playing the New Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Playing a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Starting a Playback Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Playback Performance Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Proceeding with Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Chapter 14 Using the Timeline

Customizing Timeline Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Accessing the Timeline Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Using the Timeline Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Additional Procedures for Customizing the Timeline . . . . . . 444

Enlarging and Reducing Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Changing the Timeline Track Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Saving a Custom Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Replacing a Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Restoring the Default Timeline View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Navigating in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Using the Position Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Using the Timeline Scroll Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Displaying Detail in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Controlling Movement in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Using the Track Selector Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Selecting Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Monitoring Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Monitoring Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Monitoring Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Monitoring a Solo Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Cycling Through a Selection of Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Locking Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Locking and Unlocking Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Patching Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Sync Locking Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Deleting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Adding an Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Removing Add Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Backtiming Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Detecting Duplicate Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Finding Flash Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Editing in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Selecting and Deselecting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Selecting Segments with the Segment Mode Pointer. . . . 466

Lassoing One or More Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Deselecting Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Performing Segment Mode Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Extracting/Splicing-in Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Lifting/Overwriting Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Deleting Segments with Segment Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Bin Editing into the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Setting the Duration for Filler at the Start of a Sequence. . . . 472

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

About Effects Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

About Nesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Printing the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Chapter 15 Working in Trim Mode

Customizing Trim Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Using Basic Trim Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

Entering Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Exiting Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Selecting Between Trim Sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Selecting Additional Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Performing a Basic Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Reviewing the Trim Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Reviewing an Edit with the Play Loop Button. . . . . . . . . . 482

Trimming Video Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Slipping or Sliding Clips or Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Selecting Clips or Segments for Slip or Slide Trimming . . . . 484

Performing the Slip or Slide Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Creating Overlap Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Maintaining Sync While Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Adding Black While Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Trimming with Sync-Locked Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Chapter 16 Working with Audio

About Audio Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491

Accessing Audio Effect Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492

Audio Editing Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Soloing Audio Tracks in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Using Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

Smooth Scrub Versus Digital Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

Selecting Tracks for Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Performing Smooth Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Using the J-K-L Keys to Perform Smooth Scrub . . . . . . . . 496

Using Digital Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Adjusting Digital Scrub Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Performing the Digital Scrub Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Displaying Waveform Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Using the Audio Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

Resizing the Audio Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Adjusting One Audio Track at a Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

Changing an Audio Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Adjusting Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Applying Pan Value Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Ganging and Adjusting Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Rendering an Audio Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Modifying Pan Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Creating or Modifying an Audio Pan/Vol Effect. . . . . . . . 510

Modifying How the System Interprets Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Bypassing Existing Volume Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

Adjusting Volume While Playing an Audio Mix Effect . . . . . 511

Limitations on Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Improving Response Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Using Audio Gain Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Automation Gain Values and System Clip Gain Values. . . . . 514

Adjusting Volume in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Deleting Audio Gain Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Moving Audio Gain Keyframes in the Timeline. . . . . . . . 518

About the Automation Gain Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Track Solo Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Selecting Tracks in the Automation Gain Tool . . . . . . . . . 521

Automation Gain Tool Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Recording Automation Gain Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Using the Automation Gain Tool Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Using a Keyboard Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Using the Audio EQ Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Audio EQ Tool Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Basic EQ Tool Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

EQ-Specific Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Applying Audio EQ Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Saving Audio EQ Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Removing Audio EQ Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Audio EQ Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Low Shelf Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Small Octave Range Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Using Audio EQ Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538

Applying an EQ Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Creating Your Own Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

About Adding an EQ Template to the Fast Menu . . . . . . . 540

Adding an EQ Template to the Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Adjusting EQ While Playing an Audio Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Installing AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Using Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Applying an AudioSuite Plug-In to a Clip in the Timeline . . 545

Using a Plug-In Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

AudioSuite Plug-In Fast Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Rendering Plug-In Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Creating New Master Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

AudioSuite Controls for Creating New Master Clips . . . 549

Mono, Stereo, and Multichannel Processing . . . . . . . . . . . 551

Using Plug-Ins to Create New Master Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Using AudioSuite Effect Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

Plug-In Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

Troubleshooting AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

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

Addressing Errors When Rendering a Plug-in Effect. . . . 556

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

Using the Audio Punch-In Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Creating the Voice-Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Monitoring the Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Monitoring Previously Recorded Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Voice-Over Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562

Fine-Tuning Audio Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562

Fading and Dipping Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Fading Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Dipping Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Mixing Down Audio Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Changing the Sample Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Chapter 17 Syncing Methods

Managing Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Editing to Avoid Sync Breaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Fixing Sync Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Fixing Sync in Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Fixing Sync in Segment Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Managing Sync with Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

Using Sync Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

Syncing with Tail Leader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

Syncing with Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575

Using Add Edit When Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

Chapter 18 Output Options

Preparing for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Choosing Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Preparing for Audio Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Choosing Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Audio Sample Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Setting the Calibration Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Calibrating Global Output Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Adjusting Output on Two-Channel Audio Systems. . . . . 583

Preparing Record Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Frame-Accurate Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Manual Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Using the Digital Cut Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Previewing a Digital Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

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

Using EDL Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Using the FilmScribe Bundle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Setting Up a Matchback Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Choosing Film Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Chapter 19 Exporting and Exchanging Material

About Exporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Preparing to Export a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

Using Avid ePublisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Sending Files to Avid ePublisher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

If Avid ePublisher Is Currently Running. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

If Avid ePublisher Is Not Currently Running . . . . . . . . . . 603

Using Media Cleaner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Exporting as an MPEG-1 or an MPEG-2 File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

QuickTime Reference Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

Exporting as a QuickTime Reference Movie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

QuickTime Reference Export Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Exporting as a QuickTime Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Selecting QuickTime Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

Creating Files for a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Exporting Video in DV Stream Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628

Using the Review & Approval Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631

Obtaining Review & Approval Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

Opening Review & Approval Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

Displaying Information in the Locators Window. . . . . . . . . . . 634

Using Locator Colors with Review & Approval Files . . . . . . . 634

Mixing Down Video Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635

Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636

Using the Drag-and-Drop Method for Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639

Using AvidLinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640

Using OMM to Export Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

Exporting a Clip with OMM and Drag-and-Drop . . . . . . . . . . 643

Customizing Export Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644

Creating a New Export Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644

About OMF Interchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646

Choosing an OMFI Transfer Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647

Exporting OMFI Compositions Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647

Exporting OMFI Compositions with Media Files. . . . . . . 649

Exporting as an AAF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652

Exporting AAF Compositions Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653

Exporting AAF Compositions with Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . 655

Exporting as an AVI File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658

AVI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662

AVI Video Compression Dialog Box Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665

About Avid Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

Using the Avid Codecs for QuickTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

Exporting with an Avid Meridien Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667

Exporting with the Avid Codec for QuickTime. . . . . . . . . 670

Using the Avid Codec for AVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

Installing an Avid Codec on Other Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

Copying an Avid Codec for QuickTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

Copying an Avid Codec for AVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

Exporting from a Third-Party Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

Exporting Tracks as Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

Exporting as a Graphic File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

Transferring a Project Between Avid Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

Methods for Transferring Files Between Avid Systems . . . . . 689

Compatibility Requirements for Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

Transferring a Project and Associated Media Files . . . . . . . . . 690

Transferring Projects, User Profiles, and Site Settings . . . . . . 691

Appendix A Using AudioSuite Plug-Ins

Accessing the AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

Additional Supported Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Broadband Noise Reduction (BNR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Focusrite d3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698

Digidesign D-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698

Digidesign D-fx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Description of Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Using Compression Effectively. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

Compressor Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

Limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

Limiter Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703

Expander-Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

Expander-Gate Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Gate Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

EQ II Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

Invert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

Duplicate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

Mod Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

Mod Delay Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

DC Offset Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

Time Compression Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

Master Clip Mode Parallel Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

Time Compression Expansion Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718

Pitch Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720

Pitch Shift Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722

Appendix B File Format Specifications

Graphic (Image) Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724

Preparing Graphic Files for Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727

Graphic File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

Animation Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734

Audio File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737

OMFI Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

Field Ordering in Graphic Imports and Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

Appendix C Avid Log Specifications

Log Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

Understanding Avid Log Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

Describing an Avid Log File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

Global Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

Column Headings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749

Data Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

Sample Avid Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

Index

Tables

Table 3-1 Bin Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Table 3-2 Bin Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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

Table 3-4 Interface Settings Options (General Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Table 3-5 Interface Settings Options (Appearance Tab) . . . . . . . 85

Table 3-6 Customizable Interface Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Table 3-7 Settings Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Table 3-8 Settings Scroll List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Table 4-1 Navigation Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Table 5-1 Line Endings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Table 6-1 Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Table 6-2 Deck Preferences Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Table 6-3 Record Settings Options (General Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Table 6-4 Record Settings Options (Batch Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Table 6-5 Record Settings Options (Edit Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Table 6-6 Record Settings (Media Files Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Table 6-7 Informational Audio Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Table 6-8 Adjustable Audio Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Table 8-1 Import Settings Options (Image Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Table 8-2 Import Setting Options (OMFI Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Table 8-3 Import Setting Options (Shot Log Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Table 9-1 Object Icon Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Table 9-2 Shortcuts for Moving in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Table 9-3 Modify Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Table 10-1 Consolidate Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Table 10-2 Relinking Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Table 11-1 Script Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Table 12-1 Timecode Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Table 14-1 Timeline Settings Options (Display Tab) . . . . . . . . . . 441

Table 14-2 Timeline Settings Options (Edit Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Table 14-3 Timeline Fast Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Table 16-1 Number of Tracks and Scrub Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Table 16-2 Audio Mix Fast Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Table 16-3 Change Sample Rate Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Table 18-1 Film Setting Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Table 19-1 Export Settings Dialog Box

(QuickTime Reference Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Table 19-2 QuickTime Movie Export Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Table 19-3 QuickTime Movie Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618

Table 19-4 QuickTime Compression Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

Table 19-5 Export Settings Dialog Box

(DV Stream Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

Table 19-6 Applications for AvidLinks Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641

Table 19-7 Export Settings Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645

Table 19-8 Export Settings Dialog Box

(OMFI Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

Table 19-9 Export Settings Dialog Box

(AAF Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657

Table 19-10 AVI Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662

Table 19-11 AVI Video Compression Dialog Box

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665

Table 19-12 Export Settings Dialog Box

(Audio Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

Table 19-13 Export Settings Dialog Box

(Graphic Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

Table 19-14 Graphic Format Options Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683

Table 19-15 Devices for Transferring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

Table 19-16 Default Folder and File Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

Table B-1 Graphic File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729

Table B-2 Animation File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 734

Table B-3 QuickTime File Import and Export

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735

Table B-4 AVI File Import and Export

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737

Table B-5 OMFI File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

Table B-6 Recommended Field Settings for Two-Field

Import and Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742

Table C-1 Avid Log Global Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

Table C-2 Avid Log Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750

Table C-3 Avid Log Data Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752

CHAPTER 1

Desktop Basics

Although most of your work is performed within the Avid Xpress DV application, you will need to use a few basic desktop procedures.

The following sections describe basic procedures involving the Windows 2000 operating system and the Avid folders:

• Working with the Desktop

• About the Avid Xpress DV Folder

• Managing the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

• Starting the Avid Xpress DV Application

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

Working with the Desktop

For information on the Windows 2000 operating system, such as the desktop and icons, see your

Microsoft Windows 2000 Help.

This section describes the following desktop features that you will use when working with the Avid Xpress DV application.

• Creating an Emergency Repair Disk

• Using Context Menus

• Using the Windows 2000 Taskbar

• Dragging Windows

• Setting the Avid Color Scheme

• Setting Your Screen Resolution

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk

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

To create an emergency repair disk:

1. Click the Start button and click Run.

2. In the text box, type:

rdisk /s

3. Click OK.

4. Follow the instructions to create the disk.

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

If you have a problem, search for Emergency Repair Disk in the Windows 2000 Help.

Using Context Menus

Instead of using the standard menus to find the command you need in a window, try using the context menus.

To use a context menu:

t Right-click on a window to access a context menu that shows the

most frequently used commands for that window. For a list of the available shortcuts, see the Avid Xpress DV Quick Reference.

You can also right-click a screen object to access What’s This Help for the object.

Using the Windows 2000 Taskbar

By default, the Microsoft Windows taskbar always appears on the bottom of your screen, on top of your application. You have two other choices:

• Keeping the taskbar hidden behind the application

• Setting the taskbar to appear only when you drag the mouse pointer to it

If you keep the taskbar hidden while running Avid Xpress DV and you minimize an application such as Help, you will not see the minimized icon. To see the taskbar and minimized icons, minimize Avid Xpress DV.

To change the taskbar settings:

1. Right-click an unused part of the taskbar.

2. Choose Properties from the pop-up menu. The Taskbar Properties dialog box appears.

3. Click the Taskbar Options tab.

4. Select the options you want: t To keep the taskbar hidden, deselect Always on top and Auto

hide.

t To set the taskbar to appear when you want, select Always on

top and Auto hide.

5. Click OK.

The taskbar can to be dragged to the top, bottom, or either side of the monitor.

For more information, see your Windows 2000 Help.

Dragging Windows

By default, Windows 2000 systems show the contents of windows when you drag them. Deselect this option to improve screen display and to avoid problems repainting the screen.

To deselect the option “Show window contents while dragging”:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control

2. Double-click Display.

3. Click the Effects tab.

4. Deselect “Show window contents while dragging.”

5. Click OK.

Panel.

The Display Properties dialog box appears.

For a shortcut to the Display Properties dialog box, right-click an empty part of the desktop, and choose Properties from the pop-up menu.

Setting the Avid Color Scheme

By default, Avid Xpress DV is set to the gray and purple Avid color scheme.

To change the color scheme:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click Display. The Display Properties dialog box appears.

3. Click the Appearance tab.

4. Choose a different color scheme from the Scheme pop-up menu.

5. Click OK.

For a shortcut to the Display Properties dialog box, right-click an empty part of the desktop, and choose Properties from the pop-up menu.

Setting Your Screen Resolution

Avid Xpress DV works best with the following screen resolutions:

One Monitor Two Monitors

1024 x 768 pixels 2048 x 768 pixels

1152 x 864 pixels 2304 x 864 pixels

1280 x 1024 pixels 2560 x 1024 pixels

A larger resolution displays more pixels and lets you view more objects in the monitors. The objects will appear smaller.

When using a single board to drive two monitors, the maximum resolution at which video will play correctly may be limited. If video does not play correctly, try r educing the resolution to 2048 x 768 pixels.

For additional information about setting screen resolutions, see the Avid Xpress DV Getting Started Guide.

To view or change the screen resolution:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click Display. The Display Properties dialog box appears.

3. Click the Settings tab.

4. Under Desktop Area, drag the slider to the resolution you want.

5. Click OK.

Also in the Settings tab, make sure the Color palette is set to True Color.

For a shortcut to the Display Properties dialog box, right-click an empty part of the desktop, and choose Properties from the pop-up menu.

About the Avid Xpress DV Folder

The Avid Xpress DV folder contains essential operational files and supporting files. You can find the Avid Xpress DV folder in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\

You should not touch any of these files, except where noted in the following descriptions:

• Help folder: This folder contains the Help files. You can find

information about Help by clicking the Using Help button in the Help browser. See the Avid Xpress DV Getting Started Guide.

• Avid Xpress DV application: The application icon resides here.

You can start the application by following the procedures described in “Starting the Avid Xpress DV Application” on

page 39.

• Settings folder: In addition to Project and User settings, the

system maintains settings files in this folder that apply to all users and all projects on the system. You can copy or move the Site Settings file to other systems on the desktop, using the same procedure described in “Moving Settings Between Systems” on

page 102.

• SupportingFiles folder: This folder contains a series of files that

add functionality to the application. The system accesses most of these files from within the application. You can add third-party effects to the 3rd Party Plug-Ins folder and AVX_Plug-Ins folder from programs such as Avid Visual Extensions (AVX

effects editing, as described in the Av id Xpress DV Effects Guide.

™

) for use in

Managing the A vid Projects and Avid Users Folder s

Managing projects, user profiles, and settings involves moving, copying, or deleting files and folders, and changing project or user names. You use the desktop to move projects and user profiles between systems. For information about moving a project from one system to another, see the Avid Products Collaboration Guide.

About the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

When you create a new project or user profile, the system creates the following files and folders:

• When you create a new user, the system creates three items: a user profile file, a User Settings file, and a user folder containing both. Each item is given the user name you provide. The new folder is stored in the Avid Users folder on the internal hard drive.

• When you create a new project, the system creates three items: a project file, a Project Settings file, and a project folder containing both. Each item is given the project name you provide. This new folder is stored in the Avid Projects folder on the internal hard drive.

A vid Pr ojects and Avid Users folders allow you to move entire projects or selected Project and User settings between systems by copying and moving files on your desktop.

Changing Project and User Names

You cannot change project or user names from within the Avid Xpress DV application. You must change the name from your desktop before starting the application.

To change a project or user name:

1. Double-click the internal hard drive to open it.

2. Double-click the Avid Users or the Avid Projects folder to open it.

3. Click the name of the folder you want to change. The name is highlighted for text entry, and the arrow changes to

an I-beam.

4. Type the new name of the folder.

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

5. Close the windows and restart the Avid Xpress DV application.

Deleting Projects and User Profiles

You cannot delete projects and user profiles from within the Avid Xpress DV application. You must make the change from your desktop before starting the application. The Avid Users and Avid Projects folders are located in:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Xpress DV

To delete a project or user profile:

1. Double-click the internal hard drive to open it.

2. Double-click the Avid Users or the Avid Projects folder to open it.

3. Drag the project or user folder you want to delete to the Recycle Bin. Empty the Recycle Bin to remove the files from the system.

Deleting a project also deletes any bins that are in that project.

4. Close the windows and restart the Avid Xpress DV application.

Recorded media related to a deleted project is not eliminated with the project folder. For more information on deleting media files, see “Deleting Clips,

Sequences, or Media” on page 268 and “Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool” on page 306.

Starting the Avid Xpress DV Application

The Avid Xpress DV application is located in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Xpress DV

For most users, the desktop is a more convenient location for starting the application. For information on creating a shortcut on the desktop, see your Microsoft Windows 2000 documentation.

To start Avid Xpress DV:

1. Click the Start button.

2. Point to Programs.

3. Point to the Avid folder.

4. Select Avid Xpress DV. After a few moments, the Select User and Project dialog box

appears.

CHAPTER 2

Starting a Project

Your work in Avid Xpress DV begins when you turn on the system, start the application, and open an existing project or create a new project. This chapter describes these and other procedures for starting a project. You can use several techniques to safeguard and restore your work if necessary. These topics are covered in the following sections:

• Opening and Closing a Project

• Backing Up Your Project Information

• Ending an Edit Session

• Mounting and Ejecting Drives

• Connecting to the Avid Production Network

For information on the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system and terminology, see the Microsoft Windows 2000 Help. For information on turning on your system, see the Avid Xpress DV Getting Started Guide.

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

Opening and Closing a Project

Each time you start the Avid Xpress DV application, the Select User and Project dialog box appears.

Users scroll list Projects scroll list

To establish your identity as a user with the system and to select or create a project to open, use the following procedures:

• Identifying a User

• Selecting a Project

• Opening a Project

• Closing a Project

Y ou can also create additional folders within which to stor e projects, or you can quit the application from the Select User and Project dialog box.

Identifying a User

To identify a user for the project, do one of the following:

t Create and identify a new user. t Select a user from a list of existing users. This user name

Creating a New User

To create a new user profile:

represents the user profile, which includes the settings associated with the user.

1. Click New User in the Select User and Project dialog box.

2. Type the name of the new user, and press Enter.

If you plan to move bins and projects from one platform to another , do not use

the characters / \ : * ? “ < > |when naming projects, bins, and users.

3. Click OK. The Select User and Project dialog box reappears with your user

name highlighted in the list of users.

You are ready to select a project. See “Selecting a Project” on page 43.

Selecting an Existing User

To select from the list of existing users:

t Click the user name to highlight it in the Users scroll list on the left

side of the Select User and Project dialog box. Folders containing collections of users appear in the list with

asterisks preceding them.

To select a user in a folder:

1. Double-click the folder to open it and display the user names.

2. Click a user name to select it.

Selecting a Project

To select a project, do one of the following:

t Open an existing project. t Create and open a new project.

You can also place projects in folders and nest the folders within other folders.

Selecting an Existing Project

Existing projects appear in the Projects scroll list in the Select User and Project dialog box.

Projects pop-up menu

Projects scroll list

To select an existing project, do one of the foll ow ing in the Select User and Project dialog box:

t Click an existing project name to highlight it. t Press the first letter of the project name on the keyboard to

highlight it.

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 highlight it.

To locate a project in another folder:

1. Click the Projects pop-up menu, and choose a drive from the Volumes submenu.

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 highlight it.

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 appears.

If you have the FilmScribe™ bundle, which includes the Matchback option, your New Project dialog box has additional options. For more information, see “Setting Up a Matchback Project” on page 594 and “Choosing Film

Settings” on page 595.

2. Type the name of your new project in the highlighted text box.

3. Choose either NTSC or PAL from the Format pop-up menu.

4. Click OK. The system creates the new project files and folder, and returns

you to the Select User and Project dialog box. The project name is highlighted in the Projects scroll list.

Nesting Projects in Folders

You can create folders in the Select User and Project dialog box for storing related products. Before you can nest a folder, you must first create a folder.

To create a folder:

1. Click New Folder in the Select User and Project dialog box. The New Folder dialog box appears.

2. Type a name for the folder, and press Enter or click OK. The folder name appears in the Projects scroll list with an asterisk

preceding it.

3. Double-click the folder name to open the folder.

Any new projects you create now are displayed and stored in this folder. Any existing projects you move into this folder from your desktop are displayed in this folder.

Opening a Project

To open a project, do one of the following:

t Click OK in the the Select User and Project dialog box. t Double-click the highlighted project name in the Pr ojects scroll list. t Double-click the highlighted user name in the Users scroll list.

The Composer monitor and the bin open with the selected User settings loaded.

The title bar of the Project window contains the project name and user name you selected in the Select User and Project dialog box.

Project window

Closing a Project

When you close the current project, you return to the Select User and Project dialog box.

To close the current project, do one of the following:

t With the Project window active, choose Close from the File menu. t Click the Close button in the Project window.

Project name User name

Close button

Backing Up Your Project Information

For information on using the Auto-save feature, see “Saving

Bins Automatically” on page 69.

Although A v id Xpress DV automatical ly saves your bins, pr ojects, and settings, you should back up these items frequently to avoid losing any of your work in case your hard drive fails. Because the storage requirements are minimal, you can back up these files easily to a variety of storage devices, including:

• Floppy disk

• Network storage device (such as a file server)

• Mass-storage device

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk

To save your work on a drive or floppy disk:

1. Mount the drive or insert a floppy disk as appropriate.

2. From the Windows 2000 desktop, double-click My Computer.

3. Double-click the icon for the targeted storage drive or floppy disk to open it. Double-click any additional folders to target the appropriate storage location.

4. Double-click the internal hard drive to open it.

5. Drag a project folder, user folder, or settings file to the targeted storage location.

6. When the system finishes copying the files, unmount the drive or eject the floppy disk and store it where appropriate.

Restoring from a Backup

To restore a project, user profile, or settings from a backup storage device:

1. Mount the drive or insert a floppy disk as appropriate.

2. From the desktop, double-click the drive or floppy disk and the internal hard drive.

3. Drag the copies from the storage device to the appropriate folder on the internal hard drive:

Folder Contents

Avid Projects Project folders and settings files

Avid Users User folders and settings files

Avid Xpress

4. Start the Avid Xpress DV application. See “Starting the

Avid Xpress DV Application” on page 39.

DV Site settings files

Ending an Edit Session

To end an edit session:

1. Quit the application.

2. Turn off your equipment in the order described in this section.

Quitting the Avid Xpress DV Application

There are three ways to quit Avid Xpress DV.

To quit the Avid Xpress DV application and leave the application immediately:

t Choose Exit from the File menu.

The project closes, and Avid Xpress DV returns to the desktop.

To quit the Avid Xpress DV application if you are between projects:

1. Click the Quit button in the Select User and Project dialog box.

A message box appears.

Quit button

2. Click Leave to quit the Avid Xpress DV application. Click Cancel to return to the Select User and Project dialog box and select another project.

If you want to turn off your system, see “Turning Off Your Equipment” on

page 51.

To quit the Avid Xpress DV application from an open project:

1. Click the Close button at the far right of the Project Window title bar.

The Select User and Project dialog box appears.

2. Click the Quit button.

3. Click the Leave button.

Turning Off Your Equipment

To turn off your equipment without damaging your computer or media storage drives:

Quit Avid Xpress DV before turning off your equipment. See

“Quitting the Avid Xpress DV Application” on page 50.

1. Click the Start button and choose Shut Down to turn off your system.

2. Turn off your speakers and monitors.

3. Turn off each drive. Move your drives only when the system is completely off.

Never remove drives from your Av id Xpress DV system when it is turned on.

Mounting and Ejecting Drives

The Eject command makes selected media drives inaccessible to

Avid Xpress DV. If the drive you eject supports the auto-eject feature (for example, Jaz

By default, all media drives that are connected to your system are listed and can be seen by Avid Xpress DV. You can remove one or more drives from the list at any time by choosing Eject from the File menu. For example, if you want to use only some of your drives for a particular project, choose Eject to prevent other drives fr om appearing in Avid Xpress DV. The Eject command does not remove drives from the Windows 2000 system.

Shut down the Windows 2000 system completely before you physically remove or add drives.

On systems with multiple media drives, ejecting unused drives can improve the performance of the Media tool. You need to eject the drives before you can open the Media tool. See “Using the Media Tool” on page 303.

drives), the command ejects the disk from the drive.

Ejecting Drives

To eject a disk or make a drive unavailable to Avid Xpress DV:

1. With the Avid Xpress DV application active, choose Eject from the File menu.

The Select a Drive dialog box appears. The scroll list displays all drives currently available.

2. Select a drive to eject. Ctrl+click to select additional drives.

3. Click the Eject button. The drives are no longer available to Avid Xpress DV.

Mounting All Drives

Because the system cannot interface with ejected drives individually, you cannot mount selected drives. However , you can mount all drives connected to the system, including those previously ejected.

To mount all drives:

t Choose Mount All from the File menu.

All drives turned on and connected to the system become available to Avid Xpress DV.

Connecting to the Avid Production Network

The Avid Production Network™ (AvidProNet™) is a Web site community designed specifically for professionals in the media creation business. The purpose of the AvidProNet Web site is to provide you with Web-based tools and services to allow you to take full advantage of the Internet in your business.

You can use Review & Approval™ services for an easy method to obtain the required reviews and approvals for your material during the production process. Review & Approval services are available on the AvidProNet Web site. See “Using the Review & Approval

Service” on page 631.

To access the AvidProNet Web site from your Avid system:

t Choose the following item from the Help menu:

www.AvidProNet.com

CHAPTER 3

Working with the Project Window

The Project window provides controls in thr ee differ ent display modes for structuring and viewing important information about your current project. These include a display of bins and folders associated with the project, a list of all settings, and basic information about the format of the project and use of system memory. These topics are described in the following sections:

• Opening and Closing the Project Window

• Using the Bins Display

• Using the Settings Scroll List

• Using the Info Display

• Customizing Your Workspace

Opening and Closing the Project Window

The Project window provides three different displays (Bins, Settings and Info) for structuring and viewing information about your current project.

Settings button

Bins button

Info button

Use the Project window to:

• Create and open bins.

• View and modify settings.

• View information about the format of the project and the use of system memory.

You can also add folders to your projects that allow you to organize the projects.

Bins from other projects appear in the Project window in italics.

You can see bins and folders in a flat view, which lists only the folder contents and not the folder. Flat view is an option in the Project window’s Fast menu. You can also drag bins into folders or folders into folders.

The Project window opens automatically when you select a project in the Select User and Project dialog box.

To close the Project window, do one of the following:

t With the Project window active, choose Close from the File menu. t Click the Close button in the Project window.

To reopen the Project window:

t Choose Project from the Tools menu.

Using the Bins Display

Bins contain the master clips that are created when you record source material. (The master clips are linked to the media files.) Bins also contain the sequences, subclips, group clips, and effect clips that you create during a project. From the Pr oject window, you can view a list of bins associated with the project, and open, close, and create bins. You can also open bins created for another project.

Viewing a List of Bins

To view a list of bins associated with the project:

t Click the Bins button in the Project window.

Bins button

The views for working with clips in a bin are Text view, Frame view, and Script view.

•In Text view, clips are displayed in a database text format using columns and rows, with icons representing the various objects. You can save various arrangements of columns, text, and objects as customized views.

Text View button

•In Frame view, each clip is represented by a single picture frame, with the name of the clip. You can play back the footage in each frame and change the size of frames. You can also rearrange the frames in any order within the bin.

Frame View button

•In Script view, the features of T ext view ar e combine d with those of Frame view, with an added script box next to each frame. The frames are displayed vertically on the left side of your scre en with the script box next to each. Use the script boxes to hold text for notes or a script. Clip data matching the column headings in Text view appears above each script box.

Displaying Bins

Script View button

By default, your bins display all existing media objects except source clips and rendered effects. You can display only those media objects that you need to organize your project.

To set the bin display:

1. Choose Set Bin Display from the Bin menu. The Set Bin Display dialog box appears.

2. Select the object types that you want to see: master clips, subclips, sequences, sources, effects, motion effects, or rendered effects.

3. The option “Show clips created by user” is selected by default.

Deselect this option only if you want to hide all objects except those created by the system.

4. Select the option “Show reference clips” to automatically display those objects that are referenced by sequences in the bin, whether those clips were previously in the bin or not.

5. Click OK. The bin displays objects according to your specifications.

Creating a Folder in a Project

To create a folder in a project:

1. Click the Bins button in the Project window.

Bins button

Fast Menu button

2. Click the Fast Menu button in the lower left corner.

3. Choose New Folder from the Bin Fast menu. A new, untitled folder appears.

4. Click the untitled folder and rename it.

Creating a New Bin

To create a new bin from the Project window:

1. Do one of the following:

2. Type the name of the new bin, and press Enter.

To place a bin in a folder:

t Drag the bin to the folder icon.

t Choose New Bin from the File menu. t Click the New Bin button in the Project window.

Either one of these procedures opens a new (empty) bin that is given the name of the project as displayed in the title bar of the Project window. The new bin appears in the Bins list of the Project window. A corresponding file is placed in the project folder, and a backup copy is placed in the Attic folder.

The new bin appears in the Project window with a default name highlighted.

Renaming a Bin

Each new bin that you create takes the name of the project that appears in the Project window, numbered incrementally.

To change the name of a bin:

t Click the bin name in the Project window, and type a new name.

Opening and Closing a Bin

To open a bin directly:

1. Click the Bins button in the Project window.

2. Double-click the icon next to the bin name.

To open a bin from the File menu:

1. Choose Open Bin from the File menu. The Open dialog box appears.

Up One Level pop-up menu

2. Select a bin. Navigate to the correct folder , if necessary.

3. Click the Open button.

Never open a bin that is stored on a floppy disk; otherwise, the system cannot save your work. Always copy the bin to a project folder on the internal hard drive before you open it.

Opening Selected Bins

To open several bins at once from the Project window:

1. Click the name of one of the bins in the Bins list.

2. Ctrl+click each additional bin you want to open.

3. Choose Open Selected Bins from the File menu.

Closing a Bin

To close a bin, do one of the following:

t Click the Close button. t Choose Close Bin from the File menu.

Deleting a Bin or Folder

To delete a bin or folder within a project:

1. Select the bin or the folder you want to delete in the Bins list.

2. Press the Delete key. A Trash icon appears in the Bins list in the Project window. It

contains the deleted item. The deleted item is stored in the Trash until you empty it.

The Trash is not visible in the Project window until you select your first item to delete.

Clips, subclips, and effects that are in a bin appear in the T rash after you delete the bin. However, if you select a clip, subclip, or effect directly and press the Delete key, the item does not appear in the Trash.

Viewing Contents in the Trash

If you need to view the contents in the Trash or decide you do not want to delete those items in the Trash, you must first move the bins and folders out of the Trash.

Trash icon

To view items in the Trash:

1. Double-click the Trash icon in the Bins list to open it.

2. Click the bins or folders you want to remove (or view) from the Trash, and drag them from the Trash to the Bins list in the Project window.

3. Double-click the bin or folder to view it.

Emptying the Trash

To empty the Trash:

1. Click the Fast Menu button.

2. Choose Empty Trash from the Fast menu. A message box appears.

3. Click Empty Trash to delete the bins or folders from the Trash and from your internal hard drive.

Managing Folders and Bins

You can use the Project window to create hierarchies of folders and bins that reflect the specific workflow of the current project. This structure should provide both simplicity and backup security. Although the specifics vary depending on your production needs and habits, the following are a few basic principles:

• Limit the number of sequences you create in each project. For instance, consider creating one new project for each show, episode, spot, or scene.

• Limit the number and complexity of clips in each bin by creating and organizing bins in three groups, as shown in Table 3-1.

Table 3-1 Bin Organization

Set of Bins Purpose Specific Bins

First Recording stage

Second Organizing your project

Third Editing stage A current cut bin for storing each work in progress

(sequence)

An archive bin for keeping the original version of each cut (sequence)

A selects or storyboard bin for screening selected clips or cuts gathered from the source bins

A format cuts bin for storing the final cuts with added format elements such as segment breaks, color bars and tone, slate, or countdown

• (Option) Create additional folders at the desktop level for better organization. For example, you can create one folder for each recording bin and show cut bin, or a folder containing all shot logs to be imported.

• Save these files as a template for future productions of a similar nature.

Saving Bins Automatically

Avid Xpress DV automatically saves changes to your work on a regular basis during each session. Two things happen when an auto-save occurs:

• Any open bins are updated with changes made since the last auto-save.

• Copies of these bins are placed in the following location as backup:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Xpress DV\Attic folder

To adjust the frequency of automatic saves:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window. The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Double-click Bin. The Bin Settings dialog box appears.

3. Type a number in the minutes text box for the Auto-Save Interval option.

4. Click OK.

Saving Bins Manually

For added security, you can save a bin manually. You might want to d o this immediately after performing an important edit. There are three ways to save bins manually.

To save a specific bin:

1. Click the bin to activate it.

2. Choose Save Bin from the File menu.

To save selected bins:

1. Activate the Project window by choosing Project from the Tools menu or by clicking anywhere in the window.

2. Click a Bin icon to select it. Ctrl+click any additional bins.

3. Choose Save All from the File menu. The system saves all the selected bins.

The Save Bin command appears dimmed if there have been no changes since the last time the active bin was saved.

To save all the bins:

1. Click in the Project window to activate it but do not select any individual bins listed in the Bins list.

2. Choose Save All from the File menu. The system saves all the bins for the project.

About Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder

You retrieve files from the Attic folder in the following circumstances:

• When you want to replace current changes to a sequence or clip with a previous version

• When the current bin file becomes corrupted

The Attic folder contains a folder for each project. When a bin is saved, a copy of the bin file is stored in the project folder in the Attic folder. The system adds the file name extension .bak plus a version number to the bin name. The bin file with the highest version number represents the latest copy of the bin file.

When you view a project folder in Details view, you can also identify the most recent backup file based on the name and timestamp of creation displayed in the Date Modified column.

Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder

To retrieve a file from the Attic folder:

1. Minimize the Avid Xpress DV application. For information on minimizing, see your Windows 2000 documentation.

2. From the desktop, double-click the Attic folder in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Xpress DV\ The Attic folder opens and displays project folders that contain the

backup files.

3. Double-click the project folder that contains the files you want to retrieve.

4. Choose Details from the View menu, if the project folder is not already in the Details view.

The project folder displays the file names and their creation dates.

5. Ctrl+click the files you want to retrieve.

6. Drag the selected backup bin files to the desktop. This makes a copy of the files, leaving the original files i n the Attic

folder .

7. Double-click the Avid Xpress DV button in the taskbar to activate it.

If the taskbar is hidden, see your Windows 2000 documentation.

8. Click the Project window to activate it, and click Bins to display the Bins list.

9. Choose Open Bin from the File menu. Select one of the backup bin files you copied to the desktop and click Open.

When you open the backup bin, a link to the backup bin on the desktop is created in the Other Bins folder.

The Avid Xpress DV system does not allow a bin and a copy of a bin to be opened at the same time. You must keep all other bins closed and open the backup bins one at a time. You might also need to change the creation date to avoid conflicts. For more information, see “Modifying the Creation Date”

on page 73.

10. Create a new bin if you do not plan to overwrite existing files.

11. Open the new bin, and open the backup bin in the Other Bins folder.

12. Select the material you want to keep from the backup bin, and drag the files to the new bin.

Repeat steps 9 through 12 for any other backup bins you copied to your desktop.

13. Select and delete the backup bins in the Other Bins folder.

14. Drag the backup bin files to the Recycle Bin on the desktop.

Once you have moved the objects, modify their creation dates so they are considered newest by the system. The creation date is modified whenever you make a change to an object and then save the bin.

Modifying the Creation Date

After you have moved backup bins from the Attic folder, you must modify the creation date for these backup items so they are consider ed the newest items by the system. This prevents them from being overwritten by a newer item.

To modify the creation date:

1. Click the F button at the lower left corner of the Bin window to put the bin in Frame view.

2. Choose Select All from the Edit menu.

3. Click the Step Forward button or press the Step Forward key to advance the pictures displayed by one frame; click the Step Backward button or press the Step Backward key to move back again. This modifies the timestamp on these clips to the present time and date.

4. Close the backup copies of the bins.

5. Quit the Avid Xpress DV application.

6. Drag the backup copies of the bins to the Recycle Bin.

Using the Settings Scroll List

From the Settings scroll list of the Project window, you can view , select, open, and alter various User, Project, and Site settings, as described in this section.

To view the Settings scroll list:

t Click the Settings button in the Project window.

Settings button

About Settings

Three types of settings appear in the Settings scr o ll lis t, as indicate d in the second column of information: User, Project, and Site settings.

• User settings are specific to a particular editor. User settings

reflect individual preferences for adjusting the user interface in the system. Individual User settings are stored in each user folder, which is stored in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Xpress DV\Avid Users

• Project settings are directly related to individual projects. When

you change a Project setting, it affects all editors working on the project. Specific Project settings are stored in each project folder, which is stored in the following location:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Xpress DV\Avid Projects

• Site settings establish default parameters for all new users and

projects on a particular system. They can apply to particular configurations of equipment installed at the site; for example, specification and node settings for an external switcher. They can also include other User or Project settings that you copy into the Site Settings window. Site settings are stored in a separate Settings folder, in the following location:

Defining Settings

You can use the Settings scroll list to establish a hierarchy of settings that address the specific needs of each production phase . For example, you can establish:

• User settings that facilitate logging, recording, or ganizing

• Project settings that reflect the specific needs of the project

drive:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Xpress DV\Settings

projects, and editing interface preferences

• Bin View settings that display useful columns of information for

each bin

By establishing these settings once, and by selecting the appropriate setting or bin view in context, you can save time and effort that would be spent searching for information or adjusting bin headings on-the-fly. You can also save these settings along with your template for use on similar projects, as described in “Managing Folders and

Bins” on page 68.

Reviewing Basic Settings

The following list describes basic system settings to revi ew at the start of your project:

• Bin Settings

• General Settings

• Interface Settings

To view the settings:

t Double-click each setting in the Settings scroll list of the Project

window.

Bin Settings

Bin settings define general system functions related to bins. Select these functions in the Bin Settings dialog box.

Table 3-2 describes the options listed in the Bin Settings dialog box.

Table 3-2 Bin Settings Options

Option Description

Auto-Save interval n minutes

Inactivity period n seconds

Force Auto-Save at n minutes

Specifies the length of time between attempts to auto-save project files. The default is 15 minutes.

T o avoid interr upting an edit, the Avid Xpress DV system waits until the system

is inactive before auto-saving. Use the option “Force Auto-Save at” to specify an interval at which the system interrupts an edit to make the auto-save.

Specifies the length of time the Avid Xpress DV system waits when the system is inactive before automatically saving the project files. The default is 0 seconds.

Specifies the maximum length of time between auto-saves. When the system reaches this time, it auto-saves the project files even if it must interrupt an edit to do so. The default is 30 minutes.

Table 3-2 Bin Settings Options (Continued)

Option Description

Maximum files in attic

Max versions of any one bin

Double-click loads clip in

Specifies the total number of files stored in the Attic folder. When a bin is saved, the Avid Xpress DV system copies the previous version of the bin to a special folder called the Attic. The default is 30 files.

Keep more files if there are many editors working on the system. This ensures that all the bins are backed up.

When there are multiple editors working on one system, store bin settings as Site or Project settings. This ensures that another user does not override your settings and delete your backups.

Specifies the total number of single-bin copies stored in the Attic folder. This setting prevents filling the Attic with too many copies of one bin, at the risk of losing the others. The default is five copies.

Determines if a clip loads in an existing Source pop-up monitor or a new one when you double-click a clip.

General Settings

General settings define fundamental system defaults.

Table 3-3 describes the General Settings options.

Table 3-3 General Settings Options

Option Description

Project Format This option displays the format currently selected for the project (NTSC or

PAL). It cannot be changed.

Temporary File Directory When you use the Drag and Drop Export or an export that cre ates an

intermediate movie file, Avid Xpress DV must store the intermediate file, which can be as large as the final export. By default, the Temporary File Directory is located in the same directory as the Avid Xpress DV product.

To improve efficiency or to avoid DISK_FULL errors when exporting, you can type in a different directory for these temporary files. The ideal setting for this field is to type in a directory on the drive to which you are exporting, or simply one with plenty of free space.

Table 3-3 General Settings Options (Continued)

Option Description

Default Starting TC This option specifies the timecode value you want the system to use as the

default starting timecode for each new sequence.

Audio File Format Choose the file format for the audio:

• (OMF) WAVE, compatible with Windows application

• (OMF) AIFF-C, compatible with many third-party applications,

including Pro Tools

Choose the AIFF-C format for all audio media when you need to transfer audio media files directly to a Pro Tools or AudioV ision sweetening.

Locked Audio Some DV devices (cameras, transcoders, decks) check the Locked Audio

setting before recording or transferring. Devices that use Locked Audio keep the audio clock locked precisely to the

video clock. With Locked Audio, exactly the same number of audio samples and video frames are recorded or transmitted in each cycle of the phase relationship.

Devices that do not use Locked Audio allow some impr ecision in the audio

sample rate, with a variation of up to +/– 25 audio samples per frame. A vid Xpr ess DV uses Locked Audio exclusively. Locked Audio works with

all devices. However, because some devices check the Locked Audio setting before transferring or recording, you should select the Locked Audio setting expected by your device.

system for audio

Interface Settings

You can set general options and appearance options in the Interface dialog box. General Interface settings determine the level of basic information displayed in the interface. Appearance Interface Settings give you controls for customizing the colors and button style of the Avid Xpress DV user interface.

General Interface Settings

The following illustration shows the General tab of the Interface dialog box.

Table 3-4 describes the options in the General tab of the Interface

dialog box.

Table 3-4 Interface Settings Options (General Tab)

Option Desciption

Show Labels in Tool Palette When you select this option, the system displays text labels with

the icons in the Tool palette. This is the default option. To tear off the Tool palette, click anywhere in the palette, press

and hold the mouse button, and drag the palette to the location you want.

Show ToolTips When you select this option, the system displays labels for

buttons and icons when you position the mouse pointer over them. This is the default option.

You can also turn ToolTips on and off from the Help menu.

Delay n seconds before showing If you select Show ToolTips, you can delay the label display by

entering a value in this text box. A delay allows you to move the mouse pointer across the interface without displaying the labels on items between the starting point and the destination of the mouse pointer.

Windows Behavior

Standard Alt Key

This option switches between standard Windows Alt key behavior and A vid system Alt key behavior. When you select this option, pressing and holding the Alt key together with another key works as a keyboard shortcut for certain Windows actions (for example, opening menus).

When you deselect this option, pressing and releasing the Alt key and then pressing another key works as the Windows keyboard shortcut, while pressing and holding the Alt key together with another key works as a keyboard shortcut for certain Avid functions. This is the default option.

For more information on Windows shortcuts, see your Windows documentation.

For more information on Avid shortcuts, see the Avid Xpress DV

Quick Reference, or choose Shortcuts from the Help menu.

Table 3-4 Interface Settings Options (General Tab) (Continued)

Option Desciption

Automatic Num Lock Activation When you select this option, Avid Xpress DV automatically sets

the numeric keypad in numeric mode the next time yo u start the application. If you deselect this option, the Num Lock key on the keyboard controls the mode of the numeric keypad.

With either selection, you can use the Num Lock key to change the mode of the numeric keypad.

Appearance Interface Settings

The following illustration shows the Appearance tab of the Interface dialog box.

Table 3-5 describes the options in the Appearance tab of the Interface

dialog box.

Table 3-5 Interface Settings Options (Appearance Tab)

Option Selection Description

Color Background

Button Button Contents Button Highlight Button Spotlight Text Timeline Background Timeline V Tracks Timeline A Tracks Timeline TC Tracks Project Background Bin Default Background

Shading Depth 5% – 50%, in 5%

increments

Monitor Button Separation Maximum

Moderate None

Controls the color of the given interface component. See “Changing Interface

Component Colors” on page 86.

Controls the three-dimensional “rounding” of buttons and toolbars. See “Changing Shading

Depth” on page 89.

Controls the spacing of the Monitor buttons. See “Changing Button Separation” on

page 91.

Timeline Button Separation Maximum

Moderate None

Controls the spacing of the Timeline buttons. See “Changing Button Separation” on

page 91.

Changing Interface Component Colors

You can use a color selection grid to change the color of interface components. Table 3-6 describes the interface components that you can customize.

Table 3-6 Customizable Interface Components

Component Description

Background The color of toolbars and dialog boxes behind the text. The default is gray.

If you select a Background color but no Button color, buttons take on the

Background color.

Button The color of a button behind the button contents, when the button is not

selected. The default is gray.

Button Contents The color of text or symbols, such as icons or check marks, in the buttons. The

default is black.

Button Highlight The color of selected buttons, which is different from that of deselected

buttons.

Button Spotlight The background color of a button when you pass the mouse pointer over it.

Text The color of text in dialog boxes, toolbars, and ToolTips. The default is black.

Timeline Background The color of the Timeline top toolbar and the Timeline bottom toolbar. The

default is gray.

Timeline V Tracks Timeline A Tracks Timeline TC Tracks

Project Background The background color for the Project window.

The background color for the V (video), A (audio), or TC (timecode) tracks in the Timeline. The default is gray.

This setting takes precedence over the Fast Menu track color.

Table 3-6 Customizable Interface Components (Continued)

Component Description

Bin Default Background The color of a bin behind the bin contents. New bins first appear with the

selected color as the background color. You can override the default background color by choosing Set Bin Background from the Edit menu.

To set the color of an interface component:

1. Double-click Interface in the Settings scroll list. The Interface dialog box appears.

2. Click the Appearance tab.

Enable/Disable check box

Color boxes

Interface component list

3. Click in the color box next to the interface component you want to customize.

A color selection grid appears.

Color selection grid

In this example, a new text color is selected.

4. Move the mouse pointer over the color selection grid and release the mouse over the color to which you want to set your interface component.

The color selection grid disappears. The color you selected appears in the color box. A check appears in the Enable/Disable check box to show that you want your new color attribute for this selection to take effect.

If you deselect an interface component by clicking the Enable/Disable check box, the color you specify in the color selection grid does not take effect. The color of the interface component reverts to its default value.

5. Do one of the following:

Click To

Apply Apply the changes you selected.

OK Close the dialog box and put the new settings into effect.

Cancel Close the dialog box. The changes you selected but did not apply

Changing Shading Depth

Shading depth controls the three-dimensional “rounding” of the buttons and toolbars.

If you click Cancel at this point, interface components retain the

selections you applied.

do not take effect.

To set the shading depth:

1. Click the Shading Depth button in the Appearance tab of the Interface dialog box.

The Shading Depth pop-up menu appears.

2. Choose a depth from the pop-up menu.

3. Do one of the following:

Click To

Apply Apply the change you selected.

If you click Cancel at this point, Shading Depth retains the

selection you applied.

OK Close the dialog box and put the new settings into effect.

Cancel Close the dialog box. The changes you selected but did not apply

do not take effect.

The following example shows Shading Depth selections of 5% and 50%.

Shadow Depth 5% Shadow Depth 50%

Changing Button Separation

To change the separation of Monitor or Timeline buttons:

1. Click the Monitor Button Separation button or the Timeline Button Separation button in the Appearance tab of the Interface Settings dialog box.

The Button Separation pop-up menu appears.

2. Choose a separation.

3. Do one of the following:

Click To

Apply Apply the change you selected.

If you click Cancel at this point, Button Separation retains the

selection you applied.

OK Close the dialog box and put the new settings into effect.

Cancel Close the dialog box. The changes you selected but did not apply

do not take effect.

The following example shows part of the Timeline buttons with each button separation selection applied.

Maximum button separation

Moderate button separation

No button separation

Displaying Project Settings

You can displa y the Settings scroll list of the Project window in different groups, depending on what you need to view. Table 3-7 describes the different Settings menu options.

Table 3-7 Settings Menu Options

Option Description

All Settings Displays all settings available in the

Base Settings Displays Project, User, and Site settings only; no

Bin Views Displays bin views

Timeline Views Displays Timeline views

Title Styles Displays all the templates you created for the T itle

Import Settings Displays all the Import settings

Avid Xpress DV system

views are displayed

tool

Export Settings Displays all the Export settings

Workspaces Displays all workspaces

Workspace Linked Displays only linked workspaces

Changing the Settings Scroll List Display

To change the Settings scroll list display of the Project window:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window. The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Choose a settings display group: t Click the Fast Menu button and choose a settings display

group.

t Click the All Settings button and choose a settings display

group.

All Settings button

Fast Menu button

The Settings menu displays the settings group selected and the Settings scroll list displays only the settings in that group.

About the Settings Scroll List

Table 3-8 briefly describes each item in the Settings scroll list. The

table also lists where you can find additional information on a particular item and indicates whether the item has an associated dialog box (or window) that you can access from the Settings scroll list.

Table 3-8 Settings Scroll List

Setting Name Description For More Information

Access to Dialog Box?

Audio Sets the default audio pan; contains

audio scrub options and audio setup parameters.

Audio Project Sets parameters for audio setup. See “Preparing for Audio

Bin Sets the Auto-save preferences for

bins.

Deck Configuration Configures channels and decks into

the system.

Deck Preferences Sets preferences that affect all decks

configured into the system.

Export Sets parameters for file export. See Table 19-7 on page 645.Yes

Film Sets essential parameters for

accurately capturing, tracking, and editing source material for matchback projects.

See “Adjusting Audio

Project Settings” on page 185.

Input” on page 183.

See “Bin Settings” on

page 76.

See “Configuring Decks”

on page 153.

See “Setting Deck

Preferences” on page 162.

See “Choosing Film

Settings” on page 595.

Film settings are

available only with the FilmScribe bundle. See

“Using the FilmScribe Bundle” on page 593.

Yes

Table 3-8 Settings Scroll List (Continued)

Setting Name Description For More Information

Access to Dialog Box?

General Defines default values such as the

default starting timecode and the audio file format for your project.

Import Sets parameters for file import. See Table 8-1.Yes

Interface Defines the appearance and function

of certain interface elements.

Keyboard Displays the default keys on the

keyboard.

Media Creation Sets video resolution and selects

drives for digitizing, creating titles, importing, and performing audio and video mixdown.

OMM Sets the default asset manager location

and preference for logging in to your asset manager when you open a project.

Record Defines how the Avid Xpress DV

system records and batch records in specific situations.

See “General Settings” on

page 79.

See “Interface Settings” on

page 80.

See “About the Keyboard”

on page 391.

See “Setting Media

Creation Resolutions and Selecting Drives” on page 195.

See “Using Open Media

Management (OMM)” on page 247.

OMM is available only

if you have Avid Unity™.

See “Record Settings” on

page 152.

Yes

Render Sets the Render Completion sound

and controls how motion effects render.

See the Avid Xpress DV Effects Guide.

Yes

Table 3-8 Settings Scroll List (Continued)

Setting Name Description For More Information

Access to Dialog Box?

Script Sets the default display options for

scripts imported using script integration.

Timeline Contains general Timeline prefer ences. See “Accessing the T imeline

Trim Customizes the Trim mode

environment.

Video Display Allows digital camera video input;

enables support of cameras with video input; sets the mode and source for desktop video; enables Client monitor .

Workspace Enables you to associate settings and

windows with a workspace.

See Chapter 11.

Script integration is

available only with the FilmScribe bundle. See

“Using the FilmScribe Bundle” on page 593.

Settings” on page 439.

See “Customizing Trim

Mode” on page 475.

See “Playing Video to the

Client Monitor” on page 379.

See “Linking User Settings

and Wo rkspaces” on page 109.

Working with Settings

Yes

You can view and modify most of your current settings by double-clicking them in the Settings scroll list of the Project window and by selecting new options. You can duplicate, rename, copy, and move settings among files or systems.

Selecting Another User

Because User settings are not project or site specific, you can choose to display another set of User settings within the Project window.

Modifying Settings

To select another user:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window. The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Click and hold the user name to display the User pop-up menu.

3. Select another name from the list.

You cannot modify the following two types of settings:

• Settings that require the presence of standalone peripherals

• Settings that can be modified only from within the tools in which they are used, such as Bin and Timeline views

To modify available settings:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window. The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Double-click the name of a setting. The applicable Settings dialog box appears.

3. Type new values or select new options for the settings.

4. Click the OK, Save, Cancel, Apply, or Close button.

Working with Multiple Settings

Y ou can have multiple versions of settings in your Settings scroll list in the Project window that apply to several users at various stages of production.

For example, you can have:

• Two Bin settings: one that automatically saves more often when you are editing intensively, and one that automatically saves less often when you are doing organizational work in the bins

Duplicating Settings

• Multiple Record settings for recording various types of source material

• Multiple Deck Preferences settings for various types of recording or for output

To create a new version of a setting:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window. The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Click the setting you want to copy. Ctrl+click any additional settings you want to copy.

3. Choose Duplicate from the Edit menu. A copy of each setting appears in the window. Duplicate settings

with custom settings names followed by a period and a version number in the second column appear with each custom setting name. Name your settings to indicate their functions.

Naming Settings

Y ou can give settings custom names to dif ferentiate among copies or to indicate a specific use.

To rename settings:

1. Click the Settings button in the Project window. The Settings scroll list appears.

2. Click the Custom setting name column in the Settings scroll list

(the column to the right of the setting’s name).

Custom setting name column

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Pinnacle Systems Xpress DV - 2.0 User’s Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Tables

Desktop Basics

Working with the Desktop

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk

Using Context Menus

Using the Windows 2000 Taskbar

Dragging Windows

Setting the Avid Color Scheme

Setting Your Screen Resolution

About the Avid Xpress DV Folder

Managing the A vid Projects and Avid Users Folder s

About the Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders

Changing Project and User Names

Deleting Projects and User Profiles

Starting a Project

Opening and Closing a Project

Identifying a User

Creating a New User

Selecting an Existing User

Selecting a Project

Selecting an Existing Project

Creating a New Project

Nesting Projects in Folders

Opening a Project

Closing a Project

Backing Up Your Project Information

Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk

Restoring from a Backup

Ending an Edit Session

Quitting the Avid Xpress DV Application

Turning Off Your Equipment

Mounting and Ejecting Drives

Ejecting Drives

Mounting All Drives

Connecting to the Avid Production Network

Working with the Project Window

Opening and Closing the Project Window

Using the Bins Display

Viewing a List of Bins

Displaying Bins

Creating a Folder in a Project

Creating a New Bin

Renaming a Bin

Opening and Closing a Bin

Opening Selected Bins

Closing a Bin

Deleting a Bin or Folder

Viewing Contents in the Trash

Emptying the Trash

Managing Folders and Bins

Saving Bins Automatically

Saving Bins Manually

About Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder

Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder

Modifying the Creation Date

Using the Settings Scroll List

About Settings

Defining Settings

Reviewing Basic Settings

Bin Settings

General Settings

Interface Settings

General Interface Settings

Appearance Interface Settings

Changing Interface Component Colors

Changing Shading Depth

Changing Button Separation

Displaying Project Settings

Changing the Settings Scroll List Display

About the Settings Scroll List

Working with Settings

Selecting Another User

Modifying Settings

Working with Multiple Settings

Duplicating Settings